Chillywig

I am thinking of having the upper and lower receiver cerakoted. Looking at disassembling all the parts and have a few concerns. While its a little different than an AR I think I see what needs done. I am just wondering anyone has any words of wisdom that can keep me from learning something the hard way for once? Thanks Andrew

That blocky looking thing looks like it would be a great hammer???? Hopefully the finished product looks better

I use the lee under sized die and I can feel when one of the stepped cases gets thru. It takes twice the force to size the stepped brass. I pull them before priming and pitch in the garbage.

They changed my battery tray doing the V3 board upgrade. The V2 tray was open and round exposing the majority of the battery. The V3 had a solid bottom with a small square cut out in the middle of the tray. V4 board upgrade comes with a tray like V2.

The original V2 was kind of loose. Sent mine in for the V3 upgrade and was super tight. I destroyed my battery tray too. Sent in again for V4 and all is well. So far

I run my vibration around 50-60 percent I guess. I do experience the same issue as you occasionally. I'd guess once per 500 or so. When it shuts off if there are still primers on the vibration surface I know it jammed. I remove primer tube and with a small screw driver press the stuck primer up instead of disassembling the top cover. The stuck primers are always sideways and once sitting straight drop right out. Definitely annoying but I still like it better than using the primer pick up tubes.

Why? I have the dillon primer filler and use WSR without issue. What happens for you?

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Anyone have loading data that shows using magnum or rifle primers change the velocity if everything else in the load stays the same - powder charge bullet weight and seating depth? My experimentation I have not noticed much if any difference in velocity between different primers. Just the mag and rifle primer have thicker cups for higher chamber pressure. I use Win SRP with zero ignition issues in 9 major

Just curious if you found these load combinations to translate into 9 major as well?

Doing some load development I asked the builder of my open gun about 115's. Since he also shot IPSC all he used were 124's. But did suggest 115 would get me increased slide velocity. I am leaning toward liking the 115's better but require more tinkering before getting there. Without a blind taste test so to speak it is a little hard to be objective...

The only other thing that can help single it down to the gun - try some factory ammo and see if it preforms the same as your major loads...

OK here's my last witch craft thing I can think of Is the trigger pull weight consistent no matter how the hammer gets cocked? Rack slide pull trigger cock hammer pull trigger with hammer down trigger pulled rack slide reset trigger then pull trigger

Jury is still out Scott - hope to do some more experimenting this winter When you get your gun re-chambered in 9mm I'll let you try some too...

Try close the slide empty gun. Look at gap between slide and comp. pull trigger. how much does gap close? What recoil system/spring?

I assume the STI barrel will plunk and spin that load no problems?

When shooting the 124HP out of the CK I always got the yellow looking powder residue. With the 115CMJ loads I am not seeing hardly any of the residue. Not sure if its because of a higher pressure or something else...

I had heard of the reverse temp sensitivity of Silhouette. Did some shooting - same load same gun no cleaning in between to examine PF difference at 63 and 30 degrees. Name: Limcat 8.5 Silhouette Notes: Cold outside Shots: 7 Average: 1531 FPS SD: 11 FPS Min: 1518 FPS Max: 1552 FPS Spread: 34 FPS Power Factor Average: 176 Power Factor Low: 174 Power Factor High: 178 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 30 Weight: 115 grains -------------------------- Name: Limcat 8.5 Silhouette Shots: 10 Average: 1521 FPS SD: 9 FPS Min: 1504 FPS Max: 1534 FPS Spread: 30 FPS Power Factor Average: 174 Power Factor Low: 172 Power Factor High: 176 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 63 Weight: 115 grains --------------------------

What caliber? What's your bullet? OAL?

That's crazy they want that much $$$ a year. Only thing I have ever used them for was to link descent pics where file size was restricted. I can only imaging the amount of cussing they receive daily when people come across a web search and find they info needed only to see photo bucket has removed the link. That sucks!

Why has photo bucket changed the way pics are linked? I am finding almost anywhere I look for older info where photo bucket pics were used the images are longer displayed saying to update 3rd party hosting. What happened?

Buy a MPX and don't worry about reloading for it. Just feed it the cheap stuff. It'll eat it up and shoot soft https://www.the-armory.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/9mm-ammo-wolf-poly-1000rds.html

Here is the comparison of the two guns shooting a Montana gold 124 HP OAL1.140 Name: CK Arms 124 Notes: 7.3 silhouette Shots: 8 Average: 1383 FPS SD: 8 FPS Min: 1371 FPS Max: 1396 FPS Spread: 25 FPS Power Factor Average: 171 Power Factor Low: 170 Power Factor High: 173 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 56 Weight: 124 grains -------------------------- Name: Limcat 124 Notes: 7.3 silhouette Shots: 10 Average: 1359 FPS SD: 7 FPS Min: 1348 FPS Max: 1377 FPS Spread: 29 FPS Power Factor Average: 168 Power Factor Low: 167 Power Factor High: 170 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 56 Weight: 124 grains --------------------------

Look at this 115CMJ load shot from different guns -------------------------- Name: CK arms 8.46 Silhouette Shots: 10 Average: 1538 FPS SD: 8 FPS Min: 1527 FPS Max: 1555 FPS Spread: 28 FPS Power Factor Average: 176 Power Factor Low: 175 Power Factor High: 178 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 65 Weight: 115 grains -------------------------- Name: Limcat 8.46 Silhouette Shots: 10 Average: 1509 FPS SD: 8 FPS Min: 1496 FPS Max: 1522 FPS Spread: 26 FPS Power Factor Average: 173 Power Factor Low: 172 Power Factor High: 175 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 65 Weight: 115 grains

Limcat 8.46 Silhouette Shots: 10 Average: 1509 FPS SD: 8 FPS Min: 1496 FPS Max: 1522 FPS Spread: 26 FPS Power Factor Average: 173 Power Factor Low: 172 Power Factor High: 175 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 65 Weight: 115 grains -------------------------- Name: Limcat 8.36 Silhouette Shots: 10 Average: 1490 FPS SD: 4 FPS Min: 1481 FPS Max: 1496 FPS Spread: 15 FPS Power Factor Average: 171 Power Factor Low: 170 Power Factor High: 172 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 59 Weight: 115 grains -------------------------- Name: Limcat 8.2 Silhouette Shots: 10 Average: 1461 FPS SD: 7 FPS Min: 1449 FPS Max: 1473 FPS Spread: 24 FPS Power Factor Average: 168 Power Factor Low: 166 Power Factor High: 169 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 62 Weight: 115 grains -------------------------- Name: Limcat 8.1 Silhouette Notes: 8.1 silhouette Shots: 9 Average: 1451 FPS SD: 5 FPS Min: 1444 FPS Max: 1457 FPS Spread: 13 FPS Power Factor Average: 166 Power Factor Low: 166 Power Factor High: 167 Barometric Pressure: 30 Temperature: 62 Weight: 115 grains