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I hate men wearing girly pants. It looks so feminine. I prefer looking at men who wear assless chaps.

Very cool. I love Anime. Akira is still up there in my top 10 of all time favorites. You saved money, you should be thanking me, really!

Only in things I like

Have a great birthday Brian! Thanks for 7 years of awesome shooting forums!

Moderators, please delete this one. It's way past april 1st and people are being hurt!

Only shoot targets at 25yds+ for a while. You won't be able to look for your hits (unless you shoot .45).

Awesome! The man is a legend!

+1 I usually don't see the people with the fastest Bill Drills at the top of the match results.

Maybe a strangequestion, but you're going from 0 reloaded rounds to 3000 rounds in a month? Does that mean you are shooting 3000 factory rounds/month right now? If so, it seems like you could miss the $$$ for a 650 or 1050 with a KISS bullet feeder. That would be my option. Right now I load on a SDB, but I only shoot 1000 rounds/month.

I voted 9mm for cost and I truly believe that something like this will not have any significant impact on results.

Try to do the turn in one step. I notice you step with one foot and then the next. I do this by standing on the heel of the strong foot and turn on the heel. Also, how many points down? (Tightloop). We can all critique your form, but without the score...

Awesome first post! Welcome I have the exact same "problem". I have pretty large hands, but they're also kind of skinny. The left panel of the Glock leaves very little room to get a good grip with the weak hand. What helps (for me) is to leave a little room between my strong hand and the right side panel. I don't really need much contact there, as my strong hand gets most grip from the front and the back strap. Other things that help (for me) is to rotate the weak arm down (the elbow points at the ground more), so that I get better contact at the bottom of the grip. I have tried to yaw my strong hand, so that it covers less of the back strap. But this results in weird hand position at the left upper side of the "beavertail". I thought I was the only one who spent quite some time (for me about 6 months) at this stuff. Still working, but slowly getting there The grip design of the Glock is not something that contributes to it's popularity, IMO.

I use N320 for Production 9x19 minor. I put 4.1 grain under a 124gr. RN @ 1.10" OAL. Start loading @ 3.9grain and you'll be fine.

that would be: "SILENCE!!! I KILL YOU!!!" Edited to add: Let's hope Dillon reads this!

APRIL FOOLS! Sorry guys. I tried to come up with a way to irritate the rich 1050 owners, but I couldn't think of a gadget to improve the 1050

Man, I have started a few threads on this because I shot to the left with my Glock 17. I know so many people who can shoot, but still have to drift the sights of the gun (especially Glocks) to the right. There seem to be two camps on this subject. 1) The "learn to shoot" crowd. The sights should be perfectly centered and you will have to change your technique until you hit the middle of the target 2) The "move the sights" crowd. Just learn to shoot good groups (3" at 50yds is very good) and move the sights so you hit the middle. I fall somewhere in the middle. I cannot believe how many people will just assume that a gun will hit the middle when everything is centered "just because it should". Even Heinie made his sight with the notch slightly off-center because some guns just don't shoot in the middle. I can follow the argument that a gun is a mechanical device and when fired from a Ransom rest, it also hits the middle. But the human body is not a machine (well, except mine of course ). There are so many factors that will result is slight differences for everybody, and especially with handguns. Then again, you should of course obtain a certain level of accuracy before you move the sights. If your shots land "everywhere", there's no point in moving the sights to compensate. Seems like you are alreadya great shot. To answer you initial question: Why do so many guns shoot to the left? I think, that is because all the force on the trigger comes from a finger that (in most cases) is attached to the hand on the right side of the gun. You can work on minimizing the influence of this, but it will always be there. With Glocks, I think they just shoot to the left. Yesterday, on the range, I shot some groups @ 25yds. All center hits. Then, I moved to a plate rack (6" plates) and shot them weak hand. All hits. The sights are drifted to the right about 0.05". Why does it shoot like that? Beats me.

CursorFX seems like a neat program for that.

Very cool idea! I like it. I'm sure it couldn't hurt.

I feel sorry for you.....no really....

My experiences with Dillon are so good, that I won't even consider buying something else. And that means something, because I can be such a cheap bastard. Two weeks ago I broke the handle on my Square Deal. Dillon sends me a new one, including the ball, set screw and a free copy of the latest Shooting Illustrated. I live in Europe so shipping wasn't cheap either. No charge. Now that kind of service gets my loyalty. And I have more first hand stories like that. Just an awesome company. I wish they made everything

I think you're right when you say it might be an ammunition related problem. High primers is the first thing that comes to mind. There are also reports from strikers that had the tip chip off. I would check that too. As far as reliability goes, Glocks are great in that department and I wouldn't do too much to improve it. It seems that most trouble comes from changing too much of the stock configuration. Things I do for reliability: 1) Polish the feed ramp of the barrel (with a felt tip of a dremel and some jeweler's paste, until it shines). 2) Totally clean it every two months or so and when doing so I.... 3)...check the springs, and other parts like the locking block, striker, connector, extractor, barrel etc. for anything unusual (cracks, wear etc.) 4) Lube it the right way (keep the striker + channel dry) Things I could/should do but don't do: - Clean the magazines more often (I start cleaning them when they start feeling gritty from sand etc.) - Change the springs every xK rounds. I change them when they break or cause trouble. Something you probably don't want to do when your life depends on it. - Clean it more often than once every two months. Right now that's once every 2000 rounds, but when I shoot twice as much I still don't clean it more often

If I had the right to carry a gun, I would buy the same gun I compete with (or vice versa). Why not buy a G19 for competition, so you have the competition gun you don't really have to look after (reliability wise). And you can carry the gun that gets least use. Set them up identically and you won't really notice the difference.

I guess you could shoot it till it erodes, then cut off everything in front of the scope mount and swap over to a conventional thread on comp and barrel. what I like about this setup is that the comp is not attached to the barrel, so you can shoot light loads and the gun's reliability/functioning doesn't change vs. a regular comp. So yes, that could be done, but to me that would turn the unit into an expensive mount

I broke the crank handle on my Square Deal a couple of days ago. Contacted Dillon (thanks again Gary!) and got a package in the mail today. New handle, ball and set screw, and a copy of the latest Shooting Illustrated. no charge. I don't think there's a company I will ever love as much as Dillon