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Hey Alex. I checked my inbox and I cannot see a message from you. The best way is always to email me through my website. All large frame mags fits in all large frame models. Each caliber has it's own magazine to accomodate the differences in the round. That being said, a 40 and 45 mag are very similar with feed lips being different. If you are able to change them, you can use them. But you can also very easily ruin them if you cut material off or they break. The current 9mm has a spacer to hold factory 9x19 in place. The 38 super mag with the two rails is very different from the 9mm design. Neither are far from perfect. If you try to convert one to another caliber you're entering new territory. Not that it hasn't been thought of or half-heartedly tried, but to be successful in creating a functional 9mm magazine out of a 38 super you are on your own. You may need to completely re-shape the magazine and possibly add spacer (in rear I would suggest). Some good tools and no fear.. I wish you luck and feel free to share your experience or call me for help/thoughts/ideas.

hard and flat "a" as we say "a" in Norwegian... ha ha silent G my stab at it and just to mess ya up even more (ha ha)... taan-fooh-leo

One of the things we've wanted to do is keep is as simple as possible. Not many have a Thompson on hand, but with any sport, if you get into it, you'll get it. The Tommy is such an essential part of it that without it it won't be as fun. For our first match we had three tommies available and we shared them. I think it'll be necessary to bring people who want to have fun by sharing our equipment. It's not a super serious sport, but when I shoot, I give it everything I've got to shoot good. I'm competitive, no doubt about it, but I see this as a venue to relax a little and double up the fun factor. Any period gun can be used as a prop gun, but with Tommy and 1911 as the core of it. 38 super or 45 will of course be accepted. We're not going to get into major/minor as I don't think we'll have the same competitive advantage as we will in IPSC. I recognize there is a difference, but let's keep it a little open in the beginning and see where this takes us. If we're too strict on rules then it'll complicate things and we just want people to get a zoot, bring whatever 1911 they've got, borrow a Tommy from us if they need to and show up. Jason, myself and Emma will be dressed in our zoots at the Shot Show in Orlando in a few weeks. If you're going and see gangsters walking around, good chance it's us.. We're zooting for a major match in Colorado this summer.. Hope to have the website up soon and details on our match will be on the site hopefully before February.

Charile, I've heard from Tanfoglio that they have started or are starting to ship Stock II to the US. But it sounds like it'll be a large frame. I've begged them to make it small frame since those mags are very reliable in 9mm, whereas the large frame 9mm mags tend to nose dive when you load them up to full cap. For US it's only 10 round division anyway, but if you're going to an IPSC event overseas you'll want to have every bullet you can get in those suckers.

please post that info here if you find a good answer on pads. If it would be possible to use my H-400 pads that would be cool. They are same length as factory so no more capacity etc. I also make a H-350 pad which is thinner. The plastic magbottom is just uncomfortable so if it's possible to put anything else on there I'll make it. I've got a Stock II 9mm (small frame) waiting on me in Norway.. I'm flying there to pick it up in January..

Yes, you guys are lucky getting "Supersights" on your stocks. Basically they are a bomar style sight. Here in the US, all Stock's come with a cheesy little sight. I'm working on making better rear sights. Hey, Stormbringer, drop me an email will you?

Start driving... ;-)) Charlie, you can come any time from 5pm and on. Not sure when people will show, but I'm guessing the hardcore group will probably show up in the evening; sometime after 8 ? Jason, James, Adam, Emma and myself will be dressed in our Zooots My place is starting to shape up now. Got six bar stools in the kitchen/bar and two big couches in the living room. Looks like we'll be between 15 - 20 people. I'm gonna run down to Denver to get some beer glasses etc. When I get back I've got to hook up the tap and get that rollin...

Paul, I'm not big on coffee myself so don't have any of that stuff. But there's Starbucks close by and I probably have some RockStars in the fridge.. ;-)) Sunday morning will be Bloody Mary's, Eggs and Bacon.. A hearty breakfast 4 suuure. btw we should get pretty good turnout from our local gang. Ken says he's coming down and crashing, same with Jason. That probably means it'll be late (early morning). My buddy Joe will stop by, he likes the Vikingfjord Vodka so he'll probably won't leave until it's all gone.. James, Adam, Matt declared they're coming. Some are bringing their girlfriends, a few possible wild cards and members of Emma's family showing. I'm gonna start the party as soon as I've got the house stocked up with everything we need and know I don't have to go anywhere.. Now I've got to figure out what I'm gonna serve for food. Being an awesome inexperienced cook it may be very interesting..

An original would be tuff to cut, but the aftermarket Auto-Ordnance by Kahr wouldn't be so heart-breaking to saw. We definitely thought about it and Jason and I will talk to Kahr about making an actually comfortable shootable Tommy. Given they're not bad, but they can be made to operate a little easier and feel a lot better. Kahr sought out to make them as original as possible. We just need to tweak a few things to make them work well for our purpose.

