ken_mays

The Shadow 2 is about the best thing going for a DA/SA 9mm. You could shoot that in Production or Carry Optics, first shot in DA mode. if you start with cocked hammer and safety on, I think that will put you into Limited division. it sounds like you first need to decide how you want to shoot, and each USPSA division requirements. Then once you decide on a division and gun, you can practice the appropriate drills.

There is no time pressure to reholster. The clock stops on the last shot fired. It may be argued that it’s safer to decock before reholstering but then you must necessarily fire the next drill DA on the first shot. But it’s perfectly ok to put safety on and reholster between shot strings. Not really sure what your specific concern is.

In USPSA, while holstered, if the hammer is cocked, the safety must be on. If the hammer is decocked, the safety isn’t required to be on (and most pistols aren’t designed to operate that way anyway). If you want to run single action drills from the holster, you’d better get used to using the safety. Reholstering a cocked pistol is a recipe for disaster and you’re likely to have one sooner or later. Personally I always found the CZ safety too awkward to operate so I stuck with other designs.

Dammit... do I really need 4 of them?? Arrghhh

Depending on where it's sticking, could be a couple things. Possibly a sharp edge or burr on the magazine.

I have a bunch of these old looped end rods from old cleaning kits. Apparently they aren’t as easy to find anymore. This one is at Midway. It needs to be long enough to reach into the chamber through the upper receiver.

Make sure you pull the bore snake wet. If it’s difficult to pull, stand on the end of the snake and pull the rifle up off it with both hands. You’ll also want an AR chamber brush because a bore snake won’t do much to scrub the chamber clean, and you need the chamber clean for it to run well. Get a rod that won’t swivel so you can scrub the chamber with it.

Find the highest NRR rated foam plugs and electronic muffs you can. I double up at all times. The db reduction isn’t directly additive, the muffs add maybe 5 additional db of reduction on top of the plugs, supposedly. Electronic muffs are the only way you’re going to hear range commands or conversation, but if you’re alone they aren’t necessary.

I have a Limbsaver pad somewhere that I wear when I’m going to be shooting hard kicking rifles. It comes in very handy during the summer when I’m wearing just a T shirt and sighting in a 45-70.

Dust cover comps aren’t very effective as such. You tend to get more benefit from the weight near the muzzle. They can also complicate holster selection.

The extendable frame patent probably rules out a self contained FCU. I’m sure Glock has been hearing people talk about wanting longer or shorter grips on a given gun for decades, and they think this will settle their hash.

Whenever I buy a new model, invariably an “upgraded” model is released. The RXM is still young and I have hopes that more versions will be available soon, though that wouldn’t stop me if the right deal came along.

In the past, there was some gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over on the SIG forum about frame rails cracking on high round count classic P series guns. What I took from all that was a habit of thoroughly greasing the frame rails to keep wear to a minimum.

Is the 9000s a 9mm or .40 ? tia

At some point soon, Stoeger or someone will buy one and try to run it, and then the wheels will really come off.