Kimberkid

Finishing a vacation in Hawaii and flying back to Chicago through Dallas. I’m getting into Dallas at 6am and can fly back out anytime in the afternoon or evening. I have plans for lunch at Hard 8 but otherwise I have the day free. Any good gun shops, ranges, things of interest to a shooter? Particularly things open in the morning? Thanks for any advice!!

Awesome! Thanks much!

Anyone have advice for gun clubs on the north side of Nashville? I have a female friend who lives north of Nashville and recently had a scare and has decided it’s time to start carrying a gun. Hoping I can find someone near there that will get her pointed in the right direction for places/matches or practice leagues to help get her feet wet before she goes to take her class. She’s basically a brand newbie and I’m hoping to find her some help from someone who isn’t a Tactical Timmy or mall ninja type, but rather a legit shooter that can actually help. I’d drive down there myself but my work schedule is slammed for the next couple months.

Thanks guys, I'll be checking all this and post what I find out.

sorry i misunderstood your question, the recoil spring in gun B is totally stock as it was originally made. Gun A is a 15lb ismi spring on some aftermarket rod that is quite old and probably due to be replaced. Im not sure why but it never occurred to me to put a stock one in and try it, Ill be doing that soon. sitw may have hit the nail, this morning while looking them over, i noticed that when pulling the trigger on Gun B, the slide comes very slightly out of battery and then back into battery when the trigger breaks. I never noticed it til now.

Everything is clean and dry, striker channel is fully inserted, I ended up ordering the little tool, as initially I didnt realize that the striker channels were better left alone and I was already in too deep. Both guns got new firing pins and firing pin springs, spacer sleeves, channel liners, firing pin safeties and springs, trigger assemblies with springs, trigger bars and connectors. They both have reduced power (4lb) firing pin springs and extra power(6 lbs) trigger springs. The only aftermarket parts installed were the lightened firing pins. I did also try Gun A with full power factory springs and a factory firing pin to be sure those didnt contribute to the light strikes and there was zero difference between the lightened set of springs and firing pin and the total factory power and weight set. These were very good and rather light triggers than ran beautifully for roughly 100k rounds with reduced power springs and a polish job, and then now they seem like they refuse to ever work again, this is why I'm so confused.

I wondered about the high primer issue, but it does the same with factory ammo also. I dont recall which pin I put in first, but I will disassemble and reassemble in the order you suggest.

I have 2 Glock 34s that have both been very reliable for many years and many many 1000s of rounds. Not long ago they both decided to take a dive at the same time, my attempts to fix them have shown no improvement and I'm left here confused about what to pursue next. Both guns had home triggers done years ago and stayed around a 2Lb pull forever. Gun A started getting light strikes on Winchester primers every other round or so. Most of them would ignite if hit a 2nd time. I never had an issue with Win primers before, and shot a bunch of reloads with Win primers and plenty of WWB over the years and it never had an issue. I changed out the reduced power springs for full power springs and it showed zero improvement. I then swapped all the internal parts that I could think of including the firing pin safety and spring, firing pin and spring, spacer sleeve and channel liner, trigger, trigger spring and trigger bar, and connector. I can't think of anything else to replace and it is acting exactly like it has the whole time, still only sets off maybe 50%. Gun B started to double on rare occasion and then double and triple regularly. So I again replaced all the exact same internals that I did for Gun A. It worked fine for 1 magazine and then on the second magazine it became a single shot, with the slide locking back after every round fired, regardless of the fact that it still had rounds in the magazine. Im definitely not a gunsmith, but I had thought that this would have been a straightforward fix and it is clearly not. Does anyone have any suggestions, because I'm all out of ideas?

Thanks guys, I did find a shoot straight shop, very nice and great selection, but seemed a bit on the expensive side, though that may be a regional difference from back home.

Hey guys, I'm in Orlando for another day and a half and nothing really planned. Any cool fun shops, ranges or shooting related points of interest? In/around Kissimmee today and flying out of Sanford tommorow, but don't mind driving for something cool. Thanks

Alan, Thanks for the heads up, Ill toss the idea around to a couple fellas and perhaps we can make a trip of it again next year. Jimmy, you in?

Ive been out the loop for a bit, educate me on the Flagler Cup? Couple old school guys from Indiana have mentioned getting back to Columbia again perhaps another "Major" Bianchi match.

They can definitely still be competitive, based on the shooter of course. Sadly, unless you find another old school wheel gunner, you may take a bath on them. I knew a guy that had a Model 10 that was all done up by Clark and ended up selling it for $600 locally because he isn't internet savvy and your average shooter doesn't want barricade wings and a goofy looking barrel.

Awesome to see this article. A true gentleman with integrity above reproach. Congratulations brother!!

Next up on my list is either a 5" 627 or a TRR8 and yet I can't find one in stock anywhere. Not at any local shops, not at any online retailers, nowhere. Anyone have any leads, theories or suggestions on where to find one?