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I toss all Federal that only has the initials: "FC" - or I use it for .40 Minor. Agree on the primer flow - what was the OAL? W/ that amount of powder, it should be 1.200" Also, ditch the Dillon crimp die and use the Lee Factory Crimp Die. For me, it puts more tension on the case wall & holds the bullet in place better (did the bullet set back on the case above? No way to tell now). Also ditch the Dillon sizing die in favor of the Lee sizing die.

Post above says "late fall" With 17 days to X-mas 2005, did they actually mean "late fall 2006"?!?!

Try this: at next practice, switch back to Iso and instead of going for a 50/50 grip force, try gipping almost 100% with the LEFT or WEAK hand. It should almost feel as if you have passed the grip on the gun from one hand to the other (though the grip remains the same). Did your accuracy improve? The reality is: by going for 100% weak hand grip, you will generally get closer to the ideal 50/50 and accuracy/control should improve.

Proper fitting is best left up to a gunsmith. As for quality parts, any of those listed as "bar stock ought to be supperior to the MIM part that broke on you; of those available, I like the Nowlin barstock (time was it was not listed in Brownells & you had to call Nowlin) or EGW (does EGW make any bad parts? I doubt it).

Well OK then! Thanks for the 411 & the pics - though for shooting steel, I think I will stick with my Glock 17. The Military always did have a funny way of doing things. Congrats Phil! Nice shooting.

Ummm . . . I am guessing it meets Major? Ultra-heavy metal perhaps?

In a locked breach gun like a 1911? I do not see a problem. I ran some of my 147/N310 loads through a full auto Uzi once (a blow-back action) - not good. Brass balooned like you would not believe & it was only 129 PF. But in a 1911? go for it.

Forget Limited and Open, we should have a stand alone Factory Gun Nationals for Production ONLY. Doing so would offer the top shooters a chance to compete in that division w/o conflicting with other divisions. Imagine TJ shooting an LDA against TGO shooting an XD against Strader & Sevigny shooting Glocks against Angus shooting a CZ , etc.etc. etc. Now THAT would be a competition to watch & would provide excellent TV time for the public AND showing them guns they are actually likely to buy. As it is, this year I am looking forward to a trip to Tulsa for the Production Nationals (with open & revolver side match). Regards, D.C. Johnson

One of our members (James) was good enough to take a bunch of video from the December Indoor 2Gun at Shooters Paradise, the range/store/training facility that was owned until recently by Phil Strader. The competitions at Shooters continue on & continue to grow, now including monthly affiliated USPSA, IDPA and ICORE programs as well as 2 & 3 gun (the latter being time-plus/tactical/Iron Man format). Here is the link to the pages w/ video and how to download them for free form the host website (scroll down until you see these same photos & follow directions there); http://shootersparadise.com/forums/showthr...hp?t=784&page=1 LINK the captured jpegs are representative of only a few of the videos now posted on www.shootersparadise.com in the 3gun forum section. Regards, D.C. Johnson

Are there hotels, restaurants & an airpost in Tulsa? - then again, I suppose anywhere in the US would have more hotel space than Barry. Seems like a wise choice by Sedro & I am looking forward to it (regrets to those who are adversely affected). Tulsa, here I come (provided I can obtain a slot). EDIT: looks like current population of Tulsa is: 393,049 With a city of that size, there should be plenty of everything.

Agreed. By swaping shims I managed to fit an open Glock into a CR speed Revolver holster. HOWEVER, here is a warning. I nearly shot my foot off using a CZ Standard IPSC in a Limcat for 1911. Turns out the Limcat lock will actually touch the trigger of a TS or Standard IPSC. No problem - until the safety is off (which it should never be - in the holster). All was fine until a practice where I forgot to unlock the Limcat. After nearly giving myself a wedgie, I went for the Limcat lock & inadvertantly hit the thumb safety. Pow! - round nearly hit my foot while the gun was IN the holster (and trigger covered). Learn from my stupid mistake and test even for things you would think never happen. I found out the hard way; you don't need to go that route. Lesson for you is: test your CR Speed holster with an unloaded TS with BOTH safety on and OFF. If the holster is safe, the hammer should never drop na matter what you do. Needless to say, never ever use the TS in a 1911/2011 holster from Limcat. BTW - the Limcat is 100% safe when used with the gun for which it was intended.

