[TC Rider]

I'm still working on this one. It was going to be my IDPA competition pistol but so far, it's in pieces. I sent it back to the factory because the sights were so far off. 18 inches high at 60 yards. They did a nice job in replacing the rear sight and it's dead on.

Last week it had about 300 rounds through it but a sharp corner on the grip safety caused my hand to "not be happy". I can't get the thumb safeties off to correct that. Gloves?

IDPA? Seriously dude, there are no 60 yard shots in IDPA, the ones at 30 are rare. Though I understand your concern for accuracy.

Also, gloves are illegal in IPDA. A dremel might take care of the sharp corner on the grip safety, though a gunsmith buddy has told me that shooters with Dremel tools are his best customers...

[Shooter 2.5]

Yeah, but considering how much the round should have dropped by then it was still atrocious at short ranges. I think it was about six inches at twenty feet.

I just can’t get the safeties off to get the grip safety off. I’m hoping with a little wear, it will finally loosen up.

No dremel. I was going to hand file and just break the edges around the top.

Oh, let me explain about the yardage. I have access to 400 yards. We shoot clay birds on a dirt bank at 70 yards with handguns and half a welding tank with rifles at 400. Everything has been laser ranged.

[Shooter 2.5]

This morning I took out the dremel and used it to cut the top of the right grip for the ambi safety and it looks ok. I did take a little more than needed but the arch of the safty in the down or off position hides it.

The screws were chucked into an electic drill and touched onto a pedestal grinder. I liked the fact the screws were so hard, I was able to get within .003 of my target size. The screws were cold blued and then oiled.

The sharp edge on the grip safety will have to wait. I can’t get them off. They are probably Lok-Tited on.
Back to the glove idea. I didn’t find anything in the rule book on gloves. Maybe because we shoot during the winter they didn’t want to get into a temperature conflict. There is rulings on kneepads and elbow pads.

[Old Student]

“A dremel might take care of the sharp corner on the grip safety, though a gunsmith buddy has told me that shooters with Dremel tools are his best customers...”

Dremels tend to take off on you, where a file or stone doesn't have that little tendency. It doesn't take very long with a stone to get rid of a sharp edge. Way less time than it can take to get the gun back from the gunsmith... ;)

Not that I'm a professional gunsmith, but I've pretended to be one a time or two.