[New Akai comp]

9.8gr of HS6 or 10.8gr 3n38 with a 115gr JHP is what I'm running in my 38SC. This is in Akai's Katana open gun which has a bunch (7) of barrel ports.

[Reduced 38 SuperComp Load for Steel]

I've used 115's with 5.0gr of N320 with good results.

[Austin new owner, long time shooter]

Welcome to the forum and to Austin! Lots of shooting opportunities in Austin and surrounding area! ALSPPC will be having a steel match this Sunday, weather permitting. Come and check it out!

[Got my New Akai Open Pistol in today]

Awesome! You're gonna love it!

[STI Mags]

I have 2 STI 170mm mags that will hold a reloadable 28 rounds without the Arredondo spacer. You really shouldn't need it for 28 rounds. Has the tube been tuned at all? I would be reluctant to try and hammer on it with a punch to try and extend the ribs. I thought about this once before but I think it would be difficult to make it very smooth and I wonder if the follower would still get hung up if the transition is not smooth. Also, as you're hammering, you may compress the tube if it's not supported from the inside. SVI tubes are not necessarily 'easy' either. The new style tubes are different and require some work to get them to run in an STI frame, assuming you are using an STI frame here. You can search the forum and find some information on what's required and difficult people have had with them. Not to say they can't be made to work...just require some effort.

Sorry, I don't know the history but, for the STI tube you've got, are you using Gramms spring/follower and Dawson basepad? That's the setup I have in both of mine and they hold 28 rounds.

[Texas State Steel Challenge Championship on March 24-25, 2012]

I'll be sending in an app for my daughter and I next week! Looking forward to it!

[The road to an open gun]

Well, I think you'll be very happy with the Katana from Akai! I just received mine and am very impressed! Build time was super fast. 10 weeks from the time I received an email from Shay that the gun was 'in process' until it arrived at my FFL. And this was including the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays! The gun shoots great! New comp is amazingly soft when using the load Shay recommends. First time I shot it was over the chronograph with his recommended load. The feeling in my hand was very soft compared to my other open guns with 169+ pf loads. I thought I had grabbed some of my minor steel loads by mistake until I saw the numbers on the chrono. It was running up around 173!!

I've only put about 3-400 rounds through the gun but am very happy with it! I'm sure you will be as well!

[Red dot sights that don't break the bank]

I've got a C-More on my daughter's Buckmark. This is after she shot one of the cheap ones till it literally fell apart. If I remember correctly the cheap one was a BSA. C-more with the Alchin buckmark mount is sweet. Not necessarily cheap, but it will last!

[Open Gun Pictures]

Here's a picture of my new open gun! The Katana from Akai Custom Guns!!

[Texas Open Championship]

This bites. It was going to be a big match and relatively close to home....

[Texas State Steel Challenge Championship on March 24-25, 2012]

Sounds awesome!! I'm going to try and make this!

[Looking for match near San Antonio]

There's USPSA at the Rivercity club on Sunday and Steel Challenge at the Austin club also on Sunday. Also USPSA up at the Waco club...but that's quite a haul from Beeville!

Hope you get a chance to shoot!

[Low Ready Draw For Open Rimfire]

Saftey can be off but you must not put your finger on the trigger until you are actually engaging the targets.

[.22 Magnum legal]

I don't understand this. A 22 mag is going to have a much lower power factor than even a minor 38 super or 9mm. What is the issue here?

Just curious....

[38 super load data]

Your load is exactly what I'm running but with a Montana Gold instead of a Zero. I've also used 10.6gr of N105 and 11.4gr of AA #7. There's alot of others that have posted data in the forum. Just try a search and you'll come up with lots!

[Water pump going out]

Sounds like a great trip! The pictures are awesome!! We all really loved Colorado when we spent a couple days there on our way to Piru! The girls didn't want to leave!!

Sorry to hear about the water pump but at least she got you home!

[My New Open Gun]

Nice looking gun! Let us know how it shoots!!

[Do you want to shoot like Randi Rogers]

This is very generous of you!! Thank you so much! I'd like to throw my daughter, Alexis, into the drawing.

Thanks again!

[World Shoot In October Next Year?]

Thanks for the info BJ!!

[best mag tube for 9 or 38s]

I haven't tried the Grams kits yet in any of my new mags. I'll probably get some later this year. The they hold 21 rounds or super comp easily.

[driving a screwgun tip though my finger]

Damn Jamie that sounds painful! I hope you get well soon!

[38 Super Minor Load]

I'm currently using 4.9 of n320 with a Montana Gold 115 jhp. If I remember correctly it's about 140pf in my Trubore.

[World Shoot In October Next Year?]

Is it true that in addition to moving the Steel Challenge World shoot to Florida for 2012 they also moved the date from August to October? I can appreciate the better weather in Florida during the month of October, but this is going to make it hard for juniors to get to the match since October is right smack in the middle of the school year....

[New from Austin, Texas]

There's a steel challenge match this Sunday at ARC in Manor NE of Austin. Setup 830, signup 930, shoot at 10. Come on out!!

[Made GM in Open]

Wow that's awesome!! Congratulations!!