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On 1/18/2022 at 4:01 PM, RogerS said:
I'm not one to wish ill on anyone, but I'm glad tanfoglio has moved on to another importer, hopefully it will be good news for Tanfo fans...thanks for the updates!
My experience with IFG was less than promising.
To me, the best advice I can give anyone, is not to buy any Tanfo that you can not either lay hands on prior to sale or buy used from a seller you trust. Nice guns, marginal quality control, good luck with any warranty issues.
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21 hours ago, PatJones said:
There's an awful lot of butthurt lately towards the people at the top of the sport. Where is this coming from?
Largely imagination I think, I've never seen any disdain aimed at the folks who are pulling their weight regardless of whether they are shooting only for fun and fellowship or whether they are taking things more seriously.
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17 hours ago, BritinUSA said:
It is a sport - first and foremost - and always has been.
A volunteer sport.
Without the top scoring 10%, who cares, the 90% can still have a great time. Without the workers, some few of which might come from the pool of very serious shooters, it is time to find a new hobby.
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6 hours ago, meeesterpaul said:
An article that was discussing investing in stocks of companies in our fun world had quotes from Vista Outdoors' CEO ( I think). He has happy to say that the purchase of Remington's primer operation will help them expand and still enjoy the margins by not add manufacturing capacity to the market. He was also pleased that his 'competition' at Olin was paying attention to the capacity/over capacity risks. Seems that enjoying the margins will let them pay down debt and buy back shares. The stock may be a better value than the primers. I don't think we'll see primers under $49.9999 again.
China, are you listening?
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15 hours ago, bababoris said:
I am wondering if anyone switch to a TSO after shooting a 2011 and would be willing to share their resons for making the switch.
I've owned 3 2011's and the TSO. The only reason I can think of to pick the 2011 is just personal preference, the only reasons I can think of to pick the TSO is personal preference and typically reduced cost. The poor overlooked TS is a flat out bargain, if it fits your hand.
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3 hours ago, Endall said:
I Have Never dropped a loaded gun,
And hopefully you never will. It was not my proudest moment . . .
On the draw I came forward with the gun before the muzzle cleared the holster vertically.
16 minutes ago, BMSMB said:Good to know that that you had an issue with the extended firing pin...
Maybe a fluke, definitely sort of a worst case scenario (light spring, extended pin, soft deep seated federal primers).
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Something I've thought about doing:
1. Borrow a good reliable popper from the local club.
2. Mark elevation on popper with say 2" vertical graduations.
3. Determine minimum height where bullet drops popper consistently.
4. Play about with bullet shapes and weights while holding power factor near constant (say 130) and see how that effects minimum elevation.
I think until someone does something like this, we are just guessing.
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On 1/1/2022 at 8:56 AM, HRShoots said:
And I think JJ would have taken the DQ but was pushed to appeal by the sponsor rep that was with him.
In other words, he knew what was right?
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1 hour ago, SouperMan said:
Along with Grumpy’s recommendation, I recommend replacing the stock Firing Pin Assembly with the Cajun Gun Works Extended Firing Pin system. If you dry fire a lot, it’ll help.
I dropped a cz 75 with the extended firing pin and lightened firing pin spring, it fired on impact. For what it is worth.
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I just started refusing to r.o. the 5-10% of open guns that are ridiculously loud, the average open gun and everything else USPSA-IDPA does not seem to be a problem for me with 30 db rated pro ears.
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13 hours ago, cbrussell said:
Stood point; I hope that does not come to all the states. Dumb law no matter how you cut it.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/magazine-capacity-laws-by-state
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3 hours ago, Boomstick303 said:
Also multiple plates are no longer required where this one plate load many different pistol cartridges.
For me that is the cool part. Wonder how the noise level compares?
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41 minutes ago, 67isb said:
Better approach would be for Dillon to properly design and use the right motor to begin with. AC motors have less torque than DC motors. I'm guessing Dillon went with the cheapest option. While DAA has some good stuff, they also have some lemons (hand priming tool).
Some ac motors have less torque than some dc motors and vice versa. With the advent of reasonable cost and reliable variable frequency drives ac is being used on many high torque applications (coal mine draglines, rolling mills, large cranes, etc) that require speed control. They are typically cheaper to make and there are definite maintenance advantages (no brushes for example).
Regardless, my guess would be that less than 5% of the case feeder applications would benefit from increased speed, unless there are a whole lot of people both automating and in a hurry than I know about. It might be hard to justify any cost increase to the 95%.
