KelsonAK

How long do 10/22 magazines last? Well... I have a set of 20 of them that have lasted 5 years - possibly longer - with a fairly heavy practice and match load. I do clean them about every 3 months or so, and have replaced a spring or two. I use the black 10 round magazines, as I was not happy with the reliability of the clear ones at the time. I tried the TK double mags when they first came out and they broke. Aside from the Bx25 magazines, almost all of my 10/22 failures that were repeatable, etc - were bolt related. Some of the ruger factory bolts just seem to be lemons that wind up ejecting forward causing stove pipes regardless the magazine, though I'm sure some folks are actually wearing out magazines....

yea - #5 is totally bogus though :)

The equipment isn't an issue.... It just needs to work. Light, heavy, standard, minimags, whatever... I haven't seen a huge difference in times based on the actual gun I'm shooting, or the ammo as long as it goes bang. RFPO requires that you really be solid in the pistol fundamentals to the extreme. Grip, trigger control, etc - all need to be subconscious. And pretty much perfect. I suspect it is the hardest division to get a GM out of... but just barely. I will likely spend most of my winter just working on those fundamentals. Again. Still. Seems silly, but for a fast game I seem to spend a lot of time working on accuracy.... Second piece for me is vision. This is where repetition and visualization can really help. Because we are dealing with big transitions we have to work the limitations of human vision. The whole 'see what you need to see' is incomplete here - it's not just see what you need to see but see HOW you need to see. Sometimes rapid eye movement, sometimes pursuit eye movement, sometimes wide view, sometimes narrower. Also - the little tips 'n tricks add up. Foot placement, order of engagement, and even your height all start to whittle .05 off things and eventually that matters. Lastly - I just became a 'Sr' - and core strength and flexibility matter. Do some yoga!

Nope. It’s called open.

I've been shooting these for a few months now. I shoot 9mm major gun and these have been more reliable than stock 17s with extensions. I have not tried different guts yet - the follower in these is quite substantial, so a different follower may give a few more rounds of capacity. Kinda cool that these work for me as I haven't been able to make the MBX magazines work yet.

I went with a SFx and run a RTS2. The plates that came in the box did not work with the RTS2 exactly - the forward edge of the dot was forward of the plate and interfered with the slide so a no go until I milled a shallow relief into the slide. I have been told this is not an issue with the Rival and S. And... since I got the gun(s) used (and very inexpensive...) it may be that I didn't get all the plates or the instruction manual (that I wouldn't have read anyway...) so take my experience with 2 grains of salt and a healthy dose of reading the fine manual.

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For me - yea, it can get too light on a rifle. I have a pair of 10/22s set up with Todd's barrels. One has an Axiom stock, which makes the thing silly light. One has a Magpul stock - which brings the balance point back towards my body a bit and also makes the whole thing a bit heavier. I've done something similar with my PCC - opted for a light front end with some weight in the rear (I like big buttstocks and I can not lie...) to move the balance point towards my body a bit. The extra weight overall helps me with keeping things stable, which I find especially noticeable on Outer Limits, but it comes into play for others as well. For pistols... I don't really know. Maybe I'm not good enough to tell. I find I shoot a heavier centerfire gun 'more better' - but that may simply be a crutch for not having as good a grip as I should or other technique things and perhaps I'm weak in. It doesn't alter my draw speed. For rimfire, I seem to shoot a steel bull barrel ruger as well as a VQ as well as a ruger lite. So I shoot the one that I like the paint job on...

Yea - one foot in the air and one in the box is in. That would have been a bad call. I mean, i've watched folks lift a foot on the second shot from the first box - that's also good to go as they are not out of the shooting area, therefore 'in.' I've also seen folks swear up and down that their foot was in the air when they lit one off on entry to the shooting area but.... yea no. What they thought they did and what they actually did were two different things... That's part of the whole risk/reward part of the game As an RO - this is where having multiple ROs watching is a good thing. One can watch the gun/shooter upper body, one can watch the feet and if you are flush with staff, one to watch the targets. It's dang hard to watch a fast shooter's gun, feet, finger, and targets when it's just you chasing with the timer - and you have to get to the ejection port side of things to get the shot to register reliably.

I have seen both squad and staff painted matches, and frankly - I prefer squad painted, both as a match director and as a competitor. FOR STEEL CHALLENGE! USPSA, 3gun... yea, I like the assistance in the reset once folks are up to speed on how to do it, when to do it, etc. Usually there is about a squad a day where the staff (boy scouts, etc) are learning to not tape early, etc. Squad painted tends to be a little faster, a little more engaging as a competitor, and a little more consistent in making sure edges are painted. Sure, it can make for a long ass day if you shoot morning and afternoon flights - and there are times when a squad has an over abundance of old farts, but even old farts paint, and it's a part of the game and part of the 'fun'.

Ok, but what to do about 170mm magazines....

I'm a BOLO fan.

I've seen quite a few of the 10mm Witnesses. There are a few of them pulling bear gun duty here in Alaska... I have not seen any cracked slides in the past 7-8 years, even with the bear loads.