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USBP379

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  1. Welcome, Amigo. I started attending matches as a spectator, until I decided to take the plunge and get down to business with my 1911. Been shooting competition and at work since 1998. Opinions around here are many and varied when it comes to gear. Most of us have a Craftsman toolbox full of holsters, magazines, optics, belts, and pretty much whatever you'd like to try, so ask around and try before you buy. If you ever shoot with River City Shooters in San Antonio, I can hook you up. Enjoy! USBP379
  2. Howdy All, I am 99% committed to buying a new S&B Short Dot for my JP rifle. First though, I would like to know if any S-Dot owners were dissapointed with the scope, or if they just felt sick about paying 2k for a scope!!?? Thanks, Billy San Antonio, TX
  3. Alright! I can't wait to embarrass myself in front of some of the best 3 Gunners around! Billy C San Antonio, TX
  4. Thanks guys! I now have my CTR02 set up exactly the way I want it. I'll field test it Friday. Next to get broke in is the LRP07. Adios! USBP379
  5. Howdy All, Here's the deal: I am so used to the M4 system, I just can't warm up to the darn A2 stock that is on my CTR02. So, I have a carbine buffer, a carbine buffer tube, and an LMT M4 type buttstock that I can install on my CTR02. Problem is, I wanna' have my my cake and eat it too, as it applies to the light recoil of the gun. Currently, the low mass operating system incorporates a red colored, low mass buffer. Here's the question: can I use that JP low mass buffer in my Carbine buttstock and not damage my lower? I figured I could dial back the gas and slow it down a bit. I could also lighten up a stock buffer and maybe find a happy medium with recoil. Any ideas? Please let me know if anyone has had any experience doing this. Thanks! USBP379
  6. I absolutely love my LWRC 14.5 inch upper. It has been solid with 2k through it so far. Eats Wolf ammo like Ted Kennedy at a Sunday Brunch, runs clean, shoots better than my JP at 100yards, with 68grain Black Hills. You can feel the difference between regular and piston. The piston is softer, to me. I had a jamming P. O. S. - 14.5 POF upper that I could not get fixed to my satisfaction and the company were jerks about it. (Chris blamed my mags, my ammo, and my ignorance of the system.) While in Iraq, my buddy had 4 failures with POF 9.25 upper: 2 sheared op rods, 2 cracked gas blocks. Whatever you do-DON'T BUY POF. Also, I saw LMT's piston design at SHOT Show and I was very intrigued by it. For now, though, my money is on LWRC piston system. Now, as to whether or not they are worth the money? Well, I never had any malfunctions with the Colts that I carried professionally for the last 10 years. The whole Colt costs less than what an upper from LWRC does. You decide. USBP379
  7. Howdy All, What is wrong with the current USPSA scoring system? Doesn't USPSA already reward 308 shooters with Major scoring?? Why do we want to even out the playing field between 223 and 308? We have Open, Limited, Single Stack, Production, etc-so that people can be competitive with different guns. Who gives a hoot if a guy is running a JP CTR 02 with a C-Mag and you are running an M1A with 20 rounds? You are not even in the same ball park. It's akin to shooting Single Stack and worrying about what the Open guy ahead of you is shooting. Who cares?! I don't gripe that the Open guy has 28 rounds and I have 8 in my Single Stack mag. I don't see why we need to throw a bone to 308 shooters and require only one hit on paper?? Also, my initial impression is that I am loathe to get out of the USPSA tradition of two shots on paper. I think the major reason that people don't compete in Heavy Metal class is because of cost. Who wants to take a 308 at 15 bucks per 20 and go to a local hoser match? If you want to provide an incentive to shoot more 308, perform some sort of voodoo magic and miracle the price of ammo down. Also, if magazine capacity is a major issue, why don't the USPSA's industry sponsors work for us and engineer new manufactured high cap mags, and rifles for that matter, in 308. In the interim, continue the limit of 20 rounds for Heavy Metal and let them compete in their class. Allowing a guy with great skill the chance to get through a course with only one shot on paper isn't a demonstration of skill so much as using a gimmick to get an overall win. I think seperate classes makes more sense: Open Limited-Irons and Optics Heavy Metal/Battle Rifle-Irons and Optics In conclusion, I like to shoot Heavy Metal and I do so because I like shooting 308 Rifles (LRP07, M1A, FAL), even if they cost alot to buy, are un-Godly expensive to shoot, have alot of recoil, have lower mag capacity, and are slower to reload. That's my two cents, Very Respectfully, Billy Coleman San Antonio, TX
  8. Thanks for the info, Guys, Going back to the range today with 55grain Winchester white box, 62 Grain Fed/American Eagle, and hopefully, some 69grain Federal Gold Medal ammo. Hopefully I'll find the sweet spot. I am also taking a bunch more sand bags to bag the crap out of my gun and lessen my impact on the groups. I will have my reloading bench up next week, so I appreciate the load data. Next stop is Wideners for some components. Thanks! Billy
  9. Howdy All, Well, I just got my JP CTR02 out of the box and took it to the range for the first time. It shot about an inch at 100 with Black Hills Remanufactured 69 gr match hollow point. The same round, though, was shooting a half inch at a hundred out of my 14.5 inch LWRC M6A4! It loves that load! I figure this is just a matter of finding the loading that the gun likes. My JP has an 18 inch match barrel, and I assume it is a 1 in 9 twist. I am setting up my progressive reloader for 223 and I am wondering if I would be better off with lighter bullets? Does anybody have experience in developing a load that their pet CTR02 loves? I've seen test groups out of JPs and I know it is capable of much more accuracy than I am seeing. All input is welcome. Thanks, Billy San Antonio, TX
  10. Howdy All, Well, I just got my JP CTR02 out of the box and took it to the range for the first time. It shot about an inch at 100 with Black Hills Remanufactured 69 gr match hollow point. The same round, though, was shooting a half inch at a hundred out of my 14.5 inch LWRC M6A4! It loves that load! I figure this is just a matter of finding the loading that the gun likes. My JP has an 18 inch match barrel, and I assume it is a 1 in 9 twist. I am wondering if I would be better off with lighter bullets? Does anybody have experience in developing a load that their pet CTR02 loves? I've seen test groups out of JPs and I know it is capable of much more accuracy than I am seeing. All input is welcome. Thanks, Billy San Antonio, TX
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