Loves2Shoot

I load on 1050 and three 650's, so I know how fast you can go, but that is never my concern. I actually load for pleasure, I like being downstairs. If you do all other tasks I listed you get nowhere near that 1500 number, which is perfectly fine with me - there is so much more to reloading that burst rates. Well, you said you didn't want people to expect they could go to the basement and come out with 1500 rounds later, and I think that is reasonable if their goal if they are equipped properly. I don't care to do most of those other task you listed. I'm glad you enjoy your loading time. I do not like loading, but I like shooting

Burst rate is how I've loaded for many, many years. Load a few hundred at a time everyday and you have ammo for shooting time. You can easily crank out 1500 an hour in my experience with a 1050 if you have the right setup, as 4 minutes per 100 isn't going crazy. If you need to crank out rounds, you can get them through the press in less than 3 minutes. I only load for 30-60 minutes on the 1050 if I'm pulling the handle though. The super 1050 with the automated arm, you could load all day long, so though it is slower per hour, I have no doubt you could make 9K rounds in a day if you had the components and the bullet and primer tube filler. I have two so I don't have to wait on primers. Having little extra time and needing large amounts of ammo, having a fast, reliable press (and the extras to make it optimized) is worth every penny spent and is like money in the bank the way they hold their value.

Yes, when we transfer pistols to FFL's in WA they have to pay a tax when they get them.

That is the ticket. You just mount it in your receiver hitch and can use the same press that you load on normally. Can't really beat it, as even with a 1050, it doesn't take long.

Sightracker is a cool name, but the sight is still on the end of the gun, so still it goes away and comes back into view. Since the end of the barrel is further away in theory, the sight should raise more than if it were on the slide, but I can't tell the difference when I shoot, it goes away and comes back, so all is good with the world. I have a SVI sight tracker that is ridiculously accurate and is my favorite Limited pistol for all around IPSC shooting, but I shoot he same times with my other variations but I seem to have bonded with this one more. I'm not a 6" fan, and do not understand the following they have. Maybe when my vision goes and I can no longer make the 25 yard head shots with my 5" gun, I will like one.

Square deal Casefeeder: No Experience: 4+ years Average Rounds/Hour, Pistol: not enough, I broke about every part on the press (bought used on e-bay) except the shaft and Dillon replaced them all. About a 125,000 rounds loaded. RL1050 Experience: 9+ years Average Rounds/Hour, Pistol: 1500 Case feeder, 2 primer tube fillers, and bullet feeder Super 1050 Experience: 1+ years Average Rounds/Hour, Pistol: 1200 Case feeder, 2 primer tube fillers, bullet feeder and automated handle puller (P/W) I'll take 300 rounds an hours slower if I don't have to pull the handle. The RL1050 is relegated to large pistol rounds, S1050 small pistol/rifle.

Cerakote (oven cure)

I've installed many hundreds of the adjustable sights and haven't seen one break like that. We take them apart for coating the sight blade.

DO it a few times and it gets easier. I use a little tool that I ground for the task.

Take you Hot Wheels car and launch it off the end of a table. At the exact same time, drop one from the same height. They will both hit the floor at the same time. Hot wheels don't fly. Neither do bullets. I didn't say gravity would cause the round to slip off of the extractor. I said, if it did slip off the extractor and the ejection port was at 12:00, gravity could cause the round to fall to wards the ejector. How are you going to argue with that? IMO, the safest way, is to turn the ejection port towards the ground and extract the round slowly and let it fall to the ground. You already said you agree with me that your method of flipping them up in the air is unsafe and you take precautions because of that. So, I don't know about you but if I knowingly do something that's unsafe and risk others by doing it, I think that's foolish. But that's just my opinion. I'm done here Your method does not work for many guns that have a firm extractor, and is directing a potential blast toward your knees and feet, since the round catching on the slide is much more likely to pull the round it into the ejector than gravity (since you asked.) HMMMM. I'm done too.

