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11 hours ago, shred said:
Around here they don't even want you taking a cab or an Uber or anything not involving a very trusted person. Because one of the last drugs they give you going under is an amnesia drug so you don't remember things you did while wide awake, even afterwards.
A nurse I know tells this story-- she got a colonoscopy and insisted with husband beforehand "when I'm done, we're going to Waffle House". She gets home and says "Hey! We didn't go to Waffle House!." He says "Yeah we did, here's the receipt".
Good point. The person with me when I had mine has had a lot of fun with it since she figured out that I didn't remember squat about what I did afterwards.
They really could insert an alien anal probe and you would not know the difference.
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12 hours ago, obsessiveshooter said:
It absolutely amazes me that people usually dive into a 2011 without checking out a TS/TSO first. The CZs just run and run and run and run. The peace of mind is priceless. It doesn't even cross my mind that my pistol might malfunction.
Agreed, but the Glock and XDM crowd might see the CZ as overkill if all you want to do is win matches.
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12 hours ago, obsessiveshooter said:
I thought I wanted a 2011 when I first started USPSA. Back then an STI Edge was the hot ticket. Fortunately for me, the local GM shot a Tanfo in Limited, so I was able to see early on that it really is the shooter.
I really like Tanfo's when they are right, but I have purchased 2 that do not shoot worth a darn and they are notorious (ask Patriot Defense or any outfit that makes parts for them) for lack of quality control. When that happens do not expect much from IFG.
Where I have gotten is to look for a used one that works well from a trusted seller.
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15 hours ago, Chills1994 said:
I just looked at the pilots for my RCBS trim pro.
The biggest pilot is for .45 cal.
Then .44 .
Then it jumps down to .35 cal .
Maybe RCBS sells a .40 cal pilot???
Alternatively, if you could ream out regular .40S&W brass primer pockets to take a large pistol primer.
Or if enough people got together and approached Starline brass about making a large batch of large primer’ed .40S&W brass .
Don't know how much it would matter, but when I was thinking of cutting brass another poster pointed out that 10mm is tapered.
40 for reference
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On 10/13/2021 at 10:05 AM, gargoil66 said:
We both know why too. The more vice like our grip is, the faster we can pull the trigger without moving the firearm in the process. Since I shoot revolver, grip strength is very critical in performance.
Not arguing, but I have seen a lot of guidance suggesting that you work on trigger control by trying to get the mechanics right while pulling the trigger rather than outmuscling the gun.
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4 hours ago, Dirty_J said:
The real problem is overzealous RO’s that call them on 178-179° when they aren’t 100% sure (as they should be) any time you’re going to make a call to end someone’s match.
At a level 2+ you have the luxury of positioning 3 people to watch the shooting, the running to weak side 180 break should be called correctly.
When there is just 1 r.o. and the other person is scoring ahead things get dicey. New r.o's tend to get nervous when they see a person is going to reload while moving to their weak side and the r.o.'s are usually positioned on the strong side so that they sort of have to look through your back to see the gun. I used to cock my strong hand wrist toward my strong side to avoid the 180 break but dropped that habit when I got dq'd by an r.o. who imagined how I had my wrist oriented and called the dq through my back with his x-ray vision - I've seen about the same thing happen to others on two or three occasions - beware the new r.o. on a learning curve.
When running a shooter I personally can't call a 181-190 break in real time with sufficient certainty to dq anybody. Past a certain point, say 200, they get easy to call even when everyone is moving and when the stage is not oriented square to the 180.
The best r.o. advice I've received on 180 calls is "you will know it when it happens", in other words the stuff that is not ticky tack is easy to see.
The best shooter advice I've been given is "don't let the r.o. make a mistake" , in other words make it very obvious where the gun is pointed when doing something that makes new r.o.'s nervous.
And yea, dqing people really sucks.
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5 minutes ago, pskys2 said:
Of course that depends on "if" one could find 10mm brass.
