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Go for option 2. The Comptac holster included in Option 1 is a fine holster (it's what I have on my 3gun belt) but the included drop/offset hanger from CompTac is objectively horrible and universally hated. It points the gun inward directly at your thigh. That alone is reason to ditch it, not to mention it's a strange angle to draw from. You'll eventually spend $50 to upgrade it to the BOSS hanger anyway. Option 2 is a much better value, even though it's more money.

The strangest thing about the LCI is that with the design of the X5, you can still see brass through the side of the ejection port. There was no need at all for the LCI notch.

I don't know enough about IPSC Rifle to really give an informed position on this, but I would probably argue with your last point. The surging popularity of high-cap divisions in USPSA leads me to believe that most people don't want mag limits. Fast is fun. I'd rather see no limits, or at least a "practical limit" (I dunno, maybe 35 to take regular PMAG with baseplate?) and then use the COF's to allow competitors to choose the right equipment. You can easily make a stage where a big stick would be disadvantageous like low ports or a VTAC board with challenging angles. 2 gun matches are exploding. In fact, there are several monthly options, all within 2-3 hours of you. Thurmont MD, Shadow Hawk WV, etc. I believe I recall seeing some 2 Gun in PA as well. Not to mention Run N Gun biathlons and Tactical Carbine matches.

A8 has a new location and new MD this coming year. Best airport will probably be Dulles now. I still expect the match to be fantastic though.

Anyone try the regular extended release and then decide they still needed the extra length of the paddle? I'm looking to try the standard profile extended version. Figure it's worth checking here before ordering direct.

ETS mags have always been crap. I shoot a fair amount of outlaw matches in my area which often attract newer shooters, who statistically speaking, own Glocks, and frequently have ETS magazines. They choke all the time. I wouldn't own any of their mags if they were free ( unless I specifically wanted to practice malfunction drills lol).

I'll politely disagree. Mostly, I dont think any CO questions belong in the Open forum. I generally think that any CO-specific questions can just go in the appropriate "Factory Pistols" subforum. After all, by definition, a carry optics pistol must be a factory offering, just like Production. The simple addition of a red dot doesn't really change anything about the pistol itself. The Open forum is really about the pistols themselves, not the intrinsic qualities of the Division. And IMO that's warranted due to the finicky nature, endless tuning, etc of Open guns. For carry optics, 99% of the time, just stick an optic on a slide and go shoot. Technical questions about the optics themselves go in Gear and Accessories. And stage strategy/planning/techniques can go in any of the relevant stage forums.

Is anyone who sells Grams spring kits offering free shipping today?

I'm looking to pick up some Grams spring/follower kits. I've never seen them go on sale, but if any of the "USPSA-specific" stores (Stoeger, Max, Shooter's Connection, etc) are doing a free shipping thing for BF, that's probably the best it's gonna get. Anyone see anything announced yet?

@Rnlinebacker FYI the "Shadow Line" does not describe any generic Shadow. It was a specific pistol called the "Shadow Line" and only applies to that specific pistol, not every pistol in the Shadow "lineup." @Stafford I actually suspect it would not be legal by the strictest letter of the ruleset. Most of the Custom Shop creations (as opposed to a stock gun which has been tuned) don't meet the minimum 2000 unit distribution and therefore are not eligible to be on the approved list. However, I haven't shot Prod in ages and I'm certainly not the final arbiter on rules. Hopefully someone who is more current on Prod will chime in. That being said, I would bet $50 that if you brought that gun to Chrono at any major match in the country, no one would notice or bump you to open. There's no way to prove that gun wasn't purchased as a CZ75 frame and then you simply swapped in a Shadow slide, which would be a Prod-legal configuration.

If you're remotely serious about this sport, you will want to have a backup optic on the shelf no matter which optic you use. All slide optics will eventually experience issues or fail completely.

Follow up pics. Side by side comparison. I have the R1P on some folded paper so that the glass is on the same altitude as the DPP for an (attempted) apples-to-apples visual. R1P shroud sitting in the Legion slide. You can see there is a ~0.5mm gap behind the shroud within the optic cut (and a similar gap in front). What's also strange are the rear holes in the shroud. What are they there for? It would have been quite slick for Sig to allow the shroud to be secured from under the slide as well for a total of 4 screws through it instead of just the 2 main optic screws. The rear holes in the slide are where the screws go from under the slide to secure the rear iron sight. How would you bed this or fill that rear gap?

