Alphamikefoxtrot

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The after pic looks black. Earlier you stated that it was the wrong color green. Is black what you were going for?

Lots to consider here. I wouldn't sell a good gun that runs. You can buy a lot of minor pf 40 for the 1500 or so that it would cost to have another top end built. I am/was in a similar situation recently and I ended up having a second top end built for a limited gun that was already in the works. For the same money, you could go the plastic fantastic route and have money left over.

Teach her about the dangers of boys. Teach her how to not drive like a girl. Teach her that daddy is always right. Then buy her the prettiest, pinkest 22 you can find. My boy is 6 and he has been shooting my/his 22 ar, 300blk, and ar-10 for three years. He just shot his first deer with my heavy optics gun. I recently built him a buckmark to start doing pistol work with and he loves it except that with the bull barrel, it is too heavy. He is getting a aluminum 22/45 for Christmas. The main thing is that you teach her safety. After that I think that you should get her something that she likes, and that she enjoys shooting. The worst thing you could do is get something that scares her off early. You may never get her back.

I am going to say this twice due to the importance of it : pick a load and shoot the crap out of it. Once you get used to one load, all others will feel worse. I think that there is a natural progression in the shooting/reloading sports. When you first start out, you will try and find the lightest recoiling load. You will shoot that for years and then try someone else's loads/gun. You will decide that theirs is better and switch to that. You will eventually land on something that works and stick with it and get so used to it that you never try anything else. I personally started out with the big bullets going slow philosophy. I find myself moving to the small bullets going fast end of the spectrum. Since you are on the other end, and since a glock has a relatively light slide anyway I would recommend my old load of 147's and unique. I am a huge fan of n320 and wanted to standardize with that powder for everything but my open loads. I loaded 131 pf loads with n320 and unique and could honestly tell zero difference so I went with the cheaper and easier to locate unique. You should pick a combination and then quit researching it. The more you read about it the more you will keep trying to find the perfect load. Just like the perfect golf club, the perfect load will let you down as well. You will learn to shoot which ever load you shoot the most. Pick one and shoot the crap out of it.

You are just going to spend more to shoot a 308. Parts are higher, bullets are higher, and it will make a keg of powder disappear. My load uses 43.8 grains of powder. I have to refill my powder drop container every 200 rounds. I paid 5-600 for my JP barrel and I can tell you that I am pretty anal about cleaning. I did the shoot one, clean it deal for 10 rounds then shoot 3, clean it for 15 rounds. None of those cleaning sessions lasted more than 6 patches. Now that I am shooting matches with it, the cleaning sessions are MUCH longer....like 8 patches. There are those, John Paul included, who recommend not cleaning that much, and if you don't plan on cleaning, that may not be an issue for you. They also shoot stupid groups. My best yet was 5 shots touching at 275 with 175smk's. There are certainly barrels out there that are not that accurate that would never hold you back in a three gun match, but if you can have that kind of accuracy, why not? I am the kind of person who can convince myself that 1moa is good enough for anything that I want to do in competition at the time of purchase, but I am also the type of person who can convince himself that if his buddy can shoot 3/8 groups, then I should be able to as well. That philosophy has led to many re-buys.

Practice hitting a's. What you want to get to is the point where everything scones second nature and all you have to do is remember where to move to next. Once you get there all you have to do is run through the stage in yourind until you have it down and even that becomes second nature. I usually walk the stage until I know where all of the targets are and then a few times in my head. I try and include everything in my mental runs. Smells, recoil, shadows....all of it. That way once your name is called, you already know exactly what to expect. The first step in that process though is to be able to get a's on cruise control. That all begins with grip, stance, body position etc. it is a process that can be broken down to very basic parts. Master the parts and the whole will be easy.

I'm not old, but the older I get, the more light I need. I recently added a surefire to my EDC kit and I find myself using it all the time now. I have a simple clamp on LED light with a gooseneck that shines down into the cases really nicely. It runs on two AA batteries, but I have never changed them. I even left it on one night over night and it still shines just as bright as with new batteries. LED's don't use much juice.

Limited or open if you throw a dot on it.

He always sells his guns really quickly. Im sure that they are nice, but not ever as nice as what he gets for them imho.

Stupid flat!

I agree with the rest. You won't have much of an issue with it, but you wont make any friends on the line beside you or the RO's.

You are doing it wrong. You have a silenced weapon on one side and a REALLY LOUD COMP on the other! Looks good.

You can use an 8 shot revolver in production division or open. Not Revolver division though. Yes, you can use it in SC in Revolver division. I shoot an 8 shot, comped, dotted 38 special in SC and love it.

Not exactly stock auto......... Just sayin.... Tungsten captured guide rod Burris Fast fire and fast fire mount KKM .40 threaded barrel SJC 5-port comp Extended Glock slide release Extended Glock magazine release Trigger job using lonewolf reduced power striker, plunger, and trigger springs Look, I understand. Like I said, I had exactly the same gun with almost the exact same stupid, non open loads. 180gr bayou bullets at 208 pf. We all needed to work on our skills early on, but most of us get into the competition part of the sport at some point. You have almost the perfect rig already to shoot limited with. In that division, you have zero handicaps with that setup. Sell the sight and buy base pads and a magwell. Learn things like reloads, stage breakdown, movement, etc. as you progress and save up, get the perfect stuff for the division that you really want to play in.

I started out with an open g22. I speak from experience. Shoot limited with it until you can afford to buy an STI open gun. SO SO many headaches will be avoided. Don't try and do this by yourself. Talk to people who shoot open. If this is the first you have heard about loading differently for open, stop buying stuff and start reading more. Light bullets going fast are what open guns are designed for. Open is a razor's edge division. One reload or one makeup shot often times makes the difference between multiple overall finish places. With a heavy recoiling 40 with much less mag capacity, you will be severely disadvantaged. You are basically just shooting for fun.

Warranties are great for after the match. Believe me, I speak from experience. Once you spend that much on an optic and travel to a major match and stay in a hotel, and the damn thing goes out on stage 2, the warranty isn't much consolation.

So is nobody currently producing these for retail sale?

Titanium is very expensive just as a raw material before you add the machine/lathe time.

Go with Mark, his is GTG at way less $$

Save yourself some headache and don't mount it on the slide. They all fail at some point. Putting it on the slide just speeds that process up.

Another vote for the Nordic. If you go That route, get if from carbon arms. I have lots of their products and they stand behind them and also give back to the sport. Not to mention, Mark is a good guy and is very helpful around here.

I use ballistic as well but after reading this while post I feel vastly inadequate and ignorant. Please feel free to completely disregard my suggestion. The only DA I know about it the DumbAss behind the gun.

Uppers are just as easy if not easier.

Spend more and get the JP. Shoots great and cleans easy.