Canuck223

Our boys are 7 years old, and we had to decide what to tell them about thier great grandfather. Bompa has been a part of thier life, and he'll be thier first relative to pass away. Our boys are pretty bright, and we've always felt it was better to deal with them simply and honestly than shield them from the world. As best we could, and in terms they could understand, we've been pretty up front about life. Still, it was hard to explain to them that Bompa is sick, and he's not going to get any better. He's now on the paliative care unit at the local hospital, and the kids, grand kids, and great grand kids are all trickling in to see him. I know it's scary, but I didn't feel that hiding the truth would make it any easier for them to absorb later. Dissenting opinions anyone????

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Oh dear, this reminds me of the 82 Buick Skylark I had. Same base motor as yours I believe. After "trouble shooting" and topping up fluids, I came out one morning to find it would barely run. I had about a foot and a half of grey, ashy sludge in the crank case.

Any chance it's the wrong shellplate??

Any chance the problem isn't the die but a loose shellplate allowing too much varience?

Hopefully mine will arrive this week, as I've got 4k ready to load.

IIRC, Winchester primers are also slightly larger in diameter. One possible way to deal with this problem is to give the primers less room to back out. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the .32-20 is a bottle neck case, granted without much bottleneck. If you could adjust your sizing die to just partially size the case, and allow the case to headspace on the taper instead of the rim, you might be able to keep the case closer to the recoil shield.

Slightly North of your position, but I shot with the WNYPPL for 10 years.

On my next one, I want to try the Volquartsen sear and the Marvel adjustable trigger. And of course if a certain somebody builds a decent safety for the beast, one of those will be going on as well.

Agreed. I've got no issue with the guy on deck getting his mojo working just before he shoots. I've got no issue with the guy who just finished shooting following the scorekeeper, then charging his mags for the next stage.

My saving grace is that should I ever forget my limits and cause my basketcase to run away in full whine mode, he'll talk himself into trouble before it will stick to me.

Petrov, If you are shooting 250 rounds a week, I'd seriously consider skipping the SDB and 550, and look at a 650 or 1050 if you can swing it. You can use small rifle primers instead of pistol primers, but you need to take two things into account. First, you can't simply switch. You need to work up your load using the rifle primers. Second, the rifle primers may be tougher to light, so if your mainspring is lightened, you might not get 100% ignition. Many .38 super shooters use the rifle primers to reduce high pressure flow into the firing pin hole. Loading 9mm for target use doesn't require screaming high velocities. My paper or cardboard targets are rarely impressed by a few extra FPS. Slower burning powders tend to burn dirty when loaded light, and they hit your pocket book. Try a faster burning powder, and keep the velocity just above your needed power factor.

What, if anything, can you do with the loafers on your squad who don't patch, don't set steel, and more often than not have to be called to the line to shoot??

I don't get the luxury of controlling hours, but I do lay out the schedule and work load. Part of my early defence mechanism was to deliberately give myself the toughest schedule with some of the toughest jobs. Early on, when my "good" guy was struggling with what I considered a fairly easy part of his schedule, I handed him another one and did his job in half the time. During the winter, my ADD case suggested that he was overworked, so he inherited my work. I don't think he'll try that again.

I generally like my job, but there is one thing that drives me to despair. I'm the lead, and have to supervise two other guys. If the work doesn't get done, or done right, it's my ass that's on the carpet. One of my guys is great. He works slow, but steady and reliably. He's got a good head on his shoulders and when faced with a problem, his instincts are good. His work ethic is excellent. My other guy is a basket case. He's the poster child for adult ADD. I could sit down and explain in grand detail what we're doing, why, and what his role needs to be, and the minute my back is turned he's as likely as not to be working on something completely unrelated, or totally out of sequence. That is when he's actually working, and not on the phone with his family or off "sick". This is a guy who thrives on personal crisis, and if there isn't one, he'll engineer a crisis. When he first landed on my doorstep, I'd been warned about him. I tried to keep him in line by making damn sure he understood his schedule and my expectations, and then following up on both with him. He's smart enough to just barely keep himself out of actionable trouble. He is also the classic instigator. Twice now he's stirred up things to the point where I've had to hold a "Come to Jesus" meeting with the whole staff. The last time, I had to call my district manager and the union in seperately. When the district manager came in, I think they freaked out, realizing that if things were run his way, not mine, thier work environment would be a heck of a lot less pleasant. When the Union president had a private talk with them, I wasn't present. Whatever he said to them seems to have sunk in, because the attitude change was drastic. Still, when my wingnut is acting up, it's frustrating as hell that I can only advice and monitor.

I confess to having used them as windshield ice scrappers.

My PRO will do it occasionally, but always takes a round with it. Always. PS... My old GLOCK 23C did this all the time. The habit is not limited to M&Ps... JW Agreed. My STI GP6 does it without fail. As we are limited to 10 rounds, I regularly wind up running to slide lock and count on this feature to speed my reload time.

Of course, the one risk that comes with not following the pack is failing in a vivid and notable fashion, as evidenced by my stage 4 performance at the latest BGC match. How I placed 3rd boggles the mind.

It is only natural to try and find the trick that the top shooters use, and include them into your bag of tricks. Let's face it, if you stick around in this sport long enough, you will collect a huge amount of useless and just plain wrong gear and techniques. However, learning requires failure as well as success. Pat knows my one pet peeve recently. At several club matches, the course designer has tossed in stages meant to challenge your weak and strong hand skills. Far too often I see really good shooters seeming to be killing time and risking injury to contort and overbalance themselves so they can avoid one handed shooting. I can't help but wonder if it's due to a lack of confidence.

Ditto.

The flip side of this is that when you do notice burrs or tags left on the cases, it's time to rotate to the next cutting surface.

Now you just need the Mr. BulletFeeder and the P/W autodrive.

Suprisingly, not everyone likes a plastic 2x4 that points towards Mars and has a trigger like a childs cap gun.

With regards to the 1050, the nay sayers be damned. If you can afford it, and are not mentally challenged, buy one. Learning on this press is not beyond the abilities of anyone who can detail strip a modern firearm. Grab a friend to stand over your shoulder if you are nervous. Yes, the 1050 does have a limited warranty. Don't worry about it. Nothing about this press is fragile. If it breaks in the first year, it's defective and Dillon will fix it. If it doesn't break in the first year, it likely never will. Yes, it is a pain in the ass to switch to another caliber. So what? If you shoot a lot, buy more brass and load more per session. If you need to load for more calibers, either suck it up and buy the full toolhead, or dig deep and buy a second press. With a full toolhead set up, and the same primer size, a complete caliber switch can take under 5 minutes. If you need to switch primer sizes, you might as well stop and clean the press while you are at it, so it might take 30 minutes. The built in primer swager is worth it's weight in gold pressed latinum. Nothing pisses me off more than having a primer jam due to a crimped case slipping through. The thought of having to pre-process all my cases to avoid it is to horrible to bear. I run a 1050 and am adding a MrBulletFeeder to it. I use the RF100 primer tube filler. When money permits, I may go ahead and get the P/W power drive kit for it.

I was/am the buyer in this case, but I'd tend to agree. To me, a solid deal exists only when they buyer and seller have come to terms. In this case, I agreed to the buyers terms, but he has yet to follow up with how he wants to be paid, etc. I'm in limbo right now, not knowing if I actually have a deal.