It all comes down to one thing.
Do you mind picking up brass?
38 will always shoot nicer. ( will cost just as much if you one and done all your brass vs picking up 38)
There are plenty of good powders for both.
9 is harder on the guns and harder to get ejecting properly
I shot 9 for 2 years. Loading it is a pain in the ass vs 38
Nah. I will take the issues with the minis before I ever go back to a shifting zero, dot washing, broken mount having crappy battery life, pain in the ass to zero slide ride.
The biggest problem with 3n38 in 9 major is bullet push. The compressed load will cause your bullets to push out of the case and increase the length if they sit for any period of time after you load them.
You need to load them and shoot them within a few days. This used to happen in supercomp when people were loading 4756.
I tried about every powder know to man back when I shot 9 major. I use 3n38 in SC. HS6 or AA7 is what I would be using if I were to go back to 9 grenade.
Dirty isn't a problem so long as it doesn't cause reliability problems during the course of a major match.
I agree completely. Every builder I know has what I consider communications issues that wouldn't fly in the rest of the business world. That said, they are all small operations and we are all like kids wanting our new toys. We are excited and we can really overwhelm them with "is it ready yet" calls and messages. I am guilty of this myself.
No pooh bear. It takes 21 days to fit it in the schedule for fitting the comp and test fire. I don't think Shay is sitting there waiting for the gun to come through the door. There is more than that going on in the shop.
And of those 21 days, 6 were weekends. So actually 15 business days.
Was this the gun sent in with a "loose comp"? The one that ended up with some dremel work on the comp that caused it to crack? Which then needed to have a new comp fitted, machine time and then test fired for function? Just want to make sure we are talking about the same gun.
I think the problem with your idea is...
A SS grip module would put you way over weight for CO
It would likely have to be a different model gun as far as USPSA would be concerned and require 2000 to be sold to use in production or CO.
It would cost way more to machine an entire grip module that just a 2011 grip. Likely in the $2000 range for a retail price
Not very many people ( except us) would even want one.