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You have to get the barrel to drop down to unlock from the slide. The links purpose is this. Try pushing down on the barrel through the ejection port.

Dillon shows 9mm conversion for 1050 on backorder. 38 super conversion in stock. Parts list shows no difference between the two. Any reason I should not get the 38 super conversion to load 9mm?

Marocchi has a website, and claims to keep parts for many older models. When they were producing the Conquesta, they did offer extended chokes. Try sporting clays with your IC chokes. You might be surprised at what they can do.

Near as I can tell, Marocchi had their own choke tube format, and was not popular enough for aftermarket. They did make some shotguns for Valmet. I scored a small box marked Tikka 412S, with 3 chokes and a wrench, from a bargain bin. They fit though the length is a little off.

No reason to clean pistol primer pockets

Are you calling your shots? If you are not seeing the sights when the gun goes off, that will be the first thing to work on.

Nobody has sight black on their shooting shirt anymore.

You can put a lot of force on the handle if you do it slowly. Never try to slam the primer home.

Visually inspect brass after tumbling. No other check needed other than paying attention when loading mags. If I'm going to nationals, ammo will get an extra glance while being boxed up. I won't load bad brass, so I don't waste time and components making bad ammo.

Nt means nontoxic. The leadfree primers are crimped.

I missed that the string times were 5.7 sec so the overtime penalties are in order. The penalties are not procedurals and are worth 5 points or less depending on the hits on the target in question

You should not have received overtime shot penalties, and they are not procedurals. Know the rules. 9.4.6.2 Where static scoring paper targets are used, a shot (or shots) fired more than 0.30 seconds over the set time, will be considered overtime. For example, if the time is 5.00 seconds, a shot(or shots) at 5.31 seconds or more would be considered overtime. Overtime shots will be penalized the maximum possible scoring value of each shot so fired. If the overtime shot results in extra hits on the target, only the specified number of shots may be scored.

rule 5.2.4

You posted the story here too http://forums.brianenos.com/topic/2809-cool-shots/?page=2&tab=comments&_fromLogin=1

Don't use 231 or HP38 for .45ACP in a revolver. You will occasionally get unburned flakes under the extractor after a reload. Causes a horrific trigger pull. Does not affect a semiauto. I use WST for lead, Clays for plated and jacketed.