Rika- sounds like you took a look at the SV 650 & found it too large; I respect that judgement coming from a fellow road racer (and one who has had the experience of "road testing" your helmet & leathers against the pavement). The 250 Ninja is a great bike with outsanding handling. I think you will like it quite a bit. Atek wrote: "I saw VFR250 and VFR400's for sale. FZR400, ZXR400, all cool stuff." -these are awsome bikes but are grey-market in the USA. Two things to watch out for on these are that they can be lawfully tagged/titled in your state (California?) and that there will be parts available. Many dealers will refuse to order parts from Japan for a bike that was never sold in the USA. Those bikes mentioned, however, are very very cool bikes (especially the RR versions). Too bad that the US got so hung up on bigger displacement bikes; our loss.

My grandmother (who recently turned 98 years old) was born here in the USA, but her first language is Swedish. She arrived for her 1st day of public school in the US without the ability to speak a single word of English. Without the aid of "ESL", special assistance, or other Government programs, she not only learned to speak the English language perfectly, she had a distinguished career as a head nurse after completing advanced course work (taught in English). Why was she able to succeed where other Americans and many children today often fail? I believe that in her day, the schools adhered to STANDARDS where as today, the level of instruction has been severely restricted to the lowest common denominator. "Social Promotion" did not exist in 1913. Today, the concept of "integration" is so maligned that even the word has become a pejorative term. I believe we need to identify who or what policy is responsible and then restore high expectations to our schools. Instead, there has been a push in the opposite direction with the failed concepts of "cooperative learning", "mainstreaming" , "inclusion" , "whole language approach" and numerous other mush-headed concepts coming out of the Education departments of our universities. Regards, D.C. Johnson

I bought a DVD player specifically because I knew I could de-activate the Zone Control. I have since LOST the website to the Forum that had instructions on how to do this but I entered the fix and have yet to test it out. Anyone know the web address of that Forum? THe idea was that most DVD players are actually based on disc drives for home PCs. The programming usually involves getting into the DVD player's "settings" mode and entering the codes to dis-able Zone control - only you must KNOW the code ahead of time to make it work. Interesting stuff. I hate Zone Controls on DVDs, SPL/SPC locks on cell phones, and all sorts of other technology that treats the consumer like an ignorant child.

The Steyr is an OUTSTANDING gun for IDPA. Have used it in SSP & can be used in ESP. Recently, I have switched to the CZ SP-01, though in the past I used the CZ 85 Combat, the CZ 85 Compact (.40) and the Jericho 941B (baby desert eagle .40).

Middleman wrote: "All Elite models discontinued All combination Vertec/Elite models discontinued" Well that is unfortunate. I am not a Beretta shooter & do not own one. However, those models seemed to be targeted towards our sports: USPSA & IDPA so I think it is a loss that they are being canned. If I were to buy a Beretta, it would be the Elite II.

Understood. I agree with you re: the stock sights on both the 75B and the 85 Combat; they are on the small side & should be replaced for serious USPSA work. Like you I bought a set from Angus & am very pleased with those. There is also a larger adjustable target sight set that fits the 86 Combat & is made by LPA, but I'm OK w/ Angus' fixed sights.

"I recently read about the CZ 75 Tactical Sport and it looks like it would be a great choice because it fits my budget of less than $1000 dollars and since it is an improved version of the IPSC model. I also want my next limited gun to be single action and this one is. WHat are your thoughts? I think this would be a great limited gun for the money. I just can't come to grips on spending $2000 for a STI/SV limited gun. I know they are great guns but that is a chunk of change. SHould I get a CZ 75 TS. Open to suggestions for a good single action limited gun that is less than 1,000 dollars." I have shot the CZ model "Standard IPSC" which is nearly identical to the TS in both Limited and L-10. It runs 100% out of the box and it comes from the factory with a very crisp 2lb trigger - though it does lighten up a little with break in. I like these guns so much that I own 2 of them; ea. cost me $700 nearly new. They both have 1.5 lb ultra reliable triggers w/o any tuning. Sights do not need replacement; Viggen - were you refering to the Glock? Factory Glock sights suck & should be replaced. I have yet to have a problem with the CZ sights and the TS goes a step further with Warren style fixed sights. Magazines with Taylor baspads hold 19 & with the TS its probably 20 rounds. As for extra parts - everything is available from CZ-USA. I added plastic grips with skate tape on them & one of the guns has a Sprinco guide rod. Both guns run 100% with factory ammo though I load my own either with N320 at 1.170" or with Titegroup. As for holsters, I use the Ghost though there is a CR speed that fits and probably someone makes a Kydex for it. These guns do feel larger in the hands than a Glock but once you are shooting, the size become irrelevant I find. After shooting these guns in both local and Area matches, I am a fan & for the price, they cannot be beat. See here: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...&hl=cz+standard http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...&hl=cz+standard http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...&hl=cz+standard Regards, D.C. Johnson

