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    6” 2011 project .40

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    Thank you for the input. It looks like I have most of it figured out. I have to by a reamer. I have the guide rod and spring selected, but I still need to pick the right "open front" reverse plug. I also need to purchase the Collar reverse plug reamer. My slide was set up with a bushing barrel and currently lacks a collar to catch the plug.

    6” 2011 project .40

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    In the process of finishing up a project. I’m ditching the bushing barrel setup. I have the new barrel inbound. Looking for guide rod/plug/spring suggestions. I apologize if this seems open ended. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

     

     

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    EAS Witness question

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    Anyone with a witness limited out there able to tell me if this is normal? This is the inside of the left side of the slide.
     
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    Sorry.. autocorrect got me again. It’s an EAA witness limited.


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    Firing pin block

    in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)

    Posted

    Does anyone make a plug to fill the FPB hole?

    Just thinking of keeping the blow back junk off the firing pin.

    I'm all ears when someone has a solution to this. One of my limited tanfoglios uses the egw sear, and therefore cannot use the FPB. I find myself cleaning the channel once to twice a month.

    What kid of powder are you using? I clean mine once a year (every 5-8k rounds)

    I use Titegroup... pretty dirty powder. I don't necessarily have to clean it that often, but if I have it apart.. I might as well. It really isn't that much work.

    In addition to that, I go through roughly 14-15k rounds a year with my competition equipment.

    Firing pin block

    in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)

    Posted

    Does anyone make a plug to fill the FPB hole?

    Just thinking of keeping the blow back junk off the firing pin.

    I'm all ears when someone has a solution to this. One of my limited tanfoglios uses the egw sear, and therefore cannot use the FPB. I find myself cleaning the channel once to twice a month.

    What kid of powder are you using? I clean mine once a year (every 5-8k rounds)

    I use Titegroup... pretty dirty powder. I don't necessarily have to clean it that often, but if I have it apart.. I might as well. It really isn't that much work.

    Hand chalk/grip lotions

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    Climber's chalk has a unique drying agent not found in 'regular' weight lifting chalk. I bought a 3 lb bag that will last me until I'm too senile to know which end of the gun to hold ...and it cost less than 2 bottles of Pro Grip ....

    Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check it out.

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    Shooting "fast"

    in Tips for Improvement

    Posted

    I would recommend starting out running some basic drills, with someone who has spent some time in USPSA. I do this, pretty much weekly. Real short, shoot and move drills.

    One example only requires 3 targets and 2 barrels. Set the targets out to 10-12 yards, spaced about 3-5 yards apart. Use the barrels as an "A to B" location. From the buzzer, draw while standing behind barrel A and place 2 shots in each target. Then, while moving/changing mags, get to barrel B and repeat with 2 shots per target. All the while, minding one's safety fundamentals, and watch the 180.

    In addition, any local steel challenge matches are also a very good way to start out. All static shooting. This provides great training for drawing from a holster, gathering a clean sight picture, trigger control, and target transition.

    Hope this helps.

    Dot Torture/Training Plan for Beginners

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    you need to train for accuracy at speed from the very beginning. Being accurate is meaningless if you can't do it at speed...

    But what if the shooter can't yet shoot accurately at any speed? I see shooters who are obviously emphasizing speed and when I go up to score their targets, I get a little queasy feeling in my stomach when I see the number of mikes and no-shoot hits. Sometimes tough love might be OK, where you say those dreaded words "slow down and learn to put those bullets on target." There is no use going fast if you can't hit stuff.

    For those of you who sorted out your accuracy issues long ago, maybe this seems ridiculous. No problem with me. People point at me and laugh all the time. :D

    +1

    Newbie starting reloading

    in 10mm/40 Caliber

    Posted

    Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but glock mags tend to get touchy with feeding out passed the 1.14x realm. Thats at least my experience. I keep them in the 1.135 realm. With that, they feed in pretty much anything.

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    My first DQ

    in Match Screw-ups

    Posted

    Just had my first DQ the other night. Reloading on the move and somehow managed to touch the trigger. I have a 2lb trigger too, been shooting with it for several months and haven't had an issue. Weird thing is the oversize button on my mag catch was gone when I went to unload and show clear. I'm thinking that might have changed the geometry of the gun in my hand when I was doing my reload. Not sure but definitely learned a lesson on trigger finger placement.

    Welcome to the DQ club.

    Such lessons learned are not so easily forgotten (hopefully).

    With any luck everyone there learned the same lesson as you have served as an example of what NOT to do.

    I too have learned from the mistakes of others.

    I have also provided examples of what NOT to do for others.

    There are 4 kinds of competitive shooters:

    Those that have been DQed.

    Those that have not.

    Those that will be.

    Those that should have been.

    Amen to that.

    The Slower I Go, the Faster I Shoot

    in Little things I've Noticed

    Posted

    Lately, I've been reminding myself before every match that I need to just call my shots and trust my current speed and ability (and haul ass when I'm not shooting). That's the best I can do on match day. It may not be enough to win the match, but at least I will be shooting at the peak of my abilities. Which is a pretty good win in and of itself.

    Yes to all that!

    The only tricky part is to keep all that in mind, for every stage, forever.

    Sounds like some kind of sorcery to me. It reminds me of my last local steel match. I climbed into my head and tried to burn the house down. The results were less than satisfying.

    Checking the Chamber

    in Little things I've Noticed

    Posted

    ^ Kind of surprising you shoot competitively with that sort of attitude towards firearms. There's a lot of us whose daily grind is exponentially more dangerous than manipulating a loaded gun. The reason we are alive and still attached to our arms and legs is because we understand that any handling of a potentially dangerous tool requires focus on the task at hand, no matter how familiar we are with it. Loaded firearms, when treated with the same respect, are considerably less dangerous than driving on a highway full of distracted texting motorists, and we still all do that everyday.

    +1

    Tanfoglio Porn

    in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)

    Posted

    Thought I would share some of my amateur photo's with you folks.

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    How come you took off the slide release?

    Slide relealses are a crutch... pro's don't need them... if only I was a pro... ;-P

    Henning sells a replacement cross piece that is harder then the stock slide/lock cross pin. I had heard tails of the stock one deforming over time.. so I just upgraded to the henning cross pin. Occasionally when I when load really long my rounds would catch the slide lock and prematurely lock it open. (This was solved with new mec-gar mags), but I figure rather than grind down a perfectly good slide lock, I'd just use the pin.

    I really don't miss the slide lock. I rarely if ever run my limited gun dry.. so it's not really an issue.

    I am going to be trying out the cross pin pretty soon. I shave the catch off of all of my mags anyway. And...The way I see it, if you go dry in limited... something has gone terribly wrong. lol.

    Dot Torture/Training Plan for Beginners

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    Another thing to remember is to micromanage all the time spend when not shooting, learn how to effectively and efficiently "cut corners" on stages. Watch what the better shooters do, where to reload, what order to shoot a particular array and how to get into and out of shooting positions smoothly and quickly. Think of it like car racing, every small detail adds up to seconds, and a few seconds saved on each stage adds up to a successful match.

    So much truth here. I ended up taking 2nd in limited at the last match I attended by 0.19%. Thats maybe a second or two... or the difference between One charlie to one delta.

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