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  1. I'm going to quibble a little bit; I am quite positive that the disparity IS intentional. 

     

    I've dabbled in the IDPA pond on/off since 2005 or so, and that is a group that is desperately in need of a well written rulebook consistently applied. 

     

    Never seen so many shooters who just shoot "for fun" in a hurry to hand out procedurals to each other. 

  2. 40 minutes ago, shred said:

    Locaps are partly dead because when CO took off, stage designers and builders blew off 1.2.1 "8 rounds per view" with some lame "well you could shoot those targets from 20 yards further back if you want, so 14 rounds from that one spot is fine" or "there's the edge of a wall between them... different 'view'" and nonsense like that.

     

    When Production was huge there was a lot more attention paid to making the stages reasonable for a 10 round gun.

     

    Yeah what this guy said. 100%. 

  3. Agreed, generally, with the tinkering. If your gun is built right, kept clean, and oiled properly, there really shouldn't be any tinkering needed. Decent ammo loading practices help a lot here as well. 

     

    The 38SC/9major thing has been beat to death over the years. 

     

    Open isn't "cool" anymore so there are some ok deals out there on used ones. 

  4. I'm a bigger clumsy guy, so I'm picky about shoes. 

     

    Stumbled on a brand called "Salewa." Pricy but lots of different styles/options. 

     

    I first saw them in Europe, but they're available online here AND in stores as well. 

     

    Just another option. 

  5. Out of town for a week; back now. 

     

    Shot today; same issue; roughly 3 out of 150 stovepiped. Again...bullet is facing up. Not an ejected case...a live round. 

     

    @zztMy factory ammo is longer; the plated 115s are shorter. Both a FMJ profile. Should I length or shorten the coated bullets?

     

    Any chance this is related to a recoil spring being too light or heavy?

    My  support thumb drags a little bit on the slide; could my thumb retard the movemen of the slide enough to cause this?

  6. New gun. STI Eagle. 

     

    Runs factory ammo great. Runs plated reloaded ammo great. 

     

    Does not like my 124 coated bullets. 2 out of 100 will stovepipe with a live round; bullet pointed up. Does this when dry and dirty or clean and wet. 

     

    Could this be an OAL issue? The coated bullets are a little warmer than the others; about 135pf. Coated are a little longer than the 115 plated, and about the same as the factory ammo it likes. 

     

    Mags are Atlas magazines. 

  7. Someone already said it. Decisions have consequences. As this sport becomes more and more 23 rounds and a dot, Locap Divisions are going to fall by the wayside. 

     

    I +1 the comments about stage design. Periodically for fun I'll visualize a stage as if I was shooting Sstk/Prod and in many/most cases you're faced with 12-14 round array. Nobody cares except maybe the one Locap guy who many times is too new to even notice. 

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