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Love seeing these older open guns.

I tried rocksett and couldn't get it to apply and set. I went back to red 272

As others have said, you should check the extractor claw and spring inside the breech face. You will need a long 1/8th T-handle wrench and a heat source. Take apart your slide, including removing the firing pin. Heat up the slide where the breech face is, and then unscrew the breech face screw by inserting the T-handle hex wrench into the firing pin channel. You can then take the breech face out completely, push the pin out that holds the extractor claw into the breech, then replace the spring and inspect the claw. You will probably want to have a vice handly to hold the breech face in place with the extractor claw inserted and the new spring inserted, so that you have both hands free to drive the pin back in to retain everything.

I don't think the barrel is shot out if you're getting a decent group at 15 yards with the Speer ammo. Check your crimp on your reloads.

This rule implies that this is the only acceptable time under which a competitor can have a holstered handgun while competing with another gun. If a competitor is shooting a handgun while also having a handgun holstered that they are not going to use, this to me indicates that they have not assumed the correct start position under 8.2.4 and must be instructed to assume the correct starting position, which includes only having one handgun. Basically, summarizing what @zzt already stated.

The slide, not the frame, is lightened. Spring weight will not significantly influence how much the frame gets battered. What really matters is how well the guide rod is fitted to the frame. If the guide rod is not fitted correctly, it will move under recoil and dig into the frame. https://youtu.be/w_89CEN682Q If you are worried about your frame, you can use a buffer (alumabuff, Wilson combat, etc) but there are tradeoffs. They will reduce the stroke length of the slide which can cause feeding issues and also can degrade and crumble and then cause the gun to jam. I've had a frame that came with Wilson combat buffs, and I used them for a while but eventually stopped replacing them. I'll show pictures of the wear. It's never been an issue and it's had a replacement top end

When your gun has a compensator, the gas reduces the amount of recoil by directing gas backwards, which counteracts some of the forces. The slides are also lightened so that there is less moving mass hitting the back of the frame. Generally, the spring needs to be strong enough to strip a round from the magazine but not heavy enough where it slams the slide back into battery and makes the gun dip.

Because you can still shoot a USPSA match without being a member of USPSA. You can still have an opinion about how USPSA is managed, without being a member. You are gatekeeping

There are a lot of historical reasons for why things have turned out this way, but I think your perspective as a new shooter exactly illustrates a good reason for having production increase the magazine capacity. From the outside, the 10 round limit does not make sense anymore.

Troy has a history of berating volunteer ROs at nationals. I saw an occurrence with my own eyes. Will never volunteer for a national event, and never worked a major match after that. There's a way to communicate with people that is respectful. Clearly Troy does not care and does not respect anyone else.

While the Cameo issue may have been the catalyst, what is really important to keep in mind is that the Board, at multiple points was unable to take any criticism and instead decided to escalate. They should not be surprised that the people they have banned for life from the sport didn't just disappear, and instead are deciding to escalate in kind.

15 is the lowest common denominator for "wonder nine" pistols. There are certainly pistols out there that come with larger stock capacities, but there are lots that come with 15. Production should accommodate as many stock pistols as possible and 15 is probably the sweet spot

This is sadly an issue with bad stage designs. Designers are getting very creative with the definition of a position and it's not fair to the lowcap divisions. Talk to your club match director and ask them to stop making stages that punish low cap divisions. It is very easy to design stages that are fun, interesting, and don't punish divisions. It just takes someone actually caring

One thing to consider is that 9x23 brass from starline is only 3 cents more per case compared to 38 super comp. It may be more economical to just shoot 9x23, since it will have a recoil and dot tracking like 38sc and ease of reloading compared to 9major.

Could check with Brazos and see if their mounts would work. Measure your frame and call them up

The problem with having the same slide and two barrels is that if/when the slide cracks, you have two barrels that are fitted to a slide that is cracked. It is better to have a slide paired with a barrel.

