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  1. I didn't read every response so this may have been mentioned already. When tuning sear springs for action shooting AKA shooting fast sometimes. It is important to keep the sear and disconector legs in balance. If you have comparatively too much reset pressure having doubles and or drop to half cock can happen when shooting close targets fast. Basically having too much reset pressure on the trigger produces a forced reset when we relax our hands to shoot fast and the slide closing bumps the trigger back into our finger dropping the hammer, hard enough bump and it doubles lighter bump and drop to half cock. I have fixed this issue for a couple people myself included. In most cases the final trigger weight was lower than when the issue was happening.
  2. one of may favorite things to watch when ROing is when a WSB allows a shooter to put their hands wherever and someone decides that hovering just off the grip like they never ever practice is the key to a killer run. I have seen this many times and more often than not they end up with a horrible grip and end up regretting it, but it is fun to watch
  3. I layout my dot pockets from the back of the slide. i leave just enough material to have the pocket have a back lip
  4. What I have done is use a pin or the solid end of a drill bit that matches the ramp radius to carefully tap the displaced metal back where it came from, on the square side I just use the flat face of a clean hammer. Little taps and take it slow , it doesn't take much time at all. That said if the cylinder is really bad you can buy a new one from smith. Last one I bought was under $100 and I've been able to swap them in successfully by using the old ejector in the new cylinder. Just need to double check timing and clearances
  5. Hopner Schumann speed sec 5 I belive They are German I belive double alpha imported them prior to their race master line. My wife uses one and it's probably the most forgiving race holster, it's almost impossible to have it hangup on a draw,
  6. They do, its surprising how much monkey see monkey do is involved in this (and most other) sports. I put a 38 barrel and comp together in one of my guns for a friend to try before he ordered another Infinity to see if it made enough difference to make picking up brass worth it, he decided no 9mm was just fine. Around here there is 1 guy regularly and he's already asking about a new barrel.
  7. very, he even successfully argued for 1 less FTSA because the barrel was clear so by definition he shot at the target
  8. we had a guy last weekend fire a round after a squib with his open gun. the spontaneous disassembly was impressive. luckily it was limited to the gun and he swapped to his backup and finished the match.
  9. not really nobody around me shoot 38, we all hate picking up brass
  10. The tip of the titanium ones I have used is not shaped very well to fit the dimple in the top of the mainspring cap, likely they assume the smith will hand file it to a shape they are happy with, but if its not a real world performance enhancement the time spent doing it is wasted.
  11. but the optic will last longer so there is that
  12. What I tell people is 9 major slides have a half life of about 25,000 rounds as in half of them will crack in by 25K some go way longer some go way shorter. Some of this is shooter induced, run 185pf because you think its flatter or whatever your likely to not last as long as someone that runs 167 pf. Some of this is builder induced. the better parts are fit the longer they are likely to last. Some of this is luck of the draw.
  13. I agree the shape of the EGW one is horrible, I haven't been building long enough to see one fail but I like to learn from others that have. My gripe was those saying they flex and that eats main spring energy, but when you stack springs the second spring doesn't eat the frist springs energy they both release their stored energy together, every explanation I have seen is someone explaining it as if the strut was un-stressed prior to the the sear releasing, and that drives me nuts.
  14. I get that they are unnecessary, and if Donnyglock says they break more that's enough for me. But I would love for someone to explain how a flexible strut would negatively affect hammer velocity? Most seem to use an explanation that only works if we assume the strut is unloaded prior to the sear being released but that is not the case
  15. I agree if your going to build a 2011 start with a fully machined frame and build it with the parts you want all the way through, there is really no cheep way to build one so you may as well get what you really want. If you want into the 2011 world on a budget the Prodigy is likely the lowest cost option. One thing on the 80% frame, having someone that's not you complete one for you means they need to have an 07 FFL (manufacturer)
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