[2017 EGW Area 8 Championship, August 24-27,Ontelaunee Rod & Gun Club,New Tripoli, Pennsylvania]

Match book and stages should be out next week, per Bill's FB updates.  Still, a few random slots on Fri, Sat, and Sun due to shooters withdrawing.  Changes every day as new people register to fill them

[Unload d start]

2 minutes ago, Gary Stevens said:

 

IMO, if the WSB only says mags on table, as long as the mag isn't inside or physically touching the gun it is good to go. Some visible space would be required.

 

agreed

[Unload d start]

 

[Unload d start]

 

[Mag tuning]

Beven Grams, Grams Engineering

[.38 Super; N350; Open SV how much powder]

No barrel holes, somewhere in the 7-8 grain area.  Barrel holes, sorry, can't help you.

 

Good luck

[STI 170mm mag going full potato]

Buy something like 10ring suggests or fix it like jcc7x7 says.  Either way buying different springs and followers won't fix your problem, their suggestions will.

Personally, I prefer to really fix the problem like jcc7x7 told you.

Good luck.

[sti .40 mag question]

You really need to check the internal width of the tubes between the control ribs.  I wish I knew the dimensions for a .40 tube to tell you.  Also, where the control ribs end at the bottom of the  tubes, that transition needs to be flattened out to be a smooth transition.  When are getting the rattle can the follower is either tipping over because the tube is too wide or it's getting stuck right at the bottom of the control ribs because it's an abrupt transition.

New guts may appear to fix your problem but are really masking the problem(s) with the tubes.

 

Good luck

[New Style STI Mags]

Oh, that's the original sti tube design though, not the new ones

[New Style STI Mags]

Victor, I get 29 in all my bigsticks, grams internals and BP's, all fit the gauge.  That's with SC, 9mm gives just a tiny bit more room

[DVC limited reliability]

Shooters connection also now carries Limited guns made by AWT.   Check them out.

 

Per SC:

AWT is Donnie Fraley of the the long time known company D&J custom from 
back in the 80's and 90's. Donnie is back at it after spending some time 
in the corporate and political world. He is making many of his own 
parts. Donnie's history in the sport and knowledge of the guns used in 
the sport  are rivaled by  few, if any.   Chuck

[New STI mag rebuild ??]

I always recommend Gram's, he is the originator of the best aftermarket spring and followers.  There is a reason his nickname is the MagMaster.

Be mindful though Grams nor MBX (if those even fit in a non-MBX mag without major mods) internal will NOT fix an inherent problem in a tube, if there is one.

 

Good luck

[Brass]

19 hours ago, Eric1231 said:

 

Lately I have been losing more brass than I have been collecting i.e. Major matches and local matches. It seems at the local uspsa matches I lose all the brass I shoot. Basically somebody is always grabbing brass while people are resetting. What is the etiquette on this should I be grabbing brass or resetting?

 

How do you guys keep your brass supply stocked? If you buy 9 mm brass what is the going rate?

If you want to get back, at a min., Most of your 9mm brass, do you mark it with something?  If no, start doing that AND let your squad mates know "this brass marked like this is mine, if you are picking up brass I'd really appreciate if I could get it back" or something like that.  At local matches you probably already know a large% of the shooters and they know you and most people are generally nice enough to help you out.   Goes the opposite way too, if someone else marks their brass, return it to them or ask who's it is.

If you are not marking your brass then it's fairgame since so many are shooting 9mm, anyone reloading it AND willing to pick it up is going to grab as much as they can.

 

Hope this helps

[STI Trubor 38 Super-convert to 9mm]

If geography allows work a level 2 or 3 match as an RO, you'll get a nice supply of 38sc brass to take home.

[STI DVC markings]

Maybe look at the bright side.  Possible while going through a quality inspection STI realized something was wrong with the slide so they fit a new slide to the existing frame and barrel?

Just a thought

[Taking down screw/bolt without damaging threads]

Yes, go to the hardware store and get some matching nuts..?

[Tablet for Practiscore?]

On 5/14/2017 at 6:46 PM, sarnburg said:

We have been using Practiscore since right after it's release. We started with an Ipad for a master device and several different android tablets and nooks (OMG the pain) as scoring devices. This year after a few problems with our older android devices, battery life was diminishing and we were having problems with syncing. We went ahead and bought 12 current generation Ipad mini's. What a difference! The scoring is lighting fast, the battery life is outstanding, and most importantly the syncing is seamless. My stats guy never has to interrupt the stage. He pulls into the bay with the router and can pull scores 30 seconds later. We will keep the older devices as backups giving us a pool of 30 devices to run a match if need be. But it will be a dire situation if we have to use anything buy an IoS device.

 

Scott 

Aren't the iPad's (mini's too) harder to see outside, especially when bright sun?

[Sps 170mm mag wont work]

Yes, what Chuck said

[Sps 170mm mag wont work]

Since SPS tubes are generally "softer" metal than sti, svi or mbx they don't tend to keep their shape as long.  I had two that ran perfect for two years (Grams internals and bp's, tube dimensions tuned properly) until one day they would not feed reliably anymore.  Did everything possible to make right again, they do now run but I'll only use them for practice.  

[Grams engineering spring kit ITAR regulated?]

I would still email Beven.

[Gunsmith recommendations]

You will get plenty of responses I'm sure but there is a recent thread here in this section about the same thing.  Plus, try doing a search, you'll get tons of information.

 

Good luck, welcome

[Mag troubles]

You most likely talked to Beven, the man himself, not Devon.

Beven will never steer you wrong, he is the best.

[STI Open Mag Components]

Reality is the actual length of the tubes vary just a little so buying one size bp because a chart tells you so is a gamble.  If you don't have one ask fellow competitors you shoot with if they have a mag length gauge you can borrow.

If you never do this and one day you are at a match and then find out the 170 mag is just a smidge too long because they were checking.....

Personally I prefer Grams BP's, springs and followers.

Good luck in the path to the dark side. ?

[IMR Blue for 38 super/SC]

I tried searching and came up with nothing.  The new IMR Blue powder, has anyone done any load testing in 38 super/SC for an open gun?

If yes, please post some results or direct me to a thread where it is talked about.

 

Thanks

[Grams mag springs]

1 minute ago, IFlynn said:

Call Bevin Grams if you have questions, I've met him in person and he is a wealth of information. He's forgotten more than most of us know about magazine springs, followers, etc.