KevinB

It's a Glock with slide glide on it. It can take a dunking!

I like the heat sink idea. Not every bay I shoot on has access to water, but I could throw a sheet of aluminum in the car and have it everywhere. How thick would you recommend as a minimum?

I'd shoot them as is and see what happened.

I was having shaving issues as well on my 650, and we are not the first. I just got a Mr Bulletfeeder funnel about 300 rounds ago. It starts the bullets straight in the case, so I don't have any shaving issues, but I find the case sticks to it pretty badly and I really have to muscle the case mouth off the funnel. I might have it adjusted too far down, so once I get back on a stretch of days off I'll raise it and test again. If someone has walked that path before, I'd love to hear about it. My shaving was so bad I couldn't even use plated bullets, but the Mr Bulletfeeder funnel seems to have solved the problems. Rainiers are now my most accurate bullet, so instead of 10K of Rainier .40's holding the floor down in the garage I can use them!

Good info! Thanks!

I use Titegroup in a stainless steel KKM barrel in Florida, and my barrel can heat up to "can't touch it with bare skin" in three or four magazines. I'm well aware of diminishing returns during practice and I don't hold myself to any particular round count. According to the website I just found, it looks like KKM uses 416R stainless hardened to 45 Rockwell.

Been surfing around on this topic between chores most of the morning and can't find exactly what I'm looking for. During practice sessions, my guns get really, really hot. Especially when shooting steel because of the lack of down time for pasting targets. I intend to hit the barrel with a thermometer at some point to exactly quantify it, but it won't be today. Do any of the folks here with some metallurgy knowledge know if it would hurt anything to toss the gun/barrel in a bucket of water? I got the idea from a full-auto weapons demo where many of the rifles were suppressed, and the company rep locked the bolt to the rear and threw it in a shallow barrel of water after two or three magazines. The water would boil off the can to the point it the hot water would rise up through the barrel and spurt out of the chamber with some authority, telling me it was shedding significant heat. I asked him if that was rough on the equipment, and he said it wasn't and it could take that all day. I'm not entirely convinced when using my own money that's a best practice. In looking around, I've seen some advice that doesn't really answer the question asked. I've seen "I just bring a few different guns to the range and shoot some while others cool" and "I wouldn't do it, but I don't really know anything about metallurgy." My intuition is that it will be fine, but that's all it is. Anyone with actual knowledge have any ideas?

My basic opinion, having used both for a long time, is the 1050 has fewer stoppages but can be more difficult to clear. The 650 has more (although still not very many) stoppages, but they generally can be cleared quickly. Unless I'm needing the primer pocket swaging function of the 1050, I always use the 650.

What was the resolution?

He's using a 10mm

My shooting buddies can tell you that one of my early major match goals was to get through it without throwing any of my gear into the woods. Separate ego from performance is all I can say. I'd say it again and again to myself, too. When I have a "bad" match, and I'm being objective, I can easily see that the areas I fell down in were not sufficiently covered in the last few months' training sessions. I had (for me) a stellar match at Alabama state this year. Looking back, the match was all about footwork and timing which I had been working on really hard for the last few months. Although I had a decent finish at Area 6 this year, it was in spite of the fact I had way too many misses (seven misses/two no-shoots). Looking back, I had not been working distance shooting at all. Easily seen, easily corrected with a clear mind. There are few things as frustrating in this (or any) sport where you aren't doing as well as you'd like and you don't know why. Knowing why gives you a path to follow. I keep a range notebook at every match. When I screw something up, I make a note of it and come up with a drill (or steal one) to address it. If you're looking for a book, I'd suggest Fearless Golf. Covers the mental game EXTREMELY well.

The Talon USPSA match is a really good one. The range was built recently with USPSA and other shooting sports in mind and the stages are easily the equal of anything you'd see at a State or Area match. Well worth a 1.5/2 hour drive.

The best stages I've ever shot didn't feel fast, while some of the worst felt like I was running 100 MPH with my hair on fire. Perception is certainly an individual thing, but for me, there is a fine line between being at the edge of my performance envelope and being outside it. Any time I feel fast, it's telling me I'm outside the envelope and I have to train until the desired speed feels natural.

I get nervous right before a stage, and sometimes more than others from mere butterflies to fairly amped up. I don't have a pre-set ritual, but for some reason when the RO says "Stand by." All the stress just drops away. Happens every time, and I know I can count on it no matter how wound up I get walking to the line. If my brain wasn't wired like this, I'd be all over a ritual. Anything to calm the mind.

I figured that story would get told! It rattled me a bit, as indicated by the mike/no-shoot on the last shot on the right hand clamshell. I shot it left steel, right steel, left clamshell, right clamshell and was just slightly tardy getting back over there and shot the NS as it was coming up. The fast time I attribute to taking no extra shots on any of the steel on that stage. Not sure if I wouldn't have hit the penalties without falling anyway, but it gives me something to hang my hat on! I sure can't say I had that much success on the moving targets! Most of my penalty points came from them. Good for you!

I seriously think that match was one of the hardest I've ever shot. Shows me I have to work some distance shooting, and, after having my feet come out from under me and face-planting on stage 11, I need to investigate some better footwear. Glad I didn't break the 180! Thanks to all who suffered through three hot days of shooting and RO'ing to make this happen. I was tired after just shooting it one day!

I'm surprised no one has posted about this match! I think everyone is still in somewhat of a daze.

I didn't know about the aftermarket barrels being short-chambered sometimes. I'll have to check mine.

I doubt the OEM barrel would solve the problem of the cartridges not going into battery, but I'll give it a try. The accuracy I get from the non-Factory Crimp Die rounds is acceptable, but when I have to chamber check each round and run 15-20% through a single stage press to create usable but inaccurate rounds, the process becomes untenable.

Glock 35 with KKM barrel, 1.125 OAL, Titegroup. I'm reloading in a D 650 with all stock dies. My crimp is set so a pulled bullet shows the barest of marks (I did that by crimping only until it would chamber and adding 1/8th of a turn).

I've posted about this on another thread, but I discovered Bayou Bullets were giving me issues. Once loaded, about 15-20% won't fit in the chamber due to it being oversized at the bullet base. Running it though a Lee FCD solved the problem, but ruined accuracy. I was getting 18" groups at 25 yards with tumbling bullets. I haven't made the phone call to Donnie yet, but I will.

I got over it in just a few days, but it took a ton of ammo. If I was forced to come up with a number, my estimate would be about 1,000 rounds. I was doing it in an indoor range, so the concussion and flash was more pronounced. Looking back on it, I really think it shouldn't have taken that much, I would fully load a magazine and fire it all with splits about .2-.25 into the backstop. I noticed it was like being around a jackhammer, that once I got used to the rhythm of the gun going off I didn't blink and I could watch what was going on. At first, I blinked a lot and I could begin to see the sights when the mag was near empty. The more I did it, the fewer rounds it took to stop blinking. Eventually, I didn't blink at all, even on the first shot. As an advanced technique, try doing it when someone else is shooting! Much harder.

Reviving this thread. Was that a Limited gun?

Excellent match! Always a great time up there.

Any word on final results?