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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.

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.

Sounds like a good first step would be to fire whoever is reading the trendy management books. Wish I had kept track of all that stuff as it came and went. Besides that though, happy to see STI moving in a good direction! I see an American made all steel production class gun in my crystal ball.

How are they doing as far as staying tight? With them being non-compressible it is not a match made in heaven for the Tanfo 1 screw attachment design. Maybe not an issue or maybe washers or a rubber spacer or lok tite or something works? I really like their grips but it bugs me when there is any movement between grip and frame.

I shoot every local match I can, but at least two of those per month are free in exchange for setup or r.o.ing. Big matches are not worth it to me, the novelty is gone, you are screwed if something pops up with the weather or your health, and the match fee-gas-food-lodging costs really add up fast. I will go to the Missouri state match (good lodging prices, good match fee, not that far, unique match with gobs of steel) and work a instate match or two when needed (more to help the club sponsoring than for the shooting) and that is all.

Could be a matter of semantics, most beginners start out with either production or single stack (what they already have). At the very early stages when they do not care about score you will see many in limited minor.

Interesting I thought. With 15 I'm thinking start on the right - 4 rounds - reload - 6 rounds - move - 7 rounds - reload - 6 rounds - 6 rounds.

Understood.

Just wondering if that gun has any fans or particular high water marks to speak of. If I was looking for an IDPA legal gun I think I could make a good case for it.

Is it late June yet .

Consistently being the operative term. On a six stage match I really like it when there is one 8-8-8-8 no brainer in the mix, do not care if it is heavy on the front sight or all shoot and scoot. Sorry, side issue. And now, back to bitching about number of rounds.

I got the idea from a GM that was on my squad for a state championship match (he won production that day). Besides soft shooting (I love the recoil impulse of a 180 grain bayou over just a smidge of Clays) you are not the guy with the 9mm at 126 pf who has to worry how well the poppers are calibrated and whether they will be effected by wind or movement on a muddy surface or etc.

Was he right?

If you think that sums up the differences you do not understand. That is not being snotty, it is just that a 50% boost in mag capacity creates a whole different thing, reloading - stage planning - consistent alphas & good hits on steel - etc.. 8 shot is a lot like shooting a whole match in Virginia count, 10 is not such an extreme but it is still a thang.

It is gigantic. Once a month my local club does the same match Fri-Sat so I shoot production one day and limited the next day, my limited gun is a Tanfo 40 that I only can load to 14 + 1. Completely different game between the 10 round day & the 14 round day.

Going from 1911 8 shot major to production makes you feel like you have twice as many rounds, the difference from 6 to 8 would have to be really dramatic. A big thing is that the fewer rounds you have the less efficiently you can use the capacity that you do have, lots of dropping half full or more than half full mags/clips so you got what you need when you get there.

Lots and lots of threads about that!

I have sold my ss guns, but whenever I see a good price on a well built .40 1911 it bothers me a lot. A bit less cost to shoot, you can tinker with 9 + 1 minor when you just want to play with something different, and I prefer .40 when I am shooting major.

Common carry guns would be an interesting division in USPSA, maybe something like 30 ounce max weight, 3.5" barrels & 7 +1 round limit? I think we have too many divisions now, but that would still be kind of fun & about everybody has a carry gun.

Never buy a car too big to allow you to reach back and smack your kids.

The reloading challenge is a blast when you are on and can hit them slick, the stage planning is more fun and you see a larger variety of choices, but what I like best about the division is the focus on consistent accuracy. With any division scored minor you need alphas, with limited capacity you also need to be able to plan & execute consistently with few or even no extra shots for a parachute, Texas stars & plate racks & etc are just to me more intense and more fun.

Being serious, momentarily. It would completely change the stage planning/strategy of the division, it would be a completely different challenge. I shoot production Fri & limited Saturday at my local club each month, same everything except round count & power factor, completely different game.

It is easy to find 10 round mags.

Doubt that you are doing anything wrong. If reloading one gun feels like threading a needle and reloading another gun feels like throwing a rock in a bucket there will be a speed and consistency difference. When I was going back and forth between USPSA limited (big magwell) and my IDPA gun (no magwell) it felt like that.

Except my Tanfo stock 2 in 40, and most other 40's (?) which only holds 14. 40 minor is sweet!