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I have a rear sight like that somewhere in my kit, but it was made for the Shadow, didn't like it as it interfered with decocking the gun, but others may not experience the same issue.

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I was prepared to not like the forward tilt, but on presentation I don't notice it at all. It gives me the feedback I need for shooting and looks exactly the same to me as the fixed sight when shooting. I like the low profile nature of the sight and lack of sharp edges on it too. Doing unloaded gun starts I slap the top of the back like a reverse chop, with normal target sights that equals blood, with these and the fixed it gets my gun loaded pain free.

The pinch method, and this my opinion, is more prone to ADs then any other method. Sweaty or oily hands being the biggest issue. I've DQ'd a large number of people doing that method and yet none who do the thumb roll. While it can be done safely, so can drawing from a Serpa..

decocking, in my opinion, should always be done by inserting the weak hand thumb between the hammer and slide, pushing the hammer back, then pulling and pinning the trigger and slowly and deliberately rolling the thumb up and out of the way, slowly letting the hammer down. (obviously for non decock models). It should also be a conscious act and not something done out of habit. I stress looking at it as it happens. Pinching or using the strong hand thumb leads to disaster enough so that I will not allow it at my classes. Yes you can go too fast the way I do it, but you have to do it really fast to get it to mess up. I demo that too, just so people know.

Ok, so here are 3 of Shadows, starting on the right is my Steel Challenge gun which has the 3 dot Fibre optic sights that were available on some guns back in 2011. It came with red FO and I changed it to green as I preferred that. Next in the middle is my backup gun with the new chamfered corner sight that showed up on Shadowmate (Canadians) in 2012/13, originally they came with FO rears as well, but I changed to the solid sight once I found them in Czech while at the EEO. Next on the left is my current match gun, again a Shadowmate (like the practice gun in the background), now with the Shadow 2 rear sight. The blade has a slight forward angle to it, which apparently you can get without, but my source didn't have those. Once actually looking at the gun you can't tell it has the forward tilt though. The sight is adjustable for elevation only, by screw, windage is drifting the sight. I've got 6 guns and I've yet to have to drift my sights to correct for anything in the gun. Centered is centered as far as POI/POA is concerned. I'm normally not a fan of adjustable sights as I used to swap front sights to 6mm for my 147gr bullets and leave it at that. But as I am travelling more I am using a variety of ammo when on the road and this will allow me to zero at each match with the available ammo. Sure it won't help me win any of the matches, but it will help keep some shots out of partial no shoots and such, I hope. At least that's the theory behind my madness. I also am not a fan of adjustable sights as they always seem to break and fall apart at the worst times. My Stock II did that to me a few times, one of the many reasons I ended up with the Shadow. These new sights however, being elevation only seem to be much more durable as they don't have so many parts. I am very happy. Group shot with 124gr CamPro and the new rear sight. 18 clicks down from zero at 25m.

I got mine in Germany from a shooter there. I have asked if he has made arrangements to sell them in the US and will let you guys know. I love mine no more worrying about what ammo I'm shooting when I travel.

don't have any pics but I am using the new adjustable rear sight from the Shadow 2 and prior to that the new sight that came on the Shadowmates up here in Canada

Sorry, didn't keep that data. But I will be back out this week to retest the new infrared screens I got for the CED and will record that for you.

I've never ever heard of drilling out the pin, and I've done rusted in ones. I've had to use a press before, but would never drill. As mentioned above, sometimes the flared out side is on the right side, usually on the left.

2.8gr gave me 116pf out of my Glock 17, which is what will be used for the calibration gun at the match I'm going to (not my Glock, but a Glock). 3.0 gave me 125pf. Running the same loads out of my CZ dropped them 10pf, which was interesting. Bullets were 147gr CamPros. Accuracy was still really good, which shocked me.

The last Shadow I worked on shocked me, the pin had to go out from Left to right. First time I've had to do that, but the flare on the right side was waaaay bigger than on the left, replaced it with a CGW pin too

100% agree that it is simply a good thing that there is a Shadow 2 now. Guns are like girls or cars/trucks, no one will always like the same thing as anyone else. Choose the gun you like and be happy!

The work done to the S2 started long before the Stock III came out, they were already working on an upgrade in 2010 when I visited the factory for the first time. I, among others on that trip, were asked to list things that I wanted to see, improvements, simple changes etc, to the gun. Many of the things I wrote down, from proper checkering, better slide serrations for manipulations and a good, solid adjustable rear sight, are now incorporated into this gun. I know I wasn't unique in my answers, as it was things I'd heard from others, and were things people like Angus had told them previously as well.

