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Have you swapped the mag springs with mags that you know work well? I'd do that, and do the same with a known working follower. That will narrow it down if it's the mag tube, or a spring / follower issue.
By chance, is the mag catch reversed for a lefty?
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Seems like a lot of folks have jumped on the SP train. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find the 8lb jugs in stock.
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Anyone throw a set of calipers on these yet? Curious on the actual thickness compared to the Henning grips, if they are just a touch thicker I'd be down for a few sets.
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Pro grip is my favorite. I'd advise against the spray bottle, seems to stop working properly rather quickly. Tyler Turner mentions a homemade version on practical shooting after dark that I want to give a try. It can somewhat pricey, especially if you also use it for dry fire.
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Only thing I'll add, is I notice I do the same thing if I let my shoulders get too tense. I also do a lot of target transitions in dry fire without pulling the trigger, paying very close attention to where the sight stops on targets.
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Aside from the obvious dry fire, I think it's a good time to come up with a game plan for next season. I'm taking this time to give my shooting an honest assessment, going over old match video and deciding what areas I need to place most of my focus on that will gain me largest match improvement. Next up I'm creating my goals for next year, and planning my finances, and practice time to meet those goals. This includes getting my match and practice guns freshened up with new springs, and loading as much ammo as possible.
I'm also planning what majors I want to shoot next year, and getting the time off from work lined up. Other then that, time to really ramp up the dry fire!
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Ben's 15min video is pretty "outdated" his dry fire reloaded has a lot of different drills and ideals outlined in it. I work from it mostly, but still do Anderson's 12 drills in refinement and repetition. For me, I find it most productive to do maybe 3 or 4 drills for 4 or 5 mins each drill. I find myself "rushing" or loosing focus when I try to stretch it out much past that.
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I have both, palm swell and Scale 2.0s. I really like the scale grips, however they fall short of the palm swells. The front edge of the Scale grips are not checkered, and provide very little grip in that area. Also, they are smooth up top where they thin out, again providing little grip surface. The palm swells are extremely grippy (I have the Bogie texture), and overall work better for me.
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I'm not buying anymore grips...I'm not buying anymore grips....I'm not buying anymore grips....
Okay, I'm actually really curious about these. If they are just slightly thicker then the Henning's I'll probably bite.
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I want to see the inside of this lower. Is the mag catch reversible?
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I can see myself scooping one of these up if I ever sway from production. Matt Hopkins posted a video on Facebook of it in .40 with a henning spring / base pad combo. Not sure what the capacity will be with the factory mags and base pads.
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I've only had them for a few weeks, but so far i'm a big fan of the Hunters HD Gold. As a bonus it's kinda cool not to have to keep changing lenses based on lighting conditions / environment. Not the most stylish glasses out there, but the performance is the best I've tried for my eyes.
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On 10/6/2019 at 10:29 PM, happygunner77 said:
Wut? The finish is better on shadow 2 than stock 2? You must have a blued stock 2 as the chrome is way better in terms of surface and a lot easier to clean.
I was referring more to the overall quality control of the two. I had a Shadow 2 when I first started shooting production and really all they need is a recoil spring, and maybe a main spring and they're good to go without all the polishing. I have three stock 2's, and the variances in machining between the three is pretty remarkable.
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Like many of us, I've tried just about every grip that's available. I really like everything about the Henning Full Checkered, they feel great, look good (if that matters) however If I'm being totally honest with myself I shoot the best with LOK Palm swells so I now have palm swell bogies on all my Tanfos.
Hennings - are just a touch too thin for me, the physical texture is fairly grippy just not enough room for my support hand. I really wanted these grips to work, by far the best machined grips that I've tried and just have a high quality feel about them.
EGD- Way too thin and they get pretty slick if you sweat, even with pro grip
Scale 2.0 - I like these grips, and have used them for a while. Two things I don't like, they get thin, and smooth at the top where I feel i'm loosing out on some traction. Also, the front edge of the grip (closest to the trigger) is too smooth. When it's hot and my hands get sweaty it was hard to really lock onto the grip. Wasn't a huge deal if I kept up with the pro grip.
LOK thin grips - Very grippy texture, again just a little too thin for my hands. They felt somewhat similar to the Hennings as far as thickness goes, and just didn't have enough real estate for my support hand.
LOK Palm swell - just about perfect for my hands. I have the Bogies and find the texture spot on. I did have to add on the Custom Extended magazine catch to be able to reach it with any consistency, however the paddle on that thing is just TOO big. A few mins with a dremel fixed that to where I won't drop a mag if my grip is messed up after a reload or draw.
A lot of this will depend on hand size. I wear a Large glove and have average sized hands. I think my grip experiment is over, although I kind of want to try the LOK factory thickness tanfo grips.
