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I tried a Holosun 507C and a Bushnell RXM-300 in my milled S2 slide, and neither were drop-in. My smith cut the slide so precisely for the SRO, that the cut would need to be tweaked to fit the other optics.
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Henning BP's
in CZ
I was one that put a magwell on my S2 and started cocked and locked. There were 5 or 6 other LO shooters in my squad, a couple with Legions or Sig M17's, and the others with Atlas or a 2011 of some flavor. I used Taylor Freelance extensions with a Boss Components magwell. I had to relieve the tops of the extensions to allow the mags to lock in.
I shot our local Sunday with a guy with a Shadow with a Springer magwell. I think I'm going to try it, so I can run my brass SSI Scales grips. TTI had a 31% off site wide sale and I grabbed some of his CZ extensions to try.
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Is there a match book for this yet?
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43 minutes ago, Racinready300ex said:
I imagine next year there will be way less iron sight shooters at Nat's. LO is growing fast, and it's basically going to be another shot at a National title for all the CO guys who shot their Nationals several months before.
A couple friends that have shot the last couple Nat's at that range said they don't plan to go back to Nationals when it's there. They felt the stages have been kind of trash every time.
Most guys liked our Area match better than Nat's.
I'm glad I went. It was in my backyard, I got in when the slots were added. It was definitely challenging. And I'm glad I had a dot and a solid zero.
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I thought I sucked with 7 mikes. Then I checked PS after, wow, just wow. If your zero wasn't perfect, you had a rough 3 days.
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Rain appears to be holding off. I looked at the new stage schedule and noticed there is a Bay 21/Stage 21, and they are on the map, but there is no Stage 21 diagram or round count. Anyone on the ground that can advise?
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Saw a video of a version possibly coming that will take P320 mags. I did love the 21rd. P320 mags when I had my X5. Wish they had a bull barrel option.
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7 hours ago, Sarge said:
Trying to keep the thread alive as long as possible.
I’m surprised beyond words how the other 2 threads went as long as they did.
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Walls and barrels have to be maintained to get fair scoring. Shot a recent local where the barrels were shot to hell by the time our squad got there. Some wide black masking tape to cover existing holes, then maintain hits per shooter makes it pretty easy.
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6 minutes ago, Fishbreath said:
I would change two things about Cardinal nationals if I had a magic wand:
1. More shoot-any-direction bays.
2. Warmup/sight-in bays open before AM squads' first shots.
Otherwise I think it's a great facility, although I'm slightly biased because it's a super-easy drive for me.
Yeah, the bays with the concrete walls suck, but they are using bullet traps to try allow more directions other than directly down range.
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2 hours ago, warpspeed said:
Just when you think it can't get any worse -
We've had a President removed for similar behavior. Wonder how they will justify keeping Troy.
I'll send a note to my AD. If you think this was wrong you should too,
As did I. Not heard back.
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3 hours ago, Racinready300ex said:
I just got one of those this morning. Put it on my gun wracked the slide and the dot turned off and wouldn't come back on. Removed and reinstalled batter, dot came back on. Wracked gun again, dot went back out.
A buddy of mine said he had the same issue and bent the batter tabs installed the batter and bent the tabs back. Saying they were to tight not allowing the battery to fully seat. I'll probably try this tonight and see if it gets it working. Otherwise it's basically DOA.
Hope I got one like KC's! Good luck, to both of us. You may need to use the "Lifetime" (5 year) warranty.
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Mine was found broken when my smith took it apart for some work. I had put a Cheely steel grip on it, and went blasting. Guess it needed more fitting than I had done. Faxon in Cincinnati welded it up for him, and he fitted the grip correctly. It happens.
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I just bought an RXM-300 and love it so far. I hope you're not having bad luck with one of those already.
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On 9/4/2023 at 9:13 AM, rowdyb said:
- normal da/sa Shadow 2 optic ready, starting "cocked and locked"
-TS Orange in 9mm, milled or dovetail
-TS2 in 9mm, milled or dovetail
-SAO Shadow 2 either milled or dovetail
Is there anything about one of these models that really precludes it from the division? Like does having an LPA cut slide prevent turning it into an optics gun easily? Weight? Barrel length? Magazine and magwell issues?
I added a Boss Components mag well and SSI TS mag well-cut grips to my Shadow 2 and start cocked and locked for LO. I already had the CGW short reset trigger in it, so the trigger starts nearly up against the frame when cocked, so the trigger reach can't get any shorter. I handled a SAO Shadow 2 recently in a shop, and the stock trigger reset is a lot longer than my gun, and I did not feel any advantage in it. As has been said, a conventional DA/SA trigger can run in CO ad LO. My gun has been milled for an SRO.
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There used to be discussions about upcoming matches as well. I remember scouring the back of Front Sight for match applications that had to be cut out, completed and mailed in. Times change.
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6 hours ago, Douglee25 said:
I smirked reading this thread... Oh how a little time changes things. Not even a full year ago people s#!t on the prodigy like it was the worst gun ever. Now people are arguing it's a better buy than the Stacatto. I'm glad to hear they got the problems ironed out. I always liked how the guns felt in my hand.
Right? About when STI became Staccato, semi-custom shooters were crapping on them for build quality. Now Staccato shooters have a gun of their own to look down on.
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I shot Open Nats at SUPS in 2019, and enjoyed it. I understand they had a range remodeling in 2020, but why has Nats not been there any longer?
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10 hours ago, deerslayer said:
Same thing happened to my dad. He did everything else left handed though.
I write, throw, shoot long guns, and use a fork right handed. Kick, bat, drive nails, shoot handguns, swing a racket, brush teeth, talk on the phone, play ping pong, golf all left handed. Fortunately I am right eye dominant.
To the OP, the Shadow 2 safeties are the same as the TS2 safeties. I also got my ambi from Eric G. in France.
I do everything left handed, except when it comes to swinging a ball bat or golf club. Dad taught me to do those things, and he was right handed. Mom was left handed.
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31 minutes ago, Kevrend said:
Pretty sure they are or were Blem versions but I snagged one also and I’m content with it. Still waiting on a 507 Comp to show up, but the fit and finish of the plate is up to par with all expectations and looks like it flares out from the slide to the optic dimensions cleanly. Replaces u notch rear sight with a square notch rear of same height. Also comes with two sets of different length screws for trijicon or for holosun mounting. For $70 it’s a win.
Nice, mine arrives today.
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Glad I came across this, I got a spot. Nats in my backyard!
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Just saw Impact Machine has Prodigy RMR plates. I just ordered one, no idea how they compare to the AOS or CHP plates. But for $70 shipped, I'll try one.
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15 minutes ago, Rich406 said:
The fact that USPSA is still asking the question in a recent poll seems to indicate otherwise…..
Most believe it's just show, going through the motions.
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5 hours ago, RJH said:
No, they did it correctly. Major in new divisions would be dumb if the object was for people to shoot them. But that has been hashed out about a million times already on this site. How is limited optics doing in your area?
Pretty good in SW Ohio. 10-15 shooters consistently at our locals out of around 75 shooters. We had a fundraiser match for a LEO/shooter last week with almost 100 shooters, and there were 18 in LO. Similar to Ltd. and Open, way behind CO. But next year when people are classified and a whole season can be dedicated to it, it may increase. Bringing it out in the middle of the season when people are getting ready for nationals and other big matches, it's hard to really gauge. I only shot 2 majors this year so far, one in CO before the new division, and one in LO unclassified, because we were all unclassified.
9 Major - Everglades recipe?
in 9mm/38 Caliber
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I've used AA7, Shooters World Major Pistol, HS6, Silhouette, and Auto Comp for major 9.