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  1. I have the exact same issue. I figured I was putting my trigger finger too far into the trigger and this was pushing the gun left. I also shoot a Glock and it only happens at speed. I'll have to give this a try. I was also thinking of trying to adjust my draw to where I roll my hand slightly toward my body before grabbing the gun. I thought this little bit of rotation might put the pad of my finger on the trigger instead of hitting closer to the first joint. I have a match this weekend so I'm not going to mess with it until after.
  2. With the new additional weight allowed is a weighted grip plug legal? I was looking at that thug plug.
  3. I used to have this problem with my LNL loading 9mm. Two things fixed it. The first thing was a Dillon resizing die. The die is chamfered more than most dies and is a little more forgiving. The second thing was to add a shim under the base plate of the press. With these shims you can adjust the distance between the shell plate and the base plate of the press. By making the shell plate to base closer it keeps the case from tipping as much. The link below does a great job of explaining it. http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?144901-How-to-tune-the-Hornady-Lock-N-Load-AP-progressive-press
  4. Yoder

    Reload question

    I agree. I was just curious. I think the previous post about round counting makes sense.
  5. My last match I performed a reload and my mag was empty but i had a round in the chamber. I didn't retain the magazine and received a procedural which I know is the rule. It made me wonder why is this is illegal? You aren't leaving rounds on the ground and it seems more tactically sound to have a round in the chamber then to go to slide lock. Is this just because or is there a reason?
  6. I've never shot them before, should be delivered by next week. I have some coated lead from Missouri Bullet Company I shoot out of my .44 mag. I think these would be a similar. I've never had any leading problems with them any they are accurate.
  7. I just ordered some 125 gr 9mm From Blue bullets. If you order over 10k you get a 10% discount. It comes out to right at $60/1000 with free shipping. I never used them before. I hope they are as good as everyone says. For 10% off the code is 10to50.
  8. If you run the case feeder you can use the powder cop die. If you run the bullet feeder it takes up one stage on the press where you would put the powder cop. I bought a RCBS bullet feeder die with the tubes. It works really well and it was cheap. It also allows for a cheap caliber change by swapping inserts inside the die. The bullet feeder tubes work well but are very slow to load. Out of curiosity I ran a test loading bullets by hand versus loading the tubes with bullets. I believe it took me 3 minutes longer to load the tubes with bullets then load 100 rounds, compared to just setting the bullet head hand. My next upgrade will be a bullet feeder. I like placing the cases by hand since it allows for a quality check of the cases. Otherwise I would have to do this prior to loading a case feeder.
  9. I've had a lot of issues with cases tipping with my 9mm shell plate. Two things helped with this problem. The first thing was keeping the shell plate tight. Put a lock washer between the flat washer and the bolt and it won't loosen up as much. Second thing I put a shim under the floor plate of the press. This tightens up the space between the floor plate and the shell plate. I don't remember the thickness. Here is the shim kit I bought. I didn't come up with these ideas, but they worked well for my press. https://www.amazon.com/Steel-Arbor-Assortment-1008-1010-Chemistry/dp/B002C2GPJ4
  10. Now they just need to straighten out the rules for the SO's so people will actually not be afraid of being sued. I already seen one of my local clubs drop IDPA because of this. It seems like they keep trying to dumb this down and make everything ultra safe so "anyone" can compete. If you are 70 yrs old, have bad knees and weigh 400 lbs you might not be competitve. You could still shoot and have fun (and maybe a heart attack). I think the sport would benefit from removing rules, not adding more.
  11. This fixed my press. Before I found this I was ready to get rid of it. With the shims I have almost no case tip at all. 9mm was the worst. I also went to a Dillon resizing die which is beveled a little more than some other dies and is more forgiving. I finally don't regret buying the LNL.
  12. I got an ION for my birthday. I haven't taken a lot of videos yet but it is simple to use and looks less cumbersome than the GoPro. I mounted it on top of my rifle scope with the bike handlebar mount and it worked great. I need to take it to a couple shoots and see how it does.
