WJM

On different snares there are things called snare locks. (Sorry if it sounds like I may be talking down to anyone I just don't know how much knowledge they have of this.) And on the snare locks if you use that checkering file on it it will create teeth that will grind the snare cable between the lock. It essentially makes the snare lock up much faster making the animal suffer much much less. Wyatt

If you wanted to start checkering on an uncheckered pistol I would suggest the file you linked. I thought of using that file (I own one and have used it for animal snaring purposes) but I didn't want to put that on my Tanfo. Wyatt

And right there is what turned the tables on my shooting career. The sooner people realize that the top shooters aren't Gods or Superhumans the better they will start to shoot. Wyatt

The one I linked to is the fine one and thats the one I used. The aggressive may take it off faster if thats what your worried about, but I put around 2 hours into it and a few blisters later and it turned out fantastic. I will post some before and after photos tonight when I get home from Australia. The fine one is plenty tough for the job, however I don't know how many guns this file will do. I have a feeling that after any more than my dads S2 9mm it wouldn't be too useful. Wyatt

I made my own pin that is slightly smaller than 1/16th. Go to lowes, but a 1/16th POS pin, and put it on a drill. Use sandpaper and spin it down to the length you want. I did this and now its a breeze to take out that damned pin. Wyatt

Mind posting a link to the exact file you used? http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/general-gunsmith-tools/files/fine-file-sku080648604-701-2881.aspx I used an old handle for something don't remember what it was. But a wood handle that let me really make new checkering. Only reason I even know about this is my dads S2 9mm had the worst checkering I have ever felt. Now its 200% better. Wyatt

My stock 2 9mm was 923 dollars. Even with "800" dollars in parts that brings it to 1700, 5 mags at EAA single bough is 200 so it's right around 2100 With base pads. So that's still 500 dollars cheaper. Now, for my gun build I know for a fact that it wasn't "800" dollars in parts, in fact I did it for right around 300-500 or so. Let's still say you bought the mags single that would be right around 1800 dollars with the base pads. So yeah most people won't want a gun that is 700 dollars over priced. WJM

60 degree file, and about 3 hours of work. My .40 stock 2 still has better checkering than my 9mm, but I didn't want to put in the extra time into my 9mm and for right now it's plenty. I wouldn't say "99%" of the Tanfoglios have aggressive texturing, in my experience it's right around half. But with the file from Brownells it fixed it no problem. I also use it to clean up my checkering before a match (I dry fire with it so much that it tears off my skin and it ends up making the texture useless unless I clean it) WJM

I like em wet... But that isn't it. With the Tanfo I dry off the gun after I clean it. There is more dust here than anywhere. Plus my practice is in the desert. Basically bombing ranges. More sand and dust out here. Will test out 3 gun equipment well though. Wyatt

3 months. Wyatt

I clean my mags on every single stage I shoot. Where I shoot the dust is so bad and the wind is so bad I have actually had to clean my gun after a few stages because it just cakes on the gun. I also had to clean my holster every match. Dust catches in there causes my gun to scratch. Wyatt

I run a 9lb in my match gun, and if I am doing practice only I do an 11lb. 11lb seems to be able to shoot longer without getting sluggish. The 9lb definitely feels better and lighter recoiling. Wyatt

Large frame Tanfo is what I am using. I didn't know Glock had large and small frame. I just got whatever base pad he normally sells. Wyatt

So the TTI plus 3 for Glock mags do fit large frame magazines. However they do need slide fitting. Basically the edges that slip over the bottom of the mag edge need to be rounded out and made more wide because the Tanfo Mags are so wide at the base. When I get home I will take a picture of the base pad and how I had to change it up. If I could push my sight down enough funny enough I could actually fit inside the production box just BARELY. Wyatt

http://s140.photobucket.com/user/Fowl-Kid/media/4ED3000F-1C87-4848-BC00-ABF47030EE82_zpsqzzqqrvb.mp4.html This is how I do unloaded starts with my Tanfo. Wyatt

Before After And that's it.

