BayouSlide
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I've always found the Lone Wolf 3.5# much crisper than the stock Glock reduced connector. I've never run into a bad LW 3.5# in the five Glocks I've used them in or in a couple I've installed for other people. My G34 in particular is approaching 50K rounds without any issues. A Vanek trigger, LW 3.5#, ISMI 13# spring on a stainless rod, Dawson sights and TruGrip accomplishes all I could hope for.
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Range officer...the person who will be running the timer and in charge of the competitor during the course of fire.
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Will this take a standard Edge out of any competition that it would otherwise qualify for?
Certainly nothing to cause you any grief in USPSA or Steel Challenge...IDPA may be another story but I'm not familiar with those rules. Can't imagine it running afoul of anything in the 3-Gun world...a magwell is a magwell.
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Staying within your comfort zone and setting up a proper grip for the first shot will be more beneficial at this point than saving a couple of tenths on raw draw speed.
With proper application and time, the speed will come and you will stay safe in the interim.
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All this makes my hand-engraving tool name-and-number scribble on my mag bases look awfully lame. Just color me green with envy.
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You're absolutely right. I've caught myself at a match using "locker room" language only to see youngsters about, and resolved to be careful. We should all heed your thoughtful reminder.
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I like simplicity and consistent zero. Any match where a scope is required, I use a 20" and Meopta 1-4x with Prvi Partizan 69 gr match for everything. For matches where the majority of the shooting is under 80 yards, and no stage over 135 or so, I run an EOTech-topped 16" with XM-193 55 grainers.
As I work into reloading for .223, I'll probably stick with those weights for those rifles if the load results support it.
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I consider 500 at a stretch plenty for pistol calibers on my 550B, 50 rounds of .308 at a time on my single stage (with pre-sized brass).
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Four Dawson tuned mags here w/o the SNL: they would not be legal with the SNL without some filing on the back of the feed lips. They hold 18 rounds each, as is.
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Thinking about this subject regarding mag or ammo restrictions caused another question to pop up in my tiny little mind... why is magazine length never checked at matches? I have shot local matches, sectional matches, area matches (Area 2, Area 4), Double Tap twice and Nationals. Never have I seen, heard or experienced a mag length check for Open or Limited. How hard can it be to have someone roving with a mag guage? A gentleman, at a local match, who shoots the same Division and Class (B Open) was bragging about being able to load 32 rounds of 38SC in his 170mm mag. Looking at his mag it was no wonder that he could. A 170mm SVI tube with a Dawson +2 basepad. I grabbed the club mag guage and tried to put the mag in it. Not even close! He was surprised when I told him that if he used the mag in the match I would file a protest.
Has anybody ever had their mags checked at a match?
Pat
I was shooting Production, but I saw the gauge at the chrono station at Area 4 this year. IMO it should be mandatory at Level II and up.
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"Trust, but verify"...my watchwords on gun safety and a lot of other things as well.
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BSA scopes are not particularly good glass and the price is not that compelling. If you want to look for a budget scope, have a read over at SniperCentral. There are a lot of really experienced people over there, and while they all oooh and aaah over the $2000 scopes, they are remarkably down to earth in recommending budget scopes as well.
Two you will see frequently mentioned are Wotac and Falcon Menace who both have a 4-14x for under $400. Also, Bushnell has been getting very good reviews. My new .308 bolt rifle is coming with a Bushnell 6500 Tactical 2.5-16x42mm which compares favorably to scopes at twice the price.
+1 on budget scopes that give you a lot for a limited budget. I have a Falcon Menace 5-25x50 ML16 FFP mil/mil arriving today, on sale for $435 shipped from R.W. Snyder. It's replacing a Millet TRS-1 currently on my Remington 700...I'm hoping the Falcon is as much of an overachiever for the price as the Millet was. No way I can justify a $2K scope in my shooting budget, which is always stretched pretty thin.
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As a recent switcher to the 1911/2011 platform I have run into a similar issue, which I have since resolved.
After over 50K rounds through my Glock 34, I am very used to the Glock trigger and it has taken a bit of retraining to get the reset working for me properly on both a STI Trojan in 9mm and a Edge-spec STI .40 Limited gun in fast splits. But I was also having a problem with the hammer falling to half cock during rapid fire and fast splits (once on the Trojan when it had a stock trigger) and a number of times on the .40 after trigger work. But the problem has disappeared with a firmer grip on the strong hand side, stronger than I was used to under fastest trigger manipulation on my 9mm Glock.
Bobby at Freedom Gunworks pointed out a number of threads here with other people who have had a similar problem, often with people who started out on Glocks. A theory is that the looser grip on the strong hand (in an attempt to avoid trigger freeze and hit faster splits) may allow a little "bounce" that may get the sear to occasionally slip off the trigger hooks of a light trigger. Theory seems to pan out in practice because the problem went away completely for me when I retrained myself to maintain a stronger right hand grip under these circumstances. YMMV.
Maybe the late Eddie Rhodes was right: 9mm does make you weak
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I like the Limbsaver Speedmount pads. Have used them on both an 870 and M1 Benelli.
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FWI, your link http://www.smm3gun.com/Rules/2011/IMA-SMM3G%20Rules%2014-October-2010.pdf is giving me a "Page not found" notice.
