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I just bought small pistol match primers @ Powder Valley for $120/1000.
First I have been able to purchase since 2019.Prices have definitely changed.
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On 5/2/2021 at 4:45 AM, AzShooter said:
Yesterday I found a source for 10K primers. Seems a friend gave up shooting for motorcycling and is just sitting on them. He asked me if I needed them. I may just have to take him up on it and sell them to my local friends that are having such a hard time getting primers of any kind. Some are Wolf, Tula, Winchester...
I no longer shoot centerfire, only my .22s for Steel Challenge but if I can help a few of my buddies to get over this crunch I think I'll take him up on his offer.
You are a good person
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On 12/12/2020 at 5:23 PM, Farmer said:
Ahhh, the good old days!
I got something similar.
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On 3/1/2021 at 1:34 PM, Boomstick303 said:
I read an interview with Christian Sailer, and he talked about concentrating on prepping the trigger during the transition to steel, and from steel target to steel target. As @SGT_Schultzindicated upon self analysis I was slapping the trigger when shooting at steel. The trigger prep does a couple things for me. Its a que to take that extra .10 of a second (if that even measures to be .10 of a second) to line up the target and takes my mind off missing the steel target, and allows for a more solid trigger pull to prevent pulling the shot. At first it seems slow, but it will speed up as long as you make the effort to try and shoot this way. After training this way for awhile, it becomes second nature. My accuracy on steel has improved greatly.
This is why I practice with a-zone size steel targets to represent paper and only shoot paper at distance. I’m practicing on shooting the smallest scoring zone in 90% of my set-ups and I’m not distracted with going from white to brown as we do from steel to paper. I’m constantly practicing that color and size change and the wide-open brown is only 25-35yds.
Im of the belief to practice what you don’t know.. If you’re constantly missing the initial steel of an array, start putting steel all over your practice arrays. Change up and discourage developing cadence practicing this. Shoot your dot or sights, not a rhythm. Reverse and re-arrange.It’ll become a strength.
But I’m always prepping as my sights begin to align with my target. I’m tracking my sights in recoil as well and prepping with follow up shots too. -
Finally got back into the club I was part of years ago, have a key to the range and a daughter who really likes this sport, and who’s cross-eye dominant shooting doesn’t seem to be slowing her down, yet lack of powder and primers has put a big damper on both of us. We really enjoy practicing together and have bonded as shooting buds. She’s even started looking for powder and primers online on her own. We’re eager to get back out. I sure hope that by fall we start seeing a return of product on the shelves.
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On 1/28/2021 at 3:27 PM, Miranda said:
ummmm.. I hate having practical and useless advice...
get ready...
make sure you have taken care of all the possible things that can keep you from reloading
clean the brass again and resort it.
cast bullets and powder coat them twice.
hunt your favorite powder
oil the press...
dryfire. a lot
beg the ammo companies for primers.
If your luck goes like mine, you will gt all that done.
Then have two flat tires the morning of the match...
miranda
Thanks. Good advice.
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When matches come back I probably won’t have any ammunition for them anyway.
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On 9/4/2020 at 6:09 PM, Batmo said:
About halfway through 8 lbs of Sports Pistol with no accuracy or any other problems. Two different coated bullet manufactures and three different bullet designs...145 and 147 grain. Just destroyed a 1 inch orange dot with 10 shots at 15 yards this past week....now if I could just do that without a rest.
I finally learned to shoot decent off hand groups by shooting static steel painted white. Center your first and just keep aiming at the last shot. For some reason I can do it on paper now to. I can usually get a 2 1/2 group at the end of each shooting session to make me feel better especially if I have a bad practice lol. This is with my G17 mind you. With other pistols I have with single action triggers I can work out just under 2. This is at 15-18 yards. From a rest I can get it at 25. Not too much longer though, my eyes are getting poor now.
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I like to hear everything I can from my surroundings when shooting on the clock. I like to hear the magazine going into the grip, and my slow exhalation while I manipulate the trigger. I’m really into the front sight and anytime I have tried music, I simply don’t hear it. Grew up in the age of acoustic miniaturization and am fond of these things. I just don’t listen. I have a pretty loud internal dialog as I shoot a stage. Typically it’s something like:
Beep
Gun on table
mag in
Rack it! Front sight!
2, 2,
move, gun up
Steel steel reload!
step left, gun up at right
move move gun up
2,2 going right step and reload on move
gun up plant 2, 2, 2,2
finished ULSC
Afterwards I’m listening to my self critique of my execution as I pick up my brass or tape depending on how the squad is running.
Cant use them scoring or running other shooters.
On the way to the range my daughter gets the radio. On the way home I do.