I would take the Shadow 2 over a Stock 2 or 3 any day of the week, I took a regular Shadow over my Stock II originally. The Shadow has a better trigger, better sights and most importantly, for me, flush safeties. Tanfoglio refuses to make flush safeties, had that discussion with them at IWA, they cite "liability" concerns. Weird how others don't have that same concern. And I laugh at people saying CZ is copying Tanfoglio, because umm, what is a Tanfo again? oh yeah a copy of a CZ.

it was a sad sad day. I knew he'd been hit hard again by the cancer recently but we'd expected a bit more time with him. He is at peace now though, I will do my best to continue to learn and grow as a shooter as he showed me how on his trips up here. Great guy, great friend, great shooter and of course a great instructor. He will be missed.

I've got some 124s actually, so I could load them, but I have tons of 147s. will be doing this this weekend if I have time. I have a steel challenge load I did years ago that was apparently 2.8grs of tightgroup. Super soft and accurate, but I never chrono'd it.

yeah sorry, ipsc only as far as I know, but if one could source the material no reason it couldn't be done in Metric targets (god I hate that name for the USPSA target, it should be the classic target)

They wanted to bring a gun in and not be ridiculously expensive, so the bushing gun is at least a year off. Whether or not they apply for it to be a Production Div gun is unknown. They did set precedent with the Oranges and Shadowmates that some countries got, so creating a new Orange with a bushing isn't a bad idea. But it will cost more. it also takes more time to produce which would mean smaller quantities per year vs the production that they can do with the new gun without the bushing. I'd love to post all my pics, but I can't post enough per thread to have any kind of continuity. A close up of the interior Maria's wee hand gripping the gun and having no issue getting on the trigger The bushing gun Some Bling

First person report here. Every year I hit Norway 2 or 3 times for matches and have shot the waterproof targets many times. The first year I went, 2010, they had two displayed at the entrance to the Kongsvinger range, one shot to shit the other virgin. Both had been up for 3 weeks and had seen rain, snow, wind, hail and lots of sun. Both looked nearly new. The shot target had some patched holes on it and the tape was still there. Initially the tape was a bit too see through, but the new tape they use is much more opaque. The targets don't cost much more than normal ones and are thinner than what I'm used to here in BC. We use a type of corrugated cardboard, and the Norway targets are more of a pressed cardboard. The tape sticks in the rain and sticks to other tape on the targets. Basically they are made from fish packaging cardboard and the tape comes from the same industry. Best targets every made in my opinion. Eric G also sells a similar target, but it's more money. I brought back a nice pile of them a few years ago, full size and mini, in the hopes of finding a similar product here, but my IPSC section was all "meh" about it. Apparently replacing targets numerous times during a match is more cost effective than using a slightly more expensive one that lasts pretty much until it's completely shot to pieces, regardless of weather.

throwing in an update to my block of suggestion from a couple years ago for driving the pins out of the hammer. CZ Custom sells a nice bench block for 30 something bucks that is an excellent addition to any tinkers bench. it has a nicely cut out hammer spot on the block that securely holds the hammer while driving out pins, and is also made so you can put the disco and strut back in and put the pins back in. It's drilled so the the pins fall into the block when driven out, and captures them until you remove the hammer and flip the block over. Great great tool. It will also hold the slide securely in cutouts and the frame laying on it's right side once the safeties are removed.

I run the nickleplated 9mm/40 17 round mags with +2 and a magblock inside to comply with Canadian law for 10 rounds. When international I use another magblock inside to limit to 15 per IPSC rules. This prevents the rounds from bouncing down on a hard slide lock reload (which of course one would prefer to not need to do). I've had, regardless of springs, feed issues when loading any mag to less than capacity and slamming it home on slide lock. using the blocks means the rounds won't go anywhere.

the frame is 1mm thicker on each side so 2mm thicker all told How much thicker is the frame? Is it close to a large frame tanfo?

yes, which is exactly what I said in both my Facebook posts and the email I sent Vince. A number of us were told this while at the show and posted about it, but apparently we are "unreliable" according to him. lol. on another note, quick question. How many images am I allowed to link to (and why is there a limit)? Trying to group the pics by content and keep getting told I'm posting too many.

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