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So from what I've been reading, scoring has been messed up since the late 90's and now needs to suddenly be fixed? Something has either changed or HQ has been ignoring a problem for quite a long time. I'm afraid this is starting to look like where I work. Operating changes and reorganizations are sketched out by retired former employees (now contractors benefiting from those changes) on the back of a bar napkin. Maybe that's not true, but it's looking like it. Big changes have big documentation and training costs. They also have risks...in this case the risk of running younger people out of the sport. They are not to be made during a drinking session at the bar. Oh, and in case you are wondering, I'm one of those older guys that could potentially benefit from this. I would rather see the sport viable way after I'm gone though.

What problem are they trying to fix?

I've developed a similar problem, but only if I'm shooting to my left (strong hand is right). Center and right of center targets are dead on. I was told today that it may be that I'm turning from my waist rather than my hips and that may be causing me to rotate with one shoulder lower than the other (the weak one). I don't know if it's true yet, but I'm going to work on it at the range tomorrow.

We have some guys in our club running limited pro's too, all in ESP though. I was told (by someone that works on them) that for some reason, the frames can have a significant variance in length, so some will fit and some won't. I find that hard to believe in these days of digital machining, but hey, I assume he knows what he's talking about and it seems to be borne out by the varying stories about fitting in the box. He also told me that he can make it fit quickly. I'm probably going to go that way...as soon as I can get approval from the big boss.

Ahhh, makes sense, thanks!

I've gotten this several times, usually not at the start of the match. Since it was usually very hot, I thought it was just dehydration and drank a few bottles of water for it. Next time....It's M&M peanuts for me! Good info!

IDPA is a little more unclear about the number of rounds with their wording. I have never seen more than 18 rounds in a stage and I seem to remember the rule that way in the past, but technically, you can have a series of multiple 18 round "strings" in a stage. I don't know why they would word it this way. 6.10 No string of fire may exceed a maximum requirement of eighteen (18) rounds. 6.10.1 String of Fire: A section of the course of fire that is initiated by a start signal, and ends with the last shot fired. There may be more than one string in a given stage. Strange....

I've gotten a few pair from Amazon.com. The key is the "full lens" part. Most safety reading glasses are bifocals and you have to angle your head to see through them. I believe the company is Elvex. http://www.amazon.com/Rx-500C-1-5-Full-lens-Wraparound-Polycarbonate-Magnification/dp/B00KSJP2V0/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1441971097&sr=8-10&keywords=safety+reading+glasses

Thanks very much for the advice. I've ordered the +3 for 12+1.

I have a JM Pro that I believe is working well now. I would like to add a magazine extension. It carries 9+1 right now and I'm thinking about added a +3 extension. Is that a good idea or should I go with a +4. I don't want it to get so long that I can knock down the targets with the magazine...but then again, it would save ammo...hmmm.

I did the stick on bifocal thing on one eye for close to a year. It worked very well (I only shoot pistol though) until I had to lean out from cover to shoot around barriers. I would occasionally get a double image from the edge of the stick-on. I had to make absolutely sure that I completely turned my head to the target for those, especially ones where my dominant eye was on the side of my head towards the barrier. A guy at my regular match pointed me towards safety reading glasses, which are full lens sized. I've been trying them for a month now and they seem to work a little better.

I don't deprime before washing either. I use a Sonic cleaner (I believe I got it at Northern Tool and Equipment) with Lyman turbo sonic cleaner, rinse them well, then put them in a dehydrator (from Walmart) for a few hours. I used to let them air dry for at least a day, but I had too many primers that wouldn't fire...guess water was still in the pockets when I loaded them.

I wish you well. Crohn's disease, by itself is bad enough. A guy at work had it and it had completely taken over his life. Luckily for him, Humera (I believe it was that) was prescribed and helped. It completely changed his outlook on life and capability to live with it. He gives himself the shots and it is completely under control at the present time. I truly hope they find something that will work for you. Good luck.

