Craigar45

OT: Good looking cylinder release you got there!

Old thread, I know, but I wanted to add something about "Running your program"... When you walk through a stage, you are writing your program. We are basically writing a script in our brains on how we want to handle the stage. On the walk through, we are doing our best to embed this info into our subconscious. Upon hearing the buzzer, as mentioned above, you start thinking. That is your conscious mind stepping in and squashing the plan in your subconscious. Our subconscious mind is pretty smart- it can handle multiple tasks all at once, versus our conscious mind, which can really only do one thing at a time. Thus, you need to come up with something to keep the conscious mind from stepping in and yelling "NOW, jerk the trigger, jerk the trigger!!!" or "OOH look! Targets! Lets shoot 'em up!" all the time. For some, a good distraction is watching the front sight. For others, it is focusing on *feeling* the trigger. All depends on whether you are visual, kinesthetic, auditory, etc. For me, I do well if I am counting. I recently started shooting a revolver because I have found that counting to six is the perfect distraction for my conscious mind... I also discovered just how hard counting to six is!

This is the hot tip... I would only add that you should use a *spent* primer. C

If you have a tuned 625 and need to crush the primers, you will have a tiny bit more to consider... I load on a 550 and can crush primers flat, but I have to separate out RP and S&B... These two will allow me to seat the primer too deep- the firing pin just barely taps it. Otherwise, mixed brass it is. C

I shot it today (in my revolver debut no less!), and it is pretty easy, but us revo guys have a steep disadvantage. Shoot the top 2, 3, 4, 1, reload, bottom 2, 3, 4, 1... Problem is sometimes it will stay balanced long enough for the reload, sometime it wont. It turned over during the reload on me today, but I just made it with twelve rounds total. You do have to get it done quickly though... C

I load all my 308 on my 550. I do prep my brass on my Redding T7 first though. Size, deprime, trim with Giraud, then into the 550 it goes. Station 1: Size die backed way out. Just hits the neck a bit. Station 2: Dillon powder measure. Be sure to give it a good long pause at the bottom of the pull- there is a lot of powder to drop! Station 3: Redding competition seating die. Station 4: Redding crimp die (I think...) If you are really paranoid about accuracy, throw out the first three- I usually get a fractional difference in OAL and powder throw until there is a case in every station. But I do mean fractional. I also did a comparison with loads from my 550 against my T7. No difference I could see, but I am no bench-rest guy. Dont be shy. Load 'em up. C

Meh. I say tacticool gimmick. Will they work? Yes. With aperture sights, our subconscious automatically centers the front sight inside the round rear. I think this will just add some distraction, and give up some accuracy. I am sure they are very nicely made. I like the engraved ranges on the flip-ups. That said, I certainly wouldn't put one on my rifle. C

I've got one... It was apparently a limited run thing, but I couldn't say how many were produced. The only drawback I have discovered is the lack of aftermarket front sights. I think I will be milling up my own. C

I can consistently get primers seated to .010" below flush on my 550... I have not shimmed or anything, I just give it a hard push, rotate the case ~180 degrees and give another hard push. I have actually had a problem OVER seating with some brass- I think it was R-P. The primer was deep enough that the firing pin couldn't reach it enough to give it more than a light dent. Looks like I need to go in for one of them fancy long firing pins. C

Hey all, another round gun noob here. I searched around for a fiber optic front sight for my new 625 V-Comp without any luck. I saw on here there was a guy in OZ selling them a few years back, but it looks like that dried up. I am not above fabricating my own if someone had a replacement to sell me... Factory or otherwise. Anyone out there with a lead? Thanks! It is not the standard patridge front- it has a much bigger dovetail. Here it is with a front sight from Protocall Design. C

Any discussion about the fate of limited and heavy metal in those conversations? Heavy metal might not be so much fun for us little guys sans comp. C

