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Really fun match, thanks for setting it up!
-Justin
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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
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Yep - just come on in Sat. morning ---- first shots fired is 0800 --- so give yourself ample time before then to register. Thanks
sounds good, will do
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I've sent the 2nd wave of confirmation emails today! I apologize for the delays.
Please let all who's interested know that we still have slots available. Get those applications in as soon as possible and I'll get confirmations out ASAP.
All payments are due upon registration - June 3rd at T1G.
I will have squadding and schedule out for distribution as the match draws near.
Either email the application to what's listed on the app or to me directly. lee.dimac@gmail.com
Thanks for your patience all and we'll see you at the match.
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?
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very cool stuff here
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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.
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Btw, don't shoot a popper with a slug on stage 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
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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.
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Probably a sharp edge on the chamber that got flaked off by the brass of a shell. It was shaped like that.
I shot it today in my first full-on 3-gun match. I still haven't figured out all the intricacies of how to load it and work the lifter. My first stage with it the RO said, "You figure that thing out and you'll be a good shotgunner. That gun is FAST." I had one shell get flipped in the chamber during ejection....I was able to just turn the gun and dump it out. I also had a couple rounds not go into battery all the way. They could have been rounds I picked up off the ground. I shot mix of crap I had sitting around. Some high brass stuff I used worked awesome! I can't believe how many rounds of live ammo I picked up.
I'll order the benelli nova nut this week. It cycled everything in the tube. I didn't notice any hang ups. I'm going to add a butt pad to it and go ahead and mount the Williams Universal sights and see how I like them.
It was a great match today despite some high winds and dust. Lots of first time 3-gunners with borrowed equipment. We all had a blast and I'm stoked that my shotgun worked ok. I can't wait to get it dialed in and really learn how to shoot it REALLY fast.
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.
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AAARRRGGHH! My ffl wasn't home when UPS stopped by. The gun showed up a day early but pointlessly. I could have had it totally dialed by match time Saturday morning. I'm going to pick it up at lunch time tomorrow, run it out to the range with some slugs, sight them in, put on the mag tube Friday night, and hope for the best.
I have the nordic tube for the remington. Totally forgot reading that Nordic is making CZ specific tubes now and didn't call them direct. I have some headset spacers from my stash of bike parts that should keep me from having to cut down the tube on the gun. We'll see.
I promise I'll do my best to try to get some pics on here ASAP.
HJUSTEIN, I'll be contacting you in a few days in regard to the trigger job you did. You should post some pics to this forum to get some people jazzed up on it.
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.
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Is there a button on the lifter or does it just go up? Did it ever catch your thumb?
Any issues with light loads, you mentioned high brass being ok.
Sorry for all the questions, this is the first thread I've found that isn't 3+ years old.
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.
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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.
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Here's a thread on the CZ forum about adding an extension. Supposedly an 870 extension works but you have to modify the factory tube. YMMV.
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.
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Got mine today too. rc2125 is correct, it is not daylight visible outdoors. It was heavily overcast today, with a white pallor over everything, and the reticle was only barely illuminated at 10. In brighter sunlight, it would be a black reticle.
Overall impressions:
1) It's 1.25X, not true 1X, by my estimation. But it's a very clear, sharp 1.25X, with no fishbowling or occlusion.
2) The glass is outstandingly good for this price range. Very, very clean at 4X with a nice, large field of view.
3) Turrets seem kinda large, but with the upcoming HS version, that'll be solved. I'd love them to be 5mm shorter--still enough to grab with gloves on, not tall enough to knock into things as easily.
4) The zoom ring is blocked somewhat by the brightness knob. Makes it hard to rapidly switch magnifications without a cat tail. But a cat tail might not do much, as it the zoom ring is very stiff.
5) The reticle is super clean and very easy to use both up-close and far out. I love how fine and sharp the stadia lines and crosshairs are. The outer, broken circle is just about the right size and thickness so that it never gets in the way of the target but draws the eye quickly.
6) Eye relief is phenomenally generous. I have mine mounted all the way forward in a Larue SPR-E, and I shoot nose-to-charging-handle. It seems to have about 3" of eye relief--almost as nice as my TA33.
7) Turret operation/features are very nice for a scope in this price range. The little accoutrements like the fiber optic markers, etc., are especially sweet.
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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I just shot a multi gun match in USPSA Heavy Metal Tactical division for the first time, I had been shooting Tac Optics prior.
It was FUN! Shooting the .308 rifle with the 20rd mags actually forced some recoil control and some RELOADS, which was an interesting and enjoyable change from the point and click shooting and bottomless mags on the 5.56 guns.
USPSA creating the "Tactical" heavy metal division is what allowed me to switch, I already had the equipment that I actually use, A .40 pistol and an auto 12ga. If I went out and bought a pump action 12ga and a .45 pistol, they would sit and collect dust as I have no use for them other than gaming. I hunt with an auto shotgun and carry 9/40 pistols, as do most folks out there, so it opens up the division to a lot more folks IMO. If USPSA dumps the HM Tactical div, I will just go back to shooting Tac Optics like everyone else.
my $0.02
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i use them too........125 grn truncated cone 9mm bullets..........very nice & accurate out of my CZ SP-01
What length do you load them to in your SP-01? I just tried them in my CZ-75 SA loaded to 1.140" OAL and they were contacting the rifling.
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