Fireant
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Take everyting off including the disconnector and add one part at a time until you find the offending part.
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Yep, got to like that. My guy knows about what time I'm home and he comes back by when his route is finished whenever he can.
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Hmm, I have fit 2 black ones and Matt Cheely fit a black one on my open gun and the part that was cut down does not show at all. It was cut for the height and not for the width.
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Mine is an STI, but not a factory built gun. I had a stock mainspring from some STI in my box of stuff and it was much heavier than the 17 pound one I put in it's place.
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I've been doing epoxy/grit SV/STI grips for the last 4-5 years and the epoxy I've settled on is very durable. My original grip had three years of hard use before I retired the gun and the grip is like new. When it gets dirty, hot water, purple cleaner and a tooth brush will restore it to new condition. Keep looking around and you will find an epoxy that is strong and won't chip or flake off. To avoid adding extra thickness, remove enough grip material and build it back up with epoxy/grit. A finished grip can actually be smaller than factory original and much stronger.
Eddie
Come on now, you can share the name of the epoxy.
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I just finished running springs in my 9mm 1911 from 14 pounds to 8 pounds. I settled on the 9 pound spring for my 133PF loads. Anything higher would not always lock the slide back with my reloads. The slide locked back with factory 115, 125 and 147's with all springs, but the muzzle flip was more pronounced. I switched out the 19 pound mainspring and put a 17 pound one in and the timing is like shooting a 22lr now.
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Skateboard tape always shifts on me in the hot summers around here. Epoxied grit will not. I also hate having to replace it all the time.
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Thanks Pat, I had not tried JB weld. I'll give it a try this weekend.
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How do you keep it from breaking off? I've mixed at a lot of different percentages and the epoxy gets too hard and just snaps back off. No matter how I prep the surface.
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Glad to hear it brother. I wish I were heading to that match with you. Maybe I'll make it up your way this summer. Go easy on that back even if you think its 100% Good Luck.
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6" Sighttracker 9mm
Matt Beat me to the picture. This is by far my favorite gun and has been since the day it arrived.
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I have not checked on real 3 phase power, but I do have a phase converter. I figured a 20 foot by 20 foot with one wall a 20 foot long work bench with shop lights every 6 feet over it would be good. Most of the opposite wall will have some heavy duty shelving on it and the safe. The 3rd wall will have the mill and lathe and the fourth wall will have the roll up door. I am not putting in any other openings other than the hole for the air unit to keep things more secure and to keep anyone from peeking in that should not be.
I like the hanging electric plug idea. I worked in a garage one time that had that and was nice. I plan on figuring out how many outlets I think I need and then doubling it to hopfully have enough. Plumbing is out of the question. The walk to the house is not far. I'll also make a note about the outside outlets. The guy that built my house forgot those too. And the 4 in pad for the mill. Very cool idea, I'm always bending over/down working on my buddies mill.
Thanks.
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This is for a general metal working and reloading/gunsmithing shop. I do plan on insulating it and putting in some AC and heat.
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If you could go back a start all over again, what would you change or do differently to you workshop? I am about to have one built and would like to avoid some common mistakes. I know to make it larger than the original plan, more outlets, raise the outlets up higher, and lots of light. What else?
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Here is what I see happening most in my area. New guy goes out and buys an M&P or Glock or XDM in 9mm or even in 40. Shows up to one of the other shooting sports where 3 mags is all you need and gets told he can only load 10 rounds. So they shoot it the whole time thinking it does not make any sense. Then a buddy of the new shooter tells him to go shoot USPSA because he can load them to capacity. New shooter shows up and is dissapointed that he either has to down load to 10 rounds or shoot against the 22+ round 2011 type guns and never shows up to another match. Now USPSA has lost that shooter and anyone that will listen to them put the sport down.
What is the solution? I don't really know, but I do know that many people do not show back up for this reason.
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Also, if you have become forgetful like I have try Taskos. It lets you use the voice function to add things to your to do list and then go in and set dates and times for completion. It will give you a reminder as needed and lets you set the importance level of the task. It runs as a widget on one of your home screens. Mine is on the main home screen and I'm always adding things to it.
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Shoot, I have a tricked out 41 with a Bully barrel and cmore. A buddy of mine took his 41 and picked up another barrel and started making chips. It is ugly as hell, but it cut down the weight, and shoots great. Find you an extra barrel, new grips and have at it. But of course I don't have any show queens in my safe.
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I love it. They'll go nuts when I do that at a local sometime. Thanks, I'm off to practice that in the morning.
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Freedom Gunworks is a vendor here and they have good deals on roll sized brass - $40/thousand for .40 and 9mm - $80/thousand for .45.
Yep, good stuff. That is all I use right now.
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I use one also. It is the old model and I hated it before installing the dimmer switch. My flipped primers went from about 10 per 100 to none in the last 10K rounds loaded. I have it dialed in for Fed small rifle primers and I don't screw with it.
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Tried marking my brass and never really got any more back than when I didn't. It just added time to making ammo for the match.
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The savings I find are on my back and being able to focus on the match instead of where my brass went. When I shot super comp I was always looking for brass and not happy when I'd go home with only 20 pieces after a 150 round match. In my case where I'd loose most of my new brass I save a ton, I can buy a years worth of 9mm for what 1K of super comp cost. I don't have time to practice, so my match brass was mostly new stuff. Now I can get a stage plan, help RO and paste targets and not do the brass hunting dance.
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I'd ask what's up with having to request English to get started any way.
Lets see your .22 Steel guns
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Damn Kenny the pictures make those look good, nothing like they do in person.