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Mike in CT

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  • Birthday 05/22/1962

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    Santa Rosa, Califorina
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    Shooting, fly fishing, Nascar
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    Mike Simi

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  1. Hi Guys, I have been shooting M&Ps for about 5 years now. My main pistol is the 5" Pro with Apex parts. I was able to pick up a 5" Ported model and have a couple of questions. I do not feel much recoil reduction with my 129 PF loads, sounds like I need to bump the charge up? Also I am not impressed with the stock accuracy, even in a Ramson Rest. So here is the big question. I know you can get a conversion barrel to make a 40 into a 9, can you get a conversion barrel to make a 9 into a 40? Maybe have the slide reamed out to 40 spec and then buy the 9 conversion barrel?> Sounds like KKM barrels are the way to go, anyone have one quad ported and if so did it make a difference? Mike
  2. I have been researching this both here and on other forums. It seems there is a lot of information and likely a lot of mis-information out there. What I would like is a dot that floats ABOVE the iron sights. I see no use in having the dot partially covering the iron sights, seems odd to me. I am not sure what the actual definition of co-witness is, but it seems like everyone has their own idea. With that said, does anyone have solid info on an optic and how the dot sits in relation to the iron sights? I have been looking at the Burris FF3 (cheap, lifetime warranty), J Point and Dr. I cannot find an STS anywhere, looks like the new STS2 is the only one available and that DOES NOT fit the pistol regardless of which plate you use. A picture of the sights/dot alignment would be great. thanks in advance, looking forward to getting the optic mounted! Mike OK, I looked up the definition of co-witness, looks like what I want is the lower 1/3 co-witness, so the dot floats above the iron sights.
  3. Same Problem here. Call Smith and they sent a label for me to send pistol and CMore to them. Going to check with them next week. Sucks, out $300++ for the Cmore, I wonder what Smith will say or do?
  4. I think I will stick with a spray of gun scrubber and *flossing* the inside of the mags with an old sock! Mike
  5. Did they come out with a kinda brushed finish or did they stay shiny like buffed stainless steel? Did you just use water and pins, or did you add some cleaner, Mike
  6. I was thinking the same thing. I wet tumbled some aluminum mag basepads and it worked well. Rounded any rough edges. Waiting to see how the wet tumble works! Mike
  7. OK, so I am almost embarest to say I use the STI 126mm 'pinched' 10 round magazines. For those of you not familiar they basically folded in a groove on the sides making it basically a single stack mag. STI has sent me new springs but they lighten up quickly and do not seem to last more than a season of shooting at best. Anyone else out there use these and have you found a replacement spring for these? I am thinking that there must be some longer springs (like for Wilson 10 round 45ACP mags, that could be fit into these bodies). Thanks Mike (no longer in CT, now in CA.....not sure which is worse for gun owners.
  8. I load with moly coated lead bullets and have s similar problem. If I force them in the case guage it will actually shave a bit of moly/lead off the bullet. It appears that the bullets themselves had a bulge or oblong diameter and they stick out past the rim. Once I 'shave' that part of the bullets they work just fine. Might want to try that. BTW I load with U die and FCD and I still end up wiith this problem. It is the bullet, not the case in my situation. I can get from 1 to 3 per hundred. Normally all of these would have chambered. neat trick, I had my gunsmith take a brand new chamber reamer and run it down the guage and the barrel so now both are the same spec, Mike
  9. Always nice to pop into the forum after many months and find just what I was looking for. I just bought an Edge after owning an Eagle for 6 years. I also hear the load long info, generally 1.18 is what I hear the most. My Eagle would run with either 1.13 or 1.18 just fine. Will be making some test loads and hitting the range the next few days to dial in the Edge. I plan to load about 5.5grns WSF under a Bear Creek Moly 180grn . I will end up loading at whatever is the most accurate. My only other 40 is an M&P and I do not need to make major as I run that in Production or IDPA so might even be easier to load the major PF longer so I always know which is which.
  10. So I called Benelli, they say that it looks like it would work but it does not. bummer
  11. I am looking to shorten the LOP on my Benelli M2 so today when I took the butt pad off I saw what looks like a second set of snaps 1" in from the end of the stock. Looking at the outside of the stock there is a visible line where this second set of 'snaps' is. Could it be as easy as just cutting off 1" and popping the butt pad back in? I did some measurements and it looks like the second set of snaps has the same width, but maybe 1/4" shorter, maybe the butt pad can conform to that? Any advice or suggestions appreciated. Mike
  12. Yeah, I missed on the first attempt by 1 question, not bad considering I did not prep for the test. I am trying to login for my second attempt and it does not recognize me. It just says. warning, check your email address. Yeah, I tried both my email addresses, upper case/lower case, cut and pasted my email address from the recert notice I received. no luck, Anyone run into this? Any help appreciated!
  13. 8ring, I am local to Bear Creek and we will either do group buys or have one guy swing by and pick up an order. What are you looking for, maybe I can help out. He has raised his prices but only a couple bucks per thousand. Right now he says he is 2+ months behind in filling orders. Our group just put in a 100k round order so we will see how long it takes. Mike
  14. I have loaded thousands of rounds of 9, 40 and .223 but new to the 45 ACP. I like WSF as I can use it in both the 9 and 40, and since I have a decent supply would like to look at using it in the 45. But I also have a few pounds of Titegroup as well. I am planning on a range/chrono day with some test loads, but always like to hear what everyone has to say about going one way or the other. I see that both Titegroup and WSF provide recipes on their websites, any opinions or advice between using one or the other? I will be loading with Bear Creek Moly, 230Grn SWC. Mike
  15. I just stumbled on to this thread and it sounds like the mag pouch is legal but I think I will call HQ Monday and ask. My desire to run this mag pouch is that I shoot IDPA, USPSA, both with either double stack or single stack magazines and this little pouch will accommodate any of the mags I would use at any given time. Just my two cents, but they do not appear provide any advantage, but then again I am a slow shooter and play the games for the fun of them, not to be the fastest guy out there. Mike
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