Siphon Odesse

Thank you so much for the tip, brilliant stuff. Also, I wrote C-More, who said there was no problem sending the sight(s) to them for re-bodying. They'll even re-body a Serendipity into a Slide-Ride! I think I know now how to alter a Serendipity with cracked mounting holes, but am tempted to let C-More re-body my Serendipity. .. well, actually; Serendipities (can you say that?).. as I seem to have .. well, sort of broken the screen sort of ..off, on one of them. Oh, well. Learning every day. Regards, Siphon.

Not sure if it's subgun ammo, but it's true HP makes some pretty tough loads. At least a few years back, the brass in the Hirtenberger cases was pretty hard, and prone to cracking. Also, they used to have a very tight primer pockets, so I never did like reloading them. Regards, Siphon

DJM, Thanks. Great to know this is in fact an option. I've been experimenting with an old C-More Serendipity; grond off the mounts and tried to mount it on a Slipstream mount. Drilled one hole near the battery compartment, no sweat. However the front C-More mounting hole gives me trouble; not enough room between mount and slide (nor are there any threads in the C-More that will engage the bolt that came with the mount, which is pre-drilled for C-More, by the way) to enter from the bottom of the mount. The other way .. well, I don't see how I can make the bolt enter the C-More hole without bending the screen part of the sight all the way up and out .. and off. Probably a better idea to have C-More do this re-body thing. Regards, Siphon

BB, excuse my ignorance, but does this mean C-More rebodies the serendipity? Have looked for info on this on their website, but found nothing. May I ask what they (if it is indeed C-More) charged for this and exactly what they did? Regards, Siphon

Thank you both for the input. Regards, Siphon

Posted this under Beginners previously and couldn't erase, so sorry for double posting. Q: Anyone know if it's possible to "re-cut" a Para/Clark-cut barrel in order to install in a Wilson-cut frame? I've read it's doable, but would appreciate input. Regards, Siphon

Thanks both. Yes, I was hoping it'd be possible to adjust the barrel rather than the frame. Regards, Siphon

I run 38 SC from Starline, and have found that my shellplate (223/38SC in Dillon 1050) stops 38 Super and even the odd 9mm that tends to "sneak in" when I get tired of picking empties, wading through scores of those cursed Parabellum cases.. Also, when I used the ordinary 38 Super shell plate, every now and then a 38 SC would be bent halfway out of the plate. Not good. My old trusted single stacl 38 runs 100% with SC, so no need for 38 Super any more. Regards, Siphon

Anyone know if it is at all possible to install a clark/para-cut 1911-barrel in a frame that has a Nowlin/Wilson cut? Reason I ask is I read somewhere that you can use a clark bbl in nowlin frame, but not the other way around. Regards, Siphon Edit; sorry, posted this in the wrong forum.

+1 to Joe D. Baer, you ought to try and find out what made the primer go off. I've experienced primer det. in a Dillon 1050 too, several years ago. It was a Win., and was crushed into popping off - I should have probably backed off. I usually wear ear protection, you might give those protectors with built-in radio a try. Listen to some nice music, make ammo, have a nice time of it. (and yes, I've got some serious "extra sounds" in my ears, though not because of the 1050 incident.) Regards, Siphon

+1 I imagine the dot actually being the front sight of an open-sighted gun, and focus on it as if it were. Worked wonders. Frontier copper plated bullets .. I've given up on those. From my guns (38 Supers, comped and uncomped) they've largely delivered good to excellent precision out to .. say, 12-15 meters. After that; it's anyone's guess. Might hit dead on, might go missing. Montana Gold: now this is the good stuff. As good as Hornady's 124 FP, and that's saying a lot. (Again; my guns, of course.) Precision from rest or bag; sure, if it's a good rest. Zeroing I'd do from a standing, freestyle position, although I know many disagree. For me, point of impact does change when switching from a rested (sandbagged/benched, etc) position to a standing one. In this case, trying to figure out just where the hell this gun is going absolutely go with a proper rest of some sort. My 2cw. Siphon

I've only read about this thing, and seen some pictures of it. Seems to me the brass needs to be substantially expanded to allow the bullet to be seated? What - if I am correct - does this do to case life? Regards, Siphon

If upstroke is smooth and nice w.o. brass in the press, that's where you need to start. 9mm are quite often a bi... to reload. Do you lube the cases? If not, you should, even though you're probably using carbide dies. Lube makes life so much easier. Siphon

