Austin Hemphill

I don't know about the 170, but the 140s with the dawson +2 give me an easy 24 in the three tubes I have, and one can give me 25 with some work. This is with supercomp.

I had the same experiance in an old limited gun. Check out the hook of the extractor. I had a small burr roll up from the bottom and prevented the hook from grabbing on to the case. Also check the extractor springs, as I had those go out, and gave me about 1 in 100 failures to extract.

I received my gun back from SV yesterday, and I must say that I am impressed. The barrel was replaced, a new hammer fitted, I mentioned cracking the original earlier, a Bomar to fix the one that they found broiken, a new ambi, and the gun was reblued and the magwell sandblasted. I am very pleased with both the quality and speed of the service I received from SV. I can and will recommend their products wholeheartedly. I will be wrinting them a letter stating how pleased I was with their work, and Brandon for his answering of my questions.

It was a Schuemann AET barrel. To further update, Brandon called, and the new barrel is fitted. They also discovered that the bomar elevation screw was broken and are replacing it as well. The gun should be back to me Friday, and at the latest early next week. That is what I call service. As for the glocks breaking, the follwing happend: G22-#1 breech face cracked and fell out of gun, exposing striker channel, then upon return from glock for repair of slide, the frame cracked length wise along dust cover from muzzle to rear of serial number plate, frame replaced and gun sold. G-23 frame cracked along dustcover along serial number plate back past front frame rail. Gun repaired by glock. G22-#2 both rear frame rails and one front rail broke and disappeared. Was in the recall, glock replaced, but lost it in house before returning it 3 months after it was shipped to them. All of this happened with about 6-10k rounds through the guns. Mostly factory ammo ~75+%.

I spoke with Brandon at SV about my gun today, and he said that the lower lug had sheared off. Apparently I am the only person who had a problem like this occur, so I am not sure what exactly happened. However, they are going to warrantee the barrel and replace it at no cost. I am very happy with the service I am receiving from SV, and can say that they stand behind their products and worl. So, now my official broken gun record stands at 1 SV high cap barrel, 2 1911 single stacks, 1 AR18, 2 m11/9s, 1 AR-15, 1 M1 Garand, 1 remington 870, and 3 glocks. All of these were major component failures, ie not little things like sights. And only the AR18 could be ammo related.

I spoke with Brandon with SV yesterday, and will be shipping the gun to them tonight. Ross, the brass is free, and I can move it around easily. Thanks for all of your help, I will post an update once I hear from SV

Ross, the slide stop is free to rotate, so I think I can get it into position easily enough. However, once I get it out, do I just hammer on the slide to get it off? Reneet, the gun was pretty well lubed, and only had about 350-300 rnds. since I cleaned and lubed it. Thanks again for the info.

I looked at the gun some more tonight. I was running a shock buff, and looked at what little I could see of it. It appears intact. I also took the mainspring housing out of the gun, and all of the fire control parts move freely. I don't want to drive the slide stop out, since it would have to go through the slide to get out. I bet the slide stop lobe will fail first, but I want to minimize any damage to the major components I can. Thanks again for all of the help. SV seems to be buried right now, so it will probably be a couple fo days before I hear from them. Looking again at the gun, I can see a small gap all of the way around the barrel at the muzzle end, but it looks like the chamber is canted slightly, bringin the right side of it up into the slide. It may be just my eyes, so I will let you know what I find out for sure.

By weird recoil, I meant it felt like it didn't cycle, which it didn't. I thought about the hammer binding up the gun, but I managed to cock it and it didn't feel abnormal. I put a rod down the bore, and it goes all the way to the case head, so the bore appears un obstructed. I shined a light down the side of the barrel, and I don't see any bulges either. This is driving me crazy, since there is absolutely 0 movement of the silde and barrel. They are locked up tight. I e-mailed SV, and will let you know of the outcome. Thanks for the ideas.

Well, I am thinking it is a broker leak or sheared lower lugs. I shot about 200 rounds during the practice, I shot 3 rounds in a group, and the third round felt really weird. There were 3 rounds on the target, so I doubt if it was a squib. I checked the slide stop out, and it is in the correct position, and is free to rotate. I was hoping it was something simple, but I will call SV and see what they have to say. Thanks for the replys.

I Have managed to get my limted gun to lock up solid, about 1/3 of the way out of battery with an empty case lin the chamber. I cannot move the slide forward or back, and tapping on the case has not helped. It is a factory SV, and other than typical little issues, has run well. Any ideas as to the cause of this? The slide stop and guide rod appear free, and not binding.

The union membres decided to strike Monday at the Mine and Refinery, and we salary people get to try to keep them running. I gotassigned to the glorious night shift pump watch, which is about 2 hours of driving around the mine, followed by 10 hours of sheer boredom. If they want to strike, fine, its their right. But, they don't have the right to intimidate those who are required to keep working, or those that have to keep having a paycheck to get by. We cant go to the mine with a security escourt, since the mine can't gurantee the safety of our property. And, to top it off, of the 20 + strikers I talked with, 1 had actually read the offer, and he voted to accept it. So much for moving to beautiful Montana. State games match this Saturday, and guess where I will be?

tree rat, I have a fluted chamber, and any overpressure makes the cases stick in the chamber. It makes load selection a little more critical. If you want more info on this, do a search on AET barrels. Now, the term "top-hatted" I picked up from some open shooters. If you shoot a real hot load, the primer cup will be displaced and fill the radius on the edge of the primer pocket in the case. When these primers are popped out of the case, thel look like little metal top hats. It is a prettly glaring sign that max pressure has been exceeded.

