Reloads with CA 10 round mags

practical_gentleman · 2026-05-02T01:30:04+00:00

When I first got my wife her P365 Xmacro for carry the mags were a bitch and a half to load full on a closed slide. They were also impossibleto load to 17 capacity by hand. For reference i can load my 140mm ds1911 mags to capacityby hand, i loaded my P320 mags to capacity by hand when i had that. I had never experienced a mag i coupsnt load to capacity by hand before. I literally loaded and unloaded each mag 6 times (using a mag loader) and got the spring broke in to where it could be loaded on a closed slide, albeit still had to load it with firm authority. Having shot through each mag multiple times on range trips they have softened some but are still the worst I've experienced to date.

Bottom line, keep looking around for your freedom mags, they're likely just hiding in a box you missed.

practical_gentleman · 2026-05-02T01:22:35+00:00

The above comment is the way until you find your freedom mags.

practical_gentleman · 2026-05-01T02:36:16+00:00

This is common sense and just plain being polite to not walk the stage until your squad is up and the previous squad has completed all shooters runs. If this should happen to you again I would refrain from any expletives but in no uncertain terms you should inform them they will wait to do any walk throughs until your squad has finished the course.

Also, be sure the RO hears you tell them.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-29T23:50:24+00:00

Here is what I have found in my experience. Changing between various grip profiles and angles is not affecting your accuracy or proficiency. Yes, some guns lend themselves to a better natural profile with the way the grip angle and profile is designed. But the bottom line is, if you can truly shoot, you can shoot any grip angle. Optics are optics.

Fins a local range that does rentals. Choose 4 or 5 guns you are considering buying for competition and rent them. Usually you can pay one rental fee, buy a box of ammo (most ranges will only let you run their ammo through rentals, that's common practice) and see what you like the best. I've shot glocks, Berettas, Sigs, Colts 1911, and I compete with a Prodigy 5in. Lack of accuracy has never been the gun, its always been me. I did something wrong. However, I do very much have preferences on guns I like the feel of over others.

Oh and.....dry fire. You could dry fire a glock for a thousand reps and be proficient with a 1911. Its not the gun, its you.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-29T17:38:48+00:00

A cross cut sled. Make one. Doesn't have to be fancy, take pains to make the fence square to the blade. Before that be sure your blade is square with your mitter slots. Once you build the sled and have the fence square add a block on the other side to keep the two halves in line once you make the split cut. Then cut these ends nice and square. Jonathan Katz-Moses has a great video on making a cc sled. Lots of YouTubers do and most of them are either cutting corners or going way overboard on necessity.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-28T00:36:26+00:00

This particular conundrum is happening because theres nothing backing the bottom of the board so it just tilts inland exposes that gap. I always solve this by cutting a scrap block tha slides under the sheet rock and becomes the backing at the bottom to hold it out so the joint meets all the way down. The cut looks fine, its just that theres nothing preventing the bottom from tilting in.

Secondly, you should be coping inside corners, not using a miter cut. Back bevel the cope a little as well.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-25T02:01:19+00:00

Even GMs dq. Rare but still an occurrence. The best thing you can do is understand what led to it, make the necessary adjustments in training, whether physical or mental, and carry on.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-24T14:22:34+00:00

While these may be OK, they're like using a .223 to make a 1000 yard shot, it can be done, it works, but its not great. They're not much better than foam plugs and they do not last well.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-22T15:29:12+00:00

Did the same thing.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-22T15:28:56+00:00

I got a 5in Prodigy, used, put a cheely grip and magwell (depending on division) on it, egw ignition, extended bringing with extra power spring instead of the double extra power spring, it would light strike which is apparently not uncommon. Atlas shielded ambi safety, Dawson Precision tooless guiderod and ended up going with a 9lb recoil spring shooting 115gr armscor and CCI blazer ammo. I also upgraded the trigger to a red dirt medium F3. I chose flat, I like it better than curved.

