jostein jensen

at our club we are very unsatisfied with that ammo. It was very inaccurate in all our club G17's. Cheap compared to a few other alternatives we had, but it was not worth the lower cost..

I use about 1mm layer on every surface that is in moving contact with anything. After assembling the gun, I cycle it and the excessive comes out. Then take the top off again and remove the glide from the places it does nothing..

Thanks for replies. I'll keep using the SG Lite for winter season I don't like oil because it don't stay put like the slideglide...

I was reading a thread about what ppl use for lube, and saw that many of you use oil instead of slideglide when its cold. What do you define as cold? Is it when the gun stops to function because the glide is too thick? I've got a new edge and use SG Lite on it, and was wondering if it could harm the gun using it in cold weather due to insufficient lube or something.. I use a large amount of SG, assemble, rack a few timed and remove the excess that comes out. Shot it in temperatures down towards 0 degrees celcius. Was no problems each shot, but its the wear not malfunctions I was worrying about..

It will be the Kongsvinger Open I'm hoping I will be able to shoot Red Apple too, but its in the middle of the family holiday so it will require some negotiation with the better half Edited for proper link function.

Thought I'd join th crowd of range diary writers. Spring 2006 I fired my first shots with a handgun. I had joined a local club, took a beginner safety class (mandatory in Norway) and began shooting bullseye with the clubs .22's. The club was really bad and many of the senior members were not very friendly or welcoming. Some even rude. I wondered if this was a normal thing with pistol shooters, but then I found Salten Practical Shooting Club. O boy this was something else! Really nice ppl who were eager to help and even let you try their guns! Long story short I changed club and took an IPSC safety class or whatever I should call it. After hearing about a bazillion different views from different people about what gun I should use, I finally came to my senses and started with just using the club glock's. A month ago I got my first gun. I bought an Sti Edge with Dawson FO front and a bigger mag release. Through the winter I have been reading BE's book and I was really looking forward to starting training with it. The first thing that surprised me when I got it was how natural it felt in my grip. First time i gripped it and raised it, the front sight was there in the notch. It was really a lot easier than what I had become accustomed to with the G17's where I was constantly adjusting my grip to find the sights. Along with the Edge I got a CR-Speed WSM rig. First day on the range, and its a muddy one, I learned the HARD way to put the damn lock on the holster. I was jumping over a mud-puddle on my way back to the safety area when this funny feeling of my hip suddenly becoming about a kilo lighter and then the splosh sound when it hit the mud... The first bloody day on the range and it dropped into mud! Luckily I had a full cleaning kit and lots of patches and paper in my rangebag so I was able to get it cleaned and complete my training. So far what I have learned after 300 rounds with the Sti: The gun is absolutely marvelous. The trigger is probably shyte, but since I'm comparing it to the glock - I think its great. The gun works and shoot straight. My handloads factor in on 176.x - I use Frontier 180gr over 5.2gr N320 31mm long. And the most important thing I learned so far: I close my eyes when it goes bang and I really really really need to work on keeping the focus on the front sight in the notch. My focus tends to be on the FS and on the target and anything in between. So from now and up to my first L3 in june it will be a lot of dry practice with front sight focus as the main issue and slow live fire practice. We usually set up a medium course on every training so I'm going to go slowly through these with a perfect sight picture on every shot. Maybe the speed will come eventually... Looking forward to get back on the range this weekend...

When I got my first gun, the dealer showed me how to strip it and it was lubed with RHT oil. I had already bought a can of SG due to all the good things you ppl say about it and wehn I got it home I took it apart and glided it up. Oh my lord what a smooth gun it makes! The first thing everyone in my club says when handling it is the same. "Wow that was smooth!" I apply a lot of it to anything that is in contact with anything in the upper. Rails, barrel, RM and all. On the trigger/safety parts its the RHT oil I got from the dealer. I will probably never try anything else for lube.

thank you guys!

I just got my first gun, an Sti Edge, and noticed there is a half cock notch or something like that. Why is there such a thing, and what does it do?

I'm no genius on this sort of problems, but I guess trial and error should work fine here as with everything else

my cent would be the trigger...

thanks for all the replies folks. I guess I will just have to learn the flip-thing to reach it..