Tree Rat, I don't think it is WST repackaged. I found that it does look pretty similar, but it takes a bit less, 0.4-0.5 gr, to make major in my gun. Also, the Competition seems to run at a good bit higher pressres than WST. I loades up some 200 gr Montata gold FMJ with Competition, N320, and WST last week, and noticed that the Competition loads stuck in my AET chamber about 4% of the time, with top hatted primers, N320 looked and ran fine, as did the WST.

Heres what I dug up for Competition, all loads are with WSR primers in my SV with an AET barrel: 180 gr. master blaster: 4.4 gr Competition, 1.200" 952 fps 171 pf 180 grain Zero JHP: 4.7 gr. Competition, 1.200" 948 fps. 170 pf 200 grain Hornady XTP, 4.4 gr Competition, 1.190", 849 fps, 170 pf * *= be very acareful with the 200s, I noticed some serious primer flow in my gun. As for the $80+ shipping, do a google search for shotgun suppliers. I found one that was advertising 8# bottles of Competition for $79.95 + shipping about 4 months ago, and stocked up.

I have been runnig Competition for a while now, and with the moly coated master blaster bullets in 40, the results have been terrific. A very low variation shot to shot in velocity, and over a fairly wide range, 15-100+ F, temprature range. However, with 180 grain Zero JHPs, I noticed some more primer flattening than 320 usually gives. But, the velocities are just as consistant, and at about $80 +shipping it is comparable to titegroup. I prefer it over TG because it seems to burn a little cleaner, and doesn't seem to have as loud a report. The only problem I have had with it is that there is no reloading data for pistols for it because it is a shotgun only powder. If you want to give it a try, start a little lower in weight than N320, and work up slowly. It has been within +/- .2 grains from my N320 loads with the same bullets and OAL and primer. If you want some data, drop me a PM and I will dig it up for you.

I recently moved to Columbus, MT from Nevada, and am having one heck of a time finding a club to prectice at, and to locate the Bozeman range. Anybody have some suggestions? I am planning to shoot the Cody match this month, but would like to find a range to practice at, preferably with a good pistol setup. Are there any members in this area?

.40AET, I just swapped out the pin for a standard length Ed Brown. I liked the Limcat in my previous limited gun, but the sv slide just wasn't compatible with it. Since switching back, I have not had any light strikes or noticable primer flow, but time will tell. I didn't notice this problem with the limcat pin until I got two failures to feed in one practice session. I looked at and gagued the rounds that failed, and they looked good. But when I was cleaning the gun I noticed that the pin was ever so slightly above the level of the breechface.

One thing to look out for is protrusion of the firing pin from the breechface. In my SV with the interchangeable breechface, the limcat pin prodtrudes past the breechface and prevented the rims of the cartridges from sliding under the extractor.

It seems to me that some of the TSA people are still learning the ropes. When I flew home for Thanksgiving this year from Reno, I got to watch the guys working the X-Ray call around to find out the regs for a packed firearm and ammo. However, they were extremly friendly, and when talking with one of them, he mentioned he had lived in Mesa, and remebers shooting with "a guy named Robbie who was supposed to be good with a pistol". The guys in Vegas were much more experianced, and everything just grooved right along.

I disassembled by SV to clean it last night and when I tried to put it back together, the guiderod slipped out of the hole in the reverse plug, and is now wedged in there tightly. It looks like the guide rod is just short enought to catch on the shoulder of the hole, and long enough to ride up the radius for the link, effectivly wedging itself up tight. Has anyone else ever had this problem, or have a solution? I can't tell you how many times I have stripped and reassembled my top end, and never had this problem before. I remeber a snap sound when I was sliding the top end back on the frame, and this is where I ended up. All help will be greatly appreciated as I have a match tomorrow, of course.

You really learn to hate deisels when you work underground. For fairly obvious reasons gasoline engines are prohibited from being used, and just about everything runs on diesel. There is nothing quite like working in a tight heading with a 6yd mucker and 20 ton trucks belching out their black foulness.

James, I had the same problem in my limited gun. It was a combination of my aftec slipping off the rim, and a bad chamber. THe aftec had plenty of tension, but I think an edge rounded off allowing the extractor to slip off.

Tok, Jonny keeps some strange hours. The best bet is to call hinm about midnight on Wednesday. I used to live in Reno, and that was the only time I could reliably meet up with him. He has also been busy lately running his match and getting a new club set up. Try giving him a buzz tomorrow about 4pm pacific. He should be getting back from a match about then.

First off, let me state that I work in the hard rock underground mining industry. This industry has a long history of paying a healthy bonus for production. In fact, it is often considered part of the normal wage. As an example, say standard pay for a miner is $20/hr. If he or his crew is planned to drive a drift (tunnel) 100 ft in a month, and he drives 120 ft, he gets a bonus for the extra 20 ft, which can be about 3-5 dollars an hour. This works great in good ground where minimal support, or an enforced support standard is applied. However, at a place like the mine I work, the ground is fair to poor, and often gets pretty bad pretty quickly. If the miner is looking at his bonus, he often neglects any "extra" work needed to keep the drift open. We are still paying for the problems this caused over 3 years ago. When I design a ramp, or major access, we almost always encounter caved or unstable area caused by people neglecting the needed support. We also have to go back and fix many of the problems caused by the previous work. Add to this the attitude of "Screw you I am going to get my bonus!", the financial reward idea does not appeal to me very much. I think that if a financial reward is to be given, it has to be a suprise, and not expexted in a quid pro quo fashion. I am at a mine that is unique in its current bonus structure, where the bonus is transitioning to a preventative safety format. In this case, we are rewarding people for locating and fixing safety hazards. We also are raising the base pay to compensate for the "lost" bonus. So, in effect I am trying to say that I believe the financial reward has its place, but recognition by superiors and peers for a job well done is better all around.