redpillregret

There are two Legions at the local shop. I’ve been quite tempted to put one on layaway as a backup. They’ve been just sitting there tempting the regulars. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

X5 Legion. Then sell the Canik and get a gray guns trigger, springer mag release, go gun takedown lever, and Tungsten guide rod. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looking at those pics and measurements, definitely too much crimp. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One thing I’ve learned is the more you deviate from a factory gun, the less reliable it is. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do you get light strikes with the factory barrel? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think the mass of shooters are aging and can’t do it anymore. They run the matches. New guys are new and not running matches. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Heh, I’ve asked local MDs to define their 180. When I did, they decided to move targets and/or throw out the stage. No reason to continue to reinforce that the rules prevent them to intentionally trap people to break 180s, we get that, but it still happens. I literally heard a dude say “I designed this stage to make you watch your 180! I wanna DQ a few of you fast guys!” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It may be in the rules, but that doesn’t mean that’s the way it’s practiced. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not so far. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Has anybody slugged one of the non-LCI barrels yet? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe measure your mags. They may be too long for carry optics. Mine were 142mm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bought the carry optics mag from Stoeger’s Pro Shop. It’s the TTI pads on 21 rounders brining it up to 23. It’s very difficult to seat full mags on a closed slide but if can be done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sig replaced my LCI barrel. It would last 30-40 before carbon was distracting. Works fine now. Ejects 100% fine. No sign of brass coming near the optic so far. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can share mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I got mine back today. I was evidently too late to file for the rebate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What’s the rebate? I guess i missed that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I sent my mags back as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not a holosun but here is how high the RMR plates bump you up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks! Even with an SRO it didn’t take long to carbon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I got authorization to ship mine back this time. Sixth time is a charm? I shipped it out today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the tips guys. I’m going to keep trying. This change to the barrels is ridiculous. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve contacted them twice and they told me no exchange was available. I’ve now emailed them twice and referenced others getting them. Is there a particular rep to talk to? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t shoot open but I’ve had a production gun go down on me such that I couldn’t repair it at the match. I also had issues in a class. I now have three of my gun. I primary dry-fire and practice with one. I shoot one in competition, and I have one like new just in case. I’ve seen more than one open shooter break a gun in a match and finish with another. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I thought I would update this thread. I’ve been shooting for about a year now. I’ve made five sanctioned matches and multiple outlaw matches. I’ve also taken one training course. Late last year, I was able to do some horse trading and now have several guns appropriate for competition including the Shadow 2. I’ve done training sessions and matches with the Shadow 2, Glock 34, VP9, and Sig X5. Let’s qualify with the fact that I carried a Glock daily for over ten years but also shot a VP9 most from the time they came out until last year. My Glock 34 I had traded for as a “turn key” setup from a 3gunner a few years ago in anticipation of getting into USPSa. I never could get good scores with the gun. I also would get a lot of uncalled Ds and Mikes. Finally one day I decided to bench the gun a 25 yards. My impact was 6-8” high. Groups were 12”. No wonder I was getting so frustrated! I kept trying to figure out what was wrong with the gun. Finally, I noticed the front sight was slightly loose. Groups tightened up just a bit, but were still wider than an A-zone at 25. Then I really scrubbed the barrel. I the process I noticed the barrel looks to have been filed on on back of the hood. I was getting pretty frustrated. I picked up another barrel and now it shoots 4” groups at 25 benched. POI still is high but it’s close enough. Having gotten the Glock to be acceptable, it still isn’t making me superstar. My scores on standard drills just aren’t there and I get a lot more wide Charlie’s and Deltas with it than my others. Shooting the VP9, I attained my best score overall in the rankings. I seem to almost always end up with an A first round. The gun just fits me. I think the added recoil of a polymer gun maybe makes me be more visually patient? I do feel that on wider transitions I over-swing the target. It’s just something I need to work on. Shooting the X5 in training, I haven’t competed with one, it seemed to be a good balance between weight and accuracy, but the trigger just didn’t work well for me at speed. Perhaps I should have put a Grey Guns kit in it. I set it up for Carry Optics but I didn’t like the Romeo dot it was cut for. I ended up trading it for a Shadow 2 backup gun. That brings me to the Shadow 2. I really do love this gun. The DA pull has taken some work but it seems to work fine. The gun seems to stay on target better. I get my best B8s with this gun as well as the best scores on standardized drills. It really does seem to compliment my propensity to over-drive the gun on transitions. Additionally, with my elbow injuries it seems to have enough heft that my grip loosening later in the day doesn’t cause me to dive low left. Unfortunately, the weight does seems to get heavy at the end of training days (this was quite evident in the training class with the gun). Additionally, the metal frame doesn’t seem to “give” like the poly guns so I do feel more of the recoil in my elbow. . I still haven’t strung together a match performance as good as I put up with the VP9. Perhaps it’s because I haven’t trained as long on the Shadow 2 So where does that leave me? There are certainly pros and cons of almost any pistol. The polymer pistols STILL have a place. At the end of the day one is best to make a decision and stick to it as evidence by my best score coming from the pistol I’ve trained the most on! Though I am pushing through with the CZ and having trained hard on it since purchasing, I don’t think I’ll top it with the VP9 again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk