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optic of choice for a long time in uspsa open division, they work great on pcc's.

yeah i'd go with foam plugs vs muffs for kids. maybe even nip them a little so they're not too tight. but def make sure they're inserted vs just placed loosely.

except that with a plate, it will sit up just a little bit higher. everything's a tradeoff... glad you got it worked out.

and as noted above, maybe can the (no) refund policy for your match. it sounds like it's def on and you're committed so by not locking folks in, you may actually get more of a turnout. just say no refunds 48 or 72 hours prior or the like so locals can fill any last minute spots.

hang on, is it on or not??? j/k, free post bump. if it were on the east coast near me i would be all over this. ecstatic to hear that one range local to me is starting matches back up again next weekend. i get the whole travel issues thing, but i think it's safer at local outdoor matches with a little common sense than cruising thru walmart.

link doesn't seem to be correct. cerrosafe or some other product.

just checked my 2nd/middle one and that is pulling 2.5# as well. def need to re-check the first one that's pulling 4.5# and see what's going on there.

i've done three of these on 2011's. on my most recent (about a year ago) i just checked and consistently at 2.5# over five pulls with a timney spring gauge. but i just checked the first one i did a couple years back and that's showing 4.5#, so not sure what's going on there (didn't have a gauge before recently).

you prob know, but their 'regular' length guns/slides are milled for the triji rmr/sro/etc footprint if any of those suit your fancy. or do what i just did and just order the zev oz9 'bottom' and put on an aftermarket slide of your choosing (length, milling pattern, etc).

so i put the short stroke bolt and buffer in my gmr13 14.5" barrel gun, and the 'regular' bolt and buffer from the gmr in my sbr and both ran perfectly except for one hiccup in the gmr. i want no hiccups (that gun has been 100% since i bought it a few years ago) so will prob look for a lighter buffer spring. my guess is the longer barrel gave the short stroke system the extra umph it needed to fully cycle.

nope

throwing caution into the wind, i ordered the oz9 "lower". i have a zeroed in armory slide on a 80/100% lower that has been working well, so i'll use that slide/barrel/etc on the zev. it does seem the upper has been where the problems have been, so hopefully with a good grip angle and heavier frame this will be an improvement over my various glocks.

for newbies, i'd start with a large athletic sock, put in a pantyhose 'foot' liner and fill it with airsoft bb's and tie it off. easy to squeeze etc for elevation and the like. at your first couple of prs matches, just ask folks to borrow their 'real' bags and figure out what works best for you and buy that or those. but the sock does a great job, certainly for starters. there's a douchewaffle in every game and sport there is. but the vast vast majority of folks i've shot with in prs, 2 & 3 gun, uspsa, etc etc have been nice and helpful. i even had one of the best shooters in the game spend an hour with me (just some avg joe schmuck) after day one of a match to help get my rifle running again.

no exp with the beretta but my m2 has been 100% no excuses reliable since i got it a few years ago, in many 3 gun matches with a variety of ammo incl all the stuff at walmart (4-paks of fed, win or rem). prior to that i was using the sbe2. it handled the win supersport shells perfectly but wasn't 100% with the walmart stuff and even worse with the light loads at skeet ranges, presumably because it's sprung for 3.5" shells so the lighter recoil isn't fully cycling it. the nice thing about the 3.5" port is it is easier to load.

two days ago you said the gun fires when you manually rack it/drop the bolt. right above you're saying it never fires. are you 100% sure the hammer is falling? you're hearing it and feeling it? any dents on the primers? you can def get crap in the firing pin chamber. when you scrub the bolt face during cleaning, that can force crap thru and into the fp hole. also on your op you said the bolt wasn't fully closing. if it's a little out of battery then yeah prob the hammer, if it does fall, isn't contacting the firing pin squarely or enough to light the primer, which is a good thing if it is out of battery. maybe a burr or some crud buildup on the bolt or around the barrel is keeping the bolt from fully closing. look over the trigger assembly. that's a relatively complicated trigger, maybe something shifted, came loose, whatever, that is slowing it down or impeding it.

ffl's and not individuals can ship handguns cheap via usps. check with a few ffl's, even with their transfer fee it may be cheaper than paying ups or fedex.

i have a couple of hooks screwed into the walls in my garage and just hang my gun rigs on those. most everything i use at a match just stays in my range bag.

sounds like it is extracting and loading a new round, the new round just isn't firing.

sounds like your bolt isn't going back far enough under recoil to reset the trigger. try a lighter buffer spring or hotter ammo. i had the same prob with my pcc build and ended up swapping out bolt and buffer to and from another pcc and now both work fine.

oos, but i'll check back

showing out of stock, if i'm looking at the right one (short, 1/2-36). any eta on resupply?

any small (short) but effective brakes out there (9mm pcc)? 1/2-36. i have a 3" jp on there now but it sort of ruins the whole sbr 8" barrel concept. thanks!

looking at the wind chart above, the valk has 1.2 mils less wind effect at 800 yds. that is very roughly a YARD difference at that 800yds. given that wind reading/calling is not an exact science (to put it mildly), that gives you a lot more cushion vs .223/5.56. most will hold left or right and not dial for wind given its variability, and dial for elevation/distance if time permits, or hold for that also if time is tight. you're going to dial or hold with either caliber, so dialing or holding a little less or more isn't really the issue. the flatter trajectory just buys you more cushion if your distance or wind calls are off some.

in gas gun/prs matches out to 800 yds it's a pretty good caliber. flat, lower recoil/muzzle jump. good supply of good factory match ammo (hornady eld-m, federal gold medal). i put together a 24" on a mega mkm xl upper & lower and rainier ultra match +2 barrel, very nice shooter.

i'm running their silent captured short stroke spring system, right out of the box. not sure what spring weight they use. it has the five steel 'discs' in it, again, what it shipped with. i haven't calc'd PF yet but it's all various factory ammo from 115-147g. it is an sbr, 8.3" barrel so velocity/PF is prob a little less than out of a 14-16".