gerritm

I think some of the difficulty comes with the red dots and ammo we are using for PCC. I have an 8moa C-more and she is shooting a 6MOA Vortex Venom. Pretty much covers the plate or skinny at 100 yards. If you turn it down it helps, but still shooting low PF ammo there is a lot of bullet movement at 100 and beyond. Pretty hard to see where you are hitting at that distance to adjust. If you were going to shoot much at 80-100 with a PCC I think a scope is the way to go. Regular USPSA matches the red dot distances are no problem. gerritm

Not sure I would want to shoot a 340 yard target with a PCC & red dot, but a 100 yard 6" plate rack is plenty doable. My granddaughter who has been shooting PCC for about 4 matches shot one last month with no problem. gerritm

I am blind in my right eye, so I shoot pistols right handed, but left eye and long guns left handed. There is no problems doing this. Only problem is when you look at 3-gun stages from a loading aspect your movement will be based on keeping the gun down range. So I try to shoot left to right on pistol and right to left on shotgun & rifle as much as possible.Takes a little getting used to. gerritm

Mine never hit the slide and cracked right at the first port on the side. No pictures. StI CS took great care of it and I had the gun back within 2 weeks of shipping it to them. Here is a link to another post about this. gerritm

I haven't seen any WSB, except from the last Dissident match. Seems like in 2x4 you can shoot any 2 guns in any given stage, and game it as you see fit, but I am sure if there is any longer range you will have to shoot them with a rifle. Only exception is PCC only division . gerritm

My comp on my Tanfo small frame open gun was so loaded up with lead. I tried a Dremel and poor results at best. My son is a Harley mechanic and they have a glass bead blaster at his shop. He cleaned it a couple of days ago and it looks like new. If I didn't have that available I would definitely get a small one from HF or Amazon with some glass bead media. Well worth it. He has done a couple of rifle & PCC comps, too with it. Just tape off everything and cut out the ports. gerritm

This. 1.12 OAL. Just chrono'ed this load yesterday at about 65 degrees. gerritm

My broken FP was way more random. Went on for 3 matches. I would get this random FTE, look in the ejection port and the the brass case would be stuck on the end of the bolt. Have to flick it off with my finger. Happened so seldom never thought about broken FP. Finally after about 4 or 5 times it happened it just quit. That is when I found it. Thought no problem I have a spare complete BCG in my range bag. Replacing a Taccom bolt/FP with my spare Spinta BCG will not work with a CMC trigger. Tim did not have any replacment FP's in stock so he recommended a Wilson Combat. He did send a new redesigned FP in about a week at no charge. I guess make sure your spare parts are compatible. gerritm

On both PCC's my granddaughter I run we have a .75 spacer on both Vortex Venom & the C-More. I acquire the dot faster. My head is more upright, but will depend a lot on your stock. We are running the MFT lightweight ones. I actually took the railway off the C-more & drilled & tapped the spacer so it mounts direct. gerritm

Me, too.

Nope, RO is not being anything, read the rule. Rule is the rule. Got it, I guess this was never enforced by any other RO in any match ever we have shot. Why I asked the question. Kind of surprised us. Many slight infractions in the game that apparently are not enforced. Yes inconsistent application of the rules. Thanks, Gerrit

My son had a warning call from the RO at a local USPSA match on the SD calling for facing downrange for the start. Shooting limited. Looked thru a bunch of threads couldn't find an answer. First call he may have been looking and leaning towards the first target he was heading to. No argument there.Not sure if he was, but took the warning in stride. Second warning next stage he made sure his feet & shoulders were square to the back of the berm facing downrange and, his head was turned looking towards the first target/shooting position and was told his head had to be facing the back of the berm also. So we have shot literally at least a hundred matches and never been called on this. He was the only one, I did the same thing with no warning along with everyone else. RO, is a very capable and experienced shooter. After questioning the warning his reasoning was that he just went to an RO refresher re certify class and the instructor said it was an issue and to keep an eye out for this. We have always looked to the first shooting position before the start. Have no problem with it being a rule if it is. gerritm

I shot it first and my grand daughter has since taken my Taccom ULW upper over. With about 5K or more rounds thru it shoot nothing but SNS coated poly bullets I have seen no appreciable build up of lead on the shroud. Super accurate. She shot an 80 yard 6" plate rack with no problems. Really likes how light weight it is and how fast it transitions. Now on my rifle with JP 14.5 barrel with their pinned & welded tactical comp I am seeing a large build up on the comp baffles. Have to take a dremel every 2 or 3 matches to get it out. May go back to plated or jacketed bullets on mine. gerritm

55 gr. The 75-77gr we use for long range chronoed at around 2700fps. More concerned with long range for Strelok calculations. It has been awhile since I chronoed our hoser rifles loads. Been running that rifle for several years with no issues. Just started lately with this ammo and cooler weather. I blamed the mags, bought some new ones. Still had problems. Never thought about the ammo until it got cold by our standards and would not cycle. JP lite BCG, RCA gas key, with JP captured buffer in a Seekins billet upper and lower with a Faxon 16" mid gas barrel. gerritm