I may be misunderstanding your description, but did you compare group shooting at 25 yards with group shooting at 10 yards? That would be how to take the human factor out in my opinion. If you are actually comparing group shooting at 25 yards to speed shooting at 10 for the same pistol, try setting your sights up at the 25 yards. You aren't going to have much drop at that distance. If I understood you correctly, it's possible that you have corrected for some trigger pull problem you have gotten used to. Low left is a common problem and you may have corrected for it at speed. I actually did that for a short while with my XDM 4.5. I believe I helped it with a better trigger.

I just got back from the range. I have been having the same problem. I shot about 50 rounds, then dry-fired at the same speed. I've developed a nasty flinch response, but only on the first shot of a string. It only happens when I try to go fast, and I haven't seen it before on dry-fire. It's not bad enough to miss the down -zero but it's plenty enough to miss a headshot. Durn, fix one problem and another old one pops up...oh well.

Maybe it's the gun. Mine has a very tight chamber and the best I've shot through it so far have been the Xtreme plated. No smell...no smoke. I've heard about accuracy problems, but my testing hasn't shown that at all. One small benefit is that I can reuse them if I have to pull them and I haven't been able to with coated. That hasn't been much of an issue since I switched presses though. The Xtreme and coated all shoot pretty much the same out of my gun, at least within my capability to shoot them (not counting some problems I had with one brand). I'm willing to switch for greater than 10% price shipped though, if they aren't objectionable to me...so right now, it's Lucky 13 powder coated (approx. 20%). A local gunsmith told me he could get me precision slightly cheaper in quantities of 3000, so I might check them out when I get close to running out. I'm not sponsored, so I have no reason to be brand loyal.

Nope, a new gun will make all the difference...even if you don't use it to compete with...and you can quote me to your wife...if you need to.

I just switched over from a stick-on bifocal on one of my safety glasses lens (dead center of the vision) to full lens safety reading glasses 1.25x. I bought them off Amazon for about $15. Both sights are perfectly clear, the targets are a little fuzzy but not too bad. They aren't prescription, but they help. I could actually dial the 1.25 back a little though.

I hadn't noticed it before, but we had a port last Friday that I had a lot of trouble bending over far enough to get a good sight picture. Apparently a lot of our other short-challenged people did too. We all clipped the top of the no shoot tucked away on the left of the lane, except for the guy that missed the target behind it completely. Part of it was the brown-on-brown lack of definition of the head of the no-shoot covering the bottom of the target (it's indoors and the lighting in there was blocked somewhat too). When I'm setting up, I usually try to put the hands up higher on the no-shoot to make it more obvious. I did feel pretty scrunched up and uncomfortable trying to get the sights on it though. I'm having all kinds of new issues to solve as I try to speed up a little. I had never considered those types of issues in the context of fairness to competitors before...good discussion.

Shot about 80 Lucky 13 bullets this morning. They chrono out at about 130 power factor with a pretty tight range with 3.0 grains of bullseye. That is .2 grains less than the XTreme for the same PF. Some smoke, but very little. A very slight smell that wasn't objectionable (I still think I may be allergic to the heated coating smoke on the ACME by the burning in my nose...not it's fault.) All cycled fine with no noticeable debris left in the chamber. I can use these, at least in my Walther. Only reason I didn't shoot more is...ahem, I didn't use locktite on my front sight and it started spinning in place. I have had one with way too little diameter so far. I fell all the way into the belled case. It was .354 at the shoulder and as low as .347 below that. I'll have to watch out for more of those. I'm going to buy more of these.