"target stocks can be taken off and sold to some little old lady collector on the S&W forum for about $50, which will pay for the Jerry grips or rubber Hogues. " Well put! My guns are made for shooting, not for show (including the 625 Model of 1989 and the 686 6" for ICORE).

If we are talking regular, plain, straight Clays, I found it mostly unsuitable for 9mm. It was not the most accurate and could not be used with 147s unless they were cast lead whcih is not usuable with the G17. Better candidates? V V N320 or 310 (the latter particularly with 115s) Titegroup HP-38 or W 231 As for Glock OAL, the optimum OAL for feeding in a Glock I beleive is 1.150" to 1.160"

A freind recently had a Bushmaster problem with a loose gas block/front sight base and Bushmaster is making good on the deal. In my frined's case, the gas block was held in by two Bushmaster set screws and the upper was assembled by Bushmaster. His difficulty included a gas leak leading to short-stroking. Again, Bushmater is taking care of it. Something certainly seems wrong here though. Even at that twist rate, the gun should group even with 55 grain as close as 50 yards; something is certainly out of the ordinary. Perhaps the rifle left the factory with a tiny bur on the gas hole or nick on the crown; either way, it should go back to Bushmaster for warranty work. They are a reputable company in my experience.

I think there is some confusion here: the 180 we are talking about STARTS straight up & down, -as in 90 degrees from the ground, or "vertical". Revchuck: "While IDPA doesn't have a "180 rule", many ranges do. On my range, I'd point out that loaded guns will be kept pointed downrange once out of the holster. -if you are saying that some ranges will not allow any muzzle points OVER the berm, that is a huge problem for revolver shooters (and most everyone else too) since ejecting the casings requires a combo of a the ejector and gravity. Ted Murphy wrote: "I've seen SO's really freak out over that one, and others figure that's how they train so it's cool. YMMV there. Most roundgunners will point the muzzle up when reloading, and I've seen SO's/RO's get nervous about that too, but the cylinder is open and the gun empty, so I never saw any reason to fret about that." Agreed.

I agree w/ Alan but I have to add the pointing the gun OVER the berm is not a DQ. Mark wrote: "The muzzle has clearly left the 'downrange' orientation and a negligent discharge would send a round into the sky , to land outside the impact area at the least." While I understand the concern, it not possible with current techniques to require all shooters to abide by such a rule. True, the 1999 World Shoot used modified rules for reloads because there were occupied houses located on top of the berm - that was a special circumstance which called for the gun to be pointed either at the berm or lower. Until there is an issue of rounds regularly going over the berm, such a rule would appear unnecessary and overly burdensome (not to mention teaching an unnatural tactic that might get you into trouble in a real situation).

RPD asked: "The real issue is how it would compare to the "norm/standard" S_I guns, and that is not really approachable within the limitations imposed. Maybe for shooting "steel"?????????" How does the Champion compare to STI/SV for Steel? The answer is: ITS BETTER THAN THE BEST STI/SV GUNS EVER BUILT! Now, what support could I possibly have for such an outlandish statement? A. www.ghostholster.com The CZ Champion went head-to-head against the very bust custom built STI & SV handguns in the hands of the very best handgun shooters in the USA; at the end of it, Angus Hobdel was declared Grand Champion at the STI - American Handgunner World Shoot-Off Championship. Sure, sure, I know - its the Indian, etc. etc. etc. - but as far as just the equipment required, can we at least agree that the CZ Champion proved its fully capable of winning at Steel? Look, I do not own a Champion & I am not about to sell my STIs or my SVs (even my SV Open gun in 9x23). I am mostly a USPSA shooter & not a Steel shooter. For those wanting the best steel gun money can buy, both CZ and Tanfoglio make outstanding guns that most of us in the US would never consider buying. Maybe its time we reconsider. Regards, D.C. Johnson

Champion has a dedicated compensator & is not welcome at any IDPA match. The .40 version might be allowed in IPSC's Modified division, though it would have to fit the box.