Given how high it is priced my solution was to buy enough factory ammo to make it through a match, use that brass forever on an as needed basis but otherwise shoot 40.
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On 9/26/2021 at 2:53 PM, jbauman915 said:
I never have gun issues with my guns unless its ammo related pretty much, but since I started shooting again a few weeks ago after a major support arm injury, I have been having periodic malfunctions with failure to feed due to limp wrist. I have a hard time gripping the gun still with support hand and after decades of shooting proper grip I sometimes forget I am monkey gripping with strong hand right now to make up for that. These guns are race cars and finely tuned with ammo, springs etc. If you fail to do your part and grip the gun proper each time, then you are changing the characteristics of what it was tuned for.
I have never been able to duplicate the issues some guns seem to have if they are not held tight, got curious one day and set up a test where the gun was fired (Sig 9mm in this case) without any grip pressure whatsoever and still couldn't force a ftf. At matches I also do not see folks getting ftf's on the weak hand or strong hand only classifiers.
Not picking on anybody or any gun, I just can't duplicate this often mentioned issue with my guns and if I could I think I would have to modify the gun so it would be reliable when fired weak hand only - maybe less slide spring weight?
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8 hours ago, Chills1994 said:
A 6.5” barreled version would be verboten in IDPA. And it has been so long since I even peeked at an IDPA rulebook. Way back when there was just one revolver division. Then they split it up into two divisions. And made them all 4 inch barrels or less.
Have been shooting Ruger's version of your gun (10mm match champion) loaded to just above 155 power factor 40 with moon clips in IDPA a little bit this year. You would have to get the 4" gun to be legal. It is neat to be able to run 10's if you can't find small primers and otherwise just fun to shoot. If you sneak in a hot 10mm once in a while it keeps local match s.o.'s on their toes. -
On 6/19/2020 at 9:10 PM, pig4bill said:
So how the hell does someone that doesn't have a wife to drive them everywhere get this handled?
Assuming they were willing, I would probably try and find a reasonable cost hotel near the hospital and arrange for them to call me a cab to get me to my room after the procedure. If that didn't work I would advertise locally for a kid with a drivers license who wanted to make an easy buck. Good luck - may be in your shoes soon.
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1 minute ago, Jollymon32 said:
This is very similar to another ruling of a wall being impenetrable to bullets, but not to fingers.
Don't get me started . . . .
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When in doubt, never get the gm's on your squad involved .
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33 minutes ago, twodownzero said:
I am actually more surprised to get them right lately. I got this one right but I've been wrong on almost every other one.
After I took the r.o. training hq went the opposite way with a couple questions I had asked than my instructor did, and when we reviewed the discrepancy he explained to me that those of us on the bottom of the food chain need to follow the written text but what hq says goes. I've also witnessed a rather long discussion regarding number of procedurals between the president/Troy/the RM where it seemed things were unclear enough even to those folks to allow various interpretations.
Where I have gotten to over time is that there is right according to the text and then there is right according to the question right ups and only sometimes do both agree. In fairness some of this has gotten cleaned up over time.
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On 10/9/2021 at 11:15 AM, Makicjf said:
Do full length N frame screws exist? Is there an aftermarket option?
My revolver smith (Bosshoss are you out there?) who is well known for tuning S&W explained to me that he had once tried to develop a solid pin solution for his customers who are not gentle reloaders. What he found was that there was no right length that would work, each pin had to be adjusted in length for each particular gun, I assume that is why S&W stuck us with this Achilles heel in the first place, making it rugged takes a bit of fiddling.
I copied what ysrracer did, so far so good.
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9 minutes ago, Dr. Phil said:
I broke several over the 3 year period. Different makes. Power Custom, TK and Apex.
If memory serves the redesigned "unbreakable" TK custom pin did not come out until this year - have no idea if that will be a game changer but for now I am pretending like it is indeed unbreakable and on the rare occasions I am in the mood to dry fire just not worrying about it.
