Carlos

Shot in the "He-Man" or heavy metal division last Sunday in Thurmont, MD w/ a borrowed Springfield M1-A; 870 w/ mag extension, and a CZ-97B-SA in .45 (and bowling pin loads to boot). I doubt I did very well but it was a lot of fun. Here is a link to the complete after action report over on Phil's forum: http://shootersparadise.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187 Regards, D.

Shot this w/ Monster @ Fredericksburg earleir this month (Nov. 04). Used a CZ-75 STANDARD IPSC .40 w/ the factory 10 rounders & a mis-matched Limcat holster meant for the S_I: 2nd place;Douglas Johnson; Comp #65; C; Limited 10; 60pts; 0 penalty; 9.89 seconds; 6.0667HF 69.3167 match points; 99.02% What a gun! The thing is bone stock & cost me $700 at the gun show. From your posts, seems as if the Limited/L10 HHF might be around 9.75 to just under 10? (i suck at math). Looks like I need to find a couple of places to par down my time by 2 seconds or so to really be in the running on this one.

Works for me. I have rarely nocited .45 brass that "won't" work though I toss all brass marked "AMERC". I suppose my standards are low; I even reload steel cased Wolf .45 and surplus U.S. GI Steel cased .45 ACP w/o problems. I'd say use it til you loose it or it splits too much.

"he seems like a really good fellow" Could not agree more. Rudy often shot revolver (& usually won) here in Area 8 before moving to Texas; our loss is your gain & I am glad to hear that Rudy found the time to dust off the 625. Funny thing about Rudy is how multi-talented the guy is. He showed up for one match with a limited .40 & he shot so fast I thought the slide would fly off his gun! He has a long history with shooting Glocks on both sides of the Atlantic including many GSSF wins. He has a revolver that falls into Open & he is faster with that than with the 625. And at the last charity machinegun shoot we had, Rudy just went nutz with the Uzi that showed up. IMHO, he is one of the nicest guys to shoot with in USPSA.

I was unemployed when I started reloading & could not afford a tumbler ($50 at the time) vs. $8 for a bottle of BS case wash. It worked OK. Left the brass in a yard-sale tumbler over the hot air vent in the house I lived in back then. Dried in about an hour. It took more labor & a little more time than tumbling & might ultimately cost a little more; on the other hand, the water probably trapped & carried away lead without producing the dust cloud that tumbling/seperating produces (I even add dryer sheets to the media but there is still dust). Its a concern for me as it is not possible to tumble or seperate outdoors around here.

Thanks Ron! How cool is that gun!?!? It should be a regularly-stocked item. Appreciate the link. D.

Let's just change the name of the sport to "basket-brawl" Who would have thought b-ball would be the next major US sport to follow the UK tradition of the "football holigan"??!? I'll stick to less violent sports like shooting, thanks.

I run a small, local USPSA match. We shoot indoors. Our range is also a business & time is money so we are limited by time to the extreme. How?: 6 shooter squads 1 squad per hour every hour from 3PM to 9PM 4 stages (one is a classifier) That breaks down to: 4 stages/60 min. = 15 min. per stage 15 min per stage/6 shooters = 2.5 min. per shooter for a given stage That's 2.5 min to prep the shooter, shoot, range clear, score, tape & reset movers. (minus time to read stage descriptions). Accordingly, we do not have time for or allow bagging, walk throughs, or brass pick-up. It may sound harsh but it works surprisingly well. If it were an all day match out door, bagging might be OK, but it would not work at our match.

Tightloop wrote: "It is lots better now, as are most of the top schools, as each of them just want to find out what works Best and teach that without the dogma.....this sport is in constant flux, trying to find the newest and best way to get it done..that is what is great.." That sounds a lot like the point that our host makes several times in his book (& here) regarding keeping an open mind and constantly evaluating different techniques in search of improvement. Glad to hear it has largely replaced dogma in training.

Forgot to mention that I also really liked the stage by stage commentary by Brian. The way the show was produced, it reminded me of other sports programs where they realize that the regular host only knows so much about the performance of the top competitors & to make up for that limitation, they bring in a hall-of-fame player or current hot shot to explain the action. I think Brian did a great job and I hope that OLN brings him back for its coverage of the '04 nationals.

