gerritm

This just happened to me, found a small piece of primer brass or crimp ring that fell out when I took it apart. Bent the arm, once replaced it worked fine. Happened using range brass, pretty sure it is crimped/sealed Winchester Nato type brass. Has a crimp ring, not sure if it was the crimp ring or a piece of the primer that stuck in the primer plate opening and jammed it. If I feel resistance now I stop immediately without forcing the arm and take the primer assembly apart to prevent the primer advance arm from bending. I keep a spare around. gerritm

I had several custom chamber flags made at High Caliber Graphix off Etsy in Las Vegas. Last one made I just went to their website & ordered. Have held up well. https://5150vegas.com/product/personalized-chamber-flag/ gerritm

I run the Taccom Extreme BCG with weight out & 3-stage buffer with 115's RN plated at just over 125 PF. 14.5 JP pinned barrel with their tac comp. Had the SS but really couldn't tell the difference. My GD runs a stock NFA BCG with weight in & 3-stage buffer same load in a Taccom 5"ULW upper. Both guns cycle fast and dot does not move. Hers has a little more felt recoil. I tried many different combo of PF & bullet weights & this is the best for our PCC's. gerritm

I actually replaced the Dillon die with a Lee when the E clip broke. I have always used Lee Decapping dies until I sent the unit back for a rebuild having issues with the 9mm brass tilting going into the first die. Dillon completely rebuilt my 650 & installed one of their decapping dies and gave me back the Lee. There is a little more forgiveness in the Dillon die mouth than the Lee. The brass goes in more smoothly & I like the feel. It works well & sizes the brass correctly as I case gauge every round. gerritm

Happens at many matches. Generally, at least with our 3-gun/UML matches it is an experienced shooter/SO who is assigned to clear only the shotguns and rifles. It is done safely into the bottom of the dump barrel never pointing downrange. Once the gun is cleared, bolt open, or flagged, and safety applied it is left in the dump barrel for the shooter/RO to remove unless they are in another bay/not downrange and then it is removed to a rack or safe area. If the person assigned is not familiar with the gun, it is left for the shooter to clear under the supervision of the RO. Never have seen an AD doing this. gerritm

My combo of 115gr 125PF rounds, Taccom Extreme BCG/no weight & 3-stage buffer with JP barrel & pinned tac comp pushes the dot straight back on my PCC,, but being left handed I have always fought this on my AR rifles no matter what comp. I cured 90% of this torque by drilling the holes on the top & left side (9 & 11 o'clock) of the comp out 2 sizes larger. That pushes the gun into my right hand. Holding far out on the guard. Of course this depends on what comp you have if it will work. gerritm

My son shoots with me along with my 17 year old grand daughter. She loves multigun, USPSA, & Steel challenge. When she first got interested a few years ago in shooting we started her with a .22 pistol progressed to 9mm. She is very competitive, and got frustrated with the iron sight pistol. Tried PCC, built her a light weight one, and she loved it and has never looked back. Now shoots, pcc, rifle, pistol, and shotgun very well and competes with us. Has turned into a very good shooter. My grandsons who are 5 & 8 both shoot .22's when they visit in a very safe environment. Can't wait for the oldest to visit next time & try SC. I put together a .22 pistol & rifle just for them. My advice is to find what they like not necessarily your likes are. gerritm

Feel better cause each had several thousand rounds on it. Funny thing is I have never been able to find the pieces or clip. Looked all over. Thanks, gerritm

New Glock for the hood. gerritm

What would cause the clip to break? Do they just wear out? I had 2 pin setups for the die and broke one about a month ago. About 5K on it. The pin looked fine, not bent or broken. Replaced the whole pin/spring.clip & this one broke last night. This pin had a slight bend to it. About 2K on this one. Decapping range brass, might have some military sealed primers in the range brass. Ordered a 10 pack of each from Dillon, pins & clips. I have always used Lee decapping/sizing dies before, but when they rebuilt the press a few months ago they replaced my Lee with a Dillon die. It has worked perfect until recently all brass is sized correctly. gerritm

Now if you are going to run open minor, there is nothing wrong with the 34. I have one that I shoot 3-gun minor. Ported barrel by my LGS instead of a comp which I took off due to the length. Barrel has 3 ports, 1 slightly forward, center up, rear back. Have a slide mount Vortex Red Dot, Pyramid trigger, Dawson Ice magwell, extended mag release etc. Shoot right at 125 PF. Gun is flat & fast. Fairly inexpensive. gerritm

I shot a Carver built Glock 17 open gun with major PF for several years and have run 2 open Glock 34's in 3-gun & USPSA. Minor in 3-gun, major in USPSA. The 17 is faster & easier to shoot. 34 is too long once you get the comp on. 17 seems being more compact to keep the dot down, where the longer barrel 34 moves more. My shooting buddy has run a 34 major for several years. I believe he has cracked 3-slides right at the ejection port which Glock replaced. Both 17 & 34 work for major but are not ideal. Metal guns work much better. gerritm

