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FWIW, I prefer whatever gets the sights back to zero the fastest. For me that's a longer gun, lightened slide, gun tuned to the load. It also means lighter rather than heavier bullets. I'd rather have more recoil, or the same recoil, but snappier if the sights return quicker. The only exception to this is forward falling steel matches with 9mm. If I have to shoot 9 minor in these matches, I go for 147s at 144 PF.

This. ^^^^^^^ They feel different with the same load. Try one before you buy.

YHou don't have to tighten the spring 2 full turns, but it has to be more than what Ruger recommends. FWIW, I shot AR Tactical for years. For some reason I have 1-2 failures to fire in every 300 rounds in all of my 22 pistols. Fires 100% in my 10/22. MiniMags do not have that problem in pistols.

The older barrels had Bentz chambers, and they were troublesome. Now they are all Sporter chambered unless you ask for Bentz. Many fewer problems. Glad I bought TK spares for everything. Good thing. I tossed all the Ruger feed lips and rotors.

If you have a Bentz chamber in your barrel, that may be a cause. Mine had problems feeding. Some ammo flat out didn't work. Stuff like Fiocchi standard vel and Eley target ran 100%. Stuff that used hard wax lube, like CCI and many others caused intermittent problems. At the recommendation of @Hoops, I replaced it with a Briley Raptor barrel. Briley MFG - Briley “Raptor” 16.5” Ultra-lightweight 10/22 Rifle Barrel. It feeds everything I've tried in it. That includes all the ammo that would not run in my Bentz chambered barrel. I'll note that I lost a little accuracy. With good ammo and a rest, I was able to hit silhouette chickens at 50 yards every time. With the Raptor, only 2 or 3 out of 5 shots. 100% on turkeys. Still way more accuracy than needed for SCSA.

I also use Tandemkross DoubleKross mags and internals. The Kidd single stage trigger group holds them in with no wiggle. I also use CCI MiniMags. Zero feed issues. In Winter I keep the ammo and mags in warmed compartments in my bag. I also use the bullseye trick of running a line of lube across the top round in each mag. It helps a lot. If your ammo uses liquid wax, you don't need that. I have not found any meaningful difference between Kidd, TK, and VQ extractors. They all work much better than the one that came with my bolt.

Some do. There were batches of slides prone to cracking. I think most of the cracking is due to poor slide fit, crazy lightening and too light a recoil spring. I can't believe there are people running 7 lb. recoil springs and expecting everything to last. The slide to frame fit on my main 9 major gun is still tight after 30-40k rounds. Tight as in no play up/down or sideways. I run a 10 lb. recoil spring. The slide was lightened to 10.5 oz., by leaving metal where it mattered and removing where it didn't. I expect it to last another 30-40k.

I think his book is still closed.

18 months tops, no matter what you do. Clean, change springs, adjust feed lips, spray with mag slick, etc. No joy. Not worth the trouble. Toss and buy new. Same goes for Browning Buckmark mags. I'm basing this on much more than 3k per year. I gave up and went to 22 conversions on a 45 1911. GSG mags. Change mag springs every three years and done. Actually, the only reason to change springs that often is they relax enough to allow 11 rounds to be inserted. If you shoot in NJ, that's a big no-no.

All that stuff would have been fun when I was younger. Nowadays, I pass on any stage requiring prone or crawling. Too old for that.

I'd bet it would be #1 only. 5.1.9. BTW, no one is talking about banning holstered pistols. The discussion is about wearing one pistol while shooting another, or a long gun.

For the same ammo. the Maxim had the least muzzle rise. Muzzle rise with the Taccom, no weight, was 'sharper' then with the weight, and appeared to rise less.

This ^^^^^^^. None of the clubs I shoot SCSA at will allow my USPSA major load on their steel. I'm okay with that. It's just that I built a dedicated 1911 Open gun to shoot major before I knew that. It doesn't handle minor loads well until you get up to 155-160 PF. That is still above the limit some clubs allow. So, it sits in a case, unused. For the few times I shoot SCSA Open now, I use factory 9mm or the reloaded equivalent. With minor loads it makes no difference. I have several examples of each. Major is a different story.