I'm a rookie shooter so I need some advice... I'm waiting on my Edge and I know I will need a big button to reach it without changing my grip, and I suck at that. I've read a lot of things against big buttons regarding table starts, mishaps with mags releasing when they shouldn't and weak hand shooting. I was toying with the idea of moving the button to the other side, if it can be done. I think I can be much faster with the index finger on the button on the other side, than my thumb is on the "right" (left ) side. Can it be moved to the other side on an STI and is it a big job? do any of you have experience with the index finger technique? Lefties, please share as this is mostly your field I guess... thanx in advance Jostein.

this was a really good thread. I'm a very fresh shooter. I can't see my sights lift off the notch. After reading Brians book I have been getting more aware of what happens when I shoot. I now know I don't see the sight out of the notch because my eyes close when the shit says BANG. The result of it is I need to keep the sights perfect while I press the trigger. It usually puts the hole where it needs to be, but it is slow. My eyes are usually open soon enough to see the top of the slide/gun when its half way through "recoil". I've seen the sights bounce from target to target one time. We were two shooters on the range and had set up a popper far rigth, three mini steel center and a popper far left - all from one position. As someone said further up, it really was a eureka moment. I stood there thinking who's head was I watching this from. When I just fire as fast as I can into the berm my splits with the G17 are around .20-.22. This time it was .5ish with moving to new targets in between. I've never gotten back into that flow again but it made me realize that the stuff BE talks about in the book really will happen with lots and lots more practice. So I guess I fit into the category that sees and then fire - except I'm aware it can/will be better with time...

.38 Super loaded to major is very common for open div.

A lot of shooters also modify the gun and mags so the slide don't lock back at all. This is done to prevent premature slide lock. Most of the time we reload before empty gun anyway Also, having your thumb pressed against the frame may cause you to shift your point of aim when the adrenalin gets flowing.

We're drifting OT but... 1100rpm is a .054 split on the calculator.

automatic fire tends to be faster than most ppl can cycle the trigger

thanks for answers. I'll take a few sets of plugs from work to wear inside the Peltors and just keep firing

Hello all. I'm new to pistol shooting (aprrox 1k rounds w/G17) and need advice. Some months ago I bought beyond fundamentals. after reading it I began noticing things when training. The first thing I noticed was when I was just firing on the target at 10m not really caring where the shot hit it, just looking at the sight and the gun. I can't see the front sight when the gun goes bang, but I noticed that it went up to the right. Changed a little on the grip and it went straight up. But since I don't see the sight itself, and still trying to find "my" grip, it sort of just stayed up there and I had to consciously bring it down and make a new alignment. This I guess goes away with more practice combined with me getting to learn a proper grip when I get my own gun, and not just practicing live with the club glocks. The other thing I noticed was when firing from a rested position. I close my eyes when the shot goes off. I don't know why, and I don't want to, but it happens. I just suddenly became aware of it and it was really cool since awareness was something the book said a LOT about. I tried to just focus on the sight and just feeling the trigger for how much pressure it would take without going off. When it said bang - the damn eyes closed again. Obviously this is a problem when I need to see the sight to know where the shot went... How can I train this away? Will it disappear by itself after more practice? Keep in mind I have only fired 1000 rounds with pistol my whole life... Thanks in advance for answers and thank you Brian for a REALLY GOOD BOOK! I'm going to be using it a lot when I get my gun and can start dry practicing with the drills it described. I'll probably wear it out

just tape a laser pen to the gun to do that. probably the cheapest way for it...

That vid is worth gold to a newbie like me! thanx!

vehicle related from a track-day (www.acr.no) don't EVER use the three point harness because the four-point takes longer to put on and adjust... EVER... the driver losts control into the turn after the straight line. 110mph+ we hit the wall passenger broadside first at 55mph. tracker and logger to show speed on impact. got several cracked ribs and pretty much banged up on impact. the ribs would have been saved with the 4-point as it would have reduced the chest twist..

hmm.. you must have worked in some dirty hangars. I can't smell anything but fresh air in ours - mainly due to the fact that the doors are open