Taildraggerdave

Great idea. Will do soon. Take care, Dave

Here is a link to a related discussion on a CZ forum. http://www.czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=34225.0 Has a couple nice pictures relating to chamber size, etc. Take care, Dave

The Missouri's are fat in the ogive. Depends on your chamber regarding how short you need to go. I'd partially size a case and push a Missouri in then hand chamber in your barrel. Take another .005 or .010 off of that and there is your new OAL. I've shot thousands of these and they have always worked well. Take care, Dave

Very nice work. Definitely motivational. Take care, Dave

I got my method over on GT. Lots of guys are running the Gen 4 ejectors and the trigger housings they come with are not compatible with Gen 3 frames so the ejector has to come out of the housing anyway... But I agree, I try to store them as complete units. Take care, Dave

Yeah, disassembling the frame takes a whole 15 seconds. Just remove the whole trigger housing assembly and swap out ejectors. Do it right. By right, you mean your way.... Dave

And I'd be a little concerned because you've got the ejector closer to the primer than you need to, when unloading/showing clear..... Changing the trigger housing to get the correct ejector in there takes 2 minutes, once you do it a few times.... This is a very good point! The quickest and easiest way to change the ejector is to remove the rearmost pin in the frame. The one that hold the trigger housing in. Just lift up on the trigger housing a half inch or so and push the ejector right out of the front of the housing using a 1/16" punch. It pushes out from back to front. Then simply push the new ejector back in the housing, lower the housing back in the frame, and reinsert the pin. Done. Otherwise, you have to disassemble the most of the receiver to get the trigger housing out. Take care, Dave

You may get some failures to feed with the 9 ejector. Maybe, maybe not. Lock the slide back and insert a partially loaded mag. The top round will sit slightly crooked because it is getting moved by the ejector. Put a 40 ejector in its place and the top cartridge will sit straight. I've used a 9 ejector for a while but went back to the 40. Take care, Dave

WSF meters very well through a 550B and there are plenty of published loads for this powder in .40 You can load very mild with it as well as take it to the "major power factor levels" It is also clean burning and not very smoky when used with lead. I mention this since you already have this powder. Take care, Dave

Any bullet weight will be fine. 180's are very popular but will cost a little more because they weigh more. It's really all about the powder you choose. WSF, Titegroup, Clays are all fine. Charge to the lower end of scale and work your way up. A chronograph, even a cheap one, should be considered mandatory. Attached is a photo of glock barrels. I think I actually got it from these forums so thank you to whoever published it first. The barrel on the left has the least amount of support. The barrel in the middle is current Glock and the barrel on the right is aftermarket with nearly the same case support. Take care, Dave

Hello. If your G23 is new enough, it will have a fully supported chamber. I've done a lot of chrono work throughout my load development and the one thing that surprized me was how hot factory .40 can be loaded, and they don't (usually) result in a kaboom.... Example: Federal Champion FMJ 180gr is 1019fps with a power factor of 183 out of my G35 Ranger T RA40T 180gr is 1051fps and 189 power factor out of same gun. Take care, be safe, and enjoy reloading. Dave

I'm glad to hear that. I'm really close to pulling the trigger on a 650. I'm glad it is not just me. The desire to start loading .223/5.56 is what has pushed me to look at a 650 or pulling the case feeder off the 550. I do wonder how much this has to do with the fact that the 550 uses the same shell plate for 9mm and 40. I didn't have nearly as much of a problem with the 9mm as I do with .40. You definitely have to loosen the plate to get 40 to slide under it and it makes it a little floppy. I wonder if they made dedicated .40 shell plate that is sized correctly. I don't think the 650 and 1050 share the same plate between 9mm/.40. I've loaded thousands of 9 and 45 and the case feeder has been flawless. Something I found early on was the same as in bold above. The cases pushing back out of the shell plate as the ram retracts. They don't line up with the die and everything gets bound up, or you damage a case mouth. What I did was refer to the special setup instructions at the end of the case feeder manual and set mine up that way. I think the first part of the manual had you setting the case feeder up incorrectly. At least to the point where it pushes the cases too far inward.... I set the ram up so that the case stops just as it bottoms in the shell plate and it runs 100%. That and a floppy shell plate for my 40...... Hope that helps. Dave

4.7 WSF gets me 169PF in a G35. Stock barrel and Bayou Bullet 180gr at 1.130"oal Hope this helps. Start low and work your way up. Take care, Dave

I had some problems with my 550 and casefeeder when loading .40 myself... I wound up loosening the center bolt on the star 1/2 turn from tight. I don't have to run it that loose on any other caliber. But it works well for .40 See if that helps. Take care, Dave

I meant ejector in the above post...... Take care, Dave

Heh, yeah. Right... The frames are identical except for the extractor, right? How would anyone know if you put an actual G34 slide on top of a G35? I think what is not allowed in Production is a conversion barrel in a G35 to make it shoot 9mm. Take care, Dave

It's called On Target. They have a free and a pay version. Works great. Take care, Dave

MY 550B with case feeder runs 45ACP awesome!! I've loaded thousands of rounds and never had a problem. I agree about the case feeder being a little finicky to set up. In my experience, I had no luck at all using Dillon's set up instructions in the manual. However, they an excellent troubleshooting section in that manual and I believe one should follow those instructions for setup. If the cam pushes the case too far into the shell plate, the case will rebound a bit and come out of the slot and not line up with the die anymore. Cycle the machine slowly and the case should enter the shell plate completely then stop. Set your machine up like that and it will rock. I love my case feeder for 9, 40, 45. Take care, Dave

Try a case feeder on your 550. Talk about an increase in production. Imagine your right hand only moving the handle up and down. I grab a bullet between my thumb and forefinger, oriented correctly. I index the star with the palm of my hand and place the bullet at the same time. Move handle and repeat. I love my casefeeder. Makes it like a 650 but I like the option of managing the shell plate manually. Take care, Dave My 100 round runs are below 5 minutes

Then 2.6gr Clays and Bayou 180gr must be criminal.... Take care, Dave

Bump. Need this info as well. The slot lightens the lifter a bit but more importantly, it allows you to push a shell back in the mag tube should you have a runaway mag dump. One shell goes between the bolt and the lifter and another is part way out of the mag tube and stuck above the lifter. The slot allows you to push them back in the mag tube with a screwdriver blade or something thin. Take care, Dave

Your G22 rtf2 probably has the newest supported chamber. Pull the barrel and drop a cartridge in it. Does the feed ramp show an 1/8" of case wall or does it go to the extractor groove? The newer Glock .40's all have fully supported chambers. This is not my photo so I must give credit to someone but don't remember where I found it.... The barrel on the left is an early Glock barrel. The one in the middle is the latest .40 cal Glock barrel and the barrel on the right is aftermarket. Take care, Dave

This has worked for me also. Decent accuracy and nice clean holes with Bayou 180gr. Take care, Dave

So, honestly, do you think the tungsten is worth the $55 dollars or so they want for it or would you have been just as happy with a stainless guide rod instead. I ask because I already have the stainless guide rod. Don't know if it's worth it to spend a bunch more $$ for little return. Take care, Dave

I've got two rounds of reloads on some Winchester White Box for a total of 3 firings so far. Also have a bunch of range pickup brass that have a couple rounds through them from me. No telling how many they had before me. Take care, Dave