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On 12/26/2021 at 8:56 AM, Smitty79 said:
I don't need a huge correction for distance vision and I can read a news paper and thread most needles without glasses on at all.
Sounds like my eyes.
I swap to non corrected shooting glasses when I'm on deck and put the trifocals back on when I have finished shooting the stage.
Someone once made the point to me that your eyes can not be focused on two different distances at the same time regardless of how good your vision is, so every iron sight shooter is either shooting at the fuzzy thing (front sight focus) or with the fuzzy front sight (target focus). I recognize that focus with an optic is a bit different but you may find that your hits are not any less accurate (my case) if you shoot at the center of the fuzzy thing instead of the center of the clear thing.
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54 minutes ago, zombywoof said:
I live in a ban state where we shoot L10, CO10 and Open10. CO is the most popular division. Here is the breakdown of our next match. Dots are just better.
Carry Optics 28 Limited 1 Open 12 Production 2 Revolver 0 Single Stack 0 Interesting info. Just a quick peek a practiscore implies that IDPA is similar - not nearly as extreme but similar. Seems to negate the idea that adding rounds to production limits would make any difference.
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15 hours ago, cjfung10 said:
I'd rec'd getting a plate system so you're not stuck with a single optic mounting pattern should you choose to switch down the road (say from your 507k to SRO). If funds allow, buy a new complete upper to do it with. The one downside is an ever so slightly "taller" optic but totally worth the ability to swap out optics via different plate. (Others may likely tell you the exact height decrease if you choose a direct slide mount vs plate system)
I wonder why you couldn't cut the slide for the optic you want and later on get an adapter plate if you decided you wanted a different optic? Also wonder if a shooter can tell a difference in muzzle dip with the added weight of the plate.
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3 hours ago, Boomstick303 said:
Unfortunately this is not reality. Just about every week I see a stage where low cap is making standing reloads.
3 hours ago, motosapiens said:Perhaps we are fortunate.
Maybe I'm lucky as well, it is almost never a problem at the 4 USPSA clubs I frequent (if I don't screw up) but 3 clubs get a lot of set up support from stage designers who shoot revolver-SS major-production so maybe that makes the difference. With one of the clubs I'm usually there on set up day & the stage designer walks through at the end with an eye toward making sure there are good options for the 8 shot guys.
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On a serious note, assuming politics doesn't make every US division a low capacity division in the near future and that the primer shortage isn't permanent, you wonder how the sport might need to evolve to make the $$$ per shot worthwhile to the masses. The days of low cost ammo seem to be over.
If I ever get out of production it will be to move to revolver, just seems like more challenge and more activity per $. Last time I shot hi cap it just seemed like the cost was the same but I was missing out on a lot of the skills challenge fun.
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8 hours ago, Boomstick303 said:
Or is it dying because the division did not keep up with evolving technology?
I think it has more to do with chewing tide pods and standardized testing in schools. Just a theory though.
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2 hours ago, Russty said:
The thread is about wishing Production wasn't dying. Not walls.
Dang, if I'm not getting in trouble with the moderators then I'm riling the thread police!
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6 hours ago, Sinister4 said:
Always thought the walls should be "non see through" and made of something you can see a hit on them, mesh walls I do not care for but every club around me uses them
Wind + weight + cost + safety , my local club used solid walls for several years - I get where you are coming from but was happy to see the new mesh walls arrive.
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6 hours ago, Joe4d said:
I agree with you , didnt shoot at the target, but can agree with the ruling also.
Yea, there is a lot of job security with fuzzy rules
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24 minutes ago, zombywoof said:
This
Get a plate
Or don’t
. I think it gets down to how fussy you are about sight height and whether you want the option to change brands of sight. I had CGW mill one in for me on a cz compact and was happy with the result.
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31 minutes ago, Joe4d said:
my thoughts as well, at what point did you shoot at the target or at the wall ? Like your port ,, 1 inch 2 inch ? Historically rules try to avoid ruling on intent and score actions..
When it happened in my case the shooter was roughly 7 yards away from being able to access the only port that would have allowed a scoring hit.
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EAA is not importing Tanfoglio anymore?
in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
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Shouldn't be growing pains, they have been firearm importers for a while, just not Tanfo's. Also, the occasion I had to deal with them involved one of the guns they had imported.
For what it is worth if I was going to buy new I would ask them for details about warranty beforehand, if anyone does it would be interesting to know what accuracy they will warrant. I searched the website and found a return form but did not find any warranty details on anything they import https://www.italianfirearmsgroup.com/tanfoglio/firearms/pistol-xtreme/ .