Biloxi23

I've been trying, but not very good at computers.

I tried to post pictures, but I,m a computer idiot. Later I'll try to get mu wife to assist.

Any one have any idea who may have built this pistol? according to the serial number it's a 1984 Stainless Gold Cup, with a Blackened Series '80 Gold Cup slide. The rear sight has been replaced wtih a Wichita adjustable rear. The hole for the front sight has been filled in and the top of the slide recontoured. A one hole compensator has been fitted to an unmarked, threaded barrel and it has a barrel bushing that is recessed into the rear of the comp. The sides of the slide towards teh muzzle have been contoured to match the comp. On this contour, both sides of the slide are marked "Scoprion's Stinger." the hammer is bobbed, it has an ambidexterous mag release, and the front strap, mainspring housing, bottom of the grip safety, trigger guard and the rear of the slide have been checkered. The pistol looks like something that would have been an open gun in the 80's. Anyone have any idea whod 'smithed this shooter?

Welcome to another shooter from Mississippi. Ya'll come!

I have shot 3 matches so far, and each one keeps getting better. The last one I was doing pretty good and then had a mental break down based upon "Hey, I got this." No, I didn't "got" this, and screwede the pooch on the last stage. So far all of my problems have been mental lapses more than shooting. but man have I met some good people. A couple of days ago I stopped to eat a a popular restraunt and a guy got up and came over to my table to talk. I had met this guy at two of the matches, didn't remember his name, but was recognized. We talked about pistols all through lunch. This sport is great and all of the guys have really welcomed me.

I actually saw a suib with a factory loaded 230 grain ball fire in a SIG 220. I was running q qualification and was standing behind him. The projectile went far enough into the barrel to let him chamber the next round when he racked the slide ( he noticed something was different, but went straight into his malfunction clearance). I was shouting to "cease fire'" but he fired the next round anyway. The slide came to the rear, ejected the fired round and tehn started forward. the bulge in the barrel stopped teh slide from returning into battery. Fortunatlely the only thing dmaged was the barrel. Somewhere in one of my junkboxes I still have that barrel.

I am also one of the persons cursed with smaller hands. I have been carring semi auto pistols as a duty weapon for 22-23 years (started with a 4" Smith in 1982). Although I've carried Glocks, a Smith 645, Colt 1911'1 and a Kimber or four, I cannot reach the mag release on any of them without shifting/rolling the grip in my hand. I am new to practical shooting but I am pretty adept at the roll. I can't reach the slide stop/relese on most semi autos and even if I go to slide lock, I seem to automatically rack the slide. I found that I could get smoother and faster with practice, so I practiced. The chances of my hand getting any bigger were pretty slim. Like most things about this spsort, practice, practice, practice.

I read once where they said it was illegal to use the words "Smith and Wesson." Say it ain't so! Welcom to the forums.

Welcome. Youu have come to one of the most informative shooting sites there is. Most times, you will fine that someone here has posted the answer before you can ask the question. Gerald

This is probably the most informative shooting site in existence. Welcome.

I've seen a couuple that tend to dreep out towards the right side of teh frame. With the ones that creep, and the ones that break, sometimes the slide sto[p and/or spring will get bent. This can cause the pistol to turn into a one shooter. Make sure you examine the slide stop and ensure that it's OK.

I have a set of Heinie Straight 8 night sights for my off-duty 32C. They were just under $100.00, but I found that the standard Glock sight tool does not work very well on the rear. The rear also rquired some delicate file work.

RoleX: You are correct about the shipping being painful! In early July I sent a Glock 35 back to Smyrna after a mini-KB. the UPS store wouldn't take teh pistol and I had to go to the city next to mine to send it from the UPS Service Center. The shipping (next day air required, of course) and insurance From Gulfport, MS to Smyrna was $75.00. The gas to drive that far would've been about the same price.

Welcome.

Are revolvers thos guns with the thingies that go round and round? And when you open it of all the bullets fall out on the ground? When I first started poicing in 1982, we were required to carry revolvers. Some of the best shooting I ever did was with a Smith and Wesson (Am I allowed to say Smith and Wesson to a person from California?) 4" Model 66 with 148 grain wadcutters on teh old PPC courses. One of my favorite revolvers is a K frame .357 with a Colt Python 6" barrel. They used to be called a Smython or a Smolt. Welcome.

