MemphisMechanic Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) <This thread is under construction - it's just beginning, actually>I've quickly discovered that there is a LOT of good information on this forum pertaining to triggers and springs and dozens of other topics. Even moreso than for other brands... perhaps it's because these guns are still Unicorns to some extent. We only have each other to rely on to help set the gun up as best as possible.Unless I'm missing something, there isn't one centralized location on the forum to find all of the most important posts easily and quickly.So here goes...If you have a link to a vendor, youtube tutorial, or BEnos post which really helped you when building your gun, please post it in here so that I can add it! I'd really appreciate (and will fully credit) additions to the Tanfo bible.The Tanfoglio BibleLast updated June 09, 2016VENDORS (list courtesy of Praetorian97's post here) Henning Walgren Ben Stoeger Pro Shop Jim Bodkin (Call - stocks items not on site) Last Round Armament (LRA) Numrich Hawktech Arm Eric Grauffel (France - International shipping) Springer Precision Patriot Defense GENERAL TECH Youtube tutorials: Tanfoglio Stock takedown video (total disassembly) Tanfoglio Stock reassembly video (total reassembly) BEnos forum discussions: Tanfoglio Glossary of Terms - read this if you're new! Small vs Large Frame differences Tanfo Chop Shop - Post your project guns here CZ SP-01 Shadow vs Tanfoglio Stock 2 How to extract a firing pin stuck through breechface FTF (Stock 3 wouldn't feed. Burr in firing pin hole on breechface) Henning Gen 4 vs Gen 5 firing pin Comparison of 5 common Tanfo firing pins GUNSMITHS (who won't butcher your Italian baby) Websites: Jim Bodkin (Shooter Ready) Jim Jones (J&L Gunsmithing) Richard Dettelhouser (Canyon Creek Custom - may not be accepting new work) BEnos forum discussions: Who works on Tanfo these days? IRON SIGHT DISCUSSIONS Stock 2 Front Sight height consensus .140 x .100 Dawson discussion GRIPS How do you keep your EGD grips tight? Thumb Groove in wood grips Sanding wood grips & applying grip tape Sanding & thumb groove in wood grips Grippiest option for Stock 2 RECOIL SPRINGS & TUNING Recoil spring for minor Recoil spring weight Stock 2 vs Limited Pro Recoil Spring Questions MAGAZINES (Basepads, springs, tuning, basepads/extensions) Stock 2/3 basepad comparison for Production - YouTube - Candice Juliano 20+ rounds of 40 in a tanfo - YouTube - Henning Walgren Henning's tech article - 40S&W Limited mags (video here) Henning's tech article - 38 super Open mags (video here) $22 9mm mags at Cheaper than Dirt Mags for Stock 2 DISASSEMBLY, REASSEMBLY & CLEANING Henning's tech videos - Limited frame - disassembly Henning's tech videos - Limited frame - assembly Henning's tech videos - Limited upper - cleaning Stock II hammer removal TRIGGER JOB & POLISHING Non BEnos-forum links: Smoothing the action - invaluable polishing guideBEnos forum discussions: Getting SA pull down (trigger job gold mine. Lots of combinations given by owners.) Sear Modification Guide KeelingAtlas's CZ tuning 101 (very similar to Tanfo's) Lightening Trigger pull & polishing internals Tanfoglio Stock II trigger work questions Rookie stock 2 trigger job EGD Light and medium hammer springs Fitting a T3 Disco Sear help on Stock 3 Tuning Stock II for reliability Extreme 'Titan' hammer Dual vs single wing interruptor (aka disconnector or "disco") My stock 2 trigger job DA 5 lb, SA <2lb Sear fitting and Titan hammer questions Just did a trigger job on first Lim Pro (breaks down changes in weight for each trigger mod) HOLSTERS & MAG POUCHES Which holster for Elite Limited? Preferred holster and thumb rest for Limited COM Holster for Stock III PRODUCTION DIVISION INFO Pimp my Stock III - Praetorian97s build thread It's official joined the cool kids club (Stock 2 internals discussion) Stock 2 Essentials Stock II dry fire questions OPEN SPECIFIC INFO (Comps, Optics, Mags, etc) Thinking about a Tanfoglio Open gun... school me Thinking about an Open Witness (Also, search for any and all posts by kneelingatlas) PHOTOS OF TANFOS Tanfoglio Porn (30 pages) Edited June 15, 2016 by benos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) I'm well aware this is VERY lacking in information. As I begin to understand more about the gun, I'd like to actually put a few pages of text up here explaining the basic differences between models, the things to consider when tuning the trigger, springs, mags, and sights for competition, and things like that. Please post any thread you've found incredibly useful - I'd love to add it here! Edited June 10, 2016 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryridesmotox Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Springer precision makes base pads for mags also. I found them last night while searching the bowels of the interwebs. http://shop.springerprecision.com/category.sc?categoryId=51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Springer precision makes base pads for mags also. I found them last night while searching the bowels of the interwebs. http://shop.springerprecision.com/category.sc?categoryId=51 Added, along with Candice Juliano's comparison vid on youtube which mentions these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Open is my particular interest Here are some threads:EAA/Tanfoglio Chop Shop - NO SELLING OR TRADINGThinking about an Open WitnessI'm