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is camo clothing frowned upon at matches?
kneelingatlas replied to Sandbagger123's topic in Miscellaneous BEginners
"Just a sec guys, we need more score sheets..." -
EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADING
kneelingatlas replied to kneelingatlas's topic in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
Yes, I used an oil called Tap Magic and lots of it. -
EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADING
kneelingatlas replied to kneelingatlas's topic in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
It's a cone comp,but just the part in front of the slide measures 2.130". -
Specifically CZ parts for polishing.
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Has anyone ever stripped down their pistol and dumped all the internals in the tumbler? I've heard it done with mag tubes, but never parts...
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My CZ is still tight after a few thousand rounds of 170+PF 9mm loads.
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EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADING
kneelingatlas replied to kneelingatlas's topic in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
First order of business will be to chop away some of the extra metal for the comp: Right now the comp looks like this: I plan to open up the first port: Then maybe experiment with drilling barrel holes until it flattens out to my liking -
EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADING
kneelingatlas replied to kneelingatlas's topic in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
Drill the hole for the guide rod (I wish I had some sharper bits...): After trimming the slide a little more, it's actually turning out pretty well The cone and breach are still a little tight, but that sure beats the alternative... A little more fitting and it will be ready to test fire. I now have three compensated top ends for my small frame Open gun (standard length, compact and now my custom 'middy'): -
EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADING
kneelingatlas replied to kneelingatlas's topic in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
I haven't posted a project update in a while, but here's what I've been working on (albeit very slowly; with a new baby in the house, minutes in the garage are few and far between ). I bought this 9x21 small frame on GB a while back: It was a long slide with a 5 1/2" barrel, I shot some 9x19 Major loads out of it, and it shot OK, the comp was less than impressive, it was super long/heavy and it might just be mental but something just doesn't feel right about shooting 9x19 out of a 9x21 barrel. So I used the 9x21 barrel for an SSE kit (CA thing...) and decided this would be a great top end to experiment with. It's pretty common to cut the length of a 1911 slide, but I'd never heard it done to a CZ75 pattern pistol (I would later realize why ) so I decided to cut 3/4" off the slide and use a 4 3/4" 9x19 barrel I had kicking around. The first problem to deal with is the recoil system: unlike a 1911, the recoil spring rests on a ridge machined into the front of the slide so I needed to replicate that ridge. I though of welding up the hole and re drilling it, but the inside would be all bumpy so I decided to drill it out, tap it, loctite in a 7/16x20 set screw, then drill a smaller hole through the middle of the set screw for the guide rod. I quickly realized this was not the path of least resistance as the slide was HARD! real HARD!!! I usually just turn the chuck by hand when tapping, but this was too hard, I moved to an 18" pipe wrench, but when the jaws began to slip on the smooth sides of the tap I resorted to turning the tap with a crescent wrench on the tap itself. I progressively cut the slide, tapped some more, repeat... Right until... Well, I think that's enough threads After using a punch and hammer to shatter the tap still in the slide I inserted the set screw: -
EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADING
kneelingatlas replied to kneelingatlas's topic in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
These are all sold. Thanks -
Do you have a .40 SP01? I've never seen one; but yes, it will work the same way.
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I was just about to suggest keeping it if you're not hard up for the cash; if you're not shooting the hell out of them guns hold their value pretty well in the long run.
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EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADING
kneelingatlas replied to kneelingatlas's topic in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
I have some lonely large frame base pads looking for a home: One black Henning and two silver EAA, all large frame; how about $60 shipped for all three? -
I wasn't crazy about the feel of the Sprinco, actual reduction of recoil was very slight, but it added a little bounce.
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The new factory barrels need to be fit at the breech face, but a used 9 barrel will drop right in a 40 slide.
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The original springs would be measured in kilos, so replacement springs won't be exact, I know in my TS the stock hammer spring was somewhere in the neighborhood of 16-17# and the recoil spring was 12-13#. If you're shooting powder puff minor loads I'm thinking 10# recoil spring and 15-20# hammer spring depending on your preference for a light trigger or a crisp trigger.
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Notch & Post VS. Red Dot for Open Class
kneelingatlas replied to Moltke's topic in USPSA/IPSC Shooting
You can simplify your comparison, a Limited gun is the same as an Open gun except without the comp and dot (both almost always only reload once, so the big stick is much less significant); ask Open shooters "comp or dot? you have to give one up" I'd put money on the vast majority keeping the dot. -
There is another recurve DA/SA trigger which is black and looks like this: As you can see, it's a larger radius than the new style: Here's the old style:
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New style trigger sitting atop the old one. I like the old style because I have big hands/long fingers and it puts the trigger further away.
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You couldn't let the others be jealous, just for a few minutes?? Now please excuse me while I go tell those kids their parents are lying about Santa
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Stock III? Looks like a standard steel frame with a Match slide to me...
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Why Won't 9 mm Shoot in a .38 Barrel?
kneelingatlas replied to bountyhunter's topic in Revolver Forum
I resisted reloading for a while, but since I've started I'll never buy off the shelf again! -
Throwing out a Match in .4 of a Second.
kneelingatlas replied to Gooldylocks's topic in Match Screw-ups
That's the point of that particular classifier! -
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If you don't reload, don't waste your money on an Open gun; trust me, I started a thread just like this one once upon a time. I shot factory ammo through my first compensated pistol and was astounded that the comp did nothing, literally, nothing. I took off the comp and the pistol felt exactly the same. I would later find out that the principles involved in making good ammo are opposite when using a comp. In a pistol with no comp a small charge of fast powder behind a heavy bullet will produce the softest shooting load. A compensator uses expanding gasses to resist the recoil and muzzle flip so the more gas the flatter the gun; slow burning powder makes more gas because you need more powder to make the same velocity, so the best load for a comp is a light bullet with a large charge of slow powder. This same load without the comp results in much more recoil for any given projectile and velocity than a faster powder, so since 99.9% of their customers are not using compensators, there is no incentive for manufacturers to sell such a round.