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  1. Pumps are tough to work in skeet. I used to be a skeet instructor. A suggestion would be any semi-auto you can acquire at a reasonable price. As you progress you will discover that there are a number of companies that can change your rib, change your front bead, lengthen or shorten the stock to get you a more comfortable length of pull, and even provide some add on cheek pieces to get your head in the right place on the stock. The objective with any clay target shotgun (trap, skeet, sporting clays) is to shoulder the gun and have your eye right on the front bead... the same time every time. You can take a modest, but reliable, semi-auto and tune it into a custom gun that fits you like a glove (that's a key!) ... and for not a major cash investment. Just get a reliable semi-auto to start with.
  2. You shouldn't have got that PE. Only you can call your hits. That was a total SO Opinion PE. Today you wouldn't get that PE.
  3. I wear 'old man jeans'. The weak side pocket is big. The mag goes in there easily. Then my hand is in a perfect position to grab the new mag as I come out of the pocket. YMMV
  4. For those of you struggling to find .22LR ammo, Cheaper Than Dirt currently has CCI Mini-Mag 40-grain HV ammo for only $99.89 (plus shipping) for a 100 round box! Stock up at Cheaper Than Dirt! (LOL). You can shoot your next Steel Challenge match for just $300, plus entry fee (LOL again). Some gougers deserve to be called out. After this I'll never even consider purchasing anything from Cheaper Than Dirt.
  5. Yes... perfectly legal. In many jurisdictions in the State you can even live fire in your back yard if you have a proper berm and are not "recklessly endangering others". Local county/city/town laws do apply for that. I'm fortunate to live way rural, and have a legal 75 yard range in my backyard. If you are going to dry firing in you backyard, and only dry fire, have no live ammo on you. That way if a Karen calls the cops you can prove what you were doing.
  6. A Big +1. Nothing is worse at an IDPA match than an SO with a Big Head, and a Small Brain. BTDT.
  7. I have to agree. Shooting a revo with a 7.75 pound trigger pull, Federals are it, although Win has worked, the others are a no-no. In a striker fired semi-auto I have no problems with those, or CCI. No thoughts on Rem (their QC prevents me from purchasing anything they make), or the foreign primers.
  8. One AD with that comp and he won't be doing any 'sit downs' for awhile
  9. I love my Ruger MK IV. Very easy to strip & clean. I shoot a 5 inch bull barrel version, with a Volquartsen trigger at 2.5 pounds. A Picatinny rail from Ruger holds a red dot for RFPO (A Class) and a Hi-Vis FO front sight (screws right into the gun, with the same screw as the original) with the factory rear lets me shoot in RFPI (A Class) by just pulling the red dot. A lot of fun with one gun... and really easy to strip & clean.
  10. IMHO it's a very poor idea to look at the competition and then try and figure out what your score will be in relation to them before the match. As well, keeping score during a match is also not a great idea. It takes your mind away from the simple "See targets, shoot targets as fast and accurately as you can". Run the match like you would at a local match. Go for it! Thinkin' ain't always good.
  11. Win 231 & HP38 (same powder, different can) are really close to TiteGroup and cleaner... although not as clean as N310 or N320. I don't think you'll see any fall off in load performance with 231/HP38.
  12. Maybe... like any good business... they have learned from their mistakes of the past and taken corrective action. Based upon my experiences in 2013, I would hope so. And if so, view that as a positve for them. I also heard via 'grapevine' that McNeese is no longer an instructor there.
  13. Good advice. I have both in different calibers. Both work fine. Get a Hornady taper crimp die and be done with it.
  14. The barrel, and the target groups, tell you all you need to know about the bullet.
  15. I use 3.5 N310 with Bayou 120 TCG coated lead bullet for a 128 PF from a 5 inch 1/16 twist KKM barrel. 3.1 with the same bullet gets me 940 fps for Steel Challenge. No smoke, clean burning. You have to be careful with this powder, and if you use an adjustable powder measure MAKE DARN SURE it's not changing on you. I use fixed drum powder measures and have no issues. I would be hesitant to use this powder with a jacketed bullet.
  16. I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but it's an excellent idea to number your mags so that you can easily determine which are malfing on you. A piece of masking tape and a black Sharpie make that easy. Nothing is worse than having a mag malf and then wondering which one it was. And, several extra mags are also a good idea, because mags can fail.
  17. I can't imagine a 'gunsmith' asking that question and expecting to be 'on the money' without knowing the intended load, or the shooter. Loads will vary, and two different shooters can pick up the same gun & load and shoot to different POI. I suspect the smith was "going by the book" to pick the proper front height sight for a standard load in that caliber. That doesn't mean your load will be on for you. A Swiss file and a drift punch are your friend when it comes to zeroing fixed sights for you & your load. 25-yards is a good place to zero because it won't hurt you at any range found in USPSA/IPSC/IDPA/Steel Challenge/ICORE.
  18. Thanks for the tip. I had a comp on a .22 rifle that had fired a few hundred lead loads, with leading in the front ports, and crud in the rest of the comp. Out of Kroil. Took a small pill bottle, put the comp in it, filled it with Corrosion X and let it sit two days. After that a small center punch easily knocked the lead out of the holes, and a 40 cal brush from the rear took out everything else. Cor X worked, and it will not harm metal in any way. I have used it for many years as a lube for .22 actions because it doesn't hold fouling, and for trigger lube on all pistols. It's the only thing I will lube a revolver with. Kroil might be a bit better on comp cleaning, but Cor X worked.
  19. The way things are right now I'd run whatever ammo you can get that is reliable in your gun. For Steel Challenge there is no big difference in a load that groups .5 inches at 25 yards as opposed to one that groups 1.5 inches. Just make sure it's reliable. One malf can ruin your stage.
  20. Does anyone have any info on trigger work, or drop-in components, to lighten the pull on the Browning Buck Mark .22LR pistol?
  21. If you are a right-hand shooter and moving right to left when you reload, your normal reload will break the 180. Instead, flip your right wrist hard right to point the muzzle downrange. The gun will then be horizontal, but pointing down range. Mag ejects just fine, new mag goes in just just fine. Beats going home early.
  22. Same here. I have to re-type every thing into the Existing User Sign in. What's up with this? It's a royal PITA. Then it tells me "Sorry, you do not have permission to be here". Then I click on the Forum, and I'm logged in and displayed as GOF. Like always. What's up with this?
  23. I'll second that! I've used them in 9mm, .38 Spl and .45 ACP. Their 9mm 120 grain TCG is one of the most accurate 9mm bullets I've used... and that includes accuracy testing a lot of factory loads. Bayou works for me!
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