Jim Watson

Not just the SOs, I have a friend's squad pictures just after their last stage, illuminated by headlights.

How did they sneak in under the radar? We had all sorts of free advertising for Expansion Industries vaporware, never heard of White River. I might think you guys are joshing me when I read that White River Energetics Manufactures: Small, Medium, and Large Pistol and Rifle Primers using the traditional Lead Styphnate process. Medium primers, really, now.

The first Summer Sizzler in Tennessee, the 90 shot Classifier was broken up into several stages and incorporated into the match. It was a two day affair, 20+ stages all told. The results included a Classifier only time and were color coded, did you fall in your announced class, higher, or lower. I did better, the first time I shot Expert on a classifier. But HQ would not accept it because it was not shot all together in order.

Oops.

I once read that in the early days, it was the other way 'round. A was a half dozen guys who would dominate a match. If one was there he would win. If two were there they were competing for first and second place. B was a half dozen guys who would lead if none of the As showed up. C was the top half of the general crowd, D was the bottom half. I know an MD who really pushes the "vision barrier" gimmick. No, you can't see those targets from behind the vision barrier and no, you can't reload there, either. You have to move to where you can. The activities at the last POC are wonderful to see.

While most SOs would probably figure you had done yourself enough of a disservice, I think that digging in your pocket for that odd magazine would be disallowed by: 8.6.3.4 The same exact location for speed loaders, speed loader pouches, moon clips, moon clip pouches, and/or ammunition feeding devices in pockets must be used for every stage in a single match, unless otherwise specified in a stage description.

And IDPA mag well funnels. I think a double stack is a smart move for IDPA. You are limited to 10+1 in ESP/CO now, but I think the move to 15+1 in SSP will eventually be followed in ESP. Means I will shelve my Colt and shoot my STI. Wisecracks about Wilson preference notwithstanding, I see more Nighthawks in my area than Wilson. Not that there are many of either.

My sub-minor 9mm, kept mostly for GSSF Pocket, is just a 115 loaded as light as will cycle the action.

The one I shot on range demonstration day had just slightly less recoil than a 9mm in the same size gun, but more blast and flash. Ballistics remind me of .30 Luger.

That is the restricted capacity version for your jurisdiction. Several makers do that, a short magazine tube, a long plastic base/filler piece. Others use dents to keep the follower from going all the way to the bottom, with cuts so you can't grind out the divots. I think Glock molds theirs as an internal single stack.

The rulebook language was probably different back then, but I still remember being scolded by an MD because I would not let his buddy prop his pistol on a magazine for a table start.

P320 magazines? I can't find that on their www. [quote]The grip texture was the chain link option which was not agressive and kind of slick like the "golf ball" feel mentioned previously. It's apparent that the texture is meant for carry and not aggressive enough for competition. [/quote] Seen that here and there but no mention of tape or grit that are routinely applied to other guns. Howcome?

Yes, but one problem is the multiplicity of models and variants. It can be hard to find somebody to report on EXACTLY the gun you are interested in. The catalog is all I have for these oddball guns.

.38 SC has dropped off the SAAMI tables, let's assume it is the same O.D. as .38 Special, .379". .38 S&W is .3863" so you have 7 thou of slop. It is the same sort of thing as all the British surplus .380 Revolvers (.38 S&W) that were reamed to take .38 Special for sale in the Colonies. It's going to bulge. Will it split? Probably not at that load.

Well, you want what you want, but Limited Optic is the Easy Button for this one.

Little if any. Velocity ranges overlapped with six out of seven primers I tried with my 9mm load of HP38. Strangely, Remington Small Pistol gave slightly higher velocity than the rest, including even magnum and small rifle primers.

If that were so, I think I would see a lot more Wilsons on the range.

It is as accurate as the IDPA rule book and the Nighthawk catalog. I have seen Box shenanigans that would make you shoot USPSA.

CCP Box is 7.75 x 5.375 x 1.375 Kestrel is 7.85 x 5.4 x 1.27 So is Ladyhawk.

This one doesn't even have front serrations.

Great, I cherish a picture of an SVI in plain flat and square blue without superfluous cuts. But looking on their website, such plain guns are a small minority among the outright gaudy stuff that people buy.

Great, somebody went back to 1950 and lightened a 9mm slide without all the external flutes and portholes of the current styling fad. I wish other companies would do the same. A friend put one of those Nighthawk package lockwork kits in his Prodigy and is quite pleased with it.

You might inquire at Apex; they are selling a steel guide rod for the Echelon. Randy Lee says the stock spring is so stout that he includes a "compression tool" to help get it back together. He doesn't list replacement springs, so you would be on a search for something that would fit the gun.

I will resume when somebody refers to the bore diameter of his platypus, then.

But what about the second part? Doesn't seem like many gunboard posters know the difference between bore and groove diameter. Why not fix that, too?