Yes! I'm glad I could be of some use! Honestly now I am reconsidering selling my gun. Who knows I may just keep it. Thing runs perfect and it would be nice to have my dad use his own gun instead of having to trade. Hopefully Gump sees this and it solves his problem. WJM

Weird I didn't get an email about it and I have been on his waitlist for an S2. Wyatt

Well, the mag springs didn't change it. I was getting very frustrated, especially when Praetorian would only mutter U die every 5 minutes. Went to a match in Idaho and luckily there was a gunsmith there. I took the gun to him, and he said have you ever checked the firing pin hole? Um, well no I hadn't thought of that. Sure enough firing pin hole had a burr on the top end that was catching the brass as it came up. Resulted in locking the gun out of battery. Small polish job later, gun runs flawless. Took it Through 250 rounds last night and not one issue. Thanks, Wyatt

It is an empty brass. Like I said I believe it is an extracting problems as it happens with multiple mags. I am thinking of just ordering a new extractor and dropping it in the gun. WJM

What is causing this issue? Obviously I know the picture is of a Glock, but this same thing is happening to my Tanfo Stock 2. My immediate thoughts are that the extractor is going bad. This issue only happens every 2-3 out of 400 rounds. The gun is wore in, and it's only started in the last week or so. The case head of the brass looks stripped where the extractor looks like it slipped off the case. I don't believe it is an extractor spring issue because I just replaced it with a new one. Thanks, Wyatt

You're right my apologies. Just to clarify, I had light strikes with Winchester And CCI small RIFLE primers. Traded back to the Gen 3, no issues at all. To the best of my knowledge the gen 4 firing pin works for all Small PISTOL primers. WJM

Please elaborate In my Stock 2 9mm I was running the Generation 4 firing pin. Ran it with Winchester Small pistol, and CCI Small Pistol. Had 2 light strikes out of 40 rounds of each primer in double action. Granted I know these are hard primers and they are practice ammo not match ammo, but while I was at the range I traded back to a Henning XL Generation 3 and the gun ran flawless in double action. I tested 60 rounds Double Action to see if it was the firing pin, and I can confirm the only difference was the Generation 3 vs Generation 4. WJM Good to know, maybe the extra wieght of the Gen 3 helps. My Gen 4 has been good last 700rounds WSP. Yes for all small pistol primers I have used the Gen 4 has worked. However I like it to smash any small rifle, so when I get to a match there is absolutely no question in my mind that it will set off a Federal Winchester or CCI Small Pistol. WJM

