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I ran my SGM (Korean?) 50 round .40 Glock mag in my .40 Keltec Sub 2k at a match last month and it ran perfectly. The back is clear, so I put a little black sharpie mark at the 40 round point so I could quickly load that many between stages. I also have a 9mm Korean mag that has ran 100% in two Glocks and my PSA 9mm carbine. These mags are cheap but seem to actually work. I will probably buy one of the BD drums if the tariff is not too steep. You never get too many, or too large, magazines.

Great post. I early Christmas gifted myself all the stuff to do kydex (foam, kydex, drills screws, rivets, setter, etc.). Built a magnum press out of some 1" plywood scrap I hauled home from work 25 years ago and have been saving for worthy projects. I like working with kydex but definitely need to practice. Have only made a couple of knives sheathed so far. I will say that a $15 garage sale Craftsman scroll saw with appropriate blade is sweet for trimming projects down prior to sanding. It's buddy, a 4X36" bench belt sander is really, really handy as well. I had both of these tools squirreled away unused for years before breaking them out, blowing of the dust and cobwebs, and fitting them with a blade and belt to work kydex. Now all I need is time. My next projects are a holster and mag pouches for the pink Walther P-22 I won at a match last month that I am giving my 13 year old daughter for Christmas. I am undecided if I am going to buy pink kydex or not, maybe red to go with her competition belt.

Thanks for the replies. I thoroughly checked over the BCG last night and saw nothing amiss. Key was tight and pipe cleaner went through. The rings on bolt did not have their slots aligned. BCG moved freely with light finger presser back and forth with action open. I did decide to try the cheapest and easiest thing first, I swapped on a different lower. This is the lower off my "old" 3G rifle. It is a rifle buttstock instead of the carbine I had on the build. It also has a better ($$$$) trigger and was really the set-up I was going to run anyway. I don't know if it will make any difference but it should be interesting to see. Will also try some more ammo, although the two types I tried are what I have run in the past and what I wanted to use. I suspect I will end up at a gas block issue after all though.

Factory, couple different kinds, same result.

I started gathering parts a couple of years back and finally got around to putting together a new 3 or 2 gun rifle. It feeds, but is a single shot. The BCG is coming back barely far enough to cock the hammer but that is it. It is not extracting or ejecting the spent case and certainly not feeding another one. Works fine when you work the bolt by hand. So, probably way, way under-gassed. Upper is a Stag 18" stainless fluted rifle length gas barrel, Yankee Hill gas block and melonited tube, AIM BCG. I have an idea of a course of action but would like to hear suggestions. I don't mind trying a new gas block (maybe adjustable), and low-mass BCG. If I have to pull the handguard, which I will, I might as well at least change the gas block. Opening the gas port in the barrel is a last resort, but I might get there eventually. What say you?

I bought some Fiocchi dummy shells years ago and they work well. Before that I used live shells (outside) until they got beat and then shot them up on the Skeet range. My young daughter, who runs the timer for my practice, is amused with the ones that say "Dummy" on them.

I am curious why you guys want/are using a backpack style? I like a regular bag with a good shoulder strap and just wonder why a backpack would be preferred? Are your stages waaayyyy far part or is parking a mile away? Not at all trying to be smart, I am wondering what I am missing.

I would love to have a second 550. I traded into a 9mm SDB a couple of years ago and it is handy having a dedicated press. I got into that SDB at half price or so, but before I bought a new SDB a stripped 550 is close to the same price and I have everything for a 550.

My cost to get into PCC was zero, I already had everything. I had a .40 Sub2K that takes Glock mags, and I already had several mags of various capacities. As the longer mags do not carry well in a pouch I just stuck them in my pockets. It ain't pretty, but it sure is fun.

I know this is an older thread but I will answer just for archive purposes. I have barrels from all three makers, but they are 40-9mm conversion barrels. The Stormlake, in my 4.5 XDm dropped right in and shoots and functions great. The EFK for my XDm 3.8 dropped right in but the chamber is a little tight for the reloads I intended to shoot in it. I have not yet had the Barstow installed in my 5.25. I bought it intending for my local smith to do the job but he is not comfortable doing the job. Someday I will send the gun and barrel back to Barstow and have them do the job. I would just have bought another 9mm 5.25 but did not want to do another trigger job.

No question, the 550b. I have both a 500b band SDB and like both for what they are. I have had the 550 for decades (really) and recently picked up the SDB in a trade just to have a progressive set up for 9mm all the time. The SDB is a fine press if you are only going to load one cartridge and not do a lot of load development and stuff. Anybody that does not understand the idea of a manually indexing progressive probably has not loaded on one. I load just as fast on the 550 as the SBD.

Mine is a Keltec Sub2K that use the Glock .40 mag. It even likes the cheap Korean 30 rounders. Never had any issues with any load, even bunny farts.

Just last night I was trying to figure out when I bought my 550b. I don't know exactly but it must be getting close to 30 years ago. If I had known then that I would be getting into pistol competition shooting as heavy as I did I might have bought a 650 but the 550b is long since paid for and going strong (with a few updates/upgrades). I am looking forward to retirement myself and the 550b certainly figures into my future activities.

My .40 PCC load is the same as my Production .40 minor load. TG under a Missouri 180 TC lead bullet. Smacks the steel hard and accuracy is just fine. Ran it in a PCC in a match last week and had no problems. Scorekeeper opined "your gun does not even move" (when fired). Run as light a load as your gun likes.

I understand a little about stage design, and worries of designing for a certain division may have some merit. For example, a Revolver friendly stage might sneak into one month's match if a certain shooter/designer sets one up. That said, it is one stage for one month and not hardly the end of the world or sport. To hear some tell it you would think every stage every month will be PCC friendly from now on. As has been voiced in previous posts, I want to solve and shoot the stages as they come but with a PCC. I will do what it takes or take a pass on a target if I cannot engage it safely, so be it.