Dawg5

Along with the dehorning of the gun, you could go for the front and rear cocking serrations. If you don't have ones in the front, that will take some weight off. Also if your gun has serrations that are close together, you could change the cut of the slide a bit. The standard "Bomar" style cut for the rear and putting a adjustable sight on the rear might lose some weight. There is truly a lot of stuff you could do if you put your mind to it.

That makes two of us.

Matt B. has it in his videos. It does really help.

I managed to find another additional bonus with the tape. I placed it so in my shooting stance i couldn't see the sights with my left eye. I found that when i practiced draws that i was ducking my head because I could see the sights. So I've learned to minimize my head movement through draws by using the tape. If I can see the sights, i moved my head. Helped a lot in acquiring the sights on the draw.

Flex, you had said that the .40 barrel won't work in production. Any word on IDPA ESP? I know we disscussed this in other threads, but from what I can see, there still isn't any destinction in the rule book defining "caliber." Thanks.

After reading Brian's book and reading some tips on the forum, I decided to give the tape over the weak eye a shot. I was amazed on how it cleared things up. When i take the glasses off and draw, I don't have problems seeing the target, but I do end up seeing two rear sights. Only one front sight, but two rear. slightly blurred target. I figured that the target was going to be blurry since your eye can't focus on more than one thing at a time, so it's something I can deal with. Glasses go back on and all I see is rear sight, front sight, Does anyone else have the problem with the rear sights or is it mostly a focus on the target that you run into. Brian, thanks for the help on this. Should help out a lot.

I have a captured stainless guiderod from Lone Wolf, I beleive. For me it's just personal prefrence to have a captured over the uncaptured. I realize that changing recoil springs is easier with the uncaptured, but when the time comes I'll probably just get a new guide and spring. Just trying to get a feel for if there are different reasons anyone perfers one over the other.

Got the front sight tool from Lone Wolf. Works like a champ.

I think the issue is that there is no clarification in the rule book one way or the other. does the rule book clarify the definition of "caliber" or "Factory configuration" or did i miss it? It's not that I have an aversion to shooting the 10mm, just .40 has a bit less recoil and is cheaper to shoot.

Since i would be shooting in ESP, it shouldn't be a problem right? Flex you have a good point with the whole 10mm being the same caliber as the .40. so if you are going by the SSP rules even it technically shouldn't be a problem, depending on how the IDPA powers that be rule on it. Not planning on shooting in SSP anyway so the caliber change shouldn't be an issue. Thanks for all the clarification.

Flex, where did ya' get the KKM 40 conversion? Do you have to do any other work to any of the workings of the pistol? how about mags? 40 is a bit shorter than the 10, so not sure how that works in the magazine area. Thanks for the help.

Any word on the sidearmor? Have a bit of money tied up in one of those. Who wants to bet that the Glock OEM holster won't work for IDPA. =)

Thanks for the help on this guys. I guess I'll go magwellless until i can find an alum magwell. thanks again.

Attempting to find a magwell for my G20. Have heard good things in this forum about THE Magwell. Was wondering if it will fit the large frame G20/21's and if they need base pads for the mags. Working on the whole IDPA setup for the glock and just need a bit of info. Thanks in advance.

I think that the whole rule book change is a problem for shooters already participating in the sport. For new shooters it won't be a problem. I say this because the whole problem is the people who have hundreds of dollars invested in equipment, such as myself, that we can no longer use in the sport. The people that shoot wheel guns have a serious issue if they have a gun that was set up for IDPA and shot successfully, or not, with that gun that is now illegal under the new rule book for weight or barrel length. They now have to buy a new gun or not shoot IDPA. I think that it's the competetive nature of the sport that builds your shooting skills. Your desire to win or do well motivates you to practice and improve. Same goes for any sport. Guys that play football will practice and train for months on end prior to going into a new season to do well. No different with IDPA. The hours that you spend in your living room dryfiring, practicing magazine changes etc. causes you to get better, not just the shooting in the occasional match. Sure the scenarios hone your "defensive" shooting skills, target acquisition and all that, but all that being said, IDPA is still a sport. The equipment/guns we have bought aren't cheap. It isn't necessarily that they give a shooter the competetive edge over another shooter, it is the fact that everybody that has previously leagal equipment that is now illegal has to go buy new stuff, throw in the towel, or move over to IPSC/USPSA. For me the issue has turned into a money issue, not having a good time or doing my best. That's still going to happen, regardless. Having to explain to House Hold 6 why I have to go spend another $300 for a new holster setup or $700 plus for a new gun has turned into the issue. Just my $0.02.