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Played with a buddy's Gideon last week. He's ran it a while, and it's holding up. I thought the dot was too dim on the highest setting in regular Ohio sunshine, and too small for my eyes. After using the green 507comp, I don't think I'll be buying anything else. That includes SRO's.

I had a 40 RIA wide body gun that I could use some of my STI/SV mags in. Some were too tight and wouldn't drop free, the others worked fine. So, in my case, I had to try 12 mags to get 6 that worked. The factory mags, made by Mecgar, were too short to add extensions to and still lock in the gun.

Now there will be people wanting a SS Optic Division.

Buy a complete gun, and sell off the frame. You'll recoup a large chunk of the cost, cheaper than buying the slide alone.

I have an STI hammer/sear/disconnector kit laying around and tried it in my Prodigy, and the sear was the same as Sarge's, too tight in the frame to pivot. Cerakote was too thick. I've used the EE trigger kits several times before, and like them. Dropped in. These guns are not hard to work on, but just need to know how to massage them.

This is what I did with mine, though I didn't get it from TM. Tweeked the center leaf a smidge, dropped in and got a 1# 4oz. trigger. I've used EE kits several times, and they do not disappoint. New safeties will have to be fit, naturally.

Is the slide cut for the K optic, like the Tisas guns?

You already sound smarter than the BoD! I'd vote for you!

There is no individual membership in IPSC, regions are members. The US Region is known as USPSA. And, we are the only region that has it's own rulebook. The rest of the world shoots under the IPSC rulebook.

In 2000 or 2001, JB shot and won the Ohio match in Sylvania with a comp'd/no dot open gun. I was there, it was the talk of the match.

I had a Dan Wesson PM9 that had the tightest chamber I'd ever seen. The only way to get all ammo to gauge was to run cases through the Lee 9mm Makarov sizing die, which would size the area just above the groove. If I'd kept the gun, I'd have the chamber opened up a bit. The cases were pushed all the way thru the die. Lee has a Bulge Buster kit. Pics above, were those cases all the same headstamp? Some crappier brass would bulge on first firing, only suitable for the trash. Those are case ruptures waiting to happen.

Are you talking about the Factory Crimp Die, that has the carbide sizing ring? I use it in all my pistol calibers. Some say it hides other issues that are preventing your ammo from gauging. All I know is when I use it, all my ammo gauges, and I don't have ammo issues. Carbide is harder than steel, so it should last longer than a non-carbide die. Plus, it's not doing a lot of resizing of the case as the regular resizing die is. As to quality, Lee dies are really well regarded. Their other stuff, not so much.

Lot's of people want to give their opinions, and not answer the question. You'll have to figure how to filter them as you go here. The answer, as you figured out, is yes, in a COF that simply says "wrists below belt." Some course designers get lazy writing their starting positions, some are much more careful, some just don't care, like "anywhere in the shooting area, wrists below belt." I don't put a lot of credence in the "what are the GM's doing." If so, we'd all be shooting Caniks. Once upon a time, Robbie and Brian started doing some crazy stuff that we all take for granted now, such as stance and grip. You do you.

I started looking at it from "I'm 80% of the winner today, I'll take it". Kinda puts all the variables in perspective.

I had this happen with a Para, sear spring tension was too light.

No comps allowed in LO. Trying to grasp how a lightened barrel and grip will aid in cycle time.

Palmetto has Optic Ready Shadow 2 for $1099 today.

Palmetto sells Dagger parts that are G19 as a base. They make 19L slides and barrels, and 19 frames that have 17 length grips. So, they end up having G45,47, and 49 guns that you can mix and match.

I had an SP01 Shadow, and sold it to stay with Tanfos at the time. The Shadow grip felt cramped to me, I have L-XL hands. The Shadow 2 is perfect for me. Sold Tanfos, and have 2 S2 now for CO/LO.

I have 2 guns set up for LO. One is STI Eagle-style gun, plastic grip, short dustcover, Government model slide. Transitions quickly, but not as flat as my other gun. The other is a Prodigy with a Cheely steel grip. Flat, but steers like a battleship. I had the grip left over, and decided to put it on to offset the nose-heavy feel it had with the plastic grip. Has anyone tried to lighten a steel grip, maybe some creative cuts in the side panels? Anyone have pics of what they've done?

Slide Ride is the model of C-More that has no mount with it. It's commonly attached to frame mounts on 2011's. I even started a thread here long ago as to why it's called a Slide Ride, when I've never actually seen one mounted on a slide. No one knew why. You may be thinking of the now-common slide mounted dots like the RTS-2, SRO, etc.

My backup gun has an 11# hammer spring, extended firing pin, and 10# recoil spring. Eats all primers I've tried, and trigger is acceptable. Reset is not as nice as my Cajunized primary gun.

This^. Different divisions are like a completely different sport.

Does it take standard mag wells that would work on the gen 1 STI grip? I think that is the major hinderance of the Prodigy grip.

A little off topic, is everyone's 507Comp reticles have the piece of the circle missing at 6 o'clock? When I got my green, we were messing with it at the club, and that was noticed. I see in the pics above it's missing, but never heard mention of it. More of a "horseshoe-dot" than "circle dot".