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Cool Beans. If you are going to have it machined for a slide racker, make sure it is a detent ball, and get some slide lightning cuts at the same time, or just save the bucks and practice wracking it. My best adice, shoot what you got for 30 matches, then decide how you want to spend your money.

For starters I've never seen a pistol caliber sizeing die that expanded the case, that is what the flare does. If the bullet is falling down into the case you have too much flare, flaring too deep. I assume you are using the standard dillon powder flare, you need to back off the powder die. You only need enough flare that the bullet goes about 30 thousands of an inch deep when you set it into the case. The #1 thing with 9 mm is make sure you are hyper critical on the drop check, else you might be stuck on unload and show clear for some time. I don't recommend heavy bulltets for 9 major, keep those 147's minor. I also learned my lesson on short OAL and heavy bullets loading 40 with tight group and 200 gr bullets, I still have a couple of pices of blown brass to remind me not to do that.

I'm a WTF trimmer for 223, chucked it up in a Harbor Freight cheepOla drill press. It takes less than an hour to trim a coffee can full of brass, call it 400-500 rounds. Takes longer to sweep up the mess. This thread did give me the idea to turn it upside down, to keep the chips out of the case.

My AFTEC has lasted longer than the slides on the gun. Honestly $115 extractor that goes the distance is a no brainer.

Wanna get your stage execution together Shoot Single Stack for a while that will fix you.

I'm going backwards, I've shot open for almost 20 years, I just ordered a dot and mount for my 9mm/40 dual Caliber Infinity to shoot Limited Optics. Up in the top 3 of most matches you will find a CO and a PCC shooter right there with the Open shooter. There is a reason to shoot open, it is called Major scoring. Reminds me I haven't shot my Single Stack in a while.

I with you on that one. I didn't want to set the expectations too high for the general shooting community, but 500 will get you thru even the Nationals. If you are living in an upchuck nightmare, try a heavier spring, although the dot doesn't move when the gun don't feed. Bob builds a good gun, that isn't a fashion accessory.

Interesting thread. With the Taccom looks like you can try one and if you don't like it change, for about the price of taking the wife out for a steak dinner and drinks. I'd say for the diesel mechanic get the short barrel, and if you roll a mouse all day get the long one. Gym rats get the short one to.

I put the Aramnov comp on my FX9, it takes the edge off, call it a refinment rather than a miracle. My best investment for the FX9 was the Blitzcreag hydraulic dapner with 308 spring. The dapner did two things, made it dead nuts reliable and softened the recoil. I haven't expieremented with different loads but my standard 125 MonkeyBrass bullet with 4.3gr of N320 worked better than 124gr with 5.6gr of Autocomp. Still a work in progress.

It is the shoes! Your doubles will never come together when you are wearing shoes that don't put you weight on the balls of your feet. It all starts with the PlatForm, you cannot shoot fast off a weak platform. For the new shooter I recommend spending time and ammo on things other than the elusive Double tap. Platform, Reload, Movement, Positioning, Accuracy etc. If you shave .005 seconds on a double tap on a 24 round stage and give up the easy points are you ahead? No doubt BapBap sounds cool but get your points! Tip It isn't how fast you get there it is how fast you get there ready to shoot! Nothing worse than a slow miss.

I know it is the Indian and not the Bow, but I'd like to know what rifle and optic you were using, and magazine. By the way Congrats it was impressive.

15 years and never popped a primer, call it a few 1000's rounds. Federals no problem, CCI/Win no issues. It does take a while to get the primer and indexing perfect, then the next secret is keeping it clean. I have a paint bruch that I use to sweep the spilled powder on the floor. Putting the roller bearings on the shell plate helps. An annual lube and clean also keeps it running. Learning the feel is a key move, like feeling when one of those darn 380 cases pops in. The new problem I had lately is Makarov cases can't really feel those, catch them on the powder visual. Then there are those crimped 9 mm cases, takes a little more pressure to prime those.

I just used up 2000 Winchester SPP, using a Hornady Pickup tube and a Dillon Pickup tube. Zero problems with the Hornady Pickup tube, but that darn dillion tube hiccuped a few times. First thing to check is if that yellow tip is all the way on the tube, if it isn't jam city. Sounds like some folks are struggling with primer. I open the sleeve hold it up to the primer flipper lid then invert, pickup any right side up primers, then put the bottom on and rotate it 180, all primers are sunny side up ready to go. This morning I had the evil E-Clip issue, went to my other tool head and stole one, to finish up. The Dillion deprime pin loses the clip from time to time and good luck ever finding it. Order 50 off Amazon.

I have one frame on its 4th Barrel and 3rd slide, it started life as a Briley in the early 90's, 38Super converted to 9 Maj @2010 call it 400,000 rounds. No shock buff in this girl, but having lived and learned over time I use a 9# or 10# spring. I use IMSI springs mostly however I have run Wolf in the past. While you might perfer the feel of the 8#, have you ever run 500 rounds without a single hiccup? Using lighter springs tends to cause more feeding issues, have been at matches and loaned a 10# spring to another shooter that was polishing the handle on the slide racker. IMHO just an opinion. I normaly shoot about 172-175pf with 124gr. I change springs every time I open a newcase of primer. Mag springs annually unless needed sooner.

It is a bit more complicated than that. You could look up OAL in the Reloading Manual, but pay attention to the details. You probably don't have a Norma bullet. Lets stick with 9 mm, the worst of the worst when it comes to jams. There are probably a few dozen different bullets out there all with a different OGIVE. I always use my CZ Shadow when loading 9 minor because it has the shortest throat. The round might drop check fine but the CZ won't eat it. To figure it out I just size a case and then put a bullet in it leaving it super long, and then put it in the CZ. When it comes out I measure it and then subtract .009 load another dummy that length and try another fit. When I think I have it, I load up 5 or 6 shove them into a mag and dry cyle them. Among 124/5gr RN bullets the OAL I use varies from 1.120 to 1.145 depending on which MFG it came from. JHP are usually longer. (note this applies to minor only and anything 1.10 or shorter should raise concern). (add in checking for contact scratches on bullet to the above). You could paint them with dykem as well. When it fits the CZ it will run in all my guns. That said my PCC will not eat JHP's reliably it likes RN. When plunking it has to drop all the way in and fall out freely. If it falls all the way in but the rim doesn't it is a fat girl do yourself a favor and put it in the reject bucket. I've never given them the spin test. All plunkers are not created equally, the Dillon is not as tight as Wilson plunker, but both work well.