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If it was obsolescence, or cost, that drove things there would not be any 45's around by now.

+1 Sooner or later you will spend all day standing in the pouring rain. When everyone else is eating lunch go to the safety table and verify that your barrel is clean and your gun is properly lubed, then check the condition of your mags away from the table, then eat what you brought, then go and walk any remaining stages you have concern about, then just relax.

If they work for you and helped your child with a better fit then that is great! Fit is a really big deal with all hearing protection and head/ear shapes vary widely. I think Sordin created a new reduction measurement means as pure smoke & mirrors & sunshine pumping when they found that their products could not measure up (no pun intended). If their add hype was real (designed specifically for gun shot frequencies) it seems unlikely that they would also be the ticket for tractor pulls. Ear muff sound insulation is not a rocket science thing, Sordins are a relatively thin muff compared to their better rated competitors & there is nothing magic or expensive about the materials used, so they are a little less effective than non-amplifying muffs of the same width (more room for dead air space & insulation materials without electronics) or amplifying muffs of greater width, but again fit is very important. Tractor pulls are fun . Again, I am not saying Sordins are anything but fine as long as you steer clear of extremely loud noises, I still use them sometimes for practicing with my centerfire pistols and r.o.ing as long as I am not near an open pistol or loud rifle.

My 9mm eagle and a friends were a bit honery about feeding reliably, this went away completely after purchase and use of a Dawson mag tuning kit. You may not need it, but for my gun and mag combination it was the difference between a ftf each match and zero issues. I do not understand why they went to a fixed sight on that gun, mine is older and came with adjustable.

For me the Shadow 2 is nose heavy and the grip is redesigned more to accommodate ladies & men with girl hands . Stock 2 fits me best, but I could be very happy with any of the SP01 variants and the price on used is often nice.

It would be interesting to see if brass ejection difference changes noticeably with power factor & recoil spring the same.

To me the 124's feel a little snappy compared to the 147's. Both are great, I can not tell a difference in accuracy, I like the feel of the heavier bullet recoil and they are rumored to do a better job on steel so that is what I shoot.

Your md is a more flexible person than me, I would have said screw that it will slow things down for everyone. Besides the squad size common sense things I've also been known to wad the undies of those who won't paste.

Whatever you buy, you will likely see db versus frequency reported on the package, for what it is worth. The other thing to watch for is that reported db (overall number) will often be the frequency weighted db that OSHA uses and not an averaged number. The OSHA method allows you to use a simple meter to check for noise exposure and typically report just one number that is supposed to more accurately reflect human ear sensitivity to damage (unless the rules have changed, I have slept since then).

Started using aa5 for 9mm, when I was shooting Berry's plated 115 grain at about 130 pf. Shot a whole lot, worked fine and really meters great. Got away from it when Obama got elected and you loaded whatever you could find

Didn't like the weird battery until I figured out that they are on the shelf at Walmart so that part is ok. Maybe I will find out that there is another reason they are annoying, maybe they do not last long?

Gold's, the 26 db rated version, would have gotten the higher rated model but they were out of stock. Without kicking the dead horse too much more, when I looked into it and by my experience with other hearing protection my conclusion was that sordins claim that they are more effective than any other protection tested the same way is all hype. $12.00 Walmart non-electronic muffs work better for me as far as percieved noise reduction at the range. Not saying that sordins do not work fine for me when shooting 9mm production guns and similar.

That is what I did, so far so good but have not had them long enough to judge reliability. Forget the name , a lot of folks are having good luck with a cheaper option.

No offense , but if you are not finding a need to double up with sordins and an open gun indoors, then you have already lost much of your hearing.

If you can not fix them cheap I would look for something that does a better job with noise reduction, assuming you are around open guns or 3 gun. I have had 2 pair, they are fine until you get around the loud stuff, could still be fine if you do not r.o. and can double plug. Have switched to a different brand rated at 27 db (I think yours are 21) and wish I had done it much sooner. There is info on the web saying sordins work better than their low rating, but my ears call bs .

I shoot production and have friends of about the same skill level that shoot 1911. We also just look at the overall columns in practiscore. No worries.

None of the things you have noted above are in any way diminished by higher round count, but, to each their own, no worries. Where I am at the 4 closest clubs will only put up a short stage if they are forced to (have a tight bay) and to the best of my knowledge everybody likes it that way. Only downside I know of is that you can occasionally get more memory challenge than you are looking for. 6 full memory stages can sort of feel like work.

Maybe on really small bays, I guess? Even with small bays I don't see why it wouldn't be more fun to shoot multiple targets at each position. I've never been to a 6 stage local match & heard anyone say that round count was too high, I have heard comments the other way.

I'm used to seeing a bit of scraped coating when I find a remnant laying about, so, perhaps wrongly, I've tended to assume that the spin of the bullet allows it to fly straight with some degree of nonconformity around the circumference. From a tree in my backyard (who can afford a chainsaw these days) I think the 3 40's are bayou and the 2 red 9's are SNS, not sure about the orange 9.

To expose them???

I was typing as you were. I'm not sure there is a reason to care about the light scraping shown? My assumption is that the coating never survives the rifling completely intact and that spin creates forgiveness for this as well as other bullet and barrel imperfections.

I've shot several thousand of them, the only leading I've seen is with a 929 revolver and I do not think it is a bullet issue. I do not crimp to the point where a crimp line is detectable on the bullet, just enough to bring the brass back to the bullet, although I'm sure it is just the high picture magnification that makes your crimp look severe. I know too much crimp will hose your accuracy but I do not know if it will increase the chance of barrels leading. On the first page of the SNS website they state that fast burning powders are usually associated with any leading issues & they suggest Alliant Performance Pistol (double check me on the name, if I've got the name right there is a thread on that powder here). I've been using fast burning powders to date but am going to try the new stuff because it is priced fair & supposed to burn very clean & it might possibly help the 929. I would not hesitate to call them if I were you, they are a friendly bunch & may have better insights. Good luck!!

I think you guys are scared of Sarge. The question wasn't about shooting "targets prior to activation," it was about shooting targets prior to activation of a no shoot. Even though my shooting results would often imply differently, I do not think that no shoots are considered to be targets.

I never had to do anything but turn the pusher screw with CZ rear sights and the CZ pusher. On other guns with a multiple use pusher I have tightened the screw as much as felt wise and then tapped on the shaft of the pusher screw with a small hammer if the sight would not move. That has been sufficient so far.

I had forgotten that CZ sends a factory test target with the guns. My 85 combat 5 shot test target group (25 meters, 27 yards) was 1 3/4", best 4 was 1 3/8". I think that is pretty typical.