JackOAT

Yeah, I'm going to 3D print one when I get some time. Hey, man! I knew you were alright. Even at intervals of 2, or even 5 would be better than nothing.

That's the beauty of the Pro Ears, to me. They lower the report of the gun to the same level as everything else. No cutting out. The only danger in them is that you forget you're wearing them. At least I do. Usually don't take them off for the entire match.Edit: I think they call it compression.

Lol, you may be right. But cut me some slack. I'm spending all my dough on 3gun. Ironically, the 4 DOES have one advantage over the newer models. Not as flipping big.

Cameraland had the Vortex Viper 10x28 demos for $279 free shipping. Look great to me, but I'm not an optics whiz. Roof prism is compact and seeing targets at 50yrds shouldn't require a big objectives for maximum light or FOV. JMHO.

I purchased and downloaded Strelok Pro though iTunes to my iPhone 4. For some reason, the program crashes every time I try to pick a .223 cartridge from the database. I was able to pick one for .260 just fine and everything works as it should. I have the latest IOS updates. Anyone else had this issue? Edit: Seems that it only crashes when I pick a cartridge "smaller" than .260 Remington. Anything above that and it works great. I sent an email to Igor. We'll see.

Don't know how I missed this: http://www.guns.com/2015/10/17/magpul-now-shipping-glock-19-magazines/ BTW, Anyone thought of making a jig to mark and drill witness holes in the pmags?

I'm screwed.

No clue, but anything short of getting water to burn will be a disappointment.

I just thought I'd pass on a little info concerning the "Free Glock Certificates" and sales tax. I recently purchased one and sent it in to Glock for redemption on a G19 Gen4. I received an email asking for payment of sales tax to confirm the order. I called the nice lady and told her that I was under the impression that no sales tax was due unless there was an upgrade requested. She informed me there are two types of "Free Glock" certificates. The certificates DIRECTLY FROM GLOCK do not incur sales tax on the listed base models with no up charge. The certificates that are PURCHASED THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, such as certificates awarded at a match, DO INCUR sales tax to be paid by the "recipients(end user)". She told me it "states that on the front of the certificate." I saw that note, but assumed it only applied to upcharges and upgrades. If the sales tax is based on the county to which it ships (my guess), then I was charged 7% on $350, or $24.50. I don't post this as any complaint against Glock, the seller, or the forum. I just thought I would pass along what I learned today as the research I did on these certificates before purchasing seemed to omit this distinction. The good news is; the wait time is not as long as I feared it could be.

Tagged for info in this too. I can't hold on target offhand to save my life. I have always had to slowly ease across onto target and try to time the trigger pull. It's the only method I've had any success with, but can result in trigger jerk.

Yeah, that is frustrating. I signed up for "My Choice". It's free and allows you to sign for items and leave instructions without being there. Check it out. https://wwwapps.ups.com/mcdp?loc=en_US&WT.svl=PNRO_L1

I'm looking forward to updates as well as stage descriptions. If I had to guess, I'd say those are TBD based on the upgrades currently being conducted on the ranges. At least that's what I gather from the AMU Facebook posts. https://www.facebook.com/USAMU1956. I just want to know if that swinging bridge platform will be used this year and if so, how to prep for it.

And what, may I ask, is wrong with IDPA?? LOL, jk. Welcome over here! Careful though. Some good deals in the classifieds.

I got plenty of the pinches learning to load two. It hurt, but no blood like others have experienced. To my shock, I didn't do it in it's maiden match. Not wanting to risk ruining a big match weekend though, I have a new carrier enroute that will go straight to C-rums. I guess I'll roll the dice on possible malfunctions and hopefully allow time to smooth them out before Dec. As far as the spring; I like to keep the stock parts as-is and modify a spare. The NC seemed to be the way to go and all the YT videos and recommendations I read were 12". It does load MUCH easier.

Speaking as someone new to multigun, I look forward to the longer distance stages at club matches, wish there were more, and would be greatly disappointed if they went away. Of course, I score poorly on them....for now....

I'll leave it for more experienced 3 gunners to vouch for the accuracy, but "Complete Guide To 3-Gun Competition" by Chad Adams has a pretty detailed history in Chapter 3.

This sounds more like the guy has a personal issue with you rather than just being a little over-zealous trash talker. I haven't seen anything approaching this, but have seen a few folks go a little overboard with the talk. Funny that all of them have stopped coming to the matches... If I were in your shoes, I'd follow MarkCO's advice. A short talk with the MD to let him know what is going on. MD reminds ALL competitors at the safety brief that unsportsman-like conduct of any type WILL NOT be tolerated. If it continued past that and the club or MD didn't address it directly with the offending individual, I'd find a new place to shoot. Life is too short and the shooting sports are no place to deal with school-yard BS. JMHO

I was thinking the Rossi too. No clue as to reliability or quality of these, but they look neat for a camp/hiking set up. I'd probably ditch/shrink that oversize loop though. 12" bbl, 24" overall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtPiAF0vx44

We have some sunshine for a change this morning so I just took it out to verify. My image clarity IS very dependent on the diopter setting. When set to eliminate fisheye at 1x and close range, pine needles at about 100yds are not discernible at 6x. Crank the diopter down to the negative about 3/4 turn to bottom out and the needles are nice and crisp. I'll just have to see what is more important when running and gunning and/or change my setting according to the stage set up. If I don't ever get better than 2MOA out of this rifle/scope pairing, I'll still be satisfied.