Just got done with my first major match. First thing first, the things that I feel like I did extremely well and was able to do consistently. I went into this match and wanted to do 2 things. Be very calm and disciplined on the stages, and shooting the match as clean as possible. The disciplined and calm part meant to me keeping my head on straight. If I screwed up a stage, I would put in my headphones turn on some Hans Zimmer and mentally escape while I planned the next stage. I ended up doing this method 2 times yesterday and boy it was helpful. To me that was the biggest eye opener of my shooting career. Yes I looked like a total dickhead because of my headphones, but really most people who plan stages and are mentally visualizing them look kind of like dickheads so.. Second was shooting a near clean match. My goal was obviously to shoot a clean match. This in my mind means no foot faults, no misses on steel, no hardcover mikes, and NO no shoots. Unfortunately I was only able to get through 7 stages before I got my only no shoot of the match. Luckily that would be the only penalty of my match. Next I am going to go through each stage and what I thought of each of them. Stage 1, I shot this one well. I need to work on exploding out of position better. My hits were very acceptable, and I threw 1 charlie on this stage on a target I took on the move at around 13 yards. There were some 5 inch steel plates at around 25 yards, and I had 1 make up shot on a steel. This ended up being a stage win for me and I beat the next closest production shooter by around 1 hit factor and 4 seconds. Stage 2, was the first stage of the day. I wanted to take this stage a little slow just to calm my nerves and ease into the match. I took some targets on the move with a very aggresive plan, and as a result I threw 5 charlies and 1 delta. Unfortunately this was the first stage but I shook it off well. One thing I wish I had done better was to hit the activator with 3 shots and that would've saved me a second or two. I ended up with 2nd place at around 89%. Stage 3, was in my mind as perfect of a stage as I have ever had. I had 1 make up shot so I guess that could've been better, but in the end I thought I shot as good as I possibly could've. I shot this stage completely clean and shot 20 alphas. I also shot this stage 1 second faster than the next closest shooter, and that gave me a clear stage win. Stage 4, this stage was a charlie foxtrot. I shot the steel well, 1 make up shot, and shot all the points, but unfortunately I had a malfunction that cost me around 5 seconds. I believe the extractor on the 9mm is bad, but I will check again. At this point thats all I could think that is wrong. This ended up being a 4th place finish for me. Stage 5 was the classifier CM 09-02 Diamond Cutter. I had practiced this one in dry fire and live fire and had shot a very consistent 3.5 second all alphas. I wanted to back it down a little bit because obviously I would rather have the good points than a good classifier at a major match. First time through I shot it in 3.69 seconds with 1 charlie. Went up to the targets and they weren't taped. So reshoot. I had the bullets and told them I was already warmed up, so I went up to the line and shot a 3.74 with 1 charlie. Pretty much the same score. I ended up winning this stage with a little over 1.8 hit factor advantage. Stage 6, went good. My dad and I changed our plans last minute because we overlooked that it was an unloaded start. Our plan involved us shooting 10 rounds from the first position and this would've resulted in a slide lock reload that we didn't want to do. So we changed it and shot 8 from every position. In the end I liked this plan more than ours and it ended up being enough for a second place finish and 99.7% of the first place guy. Stage 7, was probably my worst stage. From the beginning I just had a bad grip. Can't explain it but the gun was NOT where I wanted it to be, and my trigger finger ended up being way too far into the trigger and I just slapped it too bad. Ended up with a 5th place finish, and I was not happy. Luckily I was able to keep the loss to a minimum and I was around 80% of the top shooter. Stage 8, ahh the no shoot stage. Low ports and tall people are not a good combo. I knew going into this match that low ports were a weakness of mine, and combine that with a double action first shot, well it went to shit. I know what I need to work on and honestly to me it is more physical related than shooting related. I need to have better agility and I need to lose weight. Thats the cold hard truth. I ended up taking 3rd place on this stage and shot 85% of the top shooter. It was still a manageable loss but unacceptable in my mind. Stage 9, this stage went well. There was some 25 yard steel and a 25 yard swinger. We made a stage plan that basically involved if you went 1 for 1 on steel you engaged a target from this position. If however you didn't go one for one on the steel, you had to engage it from another. I had one make up shot on steel which meant I had a slide lock load, which wasn't a big deal to me. Unfortunately I called a couple shots bad that ended up not being too bad, and I took 2 too many make up shots and ended up doing another slide lock reload from a position I didn't want to. I handled it well however and I ended up going into the last position and shot the last steel with the last round in the gun. It was enough for a 2nd place on this stage, and 97% of the next shooter. Stage 10, this stage went well. The slow was start (AGILITY NEEDED) but we did a stage plan that didn't involve shooting strong hand through a port. I think this saved me around 2 seconds on the next closest shooter. I ended up dropping 3 charlie, but I was overall very happy with this especially in my transitions on this stage. Overall it was the funnest match of my career so far. I ended up taking 1st place and beat the next shooter by around 3 percent. My goals for right now are losing around 20 pounds and gaining upper body strength. This will involve to me a lot of dry fire, and a lot of gym work. I will still live fire once or twice a week and matches on saturday, but for the most part my training will be the gym. Thanks, WJM

Please elaborate In my Stock 2 9mm I was running the Generation 4 firing pin. Ran it with Winchester Small pistol, and CCI Small Pistol. Had 2 light strikes out of 40 rounds of each primer in double action. Granted I know these are hard primers and they are practice ammo not match ammo, but while I was at the range I traded back to a Henning XL Generation 3 and the gun ran flawless in double action. I tested 60 rounds Double Action to see if it was the firing pin, and I can confirm the only difference was the Generation 3 vs Generation 4. WJM