jacketjoed

that doesnt seem to bad at all, did you have to have the hard chrome removed?

That looks very nice will be calling them for sure! Thanks fore the info guys!

Was looking at the nitride, are there any reputable companies out there that specialize in coating 2011s?

Bought a 2011 style open gun last year, the finish was messed up on the comp. Looking to having the whole gun coated (not in love with the hard chrome.) These things being as tight and finicky as they are, I want to make sure it gets done right, my gun runs and would like to keep it that way. Any suggestions on who to send it off to to be coated??? Thanks!

Switching over to Open instead of production, still aiming for A Class. Would you please switch me over. Thank you! jacketjoed (A75842)

I find the dot good off the draw, I tend to lose it after moving to a new position. I just recently picked up BE's book and am only a few pages in so far but looking forward giving it a couple of reads!

The one thing that really surprised me is that when I lose the dot it is low and I have to bring the muzzle up, figured it would be the opposite.

Yep definitely need more practice and time behind the gun. Anyone have any good drills for working on it?

Upright, tried them both when I was looking at guns and didn't like the 90 as much.

Hey guys, Just switched over from production to open and looking for all of your tips, tricks, hints and wisdom. This has been a big change, have shot a couple matches and practices. My biggest issue so far is finding the dot when coming into new positions. Been practicing it a lot in dry fire but still having trouble. Thank in advance! Joe

I was shooting 4.4 grains of unique for my production minor load at about 760 fps average and these feel a bit more mellow. Hotter loads didnt feel to bad, but not really having much to compare it against I couldn't tell you for sure. I thought they felt less snappy then a factory stuff. Also, my pistol is completely stock except for a trigger job so the loads would feel a lot different in a 2011. It is a little bigger flake then the unique but i find that it meters a little better, I weighted about twenty random load so far and the have all been with in .1 of a grain. I haven't really shot any groups with it yet, but I ran some drills with it last night and was able to keep all my shots in the head box at 15 yards as long as I did my part. The minor load is awesome, less rise then with my minor 9 in the same gun, total powder puff. Was able to pull quite a few .12 splits and still keep it in the alpha. (im a B class shooter)

I had a very hard time finding any loading data for 40 minor loads using this powder. With the current times of using what you find I figured I would post the load I worked up with American Select. I ran out of my normal powder and was able to find an 8lb jug of it so I started using it. I shoot a 5" 40 M&P with a stock barrel, here are the loads I tried out. I was looking for around 750 fps shooting 180 grain xtreme plated bullets. All of these are 7 shot averages: 4.9 grains: 953 4.5 grains: 890 4.1 grains: 815 3.7 grains: 754 Hope this helps someone.

^ +1 xtreme all the way, dont even waste time with the berry's

Bahahaha!

I just picked up a bunch of this powder and am looking for a good minor load shooting 180 gr xtreme plated bullets out of my 5” m&p. From reading the loading data from Hodgdon was thinking about starting at 4.4 and go from there. Im looking for around 775 fps. Thanks in advance. Joe

Yes it was a local USPSA club match, the lady before her was shooting the same pistol and my GF loaned her a mag when she ran dry trying to knock down a array of KO plates. The same thing happened to my GF and she was down the mag that she gave the other lady, that why she was asking for one. I like your idea! lol that was a good one!

So the girlfriend decided that she wanted to start playing in the pistol games. So got her all setup with a new pistol and all the stuff she would need to shoot a match. Since she hadn’t shot much at all before got her in a really good class that is offered out here to get some trigger time and just be more safe and confident with manipulations and movement. Since then she had shot a few matches and done really well with safety, till this last weekend. It was our first stage and I was ROing, as the other guy that was able in our squad was the next shooter. It’s the Girlfriends turn to shoot, she makes it through the whole stage just fine without any safety issues but was struggling with her shooting and got a little frustrated and eventually ran out of ammo. Her gun was at slide lock and she turned to ask one of the other ladies that was shooting the same pistol for a fresh mag, only problem was when she turned her body the gun went with her. She didn’t cover anyone and the pistol was at slide lock so it wasn’t terrible but was still a 180 violation and I told her to stop and that I was really sorry but I had to DQ her. She took It very well and was more embarrassed then anything. She took her stuff to the car with a heavy head but came back and kept score for the rest of the match. Though the guys in my squad definitely didn’t let me live it down for the rest of the match the result turned out better than I thought it would. I still don’t recommend it.

Do it every year at our box, last year was the first time using a weight vest (and man was that a killer.) Our coach made those of use using a vest do it straight thru as apposed to breaking it up, ie you have to finish all your pullups before you could move to the pushups. It was brutal but definitely something you should do if you can. My time last year was 54:28, hoping to beat it this year still wearing the vest.

We have two one hundred yard bays, two 40 yard bays and one 60 yard bay. We have a bunch of the little quarter scale uspsa paper targets and I made a some rifle KO plates that are 4x5 to put at 75 yards or so so simulate some longer ranges. I figured thrown in some smaller stuff an then some right up in your face stuff with no shoots to mess with optic offset and make you think a little. Hopefully its fun and people like it so we can do more of them.

Sorry, should have put a stage description in the post. Start position is rifle loaded and at port arms facing downrange in red box (box A), upon start signal engage paper array on the left from within box and KO plates through one of the openings in the chair. Then engage the remained of the targets from within shooting area B (the Yellow fault lines) The close paper at the start is around 7 yards, and the KO plates are 75 yards.

Hey guys Im looking for a little feed back on some stages I drew up for a Rifle only match I'm putting on at our club. This is my first time being a MD and designing stages, so I'm sure there are some subtleties that I'm missing. http://s948.photobucket.com/user/jacketjoed/library/rifle%20stages

Been looking for a metal one for a while now, this looks like perfect! Just ordered one. Nice find Jeff!!

I see that you are starting to find these now, still curious if anyone has shot one and what your thoughts were. Have played with one and it seems like something I could really like but would definitely like a range report!

What has everyone been using to cut the buttstock down and how much can you take off safely (I would like to take off about 2")? Thinking maybe a band saw ???

Glad you enjoyed it!!! There is a club in Boulder just south of helena that has a few multigun matches this year. Austin, they guy who runs them is a stand up guy and runs good matches! http://www.lastchancehandgunners.com/html/gun.html