  13. Just an update: Hornady really hooked me up fast with replacement parts and even gave me some extra parts I didn't ask for so I appreciate that. I replied back to them that they should put some kind of sheild around the plastic powder hopper to keep something like this from happening again. I even sent pictures. This was their reply: "Mr. Yoder this is why we built the shroud around the primer tube to prevent the primers from getting out of the primer system. Thanks " Holy crap. I think the fact the that the exploded primer tube ejected from the shroud hit the plastic hopper and it burst into flames shows that the primers ARE getting out of the priming system. I installed a piece of aluminum coil stock around mine now so it should be good. I'm also way more careful about my priming setup and small primer .45 brass.
  14. I have mine with the Hornady powder through expander die on stage 2, Powder cop on 3, bullet seat on 4 and Lee FCD on 5. Look at my post about my powder hopper catching on fire. With the powder drop on stage 2 it puts the powder hopper right next to the primer tube shield. If you have all the primers blow up in a chain reaction the blast is aimed right at the powder hopper. I would highly recommend putting some sheet metal between the primer tube shield and the powder drop if you are using it on stage 2.
  15. Just to answer a couple questions: The lid was on top of the powder hopper. Not just for safety, but I worry about consistant powder drops. I think if a crushed primer was the cause: I crushed it, never seated it in the brass, then it went back under to pick up the next primer and went off blowing up the whole stack of 100. Either that or the primer shuttle hit one going back. It blew up on the down stroke. I wouldn't blow a fire extinguisher directly on the burning powder. It might blow it all over the room in an awesome fireball. I'm thinking to use it to put out anything that catches on fire. I have to look for something other than the dry chemical type. They make a huge mess. Maybe more than a small fire. I'm going to use some aluminum coil stock and make a shield around the side of my powder hopper. I wish I had a video too. I scared the crap out of me, but it looked pretty bad ass. Imagine a 2 in diameter rocket engine blowing 2ft flames out of the top of your reloader. It actually sounded like a blow torch. Hornady just shipped all the parts I asked for and some others they thought I might need. Their customer service is really good.
  16. Yesterday I switched my powder drop from my old Lee setup to the Hornady powder drop that came with the press. I got the insert so it flares and drops powder at the same time. I got the case flare looking good and dialed the powder drop to 4.7 gr of Titegroup for my .45 ACP rounds. It worked great. Deviation was maybe +- .05 gr over ten drops. I started loading rounds one at a time, checking the OAL which was 1.26 and very consistant. The last round I loaded I re-sized/deprimed. Next stage inserted primer. Now I don't remember if this felt smooth or was difficult. It may have been a small primer .45 case and I'm using large, or it may not have seated or it may have seated fine. I honestly don't remeber what happened. I indexed to the next stage to drop powder and flare the case when I heard a primer pop and then a loud bang. Then the powder hopper with almost a full pound of powder burst into flames and looked like a rocket engine with two ft of flames coming out the top. I immediately took off to find a fire extinguisher. I tore through all the cabinets and couldn't find it. I filled up a pitcher with water and ran back downstairs. Luckily the powder burned out without catching the ceiling on fire. I dumped water on the powder hopper since it was still on fire. Looking at the carnage I think the primer did not seat into the round and when the slide went back to pick up the next primer it went off blowing the 100 primers stacked on top of it. It blew apart the primer tube and it shot out of the saftey shroud. The blast shield tube for the primers is right up against the plastic powder hopper on the down stroke. It doesn't touch it, but why would you point a potential pipe bomb at a plastic tube filled with gun powder? I sent Hornady an email and they are sending out replacement parts right away for free. I still want to talk to someone in tech support and explain what happened and see if I can get them to take some kind of action to prevent this from happening to others. I don't expect they will do anything, but it will make me feel better. Here's what I recommend to prevent this from happening to you if you have this press: 1. Be more diligent than I was about sorting brass. This could have been caused by trying to smash a large primer into a small primer .45 case. I honestly don't know. I'm cleaning all primer pockets and this will ensure they are uniform and the correct size. 2. Keep a fire extinguisher somewhere near your press just in case. 3. Install a blast shield between the top of the primer safety shield and the powder hopper. I'm going to use aluminum coil stock to protect the plastic hopper. 4. Ground your press. A couple people told me this was a good idea. I don't know if static electricity was the cause ( I doubt it) but this couldn't hurt. 5. Make sure nothing flamable is over your press. Luckily my ceiling was drywall and didn't catch fire. Here are some pictures:
  17. I would agree with you if you're talking about a local match. In a state/regional match, I see nothing wrong with someone being proud of a class or division win. They shouldn't feel badly that they can't yet compete head-head with a master-class shooter. A class win is something to be proud of at a big match, IMO. I agree with you there. A local match with forty guys is a lot different from a sanctioned match with 200.
