Sean Gaines

I believe in the rule book it shows the area of the gun that can be stippled, if you plan on going that route.

Looks, and weight reduction. You will see some steel pistols that have been completely been chopped down to make the lightest gun possible, for faster transitions on steel.

Perfect! In limited I am at 172pf, in production I run 135pf (just feels better)

+1 Especially in ipsc were you have a lot of short courses of fire, were points are at a real premium. you have to have sights that are going to hit were you want them to, and be able to adjust them. Kentucky windage is a no go for me with a pistol. magwell you can get away without one, look at all the production shooters out there that are doing fast loads without a magwell.

what gun are you using?

I am glad that you found it. I could only imagine the people building AR's at the beginning of the year with only a parts kit, with only one part of each. lol. I have lost plenty of parts, but I just go back to the bin and grab another one. lol. I usually wind up finding the part when I am not looking for it.

I am quite sure you could do something. If you can get the mag release out, you could very lightly sand it with some super fine paper. Try to only remove a little material where the wear is. You could also try putting a drop of light oil inside the mag release, and see if that helps. You could also just push the button a million times, and maybe that will smooth things out, especially on a new gun.

I think you will find a consensus of +5pf over the minimum power factor for that division, whether it be minor or major.

Try pushing your practice targets to 30-40yds and practice getting all "A's" , maybe throw in a steel at distance. Then shoot one of your local matches and see if the steel looks the same size when you shoot it.

It happens to everyone, but its the way you handle it afterwards that really speaks volumes. It sounds like you handled it like a man...

Yes he is. Paul Liebenberg Definitely has the credentials.... ex: Developed the 40 S&W cartridge Worked at Pachmyer Started Performance Center at Smith and Wesson.

So your the guy with all the bullets and primers!!!! Probably sage advice, preventative measures can prolong the life of certain parts. For example I broke a trigger pin and someone here broke a locking block. Probably could have been prevented with a fresh recoil spring. Unfortunately I fall under the category that most people do, if aint broke don't fix it..

I don't know how many years of experience and wisdom you have just received in the last 4 posts. But its a lot. Good Luck!! Except petting the sweaty things. lol

Are you trying to compare single stack to production? just not sure were your going with this. if so, there are a lot of shooters who strictly shoot production full time, and shoot single stack occasionally. so to me, you can't really compare the two without looking at the single stack competitors who shoot Single stack full time. Plus you have class seperations thrown in as a variable, and you have major/minor considerations also.

No Brandon, its all your fault.... lol Sounds like a great match, you can count me in! Alex does a great job with this match every year, and is able to grab some top talent across the country to shoot this match. Definitely mark this one on your calendar....

Break it down to its nuts and bolts (fundamentals) do not draw, just align your sights on a small target and break the shot(dryfire), and keep doing this, do it 100 times, and see if you can steady the front sight before proceeding to drawing again. see if that helps...

But as you said, how many times have you seen a major match decided by a few match points..........it can make a difference. But I am not going to take that long drive or flight home knowing that it could have been prevented by shooting major.

Then we aren't talking about SSTK other than Nationals.......which is setup for 8 rounds. Brian Well we are talking about both, and that's what's confusing. There is a difference between a club level match were you may have 5-10 shooters shooting single stack or an area match were there is 30 shooters total in that division. Then you have Nationals with 3-400 shooters. All I am saying from what I see, is if you go to SS Nationals, you better be geared up for shooting major loads. because points will win. How many times do we see a person loose a match/class by a couple of points? That's when you wish you were shooting major. Losing by a couple points could be from not shooting a A or 2 or it could be from being slower by a second or 2. The point I am making is that at a typical Area or Sectional match it comes down to the shooter and not major or minor in SSTK. There are many opportunities to make up time with those extra 2 rounds and have a more creative stage plan. Being able to blaze away and be slightly sloppy (for lack of a better word) hitting C's is not an advantage when you only have 8 rounds in a mag like it is Limited with 20+. Look at 4 of 6 the stages we shot Saturday at a club match. I am not looking at scores or comparing shooters but in 4 of those stages a SSTK major shooter would have to make an extra reload compared to a minor shooter. I agree that in that situation it would have made a difference. That is why we shoot 12-16 stages and not shoot 1 stage to determine the winner of the match.

I have had a trigger pin break, but the gun ran the entire match. I didn't notice it until I got home.

Call and talk to Bruce at P/W, he will work with you.

that's a good list, but you can buy all the essential parts for a glock for less then $100,minus the barrel of course, or you can buy you another glock as a backup.

Then we aren't talking about SSTK other than Nationals.......which is setup for 8 rounds. Brian Well we are talking about both, and that's what's confusing. There is a difference between a club level match were you may have 5-10 shooters shooting single stack or an area match were there is 30 shooters total in that division. Then you have Nationals with 3-400 shooters. All I am saying from what I see, is if you go to SS Nationals, you better be geared up for shooting major loads. because points will win. How many times do we see a person loose a match/class by a couple of points? That's when you wish you were shooting major.

You understand that the SS Nationals stages are specifically designed to favor the 8-shot major caliber pistols, right? Very few top shooters will choose the 10-shot minor option, because they know it would place them at a disadvantage. However, the 10-minor pistol reaches parity with 8-major when the stages are not designed to be purely 8-round neutral--for example, nearly every major match other than the SS Nationals. I shot Area 5 and Area 3 last year with a 9mm 1911, and at both those matches the 10-minor pistol was a completely viable choice. To the original poster: If you're serious about SS Division, build both! I thought were talking about a match with more than 30 shooters in that division, were there is more than just one or two top dogs in it(your example,2012 Area 3 and 5)...Why don't we just talk about club level matches then....

you can! or you can shoot a different division, makes you think of scenarios differently, and it may make spark something there. One of the best breaks from Limited shooting was switching to open division, I saw a lot of things that I wasn't doing in my limited game, and made me a better shooter because of it. you might give it a try.

AirSoft Beat me to it! yeah I never thought I would put one on my $3800 open gun, but it works great, and it looks cool...