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Thank you for all the input.

Saltzman Gun Works in Tipton, IN for me. Ray has built me great race guns back on the 80's and recently took my Bianchi Cup gun and made it a standard 5" 9mm but nothing is standard, tack driver like all the rest. For a while he has been making long range rifles and the guys shooting them have racked up a bunch of trophies. I've known him since the early 80's and can get him to build or work on any of my stuff.

Blue Bullet 125gr 2.5gr TiteGroup 1.152" OLA Odin Works 5.5" Barrel PCC Average 96.3 PF Works so far shoots like at .22 LR

Bit of a stretch but seeing if anyone knows. I have the Oakley Radar Range Repl g26 lenses and have really liked them for moderate to bright light conditions. These lenses appear to brighten and block sun very well for me. They work great for red dot shooting and all clay target shooting. It's time to upgrade my shooting glasses and wondering what lenses from Ranger Falcon Pro line might be similar to the G26 lenses?

Same here as Dr Phil. Our plate racks we had 1/4" steel plates that could easily be replaced with the NRA Action Pistol (Bianchi) racks. The .22 plates did have a bolt in to adjust and lock. We also made a specific plate rack with 3" plates for .22's but they were the same steel thickness of the regular plate racks. My brother and I practiced on these for the week before the Bianchi Cup just to be dialed in a little better. All our competition rack could mix and match falling plates, Bowling Pins and Tombstones as well. It was nice having 7 competition racks and 2 additional for magnum pistoles and the 3" .22 rack. Had some amazing rattle battle matches shooting a ton of steel.

I'm in the older demographic but I like red. Tried the green and it was fine for shooting steel but the green washed out to much for me on brown targets. My son-in-law just loves the green. As others have said, try before you buy. Best to shoot on different colored targets if you can.

Has this ever happened to anyone? Had an unopened keg of IMR 3031 crumble. Was in my dad shop (HVAC) for 30+ years, traveled to my shop (HVAC) last year and sat on top of my safe since then. I would assume it is all bad and cannot be separated from the insulation. Here's the crazy part, I have another unopened keg of IMR 3031 that was purchased at the same time and stored right next to it un-affected. I might need to transfer it to another empty keg of a different material ASAP. Thoughts?

CO I run a Glock 34 with brass plug and heavy full guide rod that was within weight limits for Steel Challenge and USPSA. The weight helps with recoil and transitioning to the next target. You do need to test what ammo works best for you. Heavy bullet and slow velocity or mouse fart load that still cycles. It's all about what works for you to transition as fast as you can on target.

I loaded Star 148 gr HBWC with 2.7 gr Bullseye and HC 148 gr WC with mine and had great success. Used the same load for my PPC revolvers.

I know that pain. On my old single stack 38 Super race gun, I decided to take off the old 30mm Aimpoint 5000 frame mount and do a slide mount dot. All the light steel challenge loads I had would not run. Thought it might be interesting to run but with 5k rounds loaded, I went back to the old trusted set up. At lunch I am going to go see if my 3.6gr HP38 and 115gr blue bullets work in the 9mm race gun. I have some 125gr blue bullets and at 3.6gr HP38, would that be a better load?

Thanks Doug. I did run the 4.0gr load through my open gun and no issues but the kid got a PCCO and he is tap dancing with GM times with 22 rifle, so he has some skills . Just trying to keep him fast. I'll take the load down a little and try.

First I have many 8# jugs of HP38 and am trying to be economical before buying more powder. I am looking to make very light loads for Steel Challenge PCC, 115gr FMJ / 115gr Blue Bullet or 125gr Blue Bullet. All the reloading manuals I have, start with 115gr bullet and 4.5gr HP38. I dialed it down to 4.0gr of HP38 with both 115gr bullets. Is there any risk of going lower on powder weight other than it not cycle or stuck bullet? For primers I am using Fiocchi and CCI SPP. Next steps are 100gr HB Berry bullets but would like to find a load that is soft but does going slower cause other issues for Shooting Fast?

