Fathead302

That was a lot of fun, thanks for all the hard work putting on your match! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q3gHI_xK0M

I would like to optimize my 1100 for 3 gun, and my main complaint with it so far is that loading it is less than ideal. I already have a DMW EZ loader on it, but am thinking that opening up the loading port on it would help out. Does anybody have any experience opening up the loading port on a Remington 1100? Are there any spots I should be careful of to not open up too much? Any pictures to share? Thanks!

Great finish Mike. I dont mean to be a buzzkill on the team shoot, but since when did they start making the competitors ground a safe gun? Ive talked to several shoot off competitors who said they always just put it down. When I shot it at BRM3G two years ago, it was just "ground the gun". Watch all the previous shootoffs and you dont seem to see the guns going on safe. I may be wrong, but I thought it was a crappy call. yeah, but I didnt care; I made sure that my other two teammates knew it was just one of those things that happens, and that is was an honor just to get to shoot with them, and to actually shoot and hit steel was reward in itself! Apparently those Stag Arms techwear shirts come in extra long sizes and have a horeshoe sewn into the back bottom of them. Here is the Team Shoot Off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD9mw4VR0RM Who is that ruggedly handsome "husky" guy running the second leg of the relay? Sorry I slowed you guys down. It was quite and experience to be shooting with/against such talent. Definitely my lucky day!

Is a Magpul AFG legal on a Tac-Optics rifle? Is it included in the "etc." below? 6.5.4 Rifle supporting devices (i.e. bipods, etc.) are not allowed in this Division. Thanks!

I don't know if I want to attend a match that utilizes "Metal man flashers"

I have an iphone so no luck on "shooter", but I was able to find "Ballistic" which is based off the JBM ballistics engine that also uses current weather conditions for corrections. I will give that one a shot and see how it does. Most of the matches I attend are local and utilize a 100 yard range maximum for rifles, but I will be attending the Ozarks 3 Gun Championship in September, and my poor performance from last years longer range stages still causes me to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat! I only have access to a 300 yard range to do testing on, so the info you have posted will help to get me in the ballpark when it comes to game day. Thanks

Great info MarkCO, thanks for sharing. What is the ballistics calculator that you are using on your phone?

It wasn't vigorous movement, just lightly waving it around. The scale was jumping around by +/- 2 grains while it will only jump by +/- .2 grains just waving my hand around over it. It is an Iphone if that makes a difference.

I was loading up some .223 ammo today, and was having a particularly rough time getting the scale (Dillon D-Terminator) to settle down after dumping in the powder, and I was getting very inconsistent charges. It was very frustrating until I noticed that just getting near the scale with nothing on it and the numbers would be jumping around. At the same time I received a text message on my cell phone...EUREKA! I took out the phone and waved it near the scale, lo and behold, the numbers danced all over the place. I put the phone outside the room and no more scale problems. I'm sure I am not the first to discover this, but hadn't seen this information before, so thought I would share.

MarkCO, I don't know if you intended to, but you have blown my novice rifleman mind! This site is so informative, but sometimes I feel like I am back in my college physics class learning Quantum Mechanics! If it wouldn't be too much of a trade secret to share, could you expand on some of what you said in your previous post? When discussing RM3G and the different holds shooters were using, do you mean that at one time during the match all of the data you have that says where to hold for 585yards actually worked on a 585 yard target, but after conditions changed you would have had to hold on the 585 yard target more like it was at 300 yards? Would this information be discovered on the clock when moving your hold over and walking the rounds on target? When you say "run your data" and "look at your data sheets" do you mean from a ballistics calculator as was posted earlier, or real world range data, or both? I ran the JBM Ballistics Calculator (thanks outerlimits)for my reticle and came up with this: dot moa actual yardage 100 0 100 200 1.1 160 300 3.3 250 400 6.1 330 500 9.6 420 600 13.6 500 So theoretically if a target had been found to have an actual range of a little over 300 yards, I would actually be using the "400 yard" reticle? Is this what you mean by "using the MOA of your dots." Thanks

