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http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61749 GT Targets is a vendor here.

You will always have them to some extent. With shootoffs you just have to focus on your plates/poppers and never stop! Everytime you look over to see how they are doing you are not getting your hits. It might only take you a tenth of a second to look over there but it costs you a lot more than that in attention (I hope that makes sense).

I have heard people say the same things to new(er) shooters but not as much since the adoption of production division. I use to hear it as well when I was shooting limited with a P14. People would tell me that I needed a 40 to be competitive and that I would be better off with a S_I. I still stuck around and I still shoot that para (my only limited gun) and do not feel at a disadvantage outside of capacity on a stage here or there. There are always going to be gear snobs. Do you know how many Corvette owners out there that do not know how to drive? I mean really drive a road course or a 1/4 mile. The answer is most of them.

I doubt that there will ever be a feeder for the SD but a roller handle would be nice!

Spook, that was not funny! (OK maybe a little) I was all excited and was already grabbing my wallet to debit my order...Only to have my hopes crushed

Deleted due to email! (Not from Gunner) Gunner If I was offensive in any way I apologize. I did not think I was and did not intend to be. Brian

I have known Bill for almost 12 years of shooting with both of us being on and off. I remember running out of ammo due to a couple of reshoots and he threw me about 100 rounds of his loaded super and wouldn't take anything in return. When I was just starting out he was always more than willing to help me or anyone else out with just about anything. I will always regret not having a chance to have seen him again! But I will always remember him with a smile on his face. Brian

Pinned on both of mine! I have shot others that were not and had trouble on at least one occasion. I had to take my thumb off the safety to engage the grip safety.

I will see what happens. I think I want a new press but do not really need one as the SD is still running great. I will probably shoot a little over 1,000 30-06 in the next year in my Garand. That is what I was going to load for but I still have almost that much in surplus. I am sure I will get one in the future though and it will most likely be the 550. Thanks again! Brian

Congrats Clint! You wil get a lot of use out of it! I have had mine for almost 12 years and it is still going strong.

My thoughts exactly. Thanks Don! Now I feel better about myself!!! (I am only kidding and do not think that Don thinks I stink at reloading) I probably do though!!!!!

(I tried to search but didn't see what I was asking for, If I even know?) I have been reloading on a Dillon Square Deal since 1996. I currently load 38 super, 9mm, and .45 acp. I do not know how many rounds I have loaded on that little press but it is close to, if not over, 100K. I load at an even pace of about 300-400 rounds an hour. I know some can go faster but this is all 100%match ammo pace with the checking everything about every 30 rounds or so. I know I am going to start loading 30-06 and will buy either a 550 or 650(without the casefeeder). I would probably just sell the SD and it's accesories to help fund the new press, dies, shellplates, etc. ??????s Would the 550 be considered an upgrade to the ease of the SD?? Is it easy to match that pace with a 550??? Does the casefeeder on the 550 make a difference If I were to add it later on?? Would the 650 w/o the feeder be much more of an upgrade over the 550? is the 650 a pain to switch from rifle to pistol with reguard to the brass cases being inserted by the machine? I do not shoot anywhere near as much as I use too. I will probably only load about 3-5k a year unless I get more time or until my daughter gets into school, which is still a few years away. Any questions I may have forgotten or any personal experiences and opinions on same are all very much appreciated. Thank You. Brian

I must really stink at reloading! On my SDB I average 300/hour for rounds I care about. I have gone as fast as 500 in one hour but I wasn't comfortable that all the primers were properly seated and I had a lot of powder to clean up. Every round fired though!

.4-.5 would be good for targets spaced more than a few yards apart. .3 is doable but you run into the "overshoot" issue.

Live fire w/o steel would be three targets all next to one another (spaced evenly T1-T3) and another taget way off to one side (T4). I would put 2 in T1, 1 in T2's upper A-B, 2 in T3. then next would be 1 in T1's upper A-B, 2 in T2, and 1 in T3's upper A-B. I would do this drill left to right and vice versa and alternate the distance. with T4 I would do the extreme spreadsf side to side and do 1 on T4 to T1 to T4 to T2 to T4 to T3 and so on.

"reloads done too low work on target transitons have the gun up ready to shoot when comming into positions footwork, also being more aggressive leaving/ entering positions could have faster splits on those really close targets other than that looks good " I agree with all above posts. work on your transitions especially! I first think you have to get to call your shots first and don't just pull the trigger a second time and expect the round to be there. If you were calling them your splits and transitions would not be so drastically different. "yea the stage at 1:14, went to hell, I had a plan to walk straight down the middle but once that beep went off I was running around with my head cut off." I was going to comment but you said it already.

5.1 of 320 with 200gr. swc forgot the OAL right now, probably 1.245 smokes but not that bad.

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/...&t=11082005 I have been using one of these for 10 years. Most of that was in an apartment. They are not as steady as a well built bench but easily get the job done once all the footings are adjusted.

Am I the only one with less than 1,000? I shot 3 local matches last year, 1 qualifier for my dept., 2-3 outings with friends. I put it all at about 1G or less. I already have 800 shot this year! WOOOHOOO!

How far do you want to go? What Class? How competitive do you want to be? I made master by just dry firing and shooting 2-3 matches a month. I only did about 1/2 - 1 hour every other day back then. I would go with options 4 and 5. 5 being that you get some good info and products from here(books videos etc.) and also if you are really going to jump in take a class with a well established shooter before you get many bad habits to overcome. I am sure you can already call your shots but it will take a little while and quite a few rounds to see it at the speed of this sport.

Anyone know why he stopped competing??? He was always one of my favorites to watch. I remember when he was 4th (I think) in the Nats in 2000 and he was using a Bomars and no dot/holosight.

Most of the time I am able to call my shots. I have to warm up to it though. My first stage of the day I do not call the first couple. At the end of the 1st and for the rest of the day I can call them. I do not call them within an inch but I know when it is a solid A or an A/possible C and when it is a D/Miss.

I think the way it is now is fine. People all shoot for different reasons. Whether to move up in class, beat their friends, beat there closest competition, etc. Sandbaggers are usually weeded out after a few major matches and I am always in favor of the Grandbaggers. I haven't shot a major match in years but when I was competitive there were only a few masters that I would worry about and any GM I would beat is just icing on the cake. I have been accused of sandbagging because I might miss a reload or hit a noshoot on a classifier, realize it and then wait till I was done and fire another round a second or two later or hit a NS on purpose so that I would not have a "mediocre to my ability" classifier going in and would ensure that a bad one would.

I think Jake is refering to the speed at which you drew after the beep. It was very slow and controlled as if you were going to shoot a standard. It probably took you almost 2 seconds to get the first shot off. I didn't really notice the lack of control but I did notice that you weren't in a hurry at all. The three targets on the left after the star were all within 5 yards and could have been engaged much faster. It looked like you were looking for your hits on those targets! This is not meant to offend in any way but if you are almost a B then I am sure you will take it the right way. You can not just be happy with a clean run at the B or above level. After B or A it is mostly just mental as the actual skill required is basically there. The rest is consistancy and knowing what you can and can't do as well as how to breakdown each stage. My recomendation would be to start doing transition drills to get them up to speed and work on your draw. You lost an easy .5 seconds or more on that alone. Work on moving from one spot to another as well as shooting on the move. That whole left array could have been engaged on the move and the reload taken as you were going around the wall. (Now I feel bad! I do not mean to offend and am only trying to help you. I think you should just try to step it up and trust your sight picture!)