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Erick doesn't mind I'm going to piggyback here till I can write a real AAR. I just finished my 3rd RDS class with Modern Samurai Project (@Asiajedi). Scott's instruction and student diagnostics were excellent as always but just wanted to provide some gear observations:
There were 20ish shooters (we lost a couple on day 2) with a mix of RMRs, SROs, Holosuns and SIG optics. It's a 2 day course with an official round count of 1,000, I've usually shot 800-ish "mas or menos.
There were no direct optics failures in this class or the two prior classes. Two shooters in this class had optics come loose due to mounting issues: a factory optics ready CZ P-10 with an SRO and a 5' Ported PC S&W M&P Core 9mm with a Holosun. The S&W issue was with the CORE mount but the shooter (a USPSA competitor and high volume shooter) said he has had the same issue with the C&H plate on his identical back up gun.
This class I ran a SIG P320 Carry with a factory mounted Romeo1 PRO instead of my usual Glock for familiarization purposes since 320s and the Romeo1 PRO are issued / authorized equipment at work. I had no mechanical issues with the gun or optic. I did however experience two shooter / grip induced stoppages when the base of my thumb inadvertently activated the slide lock in mid string / with rounds in the mag. These were the 5th and 6th such issues I've experienced with the 320 X grip.
There was one other shooter running a 320/M17 Bravo with an RMR on an adaptor plate and one shooter who ran the whole course with a P365XL with a factory mounted Romeo Zero. No issues.
There were several (5-6?) shooters running 2011's, one Triarc, the rest recent STI/Stacattos, one XC model and the rest P Duos. All were running RMRs or SROs. One of the DUO shooters had both a P DUO and a C DUO (the single stack) and switched between the two. One thing I noticed was a couple of the 2011 shooters had their grip safeties taped or rubber banded down. This is heresy because everybody knows in Texas you may only deactivate your grip safety with a piece of raw hide.... Scott Jedlinski also ran an XC the first day - no issues. The other XC shooter had a few return to battery issues the second day as the gun got dirty but they appeared to be related to running a lighter (8lb ?) recoil spring. No issues with the P DUOS or C DUO.
One shooter ran a 5" PPQ with and SRO and experienced failure to fire towards the end of day one.
Everyone else ran Glocks. The only Glock issue was caused by an aftermarket trigger. Shooter finished the class with a borrowed Glock.
Scott was gracious enough to allow me to shoot his RMR equipped LTT Beretta 92 after class. suffice to say, as a long time 92 fan it's going to cost me money.....