BerettaRacer

All my Elite's and Steel I's shot low for my preferences. I prefer to use the "flat tops of the sights", not the "drive the dot" or "pumpkin on the post" methods. Dave Olhasso makes some custom rear sights, I've had to install some of his. Use the chart, figure out approx what you need, buy slightly higher and file down to get what you like. I had also tried the Dawson F.O. front but took it out, kept getting confused with the red dot on my open gun and was putting the front sight in the wrong place.

Wilson tactical/practical with drop/offset.

Still have 2 of the open guns but rarely shoot them. They've been reconfigured a little over the years since I stopped shooting the plate racks. One has a C-more ( had a Docter for a while until it died) and the other has big laser on an upper rail for indoor shooting. Not real pretty, mostly work guns not show. Now mostly shoot Production, have a matched pair of two Steel I's, with Barsto barrels and Elite II slides (wanted to stay w/ the "G" config and decocker) but have the steel frames.

I shot a Beretta 92 for steel plate rack speed shooting for about five years when I use to live in the New Orleans area. Very similar to PB92's. They are FFFast!! They have naturally what most 1911's/2011's want to be. Light fast slide, wide open ejection port, and utter reliability. And once you get used to it you can pull thru the DA first shot just as fast as a SA gun can drop the safety. They have slightly more muzzle rise than a 1911, but since you are doing a transition on each shot it makes no difference whatsoever, only matters trying to do fast dbls on cardboard. PB92, I definitely would recommend some sort of a bushing on the fwd end of the slide/barrel/comp area. The exit gases leaving the comp move the barrel around quite a bit, hurting consistent accuracy. A simple bushing works wonders for the accuracy and stops the barrel lugs from taking all the load. A simple sleeve over the barrel and soldered in is all you need, polish the bore in the slide, and size everything to match. Or a small cone on the comp works the same. Anything for a little fwd support.

Beretta has a "short" trigger available. It was initially released on the Vertec series guns, specifically for smaller hands. This will lesson the initial reach of the first shot DA. The Beretta with the interchangeable backstrap is the newer 90-two polymer series.

Just got home. Great match, thanks to all the crew & RO's, great job to all. Awesome stages. Normally you would say a little of everything, but this was a LOT of everything, LOL. MONSTER RULES!! Really, some of everything. Hosers, long shots, head shots, ports, prone, rain, sun, humidity. Shooting it in Production had it's own set of problems timing reloads efficiently. Easy to follow the trail of magazines. I didn't stick around to see any scores, had a 3 hr drive to get back, and I sure didn't do well enough. Did pretty bad on "A-Holes", and only fair on "Pet Cemetary". Got to re-shoot "Mummy" (once I cleaned the mud out of my mags and cought my breath) in the rain on Saturday on for a steel calibration. Shot the other stages fairly solid but not great, few stupid mistakes, have to wait and see how others in Production did. Can't wait to do it again next year, might have the cramps out of my hand and trigger finger by then.

I signed up for Production. As long as there are enough of us to make it worthwhile I'll shoot it that way. I'll bring some hi-caps with me and if not enough in Production I can load up the big mags and make it Limited minor with the same gear.

I'm also shooting Production, in fact, thats the only division Ive ever shot this match in is Production. Last year, or the year before as there was no last year, when I shot it Production, it was a BLAST!! Mag changing and hosing everywhere. Mags flying all over the place looked like confetti. There's only one way to shoot this match, Production. LOL Blew out a frame rail on my main Production gun, an Elite II, the other night, so it's dead. Picked up a Beretta Steel I and trying to get it tuned and up to speed by then. Also ordered a couple more mag pouches so shoud be set there.

Sent my app in today. Went for Production for now, if no others show up to make a decent division I can always load up the mags and do limited minor.

Well, I was FOR the 3 lb rule. With USPSA violating their own rules by allowing single action guns in a double action division (ie.first shot MUST be double action) and now not imposing a minimum trigger weight rule, I have given up my membership in USPSA and my RO cert. and see no reason to continue to support this organization with my time and money.

I just got my safe a couple of weeks ago and was planning on using the rope lighting also. Just tap into the power supply cord from the golden rod and a switch to activate when the door opens, like a refridgerator.

Yea, on Production 3 lb pull. It'a a Production DOUBLE action division, NOT a single action division.

The E II is on the approved Production gun list so it should not be a problem. The E II frame and the FS frame are virtually identical except for minor checkering in the grip on the E II. By putting an E II slide on an FS frame your basically just have an E II pistol without grip checkering. And also both the E II and FS barrels and mag releases are approved so you can use either.

As Al said, SFPC shoots a 3 stage practice match Thurs eve's, weather permitting, and a points match on the first Sunday. The Palm Bch/Treasure Coast club shoots the first Sat. and third Sunday about an hour north in Stuart. So Fla Speed Shooters does a fourth Sunday steel speed shoot in Ft Laud. Big Cyprus is a new club trying to get started just south of Naples. There are also some IDPA and Cowboy clubs but I'm not up to speed on their schedules. http://www.sfpc.org http://67.94.133.96/~sfpc/forums/

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