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    New to loading shotgun

    in Rifle/Shotgun

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    I just started with my Dillon this week. I am using AA hulls with 1 oz of #8 shot and 17.5grs of 700x with the CB-1111 wad. The crimps look good but I do have the occasional one with a slight hole in the middle. I went out and shot the first 25 I made and they seemed to pattern and break birds well on the clays course.

    There is a slight learning curve with this press but all in all I'm fairly pleased.

    Try the Cb1100 (aka waa12sl) pink wad. It should work better and provide a taller component stack up and result in a better crimp. The CB-1118 is intended for 1 1/8oz loads.

    SL900 Primer Drop

    in Rifle/Shotgun

    Posted

    This will more than likely eliminate any primer drop/feed issues that you may have with the SL900. Looks like I'm not the only one who ran into this issue. Surprised Dillon hasn't addressed it. Maybe it was an isolated production issue. As I mentioned in the video, I got my SL900 in Dec 2012.

    Reloading 20 gauge STS hull problem?

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted · Edited by SteveZ

    Hi ya Will! Eric, it looks like your trying to shove a 12ga wad in a 20ga hull :-/ as an experiment, flare the mouth of the hull so it's almost round at station 2 ( you'll probably have to increase your precrimp depth to counter the excessive flare) and see what happens. It's odd that Winchester hulls are OK but Rem GCs aren't. Like Will suggested, maybe those wads just don't work with Rem GC/STS. I just checked my fore/aft movement of my wad guide arm and there is very LITTLE movement. If yours is loose, that might be the problem. You may want to give Dillon a call and get a new one.

    Reloading 20 gauge STS hull problem?

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

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    Hi Eric. Two thoughts, first make sure the wad guide arm is centered correctly...there is a small centering screw that you can adjust to accomplish this. I adjust mine until the guide is centered in the tool head. Second, you might want to "flare" the hull more back at station 2 when it drops powder. I was recently reloading some 6 pointer 12ga hulls and had to do this so the wads wouldn't catch the hull at station 3.

    Uniquetek Powder Baffle and Micrometer Powder measure

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

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    I've got both. Since everyone else has discussed the micrometer adjuster, I'll talk about the powder baffle. I recently ordered the 2x powder hopper for my Dillon SL900 (see Powerfactor Show episode #157 for a review) and at the time hadn't had a chance to measure drop variances using the baffle. Since then, on two different occasions, I measured successive powder drops and found that it threw the exact same amount for at least 5 successive drops using Hodgdon Clays powder. So I'll call it better than +/- 0.1 gr which is the resolution of my scale. I don't have the micrometer adjuster installed on the SL900 (it's on my 550b).

    Your opinion on the beretta 682

    in Clays

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    I wish that Beretta would have stayed with the oil finish on the 682s. Mine has the gloss-poly finish and I got my first dent in the forend a couple weeks ago. It "cracked" the poly finish and looks ugly. I think an oil finish would work better.

    DQ offense for finger in trigger guard during Make Ready

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted · Edited by SteveZ

    Gary and Nik....I think the exception actually adds confusion. Nik my question about "why the exception" was not trying to suggest its a DQ. If you start with the assumption that its NOT a DQ ( putting your finger in the trigger guard during the COF while standing still (not moving, not changing position...NOT A DQ) is no different than putting your finger in the trigger guard during the LAMR step...regardless of the gun platform)...then there is no need for the exception at all...there is no protection necessary because there is nothing to protect...if its not a DQ.

    I think the exception causes confusion because the way it reads is that "its a DQ to put your finger in the trigger guard during loading...unless you have a gun without a decocker and then its OK to lower the hammer". I understand the "step process theory" (you're loading when you stick the magazine in...then your loaded...you're loading again when you chamber a round..then your loaded)...but I think it would be physically impossible to do either of those actions while trying to lower the hammer at the same time with a decockerless gun.

    I think the exception is causing confusion and creating "wrong headed RO's". ;)

    Reload without allowing muzzle over the berm

    in USPSA/IPSC Shooting

    Posted

    So here's my thoughts on this. As we all know...pointing a muzzle over the berm isn't a safety issue...guns don't just go off on their own it takes something else and typically that something else is a finger. If a club initiates a local rule (and it was somehow allowed under USPSA, eg they changed rule 10.5.2 to the "IPSC" version), the shooter will have to learn a new technique and thats keeping the gun flat during loading/reloading/unload. Ok, but the primary safety issue still exists...a finger in the trigger guard during those events that causes the AD itself. I would suggest a better line of thinking would have the shooter learn the a "new technique" of keeping their finger out of the trigger guard during loading/reloading/unload.....hey, don't we already have a rule that prohibits that? Of course we do.

    Creating a "muzzle pointed over the berm" rule is subjective for the RO to assess...how far is the berm from the shooter, how high is the berm...whats the angle of the muzzle....how fast can I do trigonometry...did I bring my calculator...did I leave the coffee pot on at home? For those clubs that want to initiate some club rule to help prevent AD over the berm and out of the range...I would suggest educating them first and then if they MUST initiate some local rule...suggest they have something about finger in the trigger guard when its not supposed to be (loading/reloading/unloading) and forget about the direction of the muzzle...if they're really wrapped around the axle about muzzle direction...then suggest "finger in the trigger guard with the muzzle pointed over the berm". From a USPSA perspective, we could care less about the second part of the condition (muzzle direction) but we do already have rules about fingers in trigger guards...and THAT we can enforce within the existing rules. The club is happy because they've got their safety rule....USPSA is happy because they still have a sanctioned match.

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