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Old style bottom, new style top: The trigger on the bottom is actually a 97B trigger: identical to the old style 85C trigger but without the over travel screw. Both types of 85C trigger come with the screw.

Sarge beat me to it!

There have been some in the past, I'm not sure if anyone still does. Atlanta Arms comes to mind, but I just checked their website and they only sell Major ammo in .38 super, just minor for 9mm. DC Ammo is another: it looks like they don't sell 9 Major either, but they do have some decent pricing for those who don't reload. The trouble is that the 9mm Major ammo most of us shoot far exceeds any manufacturers' recommendations for pressure, so it's hard to ask companies to take on that kind of liability for no more profit that they could earn making standard ammo (which I'm sure most of them have a hard time keeping on the shelves anyway).

Hornady has a HITS (Hornady Index of Terminal Standards) calculator to help hunters match their weapon to the game they plan to kill: http://www.hornady.com/hits/calculator The .40 S&W scores a HITS factor of 261; the minimum HITS factor recommended for animals over 50 lbs is 501 and 1,501 for dangerous game.

Bears I dunno, I was told by a hunter who's killed more animals than I've seen that hollow points penetrate fur and hide very poorly. I went on an Elk Hunt in Montana where bears were a threat and the guides suggested nothing smaller than a .44 magnum for a sidearm although they said pepper spray was much more effective against predatory animals. Just look at the ballistic data (http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/ballistics/2013-Standard-Ballistics.pdf). Handguns don't fire projectiles with anywhere close to the energy of a rifle; a 180gr bullet from a .40 S&W has 361 ftlbs of muzzle energy, a 180gr bullet from a 30-06 has 3,178! Hell, a 35gr .22 Hornet bullet leaves the muzzle with 732 ftlbs of muzzle energy and I'm not sure I'd want to face an angry poodle with a .22 Hornet in my hands!

How about some lead free soldier?

Eli, I'm going to have to take some pictures of my latest experiment: I took a Tanfo hammer, cut it down completely flush, then milled out a recess in the back. It's very light and very snappy. Unfortunately my drill press and milling vice are not the most precise so the bit walked on me a little, but call it a rough draft...

This thread has me interested in doing slide lightening again, but this time I'll do it myself so I can start slow and I'll take some out of the back of the slide.

I feel like sending you my TriStar T120 to put into the mix. The machining of the internal parts really is finer than any of my Tanfo, CZ and IMI pistols.

I just see you going down the same road I did and it's an expensive one the more you can borrow from the experiences of others, the fewer blunders you make yourself. I had never shot a compensated pistol until I shot the one I built myself, but these forums helped me quite a bit.

I'm telling you that if you focus on going everything else faster, it will have a subconscious effect on your shooting.

There's a good chance you've heard that from me I'm just warning you to go into it with your eyes wide open; I shoot Open and I spend a lot of money. The equipment is more money, the components are more money, there's more tinkering to be done, parts don't last as long, I'm just saying...

Don't do that. Think about moving faster and shooting on the move, the Charlies will come on their own The speed of actual shooting will increase on its own as you become more confident; do everything else faster.

Yes, shoot plated bullets.

Are you shooting USPSA? Try to find someone shooting Open with a small frame gun (Glock, M&P, CZ) and shoot your loads in their gun, their loads in yours; then you'll know what your setup is capable of.

Different barrel, different fit different POI, no big deal; change the sights. What seems more concerning is that money is tight and you're diving into Open...

Hmm...

Post it in the Chop Shop and see!

My wife actually suggested a family road trip where we would travel about the country hitting a local USPSA match each week Maybe when the kids are older... For now I have a plan: our third child is due any day now so needless to say I have take a hiatus until further notice, but I feel like this is the perfect opportunity to actually improve! How you say? by actually training!?! My first year in USPSA has basically consisted of liquidating my gun collection, building up a new collection of competition pistols, working them over, learning how to reload, tuning loads, and shooting two local matches per month with no time left for practice. If I sneak off to the range at lunch time, it's generally to check zero or functionality of my latest project, but now I will actually practice! drills, dry fire, sounds exciting doesn't it?!?

Was jmbacolyte already taken???

From what I can see in pictures, the LW comp is more like an AR15 flash hider than a comp; this Jager comp has more conventional ports and baffles to direct gasses upwards: Ive only shot one Open Glock and I think it had a similar comp; it worked pretty well.

Why not just sell it? If your regular load is a heavy bullet and fast powder you probably won't feel anything. Try a light bullet and slow powder.

Are there internal baffles between those top ports? They're not as big as mine

Just trim a 1/4" off the back leg of the follower and you'll be good to go.

Just ports, no comp? I predict less than impressive.