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  1. My Romeo 3 Max is a year old, with 3000 to 5000 rounds through it. It was factory mounted to my SIG P320 Max pistol. About two months ago I noticed that the pistol was shooting 4 to 6 inches low and a few inches left at 15 yards. I had read about the wandering zero problems with the Romeo 3s and figured that the elevation screw had moved. I re-zeroed the optic, shot a match and all seemed fine. The following week, about 200 rounds later, I was shooting very low, again. I adjusted the elevation screw for max elevation and the gun still shot 4 to 6 inches’ low at 15 yards. Previous to this, the gun had always shot to the point of aim with a variety of ammunition. I contacted SIG and was immediately emailed a return authorization with a payed Fed Ex shipping label. I boxed up the sight and mailed on a Thursday (22 SEP 22). The following Tuesday (27 SEP 22) I received a notification that a package was enroute from SIG. After some Fed Ex shenanigans, I received a new Romeo 3 from SIG, free of charge, on 4 OCT 22. The invoice states that the inability to zero was confirmed and that the optic had a loose lens.
  2. The first thing is that you only have 800 rounds through the gun. It's new and defective. Consider sending the gun back to Springfield. It should have a life time warranty, yes? I have not heard of a over-travel screw causing full-auto, so I did a little research. There is a thread on 1911Forum that discussed a gun with a similar problem. A combination of defective grip safety and too much trigger travel can cause the disconnect to lift up on the sear spring. This reduces sear spring pressure and causes the sear to bounce out of engagement when the slide goes forward. I'll post a link. Read post number 26. https://www.1911forum.com/threads/full-auto-1911.1026291/page-2 The guy posting that info is a very knowledgeable member of that forum. I don't know for sure that your problem is the same as the OPs on the 1911 Forum, but it's possible. It's hard to diagnose these kinds of things without the gun in your hands and I'm not a 1911 guru. I was originally thinking it was left leg sear spring pressure, but the overtravel thing really didn't make sense. There could be a bunch of other causes, but it might be wise to let Springfield sort it out.
  3. That makes sense. I seem to remember during our RO class that an RO isn't supposed to call anything based on what another competitor has to say, because that competitor might be looking to sabotage the shooter. Fair enough. Still though, when pasting targets, I've pointed out a hit to a No-shoot target that the scoring RO walked past without noticing. I've pointed out an FTSA penalty to another RO, when it was obvious that the shooter never engaged the target. When asked, the shooter admitted to the FTSA. The intent wasn't to screw the shooter, but to get the proper score. I get what you're saying, though.
  4. Then how do you train new ROs, if said RO is expected to be perfect at the job right out the gate? Having a seasoned ARO on the tablet helps a lot, but that's not always the way things shake out. I don't expect anyone to hold my hand, but expecting perfection seems to be a little over the top, at least for a local club match with inexperienced ROs. That said, the RO is the one in charge. The RO has to make the final call.
  5. I wasn't referring to you by "peanut gallery." I asked a hypothetical question.
  6. Let me start by saying that I've only been shooting USPSA for about 9 months and I've been an RO for 2 months. The above makes sense to me. You can't call penalties based on what the peanut gallery says. However, many of the ROs at my local matches are new. Many went to the same RO class I did. Often, the score keeper isn't even an RO. I don't have a lot of experience. I'm not going to catch everything. If a far more experienced RO spots a procedural, even though he's not on the timer or the tablet, should I ignore him because the score keeper and I didn't see it? Honest question.
  7. I realize that you said that you tried .452 bullets, but I had the exact same problem with undersized cast bullets from a Lee mold. They measured .451. I switched to an NOE brand mold that drops bullets .453 to 454 as cast and problem went away. My throats measure .453 and the forcing cone is gigantic. I get leading with .452 sized bullets but they don't tumble. Are you sure your bullets actually measure .452 ?
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