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Ever hear of Multigun

I finally have all my parts in for the upgrades. Looking at clip holders. N Mt is first choice although SpeedBeez looks promising. Their moon clips are less expensive. I need to sort brass next. Kodiak Precision is my go to Gunsmith. I hear good things about Caleb also. I think I am about a month away from matches.

Production Nationals in MT--I was on Jerry's squad when he used a revolver. Jerry, ever the nice guy, said, "that right popper is slow to fall, pound it down with extra hits." Duh.

Interesting, since Robin was the editor? of FrontSight and an employee of USPSA.

Nothing but peer pressure. Seriously, some of my friends convinced me to get one. As of a couple of weeks ago I have a S&W 929. I am waiting on parts and gear. If this !#$^^&!%$& keeps up, I might have to get a .22 revolver also. I prefer my 50 year old Colt Match Target for Steel Challenge stuff.

I have used Federal Small pistol; magnum, match, rifle; magnum and match for 9mm and 40 S&W with VV320 in my Limited and SS guns with no problems. Generally, Zero bullets are used in my guns. Range brass offers a slightly greater variance than once fired (out of my guns) brass. I do have extended firing pins. i do not load to max but rather a 166-169 power factor. I have seen some limited data stating there might be a 10-15 fps increase in velocity by using rifle or magnum primers. I never statistically noticed a difference in over 20,000 reloads. My chrono data does not show much of a difference for me to worry about pressures, that and the primers do not show any pressure problems. For you statisticians I did use a Variance of Means algorithm. I have several boxes of 'control' ammo = ammo used at National and Area matches that was chrono'd and left over. I have not tried the different primers in a revolver yet. Probably next month. CCI has published some very good papers on primers.

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My SV Limited has over 70,000 rounds. I think that might qualify for 'actually shooting enough', add in a 1911 and a dedicated 3 gun. The SS get shot weekly, the 3 Gun not so much. The function of my SVs exceeds their form. :-).

I noticed TKC offers a coiled spring to replace the flat spring. Is this popular? Worth the extra money? tks paul

I would agree.

Thanks for all the great info. It is very much appreciated. You guys are the best.

Nice summary.

Your sentences contradict themselves.

I just picked up a 929. I am looking for advice on which Safariland Land holster to pick. Their website did not list it. I know it is a N Frame but then clueless. I have seen some moonclip holder advice--what is preferred single or double stack?

Intent is defined legalistically. USPSA has rules. It is a legal system by which a match is conducted-IMO. Intent is defined via multiple sources. USPSA rule book does not addressed every possible event. Therefore, Subjectivity does come into the conduction of a match. There are lots of rule book citations in this thread. Is there a definitive answer to Richard's question? Simple question--Move to Open or not, based solely on the data provided by Richard?

Intent doesn't matter and "variability of interpretations" is irrelevant. If this was true, then why even have a WSB? Way too funny. Your conclusions fall into being a non sequitur. Every GM I have ever met and shot with, always tries to 'game' a stage. They want the most efficient way to shoot a stage. .....messing around with the rules for the sake of messing around with the rules and not paying attention to the shooting problem at hand is a sure way to have good time, entertain your squad and not finish at the best place you could've finished. Who recommended this thought? Was it in the thread or are you just making stuff up?

Yes. Adjust the feed lips. I was in WA when my custom made .40 came in. All I had at the time we .45 mags; Wilson and CM. I adjusted the feed lips. Shot several matches with no failures.

GTK

A friend is an OEM Supplier to the RV industry. He is swamped. One of his clients has already done $1B in RV rentals. The industry predicts an even better year.

Anecdotal observations are not statistically valid proofs. Talking bobble heads are just as factual. I invoke Gman Bart theorem.

I am taking it personally but on about the same as other issues. You're right on that account. I did the same thing for a few other companies that I deal with personally. I see the bias too. I know and shoot with some of the folks who work at Dillon. They are tremendous supporters of our matches. They are very concerned about customer service issues, it bothers them that they cannot immediately meet everyone's needs. I don't like seeing a dog kicked when it down--so to speak. So yes, I do defend them when clueless people start bad mouthing them and attacking their professionalism.

I have had dinner and lunch with Derek a few times. I found him to be a stand up guy. HIs stuff works and is reliable. Bedell/Brazos/MC/EG are all high quality smiths.

I am not sure where you are buying bullets but I got 4,000 the other day from a supplier in the South days after I ordered them. I picked up 10K of Zero's the next day. Friends are getting bullets from UT within days of their order.

It's Deming not Demings. No 's' on the end. I am more than familiar with his and Crosby's work. I taught P Crosby's Quality methodology for a company. I am also familiar with Lean and Sideways thinking. Kanban is a subset of the activities of JIT or Lean. I have done Operations Improvements engagements in over 50 businesses in both the IT and Business Operations for major companies. So basically, I am saying your assertions are worthless. You have not clue as to how Dillon works. Invoking Mike's name is a low class move, you no idea how Mike's thinks or would have thought about the situation. The easy part is just don't buy their stuff and stop bad mouthing them. Dillon is a tremendous supporter and to trash them without knowing the facts is unwarranted and should stop.

Businesses are taxed on inventory. Excellent point. I know of a few Fortune 50 companies that require their suppliers to maintain inventories and set inventory levels. Dillon is small potatoes compared to these guys.