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I have run nearly 4,000 Zero 147 gr JHPs in my Trojan 9mm without any issue. Dawson Supreme Tactical 10 rd. mags and IIRC the OAL may range from 1.108 - 1.113 (depending on the brass head stamp and number of loadings), the same OAL as I have always run in my Glocks.
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Speaking as someone who recently made that switch after over 4 years of competing with a G34, here's my synopsis:
1- If you are concerned with competing on a tight budget, stick with the Glock. Example: compare the price of 6 tuned (or untuned) STI mags to 6 Glock mags. Imagine competing in a muddy, messy major match. You can have over 20 Glock mags for the price of four or five tuned 2011 mags (Yes, I miss loading up 23 mags and chucking the dirty ones in a baggie to be hosed out in the hotel in the evening
)2- If you are overly concerned with a simple operating platform that you can modify and maintain yourself without any concern, stick with Glock.
3- If want to compete with an outstanding single action trigger, take some money and a 2011 to a class A gunsmith and begin adjusting to the differences.
4- If you enjoy the fit and feel of a highly tuned, super competitive hi-cap pistol shooting major, move to a 2011.
YMMV may vary, but that pretty well covers it for me.
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Found them, not in the magnification range I am looking for. So no one has any word on the Weaver? I looked at the Millet, Bayou is that a FFP or SFP reticle?
SFP...not surprising at the price. The Falcon Menace 5.5-25x50 is FFP at a little less than $200 more than the Millet...they are a little hard to get and out of stock everywhere at the present. Many people are very happy with them at the price but there are numerous reports of quality issues as well.
I had considered the Falcon but ultimately decided to put an order in for a Vortex Viper PST 6-24x 50mm Side Focus FFP in mil/mil when it finally hits the shelves sometime next year. If the rest of the Vortex line is any indication, it should be an incredible value at $899 for the features it offers. It was more than I wanted to spend, but in the buy once, cry once approach, it should be a scope that I can live with for a long while.
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Next time you go to practice or a match, erase EVERYTHING out of your head, and just shoot when you see the sights in the middle of the target.
Jake's advice above is spot on.
Sounds like medical issues have added the equivalent of 30 years to your mental ability...you're dealing with some of the same issues I recognize in myself as age 60 gets closer and closer.
Some of my friends have convinced me that I sometimes think too much, which I've come to understand as trying too hard create the "perfect" mental programming that, unfortunately, is a little unrealistic at this stage of the game, for me at least. Don't have the RAM anymore to pull off the complex, and would be better off just concentrating on putting two good hits in each brown target, then moving on to the next.
A simple plan well executed is more successful that the "perfect" plan that falls by the wayside because it's just beyond what we can pull off every time the buzzer goes off. And if you can still the little voice in your head that fosters expectations instead of execution, so much the better.
Good luck in your journey.
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For the price, I think the Millet TRS-1 is an overachiever...I've been real pleased with mine. Meets your specs for casual paper punching at 4-16x50. I recently used mine for a 600 yd. clinic and it was GTG.
The one I bought had MOA knobs and a mildot reticle. If I had it to do over again, I'd get the .1 mil knobs. Big River Tactical currently has 'em for $299: http://www.bigrivertactical.com/catalog/item/4193480/7571516.htm. They were great people to deal with when I got mine. MidwayUSA usually carries them as well IIRC if you want MOA knobs.
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• Had it now or a few months...loaded a couple hundred .308s on it. My buddy's been running one for nearly a year. No problems with either.
• Membrane type keys, but with decent feel/feedback.
• Good price: you may also still be able to get a rebate from RCBS...they've been offering rebates off and on this year.
I coveted this thing since my buddy got one. I load .308 on a single stage press and would buy another one in a heartbeat if anything happened to it...tedious does not adequately describe trickling the last few grains of powder for 50+ rounds of .308 by hand onto my Dillon electronic scale. Like the fact that if my Dillon ever goes goes belly up, I can utilize the scale portion of the RCBS to check pistol rounds as well.
If you get one, check out the mods mentioned on snipershide.com. Using a McDonald's straw in the powder tube allows the powder to trickle more consistently. Reprogramming the speed parameters allow you to tweak it for how you like to roll.
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Loading 50 or more rifle rounds is much less painful since I picked up a RCBS ChargeMaster Powder 1500 Scale/Dispenser Combo. Extremely happy with it. It automatically trickles to a set weight, but will warn you if it goes over. No problems thus far and programming tweaks are available (check snipershide.com) to adjust flow rate, etc.
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That's the problem with the "speed unload" it's also why I get peeved and tell them to show me clear again. I split the commands and don't issue them all at the same time. If you are finished, unload and show clear.........................................If Clear...........................Hammer down........................Holster. Those that blow me off might find themselves doing it over again. If they give the commands the respect they deserve, I can help the prevent such an occurrence.
JT
That's my approach as well. Slow, methodical, one step at a time. If the competitor is shielding the chamber or a little too speedy, the "Show clear" gets repeated with emphasis. No need to rush any of this.
I appreciate sperman's sharing this educational experience...a reminder like this is useful lesson for both ROs and competitors.
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FWIW, mine seems perfectly consistent for .308. But I'm measuring length to olgive.
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Citing the correct rule is the key...the whole process is designed to get you to become familiar with the rule book, which is essential to becoming a good RO and the groundwork for effectively working matches. And if you go on to CRO, once you finish that course you can't help but know the rule book inside and out, including the proper rules for all those pesky little occasional issues that can be tough to dig out of the rule book when you need 'em.
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