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One of the guys I shoot with was trying this and he seemed pretty happy with it. I tried it and I didn't particularly like it because I kept accidentally hitting the release.

Best I can tell, to do the full monty it seems like barrel, magazines, and extractor tuning. Some folks fit a new comp and barrel set so they can go back and forth, but not sure if they have a second extractor too. Other seem to just run the 9 in the 38 gun and say it works fine. Seems like minimum for a "proper" conversion would be a barrel and reliability modifications (mag spacers and a new or tuned extractor).

First time I bought primers from Widener's they didn't ask for info, but then the second time (earlier this year) they asked for a copy of the driver's license. I just emailed them a pdf copy from a scanner. You can buy stuff in bulk, and even with shipping and Hazmat, it can come out to better prices than you can find them locally. Powder is a lot tougher though, especially when you don't have a load in mind already. If you already have bullets in hand or a bullet weight you want to load for, you can probably narrow down what powder speed you need. I downloaded a copy of the Hodgdon burn rate (google "powder burn rate") so that I could compare burn rates and find substitutes. http://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/Burn%20Rates_121211.pdf

At a local match, on a fairly simple stage; T1-3 from box A, T5-6 from box B, and T4 somewhere outside of and between boxes A and B. Straightforward enough. Start shooting, and right after T3 I feel that the gun isn't in battery even before going to T4. Still being 100% in the zone, I cycle out the round even before transitioning to the target, and engage T4 just in time to remember that I'm still standing squarely in box A. Two procedurals and a lesson that missing isn't the only thing you can't do fast enough...

I have a large quantity of 100gr bullets and Bullseye powder. Trying to see if anyone has successfully used very light weights with relatively fast powders. Compensated open gun, looking for major PF.

Sitting on a good pile of lightweight (100gr) frangible bullets (.355) and about to start loading for 38Super/comp, just looking around to see what experience people have with loading lightweight projectiles in relatively "big" cases. What is the fastest burning powder people here are using for 38Super/comp, how about lightest bullets?

I don't like changing a plan once I'm on deck. Unless I have at least one shooter between me and the buzzer, I'm not doing any tweaking. I've had way too many last minute switches that turned into train wrecks because I forgot to incorporate a reload, or forgot to make sure a target is engaged from a particular spot. I find it helps to have a rule for how long before (no more changing once I'm called on deck, in the hole, etc), keeps me from spontaneously deciding that I actually "have enough time."

I shot production and single stack for two years, and after a little improvement I stagnated. Switching to limited changed everything around and has made me a better shooter all around, even going back to production. That said, it definitely takes a few draw-and-dry-fire exercises to make sure I remember which gun I'm shooting.

I find that AR magazines use up a lot of space, and don't add much. A 40rd mag in the gun should cover almost all stages, and a 30rd mag as an emergency backup in the back pocket is fine. I keep four to six, 4 count shotshell holders, two or three pistol magazines (double stack 15rd, in a double mag carrier and one single carrier), and my pistol holster. Fully loaded, my belt carries: 6x(4 count) shell holders = 24 shells + 8 in the gun = 32 shot shells. 40rd mag + 30rd mag back up = 70 rifle rounds. 3x(15rd mag) = 45 pistol rounds + 16 in pistol = 61 pistol rounds. That's a lot of ammo... Pistol holsters should have enough retention to hold it in while running, regardless of whether or not it is "locked" in place. Unless you don't plan on running between shooting positions.....

I shoot a variant 1 full size USP in 9mm with LPA fiber optics.

I've got an early HK USP in 9mm that's been dry fired for years and years (probably 6 digit dry-firings?) with no problem. Snap caps aren't bad things to own though, and if you're worried about it, snap caps can't hurt.

Had a squib this weekend too. Was lucky in a different way though. Mine happened on the first of two shots on a target that was 5ft away, so I'd already pulled the trigger for the next shot. The lucky part was that the squib had just barely moved into the barrel, and it was still occupying the space where the bullet on the subsequent round should have been. The result was that it failed to go into battery. If it hadn't done that, I would've been a very unhappy camper...

I think the big difference between insurance shot and make up shots are in the name. Make-up shots are taken after the fact, once you either called a bad shot, or saw a target with too few holes in it. Insurance shots are shots you were planning on taking before you even line up your sights on the target. First time I ever shot at 100yd at a match was from an angle, at 1/2 and 1/3 scale targets, with irons. Before coming to the line, I KNEW I was going to take three shots at all of the partial scale targets. I had quite a few targets with three holes in them, and none with only one, but there were certainly a few that only had two... Fundamentally though, most people probably use insurance shots like a crutch, in the same way that looking for holes in paper and listening for the sound of steel are too.

If ambidextrous controls were more prevalent, I would probably opt to shoot left handed to make use of my left eye dominance. With an AR that's set up for right handed operation, I'd rather forgo the little bit of clarity in favor of more familiar and consistent controls. I find that at close range (with a red dot on my AR) the issue of clarity doesn't seem to be a big deal, and while shooting at long range I close my dominant eye.

It would be interesting to see for sure. Personally, I don't imagine it would change much. I don't know any Limited shooters who just are sitting on "Lim-legal" Saiga's, and I don't see more than one or two shooters turning out to an event that allowed them, especially with the mag cap. With a 5rd cap, I imagine that tube guns would do better, especially in experienced hands on short stages. Make it advantageous (allow 8+1), and there's going to be a lot of angry tube-gun folks running around.