...and Brian (Enos) will be sponsoring American Zoot Shooters by web-hosting our new website. Just to chime how cool Brian really is, he is already hosting henningshootsguns.com on his state-of-the-art server. The nice thing is if brianenos.com is down, then I'm down so it's easy to troubleshoot and quickly figure out if something's going on. The video and the written presentation of Zoot Shooters (by Jason Huss) will be on the website along with more stuff. It'll be a week or two before I can get the website up and running and when it does I will naturally announce it - with the link. Emma and I have lots of cool pictures from our first match as well as individual pics from the photo shoot of the "original seven". Jason, myself, Emma, Adam and Adam's brother James (who also bought a suit and was supposed to join us, but unfortunately had to work on match day) will all be zooted up Saturday night at the party at my house. I think I'm gonna start calling James "the man who wasn't there"... On a party note.. This morning I was climbing in my attic (breathing fiberglass..), running up the wire for my sub woofer across the room so we'll have a sexy 5.1 surround system for the party. I currently have SpeakerCraft left-center-right front speakers in the ceiling which sounds good combined with Infinity floors speakers in the rear. I've been surfing the web today to make it a 7.1. Anybody here into SpeakerCraft? I'd like to get two more "Aim8 Three" (or similar) in the ceiling in the back to get a fuller sound picture. I'm debating putting dipole wall-in speakers to replace my Infinity floor speakers, but unsure. Wondering if I should put a rear sub in as well (my receiver only has one sub-output so not sure how to add a sub)? Setup sounds great from the front, but I'd like to feel more sound in the rear and figuring out how to position rear speakers / what to put in the rear is the question. My couch is all the way in the back and though I'd like to put it forward I can't without making my living room a complete freak show. If there are any audiophiles out there, any input?

I sent you an email. I don't know this model, but the small frame mags may fit. Email me a picture of the gun, magazines and measure your mag width/length. ;-)

Chad The links totally work. I just check them. I'm using Firefox and the videos are Windows Media format. Loads right up.

Paul You are wasting away your talent at IBM! Zoot Shooters will have to hire you.

Try 7.5 and you might have to go up to 7.6 - 7.7 ?

I believe Alan (www.machineguntours.com) has a BAR. Jason, Alan and I will put on a match early in the summer and I'm sure we'll incorporate some fun prop guns. If any of you want to join us at this match, the main gear you'll need is a zoot suit... we got ours at Gentleman's collection in Denver. Complete suit (long jacket, pants, vest and shirt) was only $180. Hat, shoes and fitting is extra. Figure I spent just under $300 for a my suit with hat, extra shirt and fitting. I happened to have some classic Italian shoes that fit the bill. Jason had some cool Doc Martens with traction that worked really well. As long as you're an USPSA, IDPA or SASS member you're good to join us. We have Tommy Guns and 1911s you can borrow so no need to stress out about having to get all the guns. If you have a 1911-45 bring it, for now we're not picky about how it's configured. All pistol shots are done with one hand only and the shooting itself is not meant to be difficult. We had some targets on a stage (not shown on the video) that was too hard (8" plate rack at 12 yds). Amazingly enough, my Springfield 45, 7 shot with those microscopic sights knocked those suckers down in 9 rounds. We will not be doing anything like that because we want people to have fun, be able to hit all targets without struggling forever to knock steel over. Rules aren't written in stone yet, but the way I've intended it, all pistol targets will be within 10 yards and rifle targets within 20. We use full IPSC targets and everything is based on time. Only one shot is required per target. For each C-hit there's a 1 second extra added to your time. For each D-hit it's 3 seconds and for a miss or no-shoot it's 5 seconds. My Springfield A1 45 with no magwell is not easy to reload and with only 7 rounds in the mags we're not trying to be IPSC shooters or make this into an IPSC match. Shooting in style and making mistakes is all parts of having good old fun. No penalties for being quick, after all that's the goal. But all pistol shooting in one-handed since two-handed is a modern shooting style and doesn't look right. Tommyguns are difficult to load up and unload so we help each other getting the ready and loaded / unloaded. We've been talking about making a longer third-hand which is needed to remove the drum mag. And I completely removed the rear sight on mine. It was just simply in the way. I use the notch in the charging handle as my rear notch and if I place the front in the dead center it shoots dead on a 20. A fair sense of point shooting will be important in this sport. Excessive aiming won't be necessary or help you that much. he he

We're definitely going to have lots of fun with this. We've already been enjoying ourselves and dressed up on more than one occasion. At my party this coming Saturday, Jason, myself and everone who shows up who owns a Zoot Suit will be wearing one. There will be various era-type guns used in matches for sure. ps. That was Emma's very first shooting match - ever. She owns a revolver that she's shot on occasion before, but never fired a 45. I think it'll be easier to get spouses and your family excited about going to a zoot event than you typically will in bringing someone to an IPSC match. This is not so serious, but just a lot of fun. And you can dress up without even shooting..