  18. I always try to do my best but end up shooting below my abillity. I think I'm putting too much pressure on myself. If I place first in my classification at a shoot it really means nothing to me if I don't place first overall. Some guys I shoot with look at a first place in the division as a win. I see it as first place in sharp shooter is for example 15th place overall I shot 15th place. If I shot a revolver I would think differently since it is so much harder.
  19. It's always ok to point your gun at yourself or someone else as long as you are pretty sure it's not loaded. Isn't that in the rule book somewhere? I wouldn't have gave them a DQ but telling them what they were doing wrong and seeing if they repected what you were saying would have been the first step. If they continued being stupid then get them removed.
  20. I've already heard SO's talking about the new rules. They are volunteers, if we open them up to get sued nobody will do this anymore and it will cripple the sport. Many of the guys who SO the matches are saying they will not do it starting in October. I seen some clubs now require you go through the NRA safety class or shoot a classifier before they will allow you to shoot a match. I'm not real concerned about small changes to the rules of shooting but I think this is a bad idea. It's typical for people to not be held responsible for their own actions, now it will be the SO's fault if some idiot shoots themself.
  21. I agree. This class is specifically set up for factory shooters, which I don't like. I do agree there should be a class above Master when guys are capable of shooting the Classifier in the 60+ second range.
  22. I'm not trying to sandbag or wreck anything. Due to my work schedule I just haven't made very many matches in the last two years. In the last 8 months I've been to two matches. The matches I have attended they weren't running a Classifier after the match. Believe me, I really want to shoot a Classifier to step up to at least Expert if I have a bad day. When you are SS you wind up getting grouped with some of the Beginners at shoots instead of the Masters. I would rather shoot with some of the more experienced shooters so I can learn from them. The last thing I want to do is discourage someone from shooting. I always try to help out anyone and I only want to beat people if they are shooting their best. I'll make sure I get this done in the near future. I really don't care much about what class I'm in I want to be the top overall in every match. I never thought about the people who do care.
  23. If they gave you breakdowns of the stages see what you need to work on. Look where you dropped the most points. Most people get hammered on Stage 3 just like moto stated by not shooting high enough. That, head shots and weak hand shooting I think cause the most trouble. One thing I learned from reading Brians book that really helped me was what he calls "visual patience". Waiting that extra split second to make sure you have the sight picture necessary to make the shot. The weird thing is as you shoot, this happens faster with experience. Without trying to shoot faster, it just happens over time. In your minds eye it seems like you always shoot the same speed, but then you see a video or check your times and realize it was faster. I love shooting IDPA. I think I would love IPSC or USPSA too but I've just never done it.
  24. I could care less about the classifications. I'm all about overall. I figure it's up to you what gun you use so I only care about top overall score. I'm currently SS but I haven't shot a classifier in two years. I'm pretty confident I can make Master if I don't loose my cool. For me it seems pretty accurate. I missed expert last time by 4 sec because I forgot 3 shots on one string and pulled three 5's. I feel I was at Expert level. My last two matches I placed 6th and first beating out some experienced Master shooters so I feel I'm on par with Master. I think it's easier to Classify Master than to win a tough match.
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