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Was the suggestion rude? I want to be clear that I'm totally fine with a "no." If there's a commercial future in mind for Practiscore then I can understand not releasing code.

Technical people can be kind of tonedeaf, especially in discussions like this. Just because someone sounds like a jerkface in a forum post doesn't mean they're malicious. YUUUUUUP. This may be a dumb question but I've searched and I haven't found an answer to it: if Practiscore is a free app, is there any reason that the developers can't release the source code? People could hack in their own features so they can comfortably shoot matches on top of Mount Olympus or wherever. E: YIKES thread necromancy sorry.

It looked like someone put a malware dropper on the site. The malware could have any number of uses, from making computers part of a botnet to stealing credit card information. I didn't really look into it too closely apart from reading the details on the "Google says this is an attack site!" page. BE probably wasn't targeted specifically. Someone probably got their hands on a vulnerability in the forums software and searched for forums with software of the appropriate version.

If you haven't heard of Mike you haven't been listening too hard, at least if you live in Oklahoma. I've shot a couple M&Ps that he's done trigger work on. Better results than the Apex kit for less money; it's sort of a no-brainer. I'm going to send mine in one of these days when I get around to it.

When I first got my Looper Leather belts, one black and one brown, I was the biggest Looper fanboy ever. They looked good and were $50 a piece; how could I lose? Then after a few months the black one, which I wore almost every day (I wear black shoes more often) looked seriously worn and scratched up. IMO it's now unacceptable for wearing to work or going out, but I still use it for IDPA/USPSA because it's still stiff enough to hold my gear and I no longer care if it gets beat up. Now I have a Beltman belt. It cost almost twice as much but it hasn't even shown a scratch yet, and it just all-around looks better. Buy cheap, buy twice. To be fair to Looper, the brown one still looks great.

ARISE THREAD Someone at USSA in Tulsa read this thread and decided to make his very own swinging star and trot it out for the club match last month. It was my first USPSA match. I really hope swearing at the target isn't a procedural of some kind because I was yelling some pretty X-rated stuff at that thing while trying to shoot it.

The science geeks are flocking to this thread like flies on trash. The relationship between charge and velocity depends on the powder, the bullet weight, your barrel length, OAL, and phase of the moon. For the amount of work you would have to do in order to generate a large enough data sat to fit a curve that would allow you to accurately predict velocity, it's way easier to just work up the load. Based on the loading and chrono'ing I've done, the relationship of charge to powder is kinda-maybe-logarithmic. That tidbit of information and a buck will get you a cup of coffee.

Either you are a way better bargain shopper than I am on FMJ bullets, or you're way worse at shopping for cast lead PD's 147gr bullets are $95/1000 shipped, but 147gr cast lead from J&K is $61/1000 (local pickup). I live on a graduate stipend so paying an extra $30/1000 is a significant expense for me. I've been meaning to slug my bore though. I've been getting "good enough" results with my current setup so I've been lazy about taking all the steps you need to take to really get the most out of cast lead bullets.

A place that just opened up in Tulsa has Fiocchi small pistol primers for about $26/1000, or so I'm told. For those of you who go to the big Wanenmacher show in Tulsa (largest gun show in the world!), you can order from Powder Valley beforehand and they'll bring your order to the show so you don't have to pay shipping.

By FCD do you mean the Lee Factory Crimp Die? How does the FCD affect how dirty your loads are? When I used the FCD (factory crimp die) it undersized the oversize lead and moly bullets. Leading was horrible, and while moly was way better and easier to clean than lead, it was still "streaky" in the barrel. I only FCD rounds that dont chamber check now. Those get used for practice. Hmmm. That makes sense. I've been having problems with my cast lead 9mm leading, and I crimp with the FCD. I might just try setting up my seating die to crimp and using your system.

It's working for now. I'm getting started in competitive shooting with IDPA club matches, and the round count is fairly low (~100 rounds) but the gun is still filthy even after that little amount of shooting. I don't know how many rounds it takes to affect functioning but cleaner is still better. I've been told that the softest-shooting loads for a given PF are heavy cast bullets pushed by a fast powder. If this is true, I'm wondering if there's another fast powder that works better for 9mm cast lead than Bullseye. Also I don't have a full-size pistol for competition yet, and I think (may be wrong) that faster powders let me get more velocity out of my short-barreled compacts. So Titegroup is out I guess I've been told that moly coated bullets are less smoky and lead less in general, while being almost as cheap as cast lead. That would certainly address the smoky lube problem. I might order some Bayou Bullets when I work through my cast lead bullets.

By FCD do you mean the Lee Factory Crimp Die? How does the FCD affect how dirty your loads are?

My current 9mm load is ~3.2gr of Bullseye under 147gr RNFP cast lead bullets loaded at a 1.14" OAL. It's soft shooting and knocks steel over real well. However, it also leaves a lot of unburned powder in the barrel, leads quite a bit, and is dirty as hell. I've been told that unburned powder is typically caused by a very light charge, but according to the Lyman manual this is a mid-high load for this bullet type. Searching these forums, I've also noticed that basically no one uses Bullseye for this bullet type and caliber. People seem to prefer Solo1000 or Winchester 231, which are also fast powders, but no one uses Bullseye! Am I missing something? Maybe Bullseye does better with more case capacity and lower pressures (which may be why it's so popular with 38 Special and 45 ACP shooters)? I'm happy with what I have but I'll always wonder if I could have something better.

Yeah we're kind of spoiled for choice for good instruction here in Tulsa. I keep meaning to take AP1 at TDSA. Maybe I will one of these days.