MemphisMechanic

“Anyone got anything as I have a STI and a ton of 124gr FP bullets.” My suspicion is that he’s loading at 1.115” because that’s what the Glock recipe was, and his gun will likely feed ammo far longer than that. In which case, he should lengthen his reloads.

Have your chamber reamed so that you can load to 1.150-1.160” if you’re running an STI, and the ammo wont pass the plunk test any longer than 1.115”

Slowest you can get. The original, which I think is an hour or so??? You want time to make it look perfect, then set it aside to cure overnight... Not to have to rush as it’s beginning to harden.

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Precisely. If it were possible to shoot Major in Prod or CO, you and I would have presses set up in .40

It doesn’t work that way. The fastest and most accurate shooters in the entire world all choose major in Limited. Always. When discussing high hit factor stages like a classifier or a fast-paced field course? C’s barely hurt at all. When faced with a cruel partial target? You’ll see a proficient shooter rail across the other ones, transition to the partial, and punch two Charlies in the shoulder without hitting the brakes. There’s no incentive to hit the A zone at all. When shooting on the move? Cs don’t hurt as long as you move your feet fast. The entire C zone is your aiming area. Split fast while running hard in this position... while Mr Minor has to work harder to chase the Alphas. As long as your time is noticeably quicker than the minor guy who has to chase Alphas on those targets you will stomp him into the ground every time. Things like that are how Major dominates. In USPSA speed and hits are both factors in your score, and a lot of guys take years to truly understand how often you come out ahead if you shoot the stage 10% faster but drop a few more points Switching topics back to classifiers: If anyone tells you that you need all As on your classifiers, ignore any other advice they ever give you. Even in Production, a few Cs on an M or GM classifier are the expectation. (My very first M class Production classifier had a great time, flawless reload, and 3Cs and a D.)

If you take a pair of calipers to the factory one and figure out it’s dimensions... you’ll likely find that a hammer spring from a CZ or some other application will work, if you dig.

See my reply above. Limited Major will always crush Limited minor because when shooting major you don’t really care about shooting a certain percentage of Cs. Which is much higher than you might think. They shoot faster because 20-30% Cs at maximum possible pace is always a winning recipe, versus the minor guy that has to be harder on his sights to ensure he’s firing 90% alphas. Once you learn and truly understand hit factor scoring, this will all make sense.

In production, I distinctly remember that my very first M classifier had two deltas involved. But it was very fast. In Major, a GM classifier run pretty much never involves all As. Change your thinking.

Look through the items snoshooze makes and sells on eBay. (Search for that username.) Clearly it can be done viably, somehow.

Actually this is ideal if you want a DEDICATED carry optics gun... I prefer my dots milled down into the slide. My DPP’s dot sits right where the irons used to. Machinists can get a dot much, much lower on a Walther without an optic plate. With mine, you’re looking at the firing pin when it’s removed.

650 primes at one end of stroke, everything else at the other. The 1050 does everything at one end. Dillon was able to create a linkage with a ton of leverage at one end, and much less at the other. This is partially why the 1050 toolhead has a return spring to help lift it up. I wasn’t aware of this, and it was a huge fringe benefit when I first switched from 650 to 1050. The other unknown awesome surprise is primers don’t get ejected if they’re unused because you cleared a jam. The machine will keep offering the same one until a case arrives to take it.

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Pulling the handle on a 1050 requires around half the force that it did on my 650, which will be identical to a 750. That’s huge if you load 1,000 rounds sessions like I do at age 40, or if you have arthritis and want to load lower volumes. Additionally, the 650/750 design is going to break parts many times more frequently if automated, and without swaging you better have some high quality brass to feed it. The beefiness of my 1050s design and build when compared to the 650 I had for 10 years really can’t be overstated.

Ahh. Tastes vary. I ditched the ratchet the moment I could; loathe it when clearing malfunctions and I previously loaded 50k+ on a 650 which didn’t have that irritating thing.

Two likely causes: 1. Change the way you’re gripping the gun. Concentrate on crushing the grip panels in from the sides. Fire a few shots. Try focusing all your grip pressure on the front and backstraps. Fire a few shots. Tighter. Tighter still. Back off a little. More stronghand. More weak hand. Etc. 2. Change recoil spring weight. If the front sight dips low then comes back into notch with the tightest grip you can manage? Your spring may be too heavy, slamming the slide home with excessive force. But if your grip isn’t up to par, even a properly sprung gun will dip and/or wobble vertically. See all the videos of Taran Tactical’s “pro shooter” gun bunnies running drills, for proof of this. Flippity floppity.

I’d like to see it.

Save up. Buy a JP. Never think about it again.

There. Fixed it for you.

Ahh. Well then nevermind! Mine hasn’t squeaked yet. But I did lightly grease the inside of the cup when installing it.

(1) Replace with the Level 10 toolhead spring assembly. A vastly superior design that actually holds the head all the way up. (2) Yes. Lube that bad boy. The squeak is usually the spring against the cup that it gets squished down into.

I switched to Glock mags specifically because I got tired of this issue. Downloaded by a full ten rounds with the ideal round sticking up, it still simply isn’t consistent during a match unless you deliver a Street Fighter II style palm heel strike to the magazine after you insert it. HA DO KEN! 31+10 glock mag? Download by one and it clicks in like a factory mag into a handgun. With the bolt closed. Colt operators tip: On unloaded starts. Pick gun and mag up from table. Insert mag. Slam gun down onto the mag before leaving the table. Rack bolt. Enjoy not having the mag fall out anymore.

That’s the blowoff valve. WHEN the plastic gun goes kablooie, it vents upward and not back into your face. It’s a safety thing.

The ben stoeger pro shop’s package is a good choice. Some of us prefer a different holster belt or magpouch brand, but that’s personal preference. My only addition in production is an extra mag pouch. I like carrying 6 on the belt for those rare weird stages, and for when things go horribly arwy.

And higher. The hole is as close as you can get to being at the top of the front sight. I think @CHA-LEE has run these - I know he’s tried nearly everything else. Perhaps he’ll weigh in.