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If the shadow lite felt good to me I would get a 75 or 85, probably the latter due to no firing pin block, install the CGW upgrades including precision bushing, and pocket the price difference. LS-P's are nice, what I used to shoot, if you like the sight radius & grip that is a good way to go. If you liked the grip of your stock 2 I'd think about waiting just a little bit for either a small frame limited pro (sight radius) or one of the new stock 1's.
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From the PD website "However, the end user will have the ability to add stippling as well if they choose so since the polymer material allows for such modifications. " . Not sure how much of a pain it would be or how easy it would be to screw up though.
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And 1911's, etc. It would be interesting to compare sight brands and etc.. I've broken 1 front and one rear grand total over too many years of shooting and almost all of it with adjustable rear sights.
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PD "bright red" on my new toy. Besides feeling good I thought they gave the basic blue gun some pizzaz.
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Agreed, I was trying to figure out what wgj3 meant by "engaging" hard cover.
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What point are you making here? I guess you could say you were engaging a wall or a berm or the ground anytime you are not engaging a target?
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Another nice theory ruined by information. Thanks. Might ask PD about this one. Vigilink sucks.
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Hmmm, 2 guns work aok, 1 works intermittently (I have a Tanfo problem). Is it contact from the trigger bar that pushes the block up and in position to stop the firing pin ? On my gun that works intermittently the arm of the bar on the firing pin block side is lower than on the other side, perhaps this is normal but it made me wonder about trigger bar geometry & lifter spring & etc..
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Another case where IPSC and USPSA rules differ?
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You are a wealth of info, thanks! FWIW, tried just the sear & springs and polish on my latest adventure, if my other guns did not have the bolo & the other bells & whistles I think I would be fine without them. Trying to go back and forth between guns sucks though, seems like you said something similar going from a highly modded Tanfo to a Glock or something.
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Walking up an old thread I know, but, what is the advantage to the extended FPB?
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To each their own, I think I have seen more front sight failures than rear (i.e. do you see anything on the ground? , who would have thought that thin front would break from just a bump on that port?) but I can't argue with trying to maximize reliability. What makes me crazy though is having $'s invested in a very accurate gun and not being able to get it zeroed in as well as possible or tweak it easily if I decide I like a different load recipe. All that stuff aside, fixed should be cheaper.
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For what it is worth. The long lip on the stock base pads did not work at all for me. The aftermarket pads did work well so I had a try this moment. The stock pads with the nose cut off are more stable in my hand than the longer aftermarket pads and the thinner lip compared to aftermarket seems to provide a better index point in my palm.
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Great great thread. I don't think it could ever be 100%, but it would be nice to have reference to a couple things: 1. What oem parts vary from gun to gun? For example, looking at 2 Stock 2's manufactured within 12 months of each other and purchased new, they have very different firing pins and rear sight leafs. 2. What changes are made over time. For example the Tang & Trigger guard are very different between some older and newer models. I suspect less obvious changes, possibly upgrades occur.
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That is a problem . Thanks. For the moment, given that it has a fixed rear sight it seems like an $800.00 delivered gun masquerading as a $1000.00 delivered gun due to lack of supply. Fun to have something to keep an eye on though.
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Do you shoot better when you are with better shooters?
IHAVEGAS replied to bigdaddyZ's topic in Little things I've Noticed
Good shooters are a dime a dozen, good workers are very, very, precious indeed !! If I am on a selfish shooters squad I get distracted and in the wrong mental place from being aggravated, and shooting also suffers from working when I ought to have time to prepare for shooting. Else, a good day is when I stay focused on the process, play my own game, and do not let myself get lazy. -
I've got a lot higher failure rate, something like 15%, although the failed rounds allmost always function just fine. With 9mm range brass being sometimes as low as $15 per 1000, the failed rounds get shot for practice & left behind, usually on a day where it is movement stuff and rounding up spent brass would be a big pain. Nice to leave practice without picking up brass and be guilt free.
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When I was trying some out I bought rubber grommets at the hardware store & put them in a couple key spots. Didn't end up liking the grip overall but the grommet thing seemed to work.
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PCC - Production - Limited - Limited 10 - Open - Welfare Open - Revolver If you shoot anything besides limited you can go to a local match with 40 other people & be the only person in that division.
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Just thinking. As I ponder the economics, thinking of a stock 2, the difference in parts price between maxed out and what seems to be considered adequate minimum (sear + springs of your choosing) is about $250-300. Seems like a bargain in the big picture. I understand that you can develop skills to compensate for any lack of trigger snobbery, but it requires time taken away from other things, and more ammo, and the skills perish if not maintained.
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Have now shot enough & r.o.'d enough with my new active ear muffs (Pro Golds rated at 26 db) to get a seat of the eardrum feel for them compared against my MSA sordins (rated at 18-19 db but with add hype which says that this rating is misleading). My ears tell me that the Sordins are correctly rated at around 19 db & the add hype about them punching above their weight class is just add hype. My common sense probably should have told me that also, hold them up next to anything else & compare thickness of insulation & etc.
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The 100 is very nice and I use it for what I shoot 90% of the time, but, anybody use this one http://benstoegerproshop.com/daa-golden-20-pocket-case-gauge-by-double-alpha/ ? Am thinking that 20 rounds might have worked as well for me as the 100 since I dump all good rounds into a plastic coffee can anyway.
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Correct Way to Use Loc-Tite Thread Locking?
IHAVEGAS replied to Frankly's topic in General Gunsmithing
Maybe that is why some types do not cure at all if pressure is not sufficient. Used locktite red on a connection that I did not need super tight, just wanted things snug and aligned just so. Was surprised to find that it never set up. -
I've got PD's on my guns & have probably sold a few from people seeing them and trying them at the range. For about $40 shipped they are not a bad gamble I don't think, you could probably resell them used here for $25 shipped so even if you hated them the loss would not be life changing.
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Mailing a firearm question
IHAVEGAS replied to corbinfouquet's topic in Travel, Locations, Ranges, etc.
I just used shipmygun.com for the first time a couple weeks back. Worked well & cost me $39.00 to ship a pistol insured at $1000, would have been $29.00 with no insurance, that was a short distance shipment however. From now on when I sell a gun I am going to specify that the buyer must use an FFL that accepts from shipmygun or the price will be increased accordingly, besides the fair cost the process is simple. Fill out the stuff on their website, they email you a shipping label file to print, you drop the gun off at Fed-ex (call first to make sure the drop off location accepts guns). Oh. Every other option that I have found is a lot cheaper than a private individual paying for it at Fedex.