FWSixgunner
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Just curious, what discipline are we talking about? NRA action?
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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!
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Well gosh, I was ramping up to start out in Limited, now it looks like I need a production gun:-)
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my take is it's a glock, and i wouldn't recommend a bunch of work/$ to slide or barrel. you can get a g35 if you want a longer slide .40 model.
if yours is a gen 4, make sure you have a beavertail backstrap for it, helps hold the gun firmer and higher and thus reduced recoil/flip.
i'd shoot it a bunch more before taking any drastic actions.
Copy that!
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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?
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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?
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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
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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.
DP also says it should be ok. I may be back here crying in 2 months.
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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.
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Wish I had that problem. I'm envious of people who can reach the mag release on a double stack without changing their grip.
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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 !
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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.
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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.
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I used the Dawson Precision Sight File and probably made about a total of 30 strikes. I would do 5 or 6 at a time, wipe it off and try it til it got about 30 - 35% on, then cleaned it, put a tiny bit of oil and then tapped it in.
How do you LocTite after oiling?
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I used the Dawson Precision Sight File and probably made about a total of 30 strikes. I would do 5 or 6 at a time, wipe it off and try it til it got about 30 - 35% on, then cleaned it, put a tiny bit of oil and then tapped it in.
How do you LocTite after oiling?
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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.
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TY, ordered the Dawson yesterday.
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ggYesterday, at our local match, we had two rules questions come up that no one could answer...even with the book. The range lawyers delayed us at least another 30 minutes arguing over rules they couldn't even point to in the rule book.
First one has to do with the definition of "retain" For a loaded chamber reload, retain any live ammunition. Our scenario had a table and a box. One of the SO's shooting said that leaving the partially empty mag on the table is retaining it, whereas everyone else thought it had to be retained on your person. Which is right? The current rule book apparently doesn't define "retain".
The other had to do with a malfunctioning gun. A shooter's gun malfunctioned on the second of four stages. The range lawyers said that the only way he could continue would be if he had the same model gun to continue with. I saw nothing like that in the new rule book (though I remember reading that it must be the same "type", not model in a previous version). The only thing I could find referred you to the match director to determine what to do, but implied nothing about letting someone continue. At least I know I beat one person yesterday, though I would prefer it not be that way...lol. I would have loaned him my gun in a heartbeat.
We also had this nasty stage where you shoot 2 shots each at four targets, then run back to 20 yards and do it again. It was unlimited. We had guys shooting makeup shots at 10 yards for the misses they expected they might have at 20 yards, since you couldn't tell which distance the hits were shot from when they were scored.
Opinions: FTDR or simply bad stage design. I would say bad stage design if they hadn't been planning to do it that way. To me it fit the definition: "deliberate attempts on the part of the shooter to circumvent or violate the competition rules to gain a competitive advantage. Any other opinions?
Thanks in advance for any response...unless it's: " that's why you should be shooting USPSA and not IDPA".
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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.
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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.
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.Welcome to the US, Dave. If you're buying from someone outside of your state, you need to have the gun shipped to your favorite FFL (gun dealer) where you live. Make sure you arrange for this properly first. When the gun arrives, you do the paperwork with your dealer and that's it.
Maybe if it had been shipped back to the mfr for warranty repair, but I wouldn't bet on that.
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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.
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It's funny, I just posted about this in another topic. Started competing right when I got married almost ten years ago.
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.
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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 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.
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.
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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.
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It's always the Indian and not the arrow
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.
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A dovetail sight could easily be fitted by only cutting a dovetail in the rib.
That's what I told the idiot at the shop,
They apparently just didn't want to do it.
K or L frame for an open build
in NRA - Bianchi Cup
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Let's see some pictures when it arrives.