Interested in Eric Graufel's limited .40 shown on OLN's coverage of the 2003 Limited Nationals - I think Eric's gun was listed as a Tanfoglio HC 4. I found the WITNESS LIMITED on EAA's website, but is this the same gun?!?! If not how do I buy the HC 4 in the USA?!?! I called a few of the EAA-listed Witness stocking dealers in the USA & they all replied something ignorant like "An HC what? Never heard of it!" or "Go call Tanfoglio in Italy. We don't carry it & don't want to bother getting you a witness limited. How about a witness compact?" Seems like it could be a good gun but why is it not easily available in the USA? Glad to see some coverage of the Limited Nationals even if it was a little late. Seems to me like Scouten did an OK job. Look forward to a report on '04.

"How often should I be cleaning the resizing die?" I have yet to clean the Lee U die am using (including all that stuff I reloaded w/ Bernie); now that its clean & you are using OneShot, I would forget about it unless there is a problem. "Maybe I didn't wait long enough after spraying the brass, but I noticed that some of my powder was sticking to the inside of the case, as if the case was still wet with lube. Does that matter? How long should I wait after spraying before loading?" Highly unlikely to affect the powder. However, before you spray it on, knock all the cases on their sides in a box (shoe box works) give them a quick spray (ypu really need very little; less is more) & let dry about 1 min. I find that it works best within the 1st hour after spraying. Leaving it overnight makes it slightly less effective. Our host suggests just leaving it on the cases & it may even help feeding. D.

Though the site deals primarily with Tanfoglio's main competitor (CZ) you might look for leads on IPSC-experienced Scandinavian gunsmiths at www.strictlyIPSC.com - for your convenience, it even has a version in Swedish which I know you Norwegians understand perfectly. I believe one of the smiths mentioned on the site has made custom base-pads for IPSC. The site's author, Johnie, shoots a .40 cal Standard IPSC that has little in common with the Tanfoglios I know of (at least the limited selection we get here in the USA).

"QUOTE (EricW @ Nov 16 2004, 05:39 PM) What's with that metric system anyway? Vince: You ain't seen nuttin' yet - just wait until we introduce Metric Time: 100 minutes per hour, 10 hours a day, 10 days a week, 10 months a year. Aw, come on Vince! I seem to recall that a year or two back, NASA made a slight oopsie-boo-boo with one of thier Mars probe missions (to the tune of only a few million dollars) because they could not get the English/metric conversion straight - and you expect US to get it right?!?!! Remember your roots man! Go English system; beat metric! (repeat 10 times when temptation arrises). By the way, the NASA guys who screwed up WERE rocket scientists.

"I am in Bolivia so having Brownell's "overnight" me anything is not realistic." Got it. I was in Argentina in August; you likely already know that Buenos Aires is full of gunshops & for a surprising selection of 1911/IPSC parts (including locally made compensators - sadly all .45) you might try: "Armeria Gun Parts" - downtown. You might also try: "Armeria My Friend" (no joke - that is the correct name & it is in English though I've no clue why). Have never shot in Argentina personally, but from the look of some of the hardware in the shops I visited, the IPSC community seems alive & well there. I think the ejector will be fine for the trip. Enjoy the shooting, the excellent steak & the red wine (you lucky dog).

From his description, it sounded to me like the front most post (the longer one) broke off at the bottom portion. I would imagine if this is the case, it broke off right through the notch or 1/2 circle cut out. Is this correct?

Same problem huh? I have seen cases after removal from Driver8M3's resizing die. What is happening is: the case rim is ripping away at the 3 and 9 o'clock position. I now remember that you told me you had decided not to use any OneShot case lube (or any case lube for that matter). I think that the lack of any case lube, in combination with a build up of brass over 7K rounds, is causing the problem. Takes a long time to get those cases unstuck doesn't it? Here is what I would do: 1) Use OneShot on the cleaned cases. 2) Remove the re-sizing die & clean the inside with a 9mm brush & a strong copper solvent; leave it on long enough to disolve some of the brass built up on the carbide ring. Dry it off & give the die a shot of OneShot. See you Wednesday. D.

