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  1. Check the set screw that holds the mag release button. Had this happen to us and the lock set screw that holds the inner mag release screw had backed out and it would not push the release all the way to drop the mag. Tighten the set screw or remove both and release will come apart. gerritm
  2. This! Pretty easy if you have the right angle to see where the PCC is pointed and see the shooter when at 3-5 yards it is almost touching the targets. gerritm
  3. To add I have had several times on close targets, where a sharp RO has said he saw me shoot twice and hit the same spot so no need for overlay. gerritm
  4. Pretty simple solution. I shoot PCC and many times on close targets I get "doubles". RO checks for grease rings, checks the back of the target to see if there are 2 obvious holes, if not we get an overlay and he decides. Double or not and score it. gerritm
  5. A couple of our local 3-gun, and falling steel clubs have opened up their matches to mag fed 22LR rifles to take the place of PCC/pistol in modified 2x4 open divisions. Can also shoot the whole match with 22. Kinda fun, several of us are doing it. Same with falling steel. SG, pistol. pcc, or 22. gerritm
  6. This is on a JP 14.5 pinned/welded barrel. Having been an open shooter, I fully understand slow powders and gas needed for a comp to work efficiently, this comp works. We tested it using titegroup powder loads making just over PF. Using the different combo of segments you could absolutely feel what direction the barrel moves. Recoil back was about the same on all, but what direction the dot moved and how it pushed against your hand on the guard was noticeable. Definitely directing the gas. She has been shooting it for a couple of thousand round and it has a very predictable dot movement. The carbon/lead build up in the segments is still fairly heavy, but manageable. The pcc is fairly light and the comp is on the heavier side, but she likes the way it swings and settles. gerritm
  7. Built a PCC for my 19 YO. grandaughter several months ago. She is very good with PCC in USPSA & UML 3-gun. Built it fairly light & fast. Used Quentin Arms matched billet upper & lower. Original barrel was a Taccom 13/16 super feed, Taccom SS BCG, 3 stage buffer, CF handguard, & Timney PCC trigger. She loved it and shot it very well. But it would double feed every once in awhile. Drove us nuts. Checked everything and could not figure what was causing it. Changed the barrel out to a JP, same thing. Installed a Taccom feed ramp setup up exactly like mine that is 100% reliable, same problem, occasional double feed. No pattern to when it would happen. Different ammo including factory & my reloads. Different factory Glock mags, different size mags. Very random, but would always happen to ruin a good match. While cleaning it I noticed the ejector hook was slightly loose, almost not movable, just barely. didn't think much of it and tightened the set screws that had blue loctite. Gun ran perfect for several hundred rounds. then started again. Checked it again and very slightly moved. Took it apart and used red loctitie and now after about 2K rounds all good. Something to check every time I clean it. gerritm
  8. No help for cleaning as I use a dental pick. but I found spraying all my comps including PCC's & 22's with WD40 every couple of matches keeps the lead & carbon way down. gerritm
  9. Nothing wrong with a race modified Stoeger. My son shoots a Benelli M2 built years ago by Hayes. Uses TTI spring kit to run low recoil slugs and rounds. Will run Win AA 1145 all day long. 100% reliable. It has the Comfort Tech stock which helps with the recoil some. But if you can get the right springs and get it down to low recoil rounds the recoil is not bad. My granddaughter shot one for years. gerritm
  10. We also shot it and found many difficult shots and learned several things that never come up in a normal USPSA match and have never seen in 2-gun or 3-gun matches using PCC's. Not complaining. It was a National Championship should be tough. We know how to prepare for next one. Our biggest problem was the torrential downpours/lightning delays on first 3- stages Saturday PM squads with drizzle Saturday PM & Sunday AM and basically shooting blind between the bags on stacked PCC targets and the rain on open C-More red dots. Pretty much pick which dot to use and hope. With the bags on the longer stacked PCC targets, there was no way to tell where the scoring area was and where the no-shoots started. Learned that a 6 or 8 MOA C-more was not the right choice for a 4" clay @ 60 yards in the rain, no rain, or long stacked targets. Will have 2MOA Aimpoints, Trijicon MRO, or tube type scope with offset next time. No complaints on porta cans, but we finished early Sunday. Facility is amazing and even with all the rain the bays never got slippery or muddy. RO's were great. Our squad was outstanding. Look forward to next year. Gerrit, Nick, & Juliann
  11. We rented a golf cart, was nice because it rained hard the first day of 2-gun Nationals and drizzled the next day. Kept us along with guns & gear dry. Range is top notch and even after hurricane downpour the bays drained and no mud. Footing was excellent. gerritm
  12. It's on a 14.5 JP barrel that she loves. Have one on mine with JP tactical comp installed by them and absolutely the best barrel I have had. Eats any ammo and is super accurate. Couldn't find one other than this used one with the comp attached. Really want to keep it. Going to shoot a couple of more matches with it to decide. gerritm
  13. Thanks, still deciding on whether to remove it. gerritm
  14. Wish I had a mill or access to one. Trying not to use one or chase a local GS down.. Anyone on BE that can do this? gerritm
