mcb
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So I have been shooting Revolver in USPSA competition almost exclusively since 2013. Spent most of 2013 and part of 2014 shooting a 6-shooter (625) in Revolver and an 8-shooter (627) in Production. Then pretty much Revolver exclusively with the 8-shooter since.
Before that I shot a mix of Revolver (610) and Limited-10 with an XD-40. So I never had to take my shoes off to count rounds before a reload. Now I am going to have to shoot bare footed (it Alabama so it allowed). I am putting up the Revolver and going to try my hand at Limited. Got a deal recently on a Remington R1 Limited in 40 S&W. It was a deal I couldn't pass up and was looking for a change in division so here I go:
The R1 Limited is, at its core, a Para-Ordinance P16 that has some minor changes since their assimilation into Remington. The biggest change I can see so far other than cosmetics are the magazines bodies that now hold 18rds. I have put some Taylor Freelance extension on my magazine and can load 20rds in the magazine, insert them on a close slide and pass the Limited magazine gauge. I think with a new follower I could get 21rd magazines.
I just got everything together about about a week ago and only had one live-fire practice session (several dry fire session) with it so far. Function has been excellent and accuracy was pretty good when I sighted it in. My existing 40 S&W load makes almost the exact same Power Factor in the R1 as it did from my XD-40 Tactical. Good thing as I have nearly 2500 rds of it ready to go.
Getting use to the manual safety is the biggest thing so far with my dry fire practice. This is the first center fire handgun I have owned for competition that has a manual safety. That is going to take some serious brain retraining.
I never had a issue with the grip safety on my XD-40 but the grip safety on this R1 Limited is giving me the occasional issue with not getting it fully depressed. If I don't get a good grip before moving my thumb up to ride the safety I have issues. I might end up pinning the grip safety down. I would rather not but well see.
For now I have an inexpensive Bladetech holster with a drop and offset and some old Blackhawk mag pouches. Figure I will start with that since I already had it and will upgrade as I see what I like and don't like about this setup. I would definitely like to add a magnet magazine holder for those everything off the table/barrel stages.
I will see how the reloads go but I am thinking I might need to put an oversize magazine release button in it but that too will wait to see how the first few matches go.
I have a feeling for the first few matches there are going to be a lot of partial magazines laying around the stage with 12 rounds left in them...
-Rambling
Before that I shot a mix of Revolver (610) and Limited-10 with an XD-40. So I never had to take my shoes off to count rounds before a reload. Now I am going to have to shoot bare footed (it Alabama so it allowed). I am putting up the Revolver and going to try my hand at Limited. Got a deal recently on a Remington R1 Limited in 40 S&W. It was a deal I couldn't pass up and was looking for a change in division so here I go:
The R1 Limited is, at its core, a Para-Ordinance P16 that has some minor changes since their assimilation into Remington. The biggest change I can see so far other than cosmetics are the magazines bodies that now hold 18rds. I have put some Taylor Freelance extension on my magazine and can load 20rds in the magazine, insert them on a close slide and pass the Limited magazine gauge. I think with a new follower I could get 21rd magazines.
I just got everything together about about a week ago and only had one live-fire practice session (several dry fire session) with it so far. Function has been excellent and accuracy was pretty good when I sighted it in. My existing 40 S&W load makes almost the exact same Power Factor in the R1 as it did from my XD-40 Tactical. Good thing as I have nearly 2500 rds of it ready to go.
Getting use to the manual safety is the biggest thing so far with my dry fire practice. This is the first center fire handgun I have owned for competition that has a manual safety. That is going to take some serious brain retraining.
I never had a issue with the grip safety on my XD-40 but the grip safety on this R1 Limited is giving me the occasional issue with not getting it fully depressed. If I don't get a good grip before moving my thumb up to ride the safety I have issues. I might end up pinning the grip safety down. I would rather not but well see.
For now I have an inexpensive Bladetech holster with a drop and offset and some old Blackhawk mag pouches. Figure I will start with that since I already had it and will upgrade as I see what I like and don't like about this setup. I would definitely like to add a magnet magazine holder for those everything off the table/barrel stages.
I will see how the reloads go but I am thinking I might need to put an oversize magazine release button in it but that too will wait to see how the first few matches go.
I have a feeling for the first few matches there are going to be a lot of partial magazines laying around the stage with 12 rounds left in them...
-Rambling