PM sent... I would like a .300" green FO, .100" width, classic. Thanks! C

So MitchRapp45 and I put a timer on this Saturday morning, but a bit modified... I was comparing two different load styles, both with my BPS heavy metal gun. First method was tucking the buttstock under my strong arm, gun held horizontal with the load gate down. Shoot one, load four, shoot one yielded an average of 6.2 seconds shot to shot. Pretty consistent, and not a lot of gun shuffling, but the physical act of stuffing shells is slow for me in this position, and more likely to end in a shell shower. The next method involved me rolling the gun over, held strong hand on the stock grip and loading shells weak hand at waist level. I can load shells pretty quickly and smoothly in this position, but I waste a lot of time getting the gun down and putting it back up to my shoulder. Average time here was about 6 seconds shot to shot, with a best of 5.75. While I don't show too well compared to the other posts in this thread, I am considered fair at reloading a shotgun among my B class peers. Also, loading with the gun in the second position I described is VERY consistent for me. No dropped shells, and no fumbling. I need to do this same drill with 8 shells to compare, since most of the time is wasted dismounting/mounting the gun. I expect it would only be three seconds more for 8. Anyway, as I said, I am not great but I don’t do to bad for an average shooter either. Thought this info might be of some use to your poll Trapr... Craig

Back on topic- I have always shot a 200 yard zero on my mouse guns, but I am about to undertake a match with the big boys: heavy metal. Any change in zero for a .308? How do the basic .223 holdovers compare with .308? Not enough difference to matter under 200 I suspect, but what about out to 500? Thanks! C

E, The springs you seek for the lifter are indeed Glock extractor springs. Use two, end to end. Not a great deal of "tricks" out there since the gun is generally quite reliable. At least mine has been. Craig

I am curious how Ion Bond handles laser engraving... Anyone ever try it? As I understand, the coating is very thin and wouldnt conceal any engraving done prior to coating, but what about adding it later? Can you burn right through it? Thanks! C

I am one of those ultra rare people that do not caffeinate at all. I have gone to the range a few times where I had a small cup for social purposes... Let me just say, that I couldn't hit anything. Even focusing entirely on trigger control, it was impossible. To all my enemies: wanna ruin my match? Slip me some caffeine, and it is all over. C

Biggie, Forget the snap caps- stuff a foam earplug under the hood where the firing pin and the hammer meet... Cut the plug down so it stays in, and doesnt get pulled out by the slide racking. Works beautifully. C

Lee, Give the guys at Compass Lake Engineering a call... They have a windage adjustable front sight. It has opposing set screws, and might be the cheapest option for a front sight. They also can do custom work if they don't have something ready made. Their website is kinda crappy and dated, and there is no price for the front sight listed, but I am guessing somewhere in the neighborhood of $75. Ironically enough, it is this very sight that I cut down to use for my gas block on my AR. I tried to sell it to someone who would use it for it's intended purpose, but never had any luck. It has never budged. Compass Lake C

Hey All! Bill or Rick, you guys going to be posting results anywhere online? In my haste to get on the road I neglected to even see how I scored! Apparently I did shoot well enough to win a rifle! Great match, great company. The team shoot on Sunday is a great time, and more fun than a time waster should have any right to be. I thought the stages were all really well planned and run by your staff. I didnt think stage 6 was a 180 trap any more than some. My only constructive critisim is regarding long range steel: needs to be worth more. A 5 second penalty for not hitting a plate was not quite enough to make taking the time to get your hits worthwhile. While I did shoot all of the arrays, I shot it because I love hitting steel a long way away with iron sights, and then watching those poor guys with scopes miss. Anyway, that said, I want to thank everyone at Fernan and SPPL for another fantastic match. The food was awesome, the prize table put matches with three times the entry fee to shame, and the staff ran a tight, efficient match. See you all soon! Regards, Craig R.

I really, really like titegroup under 124 grn bullets. Nice and soft, but not sluggish like 147's feel to me. Seriously, I have no plans to change, I like it so much. C

Are you kidding me? "13% of wheel weights fall off annually, crunching under the weight of other vehicles and washing into sewers or entering landfills after streets are cleaned" Anyone ever see lead get "crunched"? I see mashed wheel weights all the time, but they sure dont turn to dust. Thank god we have good people like these to protect us from "crunched" wheel weights. How silly. C

Go here and look at the pic in post 93. You can see R&R racing's elegant solution. Shallow red box that kept muzzles down. Lined with astro turf. It held two long guns easily, and there was a piece of 1x screwed at the top at a 45 degree angle for your pistol to sit flat in. Worked very nicely! C

Hell, if you are in the NW area at all it is worth the trip! This is a fun match with "scenario" stages. They get pretty goofy, and the team style makes the match a little less serious, and a little more fun. Come on out!! C

Talk to this guys, he is the most knowledgable on Gold Shotguns Jerry Harp Is Jerry back? I emailed him a month or two ago and I recall he was over-seas. I am thinking about a nice BPS build... C