Force and effect are not equal. You "appeared" to state gravity could cause the round to slip off into the ejector because of gravity and the orientation of the pistol. This seemed to be the core argument to hypothesis. I will stand 100% by my statement. If you don't understand, you can buy a Hot Wheels set with a loop at push the cars through it at different speeds to see for yourself. The slow moving cars will be effected by gravity to the point they will fall off the loop (per YOUR example) fast moving cars will overcome the force of gravity and complete the loop without being effected by gravity enough to fall off the loop. I would love to hear your definition of a flipper instead of all the distractions from your original statement. I do try to make sure my gun is always pointed in a safe direction and when ejecting live rounds, that does include the chamber, but don't get the "it is unsafe and foolish" statement you made. If your rounds do not flip (move end over end) when you extract them, I would be interested to know the "safe" way you remove a loaded round.

I never said catching a round in the air is unsafe. I resent the fact that you are misquoting me. However, what makes you think you have the right to risk someone else's safety? ...If you must flip, at least have the courtesy to warn the RO that you are about to perform a foolish unsafe act So what did you mean to say? That is what you said and I replied to. Perhaps you could point out where I said anything about catching a round. Ok, maybe I missed something, what is a flipper in your mind, since the the title of the thread says "Ammo Catching @ match"? The rounds all flip out if you rack the slide with any force. Not racking many guns with enough force and the round won't come out, they will get jammed up. If you want to spout physics, you might want to mention the faster the rearward momentum, the less effect gravity has on the ejected round. Maybe that wouldn't make it sound unsafe though. I feel for you buddy getting hurt. I've never seen a round detonate from extraction, but I know they have, that is why I've put effort into making sure that any debris would be ejected in a safe direction should it happen. I've seen many guns be destroyed and understand the evil that can happen when things don't work right.

I never said catching a round in the air is unsafe. I resent the fact that you are misquoting me. However, what makes you think you have the right to risk someone else's safety? ...If you must flip, at least have the courtesy to warn the RO that you are about to perform a foolish unsafe act So what did you mean to say? That is what you said and I replied to.

Singlestack, I resent the fact you are specifically calling me unsafe IF is decide to catch a round while in the air. I actually started catching rounds that were hitting me, as I find it annoying, and ONLY found out it was considered showing off on this forum. Tell me how pointing the ejection port AWAY from me and downrange and the muzzle downward about 4 O'clock is UNSAFE? If a round detonates on me, it is going away and downrange, if a round goes off in the chamber it is going into the ground. The ONLY way for the RO to get fragged (or anyone) would if they were directly in front of me.

Yes, the top part of the sight is two pieces, that is why it moves when you turn the screw. You can remove the pin and remove the whole upper assembly also, though just replacing the blade would be easier.

Yes, just unscrew the windage screw all the way.

I would have to raise my prices if I did that

I think this is one of the best observations in the thread. You can tell by fingernails how pressure being applied. Half of the grip observations didn't match up with what I saw, and it really don't think you can judge much when someone is just pushing the go fast button. I got a new HD video camera that is supposed to be capable of capturing enough data to slow it down to see if you can see differences in the gun movement with different types of grips. I know the targets don't read the same, so I'm curious to see how it comes out. Now I just need to figure out how to make a movie in slow mo

+1, I unload them downrange

Shoot it strong or weak hand only to find out if you are bumping it up. We haven't had reports of it locking open on its own.

About 5k through my 12 Dawson's and they haven't had any issues.

With a Glock, I roll my shoulders forward and the gun points right on target, so with a 1911 try holding your shoulders square, and you might just find it points straight on target without changing any parts.

It is Bruce Gray, not Grey, www.grayguns.com and he is up the road a bit in Spray, Oregon.

If you know Bruce, why would you even ask for anyone else?

yeah, that's what i've been buying, but it's always out of stock or 8 bucks. i'm cheap. i got a hot tip to look at walmart for 4 bucks but i'm 0 for 2 right now. Try a rock climbing store or REI, climbers use good chalk too.