thinking about buying a Tanfoglio open gun....school me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 I was hoping you'd chime in, Atlas. Your posts have certainly helped a lot of others do their own work. I botched the formatting copying your Open links into the first post from my phone. I'll fix it in the morning from my laptop. Keep the info coming. What is missing? What should be there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjei Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Springer precision makes base pads for mags also. I found them last night while searching the bowels of the interwebs. http://shop.springerprecision.com/category.sc?categoryId=51 Great Base Pads by the way I'm well aware this is VERY lacking in information. As I begin to understand more about the gun, I'd like to actually put a few pages of text up here explaining the basic differences between models, the things to consider when tuning the trigger, springs, mags, and sights for competition, and things like that. Please post any thread you've found incredibly useful - I'd love to add it here! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyscomputery Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Great work collecting all the links and info!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robport Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Jim Jones is a Tanfo gunsmith. He runs J&L Gunsmithing in Chesapeake VA. http://jandlgunsmithing.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtired Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I would also add Canyon Creek Customs for a gunsmith, although he may be booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 (edited) kneelingatlas, robport, and dogtired: I've added your contributions. Thanks!Tonyscomputery: I appreciate it. This is for my benefit as much as anyone else's. The only difference is that while I'm picking the Tanfo section apart with various searches for information on tuning my Stock 3 for Producton, I'm saving it where all of you can find it, instead of pasting the links and posts into a Word .doc on my own hard drive. Edited June 13, 2016 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 (edited) So there's a problem here... I no longer seem to be able to edit any post in this thread except for the one above this which states that I added information from kneelinatlas, etc. Anyone know why that is? I can't add to the initial post! Edited June 13, 2016 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I think there's a time limit on edits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 (edited) Has to be. I wish I'd known that on the front end... I'd have copied and pasted the UBB code for the first post and just created another post in this thread further down with the additional info. Kept the ball rolling. Once we got it reasonably complete it would be simple for a Mod to come in and kill all the duplicate posts. That's the best way I can think of to create something like this as a non-moderator. Damn. Edited June 13, 2016 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 First post has been updated, with help from our illustrious forum owner, BEnos. Thanks, Brian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtired Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 A double mag pouch for the large frame mags is the Blade tech FN45 version. If you look at the literature you will find the EAA 9mm listed. They also fit Para double stacks well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryridesmotox Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 I had a set of blade techs... Didn't work. Went with ghost 360 mag pouncges... Work Well so far in practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtired Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Some people complain about the Ghosts, just providing options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryridesmotox Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 The more options the better. CR speed also makes some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fischeac Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Thanks dogtired. I just bought the Bladetech double mag pouch for the FN45 to use in IDPA with my Tanfo large mags. They fit great. Was stuffing them in a pouch for Glock mags, but it was still too tight even when adjustment screws backed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TdLowe Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Thanks for making this. Just bought my first Tanfoglio (stock III) and this is a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highhope Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 This is really helpful, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenida Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I can't find the thread with all the testing on different hammer springs. I think it was done by Memphis Mech. Google and Ennos search functions are not helping. It was a really useful thread with some testing done on all different hammer springs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgil275 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 @Avenida is this the thread you’re looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 I tested a lot more of them here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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