mthomas001

Thanks to the great MSSA crew for an awesome match - Lynn Jones, Bill Grewe, and Brad Griffin. Thanks for all the time and hard work! The stages were alot of fun and I can't wait until next year. It was great to see the usual suspects again, Sam Keen (The man, the myth, the legend), John Wedig (One day I'll have my pic in Front Sight too..). Congrats to Clint Upchurch on a great Limited performance, Clint I enjoyed talking with you and I'll see you again soon! DVC Mike Thomas

Congrats Sam Keen on your Revolver title. The MS Classic was a great match - mt first time there, but by no means that last!! Always a pleasure to see you and even better shooting with you. DVC Mike Thomas

Hey Sheldon, Yea - The Dawson guns are doing great. The only problems I ever had with them were magazine related - not the gun(s). Once I bought the Grams guts for the tubes, the feeding issue went away. The guns run like well oiled machines. I have a good friend that shoots with me here in the Middle TN area and he is about to call Paul at Dawson to place his order for one. Dave D knows what he's doing....... Mike Thomas

Razz, My name is Mike Thomas and I have 2 of Dave's Practical Advantage limited guns. I bought both of them about one year ago, trading in my Para P-16 ltd's. I have to tell you, the guns are amazing..Extremely accurate, and very reliable. Pending you have the right mags, these guns are sick reliable and accurate!!!! They are the best thing going in limited guns...period - in my opinion. If you get one, you will not be disappointed. To quote Sheldon Carrouth (I think), "the guns are rather boring.....They go bang every time you pull the trigger, eat anything you feed them, and deposit all the bullets in one nice little ragged hole"!!! Good Luck! DVC Mike Thomas

Thanks for the information Chet! I was just curious about the triggers and hammers. I may have a couple of the flat triggers fitted to my guns just to check them out. Did your flat triggers start out as the blanks that have to be fitted to the shooter? If they were, it looks like you did a nice job on your wife's gun. If you purchased the trigger like the one in the picture, let me know where you got it!! Incidently, have you had good experiences with the service at Dawson? I am a big fan of Dave's craftsmanship as a builder, and his guns run like tops, but he is never available for questions (I know he's extremely busy and I don't need to talk to him often at all). Also, so many of the orders I have placed with them have gotten screwed up - royally!! However, they have always made good on things that got messed up, so I'm okay with things, I just wish they were better about correspondance (i.e. returning phone calls, etc.) Thx, Mike

Wow! Nice Heaters Chet! I have two Dawson Practical Advantage pistols, one of which is brand spankin new! I noticed that you are running the Koenig hammer instead of the C&S/Dawson hammer. Is this for an extra light trigger job (i.e. 1.25-1.50 lbs)? I am about to send my babies back to Dave to have him lighten the triggers. I have the Dawson hammers in both guns and both triggers break at just over 2.5lbs. I'd like to get them to 2 lbs 0oz flat, so I was wondering if that may require a different hammer/sear/disconnector setup. Also, how do you like the flat trigggers? I may try one out as I am currently using the STI long curve in both guns. Any input would be great, and thanks in advance! Mike Thomas