I've got a shiny Legion I've been shooting with irons but I'm ready to slap a dot on it and start dryfiring to get ready for CO next season and the occasional 2gun/3gun match. What's everyone's take on the Delta Point Pro vs the Romeo 1 Pro? For a CO-only gun I wouldn't bother with BUIS, but I'm inclined to have them on this gun especially due the anticipated carbine matches. The matches I enter tend to be very physical, lots of movement, obstacles, running, etc... I perceive above-average odds of this optic sustaining an impact while holstered. My general comparison observations: The overall glass area between the 2 optics is almost identical, but DPP offers more visibility vertically (slightly taller glass). R1P offers more visibility laterally (slightly wider glass). R1P is physically shorter and with the built-in rear notch offers a very nice cowitness right out of the box with the factory green fiber optic, and it's completely unobtrusive and takes up virtually no "real estate" in the glass. General durability/longevity is inconclusive. Lots of people have 15K+ on their DPPs with no issues at all (I have had 5 on various guns with no issues at all), but plenty of people have had multiple DPPs fail after just a couple hundred rounds. Similarly, Sig has really been struggling with their optic lineups. Lots of problems, flickering dots, dead optics, etc. R1P is too new for any real durability tests or long term reviews. R1P feels more fragile, especially in "default" configuration without the steel shroud. DPP feels quite sturdy but has a factory-installed (but removable) shroud. To get a cowitnessing front sight for the DPP requires the Dawson 0.4" sight which is ridiculously tall and could conceivably interfere with holster compatibility, probably create a snag point, and definitely take up "real estate" in the glass, etc. So to the peanut gallery, I ask - which optic do I roll with? And secondarily, for those who have decided on the R1P, do you use the metal shroud? It should be a no-brainer, except for the fact that the base of the shroud lifts the optic taller than the cutout milled into the slide. This leaves the R1P secured exclusively by 2 screws with no bosses or other external physical support for the optic body. The shroud is also unsupported as it is shorter than the pocket in the optic. I have serious concerns about the screws eventually breaking if they are asked to sustain tens of thousands of recoils and hundreds (maybe thousands) of slide rackings because we all know that, right or wrong, CO slides get racked by the optic. Is the answer to use the shroud anyway for general protection and just proactively replace the screws every ~5k rounds to be safe? Or perhaps some sort of bedding compound to better support the shroud in the optic pocket?

The doodad is part of the Israeli National Police issued retention holster. That doodad is used to lock the pistol in. If you aren't using their surplus holster (hard to find in the US and IMO not that great of a holster anyway), it can be removed and discarded. I don't know about the Tanfo grips, sorry.

Is that an X5 slide? What work did you need to do to the holster to get it to fit? Can you post a pic from the side? All the current Safari RDS holsters are molded for the M17/P320 slide which is 4.7" but the extra 0.3" on the X5/Legion (5.0" total) doesn't let it lock into the holster at all.

I'm gonna hop right on that. I'm gonna need every advantage I can think of, so Limited 10, here I come!

No, that aluminum plate just bolts on to the end of the receiver extension tube. It does not add any LOP at all.

If I had his SVI, I could have done the exact same thing.... HAHAHAHA lol not a chance in hell. Unreal talent, dedication, and consistency.

I also have big hands and 20 years of rock climbing. I can force a SP-01 Phantom to do the same thing (warp so that mags don't drop free) but never tried it on a P10. On reloads, I consciously break my grip just a little to keep my hands loose so everything moves faster. This also prevents mags from binding. Like you said, if you're planning on a DWX anyway, might as well pick up a P10 to start stocking up on mags and you can work on your grip technique as well. You don't want to have a crushing grip when you're performing a reload.

This is the nicest one I know of https://www.battlearmsdevelopment.com/shop/product/bad-lbs-mil-lightweight-butt-stock-for-mil-spec-buffer-tube-3335

The bigger benefit of the Alpha-A pouches over the Race Master pouches is not the inserts. The draw from the new Alpha-X is a *little* nicer, but the Race Masters were fine. The big upgrade is the new locking ball joint. The Race Masters used 2 set screws that grubbed into the ball joint. Over time, they would dimple the ball and lose tension. The new ball joint on the Alpha X has a locking collar which is MUCH more secure. Based on the photos of the knockoffs, I'm not even sure they have copied the Alpha X. These appear to use the older Race Master style with grub screws. I didn't like them from DAA, I'm quite certain they will be far worse when made out of knock-off Chinesium.

It is a frequent occurrence to see mags not fit the gauge. I have had many over the years. Luckily I found out long before I showed up at chrono at a Major 99% of the time, the issue is entirely the fault of the magazine tube, not the base pad. Base pads are precision CNC-machined blocks of solid aluminum with virtually no variance in size to speak of. Magazine tubes are bent sheet metal which are stamped to size and have a very wide (mechanically speaking) acceptable tolerance. There are there are a couple methods to fitting magazines into the gauge and they all involve filing down various parts of the base pad, magazine tube, or both. For Glock mags, the easiest option is probably to gently file the tops of the feed lips. You could also file/mill/sand the basepads but that tends to be quite ugly. Some people care, some don't. Or you could just buy new mag tubes. Don't don't bother trying to measure them with calipers. The sloping nature of feed lips makes it impossible to get repeatable measurements. You really need to have one of the official gauges on hand. Take off a tiny bit of material at a time and re-measure.

Then it seems like the best thing is just volunteer to shoot first on every stage so you're not unduly influenced at all.

Takes CZ 75 magwells. Says it right on the CZ USA homepage announcement.

Thinking about making an "Open minor" gun for outlaw matches with a P320 and the JTTC Compensator kit from Parker Mountain Machine. Anyone tried the kits out yet? You have the option of getting a single port comp (which uses a Compact slide) or a double chamber which uses the Subcompact slide. I've only been able to find a smattering of match videos on youtube, but no real discussion of results. I've spoken to PMM and gotten their take on it but I'm curious to hear from users. Any reliability issues? With the comp, is it worth upgrading to a 1911 style guide rod so you can tune better? Their testing shows how effective it is in a Ransom Rest, but what's it like under real world uses when being shot by hand?