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There's pretty much at least one USPSA match every weekend in the Phoenix area, frequently two. Cactus Match League out at Ben Avery this Sun, an all classifier at Phoenix Rod & Gun a week from Sat, and a match at Rio Salado a week from Sun. No reason to have to wait for Tuesdays Brad

I have the little Dillon tumbler, and I load it with media to about 3-4" from the top. I'll load it with brass till it's almost full, then tumble for ~2 hrs. After I separate the media and brass, I wipe the tumbler out with a damp paper towel and dump the media back in till next time. I also tumble my finished rounds for ~15 mins to get the lead lube off -- in that case I only put in ~250 rounds since they're so heavy. Brad

I remember from my rock climbing days that there is a theory that instructions that control complex movement (what people call muscle memory) are stored in the brain as engrams. Climbers have noticed that when they take time off from training and climbing they may make rapid improvement when they resume climbing, despite losing some conditioning. The thinking went that taking time off allowed the sloppiness inherent in the practiced movement to leave the memory, leaving only the overpracticed movement. It seems like this would also apply to shooting where engrams would store the movements needed for presentations, reloads, target transitions, indexing, etc. Brad

Yah, I think you're going to have lots of trouble. I tried mounting my 650 to a Black & Decker portable workbench and it didn't work at all. I currently have it mounted in my RV, and even the little bit of motion due to the shock absorbers causes problems. Brad

That's very interesting. cmcalc gives the same result that I calculated, so it's not just me. According to the Classification Course Book, USPSA is using a simple linear function to calculate the percentage. I wonder if they would change the HHF midway through the monthly update? That just seems wrong somehow. Brad

National percentage ended up @ 63.4284 Ackkk! I saw your % was different than I calculated, so I thought they changed the HHF slightly. Then Monster posted and it was the same as I had calculated. So, I looked back at my spreadsheet, and I made a simple typo. I said 65.43, but the spreadsheet says 63.43. Glad it wasn't any worse than that Brad

I've wanted to read Unintended Consequences since I first heard of it a couple of years ago. Guess I'll have to go find it. I read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead when I was in high school in the 70s. They were good -- I really ought to read them again. Brad

Cactus Combat Match League shot this Jun 6. Assuming my arithmetic is correct and they don't change the HHF in a single month, I get Bret 88.96% Hannu 98.87% MarkCO 65.43% a.roberts 40.38% monster 74.58% Sorry colt, but nobody shot revo that day Now if I could just find a club that shot 09-14 last month.. God give me patience, and I want it right now! Brad

Thanks for the input, guys, I'll go ahead and try it. Brad

Can singlestack mag pouches be angled, or do they have to be perpendicular to your belt? After shoulder surgery, I have limited range of motion and strength behind my back, and it would sure be easier to pull the 4th/5th mags out if I could angle them a bit towards the outside of my body. Thanks!

I occasionally get upside down brass in my 650. I'm loading 45, and have a newer 650 with a round funnel. I had just assumed that there was something out of whack in the casefeed, and hadn't gotten around to looking into it.. Brad