RH45

I also only use jhps for open, but still get carbon. I found that if you spray a comp with some anti spatter for welding or case lube, for reloading it helps a little bit from building up

Toolguy, Could you please P.M. or email me, when you get time? I have a question, and TRIED to contact you via your profile, but apparently doing something wrong Thanks! Randy

If memory serves about 1.2"

I gave ICORE a try, a couple of weeks ago with a 17-4 and HKS speed loaders. I found that rimfire isn’t heavy enough to want to drop in the cylinder, and I had one popper, that activated a swinger that refused to go down. I knew when I went that I was going to have last place all locked up, but was surprised that on a few stages I wasn’t last. Now, I have a Chiappa Rhino in 40 on the way.

Using 3.6 grains behind a Zero 180 grain jhp was my IDPA ESP load, out of my STI Eagle made about 130pf, and softer than 9mm

A few years ago, I ordered some 160 grain, 9mm bullets from BBI, and paid a little extra to have them sized to.357, but found that I could only load them in Federal brass and still get them to case gauge

I’ve found that Sport Pistol works as well as 320, for lead, or coated but, half the price. IF you can find any. Lucky for me, I bought some before COVID. Unfortunately, I was waiting for Black Friday specials to stock up on primers, but COVID screwed that up for me

I’ve found, over the years that the best thing for ME is to put a small piece of scotch tape on the top of the left lens of my glasses, it forces me to use my right eye only. I tried a lot of different things, over the years and I believe that I actually got the idea from Brian Enos. He’s cross eyed dominant too

I have an open gun that has the slide lightened similar to a Beretta 92, which threw enough crap on my C-more that I had to clean the lens every stage because I am right handed and left eye dominant, and have to see the target through the sight. I took off the C-more and had the rear of the slide machined, drilled and tapped. I think I went through 4 different sights that didn’t last 2 matches before I gave up and put the C-more back on

Thanks for the information I’ll have to get some springs coming.

I was generally running graphite in magazines, but it’s messy. Saw some aerosol graphite, that is supposed to dry, but haven’t tried it. I was never impressed with silicone. I’ll have to try some of the Otis stuff. Is anyone cutting the springs for the magazine release? I wouldn’t want it light enough that I would lose a magazine while shooting, but I really struggle to get the magazine release to push.

Thanks

My brushes for cleaning 2011 magazines works fine for 5, and 10 round magazines, but, not so much on the longer magazines. What are you guys using to clean the 15s and 19s?

According to what I read on the VR80 Facebook page, some have 10k. I know that it’s a lot less than a lot of old Remingtons, it’s not much, but at my age, I doubt that both of my 3-gun shotguns, put together won’t get that

Apparently I was overthinking things. They just flip up. Nothing to keep them locked. I guess I forgot that they’re Turkish, and not the highest quality.