Dr. Phil
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Awesome! Good for you! When I had mt 1st eye done I turned on a baseball game that night. I called my wife in and said, "Look how green the field is!" She said, "They are always that green..." My right eye ended up a bit better than 20.20 and the left is 2-/40 uncorrected. Like hiker88 said, I wish I had it done sooner!
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I use the same powder for all of my loads. Win 231. I vary the charge a bit for different weight bullets to stay around 130PF. I shoot 3.5 gr with 125 and 135 and 3.2 with 147 although I rarely use 147 anymore. My 6" 1911 using 4 gr of 231 was getting 135 PF out of the 6" barrel. 147s don't shoot well in shorter chambers from what I have found. 135 shoot much like 125. I use 10 or 11 lb recoil springs which lessen the muzzle flip a bit.
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My experience with the 147s is similar. I experimented in my 6" 1911 and to go down in PF I can actually feel the slide cycle at the low point. I shoot almost all 135 gr Bayou now. The recoil impulse is a bit quicker which brings the sight back on more quickly. I really like the 135 for the 9mm. I feel that it is the perfect bullet for me! YMMV. There is a combo somewhere that will work for you. Keep testing and you will find it.
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EFK Fire Dragon does
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I have a 6" 1911 with a tight chamber. I have to run my reloads at 1.060 or so. I have tested up to 1.100 and down to 1.020 and the shorter always work. At 1.100 they will sometimes not feed correctly depending on how hot the gun is, dirty, and I guess other factors. Try shorter (maybe 1.100) just for grins. BTW I shoot the same OAL in all of my 9mms now, including revolvers.
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My LnL shows a split case as it rides on the feed rail into the 1st stage. I keep a half dozen good cases on the bench and replace as necessary. I don't case check except to (about once a year or so) separate the FC (revolver)from the range brass (auto) that gets mixed in. Moon clips negate most of that. I check about 5 or 6 in a case gauge every hundred reloads. Haven't been casing anal since the old varmint/benchrest days.
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I have a rimfire rack. 6" plates. It sits behind the 8" centerfire rack. Lighter plates are easier! 1/4 inch is perfect. They all can be knocked over with rimfire. You can drill and tap a hole centered with the bottom of the plates to lift the front and make the plate easier to drop. It really only takes about 1/2 to 1 turn. I used 3/8 course thread bolts. Too much adjustment and the vibration will "volunteer" the other plates. Fine line there. I have seen a couple that have a small piece if flat steel welded to the bottom front for this adjustment. On my bowling pin rack (8 steel plates/pin shape) I put a 2x4 under the front legs of the sawhorses to tip them back for rimfire. That works too. You can engineer about anything you want. The problem comes when you want to use it for a large number of shooters (match, etc.) because you don't want re-set issues while paid people are waiting.
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Speaking weight from a revolver perspective, I tried both. My TRR8 was really light. I left the rails on for the weight. I found that I was swinging past a lot of targets. Too light for that! USPSA and plate matches it was great but I was opting for 1 gun for all. I got a 929 and that was the ticket for me. Heavier swings smoother (for me) and settles faster. The rimfire rifle guys are Dremeling weight away all the time! My RFRO gun is 4 1/2 lbs. Some are lighter. A good friend bought his wife a Ruger MKIV lightweight thing. She hated it! Made him sell it and buy a full weight model. Of course test because YMMV.
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Yeah, they have been down a little on shooters since Covid. Last year I think I read 500 something rather than the high 6oos some years back. The registration used to fill up in less than a week. Now they have open slots as did last couple years. I love my moons. Usually find them by my feet and sometimes 1 in front of the table. The plastic tub is probably good, although I would be afraid of my reloads slowing down just thinking about it! Wish we could have Jeff make a whole squad of revo shooters! Fun times!