kcbrown

I'd guess you probably visit the forum more frequently than once a week. I don't. Maybe that's what I needs to fix.

Ah, I thought this forum was the proper way to do that. I'll send that request. Thanks for the assistance! It's much appreciated. By the way, I thought I started this thread under the "Report Bugs or Feedback" forum, but either I messed up somehow or it got moved to the "Miscellaneous Topics" forum. I started it in the "Report Bugs or Feedback" forum in an effort to make the request in question...

OK, if that's the case, then can the expiration date please be removed, or extended to some reasonably large value (like a couple of months or something)? There is one cookie, pass_hash, which expires in 7 days. I'd bet money that's the cookie that's causing trouble here.

I can already see that the cookies are there. I keep my browser open for weeks at a time, and this problem occurs while the browser remains open. Between that and the fact that the cookies appear to be there, this is likely to be a different problem. I notice that there is a session cookie as well as a member_id cookie. Are those the only two cookies that will be relevant to this problem? If not, what other cookies should I be seeing (there are a number of them)?

My first real press (the Lee Thighmaster does not count as a "real" press ) was a Dillon 650, in 9mm. I still have it, of course. While it went through teething problems just as you'd expect any new mechanical device to go through, it has proven itself to be very reliable and very smooth. I got a Lee Classic Turret because I wanted to have something I could use to work up loads easily with so that I wouldn't have to readjust the 650. It works very, very nicely for that. But I decided I wanted to shoot an additional caliber (.40 S&W) in quantity and I didn't want to go through the hassle of changing the caliber on the 650 whenever I wanted to produce ammunition of the caliber that it wasn't set up for. I also decided I didn't want to spend the kind of money a 650 commands, but I wanted the basic capabilities it provides. I also thought it might be a fun challenge to get one of Lee's progressives operating reliably, since they have such a dismal reputation. So I picked up a Lee Pro 1000 in 9mm, figuring that the more demanding .40 S&W cartridge could be dealt with better on the Dillon. It took some work, but I did manage to get the Pro 1000 to the point where it is reliable. The primer feed, oddly enough, was what gave me the fewest problems, probably because I studied the system at length initially and am using plated primers (CCI 500s). I had some initial problems with the case feeder and with the indexing, both of which I seem to have figured out. Well, having a Lee progressive press that's running reliably simply won't do at all! So I got a reconditioned Loadmaster from Lee for $180, also in 9mm. This press has been a little more of a challenge and I don't have enough rounds through it yet in its current configuration to know how reliable it will wind up being, but I expect it to be quite reliable now. The priming system was occasionally tipping primers (about once every 100 rounds) and I suspect I figured out why (and subsequently fixed it. I believe two things contributed to it, the first being that the indexing rod length was adjusted such that on one one of the 5 positions of the shellplate, there was a slight amount of play in the shellplate, and the second being that the chamfer on the underside of the slots in the shellplate wasn't sufficiently aggressive). In the course of troubleshooting and fixing that issue, I ordered a second shellplate (among other things) from Lee, since I was modifying the shellplate and wanted a replacement handy if I screwed up. Well, seems Lee has made a design change to the shellplate that should improve reliability considerably -- it now has holes through which the primer is inserted instead of slots, so as long as the case is aligned within the shellplate properly the primer should go in properly. My opinion of the Lee stuff is that it requires more mechanical aptitude and patience than does the Dillon stuff. The quality control of the parts isn't nearly as good, and the end result is that you may wind up with a press that needs to have a few parts replaced, and even if all the parts are fine it is almost certain that you will need to perform some adjustments to fine tune the press. But if you fully understand the mechanisms within the press enough to know which parts can cause any given issue, you should be able to get it to operate reliably. I think the bottom line is that the Lees make excellent second progressives, particularly if they're not mission critical. Again, though, that's only if you have enough mechanical inclination and patience to work each problem through to its root cause.

Most forum sites I frequent have a checkbox upon signin that says something like "remember me" or "keep me signed in". I always check that checkbox because I find it most annoying to have to keep signing in when I want to visit the site in question. And on those sites (generally powered by vBulletin), my signin is indeed a relatively permanent thing, since whenever I visit the forum it will see me as being logged in even if I haven't visited the forum in some time. I expect it's probably issuing a cookie to my browser that it later looks for. Well, this forum also has a checkbox that says "remember me", but if it does anything at all, it certainly doesn't keep me signed in! Whenever I visit this forum (which is generally several days or so since the previous visit), I always have to sign back in, regardless of whether or not I check the "remember me" box. I find this most annoying. Is that checkbox supposed to do what it appears to do on other forums, i.e. keep one signed in until they explicitly sign out? If so, why does that appear to not work on this forum but it works on every other forum I frequent? Note that it appears to behave this way regardless of what browser I'm using: Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome all behave the same way. If not, can we ever expect to see such a feature on this forum? I would find it a most welcoming feature.

That's the problem. I don't pick it up as it's coming down. It's coming down too fast. By the time I even realize the sight is there at all, it's already down (at that point it's usually some random amount below the rear sights and I have to realign them in order for the next shot to be on target). I suppose practice might help, but I've noticed no improvement in my ability to track the front sight after a number of practice sessions.

You can track the front sight prior to the first shot. But how in the world can you track the front sight during followup rapid fire shots? I can't. The sight's moving too fast during recoil. The only way I can begin to track the sight is to let it stabilize, at which point I have to realign the sights before firing again. And at that point, it's no longer "rapid" fire (it's about 3 shots every 2 seconds at that point). Help!