BAsed upon precision rifle shooting experience, I believe when you go prone, your eye is at a different distance from the front sight, or at a differnt focal distance. I don't "KNOW" this, but everytime I go prone with a sniper rifle, I have to dial the scope's focus ring. It may well be the same thing when you were trying to focus on the front sight.

Welcome Herman! I started matches in early July,and joined around the same time. Not a day goes by that I don't learn something from the guys and gals on this site. I've never tried three gun, but I hear they are a blast. You're right about one thing: Any question you can dream up has most probably been asked before, but even if it has, someone will answer it any way. Good luck and good shooting.

Highway 67 in Harrison County: The matches are held at the Gulf Coast rifle and Pistol Club on the second Saturday of each month. There used to be a web site, but they ahve been having problems and I'm not sure who is maintaining the site.

You guys are amazing. Ya'll (a Southern term)just copletely diagnosed almost everything that I did wrong on Saturday. I was just mototing on, being moderately slow-fast, when I had the brilliant thought "Hey, I got this, I can go faster!" right behind that thought came Apha-Mike, Alpha-Mike followed by Charlie-Mike. Thanks guys, I really did learn something from this discussion.

I'm new to USPSA, but not new to be an NRA Firearms Instructor and like a lot of the members here are saying, this sounds like a trigger control issue. The low-left hit by a right handed shooter is what is known as a Pre-Ignition Push, or a PIP. There is an interesting target made by the same people that make Lee reloading equipment. It is a circle surrounded by what looks like pie shaped wedges. You aim for the center and each wedge is labled wiaht most probably caused the round to strike that particular wedge. I think they are availbel at freetargets.com, or a similar site.

Saturday I shot my 2nd local match, which would be the third match overall since early July. This one was a whole bunch better. I don't mean my overall finish, which was better, but that everything just felt smoother and faster and more comfortable. Boy, did that Warren Tactical Glock Fiber Optic Sight set make a difference! I actually remember seeing the front sight on most of my shots. There were still some brain (trigger?) farts, but they somehow did not fell as bad. I guess the best way to put it is that I didn't fell as near to lost as I felt the first two times. This whole practical shooting thing just keeps gettin' more and more fun. My fifth stage wan't near as well done as the other four, but I am tickled overall. I wish I had started this about thirty years ago.

herky: No, and they didn't tell me that the buzzer turned both my hands into left hands, pur mittens on them and strap the concrete blocks to my feet either.

Yesterday I went to a USPSA match in Poplarville, MS with the guy that gor me started on this. There were two other guys I knew there. I had a blast and did not get DQ'd, and learned a lot from the guys that were there. I was doing pretty well for an upper middle aged, overweight rookie for three stages. Then the brain farts started. I was shooting ok, but I was SLOW...... then I forget about one of the targets. I had a perfect plan for the last stage, but at teh start signal I totally forgot about the plan. Instead of moving quickly to the left, I performed (or invented) some weird combination of a duckwalk and a suffle. Oh yeah, and I shot (shot at?) the targets in a completely different sequence than my brilliant plan called for. I shot the last three cardboards and two steels ok though. What a rush. As the governator once said, "I'll be back!" Thanks to all the guys at the south Mississippi Practical Shooting Association, particularly Bill Jackson for making me feel welcome. And a special thanks to Gerwin Henn (again) for nagging me into trying this sport, and sor all of his insight.

Yesterday I shot my first ever pistol match at our local range. It was hot, 95 degrees, there was no wind, I drank 4 bottles of Gator Ade and three waters and was still thirsty, and I loved it! I met my goal for the day, which was to have fun, not get DQ'ed and to not shoot a good guy. Before the first stage I was so nervous I could barely load my magazines. When I was walking to the starting point for my turn I was sweating bullets, and belive me it wasn't the heat. I finished for the day somewhere in the middle of the pack, and had a blast. I knew a few of the guys there, and really want to thank my friend Gerwin Henn for nagging me into shooting the match. I also met eome really nice and helpfull guys. I also owe a big thanks to this site and all the information I read here for beginners. This will not be my last match.

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