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3gr of Clays under a 115 is pretty soft and flat with no comp

Was it 9mm? I get the same or more capacity with my old Tanfos as I do with my 2011s, plus better reliability.

No

The CMore Slide Ride mounted horizontally to the frame puts the dot closest to the bore, with a big lens, durable body at a price ~$100 less than the micro dots. Most of my Open guns are setup this way, although I did recently get my hands on an RTS2 to try out on my Tanfoglio: The sight and mount weigh 2.6oz less, no left side blind spot and put the glass ~1/2" further back which seem to be good trade offs for having the dot ~1/4" higher off the bore. I haven't shot it yet, but I'm sure I'll be posting all about it.

I prefer K40s for .40, the old style are not easy to get running right. The old "load as long as you can" advice is a hangover from the early days of .40 in 19/2011 when the mags wouldn't feed factory length ammo reliably. It's true the pressure is generally lower in longer loads given the same charge, but you don't make the same PF, so you end up using more powder.

I you want to use old style 10mm mags for .40, you need to load longer, 1.2" min.

Zack, I've tested some 'lil Gun loads through mine which silly soft and flat, but still cycled the slide if I remember correctly. They were 115gr Xtreme plated loaded 1.170", charges of 8.2, 9.5 and 9.8; velocities were 841, 849, and 969 respectively. Report was like a cap gun . At 9.8gr the case is nearly full, so if I were to get serious about it, I might try 124s or a faster powder/lighter bullet. I've also shot 10gr of SP2 under a 100gr Xtreme, which is also very flat, louder and more exciting.

I think it's pretty great My friend wants to do a bunch of slo-mo video comparing Open setups, so once that happens, you'll be able to see how it compares to some of my other Open guns.

Should be awesome!

No guts no glory! Nice work Scott.

Sorry for being anal, but you're mixing assets and expenses; if you have $1,800 into a Production setup you could sell tomorrow for $1,600, your depreciation cost is $200, $1,600 is the asset you converted from cash to gun. So realistically speaking the "cost" of shooting Production is the depreciation on your gear, plus ammo, range fees, travel, ect. If you really analyze the true costs of this sport you realize the price tag on the pistol is not as big a factor as most think.

Thanks Youngeyes

H-148Q Burnt Bronze It looks different depending on the light:

Sorry, just shipped them out yesterday

If I were to do it again curve the front edge forward a little at the bottom like the Stock grips.

Yup

Is that possible? I didn't think the wrap around grips would stay on if in two pieces as the wrap around aspect helps them stay on the gun (along with the grip screws)? The don't have indentions like two piece grip panels. But if you can figure out a way I'd be interested. Yes, they work fine, want to try some?

Ok

If you know what you're looking for there's no import marks on conversion slides.

I don't know much about the plastic guns, but I think they're wide small frames, maybe not as wide as the TS, but wider than the 75.

You can go 40 to 9 with barrel/mags, 9 to 40 needs new upper, neither are Production legal. Sear cage is the same.

A friend machined out the frame under the grip to lose some weight.

It should be legal. The section on grips just say grip panels are allowed as long as they don't extend below the butt of the gun. I've never tried the just the rubber grip panels. Are they that much thicker than the CZC thick lemon grater grips? The hogue monogrip with the finger grooves cut off are thinner than the SP01 rubbers, I have a pair if anyone wants to try, just pay for shipping and they're yours.

The 97 with factory wood grips might be as big as it gets, but the TS with factory wood grips is close. The three guns you listed represent the three different frame sizes made by CZ: small frame (SP01), large frame (97B) and the TS/CM frame which is a unique wide bodied small frame designed for high capacity in .40. The terms "small frame" and "large frame" refer to the caliber the pistol was designed for. Small frame pistols were designed around the 9x19 cartridge, and were later adapted for other small frame calibers: .40 S&W, .357 SIG, .41 AE, etc.; large frame pistols were designed around the .45 ACP, then adapted for .38 Super, 10mm, 9x25 Dillon, ect. Large frame pistols can be chambered in small frame calibers (e.g. 19/2011, Tanfoglio Witness) but not vise versa. Because it's designed for large frame calibers, the 97 is longer from front to back, but the TS is a hair wider.

Better make that Limited 10! the SP01 in 40 only holds 12 rounds, maybe 15 in a 140 with Grams guts.