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On 9/30/2019 at 8:37 AM, m700 said:
Ive always had a case gauge for each caliber on the bench and would pull randoms for inspection but recently got a Hundo gauge and decided to start checking it all now that im starting some steel matches. also switched to progressive in April. So I went through the 4-5k rounds of 9mm I have loaded and here is my results
2 flipped primers
6 old primers
2- 380 cases
400 that wouldn't gauge.
This seems like a completely necessary task and i wish I started earlier. I also wish I had a roll sizer. The fat rounds should be fine for practice so ill just keep them seperate.
I too use the Hundo and case guage all of my ammo. 400 that won't gauge out of 5k seems way high, I'd be looking for a solution to that. I'd suspect the crimp is not fully removing the flair, or the cases are not being fully sized. I'll maybe get 2 or 3 out of 1k that won't gauge.
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On 9/27/2019 at 6:56 AM, lroy said:
Every time I hear the buzzer go off, I'm either going over fault lines or fumbling my fundamentals.
I'm willing to bet this is a visualization problem as much as a "shooting" problem. You need to REALLY burn every detail of the stage into your mind before you shoot. It's very hard to try and "think" about where all the targets are, while trying to "think" about fundamentals of shooting. Your brain can't do both at the same time, or at least not very effectively. In fact, after reading your post over again, it seems like a lot of your problems are mental. If you can do the stuff in practice, you should be able to do it at a match more or less. I'd put in some practice time REALLY shooting at the speed of your sights. No faster, no slower.
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19 hours ago, Tampa-XD45 said:
Is that the same one in blue that I posted back in 2017 from the Shot Show: https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/244118-tanfoglio-shot-show-pics/?tab=comments#comment-2719299
That's the Limited Custom which is readily available, and made in the ugliest possible color lol. Hopefully the limited Xtreme does make it's way to the US. I'd like to dabble in limited, and don't really want to go the 2011 path.
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Just an update, I received my Hunters RX Velocity glasses last week and had the chance to put them through a few practice sessions. Pretty much amazing, I had been shooting with contacts and a pair of Oakley's. They worked fine most of the time, however it always seemed like my contacts would dry out and get blurry on me during a match so I decided to go the RX glasses route. Hunters customer service can't be beat. I had these things made, and wore them for a week or so before dropping a penny!
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wonder what the msrp will be. looks like the Domina will be available as well.
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Depends on the type of target you want to make. Personally I just purchase USPSA targets, pretty much the cheapest part of shooting, however if you want to make some here you go...
https://greatoutdoordinary.com/2018/05/04/how-to-make-cheap-uspsa-targets/
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From everything i'm hearing the SRO seems to be the ticket. From other forums / podcasts i'm hearing people in the 10 plus thousand round range that haven't experienced any issues yet.
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I had an interesting personal observation. I typically have to work until midnight or later the night before most of our club matches, so it's pretty normal for me to only get 3 or 4 hours of sleep before a match. When I attend majors, I always get a hotel the night before, and make sure I get at least 8 hours of sleep. No surprise that I always perform MUCH better at the big matches when I do this. My mental focus, and ability to visualize a state is vastly improved and so is my overall performance. Sleep does matter!
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Welcome! I started in 3 gun, then got hooked on USPSA and never looked back. Congrats on the retirement, 14 years, 23 days to go for me, but who's counting..
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16 hours ago, BigAm said:
EAA is trying to give their whole range a more "premium" feel. By enforcing prices at a higher range its going to raise their perceived value, and by association make them feel more like a premium brand. Even if we know that a Stock 2 should be 950, they are wanting to compete at that 1200 dollar price point that the shadow 2 is at.
I worked as a buyer in retail for a long time, and some of the companies I worked with did this sort of enforced pricing thing to keep their new value consistent, and there used prices higher as well to keep the brand association in a higher range...
The issue is we all know what the hell they are doing! Its too late at this point for them to change all that, and everyone not be pissed off about it. EAA is an annoying company...I really wish they would loose there lead import status as the tanfo distributor.
So this is just an EAA thing, and not an increase in cost from manufacturer? I love Tanfo's, but I think this will only hurt sales. There is no arguing that the fit and finish of the Shadow 2 is noticeably better then the stock 2 for example, and in my opinion justifies the higher price tag.
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I highly recommend you just polish everything several times, and change the guide rod spring, and maybe a hammer spring and see how you like it. I went down the rabbit hole with the go fast parts, and honestly it did nothing to make me a better shooter. If I ever buy another one, it'll get polished, and some spring changes and that's it. I doubt it'll hold you back at all, and will be more reliable. More important, make sure you get the barrels reamed.