What size groups do you get with your PST?Never shot one. The one I had to compare the SE to was my shooting partner's. I turned down the offer to shoot it for fear of getting myself more confused. Sorry I was confused about the reason for your comment about not being able to get a MOA group. Do you regularly shoot MOA with that gun and a different 1-6x scope? It sounded like you were suggesting the SE's poor glass wasn't able to let you achieve your normal results. If your take away was that I was blaming the scope for not shooting an MOA group, then I guess my writing skills are on par with my shooting abilities. The "threw in the towel on an MOA group" was a little tongue in cheek. The only other magnified optic shooting I've done with this rifle is with 77gr Nosler CC's. and an M223 3-12x42. Some of those groups were inside an MOA. All were certainly better than the SE worst of about 2.5. The optical clarity of the SE MAY NOT be the main factor in the larger groupings, but it didn't help on that day under those conditions. That was just supposed to be an accurate-as-possible recount of my first sight in and range session with the SE. I hope to get out soon and give it another try. If I get similar results, I may start playing around with other set ups to compare. But, like I said, the positives of the SE already outweigh any optical shortcomings, IMHO, for my use. Ringing those 200 and 300 yrd gongs was something I just couldn't do with the 3MOA red dot the SE replaced.

The stages are speedy. So Lots of folks going way too fast missing dump barrels, cough Lena. There was a stage or two with those "don't shoot targets A&B past this fault line at 160-180 degrees. Several shooters broke a shot over the lines almost breaking the 180. Good thing about the fault lines is there is a discernible line telling you not to shoot past them. You just gotta listen to the stage brief and keep a good awareness of yourself in space. Those complex and speedy bay stages can get you twisted up and backwards in a step or two. I had the live stream paused from yesterday and just went back to watch it. What happened with John Mcclain on the second bout with Daniel Horner? Looks like he DQ'd while checking sight picture on the pistol. Edit: NM. He just explained it.

What size groups do you get with your PST? Never shot one. The one I had to compare the SE to was my shooting partner's. I turned down the offer to shoot it for fear of getting myself more confused.

Y'all cut Daniel some slack. He's been busy. http://3gunnation.com/news/details/artmid/509/articleid/927036/3gn-pro-series-finals-set

I finally got my SE delivered, mounted up and sighted. I admit that I had a little buyers remorse at first look. This is my first 1x variable scope, so maybe my expectations were a little high. The "fish-eye" at 1x was pretty pronounced at first just viewing the scope in-hand. In addition, there seems to be some image distortion in the image about halfway between the reticle and top of the FOV at 1x. The image gets pretty fuzzy at the limits of the FOV in all magnification settings. When compared to my Redfield Revolution 2-7 at equal magnification, the Redfield is clearly better. I mounted the scope and started adjusting the diopter. The conclusion I have come to is that it's a balancing act between eliminating fisheye at 1x and crispness of image at all other magnifications. There was no "perfect" setting for me. I did have an issue with image focus at 100yds on an 8" Shoot-n-see target. I never could get a real clear image of target and reticle. My best 3 shot group was 1.75" with most about 2". That's all the bad. Here's the good: Once I threw in the towel on an MOA group, I started shooting for fun. That went much better. The first three shots on a 200yrd 10" steel went "DING" as did the first three on the 300yrd steel. The BDC reticle seems to work well for the 55gr Fiocchi I'm running. The 100, 200, and 300 yrd aiming points seem spot on. The illumination was a real plus as it was an overcast, foggy morning. The black reticle that disappeared on the black target was easily visible with all but the lowest illumination setting. It's also worth noting that all adjustments feel good and solid. I had the opportunity to view the SE alongside the Viper PST 1-4 and, while the clarity of the PST IS better, the fisheye is comparable. I do actually prefer the SE reticle. Reserving final judgement until after the first match shot with it, I'll say the buyers remorse I had in the beginning has all but dissipated. I'm willing to cede a little benefit of the doubt about the optical quality to the day's atmospheric conditions. My end result after one range session is as others have said. That is; the SE is not a scope to shoot tiny groups or score a whitetail rack at distance. It DOES seem to be the best 3gun Tac Ops entry or playtime steel ringer.

I completely understand how that battle could go. You should have seen the looks on those trainers faces when they saw those sights...until they shot it. lol. I don't want to derail the OP's thread, but thanks for your input here. It's nice (I guess) to hear mine's not the only one.