JonF

I put some 3.5" 00 buck through my SuperNova once... The recoil and muzzle rise was so stout my hand actually slipped off the foregrip on the first shot. The difference in recoil/report between 2 3/4 and 3" loads of the same type is noticeable, but not tremendous. The difference between 3" and 3.5" is ridiculous.

For those of us who would use our accumulated Discover card cashback bonus bucks and turn them into 125% Cabelas gift cards, those days are no more. Not sure when they terminated this but i used to get quite a bit from time to time via this method. Just about half my reloading setup was bought with cabelas bucks!

i thought your sold yours to one of the guys at SS?

And you have a post office "pick up" notice for said firearm. What do you do to get the item to the dealer in the most expeditious and legal manner? One option is hat you can refuse the shipment, have it sent back, then the dealer pays to ship it to the correct address. Another similar option is that you can also have the dealer issue a recall on the package where they pay to send it back, then pay to send it out again but this gets more costly. Or, lastly, sign for the package and whisk it straight down to the transferring FFL so they can log it in. Is there anything wrong with last option so long as it gets to the FFL holder and gets logged in? I mean, when firearms are delivered to a FFL, a non FFL holding employee may sign for them or may need to go pick up items at a USPS station from time to time, right? *** This is all hypothetical of course.

Originally, those pins are staked on the right side (and was on mine until i drifted it out to put a new stop lever on). If your pin continues to walk out, the site below sells a replacement pin that is threaded arrangement intended for thier extended release lever but will work with the stock one. Its really just a socket head hex bolt with a nyloc nut on the other side--something you can probably put together at the parts bins at Lowes. http://www.gunpartswarehouse.com/cz52.htm

With all the inexpensive bulk cases of plated ammo out there, is lead really still a savings? I mean, sure it may be a few bucks less but is the hassle and other factors of loading and shooting lead (lead exposure, cleanup, etc) worth the discount?

I found you a nice padlock so your equipment is secure in case it decides to walk off again in the future. Enjoy!

Big pic. Never seen one before but a cool illustration of the lineage of each variant.

I was being facetious about that part, however, it still remains that $320 for an SVT is so cheap, its silly. Even with the $300 first class airfare they charge to ship plus some ATF form fees, if you could import several (like a NJGF group buy), it would come out to quite the bargain still.

You have to be a Canuck. $320 canadian dollars for a refurb SVT. Thats what... the equivalent of a happy meal in USD? http://www.marstar.ca/main/new-arrivals.shtm Why don't we have such a shipment of these rifles yet?

Did it look anything like this?

I have mostly the CZ mecgars but i also have 2 promags that i use for matches. The factory mags have been flawless, but i do occasionally get some feed issues with the promags but its not that often. I may go a whole match/shooting session without and issue but when you're rotating through 6 mags, each one doesn't really get used that much so the failures may be more than acceptable for some. for casual use, its fine but when you rely on your gun as a tool for competitions or even defense, the reliability is worth a couple bux more per mag.

I was following the Burwell method of polishing the contact parts of the trigger bar/sear/striker/block. I was not using any APEX parts since they move the break all the way to the rear and introduce excess pretravel and i'd like to keep the break a little further forward even if it ups the poundage a bit.

The sear spring on a M&P pistol is the smallest coil spring i've ever seen--any smaller and it wouldn't be visible to the naked eye. Of course i accidentally dropped it on the floor when replacing the sear so there goes that. Since i can't tell the difference between a hair and this spring, I trolled the floor with a magnet but came up with nothing. Figures. They don't seem to be available separately and the complete sear block housing is backordered everywhere. I haven't even put 1 round through this thing and now its a paperweight. Anyone got a spare spring? Pretty please?

A Radek peepee touch.

Dude is getting to know his new friend, Mr. Plissken.

A holster isn't absolutely necessary. They will let you start at "low ready" with a small time penalty in lieu of a holster.

Vlad, that could be a CAS match where BP might be a requirement.

I'll be there if it isn't 150 degress like last weekend.

A slightly less expensive version of this rifle can be had as the Egyptian Hakim in 8mm mauser. In comparable condition, a Hakim will generally cost a few hundred less. Ans if you're just buying surplus, who cares how many calibers you stock? 8mm mauser is pretty damn cheap these days, probably second to 54R on cost.

I have one, its a real nice gun. Nice looking, great ergo's and the rotating bolt mechanism is cool. Try shooting some 3 1/2" shells through it one time, those things are just brutal!

Can someone decypher the scoring sheets for the stages? Time and Penalties are clear, but not sure how Points, Hit Factor, Stage Points and Stage % are calculated.

Perhaps i wasn't clear but that's exactly what i'm saying. And i'm also saying when you want the $1200 Shadow, i have a local dealer that will quote you a better price on a cz custom than cz custom direct.

If you try to recreate a custom shop Shadow, its going to cost a lot more to buy it, add the aggregate parts and then there is the action polishing that the custom shop does that a smith would really need to do. IMHO, Best to just get it all already done from Angus. A buddy of mine with an FFL recently signed up as a dealer for the CZ Custom shop for me to get some things. If you're seriously considering the Shadow (or any pistol on their site), i can put you in contact with him, his pricing reflects a discount over the CZ custom web prices.

There are OEM 15 rd mags available for the full size CZ 75. CZ USA themselves often put them on sale for $25 each in thier webstore (including this very moment). http://shop.cz-usa.com/P-11100/Mag-Cz-75b-9mm-15rd-Mecgar.aspx