Ordered from Dawson, thanks. gerritm

Loading some 200 gr plated to just make PF. What recoil spring? gerritm

She is 17 started shooting a little over a year ago. She also played every sport, VB, Swimming, & SB. Did well in all. But concentrated on school instead of sports. Strait A's. Her Dad & I both shoot. She wanted to join us. My wife is not a big gun person, but doesn't really care one way or other and will shoot SG & .22 once in awhile. Her mother is not involved. Started her out in PCC in USPSA & UML. She is a natural with a rifle. Struggled with a pistol until we had a buddy who is a former Green Beret & firearms instructor teach her the finer points of shooting a pistol that father's & grand fathers can't. Same with shotgun, she did a clinic with Jerry & Lena at Babes with Bullets & improved greatly. Loves multi-gun & USPSA. Shoots all guns well now. Is really good with AR & PCC. Really likes falling steel matches shooting PCC & shotgun. One note about starting out. We picked PCC because it is the easiest to shoot, no reloads, fun & accurate. Transfers to rifle easily with same controls, SG & pistol have a longer learning curve so worked into that. Needs to be fun and if she is like my GD she will want to be competitive quickly. Good luck with your daughter. We have a great time shooting together & competing against each other. gerritm

Kind of a waste of 25-30 yards of good real estate for targets & shooting. gerritm

This. Shot an outlaw match Sunday that had a similar start. 25 yard run to retrieve gun & start the stage. Not equitable to all. Some of the older (including me) shooters had a hard time completing the run. Chances of tripping/injury are high. Better ways to build up heart rate. Probably will not go back to this match, several of the shooters said the same. gerritm

She shot it this weekend in an AR match at our local range. Beat my old slow butt. She took 7th out of almost 40 shooters. Shot the short range targets as fast or faster than any other shooter including me. Struggled a little with some new positions that the SD demanded, but is learning. Hit the longer range steel at 200/300 with no problems. We are using a LWBCG/RCA adjustable gas key with an old Taccom LW buffer system. Ran perfect the whole day. She is loving it.

That is the one we got. gerritm

We did have to open the gas up on the key quite a bit to get it to lock back on empty chamber. Temp was about 90 & it ran fine & ejected the initial rounds using some 55gr Angelfire reman ammo that I know is lower FPS (2800) than standard XM193, but figuring when it gets chilly it would probably not work. So set the gas with the lower fps loads until it would just lock back and then gave it about 1/2 more turn. It really shot soft before setting the gas. gerritm

My granddaughter's rifle was due for an upgrade on her barrel. She had a basic 16" 1x8 mid length barrel. It has a LW BCG/adj.gas key, Lantac Dragon comp, & older Taccom light buffer. Barrel was OK as far as accuracy with XM193 55gr & Hornady 75gr Black. Vortex Viper PST 1x6 scope. Gun shot fairly soft with this setup. My son shoots a Stretch16 & I have a Faxon barrel. After much investigation & advice, including a $50 off coupon from the Babes with Bullets match we decided on a Criterion 16" rifle length gas barrel. Installed the barrel, kept the Lantac comp, LW BCG/adj.gas key, & buffer. My son zeroed it at 200 yards. Took it out yesterday for her to shoot. Our range has steel at 300 yards. Painted the large IPSC steel She ran some 55gr, first 3 shots off sand bags were dead center @ 300. Switched to the 75gr Hornady Black. Also dead center slightly lower. Probably 3" group or less. Wanted to see how it felt off hand. She shot the 55's off hand at the large steel @ 300 and hit 3 out of 4. Gun is super soft & very accurate. My son shot it off hand @ 300 with same results says he thinks it has less movement than his Stretch setup. Will run it out to 500 next at another range. gerritm

Bay Area Practical Shooters (BAPS) shoot a USPSA match on the 3rd Saturday of the month at PSC Range in Friendswood along with several others during the month. Here is their website.We shoot most Houston area USPSA & Steel Challenge matches, 3-gun is pretty much done here locally at least for the summer. There are also some small local USPSA matches that are not on Practiscore. https://www.pscshootingclub.com/

Next SS match is in July & he is going to try the Wilson. Has been dry firing with it and so far likes it, but you know it is all different under the clock. He liked the Dawson one also. gerritm

I have had the same predicament with mine. I have gone thru 3-Vortexs & one of the new Bushnell's. Tried the Burris FF3 and it has held zero with no issues for many rounds, probably around 5K also. Lifetime warranty. gerritm

Checkout Holster CO. They made a retention/competion/duty style 3-gun holster for my granddaughter's CZ SP01/75 that works. They have a bunch of CZ pistols listed. Got it pretty fast and fits well. Hood mechanism also works well. She has many matches on it. https://miholsterco.com/duty-competition/ gerritm