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I’ve got a regular and a performance center SW Shield in both 9 and and 45..it most definitely helps the 45 in my opinion.

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Furrly Did you find their sizing chart to be correct? Thanks

For accuracy, never use extender buttons....ever..they will create donuts in your brass....when you fire a case, it will straighten to conform to your chamber. Use a full length neck bushing sizing die that allows you to bump shoulder of case back about .002 and choose a neck diameter bushing and expander mandrel that proves most accurate for you load. After sizing you case(use lube for smooth resizing), then get a couple extended mandrel’s and use them to control your neck tension. 21st century makes these in 1/2 thousand sizes. This is important..your extender mandrel is what controls your neck tension, not your neck bushing die. My routine- I pull fired straight from box and anneal with my AMP. I then full length size, bumping shoulders and sizing neck( I remove extender button from die and use a neck sizing bushing that is .002 under diameter of the expended mandrel I’m using). Now I use the extender mandrel to open up every case neck. Once this is done, I tumble the case in a walnut media....bare in mind that I’ve used plenty of imperial wax on cases while sizing. When you tumble the brass in the media, the wax off the case will collect on the media lightly-this will actually lightly lube/clean the inside the neck cases while clean the outside of cases. Under sizing the necks and then using the extender mandrel, along with annealing and tumbling your brass which cleans and lubes inside the necks, makes every cases neck tension as close to one another as possible. You control neck tension with neck sizing bushing and extender mandrel..and every gun is different on what it likes for neck tension...let the gun tell you what it likes...I hardly ever run over .0015 tension on any target rifle that I own.. My no turn neck 284 for example. A loaded round neck measures .315 with a Berger 184. You should check this anytime you change bullets types or weights. I use a .319/.320 chamber reamer when chambering which gives me .004-.005 neck clearance total. I use a .311 neck bushing in my full length sizing die, then follow with .313 size extender mandrel. My case necks now measure .314 before seating bullets. This gives me exactly .001 neck tension on ever single case assuming every case is annealed the same and every cases neck thickness measures the same all the way around. Turning necks to control this is another subject. I shoot very little benchrest...most long range F-Class. I average 3000-5000 rounds a year. I hope I made some sense above..

I should’ve call Craig at 6am this morning! Don’t see many Honcho come up for sale...was little resultant to yell sold, it wish I had of now! Thanks for input!

Been shooting Tula, wolf, CCI, small regular and mag primers for years in my pistols, especially my open gun. Never noticed any breech face issues. Back before Obama was elected, buddy and I bought about 100K Tula/Wolfs when they were $19 per thousand..just about out now..which I could still get them..

Damn..texted him last night...didn’t call early enough this morning! Good luck with it!

Did you buy Craig’s?

Looking for feedback from anyone that has owned and shot Honcho 3 Gun pistol, with 9mm 3 Comp barrel as a Open gun? Looking for you thoughts and opinion as to whether it’s a serious open gun in this configuration... Thanks

TRD- it s all great info..thanks to all for sharing!

Damn..why haven’t I thought of that! Thanks for the tip!

Smaller hands, the SP-01 fits much better. The Shadow 2, I couldn’t reach mag release without really rolling the gun in my hands. A PT fits me ok, SV is awesome, and Cheely grip is perfect...just for reference

Thanks for link!

Got a link? Did a google search for Dominate Defense and can't find anything..

Thanks! I'll give one a try..

I put the M2 kit on my belt a couple of years ago, and it bunches up pretty bad if you ratchet on it very much...just wondering if one had come up with an ideal or way to stop that other than not using a inner..

When you ratchet the belt tight, how do you keep the inner belt from bunch up?

Thanks kugo! That’s the comparison I was looking for..

Owner of that one on kens list says he is having elbow problems so who knows..

I've been struggling with this for a while now..trying to shoot to fast Going work this drill.. ! Thanks for the tips Cha-Lee!

Thanks for all the info guys - It's between a Tungsten Middy or a full custom Altas..I've owned AkaiV8, Akai Katana(damn wish I had it back) and a Atlas Chaos....liked both so it'll probably just come down to me finding one available..

Powder Finger - thanks..I've owned a bunch of different dogs in my life, but I'll never have anything again other than Chessie. They are the most stubborn, loyal, protective, loving, smart, driven, focused dogs I've ever been around. Course everyone thinks that of their dogs and they are right too!

It was lot more than 20 post..your post count gets reset to zero when they slap your hand.

Brown Clowns-Chesse’s are great!

Couple quick thoughts here..I’ve been member here since 2007 and was a lurker long before that. I’ve been shooting USPSA off and on since I shot my first match in 1995. I fell in love with the sport cause it’s probably the truest shooting sport in the world..and by true I mean it’s not dependent on what relay you draw, whether you get a good puller on your target or puller throwing your skeet or trap clays..it’s the truest form because the results you get are directly related to what you do on the field. Everyone shoots the same stages..some will see the stage and shoot it a lot better than the next guy, but it’s 100% about how much you put into it, and no one else fault if you don’t burn it down. While my first love is USPSA, my second is long range F-Class..which I’m a lot better at than shooting pistols..I’ve focused on my F-Class over the last few years, and my hard work has paid off with a number of wins and a couple of national records..I’ve put a lot into it, yet there are still a number of factors outside a shooters control that can determine the outcome of the shoot..ie..slower pit service, screwed up E-Target(cost me National Championship in Mid-range), lazy match directors that don’t squad and seed on 2nd day of shoot so all the top shooters are on same relay, etc...and I always find myself thinking or telling someone if I was shooting USPSA right now, this wouldn’t be happening..I’m not bashing F-Class..I love the sport,and it’s been great to me..I’m just saying that we are shooting the purest shooting sport there is and we should always remember that. Second and main thought-I’ve bought and sold a lot of stuff here for years, and honestly never thought about the fact that I was abusing the board and it’s members by lurking and not sharing or taking part here. I always said that if I had something to contribute I would..but we all have a lot to contribute if we think about it..we can all help new guys asking questions. We don’t have to be keyboard warriors or think we know everything(lord only knows I don’t know much!), but we should never loose site of why this board is here...I did, and I got banned from the ads till I contribute here. At first I was pissed cause I’d been a member here a long time and thought it was heavy handed..but it wasn’t...I just got called out and I deserved it. Took me a while to come around after that, but I did a lot of browsing and reading here and realized how many of you guys had helped me and answered some of my question on here when I couldn’t find it elsewhere over the years. If your new or old here, don’t be me! Contribute and help out..This is a great forum with a great bunch of guys that truly love this sport. Love your sport and realize it’s the truest one we got....it’s all about what you leave on the field..nothing more, nothing less..