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Much appreciated @Sarge.

That would be valuable. As tattooo pointed out, here looking for help. Sorry to frustrate people.

Look, I'm sorry I misunderstood where it says in the video "ensure you have a gen 2 trigger bar". It's an honest mistake, no need to take out your issues on someone online looking for help.

As I said, I apologize.

It was a bit unclear on their site as their product descriptions are less than useful. I'm sorry you find my question annoying socal, but when you don't know what to search, the search feature is a bit hard to use effectively. Thanks for the info @SouperMan, appreciate the help.

Went to install some new trigger components in my new to me backup stock 2. I got it mostly stock, although it had been reamed. Installed Xtreme hammer, 1pc sear, springs. My issues: The BOLO says that it will only work with gen 2 trigger bar- is this correct? Mine appears to be a gen 1. Do I just order a new one from Stoeger or PD and hope it's a 2? Any benefit to getting the Xtreme bar? The safety won't engage unless the gun is half cocked. Is the 1pc wrong, do I need an Xtreme sear? If so, do I need the Xtreme sear housing as well?

Looking for an optic to put on a 22 build for the practical rimfire challenge, which has targets out to 300 yards. I have a barrel, stock, bolt, ordering a receiver, trigger group. Only thing outstanding now is the optic. Anyone have suggestions for anything they've used for long range 22lr?

Xtreme at 20% off, just picked up a ton for my girlfriend. Now looking for a deal on blue bullets

If you're a reloader I just got 20% Xtreme bullets, which is a pretty decent deal

The case feeder is under 6 months old, so to my understanding it should be covered. Any advice on next steps is appreciated.

I'd also suggest getting some match video. It won't help you before your second match, but watching it after each match can help you determine what needs work. Are your reloads slow? Are you taking a ton of time on entry into a position? All kinds of things like this can be seen in the match videos, and then as Jack mentioned, dry fire to fix it.

@dillon followed your recommended steps, same issue

Could it still be a clutch issue if it doesn't spin without the plate on top either? Looking to test whatever I can.

I did try the toggle switch on both low and high, still nothing.

Shot my first sanctioned match yesterday and it was the DelMarVa Sectional. Overall, I was really happy with my performance even though I didn't place too well (37 of 50 in production, 139 of 200 overall). The good: -I shot the second most A hits in the match, with 200 (highest had 203). -Not a single Mike -I was able to beat some people I normally don't. -I had only one bad reload, even though while dry firing I can't hit a reload on my new gun to save my life. -My match mode was on point, got in it stage 1, stayed in it all day. The bad: -I must have traded speed for accuracy because I was overall slow in comparison. -I had one stage I shot without a good plan (more on this later) I felt really comfortable with my stage plans. Some friends helped me out figuring better ways than I had initially thought of. Once I had a plan, I stuck to it with only one stage where I added an extra reload for no reason, but it was while moving so no harm no foul. The stage that I was the first shooter I didn't get a solid walk through and never figured out a decent way to run it. It felt terrible running it, I hit all the targets with almost all alphas but it was a terrible hit factor. As a learning experience it was really helpful. I was comfortable with all the shots and all. My basic mechanics were there when I needed them. I just need to learn to do everything faster. I'll be posting match video and notes in the coming days.

I bought one in early July and got my stuff a month or so ago. Either you're up soon or they're further behind than they were.

Hey all. I'm borrowing a friend's xl650 more or less indefinitely. I got it all set up tonight, but the case feeder doesn't spin. I can hear the motor making some noise, not a lot, but some. Doesn't even look like it's trying to spin, even with the plate thing taken off. Is there something I'm missing with getting it set up or is it likely DOA?

After reading through all these responses, it really does seem self evident that a backup gun really makes sense, thanks to all for input.

Once it's laid out, the logic send fairly self evident. If I'm shooting my 10-15k a year, classes, matches, practice, etc, I would be livid going to any match, even my normal local, and losing a chance at whatever place because something goes sideways. The cost of a backup seems pretty minor in the grand scheme (probably shooting production helps that). Is the one gun for dry fire/practice and one for matches the norm? Do people ever try to keep even round counts? Sorry if it's all stupid questions, that's why I threw it in the beginner forum, figured it's where I'd get there most leeway.

I do trust my loads and I haven't had an issue with them, I just see it as a potential spot where something can go wrong. I visually inspect and case gauge every round, watch powder, etc, but it's an abundance of caution mindset I'm talking about really.

All fair points. My main concern is that using my own loads, as an admittedly entry level reloader, something can go wrong there. I have plenty of time and money into the sport, which is really why I'm considering spending a bit more. I have high aspirations for where I can get to, just wondering where the point would be to reasonably "need" a backup.

How good do people think you need to be to really need a backup gun? Is it worth it when you're just a run-of-the-mill nobody shooter? Any criteria or thoughts are really appreciated, I'm considering picking one up but I have no clue if I really need one.

Apex trigger in both my carry shields. Night sights on both. One thing I really like is the Hyve +2 baseplates for 9mm, 10+1 is a bit more comfortable. The trigger will never be 1911 short and light, but you'll never get a 1911 as concealable, comfortable and reliable as the shield from my experience.

Been a while since I got to post in here, but not for a lack of work being done. I've been shooting a lot of Steel Challenge, unsanctioned USPSA, some NSSF, really about anything I can to get time at an outdoor range, including a training day with my friends at Origin Shooting in Virginia. All of this shooting has really helped me out, and the drive is still going strong. I was able to get my hands on a built Tanfo Stock 2 and I'm making the cut over to it. With that comes a ton of live and dry fire. I've had it a week now and I have a bit over 1k rounds down the pipe to help learn the new platform and the DA/SA. Today I did something that I actually felt was a pretty good idea at my local indoor. Did about 120 rounds just practicing pulling through the DA and then dropping hammer and doing it again. This really helped me learn how the trigger works for that DA shot. I then did the same just for SA. Not quite group shooting because it was much faster, but still feeling out the trigger. I also have been working dry fire with it almost every night. With the gun being a ton heavier, it's much more effort to do the dry fire, but it is fun. At first my draw was a 1.3 for some reason. I started critically evaluating it and realized that I was pushing down on the gun in the holster before pulling up because I couldn't get a good grip. Once I realized this, I broke it all down and got my dry draw down to a .7, which feels much better. I'm still feeling out the reloads because I keep jamming the corner lip of the mag into the edge of the magwell, which doesn't work. Even though I have never shot a sanctioned USPSA match, I'm shooting a sectional match this weekend with a bunch of good shooters I'm friends with. I'm hoping to learn a bit about how they're approaching more complex stages and just to get some more match experience with the new gun. I have no delusions that as an unclass shooter I can do crazy things there, but the experiences are key for me to grown and learn. We'll see how it goes.

Out of curiosity, what was their sale like last year and was it something that sold out?