Ontelaunee does a 10-12 stage monthly match, where Saturday 20-30 shooters come in the morning and build the stages, then shoot. Sunday is the main match where 100+ shooters shoot and then tear down and put away everything. It works, I love the match and help on Saturdays but there is a core contingent of staff that make it all actually work, and they devote tons of their personal time to making it happen. Staff that know how to operate the heavy lifting equipment, handling registration, where everything is located in the shed, how to calibrate poppers, etc etc. I just show up, drag stuff into bays, build the stage to a rough approximation of what is in the diagram, and then have one of those staff members come and take a look and do final adjustment. Then I RO the squad I'm assigned to (or pick) for the day and then go home. The staff on the other hand, have to come back on Sunday and run the main match, then supervise it all being torn down and put away. The key is going to be keeping staff from burning out, and also recruiting/training more people to act as staff

I 100% believe that these two tendencies at local club matches were the cause of production and other low-cap divisions dying. I shot a match in a 10-round state, with Single Stack (major) and even though the maximum capacity was 10+1 versus my 8+1, there were stages where if you went 1-for-1 on steel and then used your two extra shots on an optional target, you could save a position and really pick up some time, and you still had a make up round just in case. There were stages that you had a view of some targets, twice, but it was really stretching. I think also the fact that the majority of the shooters and the people who run the match are shooting CO, it really drives stage design to be more difficult since the top shooters are running dots, and it just leaves iron sight shooters with very difficult target presentations and no real feeling of reward since they're just trying to keep up. I didn't go back to that club, haven't gone back to that state, and haven't shot SS major since. It's frustrating because if we just had good medium course designs and there wasn't the pressure of "well, people want to shoot, so let's do 5 32 round field courses and a classifier for our club match" I think it would be a different. Ideally, take one bay and break it into two 16 round medium courses. The risk is it'll slow down match flow, but I think it would be worth doing.

I think this is something national HQ should be doing, since match directors are already doing a lot to run their club matches. Obviously, the issue is how to solicit feedback from new shooters if they are not new members, they'd have to find a way to actually contact them. The easiest thing to do would be contact them via Practiscore, but that would require coordination with PS. It's a good idea still, and it should be investigated, even with some of the hurdles.

I had a Dillon that I rarely used. I might have kept it plugged into a surge protector, came down one day and tried to use it, and it wouldn't turn on. Junk. Do not purchase.

I have an MBX 170MM magazine and for a long time, I would only load 28 in the tube for reloads, and could squeeze in a 29th round and the final witness hole in the tube, you would see about half of the round. So, I _know_ that the tube could go to 30 rounds total, but I never tried to force it. After seeing others be able to fit 30 rounds comfortably, I decided to give it a try at home. I got a fresh spring and follower and used my UpLula to load the magazine. On the 29th round, I then decide d to really fight to get the 30th and was able to successfully load it, with the round now fully in the middle of the final witness hole. It will not insert into my Infinity and lock, however. Also, the round right below the last round loaded gets a bit of a dent in the case from the force. So, the spring has definitely been conditioned by really forcing that 30th round, because I think I now have 29 reloadable with no issue. I think I will probably do what @zzt and others have recommended and load it to 30 and leave it for a bit, or keep loading it to 30 over a couple of sessions to get the spring to settle in enough where it will finally allow 30 and insert and lock into the gun.

There are current Area Directors that have run uncontested in elections. The org is not as democratic as it appears. Historically, there have been multiple instances where multiple Area Directors were up for re-election and ran unopposed. https://uspsa.org/announcement/301

Agree. This has been my experience as well. YML ran a stage at Puerto Rico and we were in and out of the stage very quickly even with rain delays, and things went very smoothly. This is very suspicious to me, I do not believe the allegations made against him.

Here's a couple pictures from Ch. 12 of The Custom Government Model Pistol by Layne Simpson, that show 1911 single stack frames with optics mounted. Really the only thing you'd need to do is drill and tap the frame for holes, I'd probably go with the standard C-More pattern and just get a mount that will center the optic over the bore, or have spacers made that ensure the optic is centered.