Drmike

Thanks for confirming my concerns.  The shock buffs are going in the trash.  I have, in fact, been using Lucas Oil Extreme Duty Gun Oil on the strength of a previous post from you.  I am very happy with the product.  I had used Frog Lube before that and it was a gummy nightmare.

Charlie,  I just shot our provincial (level 3) event here in Alberta with my Atlas Titan 40SW.  It was in very dusty conditions which are uncommon here.  I noticed that on two occasions I had very slow return of the slide which result in a change in cadence (unfortunately the second time I dipped the muzzle enough to pick up a no shoot) which I chalked up to grit in the slide.  The second day of the event I lubed the slide after every stage and increased my recoil spring from 10lb to 11lb and had no issue.  Power factor on the ammo is 185 (180gr jacketed bullet, 5.6gr N320 @ 1.18").  I am still using a shock buff as the Titan came from Atlas with one.  I previously shot STI's which had no shock buff.  I am considering tossing the shock buff as I feel like it makes the recoil impulse feel "dead" and slows the slide.  Do you use a shock buff?  Do  you have any advice?  By the way, I have switched to MBX mags at your recommendation and have had no further feed issues.

Thanks for letting me know.  It is a PITA getting MBX here in Canada as they won’t ship direct and we need to import them.  We are finally getting going here with shooting after July 1.  I have 4 MBX mags that came with my Titans thanks to your discount code.  They have been flawless, but my STI mags that I use in practice give me random hiccups.  I have another 6 MBX  on order, hopefully I will see them in the next few weeks.