deerslayer

I still wish Willie had beaten him.

I think I am off that week. Will you be needing SOs?

+1 Get a Ruger Mark II or a Browning Buckmark and check out Steel Challenge. Rimfire Division is a blast. You don't even need a holster.

MSSA.

Stand and Shoot--Steel Challenge rules and COFs.

Ok, found out today that steel and 3-gun were swapped so that 3-gun could hopefully use the old 600 yard range at MSSA (it's available on 3rd Sat). Apparently, some 200 yard shots are in the works. Gonna be interesting with a 1-3X Leupold CQT.

How many rounds through the gun? What are the symptoms? Some may mistake a worn-out recoil spring as an extractor problem.

How do you score your 3-gun matches? We use USPSA scoring, and I think it blows. I end up shooting a 10-shot Minor gun against Major guns with big mags. Then my rifle and shotgun are supposedly classified as Minor just because I shoot a Minor pistol. I think the whole Major-Minor thing is kinda gay, anyway. All non-.44 mag pistols are weak.

*yawn*

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I'll find out tomorrow if they swapped steel and 3-gun.

MSSA -IDPA 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month -USPSA 1st and 3rd Sundays -Steel Challenge 3rd Saturday -3 gun 1st Saturday TWRA in Bartlett-IDPA every Tuesday at 6 PM Rangemaster-IDPA style match every Friday at 6 PM

My M&P 15 loves steel case Wolf.

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I hear ya. I now tend to fall asleep while watching comedies. Either I'm just a stick in the mud, or they just don't make them like they used to. I think it's the latter.

Nice beaver! RIP, Mr. Nielson.

So did he get to keep his guns?

and i don't think drunken screwing in public or bouncing a check are felonies like an earlier poster implied.

Felons who lose their rights to own guns can still defend themselves with whatever methods are still available. Who cares if they are non-violent? Bernard Madoff and Aldrich Ames lost their right to own guns, and I'm fine with it. If you don't like the punishment, don't do the crime.

Chandler, Thanks for the tip--I think I remember you mentioning the detent in the slide release a few months ago. How do I go about putting one there? How deep/wide, etc? What specific variable power recoil spring do you like? I'm currently loading to about 1.155" w/ 147s. CK1, I've been running Wilson ETMs and they feed fine. Tripps don't lock the slide open, but do run. My only other issue with 1911s is getting a correct grip--when I put my thumb on top of the safety, it creates a slight gap between my hand and the grip safety. I'm going to experiment with some tape to re-shape the grip a little.

I used to make fun of all the 1911 guys talking about their mag springs or whatever they had to tweak next. Now, I've picked up four 1911s since April. How times change. A Springfield EMP is now my EDC. My Trojan has run 100% flawlessly WHEN IT FIRES. I have a light primer strike gremlin that usually shows it ugly head when I have just activated a drop turner in the middle of a sanctioned match. When I get my CDP gun sorted out, the Trojan is going back to STI. It's either a link issue or the firing pin hole in the breechface is off-center. The firing pin strikes primers at 12 o'clock. It may end up getting hard-chromed as well (it's ~6 months old and looks like Sgt. York carried it. A friend warned me about STI bluing). All 1911-whisperers who dry fire my Trojan cringe--they say "Why do you want your 1911 trigger to feel like a Glock?" I say something like, "because I shot Glocks for 3 years and don't want a DQ." Seriously, I'm safe, but a truly "tuned" 1911 trigger is currently just too much for me. I don't know much about CZs--they are DA/SA, but can be cocked and locked? Does the safety also function as a decocker? I'd like to tinker with one someday. My 9mm 1911 reloads suffer not because I have trouble inserting the skinny mag, but because I insert mags with 450 ft-lbs of energy (Glock style) and the slide drops halfway. The bullet plugs into the feedramp and I have to slingshot the slide. If I GENTLY insert the mag, the slide stays put and I hit the slide release. .45 1911s do not have this problem, probably because they don't use 12 lb. recoil springs. I've been shooting the Trojan for ~5 months and still struggle with this issue. It's beginning to really piss me off. So help me, I'm coming to Dickson some day. Just not sure when. -Tad aka "A. C." apologies to OP for serious thread drift!

Funny you mention CDP--I have an S&W CDP gun in the works and I've just started reloading .45. I've always wanted a Shadow, though.

I tried this the other day and the best I could manage was a 4.7-4.8 with a 9mm Trojan. I bet I could beat that if I started shooting my G34 again, since my glock reloads are better than my 1911 reloads. Here's the man showing how it's really done: YouTube - Dave Sevigny F.A.S.T. Drill Record, 3.56 seconds

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After three beers in five hours, you would probably be more like .06, depending on your size. You don't have to be "over the legal limit" to get a DUI. The officer may or may not let you go. I have a feeling that he/she would be less inclined to let you go if you were also carrying. So, the short answer is that you don't have to be "over the legal limit" to get a weapons violation and help ruin it for the rest of us.