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hjustein

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  1. awesome match, I had a great time. big thanks to everyone who had a hand in it. I really enjoyed watching everyone else shoot, lots of talent all around. somebody definitely needs to post a video of stage 3, I did't get one and I want to show some folks how "fun" that stage was are the final results going to be posted anywhere? - Justin
  2. Due to work on friday, I will not be able to make it until late friday, probably 11pm. Will there be time to register on sat morning?
  3. I think the fit of the gun is more important than the sights, except for possibly on long distance slug targets. I have tried vent rib, plain bead, and ghost rings, and I honestly like a plain bead the best so far.
  4. That sucks dude, hate to hear it, you had a good run going otherwise. I really enjoyed meeting you and the rest of squad 14, I am going to try to make the match next year if I can, I had a great time. - Justin
  5. will there be a confirmation email to let me know if I am in this match? I signed up a while back but haven't heard anything.
  6. I would be willing to bet that shooting a few hundred more rounds through the gun and giving it a thorough cleaning will prevent the sluggish ejection and bolt failing to close. Mine did that a few times at first, but after breaking in it has been flawless.
  7. On the trigger job, there isn't much to it really, the gun has a pretty standard hammer/trigger/disconnector group. All I did was remove some material from the sear engagement area to shorten/lighten the pull and polish up all the parts that make sliding contact. The FCG pops out easily with one pin, it is a really simple gun to work on. Here is a pic I found of the FCG: In the pic you can see the engagement surfaces that need attention. You can play with the engagement lengths and angles a decent amount as they are pretty generous from the factory. If you have never messed with a FCG like this, I would very much suggest you practice first on a few AR-15 triggers as they work the same and are cheap to replace if you screw them up. Make sure you leave enough material on the engagement areas that the sear and dico will always do their job, otherwise you will get hammer follow which can possibly result in uncontrolled followup shots at the cyclic rate of the gun. The ammo management and legal issues that arise in such a situation make it in your best interest to work slowly and check function often when doing any trigger work. It is a lot easier to take metal off than it is to put it back on. Also, just as an FYI, doing trigger work like this will reduce the wear life of the trigger components as you are removing material from the wear surfaces of the parts. Whether or not it will be enough to matter is a call you will have to make on a case by case basis, but if you are a competitive shooter it never hurts to have a spare hammer, trigger, and disconnector on hand anyway. I have put thousands upon thousands of rounds through my worked triggers without any issues, but it is something to consider.
  8. There is no button on the lifter. It does not catch my thumb, but YMMV on that. It does have a bolt hold open/bolt release button on the starboard side. You only use the bolt release button if you run the gun dry. In that case, the fastest way to get the gun back into action is to drop a shell into the ejection port and hit the bolt release. Any other time you just load through the loading gate as normal. I havent found any loads that won't cycle the gun yet, but I havent tried any reduced recoil birdshot yet. I might try some this evening as I just picked some up. I have tried reduced recoil 7/8 oz, 1300 fps slugs and they run great. They work much better than high brass slugs which cycle the gun way too hard and cause feed issues. IMO the gas system on this gun is not appropriate for magnum slugs, not that there is any good reason to use this gun with them anyway.
  9. Good to know that the Nova barrel nut fits correctly. I apologize to the guys who bought the Remington nut based upon my post, I kinda figured the Remington nut might have been a slightly different thread pitch since it got so tight, but it worked and that is all that mattered to me.
  10. Yea, that was me that posted that over there. I still use the 712 for multigun, and it is still doing what I want it to do. I don't practice with it as much as I would like, and my load times are slow as a result, but it has the capability to be run pretty fast by someone with skill. I do wish the lifter gate spring was a little lighter, but I am afraid to mess with it as I don't want to compromise reliability. The mag tube is still running strong and the gun simply does not malf if you clean it every now and then. I smoothed out the loading port area and gave the gun a pretty nice trigger job, and really like the results. The gun is definitely not holding me back. It is light and points well. The value to dollar ratio is way way up there IMO.
  11. It sounds like to me that you do not have your ocular adjusted correctly. The PST is absolutely a true 1x, you can actually get it to go below 1x ,unless you have 10/10 vision, by having the ocular focus adjusted too far in. I would guess that you may have yours too far out. Also you should have around 4" of eye relief at a minimum(different eyes vary), this also could be affected by not having the focus adjusted correctly. If for some reason you dont think you are getting a true 1x after readjusting the diopter please let me know. Scott Scott, Thanks for posting that, I recently picked up a Viper PST 1-4x and it was making me think I was crazy because the 1x setting seemed to be more like 0.8x! I will go adjust it now. Otherwise I LOVE the scope, the reticle is amazing and so is the glass. IT has nice repeatable, positive clicks on the turrets, and the MRAD/MRAD stadias and turrets are SO easy to use together. I am also a huge fan of the .2 MRAD clicks, they are course enough to make quick changes, but not too course. My only wish is that the illumination was a bit brighter, but it is no big deal, it is very usable as is.
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