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    Draw and reloads

    in Video Training Tips

    Posted

    Just starting to dry fire again after spending a winter off with my 11yr old Wrestling, and now coaching his Baseball team. Gotta start shooting again. Anyway, putting my new camera to use I decided to video myself a little.

    I see 2 things. One being my weakhand grip. Towards the end I think I start improving that....You can see the thought process in my facial expression (no comments on that please)

    No. 2, I think I need to have the gun up some upon reloading.

    More suggestions please. Thanks guy's and I hope to be back at the range soon

    Bill

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    Single Stack Photo Thread

    in The Gallery

    Posted

    Les Baer PII with Brazos f/s, EB ext. mag release, and S&A magwell.

    Nice gun Bill. You've got two in this thread you really did leave the team didn't you? :)

    Here's my only SS. I may shoot it some this year. I need to put a magwell and sights on it.

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    Good to hear from you. Like your Springer. I had to get rid of the Para (on consignment) so I could get the LB, and still remain married <_<

    I shot the Baer this past weekend w/o a magwell and couldn't hit a reload to save my life. Of course the magwell was in the mailbox when I got home from the match :rolleyes:

    troubleshooting

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    power extractor? :mellow: quite a few people with the same problem. would you happen to know what the extractor tension is (in lbs or oz)? Standard tension according to kunhausen's book is 3.5 tp 4.5 but i'm wondering if you can get away with less.

    I don't believe the extractor to be a problem. When the jam occurs I can move the extractor off the round and the slide does not go forward. I still may bevel/polish the face of the claw a little more anyway.

    I don't know the actual poundage of tension. Rounds slip under the claw easily and are held adequate though

    troubleshooting

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    I'm not an expert but I thought of something to try(which helped me in the past).

    If you can trace a jam to a certain cartridge, save it. Save several if possible. Remove the extractor and put the FP stop back in place.

    Now, install a really light recoil spring. A worn out 12 pounder would be fine. Feed the bad rounds you saved one at a time(you'll have to find a safe way to extract each round). Drop the slide on some and feed others slowly. What you see may give you some clues to the problem.

    Make sense to get the extractor out of the way. Good idea.

    Thanks

    troubleshooting

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    Bill

    I ran you nearly every stage in the 12 stage match on Saturday. The gun ran well as I recall the first stage or two. Then only for a couple of others. The rest of the time this problem was evident. Buy some factory loads (WWB) and try them. If they run, it is the reload you are using. If they fail to feed like this, it is the gun. I think it is possible the light spring you have in the gun does not have enough momentum to strip a new round out of the mag and put it in the chamber. Make sure the slide is lubricated (Slide Glide Lite). You may find that putting the factory spring back in will clear up the problem. If the gun short strokes with the factory spring, your load is too light.

    Best regards,

    Jim Taylor

    I've been meaning to do that. I've been reloading so long that every time I go into a store I just don't think about picking up a box or two of factory.

    I will do that, and run them toward the end of a range session when my lead over 231 has it good and dirty and then some controlled feeding to see if I can duplicate.

    The gun ran fine the 1st 4 stages and I thought "alright! I'm good to go now". Then had a long, cold wait to stage 5 where I had 3 FTF's. Then I switched to Precision RNFP's and it cleared up.....Untill stage 11. One of my favorite hosier stages, where the second round FTF. Talk about a pisser.

    Thanks for the reply and help

    troubleshooting

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    The first thing I'd look at is the bottom of the extractor hook and notch. Do these areas have a slight bevel to them? Bob Londrigan wrote an excellent article that describes what this should look like. You and read it by going to www.brazos.com and look under "Articles". I haven't seen one of those Para super-dooper extractors so there may be something special to consider with it.

    If the extractor shaping and tension seem reasonable, then you might have a sharp edge on the barrel, where the feed ramp on the opening to the chamber transitions to the chamber itself. If this doesn't have a slight radius, sometimes rounds can get bound up there.

    Oh, one other thing to check is a rough chamber wall.

    I have massaged the extractor claw, and tension seems fine. I will check the feed ramp to chamber transition. The chamber wall does appear very course with some minor tooling marks, but mainly just a rough ugly finish.

    Thanks

    troubleshooting

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    One other thing: if you're loading range brass (various headstamps) it could be odd/oversize/buggered up rims. Rare, but possible.

    Mike

    That could be and I have thought about that. Funny, I just thought about the extractor hole today. Will check

    Thanks

    troubleshooting

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted · Edited by billdncn

    Fairly new Para.

    Sorry about the blury pics....

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    Para002.jpg

    Nose up into chamber. I does this with LSWC's and RNFP's. I don't think it's the extractor. I can move the extractor off the rounds and nothing happens. I smoothed up the breech face as best I could. It will do this with 47D's and Powermags. I like using 12 to 14# recoil springs, but I'm thinking I may try the factory one. I'm guessing it's a 16#

    It only seems to do this during a match and the gun can be clean or dirty. Although I can duplicate it under controlled feeding. The rounds chamber fine when checked.

    Any ideas? It bit me bad the last 2 matches

    Thanks

    Blackwater Challenge

    in IDPA Shooting

    Posted

    Hey Racey D. Nice job on the 4th ESP MM

    2 questions. I thought you shot SSP, and how come I don't see Mr. D anywhere?

    Am I overlooking him?..............as usual :goof:

    Tell Kojak I'll miss him tomorrow @ BC........Who Luvs'ya Baby

    1911 Grip

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    If you ave real long fingers ...put a long trigger in the gun

    It would be best for you to relearn your grip and change from bullseye technique to tryed and true methods that work well for uspsa.

    the video was an excelent primmer for this .

    jim

    +1 on a long trigger if needed.

    It's fine for your trigger finger to be so far off the frame as long as you are pulling straight back. As a matter of fact, you don't really want your trigger finger to be touching the frame. Your trigger finger should be seperate of everything else, and in no way should play a part in the grip. I'm not saying this is a rule, just the info I have gathered.

    CM 03-09

    in USPSA Classifier Scores

    Posted

    Shot this one in Singlestack. No calculator yet that I know of for SS

    20th out of 97 shooters.

    Duncan, Bill C (provisonal) Single Stack 75 (points) 0 (pen) 12.37 (time) 6.0631(HF) 46.7534 (stage pts.) 58.44% (stage %, to Todd Jarrett) :rolleyes:

    I guess I won't know where this falls till after the first of the year?

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