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I've heard it described as trying to twist the gun in half, it should be work to shoot a stage, its an athletic event after all. And if you're shooting groups in training don't get wound up about the occasional flyer, it happens, it could be you or it could be...a flyer.
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Bummer.Well it was bound to happen and over the weekend it did. Saturday afternoon putting a few rounds through it, I dropped it. I was bent over picking up empties and it popped off of the holster. it is a CR Speed and I did not flip the locking lever over to prevent it from falling. Now the slide has a "catch" in it. I contacted cz this morning to see about sending it off and getting it looked at.
Was it loaded? What condition was it in? A dropped gun at the range could have resulted in a lot worse than gun damage.Well it was bound to happen and over the weekend it did. Saturday afternoon putting a few rounds through it, I dropped it. I was bent over picking up empties and it popped off of the holster. it is a CR Speed and I did not flip the locking lever over to prevent it from falling. Now the slide has a "catch" in it. I contacted cz this morning to see about sending it off and getting it looked at.
Unloaded, mag out. I know I have to do better with flipping the lock over on the holster now.
I had a sig x5 fall out of my holster at a 3 gun match while running. The tension screw on the holster had fallen out. I didn’t notice because usually I shoot uspsa and you don’t run holstered very often.
I had just taken a defensive pistol class from a retired kbi guy and been over clearing that jam but didn't remember my training. On the rack I was looking at the port and the empty didn't fall out, while the bolt picked up the new round and jammed it all together. 
Ultimately had to drop the mag, replace and rack a new round to continue. I shot all A's though. (even weak hand 
) Only other real issue was a warning on the 180 line. he told me I was close and that another step might have had me dq'd. Another issue was a 35 yard set of 6 steels, 2 8'' and 4 6'', that gave me problems. I hit the 2 8s right away and then 3 of the 4 little ones. Could not nail down that last one. The time factor really had me wound up.
People that have never shot competition have no idea how much is going on when you're the shooter. Over time it gets to be second nature, but at first it can be intimidating.Shot my first uspsa match last sunday. I started down this rabbit hole for steel competition, but when I went for my safety brief was told that I missed the steel comp by a week. So we took the "big" safety class and then I shot uspsa. It was blast! I was not last place either, close but not last!
I learned a lot, there are quit a few things to sharpen up on. My shot placement was really good. Mostly A's and a few C's. Had one stage after a transition I couldn't pick up the dot and rushed the shots to keep the stage moving and had two misses.(on two targets, one A hit and one miss). On the qualifier stage I had a stove pipe jam and fumbled clearing it. It was the strong hand weak hand qualifier and I limp wristed the strong hand.
So I need to work on getting the dot in front of my face. I need to work on moving to my left and keeping the 180 clear. I need to really get my dot sighted in. ( I just did it free hand on a 6'' steel at 15 yards ). I need to practice shot count in the stages for better mag changes, versus flat foot changes when it runs dry.
All in all I had a great day and look forward to shooting this month at home and trying to hone in the above areas for next months match!
add- no I did not send the gun off to cz. after a couple hundred rack slides it loosened back up and seems to be just like it was before. Had really no issue with it during the match.
It is hard to describe in writing here but maybe you've done it, the walk through. I need to work on that, the order of the course of fire, how many rounds it will take and where I'll be when I need to change the mag, etc. Then hopefully during the run nothing happens like a few misses that put the shot count out of whack. Like you said above, there is a lot going on and is intimidating .
On the comment about extra shots throwing off the shot count. First, try to not run dry during a stage plan. USPSA you can drop a mag at any time. Second, if you have the mags for it, at least until you get better at stage planning, stick to your reload plan even if that mean you reload after a a few shots. But in reality, this shouldn't be an issue if you are running 21 to 32 rnd mags. One reload should get you through 99.999% of the stages you will encounter.
I have three 20's and a 26. 3 belt mounted pouches and a magnet. should be more than enough ammo, I just need to remember to change it out. I ran dry 3 or 4 times.
Ouch! That's a stage killer for sure. Non-OP is correct, plan out your tac reloads. If there is enough movement you should have enough time to free drop a mag, or even stow it in a pocket, grab a freshy and pop it in, no cycling necessary just keep shooting.I have three 20's and a 26. 3 belt mounted pouches and a magnet. should be more than enough ammo, I just need to remember to change it out. I ran dry 3 or 4 times.
I was on average 20 seconds from the next shooter..............
Single action pistols are tough to use in dry-practice, I usually get the P226 TacOps for that, or my SIRT pistol. Dry-practice is very important, as is using a .22lr trainer.I was on average 20 seconds from the next shooter..............
I'll get there, I just need practice practice practice
Yeah I get it really old guys Need to shoot too, but Benchrest or F class, or bullseye, is just boring to me.
YesWhat to do with these screws? They keep coming loose. Blue loctite or maybe the purple version? The go into the frame.
Thanks for the input on the loctite and the spring(possibly) issue.
). It could have been a bad round. Who knows. I'll chalk it up to a limp wrist and keep practicing. The gun did come with another spring and I swapped it in when putting the compensator on it.
Rocksett is even better, but you should be damn sure you don't want to remove those fasteners.
Came back with the barrel throated, a new lighter recoil spring and fine tuned the compensator. He ran it on the local open Champs reloads and it performed flawlessly. He ran some factory loads in it and reported the same. 
