jackruss

I've had 2 custom 2011's in 2 years. A Brazos and a Bedell. Both great guns that I shot a little then sold. I could not justify having 3 grand worth of hardware to go make little holes with the boys on a Sunday. The only reason I wanted one was because "yes" they are cool and all that, but in reality what are you trying to accomplish? It's like the sport bike crowd: carbon fiber this, race pipe that, and for what? To ride up and down the street and act like Wayne Rainey. 95% of these guys would get their ass handed to them on a real race track just like most of the 3 grand gun owners at a national tournament. You need to be honest with yourself about why you think you need a custom gun. I finally did and went back to the Glock 35 and have lots of extra money left over. Think of it this way...Rob Leatham could probably shoot the El Prez with a Sigma with the sights missing in 4.5 seconds. Just my 2 cents and something to think about

5.2 V320 1.190 OAL My power factor was 166 today checking some loads. Outside temp was 25 deg(Iowa) so at a more normal temp it should make major w/a little more margin.

The only prep work I did was take the gun completely apart to save myself charges for shipping and disassembly charges by Ion Bond. They do all the metal prep work. Gun was originally blued. Ion Bond strips the parts with an aluminum oxide blaster after they tape off the frame and slide rails, then throughly clean and degrease before coating.

Check out my limited gun in the gallery section. It's a Bedell custom that just got back from IonBond. Has the satin black DLC finish applied.

Thanks to you Dan this gun runs like a raped ape. I couldn't be any happier with your work. After it was broken in and the high spots were starting to wear through it was time to get this done.

Got my Bedell last July and after breaking it in and having some fun sent it off to IonBond last month. I sent them only the stripped upper and lower along with hammer and sear pins, extractor, reverse plug and firing pin stop. I got everything back about 3 weeks later. Couldn't be happier with the results. Had them do the DLC coating in satin black. The barrel and everything else is natural stainless with a little Flitz hand polishing. Total cost with shipping was $200.00 All the parts went together perfect with no interference issues. Enjoy the pics.

Where did you get that mag release at? Even though I'm a righty I love to drop the mag with my trigger finger. Is it the one from Bulletworks? Price? Chris

If you deepen the notch in your rear sight it will lower your impact point. For the problem your having it would be the least expensive and easy option.

Thanks for all the replys. This Friday I'm going out to do some checking with test loads and I'll report back what happens. All I want is 170-175 power factor, just to have enough fudge. I'm going to work up 15 rounds of each at 5.1-5.6 with oal set at 1.230

Went to the range to chrono yesterday with my new loads. 5.0 grains of VV N320 under my Berrys 200 grain round nose flat point. OAL set at 1.200 and crimp at .470-.471 I only made 723 fps average with 15 shots. Load manual states 860 fps for this recipe with a jacketed bullet. I am soooo confused about what to do next. 5.4 is listed as max charge with a FMJ. At the speed I got with 5.0 grains I'll never reach my target number of 860 fps even with max charge. I checked my chrono yesterday with some Hornady TAP 9mm 124 grain through my Sig and got 1086 at 10 feet(1110 at muzzle is factory rating) I have no idea what to do next.

Meprolight makes a very nice rear sight for Sig 226. Check Midway. I personally would go with a Meprolight rear adjustable sight and a red fiber optic front sight. Dawson Precision part #021-004 should fit the bill.

Hey Scooter thanks for the info. I just went to the Hodgon website and checked your info. These Berrys bullets do not load anywhere near what lead does. It looks like my chrono readings are dead even for what I would expect from a FMJ bullet. According to their data my 4.1 load would make 749 fps(I made 723) however their OAL is much shorter(1.155 vs my 1.230) which pretty makes my load dead on for a jacketed load. I really like the clean burn of the Clays. I guess I'll make my tournament ammo with VV N320. No problems making PF with that.

I checked my digital scale against my balance scale last night. The digital scale was right on. I have some factory 40 s&w I'm going to shoot through it and see what my readings are. It comes with factory ratings out of a 4inch barell. If it's slow out of my USP Expert than it's definitely the chrono.

The Lee load data was for a 200gr LSWC. 4.3 is the MAX listed load. I need another chronograph to be sure before I go over max on my loads.

I need dome advice on what to do. I currently am loading Berrys plated 200gr round nose flat point bullets on top of 4.1 grains of Clays. OAL is 1.230 and crimp is .470-.471 I went to the range today to do some load checking and these are the results: Average FPS - 17 rounds: 723 Highest FPS: 753 Lowest: 696 Not even the highest would make major. I don't know what is going on. The only thing I can figure is 1) My chronograph is screwed up or 2) There is something seriously wrong with my loads. The gun I am using is a Dawson Precision Edge(45 acp) w/BarSto barell. Checking with my Lee loading manual I should have about 763 fps with 3.6 gr clays. My chronograph is a Chrony. Unit was placed about 12 feet from gun. Conditions were cloudy but bright. Temp was high 40's. I used the sky screens. None of my shots registered any errors. Shoots were placed about 4 inches above sensors. When I got home I did some test powder drops and consistently dropped 4.0 to 4.1 Nothing was changed from my chrono loads. I check powder drop readings about every 20 to 30 loads. My press is a Dillon SDB. Any help would be much appreciated.