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    x-treme 124 plated in XD 9

    in 9mm/38 Caliber

    Posted

    I checked my notes and found 4.5gr of WSF with an OAL of 1.130 pushing an Xtreme 124gr plated round nose was a very accurate load in MY XD9 Tactical.

    WSF is super clean and not too smoky.

    Using mixed headstamp brass I got an average of 1053fps, an extreme spread of 41fps, and a standard deviation of 13fps.

    Do you have a chrono yet? Start small and work up to the load you like.

    Hope this helps you out.

    Take care,

    Dave

    Dillon Primer Flip Tray

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    I'm surprised to hear all the talk about how hard it is to get the Federal primers into the flip tray. Don't you guys take the grooved tray and lay it on the Federal primer box and turn it 180 degrees to empty the box?

    I'm confused.....do you do that before or after you dump them into the tray and pick up all of the ones that bounced out onto the bench and floor? :wacko:

    You don't "dump" them anywhere! As Alfie posted, you place the grooved tray on top of the primer box, the white plastic part, hold the two together and turn the whole thing upside down. Then gently remove the white plastic tray. That way you aren't "dumping" anything, just placing the primers onto the grooved tray. They will be on edge and tend to roll a bit until you get them oriented, so gently move the grooved tray in a circle or back & forth until they all fall over to a flat side. Simple!! :cheers:

    Alan~^~

    That's how you do it...

    Dave

    "Well Seated" Federal Primers

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    Something else to consider is your brass. If you use range pick up brass, then I'd recommend setting an amount aside and cleaning all the primer pockets with one of those cleaner/cutter/uniformer hand tools. Just one time so you know that all the brass is cool.

    The other (better) option might be to get 500 or so pieces of Starline brass and keep that for your revo only. That was my route on a 625 being fed by a 550B.

    My preferred method on the 550B is to feel the primer enter the case and give a firm steady push then on to the next round.

    Take care,

    Dave

    .45 Auto Rim in S&W 625?

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    Everything would work as planned except for SSR in IDPA. The factory listed weight on the 625 is an ounce over the max weight limit for SSR....

    I suppose you could weigh your gun and see if it makes weight. Otherwise, your local clubs may not care since they are probably not overrun with Revo shooters anyway.

    Try Trailboss for an awesome ICORE load in your 625 using auto rim or regular brass.

    Take care,

    Dave

    Mental debate during sight alignment

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted

    Practice at home until you can line up the sights on target with your eyes closed. When you open your eyes, the sights should be on target...lamp shade, painting, whatever you have in your safe practice area. Then, when you get to the range, practice that again on targets. When your index and natural point of aim are conditioned, you won't have to double check your sight alignment.

    Take care,

    Dave

    PS--- Buy Brian's book. All this stuff is in there :)

    Front Sight drifts

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    I hesitate to mention this as it's a little hillbilly. I have a hi-power that was doing that. I used Reynolds aluminum foil as a shim under the front sight and it tightened up quite nicely. Your everyday Reynolds is exactly .0005" thick, I used the heavy duty at .001" thick. Double over for a .002" shim it did the trick. Not a gun I trust my life too or compete with seriously, but it's also never come loose again. YMMV

    Kevin

    That's a good idea.

    Dave

    Help with my Dillon 650

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    Another thing to consider when setting up the casefeeder. I believe Dillon gives a better explanation of setting up the cam in the troubleshooting part of the manual than in the normal setup part of the manual.

    Make sure the cam is adjusted so that it just pushes the case all the way in the shell plate. Otherwise, it the cam allows the case to be "compressed" a bit in the shellplate slot, then it will pop out a bit as the cam retracts, and the case mouth will get chewed by the die.

    I had the same problems setting up a casefeeder on a perfectly operating 550. Once I got that figured out, it has been trouble free ever since.

    Take care,

    Dave

    XD9***Do I need to modify anything?

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    Thanks for the advice guys

    What size recoil spring would you recommend?

    it would be for reloads just making PF

    BTW everything on it is stock ( I got it used)

    what size is the stock recoil spring

    XD NINER did you mean to use a commander '1911' recoil spring?

    Yes on the 1911 spring. On my 5" model, I use a 16# spring from a regular size 1911, so I would suspect your 4" model would take the Commander length spring.

