Mick

Not all slides are made the same. STI likely won't tell you how theirs are made but I know some are forgings, some are cast, and some are made from steel billets. I've cracked a Glock 31 (.357SIG) slide and a Caspian .40 slide. Sometimes it's metal fatigue and sometimes it's the cuts that are not radiused etc... Sometimes the manufacturing process isn't up to the use we put them through!

I've loaded 30-30 on a 550 so the 30-40 shouldn't be too much different.

Been there and saw it!

I missed "The Match" in southeast Asia back in the 60s/70s by a few numbers! I heard Team USA came in 2nd! I probably won't get another request since I'm too old for those special matches.

Mine says "40K" I wonder....????

Why loose weight? Look at one of the better shooters from the 90s.....Chuck Bradley. Chuck is akin to an Abrams tank with a .40 caliber gun. He is about the most stable shooting platform I have ever seen! If you're making the M card now you could likely get the GM card too. Take care of the shooting and get that GM card...

Since I'm too lazy to go read it, were tungsten guide rods mentioned? I thought they were prohibited.....

I won a Cimarron FA copy of a Colt model P at the TX LTD in 45 Colt. I knew I had some ammo from years ago when I had a S&W model 25-5. Yup, found a 50 round box from 1983 with 231, Rem 2,1/2s and a 250 grain SWC. I had written the info on the box. I shot some over the chrono and the SD was less than 15 with an ES of 43. I guesss that's pretty good for 24 year old ammo!!!! Now if I could just get better or at least stay the same with age!!!!

The arms could be a deal if you're not able to control the gun but it appears you are. I too shoot with both arms bent and allow my arms and shoulders to absorb recoil but I've done it for a LONG time. With your arms bent as such you are more fluid between targets for faster transitions especially if you allow your knees and waist to flow with you. This will be a big difference when moving where locked arms will bounce with your footsteps. I teach Academy classes where the kids start out locked firmly with their arms which is OK for new shooters from the holster on one target. As they progress I get them to loosen up to add speed and movement. As they learn the recoil of the gun, in this case Glock 17s, they learn they do not need their locked arms to control recoil. One of the better shooters in USPSA, Blake Miquez has used a double bent arm technique to great success and is about as fast as anyone on multiple close range targets. Just remember you have to control the recoil in your wrists, elbows, and some in the shoulders as your unlocked arms will allow the gun to recoil back at you but you will be much more flexible. As far as shooting right handed with your dominant left eye, this shouldn't be a problem if you shoot enough. I teach with an older PPC shooter who is right handed and left eye dominant. No problems for that static type of shooting and it hasn't had much influence on PD qualifications but for IPSC it could. I believe the founder of this site has used both eyes for shooting when his dominance changed. When you get to SHTF stuff your body will do whatever is the strongest and well trained...

I've used the midlength curved at both ends for years because my finger finds itself on the pad correctly each time I draw and fire. I also don't have to search for the press point. If the trigger is too short and you reach back you can move the gun laterally when pulling the trigger and this is true for a too long trigger. The shorts are fast to get off of but I lose my feel for accuracy.

I like the Hornady 68 with the cannalure for .223 and 25-26 grains of Varget seem to work well. If you paid less than $.10 a piece you did good.

Benny made me a 5" Fat Free with a 10.5 oz slide compared to my other SVs that have 12 oz Classic slides. I prefer that gun over all others but it now has 116,000+ rounds so I'll have to build another soon. It transitions fast but is a bit snappy until you get used to it. I don't think I'd lighten a Glock or XD though.

I don't think this is where you can validate the Weaver stance. Being a wrestler from HS I learned to square off and NOT have the trailing leg. If you dive in on me, I will kick out and be on top because of my position. Look at Jack Weaver's website, he's not using his sights, the gun is too low and he's dropping his head. When you go into a Weaver position you loose a lot of of your fluid motion. Better to stand straight, take recoil in your arms/shoulders and have your head BEHIND the sights. Weaver had a good deal for his time but the Weaver stance is obsolete for the active shooting we do now. Go work an Area Match or larger match and watch, Weaver is all but gone. We show the Weaver in our Academy but it is rarely used once the holster gets used. In fact, we get folks who lock into the Isosceles too hard with their arms and then lose their fluidity. For new shooters we let this go for awhile but later on they need to release their arm lock at the elbows. I had a two tour Iraq combat veteran in my class who also does IDPA. He has a strong ISO, so much so that his transitions between close targets became .50+ splits. I had to get him to let go at the elbows so he could roll those splits better. Better to shoot El Prez with .18 splits and .20 transitions (all As) than .16 splits and .50+ transitions!

