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  1. I added my comment on the one with the guy rolling front to back and back to front. I noticed it was being reviewed for appropriate content. I know it will never show up. I called them a bunch of clowns.

  2. I ran an open .45 way back when .38 super just started taking over. I ran a 3 chamber comp of my own design. With 200 gr cast bullets I had a lot of lead build up in the comp. It was less with 185s and even less with 175s. The 155s worked so well people thought I had a Super. No lead build up and very flat comp. I forget which powder but was by Accurate Arms. I ran what ever used the most powder, thinking this would make the most gas to work the comp.

  3. back in the 80s,before the rebirth of the .38 Super, the H&G 68 200 gr SWC was THE bullet for IPSC. Loaded over a charge of 5.7g of WW231 it would make major all day long. Very accurate also. It was the pick for NRA Bullseye shooters too but with a teenie charge of Bullseye powder, not 231. I think IIRC the load was 2.7 of Bullseye.

  4. back in the mists of time before the earth cooled, I worked all the overtime I could get. I bought myself a present; a Dillon RL1050. If I recall correctly it cost $750, so now you have an idea how long ago it was. I have loaded well over 100,000 rds of .45ACP, .38Spl and 9x23. Not many rounds as some 1050 owners go. But I still have it. It will be in service well after I am gone.

    I agree wholeheartedly with the many who say, buy the press. ANY Dillon. Heck, scoop the Dillon SDB for sale in the classifieds. You will start saving money now and Dillon will keep it in good working order FOREVER! As the one responder did, each 50 you load, put away the amount of $ you saved by reloading. You will quickly have the $ for you Brazos or whatever you ultimately decide upon.

    You may change your mind about what pistol you want but you will never regret buying a Dillon reloader.

    And no, I do not get commission from Dillon Precision.

    Blessed Be

    SharonAnne

  5. when I did cast, I used a custom Lee 6 cavity, 155 gr SWC .452". I had 2 Lee 20# pots. When the first got low I sat the mold on top of the full pot, loaded the empty pot, then continued casting. Sitting the full mold on the full hot-pot, the mold did not cool too much to adversely affect the next bullets cast. Of course, all sprues and bad bullets went into the pot to be recast.

    Eventually I found that casting bullets cut into my overtime at work and one days O.T. bought 3 months of bullets, so I stopped casting and worked the overtime. No overtime available now.

  6. in all of my pistols, regardless of the # of the mainspring, I run the HEAVIEST recoil spring I can with reliable function. Ideally I want the slide speed as close to zero as possible when it impacts the frame. This gives the least muzzle rise, in my experience. YMMV.

    Blessed Be

    SharonAnne

  7. as I stated earlier, I run a 15# mainspring in my Open division 9x23 and a 17# in my Ltd division .45. I use Winchester Large Pistol primers (WLP) in my .45 and Winchester Small Rifle primers (WSR) in my 9x23. Since the 15# mainspring sets off the Small Rifle Primers without fail I really suspect the problem resides with primers not fully seated and NOT with the # of the mainspring.

    Blessed Be

    SharonAnne

  8. check with the World Health Organization. They classify the health care systems of all countries. I for one will not travel to a country that does not have Level 1 health care. In Africa that limits it to South Africa. Australia is Level 1 as is Japan. No other country in Asia is above Level 3. In Europe it is much better, though Italy is Level 2. The United States of America and Canada are Level 1.

    If you are ill or injured while traveling you are at the mercy of the health care system of that particular country. A few years back one of the USA Olympic athletes became ill and was hospitalized behind the Iron Curtain. It was Victor Petrenko who supplied the needles, syringes, bandages and clean sheets. He always traveled with his own supply for just such occasions.

    The reality is Third World health care sucks. If you require surgery you are SKREWED!!! The best you can hope for is to get to the airport and hope you live long enough to get to a Level 1 health care country.

    Just a thought.

    SharonAnne RN

  9. If you REALLY want to do it yourself, I suggest getting a Dawson or Cylinder and Slide drop in kit. Each contains a hammer, sear, disconnecter, mainspring and leaf spring. Add a hammer strut and pin and you are good to go. If your P14 has the series 80 type firing pin safety I would add the C&S TIN coated Series 80 trigger pull reduction kit also. If you do this, have a REAL gunsmith do a safety check. As Joe said, leave the firing pin spring alone. It has nothing to do with your trigger 'pull'.

    Blessed Be

    SharonAnne

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