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Is your club going to run all eight stages or fewer than 8? Will the stages be permanently set up or will you set up/tear down every match? If the latter, I'd go with a hanger hook style set with a wide H-shaped base. When I bought my practice set it was from shootingtargets7. With hanger hooks it's very easy to change the plates - not so much if you have hangers with the bolt/spring/nut configuration. Also, definitely spring for 3/8" thickness as 1/4" plates will get knocked off the hook as someone mentioned above, especially with .45 cal or PCC. Also, you may want to inquire about the measurement of where the slot is cut in relation to the edge of the plate. Ideally, this will be the same distance for the 12" and 10" plate (so they will stand at the same 5' height when used with an appropriately cut 2x4). The rectangles should have their slot cut an additional 6" lower, +/-2" so they will stand close to 5'6" when used with that same 2x4. It'll prevent you from needing specific 2x4's at a different length for your rectangular plates. Lastly, if you setting up each time, you may want to look for something that stacks well - both for storage and transport. H style bases will likely stack better than the X style ones in some of your links. Just make sure that the H style base is wide enough so that you don't get a lot of rocking when shot, or else you will need to stake them, which is a PITA.

Great info. But it does seem like the 2024 peak times might be off, at least for CO. In CO I am now classified for SC-102, SC-103, SC-105, and SC-106, which totals 43.5s under the 2024 peak times per your table, but it is calculating against 42.5s in the rankings.

Awesome data, thank you for your hard work! Also, it would be a nice feature to be able to plug in your SCSA number at the main page and bring up your rankings for each of your classified divisions, as opposed to searching them individually by division

Done that intentionally to see if it would work and got the same results as you. Even my PCC would only ignite them half the time.

Hi guys, I'm M in Open and mainly got there shooting a single stack 1911 with a frame mounted optic and short comp. I ended up selling the gun because it had issues particularly with the aluminum frame it was built on. I bought a Canik Rival to try and shoot Open and wasn't really impressed. So I guess I'm open (haha) to suggestions for what you would consider an ideal Open gun for SCSA. As a caveat, I don't shoot USPSA, so I'd rather this gun be light weight for fast transitions. I got to shoot a Staccato XC recently and was very impressed. It was a friend's gun so I didn't draw from holster, but was able to shoot it from low ready on S&H for a 1.62s string, which is similar to what I get on my VQ Black Mamba. I think the polymer grip reducing the weight along with the single port comp for regular 9mm loads makes it effective for SCSA, though perhaps it would not be competitive for USPSA Open as it isn't meant for major PF. Is there a better option out there? Budget is around the $4500 range as the XC is that price.

I ended up sending it back again for the fourth time, and they finally replaced it with another model of LW, as the one that I had was a limited run and isn't in production anymore. I got the replacement back today. Initially they wanted me to pay for the difference in price (the replacement was like $30 higher per their MSRP) but I wasn't having any of that and they relented and waived the upcharge. I'll be selling this one locally as Bass Pro has refused to accept a return on the gun, even though the replacement was brand new.

The other parts seem to be fitted well. I'm not sure what you mean about stopping on the frame and not the link - do you mean when the barrel is pushed back and rests on the frame rails?

Yeah they really did that. On some guns the slide lock goes in easy because of the contouring on the slide lock tab but for the Kimbers it's tough to insert without using a small punch or similar tool to depress the detent.

So I got the gun back after a little more than a month and they replaced the top half. Unfortunately while doing so they gouged out the frame at the bottom of the slide lock slot (see pics). Is that kind of damage normal wear and tear or should I angle for getting a replacement gun?

It's on its third trip back to Kimber. Hopefully they will replace the top half or give me a new gun. It still boggles me how the lead gunsmith thought that this was an acceptable way to repair one of their guns.

Yeah, I talked with the GM today and he said they would try to send it to Kimber again to see if they replace it with either a new gun or a new top half. Hopefully I'll get a new gun and just sell it.

So what's the difference between the lead gunsmith and the regular gunsmiths at Kimber? The lead gunsmith gets to use the DREMEL!!! It's hard to tell in the pic, but their answer to the lug peening issue was to add a 45* bevel on each lug. So now there is probably less than 50% of vertical engagement of the lugs in the locked position. Am I wrong in concluding this is a problem just waiting to spiral out of control? Needless to say I didn't accept the repair yet and hope to speak with the store manager about getting my money back. I have no faith in Kimber to repair anything at this point.

Sorry for the semi-necro but I was finally able to shoot my classification in a full match, and using both of my guns too! I shot PCCO (96.05%) first then RFRO (98.4%) second. Prior to this I usually did it in reverse, but maybe there's something to shooting the slower gun first and the faster one after you're warmed up for that stage. I exceeded 100% on overall classifications by 2 seconds on RFRO, but I'm just .14s shy on PCCO. Daniel Mathias beat me to all 13 GMs but I'm going to try and beat him to all 13 100% GMs

The Armanov grips are great if you have big hands. They're ocassionally on sale on Amazon; I got a set of purple ones in large for $16.

I don't expect perfection from a budget gun but I do expect it to work after the 500 round break-in period, rather than becoming completely inoperable. Hopefully they send me a new one which I can return to the store for my money back.