nso123

Oxford will probably be the largest area to the east. Lincoln is closer to the range, and the Comfort Inn is decent enough.

I think the Mississippi state match has the local Boy Scouts paint. Not sure if it’s any faster, but it sure beats being stuck in a squad with folks who don’t paint.

It would be hard to tell if it has the sporter chamber since that is something that has to be specified when you order it from MR.

One of the big things with the Switchbolt is to make sure you get the sporter chamber. It’s a little more forgiving than the standard chamber. There have also been a few issues with the Switchbolt receiver being totally reliable with the Wiland barrels. They were working on solutions, so that may be solved now.

It’s under the announcements at the bottom of the website.

I’m not sure there is one that’s publicly accessible, but Jeff Jones might be able to give you that info.

Have you checked for the off chance that the face of your barrel may have a ding in it that is keeping the occasional round from firing? Also, any chance that the firing pin is dragging in the channel?

I tend to agree with you on the times possibly not needing to be reduced. I haven’t dug too deep, but at a glance what I see is maybe 20-25 people who account for all of the fastest times. Do we really need to move the times for everyone based on such a small number?

On my 3.80 range strings I am in the range of 2.0 between shot 2 and 3. On a 3.55ish string I am in the 1.85 range. The really fast guys are doing it in the mid to low 1.50s. A 2 second penalty might would be a little on the low side. I think it needs to be enough to keep from encouraging people to not move. The stage would probably be about like Showdown if there was no movement, so you are looking at potentials of 1.60s before the penalty.

It wouldn’t surprise me to see another 4 second drop in RFRO and PCCO. If I remember correctly, last year’s WSSC was not as fast overall as the year before. I don’t know that this year will be any faster either. I can say that it appears there is some waning interest in Steel Challenge in my area. Matches have gotten smaller. I know ammo has kept some out, and can’t help but wonder if some folks are just moving into other hobbies.

In my opinion, Outer Limits is the stage that sets GMs apart. Plenty of people can shoot over 100% on the other stages, but OL requires more than muscle memory. Don’t believe it’s muscle memory on the other stages? I shot with one of the current world record holders and watched him miss the stop plate several times on a stage that was set up wrong. We got it corrected and he was back to hammering.

If mud is never an issue in your bays you can use fender washers nailed in the ground. Paint them different colors for different stages. If mud can be an issue, then go with the whiskers.

I dry fired around 100-150 times and ran around 30 rounds of live ammo through it. You would swear it’s a different trigger now.

Nope. There is almost none now.

Final comments now. I shot a couple of mags through it and everything completely straightened out. Now it has zero creep and breaks at 2.25 pounds.