Last week Rainier Ballistics came through with massive support for our junior team “Team Gotta.” Robin Taylor picked up 30,000 bullets for the team, which should set them up for the rest of the year, plus a little. Rainier’s support will save each “varsity” shooter hundreds of dollars in ammo costs, making practical shooting financially “possible” for many. Each student competitor loads their own ammo, making support from a Northwest bullet manufacturer like Rainier a natural fit.
New Video Clip: Tuning Glock Followers
Per a customer’s request, we did a short video recently on how to tweak the new Glock followers for best reliability. You’ll find it, and many others like it under “Youtube video support.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnsN71ko2t0
P30 Magwell Tip
As our magwells for the HK P30 trickle out into the market, we’re getting a lot of positive feedback. HK armorer Carlos Rojas just contacted us with this neat idea.
With a little bit of Dremel tool work, Rojas turned some extra P2000 basepads into helpful P30 “mag bumpers.”
They provide positive seating of the stock P30 mag in our “beta” magwell — something he needed for an upcoming IDPA match.
Rojas also reports that “the current (magwell) design does fit in the IDPA box, so that’ll be good for those customers.”
Thank you Carlos!
TF Supporting JJ Racaza’s World Shoot Effort
The World Shoot happens this year (the “Olympics” of Practical Shooting), and we’re doing our part to support the American squad. We’re a small firm, but when U.S. Production Team member JJ Racaza told us about changes he’d like on the basepads for his Caracal 9mm — we promised to help.
JJ showed us how the Caracal’s basepad is steeply angled, and somewhat slippery. If you aren’t holding on tight, the mag can slip out of your hand when it hits the pistol during a speed reload.
We’ve made a Caracal basepad similar to our Drop-Away basepad for the Glock — wedge-shaped to eliminate the angle, solid aluminum to add weight, and textured so it doesn’t slip.
At one ounce total, the “JJ” is legal for all the major games. They’re getting ceramacoated now, and will be available shortly.
The first half-dozen (colored “Caracal orange” for the World Shoot) go to JJ the minute they arrive. He’s got his hands full training to beat the amazing Eric Grauffel (of France), and we wish him the best. — GO TEAM USA!
Hi-Cap Mags Available
Need mags? We picked up a small pile of hi-cap mags at auction recently. We’ve got Glock 17s, Glock 31s (works for .357 and .40), CZ Kadets, and the hard-to-find CZ Standard in .40. You’ll find them under “Glock,” “CZ Kadet,” and “CZ Standard IPSC/Tactical Sports” in our web store.