Some of you know, but for most it's news. My buddy Jason Huss and I have been working on a new shooting sport for over a year and this year we founded the "American Zoot Shooters Association". You'll hear more about this sport in the coming months, but here is a taste of what's to come: American Zoot Shooters Association American Zoot Shooters Association is bringing back the Roaring Twenties! AZSA is a multi-gun sport in which participants dress in 1920s costumes and compete against the clock engaging targets for the best possible score. Zoot Shooters must use firearms that are correct for the time surrounding Prohibition. Costumes may be of any character type reflecting the era (i.e. gangster, law enforcement, flapper, bootlegger, politician, etc.). The predominant AZSA guns are Thompsons and 1911 pistols but other firearms may be considered. Though many shooters may already own a 1911 type pistol, most probably do not own a Thompson sub-machine gun. Fortunately, Kahr/Auto-Ordnance is reproducing high quality semi-automatic Tommy Guns that do not require special permits. If you are lucky (or wealthy) enough to own a legally registered, full-auto Tommy by all means use it providing the host range will allow it! The competitions have multiple stages referred to as Capers. Each Caper has a specific course of direction in which the shooter must safely engage targets in the quickest amount of time. Capers may reflect a moment in history, a scene from a movie or part of a story that gives a feeling of going back to a time when gangsters made Tommy Guns roar! Most importantly participants must be safe, maintain good sportsmanship and have fun. American Zoot Shooters Association invites anyone from all walks of life to come out and enjoy our sport. Many fascinating aspects of American history took place during the 1920s and 1930s. If you like guns, gangster movies, Jazz music, antique cars, swing dancing, murder mystery parties or having fun, then AZSA is for you! Everyone is encouraged to use their imagination and get involved. American Zoot Shooters Association’s founders are not historians; please excuse any historical inaccuracies. Furthermore, AZSA does not condone criminals and gangsters or their activities. Shooting is a potentially dangerous sport and must be treated as such. All shooters must be instructed in safe gun handling before they are permitted to participate in an AZSA competition. Zoot Shooters is not affiliated with Kahr/Auto-Ordnance (yet). We are working on the website and we are hoping to hold a major Zoot match in Colorado this coming summer; May-June. In the mean-time, if you wanna learn more about and kept in the loop, drop me an email through henningshootsguns.com. When the website is ready, news will be posted on it. For now... enjoy the video and start dreaming... it's coming ;-)

The bar is now awaiting getting the keg hooked up to the beer-tap. Just picked up 6 bar stools so the bar .. will be open on Saturday. Will have to make a serious liquor run on Friday, get some good food and snacks and we'll be ready. Music will be blasting until early morning.

Thx. Only the first page is updated so far, all pages will be boosted and shop will be too.

Thanks. I will make the email clickable. That's how the old email is and it's also encoded. But I'd forgotten the web-link, so that's Paul More articles and videos will be coming...

HenningShootsGuns.com I've got a lot of pages to re-do since it's slightly wider, headers have to be replaced etc. Probably something very nice to do during xmas... Input and suggestions on how the site should look is highly appreciated. It's all HTML done by myself so generalized ideas or comments please. Won't be any flash or too fancy or very radical look from what I've got posted on the first page. Same top-link will eventually be on all pages and I'm gonna re-do all the other pages one-by-one. Shop will probably also get a minor face-lift.

Check the width of the feed lips. Try narrowing the front to about 0.395" and let me know how that works for you.

This year I had the pleasure of shooting with David Thompson in the Czech Euro Open match. He ended up writing a 6-page article about the Tanfoglio Limited & Limited Custom pistols. I just received my copy today and it's featuring my Tanfoglio Limited 40 with IonBond coating, slide lightening by John Sandlin, EGW parts, my grips, pads etc. It's a very extensive article with lots of pictures. To check out a sample of the article online go to : Combat & Survival Magazine - Tanfoglio Article I'll take some pictures of the article and post in a little bit..

hehe... I ended up selling my light red - pink grips to someone who really wanted them. Of the new colors I really like the stainless steel, it's kind of like a pewter and looks real sharp. The "titanium" could also be called charcoil and according to BearCoat has become a very popular color lately. The new pink is a true pink.. The cool thing now is that trigger, grip, magwell, mount, safeties, pads etc can all be matched in the same color since it doesn't matter what material/alloy it is! Once I make some more progress on trigger and magwell I'll definitely be offering some color-matched packages.

Here are all the color options we can do now on grips, pads, mounts etc. We can match parts on your gun and if you have parts you want to send us along with other stuff we can do them for you. Colors left to right: Brushed Stainless Green Navy Blue Pink Red Tan Titanium