MemphisMechanic

A coil spring should never be the element that determines a slide or bolt’s travel length. It can only do so by reaching full coil bind, which is less than ideal for the spring. We use the 308 and/or rifle springs for more spring weight, not to reduce travel. In an AR, the buffer is sandwiched between the bolt and the bottom of the buffer tube and it is what stops rearward travel. That’s exactly why people stack quarters in them - to reduce travel length since you cannot do so by swapping springs.

$100 ProChono Digital for the win. Mine’s at least 10 years old and still running great. Shoot through the top of the screens and lower your POA slightly if needed in order to get a reading. Remember, there are no bonus points awarded for getting your bullets as close to the sensor as possible. Shoot through the top half as long as it’ll read it - and the prochrono will read damn near anything

At least I told you how to get to them. Find a link in your email. Totally reasonable thing to have to do.

Damn. i use firefox on an iPhone and it keeps me looged in. Everything works great... ...Except that I have to go find an email notification that links me to a new PM, in order to view my message inbox. No way ro get to it from the forum itself.

Nope. Try again. The PFS9 is the only polymer80 product listed, and that’s a serialized firearm you purchase through an FFL. Love it hate it, you’ve gotta manufacturer’s model and serial number on a handgun for USPSA.

You’re saying that to a guy who wins matches with a damn Canik.

I have around 40k onhand. I have somewhere around 30k bullets and I don’t even know how many jugs of powder in the garage attic. I haven’t had time to shoot a match in nearly a year because of a ton of other things keeping me busy. At the moment, I seem to have a lifetime supply.

One Shot. Fifty thousand flawless rounds worth of loading on a similar machine, the 650. Spray lube into small plastic bin. Dump in a hundred or so pieces of brass. Shake liberally; it only gets on the OUTSIDE of cases this way. Dump it in the casefeeder. Decap & size with Lee U die Prime flare with MBF powder funnel from DAA bullet feeder seat crimp Done. Casegauge it, and shoot. With hornady one shot in aerosol cans, you don’t need to get rid of tacky lanolin lube on finished rounds. With dillon lube, your loaded ammo is sticky and will collect dirt or gum up the gun. Gotta clean that worthless stuff off.

Damn. I often liked what he had to say. Rest In Peace, Jack.

If Akai won’t ream that barrel for free, send it to someone who will do a good job of making it feed virtually any ammo profile out nice and long. There’s no way I’d go shorter than 1.160 in any open load.

IDPA requires race gear to pretend to be serviceable as concealed carry gear. Some version of why these aren’t practical to conceal when you make a trip to the store is going to be the reason they’re not permitted.

I don’t think anyone or anything will “save” it. It’s been on the decline for a long time. But yes, Carry Optics is now hollowing out production and singlestack like a cruise ship torn open by an iceberg. As one of the guys who moved from Production to CO? My reasoning is the total shift in stage design that came with the booming growth of PCC and CO. When nearly all of your stage designers think in terms of 20+ round guns the stages really start to suck for locap. Hedge all you want about “I know good stage designers that...” and “the rules state...” but out in the real world? Stages have changed a lot. And 8-10 round guns are more of a chore to shoot than they used to be. Single Stack is primarily an older man’s division, too. We gave them a way to affordably shoot handguns in matches without fighting to be able to see their sights. Predictable results followed.

@Hdiamond yeah I wandered into more of a line of thinking of “It would be nice to have the gun clamped solid while pasting, scoring, bending over to set steel, and for porta-potty trips.” I didn’t really clarify that being the reason I wanted it. I certainly would have drawn the gun and transferred it to the weakhand in this situation.

He also likely knows that you won’t run as agressively unless the gun has been drawn or your stronghand is pinning it into the holster. We’ve all figured that one out when headed downrange to paste a missed target at the last second, etc. This is why I find the GX Products cam-lock holster concept really appealing, looking forward to handling one in person sometime to see how stoutly they actually lock.

As stated, check you crimp die first and hardest. If you’re running a lee factory crimp, we’ve likely found the problem. Here’s the mindset you need to have: Just barely remove the flare from the case mouth and do nothing more, or you’re hurting all aspects of ammo quality when it comes to lead, plated, or coated 9mm bullets. The wasp-waist / cokebottle shape of your ammo is no problem. In 9mm the tension from the undersized case is what holds the bullet in place. You are not crimping to lock the bullet into position - this isn’t a lever-action or revolver caliber. The die sizes the case below .355, and then it gets flared just enough to press a bullet back into it. So much friction/tension results from this interference fit that the bullet cannot move rearward. The crimp die is then used to remove the flare, rather than actually crimping the bullet into the case.

The only possible cantidate for a heavier locking block would be tungsten carbide. Which would be far too brittle and crack pretty quickly.

@deerslayer just won 2nd overall and high A in Limited at the TN Section match here in September of 2020, and has a pretty thick collection of SSP State Champion plaques from back before we both switched over to USPSA. Short of Bob Vogel or Mike Seeklander dropping by to post on Enos, I know who I’d listen to most closely in this thread. A lot of guys like to bash IDPA pretty hard, when it’s really just a different sport entirely.

Find a holster which actually snaps around the trigger guard with a CLICK.

https://www.blackbulletsinternational.com/

I’ve run Bayou, Acme, Blues, Precisions, and probably five other companies I’m forgetting. Black Bullets are one of the more accurate / better quality options and Chandler is always easy to get ahold of when needed. Heck, how many of the others have an owner like @cslafrain ...who regularly posts on Enos?

It’s not thievery. It a reward for being the kind of person who saves up, and isn’t looking for a primer handout from the government. Oops. I mean the forum. If you don’t like the price, don’t pay it. If you’re in desperate need and didn’t plan ahead? That costs more. Plain old wonderful capitalism.

I sold mine for $750 before the 750 came out. Roller bearing upgrades everywhere, in terrific condition. Setup for 9mm, without dies. It’s likely worth more now. First, gun stuff is in a superb shortage. Second, the 650 isn’t being made.

Some of us still have 20k+ onhand because we remember the days following the Obama election.

(Ignoring pandemic shortages) If you truly plan to load all of the calibers you listed, a 550 is best for the casual shooter. The kind of guy who will buy the amount of components he needs and load a few hundred to a thousand each of .45, rifle calibers, and his match ammo... then repeat a few weeks later. This guy is pretty common. A 750 is more suited to the kind of guy who will spend a thousand or so on components up front, and load several thousand of each caliber between caliber changes on the press. (This guy is not that common, but most will THINK they’ll be this guy before we begin reloading and the reality of spending a ton of money on bulk components up front is faced, financially.) Personally, all my competiton guns are porduction/CO/PCC and they are all obviously 9mm. My defensive guns are 9mm too. I load on a 1050 and maintain a two year stockpile of components at all times - now that I’m sitting on 30k or so primers when this shortage hit, you see why. 5.56, .308, 12ga and other calibers? I shoot them seldom, and casually. I buy that ammo rather than tear my machine down. On a 1050 it is a FULL lengthy teardown to go from 9mm to 5.56. If I shot multiple calibers more often, I’d do what my friends do. Keep a never-swapped 650/750/1050 ready for my high volume competition load, and buy a 550 for small volumes of various other calibers, because it swaps from caliber to caliber very quickly.

@m700 what bullet and powder are you using? You now see why many of us with compensated PCCs or Open guns will run a TMJ, plated or JHP bullet. No coated bullets, and also something which leaves no lead exposed at the base of the bullet, so not your typical FMJ. Soak the comp in kroil for a day or two before trying anything else. It can’t hurt and it might just do the trick.