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I like it. I'll add them to my training schedule.

Anyone have any "must" or "go to" shotgun 3gun drills? I've really been focusing on mastering the shotty as of late and haven't had a lot of luck finding 3gun shotty drills. I have read lots of Pat Kellys stuff and was curious what eveyone else does. I focus heavily on quad loading, shooting on move, reloading from empty, speed on plate racks, speed of first shot, and lots of accuracy on steel, so anyone have any specific stuff? Oh and I shoot spinners in practice here and there. I really need to get one for home. Perhaps next year. Thanks

Simple easy. Buy a Dawson sight, it'll come with the punch. You'll need to buy the file from Dawson. then watch Dawson's YouTube channel on how to do it. Very easy. I've done it many times.

+1. Yep, me too. Yep. Once the season gets going, I shoot about a thousand rounds a week, so I clean my slide every Friday. I usually completely disassemble 2 or 3 times a year.

Why dimple when you can buy a clamp style gas block. Save money and works fine.

For anyone who hasn't tried the dot drill, I highly recommend it. In the North country I don't shoot all winter and I am using the dot drill to knock the rust off of my pistol shooting. This is an excellent drill that forces you to track that front sight and get back to calling those shots. In my opinion, it works wonders.

What were they going for during that sale? $299 shipped

I use Dillon dies and haven't had a problem. I load and shoot about 35,000 rounds through my 2011 and have never had a single issue.

I have a stretch 16. It's lightweight and a 3/4 moa barrel. I'm more then happy and picked it up during the black Friday sale.

Go with the vortex spitfire, I really like mine. Palmetto state armory had them for $150 shipped on black Friday.

You would think this but lots of corner cutting by big name custom gunsmiths.If you follow this site a lot, you will see plenty of $4k to $5k guns with some half assed gunsmithing. Its sad but quality is hard to find, even when spending top dollar. I have owned several high end custom guns, whether precision rifles or 2011s, and have sent back several of them for bad gunsmithing or been left disappointed. They are usually fixed but you would think for the money they would in fact be gone over with a fine tooth comb.

I'm going with the FFP once it becomes available. On low power, you will be at close range and using the dots, so you will not need to see the reticle, as a matter of fact, the reticle will only get in the way when you are shooting fast. Then one you crank it up to 8x, you will use the reticle to aim/holdover, etc. The FFP has a great reticle and is the way I am going. I cant wait for this thing to hit the market, its what i'll be running this year for sure.

I would be flipped OP. $4k for a gun that has a slide that rattles like an armscorp... I would seriously get this resolved and demand a new slide be fit to the frame. Simply horrible!!!!

Swc... Loaded about 50,000 bayous in the last year. Its my favorite bullet. Accurate and cheap.

I'm sure it'll be on par with everything else they build these days. So I wouldn't get my hopes up.

You will get to the point where you don't even notice it.

My thoughts as well. Can charge $5500 for a limited pistol and not even make a cheap WordPress website? If it matters to the OP, my next limited pistol will either be a bedell or cheely. One sage piece of advice, lots of gunsmiths can build good guns, for some reason though, only a few are good at customer service. If you cannot readily get return phone calls or emails from a Smith, u need to find another. If the Smith doesn't have time to answer your questions, even your dumb ones, then get another. Nothing worse in the gun industry than to drop $4k on a pistol and then never be able to get ahold of your Smith when something breaks on the gun.

My white grips are a badge of usage for me. I keep my pistols perfectly clean but leave the grip alone. I like to keep a good thick coating of pro grip on my grips.

Rangerdug: Hes getting bit on his left hand in his palm swell from gripping the gun and then clicking the ambi safety off. The Safety pinches the palm swell on your main (left) hand between the Safety and the grip. It only happens to a lefty because the right side of an ambi safety does not have an area that can pinch your hand against the grip of the gun. As usual, lefties gotta toughen up and fight thru this right handed world.

I'm a lefty and develop a wonderful callous to deal with where the 2011 rubs. After a few weeks of heavy shooting you will be fine. Seriously, just work your way through it. Before long it'll be behind you.

I have both a BCM KMR alpha and the Rainier arms keymod. The BCM alpha is super light, very rigid, and can be had for $170ish. The Rainier arms keymod is a rebranded Sampson and is really nice for under $150. I like both and have a BCM KMR alpha on my 3gun rifle. With barrel nut, the handguard is 10ish ounces. If I were you, I would go to Rainier arms or some other big vendor and browse the options in the 13 inch range. Lots of options.

I just received my Stretch16 and i'm debating whether or not its worth getting an adjustable gas block. I will be running a JP LMOS, lightweight buffer, and a JP buffer spring. Is it worth it to buy an adjustable SLR gas block or should I just use the gas block that came with the barrel?

openclassterror Do you feel a need to Loctite the extension on all installations or only if its a loose fit? Have you done tests to see if loctiting a tight extension effects accuracy or matters at all? Thanks

Lets talk AR barrel nut torque specs. I have seen in a few threads the random comment about "more torque, more consistency," and wanted to start a separate thread on this. Everywhere you read, it says to torque a barrel from 30 to 80 ft lbs. Some specific manufacturers actually give you a number of 35 lbs or 45 lbs, etc. I saw a comment on another thread stating to torque to 75 lbs for most cold/hot consistency. So what does everyone else think on this topic? Whats the consensus? Is the standard for a rifle now 75 lbs or whats everyone doing?

Im running 140s with TTI basepads, gram's springs and followers, and am at 20 rounds reloadable.