Vlad

I can only assume that the rules are supposed to define what the "real" or "perfect" 1911 is supposed to be. Given the INSANE variety of 1911 options on the market I argue that there no perfect design. I have a whole rant in my head about how the world and the 1911 have changed. But I think that before I get my blood pressure up I'll step back and let the market decide. So far around here the market shruged and couldnt care less, but it has only been 1 month, so we'll see what happens. I'll only note that comparing the rules of the 1911 Division to those of production is like comparing apples to transitor radios.

Well .. you can do that now. There is no rule against it as long the frame is a metal alloy. I'm not really sure why you have something against changing the balance anyway, if John Brownings balance was perfect people wouldn't want to change it and it isnt perfect then why so pationate about setting it in stone? Gary, I really believe that you meant well, but I really hope these rules get a MASSIVE re-write after a year or so. So far, around my neck of the woods, everyone thinks the rules overly restrictive and don't add anything. Everyone that sees them says "If only they got it right, I would shoot it". Of course they all disagree on what right is, and you can never please everyone, but so far I don't know anyone who came out and said "Great! I'm going to be shooting SS now!" and we get around 70 shooters to outdoor matches in January.

Recently I've developed a habit for Pria bars. They are a Powerbar product and from their website I guess the aim it a women, but I'm not ashamed to buy them. At the local warehouse type store I can pick them up for about $17 per 20 and they come in about 4 types, each type with 3 to 5 flavors. Currently I'm buying their Complete Nutrition Bar, 170cal, 6g Fat, 22g carb (7 sugar, 5 fiber), 11g protein and and insane list of vitamins and minerals.

Carlos, I think you can still buy 15rd mags for CZ's.

If you think that a full dust cover is somehow "better" or "faster" then use a weight limit. Me, I've shot my friend's TRP Operator and I think it is a nice accurate well fitted pig of a gun. I think that a full dust cover is one of those things that allows the gun to balance better for some shooters and worse for others, far from an absolute advantage. After all lots of limited guns do not have them and people win pleanty without them. You can argue that optical sights bring an advantage to all shooter to use them but I think the general experience with dust covers is that some people prefer them and some people dont. I think that if you really think that weight makes a critical difference (and I really don't, noting that the last L10 national champion used a plastic gun) then introduce a weight limit. And I dont even own a railed 1911. I really hope that we see a revision of the rules, I think as they stand they are a real problem. BTW, at our last match we had 19 L10 shooters (mostly 1911's) and 1 SS shooter, and he was shooting SS because he was playing with his commander sized gun in carry gear in preparation for a pocket gun match.

Yup Old Bridge is seeing the same rough numbers. The outdoor matches get 60 to 70 people, and Open is down to 7 to 5 shooters per match. L10 attracts 17 to 12 people, Production 26 to 19, Limited 23 to 19. Most matches we dont have ANY revo shooters.

CZ model 3 was also droped by CZ so I guess their sells on that model werent that great.

How's the trigger pull? Mine is decent, but all I've done is replaced the mainspring and shot it about 20,000 and dryfire'ed some more. However if you get one of the trigger jobs that the team CZ guys do you will have a very sweet trigger indeed. I've played with one and it felt really nice.

My CZ would feed them, and I suspect most CZ's would.

I like baseball caps (but I only shooting ones and only for shooting). Long sleeve shirts are good too.

Frankly the way phone companies are treating their customers is why I went to a pre-paid phone. If I get sick of it I dump it and get a different company.

Oh yeah .. UPS .. a pox upon them. They've "delivered" my new Bowflex the other day. And by "delivered" I mean they took the 8 giant boxes (which where so heavy I thought someone shipped me a disassembled steam locomotive) and dumped them in my back yard. Did I mention this was during a rainstorm, and that they droped the boxes in muddy puddles and left them to be rained on ... $2500 worth of steal bits in cardboard boxes all nice and soggy wet when I got home .... Grrr .. Its not like I dont have a friking porch they could have put them on. They leave boxes of ammo and once a handgun on my porch so why the decided to haul the 8 giant boxed behind my house is a friking mistery to me.

I hate all rebates. Most of them nowdays are scams. What Carina is complaining about is pretty much standard procedure, with places like Best Buy getting sued over it. I NEVER consider a rebate part of the price, its just a bonus on the offchance that I actually ever get it, and I stay away from them.

Heh .. I didnt catch that. Maybe they assume that each pistol would be delivered with a certain number and the specified ones are extras?

