Rob1125

I used a cut down shotgun cleaning rod and a 12 gauge mop. I loaded up the mop with JB bore cleaner and chucked the rod into my drill. Inside of the mag was nice and shiny after a couple of minutes.

I would go with option B. The heavier slide of the edge will help dampen recoil. You can experiment with recoil spring and mainspring weights to tune the feel of the gun. You can always have metal removed in the future if you think you need it.

May have to get a group of retirees together and take a road trip!

Is this match open to retired LEO's, or just active duty?

I don't have his contact info, but he hangs out quite a bit at the Boomer Shooter forum. Someone over there will certainly know how to get in touch with him. I just checked his sub forum over there and his email is mike@aiguns.com

Same mag body, just a shorter follower and a spacer for 9mm. I just repurposed all my old .38 super mags to 9mm. They work 100%.

9X25's were extremely obnoxious... as well as teeth rattling.

Beauty aside, the proof is in the performance. The target below is the first 5 rounds at 7 yards. The second target has a total of 75 rounds, 5 at 7 yards, 45 at 10, and 25 at 15. The one flyer at 7 o'clock was all me.

As you can see, Glenn does incredible work. Here are some of the specs: SVI frame and mag well Caspian 5 inch slide Schumann 9mm AET barrel Dawson sights Grip stippling done by Glenn EGW internals

Couple more pictures

Back in 1994 I had my last open gun built by Dan Ruff at Competition Gun Works. Dan had built every gun I had shot in competition. I was friends with Mike Voigt and was able to get a very early SVI frame, slide, and magazines for the project. I shot the gun for a season and it was amazing. I was transferred at work and had weekdays off. This, combined with getting married, competition burn out, and other stuff, severely impacted my ability to compete. The gun slowly made its way to the back of the safe. Fast forward 20 years. Several of my friends are shooting 3 gun and one was actually a Pro on 3 Gun Nation. I had a chance to shoot a couple of 2011 9mm's they had built. I started getting the itch to compete again. I tried a S&W M&P Pro at first. I liked the gun, but just couldn't make friends with it. Then one day I was digging around in the safe and came across my old friend and the 10 old SVI magazines I had for it. I did some more digging and found a bald Caspian 9mm slide and several other parts. This started me thinking about recycling my old friend into something I would use. I spent a lot of time researching gunsmiths on this site as Dan was no longer in business. I like what I saw from Glenn at Lone Star Innovations. I contacted Glenn and discussed having him build a 9mm limited upper for my old friend. Glenn agreed to do the job and I shipped the old lower and a box of parts off to Texas. Some time went by and Glenn and I exchanged several emails. I received a call from him last week and he said he had a package ready to ship. UPS dropped off my package a few days later and I excitedly opened it. Inside was my old friend, redone to exceed my expectations. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

You may have to change the ejector in the frame if you are installing a complete top end.

The interchangeable breach face is unique to SVI slides. Being an STI products, the Maruader does not have this feature.

You would also need a barrel, extractor, and possibly and ejector.

I have always tried to shoot with higher level shooters. I find that makes me push myself that much harder. The best match I ever had was at the USPSA Nationals. I was traveling with two friends and we were all in the same squad. One of my friends was a Master and I was a B. I ended up being the lowest ranking shooter in the squad. By watching the other shooters make their stage plan and actually shoot the stage, I was able to step up my performance. I earned my National A card at that match. I found all of the higher classed shooters to be very helpful. When we would do our walk-through, several of them would point out to me potential problems areas in the stage and how I could mitigate them. I had taken several classes prior, but this was a great education under match pressure. Tommy Campbell was in that squad and noticed I was having minor problems with my new at the time Safariland holster. We spent about 20 minutes in the safe area adjusting the holster and my draw. I never forgot how helpful he was and try to pay it forward when I see a newer shooter having problems.

Another option would be to fit an SVI interchangeable trigger and pick one of the short faces. It takes a little work to fit it correctly, but you can change the trigger faces to tailor it to you.

Very nice little carry gun!

Another vote for Caspian. I've used them on about five builds and never had a single problem.

I would agree with Sarge. Slide is coming forward too fast and trapping the brass. Reduce the spring weight and the problem should go away.

My first part to break during a match was a firing pin stop. It split right down the middle during my first USPSA Nationals in 1993. George from EGW fixed me up and got me back in the match within minutes.

I have always had good luck with SVI magazines. With STI I usually buy the tubes and use TTI internals. I haven't tried any of the MBX magazines yet.

I used the SVI ultra capacity followers and springs with my older SVI mags. Capped them off with TTI 4G basepads and they are good to go with 23 rounds of 9mm reloadable. I haven't updated my older .40 mags as of yet, but will probably go the same route with them.

Some of the best acting and cinematography I have seen in years. Picked it up on Friday on Blu-Ray and have watched it twice since then.

I really like the XPS sight and find it slightly more reliable than the older EoTechs due to the direction the battery mounts. I have switched all of my working rifles to the XPS/EXPS sights. I like the XPS as it mounts slightly lower. My agency is currently running between 250-300 EoTechs of various vintages. We have had zero problems with the XPS series sights.

I have 2 guns with SVI slides and the quality of the machining is excellent. I like the fact you have multiple options for cuts when you order it. I have also had several guns built using Caspian slides. If I'm having a smith build the gun I will usually use a blank Caspian. I am currently waiting for a build from Lone Star Innovations and I picked a Caspian for that build.