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Let's see some pictures when it arrives.

Just curious, what discipline are we talking about? NRA action?

I'm experiencing about 15% FTFs in my LEO trade in shooting Winchester 165 FMJ TC, the only load I've tried so far. The nose gets stuck at the bottom of the barrel at about a 45-degree angle. I'm thinking I need at least new and maybe stronger mag springs, especially since I'm about to add +5/6 base pads. The mags are OEM and I'm sure original to the gun. Then what about recoil spring/guide? I looked at some Lone Wolf +10% mag springs at Midway. There was a tip that a stronger RS should be installed along with these as the stiffer mag strings require more force to strip a round from the magazine. Then should I add a new guide along with a new RS? Finally, someone suggested the striker spring might be the issue. This is a Gen 3. Thanks!

Well gosh, I was ramping up to start out in Limited, now it looks like I need a production gun:-)

Copy that!

Ok,the lights are coming on, slowly: So it doesn't sound like porting the slide redirects gas. Is that right? So it must be to would reduce weight and make it cycle faster and, which may also reduce muzzle flip some since less mass is moving. Is that about the size of it?

Ok,the lights are coming on, slowly: So it doesn't sound like porting the slide redirects gas. Is that right? So it must be to would reduce weight and make it cycle faster and, which may also reduce muzzle flip some since less mass is moving. Is that about the size of it?

Yeah I'm working on it all. Big leaning curve for me. I will be obtaining .40 dies, et all soon. Right now they're so cheap at Wally World I can't get motivated to start Loading. BTW this video appears show Bob Vogel shooting a ported 34 with one of his own design FO front sights. Same simple port I want to get. http://youtu.be/45QhpvY9LZc DP also says it should be ok. I may be back here crying in 2 months.

I haven't replaced any springs, but that's about to change when I buy some base pad kits and a new RS. Yes, FO front. Hadn't thought about what porting would do. I priced it out $60 for DP to do a top rectangular cut + $45 for Cerakote locally. A barrel/comp is gonna have to be cheap to beat that. I'll check with DP. They're very responsive. Maybe side cuts would work.

Wish I had that problem. I'm envious of people who can reach the mag release on a double stack without changing their grip.

Except for a G21 about 20 years ago, this LEO trade in is the first I've ever shot. The Dawson sights are awesome. One tap and I was on center. I can see the FS without my bifocals. I had about 15% FTFs shooting Winchester 165 FMJ TCs. Seemed like it was when I loaded 10 or more, but I know some occurred when I had run the mag down to < 10. Two different OEM mags. Thoughts? Muzzle flip convinced me I'm going to get the slide ported. I'm looking at DP Custom. Anyone used them? Did you have them Cerakote as well? I'm an old revo guy, so lots of questions! Thanks !

I'm surprised you can shoot a shotgun right/right. That is normally the hardest gun for cross-dominate shooters to deal with, since the rear sight is your eye. At least some shotgun coaches advise cross-dominant people to learn to shoot weak side, stressing dominant eye over dominant hand.

Ok, finally got it fitted, now more questions: Someone mentioned oiling. How's that compatible with LocTite? The punch from the kit marred up the finish a bit. Any suggestions on how to touch it up? It's a Gen3 and the FS looks crimped in, but I'm sure there's vids on removal.

How do you LocTite after oiling?

How do you LocTite after oiling?

Those of you who have installed these, how much filing did you have to perform to get it to fit? I'm pretty good with a file and confident working at the correct angle. But seems like I'm not making much progress. Using a 4" extra slim saw file.

TY, ordered the Dawson yesterday.

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I run the Bayou 160 RNs. They're ok, I'm not thrilled with the accuracy. I'll pick up 6-cavity Lee mold and start casting my own when the weather cools.

I'm pretty sure there's never a scenario in which a non-licensee can legally receive a handgun via common carrier, even if it's being shipped across the street.Maybe if it had been shipped back to the mfr for warranty repair, but I wouldn't bet on that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I send guns to my builder for work by UPS and he sends right back to my house. If I have him build one he must send it to an FFL for initial trip.More or less Idk how he does it, unless he has a mfr license and it's being done under the guise of warranty work. An individual can legally ship a handgun to an FFL. The problem is USPS won't ship handguns except between FFLs. FedEx & UPS will, but only priority overnight (at least the last time I checked). Go to their site and calculate shipping. But make sure you're sitting down.

That's when most guys hang up their guns (or sell em), lol. I'm ramping up to shoot USPSA limited on the cheap, starting with a LEO trade in Glock 22. Already bought a mag well, sights & trigger next. Should be under $600 total I love shooting revolver, but an S&W PC 8 shot + all the goodies & work would run probably $1,500. Then I've got a gun that's really only good for USPSA (which I could only shoot about 1x per month as my weekends are mostly spoken for), and that would probably only work with Federal-primed reloads, (not that reloading is a problem for me.) Compromise.

Funny you should say that--I have found that the best quality Smith revolvers of all time were those made right around 1999 or 2000 when they first went to the new machinery (and before they let their cutters get dull). The "good old days" really weren't all that good, truth be told. Nope. The older folks forget how much they bitched about Bangor Punta & Lear Siegler quality. There wasn't an internet back then so you could post every imagined problem in forums for hundred idiots to take at face value and repeat until there are thousands of people convinced the guns are bad, even though they can't tell you why.

The S&W forum needs to be renamed S&W Haters. All they do is bitch about MIM/locks and how the new guns don't have all that all that loving hand fitting. That last is code for manufacturing tolerances suck. If they made em like they used to, the same crowd would be bitching about how expensive they are.

So a bow & arrow would make a good entry-level limited gun? I shot my first NRA SB Hunters pistol match over 30 years ago with an S&W model 17, factory sights. Of the first 30 animals, I knocked down 7. On the 100 meter rams, the shooter I was on the line with handed me his Contender taco. I proceeded to take down 7 of 10. A good arrow most definitely makes a huge difference, even when the Indian is unclassified.

That's what I told the idiot at the shop, They apparently just didn't want to do it.