My son-in-law always calls me when he finds primers, I have never said "no don't buy them". Got lucky, a local reloader had 4K of Fiocchi SPP that was too small of a batch for him to load and track so he offloaded them to me at cost. It was a good day! As a kid Dad would send us to pick up 200K primers at a time.

Another question, are you just using your brass or all range pick ups? Ammo shot as Major could be bulged and your dies can't touch it.

Tumble before to clean up dirty range brass, tumble after due to lube (if used or needed). JHP and reverse hollow based wadcutter (don't ask) sucks and time to get the dental pick out. Sucks when you need to inspect thousands of rounds for them buggers. Dad owned a shop and we commercially reloaded, my round count is in the millions and no issues so far.

corn cob media, would buy it in 55 gallon drums from a mill in Anderson, IN. We reloaded commercially in the 80's and 90's.

I picked up 5K of them and have had success with my 2011 so far. Haven't tried them in my Bianchi Revolver and probably won't, it only likes Federal. Regarding packing, no issues here as I use as Camdex primer tube filler. Dump 600 in at a time .

I tried the Holosun green dots and couldn't get use to them. Put a Razo on the 2011 and have had good success with it. Customer service has been excellent. First one died on a Saturday, called them Monday and had replacement on Wednesday. Pulled out the old single stack race gun to run steel challenge with its old Tasco PDP2, somehow it is still working. Ran my old Bianchi Cup revolver in steel challenge with the Amipoint 3000, that thing won't die!

I recently needed a new reloading bench and was looking at the off the shelf options as lumber is still high. Went antiquing with the wife and came across an old chemistry lab table for $45. All oak and heavy as hell. Added a platform underneath for storage. Screwed it to the wall and have the 1050, 650 and a Star Progress bolted permanently on it. Need to find room for the old Rock Chucker though. I have another bench that I use for all my Mec's and other Star machines, but they are put away after use on it as is serves as a multipurpose bench. Might find a gem on Facebook Marketplace for very little spent.

Following to hear more about your experience. I had read they tend to have a depth greater than most primers but still in SAAMI specs but tap dancing on the top edge of that spec.

I am blessed to have multiple guns to shoot multiple divisions in SC, USPSA, Bianchi, etc. I like having the ability to shoot a different division here and their because I have the toys. Level one is just a fun day to be with friends and improve on times with the divisions that matter to me. Level two and up matches are when rubber meets the road. Adding more divisions becomes a hassle for match management constantly monitoring the number of guns each division has. We all want to compete and be recognized in our division. A recent Level 2 I participated in only had one SS entry, me but if I would have moved to Limited, I would have gotten second. Also per Pracitscore I was the top Steel Master at the match. Again, not enough entries to be recognized. As many have stated, we have many divisions and classifications so that all can feel special. I know the sport needs to survive but we should think what is the best way. Open is what it is, build what you want and have fun. I see many guns that would classify today as LO in Open, so why add it if the times are similar in Open and CO today. Find a way to handicap PCC and Rimfire for the appearance of overall win. Major and Minor did that well back in the day.

I got back into competitive shooting after we got the kids out of college. It all started well, brought out my Bianchi cup revolver and an older S&W 41 irons for the first few matches. Was astonished that only one CO gun beat my revolver times that day and the RFPI time was top 4. Took another year break to due to cancer but back in full. That S&W is now optics and still doing well. I would do the VQ mamba if I was to start out today but the 41 runs ammo like a sowing machine.

I changed before even knowing about the rule. Main reason was I was shooting Open, didn't want paint overspray and potential of dropping the gun. I was leaving my CO and SS in the holster before, just like the majority of guys at the ranges I shoot. I believe I will be bagging all the time regardless of second gun, rifle or pistol.

So sad to see the demise of this type of shooting. Grew up shooting it every month. It was nice having the Monthly, State and Regional matches in your backyard. Sadly, Dad got MS and then passed away in 2010. I left after college and was never in driving distance to a match. I hope CMP can find a way with a resurrection for the sport.

I shoot this combination quite often. Yes, recently I have been bagging my center fire. Following to see if more info arises.