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I had a gun once that the reverse plug was to long. When in battery, the plug touched the comp, which pushed the plug back into the gun. It wasn't much but just enough. It shortened it and everything was good.This gave me fits until I figured it out. Just a thought.

There is a lot of things I could say about Sean and Power Factor Shooting...................But the last 10 post pretty much say it all. Great to deal with!

Second Sunday pistol! We'll be there.

I vote for USPSA Pistol on the second weekend. My wife and I would make that trip from North Florida. Back to back with tri-state would knock a lot of people out.

Would I be better to go with a factory oversized first if I'm going to open the window to match the hand. The Power custom hand is .103 The original hand that was .093. The hand that I fit to the window is .099 Thanks

Thanks Warren, Is that a better solution than getting a new (old style) extractor and fitting it?

Sure, the only touchier issue is the Hand may need to be trimmed for length. I've not run into it, but the info came with a Powers Kit. Try Brownells or Numrich Arms. I'd definitely do that before changing the window. And if you do decide to widen the window, Brownells sells a file specifically for that. I've tried Brownells, no luck there, they do have the new style. I have a window file I just don't want to use it. The only time I've ever used it was replacing a cylinder stop. I'll try Numrich.

I stoned the hand to fit the window. I cleaned the yoke barrel and used dummy rounds. Can a star be fit to the old style cylinder? That's really what I'm driving at. Where does one get the old style star? I've worked on a ton of k-frames, (Armorer at a prison for several years) I either replaced the hand with an over sized, or put a new style cylinder in the gun and used a ratchet cutter to fix this issue. This is my first real experience with N-frames. Over sized hand didn't work, and I can't just go to my parts bin and grab a new style cylinder and cut the ratchets. Thanks

I have a pair of 25-2's neither carry up while slowly pulling the trigger double action. I replaced the hands with the over sized power hands, but they still DCU. This tells me the ratchets are worn. What are my options from here?

I've had the midway bag, the 511 bag, the CED bag and the SC bag. I've given them all to new shooters except the SC bag. There is really no comparison in quality. The SC bags are awesome. I use the big bag and my wife uses the tournament series bag. I only carry the inner bag away from the truck. If I have a lot of ammo I'll put the strap on the inner bag.

I wasn't really concerned to much about the range. I was however concerned about the crew. Glad to hear you guys are good. See you guys soon.

There was some bad weather in the news, you guys OK?

It was a great match for those of you who missed it. The weather was nice, the stages were excellent and everything flowed really smooth. Really a very good match. I'm marking this one down for next year. Thanks to squad 3 and the match staff, especially the singing RO's of stage 7.

I think you used to could, but I haven't shot IDPA since early 2005. Back in 04 your classification was on a hand written card. When you sent in an app for a state match they had no way to verify your class, but after you shot that state match there was a record of your class. I'm sure things are much more sophisticated now days. I've been thinking about shootin an IDPA match, might be fun.

It's understandable, though. That's part of what makes IDPA IDPA. It's part of their branding. They're 7up, the uncola. They're flame broiled. They eat more chikin. Back when I shot Bullseye matches, the classifications were the same as they are in IDPA now. Marksman through Distinguished Master. This isn't new terminology, I was a DM in bullseye years ago

I had to remove a little material here (see photo). Contact with the sear at this point slowed down hammer speed enough that it would not ignite primers reliably.

I ran into the same kinda thing a while back. The first thing I found was that the firing pin was not straight. I chucked it in a drill and spun it slowly. It was pretty obvious that way. New fp spring didn't help. New spring and extended fp didn't help either. Standard FP and cut spring no go. Different primers? That didn't work either. I tried a stronger mainspring didn't fix the issue. I finally found the problem. The sear was riding the front arc of the hammer. Not always, the problem was about 2 out of 100. There where rub marks on the arc of the hammer. I removed some material with a kratex bit and have been trouble free since. I'll try to post a pic later. So you will know where to check. Hope this helps.

This is my favorite match of the year! I've been to the last 5 and they get better every year. We will be there.

Must be more to the story.

I've seen the backward loaded mags on the LEO range also

My issue with brass was that the range brass didn't eject as consistently as once fired same head stamped brass. Consistently meaning following the same trajectory out of the ejection port. 90* mount made that a moot point. I'll use just about any brass now.

I bought one a while back and had stove pipes. I had to tune the ejector to throw the brass out flat. That worked with good brass but not with range brass. I put a QinnII mount on, dropped in an aftec and a 7 pound spring and have not had another issue. It will run any ammo now. It may be my favorite open gun.

I got one of the first ones. I've had no issues at all. I used a 012 for a year or so, then a ghost for a couple years. The RM is by far the best. It is very solid compared to the other two. I always had this little worry about the gun coming out of the old holsters. That worry is now gone.

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You can certainly use one of those side mounts. I drilled and tapped myself. Not a big job.