Take the slide off and turn it upside down. Now look at the part under the firing pin, between the ejection port and and firing pin safety plunger. The center is raised, the sides have channels. The center and its edges are the parts that drag on the bullets in the magazine. If there are machine marks or burs that could be your problem. While you are there look at the angle that center rail makes with he breach face. Mine was very sharp and abrupt. Other CZ's are slightly rounded. I rounded mine up some as well. Does your problem happen with ALL your mags or only some. I marked mine (with bits of brown tape) as they failed and I noticed over time that the failure happened with only 3 of my mags, and never with the rest.

I think the M&P may be close as well. The new kimber seems made for it as well. And if you think about it for a bit a LDA single stack makes it too .. after all mainspring housing shape can be considered variable backstraps, can't they?

So get a decent one. About 5-6 years the place I work at had some spare money they had to spend before the end of the fiscal year and a we got a batch of Aeron chairs. It was almost of joke with most of us laughing at the waste of money for plastic mesh chairs, which we didnt think would last more then 6months. ALL of the chairs are still in use. I park my fat ass in one for most of my work day. I've gained and lost some weight along the way but for parts of it life, that chair supported my top weight of 320lb. It is by far the most comfortable chair I have ever sat in. I use it as I type this an the only problem it has developed over the years is that the plastic knobs that tighten the arm rest adjustment are getting a bit loose. A good chair is worth the money you pay for it.

I've had the very same problem. In my case it was solved by new springs and squeezing the front of the feed lips some. It changes some of the angle at which the next round is presented and it doesnt drag on the slide as much.

Get the corded model and a flex shaft. Also I can't recommend enough the drill press fixture. Not only does it turn the thing into a decent small drill press, but it also does a great job at holding the dremel stable and in one place while you are using the flex shaft.

So .. I guess it is a new take on the "Fish!" philosophy? The whole "create your own reality" thing seems to be very close.

Being that I shoot the same matches Jim refers to, and being one of those guys fighting for top B production, I have to say I like the payout per class/division. Not that win often, I think I won like $20 once. But it is nice to come by next match and hear you named called and being handed a check. It isnt even about the money, it is about the recognition. As Jim said, some people will never move out of C or B. But they still compete. We keep on telling new shooters that they dont shoot against the whole field, just against themselves and those in their class, it might as well try to make it true

I dont speak for Jim, but there are some differences, Neil. Lets see ... USPSA is a separately incorporated entity, the Areas are not. Shooters join USPSA, not areas or IPSC. USPSA is the association covering a internationally regonized self-governed nation state, areas (and for that matter IPSC) do not. Also, while I haven't been around that long, it seems to me that USPSA areas dont really disagree, if nothing else because they are a fairly homogenous in their makeup and opinions, where clearly the same is not true for IPSC affiliates. So my answer to an area would be to fly a kite or go shoot their own separate game. But of course thats not really the correct answer. The truth if that BOTH IPSC and USPSA do make exceptions. I hear that there are some areas of the world where the laws don't allow shooting on the move or certain calibers, or other such things. IPSC allows for exceptions in those cases, I think. Do you really want to take the postion that IPSC will allow for exceptions to the rules if some restrictive government ruling says you have to .. but if the shooters themselves want it then tough for them? People have already expressed a possible solution in this thread. Would you support modifing the IPSC constitution to allow for separate rule books, and one which governs international competitions (ie: the sailing example). If not why not?

You know .. my first reaction was to say you could but after re-reading the IPSC rules I dont know. I think its clear that they are ok in USPSA, but the IPSC rules are a bit murky: 20.2 allows for after market sights of the same type as OFM. but 19.3 says sights may be trimmed, adjusted or sight blacked. One reading of it would be that you can only trim, adjust, and black the OFM sights and if you want something else you need to buy and aftermarket one. This sounds a bit odd, but there is a precendent for it with the magazine ruling which says you can buy aftermarket magazines and change their springs if you need to, but that you can not use aftermarket springs in your OFM magazines. However another reading could be that, that once you took the sight off, and modified it A LOT you manufactured a aftermarket sight of a type offered by the OFM and thus you should be ok. You should proabably send a letter to the IPSC rules folks and see what they say.

The guys that always shoot L10, generaly win L10. Mostly they shoot single stacks. I have not heard a single one complain when someone shoots a wide body. I think the Limited shooter who sometimes downloads and shoots L10 is at a disadvantage to the L10 shooter who really knows how to plan his reloads. Plus some single stack folks around here make a sport out of reloading their guns about as fast as a wide body.

Quick question .. what crimp die are you using? I use a Lee FCD and it makes the rounds longer by .005 to .010 depending on the brass. I think the extra squeezing just makes the round longer. I have to take that extra length into account when I set my sitting die.