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VARifleman

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  1. I've never considered that to be problem, but I can now appreciate the issue you suggest. Combined with the general lack of utility of the snap cap for dry fire I can see how the decision can be made to avoid them altogether.I do appreciate the benefit of the snap cap for live fire however. I know folks have scoffed at the dummy round practice thing, but I'm going to stick to the opinion that it has its utility in live fire training. Nothing to do with dry fire, though. Now, when it comes to reload practice, I'd tend to go with the idea that a fresh mag should be loaded with good simulation. I use nickel plated brass (which I seldom shoot as live rounds), no primer and the primer pocket filled with silcone, no powder (duh) and the regular bullet. This still requires close attention to keeping fake ammo separate from live ammo, paying attention to the dry fire practice session, and following the four rules with particular attention to what you're aiming at. Of course, none of this makes a difference for me. I still suck. With your first classifier as a 41 (C class), you would be off to a good start. In smallbore rifle I learned some things about the mental game. Telling yourself something negative will assure that will happen. Telling yourself what you want to happen will guide you in the right direction. Also, coming from smallbore, my attitude toward snap caps is that they aren't necessary. With my rimfire guns the firing pin stops, yours may be different. With the common guns we use in USPSA there is no harm to be had in dryfiring without a snapcap, and it puts you in jeopardy of getting a live round mixed up with your snap cap as you are looking for something being in the chamber.
  2. If you are concerned with lead exposure, why not use a CMJ or a JHP? Some of the lead burns off of the back of FMJ and produces more lead in the air than a lead bullet with gas check. Something to think about, glad you're ok.
  3. I used to work out for smallbore competition during college, and that sounds very reasonable to me. The staples of that workout we used were treadmill warmups, then hi-rep endurance strength training. We would alternate legs days and arms days to give the muscles time to build. This was for stationary 3 position rifle shooting though, so it would likely be good to do short sprints and stops and footwork. Also, you can practice anywhere at anytime by visualization, see your hands holding the gun, the sights lining up on the target, squeezing the trigger, and following through recoil. Hope that helps.
  4. I bought the 34 to shoot production, and then started playing with the idea of doing limited minor with it, which was fun, but I have a 35 for limited major now. I bought a 9mm suppressor for training and figure why not shoot it in competition? I shot 8 years of rifle, still a little burned out from that and just want to have fun with wacky ideas for a little bit (still have all my gear, didn't do anything crazy like sell it). I used to open carry the 34 with the light and a 19 round mag, sometimes do it with the 35 and light with a 20 round mag, but I can't do that anymore since I moved to SC. Just want to run what I have, and run it hard. Hope that explains it.
  5. I'm thinking of using my glock 34 with suppressor and light for open minor. Only thing is I would have to cut my holster to do it. I don't have another holster with the light, although I can't open carry down here in SC it's unlikely I'll be using outside of competition any time soon. Thanks for your input.
  6. I was competitive in smallbore and air rifle for 8 years. Now that I'm out of college, I want to shoot what's fun for me, and I may still do some smallbore on the side. From both replies I'm now leaning toward the insert, especially if I wouldn't notice the weight difference during a match.
  7. Hey everyone, I have a Glock 34 that I'd like to add a magwell onto. I have a suppressor mounted on it most of the time now and may just run it open with a comp and light. I'm looking at the Heavy ICE Magwell with insert and the Super Heavy without ICE insert. How much of a slicker reload do you get out of it, and how does it balance with that extra weight in the back? Thanks for your input. Also, I can't see anything in the rule book banning the use of suppressors, so could I use a ghost holster with my suppressor mounted and shoot stages?
  8. Sorry for your loss. I am young enough that that has not happened to me, but I know I can count on the shooting community when that day comes. Here's a fixed link: A Good Man... I wrote it as "A good man..." because that's what was coming up and I assume that is what you wanted the link to say.
  9. Update, SC has accepted reciprocity with VA after a lot of drama. They still don't accept non-resident permits, so while I'm not SOL anymore, I still despise that law. I wish more places would have unlicensed open carry like VA and AZ. Licensed open carry is just pointless in my opinion. While in Fairfax, I can open carry with a 23 round mag, but then I'd have to show my CCW because of their crazy over 20 round law in urban areas. So, I have open carry my Glock 34 with a 19 round mag, and have 23s on my belt.
