Bill Schwab

Yeah, you sounded VERY lucky.

This community never ceases to amaze me. +1000, that place is the best. No other forums I have dealt with comes even remotely close. I think I have a plan. I truly appreciate all the help. If anyone ever needs help from someone in Maryland please don't hesitate to contact me. I meant to say THIS place is the best...can't seem to edit it now.

Last year it was 313. Thanks.

What's the typical round count for this match?

This community never ceases to amaze me. +1000, that place is the best. No other forums I have dealt with comes even remotely close. I think I have a plan. I truly appreciate all the help. If anyone ever needs help from someone in Maryland please don't hesitate to contact me.

Wow, as usual I am stunned by the outpouring of support from the awesome members of Brian's forums, I truly appreciate it.

Thanks Bamboo, reply sent via e-mail. I appreciate all the help given on these forums. I think I have a Plan A & B now.

It's a Disney cruise prior to the FL Open. I have a call in to Frank Garcia to see if I can ship it to him. I called Disney to see if I could give them the gun prior to boarding so they could lock it in a lockbox, after 5 minutes on hold the answer was "Definitely no, they will call the police if you come even close to the ship with a gun."

Once I divulge the vacation host it'll all make sense. I called an FFL in the area to see if I could ship the gun to them, and pick it up before the match and they were stupidied by my question, so I called the match host and am awaiting a call back, thanks for the suggestion Flex.

is this only for complete guns or also gun parts?? I was told law enforcement would be called immediately if I bring a gun near the vacation, so I don't even want to ask those specifics.

Nope, no buddies going to the match. And no, I'm not leaving the car near the match. Would it be possible to ship it to an FFL dealer near the match and pick it up prior to the match?

Also my car will remain unattended while I'm gone for a few days.

I am not allowed to bring guns to the vacation, per the vacation host, and I will not have a hotel while gone on vacation. Any ideas?

For opsec reasons I don't want to give too much detail. I'm shooting a match soon, but first I have to drive there and take the family on a vacation that will take me away from my car. I have no good way to secure my competition gun, and gear, while I'm off on the vacation. I know this is vague, but does anyone have any suggestions on how to secure my gun?

I've went through the Brownells catalog with a fine-toothed comb, and searched their website without success. Also checked Midway and Remington's website and can't find them there. Help? Do a search for DUMMY no joke! Thanks, I'm unsure how I missed them previously.

Good stuff, thanks for the info.

I've went through the Brownells catalog with a fine-toothed comb, and searched their website without success. Also checked Midway and Remington's website and can't find them there. Help?

My Remington 1100 chews up the rim of the dummie shells rather quickly to the point that the shells will not reliably feed. I'm trying to practice my reloads for 10 minutes a day. I've tried both the dummy shells and the aluminum snap caps. Is this typical? If so, do you just bite the bullet and buy new dummies once a month?

Update: The Nordic follower really smoothed the feeding, and then a Nordic extension tube smoothed it out even further, so I'm good to go. I also learned the gun does not like Winchester Valu-Pak shells, so if I avoid those it runs 100%. Thanks for the help.

That's nice, I ordered one, thanks for the suggestion. I'll check the tuning of my EasyLoader too. While you are waiting on the aluminum follower, something you may want to try to see if it is the follower is this. Take the follower that came with the ext tube and run some fine grit sandpaper and/or a scotch brite pad over it to smooth it out a bit, and possibly shrink the diameter down a little. At the least you have not lost anything and at the most, you have a backup follower and may eliminate the follower as the issue. On a side note, I have not had any issues with the follower in my Choate tube hanging, not working, or bits breaking off in my 1100 so far. I have the 9 round Choate and it has worked flawlessly from day one so YMMV. *shrug* I tried working on the smoothness and diameter of the Choate follower last night and the fine sandpaper I had wasn't working well. I may see what the hardware store has that'll do the job better because I really would like to have that ready as a backup.

That's nice, I ordered one, thanks for the suggestion. I'll check the tuning of my EasyLoader too.

Real good stuff, I appreciate all the thought provoking info. This 1100 mag tube/gas system is steel, but it's clean and free of corrosion; this is an oldie, but it's been well cared for and it's low mileage. The mag tube spring is fairly new, and it's the Choate one that came with the mag extension, so it's plenty long. I cannot run the Choate follower because it hangs up in the mag tube (not the mag tube extension) [NOTE TO SELF: perhaps the mag tube is tight], so I'm been running the stock synthetic follower which looks pretty rough. First I'm going to order a stainless follower and see if that clears up the problem. Any recommendation? I see Brownells has the Vang unit and a Brownells one as well. Secondly I may change out the mag tube extension with a longer one because right now all it can only hold 7+1, any recommendations on brands?

1970's vintage Remington 1100 that has seen little use is randomly not feeding from the tube, and resumes feeding after pushing the rearmost shell into the tube (that shell seems hard to press in). I've tried diagnosing this through dry fire, but it's only seen maybe once every 20+ times I load the tube. And it's not the first shell fed that iniates the failure to feed. Any advice? The gun has been completed disassembled and detail cleaned all to no avail. The gun has a short Choate mag tube extension and a DMW easy-loader, but otherwise is stock.

Woohoo!

I don't trim the feed lips. I just ensure I use an appropriate cartridge AOL, and I make sure the mag spring is strong.