I also like the intent of #1. Consistent, and absolutely no way to 'interpret' the rule incorrectly when worded properly.

5", efficient comp and two 3/16" poppels. 10 lb. recoil spring in the main gun; 9 in the backup. 10.8gr AA7 or SWMP under a 115 JHP @ 1.161" OAL. Clean, soft and flat. 10.2gr in the same gun makes 169 PF. Not as soft or flat.

How? Long guns would still dominate the Combined. All that would do was make it harder to make a and up.

I don't get that. Huge differences, especially in the c, b and a classes. The COs I shoot with are FAST.

Yup. A little more recoil and muzzle rise, but it doesn't matter for SCSA. As I've said previously, the muzzle is back down well before you reach the next target. Factory is cheaper than using gobs of 3N38 for a 'real' Open minor load.

Yes. Mostly tricked out CZs with trigger jobs and reduced reach kits. I'm a Single Action guy. The long first pull is distracting. I also shot a friends tricked out Glock. Needs Federal primers to light. Same deal, long first pull. After the first shot, no difference. Same as a good SA trigger. Same time too. BTW, I am not allowed to shoot Open 9 major at any of the steel clubs I shoot at. Shooting major would improve my times. I shoot boatloads of it. Minor feels weird.

If they shoot both they will tell you there is a big difference. There is no functional difference between LO and Open in SCSA. Big dif in USPSA. I built a dedicated 1911 Open gun for SCSA. Before that, I put a dot on my Limited gun and shot it in Open. Even with a dedicated Open load, it took quite a while before I made any new personal bests, with the 1911. Now I just shoot factory or reloads at 131 PF. Zero difference in times. I can see CO being very slightly slower than Open, only because of the DA first pull. That being said, many CO shooters beat Open shooters in USPSA. So, maybe the folks calling for Centerfire Optics and Centerfire Irons are on to something.

I use a ceramic stone. It takes a little longer, but I end up with a planar surface. With sanding, even on a surface plate, you end up making the edges convex. Gluing the sandpaper to the surface plate and rolling it flat eliminates that problem. It's best to move the disco on the stone/sandpaper. Put even pressure on the pad and move it along the stone in the direction it will travel in the gun. Better to do only pushes only, rather than push-pull. Easier to keep even pressure. BTW 1&2: I've stopped using Geppert triggers and Red Dirt triggers are a waste of time. They are too loose in the trigger track. Other trigger bows are too long, as well. For example, the STI gunsmith trigger is too long in a Chelly metal grip.

Don't mess with the sear if you cannot get enough pre-travel with the tabs all the way in. Smooth out the disco pad. If that doesn't work, take a punch and lightly tap the rear of the bow to make it slightly concave. I've had to do this on every Geppert trigger. It works.

I say something (nicely) to shooters who come close to doing something that would get them DQ'd. I'm also surprised. At all the LII and LIII matches I've attended, there was always a CRO and two ROs permanently assigned to each stage. All were NROI certified.

Well, I like combined. Why? I love it when I shoot pistols and beat people shooting long guns.

I have a full race CZ 75 TS 40 with a dovetail mounted dot that I used for Open in SCSA for years. Once I built dedicated 2011 and 1911 Open guns, it sat unused in a case. I've thought about selling it for years, but never pulled the trigger. While reorganizing my reloading room I found I had 3k+ 40 cal bullets stashed in various places. I have plenty of brass and enough primers. I replaced the old dovetail mount and sight with an SRO mount and sight, sighted it in and I'm ready to go. Sight height is now pretty much the same as the sights on my frame mounted Open guns, so I can switch back and forth easily. Fortunately, it works in the same race holster. Now to load up some ammo.