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+1 for the Proctor Sling. Frank kept it super simple with this design and the price is great too. Plenty of adjustment and holds up great. Easy to attach to most any long gun with or without "real" sling points.
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Eh, run it in a 1911, .45 of course. Classic powder for a timeless platform. Very neat keg indeed.
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Lots of people swap recoil master standard guide rod and spring, but not required.
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Precision Bullets have a coated bullet that I have been using for some time.
BBI has great products.
Falcon Bullets are new to coating but have been around for a bit and they are another great option.
All these are suggestions for coated cast bullets. Not sure that you would have any less exposed lead with any of the thinly plated bullets.
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Same mag capacity as 223.
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I know that I have a spare stock guide rod or two and I may have a striker sleeve as well. Let me know if I can be of help.
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Nothing wrong with it at all, especially for matches where the max distance stays a bit shorter. In matches where you have to stretch out beyond 250yds, those bigger, slower projectiles really start penalize those who don't know their drops very well.
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Longer OAL's also help with keeping pressures down when loading to major PF.
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The OP was weighing what he had and posting it. Some of the stuff may be more relevant than other items to different people. Thanks for the info.
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You've just got have enough recoil spring to overcome the striker spring to keep the gun in battery and enough striker spring to reliably ignite primers.
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It's life-changing for sure.
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Best luck! Just have fun and be safe.
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SAAMI spec is the shortest I would go in any caliber unless deliberately trying to create low-power rounds. When you decrease OAL, you generally increase pressure.
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Agree with others. You have plenty of gun to get started with. Just use the holsters/pouches you have. Figure out the rest as you go. Get someone to let you borrow a shotgun loading gizmo before you get invested in any one style.
Get confident with a 6" plate at 30 yds with the pistol, a 10" plate out to 400 with the rifle and loading the shotgun. Also doesn't hurt to know where shotgun slugs hit out to about 100 yds. Greatest bang for buck will be getting long-range rifle hits quickly and loading shotgun swiftly. Beyond that, just generally get faster with each weapon and you will be winning.
Go shoot a match ASAP!
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Could your follower be hanging on something?
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As long as it's a small pistol primer, you should be fine.
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You will likely not know the difference at the chrono. Only way to know for sure with your load is to run it over the chrono though. Some have said that this primer has a harder cup and can cause issues for some with light strikes. I never have had any issue with 'em myself.
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I like that justification!
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I agree with the above statement, and I also feel that this start allows for better control if the 2nd mag is needed for a reload. This way you grip the mag that you will be reloading with your left hand and can see what you're about to try to shove into the magwell.
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I would think that it may have something to do with canted bullets too. The ring you describe as being only partway around the case would be consistent. A different seating stem and/or a little more bell might help.
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Zack Definitely try a couple slight adjustments with the rounds before doing anything else if you're set on leaving the gun stock. Add a little powder, maybe .2 grs or so; shorten OAL a hundredth or 2. Most all of us run lightened recoil springs though, so nothing wrong with that at all. Some folk even cut a few coils off stock springs.
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He was referring to the Hornady 75 gr Amax not being suited to AR mag length...
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Had to go to Briley thinwalls, but only have 2 chokes Light Mod and Diffusion. Turnaround was about 10 days at that time.
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For major or minor PF loads? Purpose for rounds?
Mag seating is for squares.
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I would venture a guess that most of us have had this occur on one occasion or another. I can get 21 in my start mag, but the other day I left it on my belt at the start because I wanted the bigger mag later in the stage. It went like this:
Beep, bangbang, bangbang, bang-ding, bangbang, reload, bangding, click, rack slide, catch falling mag, reinsert, click, SMACK base of mag, rack slide, bangbangbangbangbangbang, expletive, expletive, etc.
ALWAYS make certain that ur reload mag has few enough rounds to be reloadable.