They said around 2600 -- 2700 FPS and would not say what powder. Claimed it was not temp sensitive. Would be an interesting thread especially with the global warming going on thru the country right now. gerritm

After sending an email to the manufacturer, he responded with a phone call. Admitted they load their ammo at a lower FPS than some commercial loads, but got into the we have shot it in all temps and their engineers said there would have to be a large temp difference for it not to work. All kinds of excuses. Understand how my gas system was tuned with cheap .223 ammo so it would run with just about anything. Have shot lots of different ammo in all temps down to roughly 25 degrees with no problem. It is a small company that made the ammo. I just explained to him politely that his ammo didn't work and Federal along with several others we tried did. Did check the gas key and it was still solidly loctited with the jam set screw still in place, so no movement. I will save ti for warmer weather. As far as lubricant. Never use any grease, only use Mobil 1 & CLP. Run the gun wet. gerritm

Tuned my 3-gun AR with adjustable gas key with cheap standard velocity ammo at 75-80 degrees so that it would lock back and then gave it a 1/2 turn more to make sure it would run. Shot local 3-gun match Saturday and it ran like a top with Federal AE @ about 40-50 degrees. Gun has never had an issue in all temps down to about 30. I know not really cold compared to up north. We are re-barreling my son's rifle, so for the match Sunday he borrows it. He is first up first stage, shooting my rifle with his ammo. Now we have shot several hundred rounds of this ammo before thru both our rifles with no problems during warmer weather. Shoots well, very accurate. Smaller supplier. Reman type. We use it for hoser & paper stages. Today temp is between 30-40 degrees. First shot single shot, racks next one in single, tries one more time, single, will not cycle. Dumps it and finishes with pistol and tanks the stage. Course I get the what the heck look. Took the gun to an empty bay, tested it with my Federal and all good. Shot that rest of match. Check your ammo in all temps or don't buy it cause it is cheap. gerritm

Bought a Glock 31 round magazine with an MBX mega extension for my granddaughter's Christmas present for her PCC. Kept them separate and showed her how they go together, but forgot to bevel the transition between the mag & extension. First match she brought it with and when she shot the rounds out and it reached the extension turned into a very big salt shaker. I felt really bad. gerritm

Thinking seriously of shooting 2x4 open next month. Really like the options. Bill, Juliann shot it all with a PCC and it is set up you pretty much shoot everything except the long range. They are using lots of steel. No clays. She had a blast. Jungle run for instance was shotgun, pcc, or pistol option. Doable by all 3. Yes, have to run at least 2 of the guns in 2x4 division on each stage and shoot at least 3 targets with second gun. It does take some thinking on MD stage design for dump buckets. gerritm

Several of our clubs locally are going to the UML rules. Very inclusive of all shooters and weapons. Trying to spread the sport out particularly to PCC and non shotgun shooters. Shot one this weekend. Dissident Arms. Fun match, could include my grand daughter who is just getting into 3-gun & not quite ready for 3-guns. She shot her PCC for the whole match and had a blast. Scoring is a little different and all of the different weapons and ways to shoot will take some time to figure out. Seems to be more difficult for the MD's to design stages & wtie SD as you have to figure out all of the different ways to shoot it. Need steel targets where you can't use clays. Really liked it and glad to see them opening up the matches to all kinds of shooters. gerritm

Here ya go, had a friend DQ this weekend after he forgot to lock his 014. Going to see Triple T this week. Super smooth and rock solid. Best part is I can adjust the tension if I am shooting a steel or USPSA match and don't want it tight. It is on an Invictus hanger. Sending back the Safariland 014. It did fit. gerritm

Think I found it. When I reassembled after cleaning. lubing, and replacing parts I adjusted the camming roller pin too far down. It was just slightly contacting the case feed ramp and stopping some of the cases from fully inserting. Not all. Turned it 1 turn and it is working like normal. Ran about a 100 with no problems. Going to run a bunch this week. Thanks, gerritm

I will check. gerritm

Should be coming today. Will see if it fits, probably send it back. Got the Triple T kydex one working well. Really like it, protects the guns so much better than the open holsters especially for 3-gun. Very smooth on the draw. It fits the gun tight and he puts a kydex inner liner inside. Going to shoot it tomorrow and Sunday to decide. I have had both the Safariland & Kydex for my open guns and like the kydex better. gerritm

Tried this. Tightened it to the point where you could feel it drag slightly during the stroke. Didn't seem to help. Not sure what else could be cracked or broken. Replaced all the obvious parts. Checked the whole machine out when I stripped it to replace the index ring. Thought that might be worn. It is random. Will do 4 or 5 fine and then not seat one. Then will happen for several cases then clear up for a few. But if I really go fast and hard on the stroke it seems to stop or minimize it happening. Never had to that before. gerritm