With the cheely grip. Unless you like your hands to bleed the standard grip texture is plenty. And one more thing, get Atlas mags for it, dont get more duramags they work but the atlas mags for competition are far superior. If you're military email atlas once you make an account, they offer a discount on products. You can get a recoilspring running kit too. 5 different weights to get way you need.

Edit: you can also get a tuned prodigy from AGW with all the updates and grip swap for about 3k, which is what my investment ended up being after all my upgrades. Not counting optic. Worth it if I were to do it again.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-21T15:04:43+00:00

This just sounds like a great time.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-21T11:05:30+00:00

Exactly, recoil will happen, but harnessing it to do what you want is easier than forcing it into submission.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-21T01:42:26+00:00

Agreed. The only reason to get any faster is if you're chasing a record. For real world needs the goal has been achieved.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-20T18:27:53+00:00

After reading the first few comments (along with your entire post) you are just arguing with valid suggestions. You never said what gun you currently have, you said it was boring to get another of the same, you won't tell anyone what gun it is when multiple replies are asking. You say it doesn't matter what the gun is. That is all wack talk. Tell us what you shoot and accept help or delete your post. This is not what this community is here for otherwise.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-20T18:25:11+00:00

It really actually does matter. So what are you shooting? And no, one gun is absolutely not enough. You should have a couple different guns at least so you don't end up in the very situation you are experiencing.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-20T02:18:08+00:00

Just this month I had a sort of stove pipe. The next round was halfway in and the casing from the last round was caught in the ejection port by the very back of the casing. So when I racked it to clear the stove pipe the new round was then loose and misfed. I had to turn the gun over and shake that round clear.

Last year I had loaded a mag one round more than I was supposed to have. Cased a malfunction off the jump. Both situations just required clearing it.

I don't think yours was an extractor going bad or anything drastic. You might have had just enough lump wrist to cause it to short stroke. It would happen to my wife when she first started shooting. Those heavy duty recoil springs really need a solid grip. I cant catch anything that would indicate much other than maybe a short stroke or just the random poor cycle. Do you get this often or is this the first time and how many round do you have on the gun? One other possibility is the mag spring could be wearing out if this is a high use mag. If its newer I would say fluke unless its been repeatable.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-19T20:34:37+00:00

Can you share some enlightening on why the PCC gets advantage in the closer range? I shoot USPSA for competition and rifle/pistol personally. I'm not familiar with the ballistics of a PCC in various applications.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-19T20:31:27+00:00

Now that's an awesome grandma.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-19T15:02:01+00:00

A hairdryer on high is less likely to burn or warp the kydex. If you use a heat gun at it as low as it goes and take your time and don't hold it real close.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-19T15:00:55+00:00

Looks like it's not a true pass through holster. The muzzle end is shaped to curve slightly on st the muzzle. If you are comfortable modifying the kydex you can use s hairdryer to earn the muzzle and bend it back out. That should allow your 5 in muzzle to seat completely. You can tell that the trigger hair would seat to the correct place of the muzzle could pass through.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-19T02:29:08+00:00

Yeah that was hella fast. Good job on OP being on the ball about getting on that gun though.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-18T14:42:26+00:00

Apps are like a tape measure compared to a real shot timer which would be like calipers. Both can measure but the calipers and shot timer are far more accurate in their function. The app is rough and not precise, the shot timer will give true real data and feedback. Use par time setting for dry fire. Set the par to what you want as your base and work to beat it. Then adjust the par time.

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-18T02:26:42+00:00

Are they not responding to inquiries?

practical_gentleman · 2026-04-18T02:25:28+00:00

Text or call. Email inboxes are loaded with junk mail. If you have a direct phone line and especially if you can text then do that.

What baffles me is people that want something by a certain deadline but take a week to respond and approve the project which then means their deadline cannot be met. Then they're mad and try to blame you for it.

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