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Little Bill

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  1. Thanks for squaring me away Brian. I had tried logging in/out, but it didn't work, but it is fixed now. Thanks for generating such a great online community. I met many great people around the country, and it was made possible through BE.com.
  2. Title says it all. Unfortunately, I am finished with USPSA for the foreseeable future. I have 143lbs of brass that needs a new home...
  3. Thanks for the interest Dave. I would probably bite more on handguns than anything else. Do you have anything other than the XDM? I would consider cash up or down. If you like you can e-mail me at billofoz@gmail.com. (I need to update my profile to the correct e-mail address.)

  4. I shot the match (if I can call it that ) but didn't stay for the results. A friend called me with my result on Sat night, and then called me again Sun morning and said that the final results were changed. (For me it was for the worse) Soooo, I am also wondering... Kudos to Jim and his team on a nice match. The stages were entertaining without being ridiculous. (except for stuffing 4 single stack mags in my front pocket for a run-n-gun-with-no-mags-in-the-belt stage!)
  5. Thanks for the info. I was making decisions a month or so ago on ways to make my badly Glock'd brass run in a tight chamber / tight throat 1911. I decided to take the shellplate off of the 650 and have it milled .040 in the "pockets", and took my Dillon die to the grinder and ground all of the way to the carbide ring. (about .040?) The increase of about .080 sizes almost all of the case down to the web and gets out all of the Glock bulge. I will take some calipers to some finished rounds tomorrow or so. I think that the size die takes it down to .418, but the web / rim of the case remain at .420-.422. This seems to work well and it saves me the step of sizing all of my brass before it hits the reloader. I am going to try a U-die at some point to see if I like the results.
  6. I checked a few Winchester cases that were ran through the GRX and U-Dies. Largest diameter was .421 and was at the case head. Case mouth varied from .415 to .417. Understand that the GRX does not resize the case mouth sufficiently for loading, running through a normal sizing die is still required. I did not have any fired, unsized cases to give you a yardstick of what changes the GRX only would make toward the case mouth. It's pretty much a mute point anyway since the case mouth has to come down some more for bullet tension. I can tell you from using the GRX that you need a very rigid bench and you will use lube. I find HOS too light but a liberal coat of Dillons spray works OK. Most go through without a lot of effort but you frequently have to really man-up on 'em even with, no visible bulges. Thanks! Anybody have a Gizmo?
  7. I am looking at a couple of different ways to get my 40 brass so it will consistently fit in a tight chamber, and I was considering a Redding GRX or Gizmo. I have read ALL of the threads, but I didn't find the post-sizing dimension of the brass. Could someone with one or each post what the brass dimension is after sizing? Maybe give a measurement at the mouth, the web, and the largest spot. (I am guessing that the dimension should be about the same all of the way..... .418, .420, .422?) Thanks!
  8. You could still use a Dawson front sight, but then use a Sig factory rear that is taller. (They make about 5 ? different heights.)
  9. I cracked a slide on my 9mm Open after about 35k. I used most of the "standard" major powders. <shrug>
  10. http://www.topgunsupply.com/sights-lpa-sights-sig-sauer/ I have used the LPAs before, and they are ok. The front sight can end up very TALL if you get the set that uses a different front sight. I would try to point you in the direction of Warren or Heinie fixed sights instead.
  11. Like in all lines of work, there are morons sprinkled in the employee roster. It becomes unfortunate that the idiots get the bulk of media coverage in the form of propaganda, news stories, youtube, etc.
  12. I experimented a bunch back when 9mm major first came out, and I liked True Blue the best. The problem was that it is filthy-nasty after 500 rounds. I thought it was flat and soft in my shorty. HS6 was almost as good, but equally filthy. I liked N350 and 3N38, but they were a pain in the ass to load due to case volume. I liked 3N37, but it was sharp compared to TB. (I never tried Silhouette)
  13. Well, I guess I will continue to "pry and pop" unless there is a better way...
  14. Can someone tell me if there is a good way to get the Wilson 47nx followers out of the magazine? I just bought 6 mags, and they are full of oil, so I was going to give them a cleaning. I took one mag apart, but the follower would not wiggle out no matter what I tried. Eventually, I gently forced it out the top-front. It was kinda ugly. Anyone have a trick?
  15. I think that you will have to decide: game gun vs. defense gun. There is some crossover from one to the other, but if you set one up for its intended purpose, you make sacrifices on the other purpose. I universally dislike the Reflex style sights because of wash out and distortion of colors. (I also dislike the C-more on a rifle, because my rifles aren't treated as gently as Open guns.) For a defense gun, it is Eotech or Aimpoint. Each has their proponents and the debates can be lengthy. (I like both, but use an Eotech) For a game gun, you need a magnified sight to be "in the game", like a Meopta or Millett. (edited to answer the original question: C-more. I would probably sell both, and buy something else. See above.)
  16. http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/content/englishf.wmv
  17. Longshot, aka LOUDshot.....(double plug!)
  18. Here is the link to the Quickload comments by HighTechRedneck. LINK
  19. Ta-May-tow.....Tah-mAh-tow (tomato) ....... Tastes Great.....Less Filling Blonds....Brunettes Powder A....Powder B Tdean, IMO you have been around the reloading-block enough to safely play with 9major. Pick about 5-6 powders (3n38, 3n37, TrueBlue, Silouette, PowerPistol, 7625), go buy 1lb containers (or borrow a fuz from a buddy), and carefully work up some 170pf loads for each. Spend a weekend behind the press / chrono. There is plenty of data here from 9major shooters to find safe starting loads. Once you have found a common PF, load 100 or so of each and go compare how YOUR gun shoots them. Them decide how much $ you have to spend, how dirty you let your gun get, and what availability is for powder. VIOLA! You have it. IMO, NONE of the 9major loads are "safe" by textbook standards. They are all really high pressure. (I think that someone posted some computer loading data stating the pressure was ridiculous....HighTeckRedneck?) In my experience, the chamber, barrel, brass, and loading practices, can change pressure observations. Establish a known set of brass, and keep the press consistent for your own observations. Just my $0.02 brotha!
  20. I am one of the TB believers. Gun behavior can be different due to comp / holes / etc, but with my particular gun, TB won every head-to-head comparison. (3n38, 3n37, N350, Hs-6, 7625, Silhouette) It was flat and soft for me. It was as flat as 3n38, and as soft as N350 at the same time. I REALLY HATED the fact that TB was nasty-dirty. It IS gritty and at about 1000rds without cleaning, it starts to effect reliability, IMO. I think the cleanest was 7625. I have since left the Dark Side and returned to irons. (with a Glock!) My spare time became too scarce to dedicate the maintenence and practice of an Open gun.
  21. Hey Ron- I have Joe's phone number, but not with me right now. Here is his e-mail: Joe Lopez <joe.lopez@usd340.org> Tell ol'stinky Lopez that Little Bill sent ya. If you still need his phone number, PM me and I will get it later this evening. I hope that S-O-B didn't win another gun! He is the luckiest man I have ever met. He wins at least 50% of the stuff that gets raffled.
  22. ......societal demands vs personal freedoms...... I guess that is why we use people (aka politicians) to "represent" our views when laws are being drafted. The balance is always wrong from one's perspective.
  23. Flex- I was talking to a M-class Glock Limited shooter at Area 3, and he said that he had a Wolff trigger bar spring break on him earlier in the year.
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