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Blackstone45

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  1. Again, the rules aren't clear about how much of an aftermarket guiderod you can get away with.
  2. Thanks for sharing. 'Speed up and get your hits' is definitely relevant
  3. I believe the two sights thing comes from a very...interesting interpretation of the wording in the rulebook. I think it all comes from Appendix D, paragraph 16 where it says: "Only carbines fitted with a non-magnifying optical/electronic sight may be used in PCC Optics Division." Because it says "a non-magnifying", that implies a single optic. At least, that's their reason for it. I think it's stupid. But apparently the rules committee had already ruled on this. I think not being allowed your hand on the charging handle makes sense. The competitor ready condition, and shown in diagram E1, covers everything, including how the shooter should be standing. I believe like stage briefings for other disciplines, the ROs are now also demonstrating the start position, to remove any avoidance of doubt?
  4. As in, they would do away with major altogether?
  5. The 507comp has a 2 moa dot, and 8moa, 20 moa and 32 moa circles you can choose. All in the same optic
  6. Is it possible to just have the 8 moa circle? I know they offer many different combinations of reticles that you can switch between
  7. Which Ares bullet exactly? I run 125gr RNSBBNGs, loaded to 1.12" in my Shadow 1
  8. Afraid not, the rules prohibit all aftermarket parts except for things like mags, springs, triggers, hammers, grips and sights.
  9. The little black E-clip? I don't think so according to this photo
  10. I'm trying to disassemble my Dillon 9mm resizing/decapping die for cleaning, but I just cannot loosen the decap stem screw: Am I being stupid, or do I just need to keep trying with a wrench?
  11. I have their brass palm swells grips, and have just ordered the thin ones to see if I like them better. There's always the option of mix and matching. Maybe thin for the firing hand, palm swells for the support hand.
  12. I don't know if the Hornady micrometer seating dies are the same, but I use a Redding micrometer competition seating die. I was also getting variations in OALs, until I read that the redding die seats based on the ogive of the bullet (which is arguably the important part, as that's the part of the bullet that's going to come into contact with the rifling). So the OAL variations I was getting was because the bullet profiles were not consistent, but the die was seating them so that the ogive was consistently the same depth. Hope that makes sense, and hopefully that's what is happening with your dies too.
  13. I think you just change the trigger: https://cajungunworks.com/product/straight-single-action-aluminum-trigger/ And remove the disconnector. All easily reversible.
  14. IPSC Production has relaxed quite a lot of rules on what you can change. Aftermarket trigger assemblies (which should include the trigger face itself, trigger bar, disconnector and sear) are allowed, as are aftermarket hammers. Aftermarket springs are also allowed as long as they are in the "same configuration as the original". There's some debate about what that means. But most internal parts can be switched out. I'm not sure what Cajunizing the gun entails, but I imagine most things would be fine.
  15. When is USPSA going to adopt the IPSC "standing relaxed as demonstrated"
  16. Why not get the new DAA Flex holster, so you can adjust it to fit your DS9. They even have a diagram on the order page that you can print out to lay your pistol over to work out which insert block to order. https://www.doublealpha.biz/flex-holster They suggest the A-type insert block for all 1911/2011 style pistols
  17. You have a Redback, right? How did you feel it compares to that
  18. Maybe to keep things fair with those striker fired guns that tend to have a heavier trigger pull than your average single action trigger? Or maybe to try and keep those guns that are decock only competitive. But I agree, these days hammer down on guns with extended firing pins, reduced power firing pin springs and no firing pin block can and has lead to nasty accidents when a gun gets dropped and lands on the hammer.
  19. If using the pinch method, make sure you take the tension off the hammer by pulling the hammer back/down slightly before you pull the trigger. This ensures that your fingers are applying enough force to counter the spring tension. If you just pinch the hammer and then pull the trigger, the amount of spring tension behind the hammer may catch you by surprise and cause it to slip, which is what I think happened to you.
  20. Yes, UK effectively banned 'short firearms' after the Dunblane shooting in 1997. As a result, you now have long barrel firearms which are effectively handguns that are not prohibited by virtue of being too short. Unfortunately, because there is also a ban on self-loading centerfire firearms, any long barrel pistols can only be chambered in 22 rimfire calibres. The exception being long barrel revolvers, which are not considered self-loading. Because they are not considered to be a rifle either, UK law does not allow you to borrow someone else's long barrel firearm, even in their presence.
  21. 6lb DA sounds pretty light for a 13lb main spring, even on an Orange model
  22. Remove the magazine and stow it on my belt magnet. Tilt the gun 90 degrees to rack the round out and up, taking care not to break any restricted vertical muzzle angle. Attempt to catch the round. Pull the slide back again, check that the chamber is empty, and present it to the RO while holding the slide back. Then release slide, hammer down and holster. That's how I do it.
  23. Which goes back to my original worries when I heard they were looking to ban aftermarket trigger assemblies etc...any manufacturer making guns specifically for Production will make those alternative parts that competitors are requesting. This increases the gulf between "true" production guns and the many "race" production guns that now exist. I'm glad they decided to fully allow all aftermarket triggers and hammers instead, but confused why they havent' done the same for springs.
  24. Milling the slide was previously allowed, that section in the rules hasn't changed. See the extract below from the 2019 rules. And milling the slide would still render the pistol no longer Production-legal if you wanted to go back to iron sights. My understanding is that the intention at the outset was that only Juniors and Super Juniors could participate in the discipline as a whole.
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