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Clamp on. I've used Vltor & Yankee Hill non-adjustable and the SLR Sentry 7 adjustable.

Trojans do not come with ambi safeties or FO sights unless you order it that way. Flat topping the slide is not that big a deal. Accurate Plating and Weaponry will do it and refinish the slide reasonably. I thought the STIppling on the front of my Trojan was a complete waste of time as far as being an effective grip. I covered it with skateboard tape. The Trojan is a nice gun, but there are a lot of options out there now.

For $700, I'd jump on the RO. I have the Spartan, & it's been flawless. The 9mm RO wasn't out yet when I bought it. The internals on the Spartan are STI parts, so should be better than the Armscor parts. The Trojan is nice, look for a used one to offset some cost.

I had this problem with my Para Pro Comp 40 after I replaced the sear spring with a SV Triglide. The left leg was set too light. It would fall to half cock when I slammed a mag on a reload, until the half cock notch sheared on the stock hammer. I replaced the stock fire control parts with STI & the sear spring with an EGW. Put a little more tension on the left leg. The Brazos parts are good.

I think the best idea was one proposed for the Pro/Am. Publish the list in order, and if the stickers aren't worth the wait, hit the road.

I had this discussion with lcs. The short gun feels nice when dry firing, but the long gun feels better when actually shooting. LOL. I sold both my shortys and kept my long gun. You can do amazing things with lightening the slide to give you the weight of the shorty and the smoothness of the long gun. I shoot 9 Major. No brass scrounging knee pads for me. HS6, Silhouette, and CFE Pistol work great.

Full length guide rod & new spring, good as new. You'll need a plug with a hole for the rod.

I tried theVoodoo Innovations when I got the barrel. Seems to be as flat at the Miculek or Surefire. Not sure on regular retail, but I got it for $45 at the Pro/Am.

They are a little more expensive than Syrac, but nice. Easier to keep clean, spring loaded detents, Melonited.

SLR Rifleworks. The adjustment screw is on the front, so it can be adjusted with the tube on.

I'm sorry, but some sentence structure & punctuation, & we might be able to tell if you are making a statement or asking a question.

Chills, what are you practicing for? If you just like to shoot, that's fine. But "practicing" implies preparation for an event. If you aren't shooting matches, what's the point? Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. If you like to shoot matches, shoot matches, and let's throw the bums out with our votes when the time comes.

I'm loading 3.6gr. Clays with a 124 SNS coated with no lube groove. So soft, 135 pf from my Spartan 5".

I just discovered this match this year, and told all my buds up here that we had to go next year. Hope it happens.

If I had to buy a new scope today, I'd seriously look at the Burris XTR II 1-5. Illum. is more than daylight bright, reticle is not too busy, and enough power for 99.99% of what we do. Can be had for around $700.

I built my ultra lightweight build with the 16.5" Voodoo. With the SLR adjustable gas block, I am 6 clicks from closed. It has everything I was looking for: manuverable in tight quarters, accurate, flat shooting with the Voodoo comp, and light in the hand. I would not reject the 18" Voodoo, just don't have one. I remember reading the port size is bigger, but don't recall it's size. It's in the Voodoo thread.

Is there a reciprocating weight in the front moving half of the buffer to prevent bolt bounce? I've read Kurt post in the past that some weight movement is necessary. Do these still come with a buffer spring?

I carry a "blow out kit" in my shooting bag. Molle med pouch with a tourniquet, quik clot, compression bandages, sterile gauze, shears, chest seal.

I finished my lightweight build with this barrel. I used an Anderson Manufacturing lightweight upper without forward assist or port door, a Voodoo lightweight bolt carrier and a rifle buffer with 4 weights removed & replaced with an empty 308 case as a spacer. It weights 3oz. now. I had to torque/retorque the barrel nut 3 times to get the the teeth to line up. I also used the SLR clamp on gas block and Voodoo comp. The handguard is the AP Custom carbon fiber 12.3". The stock is the ACE ARUL. I have an Aero SPR ultra lite scope mount ordered so the scope is not on it yet. I got the gas block tuned yesterday. I had to shoot it wide open about a dozen rounds before it would lock back on an empty mag, then I closed it down to 6 clicks from closed. It was locking back consistently with my 55gr. reloads that were 3000fps. from my 18" rifle. I may try a Wolff lightweight buffer spring. Empty with no sights, it weighs 5.1lbs.

The amateur stage at the Rock with all steel optionals pushed me into all pistol, not shotgun, with the no-shoot plates so close to the shoot plates. Being that I prefer pistol was a happy coincidence. :Maybe we should have more true 3 gun matches and less multi gun. When I started, not that many years ago, 3 gun had several stages with one gun only, and multi gun had the guns mixed on the stages. That would truly test skills with each gun, no dodging.

A little twist, interested in opinions. I was shooting AM stage with the three cars. I got to the rifle targets through the window of the second car, and heard a fizzle sound, not a pop like a primer, so I clear the round and begin to continue the stage. RO stopped me for suspicion of a squib. Picked up the round, and found the primer had been seated sideways, and fizzled when struck by the firing pin. Since I was stopped by the RO and there was no bullet in the bore, I was given a reshoot. The ammo issue was clearly mine, so do the "big boy rules" guys think it should have been a reshoot, or scored as shot? I doubt there is a direct answer to this in the Pro/Am rules as published. We relied on outstanding USPSA rules or past practice to grant the reshoot.

How do you get DQ'd twice in the same match?

That sucks you were still working. 2 years ago I was still shooting til after 8:30. I thought they might have worked the bugs out of it. My squad was done by 4:30 this year.

That is the best idea I've heard yet on the prize table. That way if you are in the 200's you don't have to wait until 12:05am to to get your stickers. Why don't we have the table before dinner like the 1st year to get people on the road. Those running the table appeared awfully anxious for us to get out of there.

I snagged a stripped Voodoo carrier at Rockcastle for $95. One of the few things that went right for me there. Assembling all the parts for a super lightweight build.