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That new TS2
in CZ
10 minutes ago, GrumpyOne said:When I started shooting Production, I was shooting a 40. Very soft with the right load. Only reason I moved to 9 was cost of bullets.
That is the only downside I could find. For a US shooter you can buy something like an STI Eagle & shoot IDPA esp + steels + USPSA limited major which was very nice. Buying a carry / self defense / range toy / hunting 10mm and downloading to 40 for plinking and competition is handy too.
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That new TS2
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2 hours ago, SGT_Schultz said:40 minor makes sense in Production. Make a soft shooting load and not be at a magazine capacity disadvantage.
You can surprise 9mm shooters with how soft 40 shoots at about 140 - 145 or so power factor. It is also really nice to have the extra oomph on steels, particularly on otherwise slow activators.
If they ever change production to 15 rounds in mags that could put you at a disadvantage (seems like most 40 mags are 14 max).
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On 8/25/2021 at 8:25 AM, Dr. Phil said:
FWIW my 929 fired - actual rounds - in the 1st calendar year, 25,000. 2nd year, 22,000. 3rd 11,000. All pre- arthritis hiatus. Plus dry fire. (BTW the 929 is also not recommended for dry fire, and, will also break firing pins.
Wondering if the redesigned TK Custom "unbreakable" firing pins, and changing the spring as preventative maintenance makes that issue disapear? If they fixed that and the weak arsed crane retaining set up, and factory repairs were fast and friendly like Ruger, I might become a fan boy instead of a fence rider.
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On 9/15/2021 at 5:46 PM, Fishbreath said:
Now I'm looking for a backup. Haven't seen any in stock anywhere, online or local, in a while.
I am 99% decided that my 929 won the comparison test, send me a pm if you want 9mm used.
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4 hours ago, Thomas H said:
You literally said, and I quote: "..you deliberately selected or modified a popper so that it would react inconsistently..."
You now say that your point was "poppers that behave inconsistently". Your original post said someone deliberately chose or modified a popper so that it would react inconsistently.
There's a significant difference there that is easy to see.
Your revised point IS easy to understand. And yet, it had nothing to do with anything I said, which was that unsurprisingly, the people who lost their calibration challenge had their original hit either quite low, or (more often) as a partial edge hit. The poppers reacted completely consistently in those cases.
Most of the time when I respond to a calibration challenge as an RM it is due to a partial edge hit, and almost invariably, they lose their calibration challenge. When the initial hit was in the calibration zone and full diameter, they most often win their challenge---but those hits are almost never seen (comparatively speaking) in a calibration challenge, because they dropped the popper in the first place.
I have rarely seen an inconsistent popper that wasn't inconsistent solely based on being set badly by a competitor, I'll note.
I am sorry you did not understand the original response. I was using the word "you" as described in item #2 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/you .
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4 hours ago, motosapiens said:
wait, wut? I mock rifle shooters relentlessly. I shoot Lim, SS or (currently) CO.
Mea Culpa, I thought I remembered that you had gone to the dark side. Thank you for the correction.
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Per the rule book, if your club does not have "a supply of ammunition and one or more firearms to be used as official calibration tools", is just giving a reshoot on all calibration challenges the right thing to do?
Last time I had an edge hit that didn't fall at a local that is the reasoning that was used. 'We can't calibrate it the way you are supposed to so we can't say it was correctly calibrated'
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1 hour ago, superdude said:
Different bullet shapes require different overall lengths to fit in the chamber.
The diameter is fine, and is typical of lead or plated 9mm bullets.
That is the 147 that works for me, eyeballing it , it appears that the point at which diameter starts tapering down is closer to the base than the nose. For what it is worth.
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Edit: Nevermind
Limited 40sw
in 1911-style Pistols
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That it doesn't take a $1500 TSO or the like for a shooter to make it to GM or belong on the super squad (ref. Bob Vogel for example) . Some of the everyday shooter priced plastic fantastics are flat out great guns.