Andreas

The Facebook post by IDPA quoted above says that CZ Custom is not the manufacturer, so it's as if you or a gunsmith did the work on a base SP-01 Shadow from CZ. Custom sight cuts knock the pistol out of SSP. But the SP-01 Shadow's full-length dust cover knocks it out of ESP. So seems like it's not IDPA legal. Makes sense since aftermarket sight cuts and full-length dust covers will get you killed on the street.

Quite a few good interviews on The Shooter's Mindset. You can download the videos off YouTube using a service like Dirpy.

You mean that the new rulebook hadn't already driven you away?

When did he lower his standards that far? He told me GM or GTFO.

Only thing I've broken in 18 months of near-nightly dry fire has been the factory TRS.

None of the desirable Shadow models, which lack the firing-pin block, are available with decockers. Practice lowering your hammer in dry fire and you'll be good to go.

They pop up for sale on the classifieds now and then. A buddy of mine picked up a matched pair just last week. Or give Stuart at CZ Custom a ring. Another buddy got his slot in line a few days ago, which was running eight weeks.

The magazine well would knock you out of USPSA Production. All my CZs sport VZ Diamond Back grips. They're aggressive enough.

It lets me burn in thousands of repetitions of different motions without spending a dime. Live fire is for working recoil control, shot calling. It's amazing how motions burned in during dry fire just happen in live fire. The gun just gets a new magazine when I leave a position.

Depends on where you want to go. My approach was to get my feet wet and then cry once to buy gear that won't hold me back. I got serious about USPSA early last year and didn't have room for a press, so Production it was. Picked up a pair of SP01 Shadows from CZ Custom, dry fired most evenings, shot every weekend, and made M in this month's update. There's nothing about those pistols that limits my shooting, so I can't imagine how a different one would in any way benefit me. I've observed that the people who constantly fiddle with their gear and jump divisions aren't the ones moving up in the standings at monthly matches.

When will the COFs be open on Friday afternoon/evening for walk-throughs?

Both of my Shadows from CZ Custom came with 1 mm fiber fronts.

FWIW, I'm not part of the Facebook and can see the pictures just fine.

Production rules require a hammer-down start. But the hammer will be cocked after you load the pistol. You want to get real good at lowering a cocked hammer onto an empty chamber before doing it for real on onto a live round. Opinions vary on the best way to do this. Same exact thing.

Ditch the Laserlyte. On the draw, pull through for a full DA stroke, but on subsequent "shots", don't let out the trigger far enough to reset. Instead, pull against an otherwise dead trigger. Of course, you'll have a full DA stroke after reloading, moving, or transferring the pistol to your weak hand. Call your shots in dry fire just like you'd do in live fire.

Assuming it's in 9 mm, man up and learn the DA first shot. You can do this in dry fire—no reason to burn live ammo except for verification. It will become a natural part of your draw stroke with a few hours of practice. Spend a half hour on dry fire every night this week and you'll be surprised at how well you do on your next range trip.

How are you liking the P-09 out of the box compared to your unicorn?

I'd give Production Optics a whirl. Good excuse to get another blaster without all the overhead of a new belt system, magazines, etc. Plus it will be real handy when my eyes start failing. I'm closing in on 42 without any kind of corrective lenses, and my luck has to run out at some point.

I debated titling this post "Should I shoot Production or L10 this weekend?"

SP01 has a firing-pin block, SP01 Shadow doesn't.

That answers the mail. The idea is that the two 81% scores are the most recently shot classifiers.

Say that the shooter's last eight classifiers are: 81% 81% 94% 94% 94% 94% 94% 94% They're sitting at 94% overall with the 81% scores flagged as F. During the month, they shoot a 100% at one match and an 81% at a later match. Do they make GM? In other words, do the scores they shot get applied one by one, with a new calculation each time, or are they applied all at once with one recalculation?

The advice to bring an extra slide stop is a good one. I'd suggest getting in touch with Cajun Gun Works to order a their trigger return spring and floating trigger pin along with the slide stop. The factory TRS will pick an inopportune time to break. Taping up is good advice if you're a new shooter and haven't developed the calluses on your hands.

Those two or three months have come and gone—anyone heard a new new ETA on the web site and classification system updates?

It's a class—no big deal if the pistol gives up at some point due to fouling. Add lube at lunch time, then add some more at the end of the day but don't clean it. Same thing at lunch the next day. If you SP01 is like mine, it will run just fine all weekend and you'll have more confidence in the pistol when you're done.