MemphisMechanic

See above, it's crazy cheap through Grafs already. While it is only available in 1.1lb jugs, buying 10 for the discount put me at $178 for 11 pounds of powder. Thats Iike paying $129.45 for an 8 pound jug. Except even cheaper really, since thats the final price with shipping, without any tax, and factoring in the (lack of) hazmat.

Post a photo side by side. The 13lb spring should also be made from thinner wire.

...annnnd now I'm selling them for $875 I always wanted a backup Stock 3.

More than likely I'll be willing to sell my Scale 2.0s off my Stock 3 after our match on August 12th. Just want to make sure I like the Patriot palmswells in match conditions before I let them go.

What powder are you planning to use, specifically? Find data for your preferred powder: you'll wind up somewhere around the midrange for lead, and down closer to the minimum for FMJs. Thats usually roughly what happens.

Yeah, Bullet diameter is a huge factor. Blue bullets are also known for being able to be loaded longer than many other coated profiles. I can load FMJs from Precision Delta or MG the longest, and apparently plated Xtreme bullets are similarly helpful - but I haven't shot FMJ since discovering coated, and have never shot plated bullets. I didn't know you could have subscribers!

M&P barrels tend to slug at .3555" or so, and havevery short chambers. They are also hardened and ruin traditional chamber reamers. I believe your issue is bullet diameter. Here's a .356" Black Bullets International 125 TC loaded all the way out to 1.150" ... and dropping/spinning freely into an M&P factory barrel. (In a feat of marvelous timing, I received a test batch of these in the mail today and loaded up a few dummy rounds about 3 hours ago.) Bullet profile is also highly important. A short fat bullet with a wide shoulder (like a 147 round nose) will need to be loaded shorter than one that has a long pointy profile like a truncated cone.

An additional option for all of you: I've found that in general M&P barrels only allow you to load .005"-.010" longer than most CZs, and unlike a CZ, you can't ream one. They're hardened. In search of a bullet profile that was friendly for both my (reamed) Tanfoglio and a buddies M&P so that we could load batches of ammo together, I hit on the 125gr TC from Black Bullets International. I had to load the BBI 135gr RN at 1.090" to get it to chamber effortlessly in an M&P, yet their 125 is spinning freely here. I would imagine a CZ chamber will take these at least in the 1.120"-1.130" neighborhood, perhaps even longer.

If it happens, it happens. I'll fix the busted parts on the press, change my shorts, and keep on loading. I don't think of one as some sort of massive disaster.

I've probably seated 50 or so flipped primers on my 650 in the last 8 years. Never had one detonate.

@Gooldylocks they're likely full of sand or dirt and are primary containment to prevent rounds from skipping across the rage floor.

What powder and what charge weight? Your sticking cases are almost certainly going to be a combination of how much you flare, and over/under-crimping in combination with that. Show us some photos.

147s will probably group much better with 3.3 titegroup. 3.1 is barely enough to hit PF with a lead projectile. 147s tighten up when you get them up to 133 or so PF in a lot of cases.

I've always sighted in my Production gun at 25 ... Sight it in at 25. Then shoot it at 5,10,15 and 50 and see what your holdover/under will need to be at various distances. That's the most important thing for you to know on match day. You might find moving your POA up or down 0.5-1.0" will get you to that happy place where the rounds land within 1" or so of the dot from 0-35 yards.

Looks good! You even have the mag catch on the correct side. Let us know how you like the feel after shooting an actual match with it. Aside from making mine too fat to access the mag catch, I loved the pair I did.

That brings us to point #2: Shooting a few tenths too slow wasn't your problem as a novice, just like it wasn't mine. It's the multiple extra seconds you take to reload, draw, and especially move from point A to point B. To bring your stage times up as a newbie, shoot your sights with patience on cruise control... then absolutely downshift and floor it like a panicked primate until you're at the next position... and ease back off the throttle as the shooting resumes. Slowfastslow. Not fastslowfast.

Okay. Small backstrap *with a large array of aftermarket support from both mainstream and USPSA-oriented companies.*

If she doesn't like the CZ let her get her hands on an M&P with the small backstrap. It's possibly the thinnest / smallest gun in production that's competitive. An SP-01 Shadow is where I'd steer her for compactness of grip. She's going to have to shoot for years to really find any improvement in a Shadow 2 versus Shadow 1... why do you want to put her in the 2?

First truth of USPSA: no one you're watching shoots double taps or pairs or whatever you want to call it. Not past very close distances, anyway. Theyre aiming every shot. In time, you'll learn to fire 4 sighted shots a second at a 7 yard target. Until then, shoot the one shot per second that you can actually aim.

Two parts to the answer: 1. Yes 2. Look up how the scoring system works, then do the math on those three stages again and replace your mike with a charlie. Run the numbers for the match again and see how much that changes things. I still learn a lot from grabbing a pen, paper, and my calculator app and playing with things like "what if I shot 10% worse points but did it 20% faster?" Learning how the scoring actually works, and how different stages weigh speed over accuracy or vice versa? Super helpful.

@Ck867 http://www.therockshed.com/grit.html

I'm running a .100" x .140" front. And 2.5mm is .098" wide.

Works well. Remember, in dryfire there's no need for the factory feeling break. In fact, being able to rail on the trigger really hard, moving it a realistic amount, without moving the sights? That's a good thing.

Dude. You've gotta specify what the heck you're shooting first.

You can get Dawson's in an even thinner .090" now too. Like emjei has.