Desmo412 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Minimum weight for major in USPSA is I think 112gr. IPSC has the 120gr minimum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo357 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 My mistake, should have read the regulations more thoroughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glk21C Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 If you send Brandon at SVI an email with the serial number of the frame he can at a minimum (hopefully) tell you when the frame was built and/or who it was shipped to originally. This is under the assumption it is not an in-house SVI build; with a Caspian slide I would guess not. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo357 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Thanks for the idea, I appreciate it! When I talked to the dealer he said he couldn't give out the previous owners name or number for privacy purposes, which I hadn't thought of at the time. So I wasn't able to get much information about the gun from the actual user. It bugs me I don't know builder, round count, etc. about the gun, figure I'll just shoot the heck out of it until the accuracy gets bad enough then replace the barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glk21C Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 When I talked to the dealer he said he couldn't give out the previous owners name or number for privacy purposes. So I wasn't able to get much information about the gun from the actual user. It bugs me I don't know builder, round count, etc. about the gun I ran into the same problem with mine, not being able to talk to the original owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glock34Guy83 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks for the idea, I appreciate it! When I talked to the dealer he said he couldn't give out the previous owners name or number for privacy purposes, which I hadn't thought of at the time. So I wasn't able to get much information about the gun from the actual user. It bugs me I don't know builder, round count, etc. about the gun, figure I'll just shoot the heck out of it until the accuracy gets bad enough then replace the barrel. I just bought an older Tripp Research open gun a few months ago. The first thing I wanted to do was update it. But with all the great advise I received on this forum, I'm going to leave it alone for now and shoot the hell out of it. I might put in an aftec extractor and nothing else. My deal wasn't anywhere near as good as yours but for the state I live in and how hard these guns are to find here, I had to jump on it. I'm in the same boat as you with not knowing who built it or exact round count. Everything looks good on it and she's still tight so I'm going to run it till it begs to be prettied up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo357 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I'm relieved to hear others have been in the same circumstance as mine and have had good luck. I wasn't even thinking about it being an outdated model or updating it when I bought it until others said so on here. But for the deal and being my first open gun I'm pretty excited to use the heck out of it. Haha, pretty or not, we'll have fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glock34Guy83 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I don't care if my gun is the prettiest as long as she puts out lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo357 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Haha, well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'd leave it alone too. But it isn't chromed so you could add a slide racker. And you could make it look newer stippling the grips. Awesome buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo357 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 That's the only thing I don't like about it, not having a slide racker. The back of the slide is milled way forward so I'm not sure if I could mount one on it. Not positive if anyone can see that in the photo or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Looking at the picture carefully I can't help but notice the mag catch. Is that a lefty grip? As for a dovetail to install a slide racker, ask a gunsmith if there's enough material to machine a partial dovetail. It won't be a nice, blended racker but you'll have a racker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo357 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) The rig that came with gun was for a right handed shooter, so I think he just used his trigger finger for the mag release to make sure it was out of the trigger guard. I was afraid it would get in the way but I kinda like the safety of it. It's going to take some getting used to for sure. I'll have to find a competent gunsmith to ask about that racker since clearing malfunctions or racking the slide in general is ackward. Edited February 10, 2015 by Revo357 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimberacp Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Do not listen to the advice to upgrade it. Buy it, shoot, it, practice. Use all the money you would have spent buying a $3000 open gun or "fixing" this one on ammo. If/when you get to a point you feel the gun is ever holding you back (if ever), sell it for more than you paid for it and buy a new one. Great deal to get into Open "turn key". Listen to what this guys has to say! Every good advice...IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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