  15. Want to change a comp on a JP 9mm 14.5" barrel that is I am assuming is pinned & welded. Was not done by JP as it is not their comp and I have one that they did. Can see the single weld not sure if there is a pin under it as I bought it used. Better to use a die grinder and work slowly thru the weld or use a drill. Would be worried about drilling too deep and damaging the threads, gerritm
  16. After shooting this for about a month, here is what we have found. This 9mm PCC comp actually works. With the adjustable segments you can get what gasses are available to have a certain amount of down force & movement. After playing with it I got it from torqueing the barrel right & down to a neutral push back and no dipping of the red dot. This is by using the different segments in sequence and experimenting with your load. Now for the cons. It is on the heavy side. Not bad, but you know it is there. Seems to collect carbon & lead. I have had to clean it after every couple of hundred rounds and this is even after using factory ammo. It is fairly easy to clean, by removing the end and segments and then cleaning the ports. Segments don't seem to have any build up. Zero doesn't change after disassembly and reassembly. Might be interesting to try on a 5.56. They are available in several different calibers. gerritm
  17. Follow up on this. Completely disassembled the PCC. Cleaned everything. Checked firing pin & BCG. All seemed good. Dry fired trigger & function checked, with no issues. Took it to the range Sunday to test & 3 shots in CMC PCC trigger froze/locked up totally like the safety was on. Took it home and apart and 2 pieces of the blown case came out of the trigger housing. Blew them out with high pressure brake clean, 1 piece was about a 1/4 in size and totally flat, other was about an 1/8". Murphy's law, the pieces will find the worst spot to jam. Function checked it again with dry fire and will test tonight. gerritm
  18. We run CMC PCC triggers in 2 and Timney in another. All 3 have Taccom extreme or SS BCG's. Just ran a batch of CCI SR magnum primers with no issues. gerritm
  19. Had a case blowout of my son's PCC last Sunday. Blew the 42 round Glock mag out of the magwell. Pretty sure it was an Xtreme brass case without the step. Case broke into 3 pieces. Bullet was just slightly into barrel & fell out with almost no pressure with squib rod so know all force went back & out. Front of case was stuck in chamber. Had to remove with a tap. Found the middle ring of case on ground and never did find the base with headstamp. I have had this happen before with Xtreme and cull the cases. He forgot when he loaded these rounds. Have had a bunch in this range brass. No damage to PCC, mag, or BCG that I can tell. Few slight marks on his arm. Glad it was a blow back and not one of our pistols. gerritm
  20. I am blind in my right eye. So shoot left eye/handed. When classifier or stage calls for weak hand I switch to my right side and hold the PCC off my shoulder just enough to still be able to see the dot. Sometimes on hard right hand leans I will do this. Have practiced it in dry fire and although slow it does work. gerritm
  21. Mine looked good, wasn't sure how many rounds were on it. Was still plenty accurate. Just wanted to make sure. I coated the new one with light coat of hi-temp grease to make sure it would come out in the future. gerritm
  22. Just put a CGW 10X bushing on my CZ75 SP01 with a threaded barrel. Couldn't knock out the bushing like you did because the threaded barrel will not come out without removing the bushing first. Managed to work it out from the front and installed the new bushing by seating it with a socket. Shoots great. Hopefully the rain will stop. gerritm
  23. I worked for several years in a very good gun store. Mostly for hunting. The way I sold scopes, lower price & high end was to see what their budget was and to bring several outside for them to look at an item in the distance and decide what they like. In a large sports store just looking across the building as far away as possible will work. Rather than recommending a particular brand. Every ones eyes are different and what looks great to one person may not work for another. I found that several lower priced scopes looked excellent to my customer compared to the more expensive. gerritm
  24. Funny thing is I started shooting PCC before it was official USPSA division. I went thru many different configurations and barrels and it was always the same problem with feeding issues creating double feeds. Learn not to rack it just drop the mag out, shake the double feed out, reinsert mag and go on. Got pretty good with it. When the Taccom feed ramp first came out I installed it my upper and these all went away. Same with the Taccom barrels with the built in feed ramp. Been running these for many years now with basically zero malfunctions. Reliability is the key with all guns in our sport. Now run 3 PCC's this way and especially my granddaughters need to run perfect. gerritm
  25. They correct the geometry & differences in the way the Glock mag sits in the lower. Do you need them, not necessarily but then everyone isn't shooting a $2K JP that is matched and fitted. My 3 home builds cost about $1K each and 2 have JP barrels and other has a Taccom super feed with a built in ramp. 3 different brand lowers, 2 are matched billet, and 1-NFA, & uppers, all quality names. Before the Taccom feed ramps my JP barrels ran 98% with maybe 1 misffeed/double feed out of every couple of hundred rounds. With ramp 100%. Just 1 more inexpensive insurance for reliability. I have recommended them to several shooting buddies and they all swear by them. gerritm
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