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And the poppers are well calibrated, and you don't have any of the poppers that don't fall reliably from a minor hit on the side the scoring zone, and the poppers are not changing calibration as they sink in the mud, and you don't have occasionally gusts of wind blowing on the backs of any poppers, and you don't have activating poppers that take three years to fall down from a good hit with minor pf. I hate minor and the big poppers, it probably shows . Little poppers, no worries.

All 5 guns work with both the oem pins & Xtreme pins & 3 of the 5 work with the PD gen 2 pins. If you measure the PD pins from the flat that the FPB contacts to the round surface opposite you find that they are very slightly smaller in that dimension than both the Xtreme & the OEM, I did not check the other dimensions to explore whether or not there might be more play between the PD pins and the firing pin channels. Not knocking the PD part, at this point all I know with certainty is that a couple of my guns would not pass a FPB check (done in battery, seems weird that the guy checked your gun with the slide back, not the first Abbie Normal thing I have heard of at the equipment check stage though) with them installed. I almost wonder if manufacturing tolerances/specs of the extended FPB and one piece sears might have changed over time resulting in a little less lift? I'm running the Xtreme Titan hammer on my guns which I suppose could also be a piece of the puzzle, seems like I read that the sear rides it a little differently than an oem hammer.

Not blocking. Have 5 Tanfos (I have a problem) set up the same way, 3 were fine.

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Both of mine failed with the slide forward.

I assume everyone is also verifying that the FPB still blocks the pin after modifying/installing revised fob or sear or pin? At a gun check on an upper level match I assume that the match official will push on the back of the firing pin with a punch with the hammer back & verify that the block stops the pin. 2 of my guns would not pass this test after installing FP, extended FPB, 1 piece sear. I changed firing pins & this fixed the problem, I wonder if there is a better way though as the increased engagement length is still very marginal, perhaps something could be done to allow the one piece sear to rotate back a smidge more and maybe get a little bit more lift on the extended fob? . Talking to PD about it, Joe said they had seen one gun that had dimensions so far off that they welded a piece on the extended FPB to get sufficient lift.

Was surprised that occasional upside down cases (9mm) stopped occurring when I got a bulletfeeder and really focused on running the handle smoothly. The hand that used to reach for bullets now rests on the case feeder support & the bullet feeder adds weight to the case feeder so one of those two things could also be why the nuisance issue went away.

Seems really straightforward. You can use a safety that is directly available from the manufacturer or you can use one that isn't, that pretty much covers every possibility. Edit: Unless somebody comes up with a Schrodingers cat safety that both is and isn't at the same time, but then you'd have to get Troy to clarify if you consider the is as the isn't and vica versa or if you needed to look at both sides the other way around.

Maybe. From what I've seen of the top shooters most of them seem to be fanatics about anything that gives them a small advantage, I would be surprised if they were casual about gun selection for the nationals but I have often been wrong before.

Not surprising. Other thing about the Trevor stuff: "While writing this review, I searched out and read a half-dozen scientific studies (or abstracts containing all of the info I needed) which examined the frequencies and effects of gunshot noise. Because I’m all about spreading knowledge without making you do the legwork, here’s everything you need to know about gunshot noise:" In other words Trevor is a person with no training or expertise but he googled a few articles and then started writing. I'm not going to repeat the process, but you can find information on the net that is contradictory to his conclusions about critical frequency and ear anatomy/sensitivity. I think I posted some links the last time the subject came up.

It is an abbreviation for the seasoned shooters who do 95% of the work at matches.

Just looking at the Nationals, 9 of the top 10 SS went with 8 round major, so it seems like they think it is an advantage. My wild guess is that major points would win the day and shooters with monster recoil control like Leatham would have a leg up. I would not bet the farm on it. Right now I think it is fun that there are different divisions, gives me a break from routine and an excuse to buy a 1911.

I never was good at conspiracy theories either.

My crystal ball shows a race for 45 & 40 1911's and giant heaps of production guns in scrap piles. The big boys can reload fast and major power factor is a thing.

You wonder if it is about efficiency gained by making products in batches or perhaps the need to do batch production related to tooling conversions and inventory/shop space limitations. Or, like with federal primers, we will make these for sale only when we are not booked on our more important product lines. Or not. In the mean time Stock 3's are still out there at a nice price & they rock.

Today no, this is an old topic that I researched previously. I actually have owned 2 sets of Sordins & still use the second set when I do not need heavy duty protection, they are fine when I'm outdoors and away from r.o.ing folks with open guns & 308's & etc.

The only thing MSA has is 100% marketing hype and fabricated junk science. NR testing is a long established science, Sordins are mediocre for loud pistol shooting (they are fine for 9mm and below and if your hearing is damaged already they can seem fine for loud guns) and test very poorly compared to heavy duty hearing protection from pro ears & others, so unfortunately they fabricated a story that sounds good (no pun intended) and promote the fantasy that they have magical properties for gun shots. There is nothing magical about earmuffs, if they fit tight (the good ones all do), if they use good insulation (it is cheap there is no reason not to) and if their is nothing particularly wrong with the case material then buy the thick ones if you want the most noise reduction or buy the thin ones (like sordin) if a 21 db nrr rating is sufficient for your needs.

For me the biggest deal is that I feel the problem at the swage station when you have one of those primers that gripped the decaping pin and pulled back into the case. Quick and easy fix instead of potentially wadding things up when you try to install the new primer. I'd let go of my favorite gun before my 1050.

Polished & tuned from the get go you should not notice change except from the hammer spring eventually getting weaker, which means you need to change it regardless. An off the shelf unmodified gun, yes, shooting it is effectively doing what is done by polishing & tuning.

Thanks! The gun will be a Baer (decided that the kids probably would not like college anyway) , I have no idea where that will fall on the easy versus hard seating scale.

Always wanted a 1911 in 40 , no sane reason why. Looks like Tripp makes a USPSA SS box legal 10 round 40 mag. Would like to be able to use that mag so I can shoot either major or minor. Anybody have experience with using that mag loaded to 10 ? Specifically, any issues with seating or ftf's or any pain in the butt things like that?

For what it is worth. I think I have spent too much focus on getting the mag in the gun and too little focus on getting my butt hurried over to the next shooting position. Watching GM production gun folks seems to support this idea, not that they can't do crazy fast standing reloads at need. Disclaimer is that I do not care much about classifiers.

Both of my ears completely agree.

I tend to have both guns the same, but it is something easy and cheap to play with. Buy a few different weight hammer springs (about $8.00 each I believe) and watch the excellent MemphisMechanic videos on assembly & disassembly.

I have several friends that do not know how to do a full tear down of their guns and would think of it as a professional gunsmith activity. I do it once per year (10,000 rounds + -) but I have no evidence that is has ever been beneficial except as a feel good thing. Else + - 1000 rounds just for basic top end clean & lube but sometimes just lube at 1000 and clean at 2-3K.