He asked me the other day if you texted, but I did not know if you were that technoligicaly advanced :p

Thanks, yes I took the pics. I need to build a soft box for better lighting.
Thank you

Thanks bro, hopefully this week it'll get a workout. I picked up three different fmj brands and one HP for testing.

I doubt I won't like it, just feels good in the hand.
I pm'd him instead. :D

Was a pleasure to attend, to meet your wife and have some great talk. Thanks for the great Zippo! My sons are fighting over it. Little known when you gave it to me is the inscribed words are what I have lived by for decades as the pic shows. The embroidery was made for me by my sister over thirty years ago, back when I would smack people for saying good morning. I have calmed quite some. Great meeting, great buy!!! Both sons won in Little league yesterday, season extended, we will get range time in the next few weeks!

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That's awesome.
I almost grabbed the Harley version but, something told me to grab that one instead. Glad I did and that you like it. Thanks again for the cover. It was great chatting and catching up.

I'm looking at VZ in either the ETC or Operator ll series for grips. I like the thin grips from STI but, I don't see that option from VZ for the officer size grips...?... If Zane had the ability to checker his grips, that would solve my grip issues...lol.

I have noticed one thing while messing with it. The thumb safety seems too easy to disengage with no tactile feel to it. In other words, I don't feel it "click" into the safe and fire possitions. It feels mushy, if that makes sense. Could this be a plunger spring issue?

1st Range Report
 

This is a short range report as I did not have a lot of time and idiots entered the range (so I called it good).

Shot 100rds of Remington UMC 230gr FMJ with 3 FTFeeds and 1 FTEject.

Shot 50rds of Federal Champion 230gr FMJ with 0 failures.

Shot 20rd Winchester PDX1 230gr HP with 0 failures.

I'm not sure what caused the 3 misfeeds and 1 failure to fully eject with the UMC ammo but, after I switched to the rem and win ammo, it ran perfect... it was dirty by then as well). I used three different mags. 1 STI mag and 2 Wilson mags. The failures were with both Wilson mags.

Next time I will run some WWB FMJs, which I have never had problems with and see how it functions.

I will also try to get some Federal HST 230gr HP, as this is what I would like to run in it for self defense.

It's not getting carried until I am 100% sure it is reliable.

That's all for now.

PS: This pistol is very accurate. I shot 4 rounds through one hole at 7yds and pulled the fifth shot. I don't care for the 3 dot white sights but, will leave as is for now. I will change them out later with some straight eights or something similar.

PPS: Point ability feels natural and the balance is spot on. Trigger breaks clean around 4.5lbs and there is no creep. Reset is a dream, which makes follow up shots easy and on target. The grips are ok but, will get a little more aggressive grips later.

Get you some Tripp Research mags. You'll never look back.

My V-Bob and Guardian both love 'em.

Tripps are all I run in carry guns.

Update
 

Ran 200 more rounds through it this afternoon. I had one failure to eject due to an Ellison round. It just went "poof" and did not push the slide back enough to eject the casing....tap, rack, and kept on going.

I ran 100rds of WWB fmj 230gr and 100rds of Rem UMC fmj 230gr bulk packs. Gun ran flawless with the exception of the squib round (not the guns fault).

Next I will run nothing but SD rounds. If I can get my hands on different brands, it will be a better test. My preferred round is the Fed HST 230gr. I found some online but, can't order it just yet.

Totol round count so far is....350rds of fmj and 20rds of SD ammo.

Thank you, I will look into these.