davsco

that is stand up right there!!

i got tired of looking every day so just back ordered at eurooptics one of their larger dealers.

not sure where you got that idea or info, they sent me a return label recently to check out my dvc open gun from way before staccato was a thing.

local club cancelled their last 3 3gun matches due to low signup, but 2 gun matches have been pretty well attended although less than in prior years. it's sort of a catch-22. some matches have scaled down round counts due to the ammo shortage, but if i'm going to schlep back and forth to a match, a low round count isn't going to do it for me, so i don't attend.

bil just got a case of MG 124 off their website last week, i guess just good timing.

pro's and con's vs springer plate? thanks!

damn, the builder should be refunding you most of your money, or just paying you to build his guns

i'm only seeing five, but it has been some 2 weeks now without a notice. and i'm checking benstoeger etc that don't appear to have waitlist options every day or so. of course, the springer plates for x5 legions are also sold out... i have a new x5 legion that does seem to have the holes for the SRO, but advice seems to be to still use a plate to get the optic back from the ejection port, at the expense of having it sit a little higher so a little harder (at least for me) to pick up quickly.

older eyes like mine, shoot a little more accurately with red dots vs fiber optics.

all you guys shooting for groups, you using red dot optics or iron sights?

yeah oos everywhere

anything for taran tactical base pads?

the larger the lens, the higher that dot is going to sit up, which is a problem for some folks like me that go back and forth between irons and optics. everything's a trade-off... i have a couple of vortex vipers, seem to have the lowest dot above the bottom of the base distance that i've seen from various specs. but a smaller window.

took apart and reinstalled everything. poked the leaf spring left, right, up and down and it seemed to stay put. racked and 'fired' a bunch again with zero issues.

Britin thanks for the DAA sale, ordered up a belt and mag pouches!

please post them here! mbx has 15% off mags. what else?

now that it's "working" I'll have to take it apart and check that sear leg. when installed and closed up, is there a way for the sear leg to get under the sear?

so where the leaf spring bottom fits into the slot in the grip, i wrapped one layer of tape around the bottom of that slot, that at least in theory should keep the leaf spring stable and as high as possible. a layer of tape isn't much, and who knows how long that will stay in place, but after re-assembling, i did another 100 racks and the hammer stayed locked back until i pulled the trigger. is this just temporary luck again?

not the greatest pic, but would you say the sear spring is centered correctly and up high enough? where the bottom of the leaf spring plugs into the frame, there is maybe a playing card width of play up and down (with the leaf spring in that slot).

well, you were temporarily the MAN... hammer wouldn't stay back during 3rd stage today. the loctited grip screws were still tight. tomorrow i'll check for a cracked grip (it's the factory dvc stippled grip) and take it from there.

you, sir, are the f'n MAN!!!! left one was a little loose as was the one in front of the trigger guard. blue loctited and tightened all three and 100 racks no issues. now, time to do that to its other stablemates...

i will check. this is a dvc open in 38 super. i've had it since they came out and shoot it in a handful of matches each year so it hasn't been shot a whole lot. trigger etc is all bone-stock with no adjustments, unless something came loose etc. i have a couple of the brazos trigger kits (hammer, sear etc) in some of my other sti's and may try one of those in this gun to see what that does.

ok so working from bottom (msh) up i got everything disassembled... when i put it all back together without the slide, with manual cocking, the hammer started locking back periodically but then 100%. but with slide attached, if i rack it slowly it locks back most of the time, but almost none of the time when i rack it somewhat quickly. i don't see any damage or missing to the sear or hammer but maybe the pics and/or narrative will help someone please diagnose.

so 2nd stage today, my hammer (sti 2011 with double sided safety) stopped locking back after shooting first target. so not sure what is causing that. trying to take the gun apart, but even with the hammer held back manually, i can't get the safety high enough to pull it out, normally halfway between off and engaged it isn't too hard to pull out. thoughts & ideas greatly appreciated!

you know what the perfect double is - alpha mike... speed up til you get rid of those pesky doubles!