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Pressure goes down with more space in the case. Not sure the problem but its not because you have more room...

Another pic..

Baddog custom guns built me a new slide & cut it the way I wanted. Actually took a nice amount of weight off & balances great for me.

MGM plate rack on trailer. Absolutely awesome.

I would say MGM targets as in Mike Gibson. I know they have a couple of tall targets but if you call & talk to them, they may be able to accomodate your strange needs. The eye level thing may cause trouble.. Rocky Mountain targets might also be worth checking into.

Cant wait! Should be a fun match.

What does 4th finger do?

Since most 3 gun matches are not under any umbrella organization, you have to sort of just hunt around. There is a decent list of major & some local matches right here on enos forums.

Simple test.... if you insert an empty mag & pull slide back, will it lock open? If yes, then most likely something is causing short stroking when firing. If it does not lock back, likely mag spring, follower, or slide stop issue

They are in central texas. New company. Building some nice stuff!

Bad dog custom guns has done a lot of work on couple of my guns. Excellent service. Find them on facebook...

Not sure how you could tell or how you could fix it but if that were the case, it could cause leading. Possibly take really soft bore swab & see if something pulls threads as it enters bore... maybe use a felt polisher on dremel with some flitz or simichrome & see if you can buff the entry to the barrel a tiny bit...

I am just shooting in dark here but I wonder if where the rifling starts, you may have a sharp edge that is scraping lead as bullet enters bore?

I wound up with some 200s once & never got comfortable loading them for my glock. Just too much bullet in my opinion so I am no help at all. Lol

Worked with junior shooter a couple of weeks ago. By the end of practice she had made a couple of .85s with called A hits at about 6yds & several low .9s.... all conventional draw... no scoop. How much faster do you want to go? Lol. We started practice she was averaging 1.35....

I enjoyed your post. Glad it worked well for you.

Super! Nice job

If you dont mind, about what dollar figure did it cost? Looks great!

Lots of good discussion. I have 1 suggestion to add. Once you get your dies adjusted the way you want, take a sharpie & run a witness line all the way down each die onto the tool head. Once you do this with just a quick glance you can be certain your dies are where you left them. I stole this idea from a friend & really like it. You can always readjust if necessary or desired. This does NOT replace checking loaded rounds to be certain all is well but its a nice feature to have.

Lets start with Im nobody... just another shooter. Ive experimented with it & Ive worked with other shooters that have tried. Obviosly it can be done & done well but the tendency in many newer shooters is to pull shots left. You have excellent leverage when doing this so it can happen easily. Not saying dont do it, not saying it doesnt work. I am saying newer & less experienced shooters tend to pull the gun left when finger hooked on front of trigger guard

I think records only go back 10 years but let us know what you find out. I had a used 1 that I wanted to check on. They told me how far back records went. Mine is an orphan... lol. No one knows where or when it was new. Too old for their records...

Interesting... any chance you could post some pictures of the process or finished project?

If you cant pull the trigger faster than the slide cycles, dont lighten it to make the slide faster. Now if it handles or feels heavy... makes transitions slow or draws slow because its heavy, that is a different story. If it nosedives on recoil, maybe lighten it. Reality I understand is most slides cycle in about .08 of a second. Even fastest trigger yankers have a speed limit of about .11 second. Normal human splits are hard pressed to be much faster than .16 or so. If youve ever heard or had a gun bump fire or go full auto, you will see its not likely you can outrun the slide. If you want to lighten the slide for looks or for feel or for handling, have at it. If you want to lighten it so it cycles faster, that is a waste especially when you describe the present function of the gun.

USPSA leans strongly to 8 round arrays. It is against rules to force more than 8 shots from any position. Nationals stages will definitely be within the rules. Does that mean they are biased against minor? No it means you cant force more than 8 shots from a single position. Thats all it means. It keeps things more even so a person CAN shoot major & still compete.