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  1. I had 3 or so lbs of AmSelect left over from my old trapshooting days...put 3.8 grains behind a Bayou 135 resulting in the worst smoke cloud I have ever seen. Maybe it won't smoke so bad with jacketed or lead. I gave it to a friend who is still shooting clay birds
  2. East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I am impressed with the author's ability to take his reader inside the mind of a true psychopath. What a poisonous little bitch...
  3. Shooters Connection sells a .45 200RN that does not have the sharp shoulder on it. Great bullet. I wonder if the slick finish on the Bayous is contributing to them pulling out from recoil...hope this helps. Kirb
  4. I'm using 4.3 Bullseye with 115 FMJ(exposed lead base) Zeros with no leading whatsoever in two STI's. I doubt it's the powder.
  5. Save your $...I recently bought a Ranger II 9mm that came from the factory with the RM. It does seem to soften the slide hittng the frame, but makes the front sight do squirrely things. I put in a FLGR with 10lb spring and it settled right down. If this RM would fit your 5" gun (it's 4.20) I'd give it to you. Hope this helps, Kirb
  6. Coco, how much 231 are you running with the 135 Bayous? Thanks, Kirby
  7. I've heard the Dawsons are Metalform tubes but everything else is different. I still intend to try the Wilsons. I have 10 of the Wilson ETM's, they feed perfectly in my 6" Trojan 9mm, but they are NOT 10 round reloadable. I have not clipped any coils off the springs though. Hope this helps, Kirby
  8. Shoot one before you buy at any price. God made Berettas to punish trapshooters. Worst cheek bruising ever for me. And yes I have owned one.
  9. You will be USING the press a whole lot more than you will be changing calibers. The downstroke priming of the 1050 blows the upstroke priming of the 650 out of the water. Get the 1050.
  10. Cobra is retroactive for 45 days after your coverage ends, no ifs ands or buts.Subject to copays and your deductible this will be covered. PM me if you have other questions...Kirby NCDOI.
  11. It's out now...picked it up at Target 19.99.
  12. kar45

    i hate !

    the curse of 10,000 flinches upon the fine person that thought of putting a small primer pocket in a Blessed be God .45 case...
  13. I had 5k left over, quit 'IPSC' in 1986. Shot trap for 26 years, now I've come full circle back to the .45. lol
  14. I just opened my last box of Delbert Swanney's bullets from Ft. Harmar rifle club...newspaper wadded up inside was dated June 3, 1977. They work great. Hope this helps Kirby
  15. Huh. Epguides.com says there have been 2 seasons (a total of 26 episodes) aired so far. I think what you're calling season 3, they call "the rest of season 2" Has season 2 been released on DVD yet? If so, who carries it? Thanks, Kirby
  16. A friend recommended 'Justified' to me a few weeks ago... I'm really enjoying it.
  17. I have both right now. The STS is mounted on my wife's Ruger 22/45 and I have the DP mounted on my Ruger Rifle, both are used for Steel Challenge. I have shot both for a while and although it took a while to get use to the triangle over the dot, I love the DP now. In fact, we are talking about selling her STS and getting her a DP also. We both prefer the DP for 1) very crisp and clear glass, 2) wider FOV, 3) sharp triangle that adjust quick and perfect to light, 4) Triangle is good for speed and precision using the center to cover or tip, 5) lower profile, 6) the cost was very close to each other. If you search around, you will find these sights within $20 or $30 of each other so the cost difference is trivial. The one advantage the STS has is the the intensity is auto or manual - I like that feature. Since you didn't want an essay, I will stop here but I am a firm believer in the DP product. PM sent...
  18. kar45

    Beer

    LOL... that is awesome !!
  19. A good friend of mine has a 50BMG primer inbedded in his calf...surgeon said it would do more damage to dig it out so they left it in there. Like many of us he has deprimed live primers in the past with no problem. The primer had been squirted with WD40 but still went off. Handling primers is not without risk. Hope this helps, Kirby
  20. I'm shooting a springfield xd9 (5" barrel). It's a 9mm If 9mm in Production is your primary use, buy win or fed ball ammo at Walmart for $210/k including tax. Sell your once fired cases for $50/k. Your net will be around $ 160 or so. It will cost you $130-140 to load them. Take the time you would spend reloading and be dry firing instead.Reloading is not without its risks. Lose a finger or an eye in a primer explosion (very rare, but it does happen)or maybe just blow up a barrel or the whole gun and the savings of $30/k will look pretty small indeed. I have witnessed an M1 Garand receiver split open(slamfire from a soft primer), Colt 45 Gold Cup dust cover bent down where a squib was lodged in the barrel, Browning HiPower barrel and slide burst open and a Browning 525 O/U totally destroyed by a wad stuck in the forcing cone, another squib. All of these with reloads. I have never seen a gun ruined with a factory shell...just something to think about. I am not trying to rain on your parade. I do have a 450, 550 and 1050 in my basement that I use for calibers other tham 9mm, so I am not the Anti-Loader . Be safe and have fun in your shooting career.
  21. I have a 6" Trojan in 9mm, Wilson ETM's purr like a kitten in it.
  22. In my former trapshooting life I fired a lot of Kemens, they work great. Just don't plan on reloading the hulls because the primer pockets are too large to hold an American(rem, win ,fed) 209 primer. Hope this helps, Kirby
  23. Thanks to everyone that took time to share their ideas on this. With Fomeister's guidance on some things I picked the STI. At this point in my AR journey it seems to make the most sense. That Fomeister is one helpful cuss... Mike, thanks...Kirby
  24. Fomeister, thanks, I'm trying to get up with DMAC to look at his JP & Noveske. A decision on this is imminent though. DMAC, thanks for showing me the Good stuff...what a trigger on that JP, a beautiful example of the gunmaker's art.I decided on the STI.
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