Well said Shawn.

Along with Jake's point of making an OPEN .40 is the only reason I would shoot Major 9 in my OPEN guns is the cost of brass which is virtually free. The longer SUPER case has always worked better for me in the OPEN gun. I too have considered an OPEN .40 because the brass IS EASIER TO COME BY THAN SUPERS ETC... Some of us have really good sources for brass and an OPEN .40 only has a disadvantage in mag capacity which isn't really that bad unless you're shooting a 27 round "stand and blast". I've shot several OPEN matches with my LTD .40 gun and declared OPEN-MAJOR. I even had a .40 170mm mag for one that held 24 rounds reloadable. I used the Miami Vice 45 OPEN IMM gun for a local match which is OPEN with iron sights. If there a step or two to reload there isn't a disadvantage. I may even let Benny rebarrel my 5" Fat Free with a threaded barrel & comp for the TEXAS OPEN next year and then cut off the threads after the match and bring it back to LTD.

That's the one...We were all a little pissed over that one. I thought the trooper had 38s but whatever he shot the fatboy with, it didn't work!

I mentioned earlier in this thread that SV makes their tungsten GRs with a carbon steel "male end" (threaded) and the "female end" is the tungsten GR. These do not break as far as I know as I have never broken one (knocking on wood) on the two SVs I've shot since '96. When built with a tungsten "male end" they WILL always break. All guide rods that I know of have two or more pieces.

I've been teaching recruits at two academys for 19 years. I always offer both Weaver and Isosceles as options for them. Then I show them the "Isoscel-Weaver" modified stance/position that most of the competitiors use for high speed/low drag shooting on the move etc... Most migrate to the Isosceles when we push them for time from the holster. One really good Weaver shooter refused to give up his stance when pushed for a 1.5 second first shot from the holster. He was always late as he had to come around his body. He said the need wasn't there for that much speed. I said I'd put a fella with a big knife 10 feet in front of him and watch him do a modified "failure drill" ( a bill drill to the chest and one to the head ) as fast as he could and most likely would be in some sort of Isoscles when he did it. Suppossedly NYPD found folks migrating to Isosecles too even after they DID NOT teach it to a recuit class. Always use what works best for you but be prepared to change if you need speed or movement. I forget which state lost a Trooper when he was shot while in a Weaver stance. His "bladed body" left his week side armpit area exposed and he took a round there whereas an Isoscles would've left that area more protected by the vest and a round would not have had a chance to penetrate vital organs from that angle if it passed the vest. In this day of high speed/low drag gunfights you must be mobil and able to engage in any direction for multiple threats. The Isosceles or modified form will give as good a chance as any and more so. We teach a modified Isosceles with the AR as well...

I've run a tungsten GR in my short dustcover guns since '96 but not in the long ones or the SS. I learned to buy the SV GR as the tungsten is the female end and the carbon steel is the male end of the threads. I have not broken one built this way but the tungsten male end ones ALWAYS broke. They cost a bit more but don't break (unless you mess something up). I run the 12 oz classic slides except one gun that has a 10 oz slide. The tungsten does balance better but as far as flip goes I'd day it does some but not that much. It's IS enough that I will continue to use them.

You mean an SV/STI for USPSA Production? Nope, sorry.

Did they stick the chip in you too? Rumor has it from some of the deployed guys that they were "issued" a chip at the vaccination point.

I'm too short to have seen the shooters on the other stage but I knew we were coordinating our range commands with the RO on that stage (Artie) so we wouldn't have shooters shooting into the partition berm at the same time. BUT, if they knew this why didn't they stop all those squads from shooting over the top long before my squad got there????

I try to shoot the two steel matches each month in Dallas. The steel is a mind game especially when they have the stop plate matches. For me it's mostly mental and it's he who makes the least mistakes while going fast that usually wins. I am terrible at drawing from the "French Army start position" (surrender) but need all the practice I can get. Shooting the plates with my LTD gun and major .40 has definitley been helpful for USPSA.

So did you actually find a length restriction for L10? As far as I can tell it's 140mm with only 10 rounds...

The 140mm mags downloaded to 10 rounds load faster than 126mm mags for me. Your hand doesn't have to go all the way under it.