  10. Thanks, I missed that somehow. You could get there easily with N340 then, but if you have a load that works then I guess stick with it. Bullseye is a bit dirty though.
  11. Are you using a 5" Barrel? I make 170 with 4.9 grs of N320 at 1.230" OAL with winchester primers. I get the same with 5.2 at 1.250, but better consistency at the short length. Pat...N350, as state would be too slow for that, but I know people using it for deer loads with 200 XTPs. I use N340 for loads at hardball level, and do not feel under gunned with that in a defense pistol.
  12. I was actually considering keeping it for myself and putting a small house or singlewide or something like that as a 2nd home near the inlaws so we wouldn't have to stay there. It's about 30 minutes from their house.
  13. I thankfully haven't seen this at the the USPSA matches I've been to, but I've had people at the range come behind my stall and start picking up brass. I turned around (with the gun still pointed down range) and asked him directly what he was doing. He stopped picking up my brass.
  14. It is true that concealed means concealed, but at the point that you have to use it, it will be known and it will go against you in homicide proceedings.
  15. She's going to be living in Richmond with me, and she doesn't even have a pistol yet. Although there is some land available I found for 2000. That'd be one heck of a permit cost though...
  16. This may just be for single stack guns, but I know that some can get the slide stop nudged up from the bullet hitting the edge of the slide stop. Look for copper marks on the slide stop, and check it by carefully and slowly cycling some rounds through.
  17. One thing that just really really gets on my nerves are the few states that have resident permit only reciprocity (IE your permit only works if you have a permit from your home state AND your home state's permit is accepted in the state you'd like to visit). It's gotten on my nerve for a while, but never enough to force a rant. Now that I'm getting married to a girl from South Carolina, and South Carolina has that asinine law, as well as not accepting Virginia permits, I can't carry anywhere in a state which I frequent regularly, and to top it all off, there's no open carry like in my home state of Virginia. It doesn't matter how much training and what not I have, they aren't going to remove the idiotic ban on me carrying a gun in SC. Now why states should have the ability to not recognize any other state's permit, or why permits can "constitutionally" exist at all...is a whole lot longer rant that I don't feel like going into right now.
  18. Running full tilt on a particular game hasn't done me well. I'm usually better and ready to go if I take the occasional month long vacation from shooting. I had to shoot the annual fun match for the team and the air rifle score I shot was quite a bit higher than I had done all season. I hadn't shot in about a month.
  19. I know the feeling. My freshman year in college my air rifle took a dump on me...flat out would not fire...just 3 days before the team was to leave for the conference championships. I ended up borrowing a rifle from a grad student that was on our team that couldn't come due to school. Thankfully, that rifle did well.
  20. 100% according to the Ohio calculator for that classifier is.... Drumroll... 6.58835 12.00 seconds firing an 85 is... 7.0833 so 107.5%....damn... Outstanding job, that's no easy stage either...
  21. This is two weeks old, but I have the setup mentioned and went through this when I first set it up. What I found out was when trying to crimp and seat at the same time with the hornady dies I wouldn't get any crimp, I'd add some, still nothing, add a little more, and then I'd bulge the case. I added a hornady taper crimp die and it was easy to setup to crimp at .470". I then added their micrometer seater, pistol rotor and micrometer metering assembly, and that's my .45 setup.
  22. I've only gone through load development with .45 so far. N320 - IPSC (170 pf) N340 - Faster velocity hunting/SD stuff (190 pf) I'm trying out IMR4895 for .223, but have not taken it to the chrono. It is strange on the meter, but calms down after about 10 throws...I'm going to try some 748 if I'm not really happy with the groups.
  23. I use torch tip cleaners from home depot to clean the gas ports. You can find them in the welding depart for 4 bucks.
  24. I have a Pelican 1750 that I've been using to carry around my Anschutz rifles for about 7 years now. It has some scratches, but still works wonderfully. You can buy new inserts if you switch guns, which I have done before. It holds up much better and is more compact than the SKB cases that my team uses. Those things you have to step on and kick the latches closed, the pins for them fall out, and the wheels are always in the way. If I redid the placement of the rifles I could easily fit a pistol in there as well. Best bet is to chalk out the dimensions and see how your guns could fit before ordering. I got my pelican cases from centershot sports. I also use a smaller one for my sights.
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