I have the PPQ 5" and love it. I saw their youtube discussion and I didn't get much from it except Matt Hopkins couldn't hold it and Candice didn't really appear to really know why she liked it. That model was also the shorter version. The trigger is slightly unusual for a plastic gun with a long pull, very nice break and very short reset. It is somewhere between 3.5-4 pounds out of the box. The slide has been lightened for the extra length, only in different places than the XDM and G34. I really like the look of it. I wouldn't have to worry about getting stuff stuck in the slide. It had a problem with magazines dropping without pushing the magazine release because of a very light magazine release spring. I took one stronger spring out of a random spring pack and fixed that in 2 minutes. Not everyone was having that problem though...depended on the shape of your hands, I thought. I changed the sights with Dawson's right away. The ones on the gun work, I just like the fiber better. The problem Matt Hopkins had was fixed with a Talon grip for <$20 bucks and I love the feel of it. When your hands get sweaty, the funny little "stippled characters" on the grip don't help and it's hard to hold. The Talon grip is actually more comfortable and completely fixes that problem. Other than that, it has just a little less (.1 inch) sight radius than the 5.25 XDM. An XDM holster can be used for it, but I now have a custom Kydex one. That Bladetech XDM holster would never pass the dowel check, even with my former XDM in it. Of all the guns I looked at, this appeared to be the best compromise...didn't need a new trigger out of the box, had the long sight radius I was looking for and felt comfortable in the hands. I discounted the FNS because the grip was too aggressive for these old hands, it needed trigger work, and there wasn't much aftermarket support for it. The price was right and it already came with three magazines though.

Late 56 for me. The day I finally got up the nerve to try it (since I didn't know anyone there and had only been shooting for a few months), my dog ran between my legs after getting spooked by a car, tying my feet together. Half of my middle finger (strong hand) ended up at 40 degrees from the rest of the finger. Needless to say that my brilliant debut was delayed for a few months. I'm still not very good, but I see small improvements and have a great time doing it. It's something to think about, reason through the improvement process, and something to look forward to. I do IDPA (we don't have USPSA within 100 miles), so the movement is not bad at all. I don't have any real thoughts that I will ever be a GM at this point, but I'd like to get comfortable shooting the big matches without totally bombing out. I think that's a reasonable goal at this point. I do wish they wouldn't call me sir though...lol.

Any that are 1/8" thick?

I looked at these over a year ago, when I had a plastic Witness. I also came within a hair of buying one in the spring, when I decided I didn't need another ESP gun and went for an SSP one instead. The people on the Tanfoglio forum said the best way was to get a machinist to remove the rail. Then they went into a long discussion about why you would need a rail on a competition gun anyway and I have to agree with them. The older frame for the same gun didn't have one. It didn't really make sense to add one. I asked the guy that ran one at our last match and he didn't seem to know it was over weight. He had only shot a level II match with it and they didn't weigh the guns (I was there). He got a match bump to SS with it, by the way. The other thing I wonder about that gun is why they didn't use all the slide real estate to increase the sight radius. The ones I've seen had the rear sight forward of the back of the slide. Jim Jones of J&L Gunsmithing in Virginia Beach, Virginia sells them and works on Tanfo's in general. He also happens to be our local IDPA SO Trainer, so I'm sure he could answer your question. He has a facebook page and a web sight. The closest in the Witness family I found to use in IDPA is the limited Pro. That is too long by apparently .05 inch. They will fit in most old wooden boxes but not in the new plastic exact size ones. I think it would be easier to shave .050" off the beavertail, but apparently, that would put it forever in ESP (which doesn't really matter to me). Now I just have to figure out how to buy one without getting in too much trouble. They are both pretty sexy looking guns and my older plastic witness and it's metal brethren, felt very comfortable to me.

Unfortunately, I believe I can explain it...but I'm disavowing any direct knowledge due to my inexperience. Most of them don't actually occur when the shooter is moving, but when the target is moving, like a falling target or a drop turner. I believe the motivation is you don't want to get credit for when the target is beyond it's planned presentation to the shooter. At it's theoretical limit, you could be cutting a target in half like a playing card trick shot. I don't believe shooters usually engage targets from near 90 degrees from their front to cause this to happen while moving. I guess it's possible, but I would be afraid of breaking the 180. You have to be pretty far to the side to see an oval.