UW Mitch

I did it at a match last Sunday. Luckily I was squadded with a buddy who was shooting a gun I sold him, so I figured his ammo would work in my current gun Or do you mean out on the course of fire? That would suck more. ~Mitch

Are you shooting and/or casing lead bullets? Or only using FMJ's or completely plated? ~Mitch

Because us lefties aren't interested in pushing our second shot down into the C-zone...or into the no-shoot on occluded targets! Is Dave Tuai reading this? ~Mitch

165 gr MG 1.175" COL Wolff SPP 4.6gr Ramshot Competition == 880fps average in JPL 6" gun Will be trying 5.0gr and 5.2 grains next trip to the range. ~Mitch

That's awesome! Have they all run in a match with a mag all fully loaded up? When I sold you the dies, remember that thing I said about the tolerance stack up? All of my rounds would case gauge, but when I put 20 rounds in a Tanfogilo mag, the first 5 would nose dive and hang up on the feed ramp. After I started single staging my brass on the EGW U-die I had no problems. This was before the GrX and Bulge Busters. Happy shooting! ~Mitch

That's a great data point to have - I'm trying to develop a load with a 165 gr CMG and Competition. I started WAY too low at 4.2, 4.4 and 4.6. 4.6gr and a 10 shot string didn't even average 900fps! Next trip to the range I'm going to try 5.0 and 5.2. I'll note the temp as well since your data shows that there's a temperature sensitivity.

I just bought a CED M2 after years of loading and just chronoing on friend's equipment or at matches. I'm very happy with the M2. Got it from Shooters Connection. ~Mitch

I tried rice a few years ago. Besides being weird taking something out of my pantry to clean the brass, it didn't work terribly well. I think I read some guys are getting their walnut or corn media from sandblasting suppliers as opposed to pet shops to save money. ~Mitch

And just to be VERY VERY clear - make sure you're going your chamber check with the barrel OUT of the gun! My gunsmith told me "you don't have to check all of your ammo, just the ammo that you expect to work in the gun" ~Mitch

Should hold 13 round IIRC. Have you taken the base plate off, removed the follower to see if there's a burr somewhere? Or maybe it's a Cal-legal mag with a dimple preventing more than 10 rounds? My standard thing when I get a mag is to go through the steps outlined in the Dawson Mag tuning kit. Basically using some 400 grit sandpaper wrapped around a piece of aluminum to deburr the inside, deburr the feed lips, make sure the lips are right, check and make sure nothing looks weird with the spring and follower. Usually I put in a Grams Spring/follower and on a couple mags still use the stock floor plate. Sometimes these things take tinkering. ~Mitch

I would be happy to schedule a time after a match for you to shoot my JPL - maybe other open gun guys would be willing to give you a similar test drive to compare. Mine is a long and heavy. I know some folks prefer a short and light. That's the beauty of trying different guns out side by side - you can see what feels better for you. I usually try to hit TriCounty and Dundee - rarely do I make it far south enough to hit Albany. PM or email me. ~Mitch

I would shoot a few local peoples open guns to get a feel for what you like. When I had JPL build my open gun, I tried about 5+ different configs of guns. It's a lot of money to spend on something you haven't test driven. ~Mitch

+1 to that. Possibly a thread drift but...I have yet to find a course of fire that required 22 rounds (aka Limited) or 31 round (aka for Open) to be shot only on paper with no opportunity to reload in a transition. I have run into courses that require 22 rounds, but there's usually some steel on the course and an opportunity to reload. So I'd rather reload and have a little buffer in case I don't hit all the steel on the first shot. ~Mitch

When I started loading I was very particular. After years of reloading 9mm for matches I figured as long as it case gauged and had no visible defect I'd shoot it. When I started loading 9Major I separated the known once fired from "everything else". At the time I worked at an indoor range where 95% of the brass on the floor was from factory ammo. The problem with reloading 1x fired is that if you're generating it yourself, you need to be shooting new factory ammo. Since I no longer work at the range, I just buy 1x fired brass for 9Major and load "everything else" off the ground. ~Mitch

I got one here off the forum from Scott and before that bought one from a local airsoft store down the street from work. They don't carry KWA anymore, so I was happy when I saw Scott selling an identical gun. Gonna put a C-more on one of them to get a similar sight picture and grip to my open gun. ~Mitch

I have two of the KWA 1911 double stacks - basically an STI 4.25" Tactical clone - I like them. PTP looks like a traditional single stack 1911. The double stack frame may feel more like the XDm than a single stack. I'm sure you'll be happy either way. ~Mitch

Yup, 9am is the standard start time around here...

I shoot a multithousand dollar gun in Limited and get beat by folks with relatively stock guns. It's not the equipment but the guy behind the trigger. If you're shooting both, with a single gun, I'd keep the set-up consistent between the two. You're going to be faster that way than having two different draws with the same gun. Just don't forget when you're shooting IDPA that you can't press the mag release until you're behind cover (this was always my problem after I started in USPSA). ~Mitch

In my JPL 6": 4.6gr Titegroup, 180gr MG JHP, 1.18" case length == 169pf --note out of my 5" EAA Witness Limited Elite this load was about a 159pf a couple years back. Just got myself of a case of 165gr MG CMJ's an some lbs of Ramshot Competition that I'll need to work a load up for. ~Mitch

Enjoy your shorties! I'm loading 7.7gr Sil in my long and heavy.

Yup, they got me my goodies just in time for the Sunday match. Always great to buy from Chuck and the crew! ~Mitch

No surprise but it ran flawlessly in the rain this weekend at Tri County Gun Club match.

It's not for sale Unless someone wants to give me like 10 kilobucks for it. LOL

Those dudes look familiar

Well not at Albany this weekend, since apparently the match is cancelled due to conflict! ~Mitch