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I have the gap version on my 1911. As stated earlier you may have problems seating magazines under match conditions. At least I do. You need to get a good running start to make sure they seat. In order to fit in the box, you can have only a small amount of basepad exposed beyond the Ice Magwell. I bought the Dawson pads for my Wilson, and Colt magazines. They are advertised to be USPSA SS legal, which they are, just barely. The benefits out weigh the liabilities, of the Ice magwell. You have a nice big funnel to aim for, and the magazines glide right in, but you need the inertia behind the magazines to insure proper seating. If not, it's bombs away after the first shot after a reload.

I was sort of wondering, if the updated rules now allow, aftermarket triggers that shorten reset, and reduce pretravel?

Are you in eastern or western PA?

I would go with the 230 gr RN for the action shooting sports. Minimum of 718 fps needed to make major. Load to 735-740 fps. Good reliability, feeds in just about anything. No alibi's in action sports. 185 and 200 gr major loadings, are more snappy recoil wise, which some shooters like that sensation. I even tried some 152's for a cold November match. My hand stung for an hour afterwards. I think overall, the 230's feeding and recoil wise attributes, are a good compromise. I tried the 250's for USPSA, and found the 250's to be soft shooting, but too sluggish in cycling.

If it is not shooter error, I suspect it is how the barrel is locking up on the initial loading. On a poorly fitted barrel, slingshotting or slidestop releasing, can result on the barrel locking up differently than it does during live fire cycling. I would look at the barrel fitting as your cause.

I have witnessed several times, plastic barrels being shot near the side, and the bullets are heard whirling around inside for quite a while, before they are spent. Pretty amusing.

Ditto on the Primary Bruce. That black nitride is hard, and leaves a low friction matte finish. As long as your gun is not too hogged up, it can make a beater look presentable. Last work I had done, it was $60 for the bare frame and $60 for the bare slide + piecework price, for all the other small parts. Bruce beadblasts and preps each piece before sending out for nitriding. $200 seems about right for the complete gun. If interested, contact him @ Primary Machine for a quote.

Yikes,, did you drop the gun, or did it occur naturally?. They way the crack looks, originating at the hinge, it seems to be from some kind of an impact, with the hinge being the stress point. Either way, I hope Kensight covers it for you.

How light is the trigger pull? Unless your sear is boogered up, bending the left leaf of the sear spring downward, as suggested previously, will increase pressure on the sear. This will usually fix this issue. Try it and see. Been there, done that. If the sear nose is damaged, one possible cause, is your trigger stop adjustment is not allowing the sear to disengage the hammer far enough, and is bumping the halfcock notch on the way down, damaging the sear. If so back off the trigger stop a little more. Been there, done that, also too. Just a thought for something to look at.

MAF sensor cleaner. About 5-$6 for a spray can at the auto parts store. It's created to leave absolutely no residue on those tiny wires in that sensor.

I don't know what you call reasonable, but I had a 1911 barrel done for $70, by Primary Machine last year. It turned out nice. They were a vendor here, but I don't see their name listed anymore.

I had a 1911 done last year by Primary Machine. Used in a kydex holster also. Still looks good. Black Nitride is supposed to harden the metal somewhat, and improve lubricity of moving parts. The cost is pretty reasonable.

I finally got a email response from Heather at the USPSA. No hard copy rule books will be printed for anyone, including RO's. They want to keep an "evergreen" rule book, which means, they can change the rules so often, that everyone is confused. I think for what the dues cost, they could at least provide a hard copy for the RO's, and the option of a subsidized, low cost copy for anyone else. Maybe then, if they have to print them, they won't change the rules so often.

I am one of those old Super Senior people who like to have the rule book in their hands.

I like the hard copy book. I am a RO, and if there is a dispute, it is faster to pull out the book, go to the right section, and look it up quickly. I don't have a smartphone. I don't feel like printing out all 121 pages of the online version either, plus that's quite a wad to stuff in your range bag, rather than a small booklet. I hope the USPSA supplies the books to the RO's , as before. I sent them an email, asking, but they have not responded.

I had a similar problem. I called Dillon, and their rep told me that brass builds up on the expander, and that I should use some steel wool or scotchbrite to polish it off. After doing so, it made things a lot better.

Ditto, on the eAMP Challenger mag pouches. They were $95 delivered from Ebay, for the 6 magazine setup. They make a 4 mag for $65. I wanted to try bullets out, and did not want to spend a whole lot of money experimenting. I like these. I feel my reloads are better bullets out. Your results may vary. Not all that flashy, but this gets the job done.

I was always worried that the poppers would not go down with the 9mm, especially if they were not hit well. Although my worries were unfounded, some were scary slow in falling. The production division shooters seem to get by though.

I enjoy shooting SS also. I just like the 1911. There is not a whole lot of participation in SS at the local matches. Mostly new shooters, with certain clubs having their dedicated veterans also. I just shoot for overall in the final results. If I can make the top 25-30%, I am happy. I tried shooting both major and minor this year, and for me, I found I gave up too many points with minor, and did not usually make it up in time savings, to offset. For a younger and better shooter, their results might be different. I just like the .45 better.

Large rifle primers are .005 higher than large pistol primers are. Small pistol and small rifle are identical heights.

Don't fire your gun anymore until you get this issue resolved. If your recoil spring is coil bound, you can break your barrel bushing, as it will be stopping the rearward movement of the slide, instead of the slide's dust cover.

New springs are usually slightly longer than used are. They take a "set" after being used the first time. They will shorten maybe 1/2 to 3/4 inch. I take it this is a 1911 you have. By not allowing the spring plug to bottom out, do you mean, not coil bound? You can compare the stacked length of the springs, by measuring the wire diameter and multiplying it by the number of coils.

I have a build using their frame, slide, barrel and fire control parts. Their parts are good as anyone's, and the customer support is prompt. They are fairly new and are trying to increase their footprint in the market. They occasionally run specials on certain items, and often have escalating percentages off most everything across the board. I got some great deals. They have barrels and slides listed on Ebay also. Sign up to get on their mailing list. www.fusionfirearms.com

I have heard of people washing out their primer tubes with dishwashing detergent. This cleans out any primer dust, and supposedly is an anti static treatment.

I have found that many of the local matches are not 8 round friendly anymore, although they may technically be 8 round neutral. Could be an effort to cater to the production shooters, whom are the majority at the local matches, while SS shooters are just a handfull now. SS major shooters may often find themselves having to do a standing reload to engage a last target, or have to shoot the stage in a convoluded manner to make the round count work out. It did not used to be that way, but times change. Most of the winners at the local matches are now shooting minor for the flexibility of two extra rounds. I have a 9mm build in progress now for next year, and I will see how my performance will be, vs shooting major in the past. At the nationals, the course designers go out of their way to make sure that there is no advantage to shoot minor. That's why major dominates that match, otherwise the top shooters would be shooting minor.