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Depends on the gun, the bullet, the powder, etc, etc. in other words, you need to test all variables. Find out how long you can load, pick a max OAL, then load some up, then step down in .005" increments. find the most accurate. The PF at longest may be lower than the shortest you load. So after all your accuracy test, you should chrono to make sure you still make PF. If not, you might have to bump up the charge. if you do, this may affect accuracy, so you will have to test that again. When i was shooting an SP01 in Production, everyone swore by short loads. Said they were the best. Never saw anyone say they actually did some sort of scientific testing. Everyone was just using what they saw online. I was loading 1.150 because i found that to be the most accurate after numerous tests on a ransom. So basically, test your gun, because even the same make, model, etc can be slightly different from one to another.

Damn, I've never ever cleaned or taken apart a single magazine and I've never had an issue. Do you shoot on grass? Seriously, that is awesome that you've never had to clean a mag. I may be a bit anal about cleaning mine, but there certainly have been times when i've picked one up after a stage and either I or the RO stepped on it and there is dirt and sand inside. I would never run a stage with clearly dirt and sand inside the mag. Not saying you would, just find it remarkable you've never had to take apart a mag.

I've got the henning pads and grams guts, never had a problem. they come off easy enough. i clean my mags all of the time. At a local, i'll wipe em off and usually only if there is visible sand and dirt inside do i clean them. But at a level 2, if it hits the ground, it gets taken apart and cleaned. Too much time and money invested in a lvl 2 to throw it all away on a malfunction due to a dirty mag. ( shoot at East Alabama Gun Club and have a mag hit the ground and not clean it....tell me how it goes for you! ) Dont get me wrong, the range is awesome, but they have this sand that best resembles little triangles. one grain gets in your mag, and it is now a salt and pepper shaker!!

Learn by doing..just make sure you dont have an important match coming up in case you dont get it back together right away! Take the smaller parts apart with it and your hands in a Gallon size ziploc bag the first time you do it, that will prevent any tiny springs from launching away into never-never land. Once you know how things come apart, you wont have to do that again. for a Ton of great info, head over to www.czfirearms.us that is the original CZ forum site and the guys over there are VERY knowledgable. There is a video out there for breaking down the CZ75, i have a copy, bought it at the NRA Show years ago. its produced by AGI. honestly though, between youtube, cz forum, and Enos, you porbably wont learn anything on the video that you won't find on those sites. Take your time, go slow, have the right tools ( gunsmith screwdriver set for the mag release catch screw ), a vice is nice also. There are times when you need three hands. Its nice if you have a vice that you can rotate around and hold the gun while your hands do the work.

Think he/she needs to take the RO class again.

Someone should tell that guy he shouldn't put his index finger over the front trigger guard, he may then reach his potential. Yea, he probably picked up that bad habit from Jerry Miculek. Just think how much more success Jerry would have if he got that index finger off of the trigger guard... Or Angus...he's been doing it forever also.

I've been using N320 for several years, and i've noticed when the temps get down to 30-40 degrees in the winter, i lose about 10-20 fps.

Been using Black Bullets in my Tanfo Limited. Love them. No issues whatsoever.

Hula hoops, very inexpensive. I got mine at Wally World.

edited last post,sorry, dropped a zero on the decimal! Anyway, i just went out to the bench and found three bullets, all Xtreme,180 Heavy Plate, Round nose: OALs: .580, .575, .573 Again, they are good bullets, i got great groupings with them. they are accurate, and fairly priced. I just didn't like the lot to lot variation i personally saw. All I am saying, is if if you get a new lot, double check the OAL. Make a minor adjustment if you need to, and load 'em up.

i never loaded xtreme jhp, so i have no data on them. i do know for a fact, that the RN do vary lot to lot. i'm trying to remember now if it was both 9 and 40 or just 40. After i read your post, i started thinking more about it and the variance i was seeing was definitely in 40 HP RN. I can't recall now if the 9 had the same variation. My buddy was the first one that clued me into this, so i know of at least one other shooter, that was using 180 HP RN that saw the same variations. We both shoot Tanfos, and the COAL is important, as too long in the mag and you will get a Salt and Pepper Shaker. The variance we were seeing was as much as .005. Not a big deal if you know look for it and make a small adjustment on the seating die. But if you don't, and just throw a new lot in the bullet feeder without checking, you could potentially load 100 rounds with an OAL that don't work in your mags......ask me how i know.