There was a discussion here sometime back to the effect: "Ejectors: to pin or not to pin" Brian settled the debate & stated that he always pins in ejectors on guns he works on. Considering Brian's extensive gunbuilding experience, that is obviously the prefferable way to go. However, you asked: "Will it be OK? I leave in a week" Easy answer is have Brownells overnight you the same ejector you have now & if possible, have your gunsmith duplicate the angle on the nose of the ejector. If a local gunsmith can't reshape the nose in time, you could give it a go yourself; provided it is not an open gun, you stand a reasonable chance at success (open gun ejectors are often tricky). Alternatively, leave it loose. I know of many guns used by top shooters that are not pinned in & the ejectors will actually fall out just be turning the gun upside down. It should be fine throughout the trip.

"And then there are the "chupachup" popsickles around here ...." Good heavens! This is supposed to be a family-oriented forum; please do not let this thread go down-hill the way that CORNHOLE thread did!

Hmmm . . . not what you "expected." However, 1) You have a trigger you described as follows: "The trigger is a vast improvement, however" 2) You began with a Para which is only legal in 3 Divisions: Open, Limited & L10. Your gun could possibly now be considered a "DA" gun (ask Amidon); which means either way the question is answered, your gun is still allowed in the previously-mentioned divisions. Nothing lost & a slim possibility that Production division was gained. 3) Everyone agrees the parts & work have a reputation for quality & you had them installed by the manufacturer/inventor himself (with a warranty). At this juncture, there does not seem to be any disadvantage to the work for use in USPSA. Please let us know how it performs. It might be of interest to the rest of the competitive shooting community. Regards, C.

"Peter lives in The Fatherland - hence the reason he's probably trying to buy an equivalent. By the time he paid hazmat fees, shipping, and taxes, OneShot probably costs $100 a can. " Roger that. At Phils' store last week, a couple of Swedish dudes came in & bought up several cans of OneShot explaining that in Sweden, the stuff costs many many Swedish Crowns (translating into some ridiculous number of US dollars) so it was worth it to them to lug the stuff back home. If they sell the Bo-Shield in Europe (the stuff Phil recomended) Peter might try that on cases.

Thanks for the stats Spook! I wonder if CZs/CZ-clones will continue to dominate Production division after the World Shoot? Vince, I agree w/ you & I think it is an accomplishment for our sport that many of our current top contenders are (or began as) juniors. I am not discounting the threat posed by the so-called "old farts," but the success of junior programs deserves recognition. Good work folks!

Back to Production Division discussion; Vince, I have a question for you: Since we all know Sevigny shoots for/with Glock, what about the next 5 top finishers at the last World shoot? Specifically, what Production gun did these guys select?: 2 97.82 2799.6130 Paul Brocanelli ITA 3 97.27 2783.7473 Guillermo Jude URU 4 93.50 2675.9473 Giovanni Zuccolo ITA 5 92.58 2649.6260 Jan Knapp CZE 6 92.36 2643.2018 Stefano Iacomini ITA These are obviously very accomplished IPSC competitors, but here in the USA, they are not exactly well-known names in the Production field & I am curious about their chosen equipment. Thanks Vince.

Obvious vote for many from the US will be Phil Strader overall along w/ TGO & Voigt on Team USA. I would not count out Saul Kirsch if he opts to shoot WSXIV & shoot Standard or Modified. There have also been several excellent shooters from South & Central America the past year or so, though I remember them mostly as IPSC Production Division competitors. Any votes for wild-card entries from Japan? They certainly seem to have the Steel game down pat. As for other top teams, I would expect the Czech Republic team (shooting CZs) to do very well in addition to the usual suspects from South Africa. Regards, D.

Topic drift mode: on. One "new" innovation that seems to reduce recoil is the 2-spring recoil system that Glock uses on their smallest guns (i.e. Glock 26/27); I was surprised as to how little these guns seem to recoil. Appears to me the be a sort of Glock factory "recoil master" - though I believe the Glock 26/27 preceded the recoil master by a few years. Could such a system be developed for Sigs & full-sized Glocks?