    Take care,

    Dave

    XD9***Do I need to modify anything?

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    I run an XD9 Tac in IDPA and USPSA and would go buy the parts from Springer, Canyon Creek, or Hostetter and do all the work myself. That way you will become intimate with the inner workings of your XD and when you are done, you will have an excellent 2.5-3# trigger that feels just like your 1911.

    Take care,

    Dave

    650 handle tension

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    Yeah, squirt a bunch of oil on all the linkage pins and a bit of 30wt on the ram. As mentioned above, if the linkage pins aren't galled up, the oil should take care of it. I've seen this happen before and after a good lube to the pins the handle will fall on it's own weight after about half stroke.

    Take care,

    Dave

    Case Feeder for 550 B

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted

    I got one and could never get it to work right. About every other case would come back out of the shellholder far enough to get crunched by the size die.

    I have 2 550s that I've loaded with for 10 or 12 years. They are a very good press. I really like Dillon products, but I couldn't get the case feeder to work.

    I'm having a similar problem with my casefeeder. About 30% of the time, I either have to stop and restart on the upstroketo allow the case to feed into the sizing die, or stop on the downstroke, and reach across with my left hand and manually push the case under the shell plate to get it in positon so the primer can be seated. Usually, this happens on the same case. It looks like either the ram is not pushing the case completely into position on the shell plate, or it is bouncing out slightly on the downstroke. Has anyone else ran into this, and if so some advice would be greatly appreciated.

    I just got my new 550 case feeder last night and am having the same problem exactly. Watched very closely and case is coming back out of the shell plate just enough to not go into the size die and coming out on the down stroke just enough to miss the primer hole. Need to reach in and set case back over primer plunger or slightly move the case to go into the 45ACP Dillon sizing die.

    Any ideas on a fix for this.

    Thanks,

    Dave

    What's wrong with this load?

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    Went back to the range today with both guns totally clean and three different loads.

    1st was the 4.2 gr N320 at 1.160 OAL- Not good in either gun. Feed problems, jams, stove pipe.

    2nd was the 3.9 gr Clays at 1.10 OAL - no problems in either gun. Ran great, feed perfect, recoil nice. Very accurate at 15 yrds.

    3rd was factory WWB. No problem either. Not as accurate as load # 2.

    I guess the gun is ok. Just my loads. Still don't understand the OAL issue making that big of a difference but I guess it does. I will Chrono the 2nd load next week and see if it makes PF.

    Thanks for all the suggestions and help.

    Rick

    Did you try any of the 3 1911 springs you had?

    Dave

    No I didn't. When the gun ran fine with the shorter OAL I thought I had finally figured out the issue. I guess I can try next week at the range.

    Thanks for the idea.

    Rick

    Yeah, give it a try. The stock XD9 Tac spring is 18# (I think) so that two pound reduction to a 16 might help with the lighter loads. I find it also makes the front sight easier to track.

    Take care,

    Dave

    What's wrong with this load?

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    Went back to the range today with both guns totally clean and three different loads.

    1st was the 4.2 gr N320 at 1.160 OAL- Not good in either gun. Feed problems, jams, stove pipe.

    2nd was the 3.9 gr Clays at 1.10 OAL - no problems in either gun. Ran great, feed perfect, recoil nice. Very accurate at 15 yrds.

    3rd was factory WWB. No problem either. Not as accurate as load # 2.

    I guess the gun is ok. Just my loads. Still don't understand the OAL issue making that big of a difference but I guess it does. I will Chrono the 2nd load next week and see if it makes PF.

    Thanks for all the suggestions and help.

    Rick

    Did you try any of the 3 1911 springs you had?

    Dave

    What's wrong with this load?

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    Do you have a 1911 lying around? If so, take the recoil spring out of that and put it in your XD and try it. I'm making some assumptions here...

    I took a 16# recoil spring out of my 5" 1911 and put it on the XD to run IDPA loads that are just over power factor. Runs excellent and the spring will fit right on your stock guide rod.

    Also, consider trying WSF as a powder for your 9mm reloads. I have been pushing 125gr LRN at "only" a 1.120 OAL and the gun runs and functions 100%. As a side benefit, WSF is very clean and accurate.

    Take care,

    Dave

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