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Our family is getting a puppy in early November.
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This is why I switch eyes on things like this. Left hand gets the left eye, right hand the right. Otherwise it feels weird. Much faster though right side, but I don’t fear it.
On 9/30/2018 at 3:56 AM, perttime said:I had a weird situations with my eyes during a stage a couple of weeks ago.
There was a short stage where I had to hang from a rope to be able to see and shoot the targets, around a little wall, and change sides to get a couple of more targets (knots and no loop in the rope, unlike in the picture). After a couple of rounds strong hand I realized that I was aiming with the "wrong" eye. I got severely distracted and lost time sorting out my eyes. The same thing happened weak hand on the other side of the wall.
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4 hours ago, AHI said:
You stand up to load?
I can’t sit to load. Kills my back!!
5 hours ago, risingsun said:
Actually, it still worked in that condition. So I continued cranking out rounds. Then 700+ rounds later, this happened (shellplate bolt broke in half, can't take out the stuck half, don't have spare) ... so GAME OVER! RMA it was!
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I have been cranking out ammo on my SDB since’03. Think I would be proud to wear my press out
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Woah!!
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I’d let her try an Xdm or Xd either in 9mm. My daughter shoots a 34 and tried an Xd45 and really liked it.
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Welcome! Where do you shoot?
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7 hours ago, mvmojo said:
Also amazing how no govt employees have been laid off as a result of the Chinese virus... nice to have deep pockets and unlimited funding while small businesses are scrambling to keep employees, even if it means paying them while the business is closed. The bullet manufacturers I've talked to got hammered by state mandated shut downs and are now scrambling to catch up. God bless America and the small business working men & women who make it great!
Part time employees where I work have been eliminated and there will be reductions in pay and further cuts ( jobs) if the reduction in people working persists. Government is affected just like everyone else and usually hires later than the private sector when things improve. I know a few people who work for the USPS and I am hearing strange things about what is going on there.
Working in the public sector does not make you immune to this problem. Just ask all of the early childhood educators from our campus. -
6 minutes ago, Matt1911 said:
FINALLY got my bullets from BBI today.
They sat in Alamo, TN post office for over a month before they decided to send it on.
Made a claim at the post office a couple weeks ago and they said the label must have fallen off, so it was just lost and I need to contact the sender for replacement. (Didn't do that yet cause I figured they were lying)
Arrived at my door in perfect condition, including the label.
Somebody in Alamo is full of it.
I’m pretty sure you are correct.
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Just got back to shooting this year. Built a target batch of USPSA target stands and A-zone size steel plates.
My middle daughter asked me to come along and learn to run and gun. So I have started coaching her on the basics of draw, trigger control, front sight focus, movement. Range time has become longer and more productive than when I am alone. She has a great attitude and strong accuracy. I can give her suggestions and she lets me know if she is seeing what she needs to or not. I wonder if my Dad enjoyed this as much as I do?This is really helping me with my shooting skills too. What a great way to spend time with your kids. I’m seeing my times and accuracy improve even though I am actually shooting a little less each session but more range time overall.
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I ordered a small 2k order from BBI on 9/1/20
1k 135g 9mm
1k 230g 45acp
According to USPS they are still in TN.
They arrived today 9/11
5 days longer than usual, but much faster than the horror stories I have been reading. I wonder when the postal service will realize that they have been received?
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1 hour ago, Tok36 said:
What is the potential asset of changing the stroke?
To reduce or eliminate the rearward impact of the slide with the frame.
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21 minutes ago, Sethdaniel05 said:
Sport pistol is accurate for me. Glock 17 gen5, 135 Blues.
1” groups at 10 yards no problem.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkWhat’s your OAL, charge weight? I shoot 135s in 9mm, 230 in .45
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I’d bump up a little bit and see what happens. I can’t remember which powder I had these issues with in the past but Sport Pistol is the next 8lbs I have on hand when my Solo runs out.
Very curious about your load.
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Eager to hear if anyone has purchased one of these things and started tinkering .0
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I was shooting a CZ TS at the time and I am sure I would run the .401. I run .356 in 9mm, I’m not sure on my.45 but I usually get coated bullets that .001 bigger than jacketed because I was told to years back when I used to shoot lubed lead. Prevents, I was told, excessive leading as a result of incomplete gas sealing.
Kind of what I’ve been doing since I started. You might have a different experience , but I’ve been very happy with the accuracy my reloads attain, and their quality.
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I have been waiting since early 2020. Finally was able to purchase brass, primers, bullets and powder all in one day.
Had to call my shooting buddy who was in high school and is now a Sophomore in college. When she comes home for the summer and holidays we are going to burn it up!!!
Yes!!