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Thanks Chris
I was hoping you would chime in because I knew that you shot 165 but you have too many posts for me to even think about going through. I would like to keep the loads in the 1.17 and 1.135 ballpark for the edge and the 35. My edge has no problem with my current 1.135 minor loads with the 180s. Are there a lot more signs of pressure when dealing with the factory length major loads? As long as my gun will function reliable I really do not care how long they are.
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I tried searching but I did not really find anything.
I have 165 gr fmj precision deltas and was wondering what safe starting loads would be for minor (glock 35) and major (edge). The powders I have available are VV N320 and tight group.
Would it be about 2-3 tenths more than what the loads are for 180 grain FMJs?
Thank You
Brian
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Look on the USPSA website and find some local clubs in your area. Contact a match director and I am sure that they will help you get whatever you need to start if you do not have it already. After you get a few matches under your belt I am sure you will find a group that you get along with, Before you know it you will have many shooting buddies. I see my shooting buddies more than my best friends.
Brian
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Unless you are going to load the minimum starting loads I would say a chrono is required. You do not have to own one, most of us have them and I am sure that someone would let you shoot through theirs if you made arrangements for it.
I would not lend mine out or let someone but me shoot through it unless I thought I needed a new chrono.
A good chrono that is easy to use is the pro chronos. The pal or digital model is all anyone needs and they are at about 100 dollars. Mine has always been within 2-3 powerfactors of majors I have shot.
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I use to have an EGW 4 port comp. That was the best comp I ever had or shot. I will probably get another one when it is time for a new barrel.
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I would think it would not. I think the mags would insert but reloads would be a problem. I had to use some international pads just to get my 126s to work for reloads with my Brazos Magwell.
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No offense cocobola, but an SVI custom gun is waaay nicer built with barstock parts than an edge. I would rather have a LDC 5" infinity with 100k it than a brand new edge.
Look at the tool marks on the inside of of the STI slide. Add crappy trigger components, MIM small parts. STI makes a great frame & slide (when the metallurgy is right)
they support the sport, and I appreciate that they sell frames and stuck with the polymer grip. I would take a
anglin, Tripp research, benny hill, JPL, MC, cheely, FGW, JVD, custom build any day over a factory STI. An SV is by far the most solid, well built, tuned guns right out a factory full of master gunsmiths. why else would it cost twice that of an Edge?
To me reliability is key. It could be ugly as sin as long as it runs.
I remember when I first got my new Mustang GT. I went to Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ and raced a brand new vette with the sticker still in the window. The vette got the jump on me and when he went to 2nd he spun out in front of me and went into the wall. By all accounts he had the better car.
(I have always wondered how that Onstar conversation went after the accident as the GPS read where the car was.)
To me an Edge is like the Mustang. It works good out of the box but a few parts later and it can just just flat out run.
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Did your gun get a disease and grow a boyle on the side?
Alright Eku!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did I ever do to offend you???????????????????
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Welcome to the Forums. There is a lot of very good info here for you to take advantage of. If you ever have any questions as to where or when any matches are just PM me. Where in Jersey are you? North, Central or South?
Brian
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I go back and forth all the time. I usually shoot what ever I hear some of my friends are shooting. When I know I have a major coming up I shoot nothing but whatever division I signed up for.
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5" full length and bull barrel on a basically stock Edge.
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2 months ago I took a friend to the range and I was using my 686. He was trying to hit a full can of red bull at about 75 yards to see if he could hit it. He missed 12 times. On my very first shot I lined up the front post a little high and I hit it. I know it was a lucky shot and I would have trouble doing it again off hand for the 1st shot but I played it off like I knew I would hit it the whole time.
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I played 5 of the same model in the store. Only one sounded really good. The others were good, don't get me wrong but 1 really stood out so I bought it. My dream guitar is a nice gibson songbird deluxe. I will treat myself to one some day. I only played it once but the one I played looked, felt, played and sounded better than I thought it would, or any guitar would.
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I am in the camp of just leave it the way it is. Reloads are not that hard and if anyone here really cared to, and practiced besides on match day, they would see how fast a reload can be done on a stock production gun.
Besides, doing all the reloads in production will make you that much better at it when you switch, step up to, open or limited with a big mouth on it.
I have shot my Kahr MK9 carry gun in production. I have a 7 rd, a 6 rd, and 2 10 round mags for it. If we were to switch to 15 there is no way I could even think of competing against others with it and it is a gun that I carry often. That is also what I like about production, you can show up with an off duty and see how you are against similar shooters with full size weapons and see how you really do with it.
Brian
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Any one have one? What are the opinions on it? I like the apparent adjustability of it but is it any better than a Bladetech DOH?
If a Glock 34/35 is used does the front sight extend past the bottom of the holster and does a tall front sight clear it?
Thank You
Brian
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go to gubbroker and do a quick search of p16
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You may need to have a plunger tube installed too. The Red Buff mounts had the plunger tubes built into the mount.
I know the 1911 frame mounts replaced the plunger tube but my sti/sv mount still has the stock tube behind it.
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The mount is a Hiett Technology Red Buff mount. I still have one on my Open Gun. There is nothing wrong with the mount itself and with practice you can rack it and go right into your grip pretty quickly. It will not be as fast as using a racker though but the difference is probably 1-2 tenths.
By the looks of it that looks like it might be an EGW built gun and if it is it is worth every penny. If it was unmolested by the original owner it should run well and any jams would probably be ammo related.
Brian
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Para would be my choice if you wanted to stay on budget. Get a P16 limited if they still make them then turn it over to a smith for a reliability package and a trigger job and throw on a Dawson Magwell and some pads and you are good to go.
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I believe Saul only tapes the matches that he shoots in. He will probably be in next years nationals because he seems to come over every 2 years. There probably is not enough demand for him to justify the cost to travel here every year.
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If I was usng it for production or limited I would use whatever feeds the best and is accurate enough in the gun I would be using. JHP or CMJ for open.
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It is hard to dispute the resale value but I have seen plenty of tinkerers destroy some great shooting pistols. I would not always just buy a used name brand because of who built it and expect it to be 100% unless I know it wasn't messed around with.
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Welcome to the forums. You will get some great information here and I am glad you liked your first match. It is a very addictive sport.
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Congrats on another Tacoma. I played a few years ago and was very impressed.
I do not play as much as I should but I have a Takamine gs330 that sounds and plays better than most acoustics costing 3-4 times as much. Awesome sound and playability and because it is a cedar top it has a nice break up when I dig in with a pick (break up in a good way).
FYI for those that aren't too familiar. Cedar top is generally better for fingerpicking and spruce is better for using a pick (plectrum). It has to do with the harminic properties of the wood.
165 fmj major or minor
in 10mm/40 Caliber
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I have used VV N320 since 1996 for the majority of my 45 and 9mm loads. I have no problem paying a little extra for it. I did pick up 2 pounds of tite group just to try out and see how it works since there seems to be a lot of fans of that powder as well. It is also nice to have another powder to fall back on when the 320 is scarce.
Chris what oal are you using? I will start 10% below and work my way up. 40 is new to me. I can't believe it took me so long to buy a 40 and I got 2 in the last few months.