I was loading that exact bullet before i switched to Limited. those numbers look about right. Shouldn't be any issues. What you do need to watch out for though with Xtremes is the OAL from one lot# to the next. The OAL may/will change enough to make a difference. Make a note of the lot number on the side of the box, keep like lots together. When you get a new box with a different lot number, measure your coal. I found I would have to change the seating die because of this variation. Like I said, within a lot # you will be fine, but with a new lot # number you need to check. This is one reason I stopped loading Xtremes. The bullets shot good and we're good price, but that change from lot to lot drove me crazy.

1 - Make sure you know the correct round count. Don't ask your buddy, or squadmate, ask the CRO/RO, or consult the official WSB, not the one hanging on the stage, the one the CRO reads from ( if it's a major match ). There are times when the one hanging up doesn't match. 2 - Once you know the round count, find all the targets walking through the stage. Don't worry about reloads on first pass. 3 - While waiting in the conga line for your turn, watch the other shooters. See what their plans looks like. See where they are air gunning. At GA State last month i saw someone air gunning a spot and i thought "what's over there?" Turns out it was a target i hadn't seen. I was double counting a different one. 4 - Once you see where you're going to shoot all of the targets, start planning reloads. No standing reloads unless its unavoidable! 5 - Get your plan and stick to it. Visualize it when you're back waiting your turn. Walk through it a number of times. If you see somebody do something different and want to change your plan, make sure you have PLENTY of time to drill it into your head. Don't change a plan last minute, even if the new plan seems better. Not my quote, but it's relevant "better to execute a less than ideal plan flawlessly, than the perfect plan horribly"...or something like that. :-)

Bullets are 10 cents each more or less. Easy to have 50k primers but not so for bullets ^^ This. Plus, like i said earlier, it's one thing to be out at a given moment, but when everyone else is in stock, and you're not, I'm not going to wait for your product unless it's something i cannot live without. Plenty of bullet manufacturers out there. I did a lot of testing of various manufacturers, and chose to go with one that has a good quality product, has good prices, and has available stock. ( FWIW.....BBI )

You need to check the trigger bar spring. Its the U shape spring held in by the Magazine release screw. Either the mag release screw has backed out and is interfering with the trigger bar, or the trigger bar spring itself is not engaging the bottom of the trigger bar. You need to tighten that screw until you see the trigger bar spring just start to pull away from the frame. Back the screw down until the spring is not pulling away and let it sit there. You need to loctite that screw in ( blue loctite ). Some will tell you to stake it ( it comes that way from the factory ), but that isn't necessary. i never had a problem using blue loctite.

Black Bullets, Blue Bullets, and Bayou Bullets all appear to be using the same 180 gn mold. I have no experience with Bayou. I personally prefer Black at this point. The coating on the BBI's is very uniform, and sleek. The Blue Bullets look like they are hand dipped ( not saying they are, just what my impression is). If you rub the Blue and Black against a piece of white paper, you'll see the coating on the Blue is more apt to come off. I've shot the Blue and it has performed well, I just prefer the Black.

yes that is the one

When i first started reloading i used Zeros. When they started going out of stock and not shpping anything while everyone else was, they lost me as a customer for life. I still think they make a good product, but if i can't get them when i need them, I'm going with another product.

The Mecgar 19 rounders will definitely fail the box test. But I've never seen the CZ OEM 18 rounders fail the box. That is very strange.

1st off its a "tight fit pin". Depending on the gun, you will need something pointed to push it out, mine are so damn tight i need a hammer and punch. 2nd, the end of the pin is not round, it's like a half moon, and has a depression on it. the slide stop spring falls in that depression, keeping it in place. it won't come out its own. based on your issue, this is the fix you need. you wont have the slide go to side lock anymore at all, so make sure you know your round counts. However, if you're going to slide lock on a stage, you've probably already done something wrong!

This is what i used. Worked really well, they stayed on perfectly.

Normal. I'd also add, that if you start having double feed issues and can't figure out why....it may be because of that bottom edge of the breechface being so sharp and squared off. ( the edge right next to the triangle shape that you are asking about ). the edge being sharp tends to pull the next bullet in the mag forward causing a double feed. You may need to "break" the edge. Just file it down at an angle ever so lightly. There should be a thread somewhere here on Enos or http://www.czfirearms.us/ showing you how to do it.

same here...minus the wide.

I have only stayed in Sebring during the Florida Open, so February, when all of the snow birds are down there. So ALL of the restaurants are always crowded at dinner time. On Fri and Sat nights its usually a 90 min wait for a table. No idea what it will be like in October, but just something to think about. You think a small town like Sebring would not be an issue, but it seems like no one in that place stays home for dinner!

Getting ready to start loading a new batch of BBI. They are the newer profile 180, without the lube groove. Has anyone reloaded these that had been using the previous profile with the lube groove? Other than OAL, did your powder charge have to change at all? TIA