I have a scope with a BDC reticle (Burris Tac30) that has holdover dots out to 600 yards. These holdovers are calibrated by the manufacturer for using certain projectiles (62gr) at a certain speed (3025fps), and zeroing the scope at 100 yards using the 100 yard center dot. I am loading my own 69gr SMK HPBT ammunition. When I run the numbers for my loads through the Hornady Ballistics Calculator, the "Come Up in MOA" differ from the scopes holdovers as follows: Range(yds) Scope Hold Over(MOA) Come Up in MOA from calculator 100 0 0 200 1.1 2.0 300 3.3 5.0 400 6.1 8.8 500 9.6 13.3 As I have seen from the above table, the farther out in distance, the more the numbers differ. If I were to sight in the rifle and scope at the manufacturers recommended distance of 100 yards, the holdovers will become increasingly further off from true POA/POI the further out the targets become. Here is where the theory comes in, and my request for feedback from the shooters on this sight who have undoubtedly more experience at shooting longer ranges than I do. Would the following be correct assumptions if I were to zero the scope at 300 yards, using the 300 yard holdover dot in the scope? The holdovers for 100yards-200 yards would be off, but only marginally so? The zero for 300 yards would be dead on. And the 400 yard POI would be much closer to the holdover dot for 400 yards than it would have been with a 100 yard zero? Or Am I just thinking too much and I should learn that the 300yard holdover dot will actually be closer to a theoretical 250yards? Thanks everyone!

Any ideas on round counts yet?

http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-display-match-results-detail.php?indx=1826 Ahh ha! Thanks!

Does anyone have a link to where the results can be found? I have looked at the a5 site and uspsa site, but neither is showing results. Thanks

I knew it! It's all in the handshake! And as far as guns go, there is no maximum magazine limit in our peashooters, but we Illinoisans are only allowed a max magazine capacity of 10 rounds in our assault slingshots!

Where do you all find local multigun match announcements? I am searching for matches that I could travel to in under 2 hours, but just can't seem to find a place online that has any listings other than this forum, and none local to me. I am in central Illinois and there just seems to be nothing around. Do I just have to count on word of mouth? Do I not know the secret handshake?

Anyone know when the MGM switchview will be out for the TAC 30? Any other options out there for a cattail that anyone has tried and liked?

Definitely a practice I will incorporate with all loading activity from now on. I guess I just took for granted that the powder check would catch a problem instead of using it as just one more check on top of visual verification of powder drop in each case.

Dillon 650 with a powder check. Loads are 9mm, 115 grain Berry's Plated, Bullseye powder, Tula primers. I can think of a few scenarios that would have caused the squib: 1-It was raining during the whole match, maybe the powder got wet. Unlikely 2-We were having lots of problems** while reloading these rounds, my guess is I short-stroked the press to clear one of the many jams, and failed to notice that I had not dropped powder in the case, and somehow the powder check failed to catch it also. Possible 3-somewhere in the 1200 rounds that were loaded in this one session I just got careless and didn't notice somehow. Most likely scenario. We try and go slowly, pay attention, check powder drops frequently, and measure OAL occasionally. We even case gauge every single round as I have found it weeds out most of the split cases. But, I guess with the law of averages and the numbers of rounds that can be reloaded over time, its a matter of time before you get a bad one. **This will be the last time I order Tula primers. While the press was decapping the cases, quite often the exposed end of the primer would rip off either partially or totally. In the case of partially ripping off,the primer would look like a partially opened tin can lid that has been bent up and it would jam up the shellplate. If the end totally ripped off, it would leave the sides of the primer in the case, and then the new primer would not be able to seat at all.

Had my first squib yesterday, and it was on the clock. Luckily the projectile did not travel very far down the barrel, so it kept the next round from feeding. Even though it definitely sounded funny, in the heat of the stage I pulled the trigger again, saw the next round did not feed, racked the slide, and then realized something was not quite right. Lesson learned the easy way (stage ruined, but hand and gun in good shape), slow down and pay attention while reloading, and definitely don't pull the trigger again when you hear, bangbangbangbangpop

Any luck working with your club?

Is the match going to be held at the same location as last year?

Now that was fun! Definitely worth the trip. Thanks for a great match.

Signed up, now I just have to wait 6 more months...

Has the match fee been determined yet? I need to determine how expensive of a purse I need to buy in order to appease the wife unit!