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I'm not a very attentive dude and I don't know when this started to happen. Stuart and his crew cut this slide for me in '18, I think. The gun functions fine in live fire. In dry fire I can carefully pull it back and it will stay in that position. Tapping it or racking it releases it forward. Regular unmilled slide doesn't do it on this frame. Swapping barrels and recoil guides makes no difference. I guess it is binding somewhere but I can't figure out where. ????

Commercial ammo sales are influenced by factors that may have little relevance to the sport. Majority of that 9 mm ammo is bought by people who will barely shoot at all, let alone participate in any sports. To me basing the new division on commercially less popular ammo is less silly than creating a division that is effectively identical to an existing one.

I thought it was funny that he also took the time to protest their Spectre Comp being reclassified as a compensator, even though they themselves named it a Spectre Comp. Based on my, admittedly limited, experience with it I think it is a gimmick but I did find it entertaining to read.

I only shoot factory ammo and done so for years. I am well aware of what pf which ammo makes out of Stock 2 and Shadow 2. 115 gr American Eagle is rarely over 134. 124 and 147 AE is usually at 140 +/- 2; too close to be relied on to make the chrono if cutoff was 140. Same for 115 Lawman. 115 PMC barely over 125. 124 PMC around 132. The "official USPSA" 150 Syntech will not get you over 140. I can go on. It is 140 pf that would require buying special 9 mm loads. 125 pf is fine. What's silly is letting guns weigh 56 oz in minor pf divisions.

It makes shooters who don't reload obsolete. Almost anything one can buy off the shelf makes 125 from a 4.5+ inch barrel. 140, not so much.

This is not a discussion of opinions topic; there is another thread for that. The poll is intended to find out how the forum membership's attitudes will match against the results of the official USPSA survey on this same subject, when that survey's data is released.

I could live with angle on Eeman but the location was too close on the frame. This one is even closer, and I have large hands. I would say that the thumb rest certainly worked well - when I picked the gun and positioned my hands carefully and deliberately. It is when I went on a timer, I couldn't get support hand in fast enough and consistently.

Thnx, you saved me 90 bucks. I wouldn't be able to get my support hand in.

I'd be really curious. If you could post a pic from the right side, that would be awesome.

This exemplifies the problem. When someone with your experience is not sure what it is, how are regular dudes supposed to figure it out. The rules paragraph, now quoted twice by different members, did not help me understand this setup any better. That wall makes no difference on how those targets are seen. Whether the wall was there or not was irrelevant to engaging those two target arrays. It is just a wide transition.

I had exactly the same experience with their hanger and posted about it here.

I regret finding this thread because I am not sure I'd resist trying. I tried both SSI and Eeman Tech. Neither worked for me. SSI had one real problem and one possible. The real problem was that when placed for an unloaded start, the gun balanced muzzle up / grip down. Very unfavorable for table pick up starts which I see a lot. My Shadows have about one ounce of weight removed from inside the dustcover so that could've contributed. I can't claim the same would happen with a fully stock frame. A possible problem was that the ledge was too low for my thumb to contact at rest so I am not sure it would've done anything. I didn't try shooting it, returned unused. Eeman was opposite, too close and steep. I could never get my support hand position in. I am going to see what Tevo's return policy is. May try it if I can send it back; I would not even need to shoot it. P.S. Upon further research, it seems like this one will be as tight for me as Eeman. Combined with no mentioning of return policy or, for that matter, no contact info on Tevo's site, I think I'll pass.

It was what it was. We've about same 5-6 guys set the stages up and I am not one of them. I am grateful that they carry that load and I just get to come, pay, and shoot. It is a small range physically so they do the best to make stages technical enough. I asked the question just to understand the rules better, that's all.

Here's a screen capture showing the setup, box included. I am facing papers while picking up a gun (unloaded start). Plate rack is down range to my right, approximately perpendicular to my shoulders, and is unobstructed visually.

Just for my education, a part of a stage from yesterday's match: a three paper target array, then about 100-120 degrees wide transition to a plate rack. A medium sized vision barrier perpendicular to the line of paper targets to block targets downrange but it didn't visually block the rack. Neither the papers nor the rack available to shoot from any other position. Plate rack was about 12-15 yards away and most people shuffled to get square to it but visually it was all 12 shots from one spot. In fact it was set as a shooting box. I normally don't pay attention to stuff like that because I shoot CO but yesterday I did SS so this setup guaranteed two standing reloads (the same array was set on the opposite side). I asked if this was legal and was told yes, effectively explained by the width of a transition and presence of a wall within that transition span. No heartburn on my side. This is a nice amicable local match, guys who build the stages do the best they can. I just thought that the explanation was strange.

https://www.dot40.net/product/eemann-tech-competition-magazine-catch-spring-10-power-for-cz-sp-01-sp-01-shadow-shadow-2-tactical-sports/

Done.

I forgot what thread locker, red or blue, was recommended to secure it in place. Quick help, anyone? Going to be installing a reduced power spring in 30 min or so. Thanks!

I bought a different holster from them that utilizes the same hanger, except that it uses a conventional bolt down rectangular belt attachment plate rather than a teklok. It has the thinnest hanger I've ever seen that got bent just from me tightening the screws. P.S. I submitted my review on their site, probably been 3 weeks now. Nowhere to be seen, while five star reviews are available for prospective shoppers to read

The number of times I found my buffers destroyed is probably embarrassing, since I am supposed to pay attention to these things. They never stopped my Shadows from running. I am even mildly curious how buffer's fragments can make it into lockwork, considering where the buffer is, where the lockwork is, and the number of barriers between them. But if absence of a buffer makes a night and day, up to target transitions, difference then who here is going to argue.

Those spring weights have liberal margins of error. A 14 lbs from CZC gives a lighter trigger pull than a 13 lbs from another vendor. I use that CZC spring with OEM firing pin/spring combination and it ignites everything. I removed the extended pins way before NYS accident and after one of those pins got stuck in its hole, protruding out of a breechface and rendering the gun inoperable.

Size of Ghost screws relative to a commonly used hanger.

This being a CO gun, I don't need much more drop, maybe 3 mm, and I certainly don't need any more offset. I am interested in your hanger though. Any way I can look at them, website or through email?

I am playing around with a thumb rest on my Shadow 2 and this Ghost holster was the only immediate off the shelf option. The body is OK but hanger is trash, and with an unusual mounting pattern. Does anybody know of a hanger that might be compatible? The distance between mounting holes on a Y piece above is 43 mm. Another thing that might work is something like a Boss but the long plate has to be longer. Any ideas are appreciated.