I was inspired by this, and yesterday, on one of my infrequent visits to the range, tried something along the same lines. I'm an Open div. shooter, and have read about focusing on the actual dot, (someone borrowed my BE book, and I'l never see that copy again, no doubt, so I couldn't check it) but figured it was time to try something different. So, I pretended the dot was a steel front sight, focused hard on it, and shot at scoring patches at about 20 or so yrds. I "placed" the patches at 12 o'clock, slightly over the dot. The patches went ever so slightly blurry. The hits were exactly at that place relative to the dot at that range, so the sight picture got somewhat distorted as the rounds went through the target. Nevertheless, I got excellent accuracy out of all loads, several of which had disappointed me previously. Turned out to be a rewarding session, with images to ponder in the days to come. Can't wait to try the shot shell base-version. Siphon

Boy, did I get hooked on this one! 53 first, had no clue the first runs. Now 26. Whew. .. but will I keep at this? Oh yeah. siphon

HoMiE, Read you post, very interesting. Me, I must confess to being a "worrier" more than a "warrior". "Confess" because it is a trait that really doesn't do me much good on a personal level, and one which I'd like to leave behind. But, I can still feel while shooting - at least every now and then. I often have (conscious) thoughts while shooting this or that, and I perform .. well, so-so. But when things go pretty well, smoothly and effortlessly, I have brief stints of .. elation, I think. I feel happy, and I feel how I enjoy shooting this particular stage. Afterwards, I can't seem to recall too much about the actual and technical aspects of the shooting, but I do have the feeling that I could have done it all much faster. (The latter is probably an error; the feeling of performing with confidence and without effort, just watching the shooting going very well usually means I'm pretty much near my abilities.) Anyway, just wanted to say that I think and hope you can get to feel, and hopefully thoroughly enjoy, shooting a "smoothie" (a stage that goes so smoothly and well, you wish you could just keep shooting ..) Siphon Ps: You know when you are asked by a coach or - as in my case - a cognitive behaviourist - to imagine a pleasant state or place, one which you can think of or retreat to, to trigger a feeling of relaxation and joy? Well, mine is a bank of steel targets (six or seven, as I recall) that I shot in a segment of a stage in a Tuesday match at the Rio Salado .. they were all more or less on their way down simultaneously .. and even I have to admit I must have probably done that pretty well. Still a very nice feeling; still a very nice place.

Yeah; I pray, too (Never works, though, they pretty much end up Charlies or worse..) Siphon

Great stuff, thanks! (.. never did see the innards of a Bul before, hence the question.) (Now, that sounded really weird! The innards of an M5, sounds much better..) Siphon

340 will probably do the trick for you. Download Vihtavuori's reloading guide here: http://www.nammo.fi/ I like the 115 Winchester JHP for accuracy, it's phenomenal in anything .355 that I've loaded it in. 147 are nice shooting, though; I agree. Very nice flip in the recoil, after which the gun (usually) comes back nicely. For me, the incredible accuracy outweighs the "smooth" though- I've shot thousands of this bullet through various 38s and 9s. Do experiment, and stick to Win primers in the Lee press. Fed primers have been known to go bang in them - did for me. Regards, Siphon

If I may, as this thread was so interesting; fear and pride as obstacles - but fear of what? Of performing below your abilities? Or fear that others may see it? I think I know how you feel. I often have a load of (conscious) thoughts racing through my head as I wait for the beep. Thoughts of nailing the stage, or of not wanting to mess up, or what not. I suspect I'll never get them completely out of the way, but the last ten or so years, at least I've found some comfort in the following: As an average shooter, during I don't know how many matches I have found that as I'm talking to other shooters about how the match is going (or what went wrong when and where), this is mainly an excercise in politeness. I'll talk about my mishaps or the occasional succesful stage, and the other guy will reply in suit. We'll say "oh, that's too bad" or, "me too; I screwed up so and so". In actual fact, when at a major match, most people are interested pretty much in how they're doing themselves. I'm not saying they're indifferent to what happens to other shooters, but what I am saying is that if you really make a mess of things, and crash and burn in a major way, the one person that is genuinely affected is yourself. That's not to say it's worthless to talk to other shooters; we obviously need to vent our frustrations when things go wrong, and perhaps even to garner some (well deserved)kudos when nailing a stage. I don't see anything wrong in that at all. But my point is; if I really screw up, no-one but me is really going to care much about it. I screw up a lot, so I take some comfort in that. (That's of course after the actual shooting, during which I keep working on observing as much as I can..) Regards, Siphon

Thank you. Siphon

Anyone with a Bul 1911 who can tell me what kind of cut they use for a ramped barrel? Wilson? Regards, Siphon