STI Eagle Help
Well I just picked up a STI Eagle 5.0 40 S&W trying to figure out what class. My problem is mine does not have the barrel bushing which makes it not legal or legal? I keep getting mixed answers....
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Deer, Lucky Duck, the Eagle is a very nice handgun. If the barrel is over 4.2" in length, it must use a bushing. That is the same in every semi-auto division. So no dice in IDPA in any division. Sorry...
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^^That Sucks guess I won't be shooting IDPA anymore maybe the will change that rule this year.
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Deer a, Your STI Eagle 40 Will be a great pistol. USPSA - Limited & Limited 10 (right mags). Steel Challenge Limited. I have a Eagle 6.0" .40 Bull Barrel Tuned by Dave Dawson - 5 matching tuned...
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Yeah I just like using the same gun for both games. I guess I will have to buy another slide with the Barrel Bushing.
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I'd look inside the slide nose to see if there is the cut for the bushing retaining lug. If so, you could get into ESP with just a barrel and bushing.
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You can have the OD turned down to the proper diameter and install a bushing. All 5" STI slides have the bushing cut
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My Eagle 5.0 9mm Has both. But it also has 2 barrels. If I ever wanna shoot the bull barrel, I simply swap them out with the same slide. In over 8 years, I've never shot the bull barrel. If I decide...
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Why is that Terry? I don't understand why a separate bushing is important to a defensive pistol since pretty much nothing designed in the last 100 years uses one.
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Because someone decided one day that a heavier barrel is an advantage.
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Just look at the 1911 limited guns. I think the term is Monolith. Ken Reed
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It has nothing to do with the bushing. It has to do with the additional weight a bull barrel puts out at the end of the muzzle. That additional weight will reduce flip of the muzzle. As has been...
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My concern is that there are guns people use as their carry guns or nightstand guns that are not IDPA legal because of this rule and others. The advantages of a bushing free design go beyond the...
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My carry gun has a bull barrel because it came from the factory that way and my idpa gun has a bushing cause I asked the factory to build it that way, my uspsa limited gun has a bushing because I...
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