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That bullet looks great. I have a Lee mold for it, too, but not a six cavity. I once tried some of those 150 grain .38 Lee bullets for my 9mm but didn't like how deeply I had to seat them for them to chamber due to that blunt nose. Since they do chamber in your 9mm that would make a very soft load making PF. I'm thinking the slim ogive of that Lee 9mm bullet allows me to seat it out to recommended OAL cor the 9mm cartridge (especially with the .002 or so added to the nose diameter with the powder coating.

To wish doodie on anybody is not only mean and cold it's just outright sick.

I'm just starting to shoot these RN 9mm in my PCC. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/658356/lee-6-cavity-bullet-mold-356-125-2r-9mm-luger-38-super-380-acp-356-diameter-125-grain-2-ogive-radius I have shoot them in my CZ pistols with great results and they seem to shoot just as well in the PCC. I have very few rejects with the Lee mold using clip-on wheel weights as my bullet alloy. My bullets weigh 129 grains after powder coating them with Harbor Freight red. the powder coat cost about $6.00 a pound and that will coat thousands (OK I'm not sure how many, but lots) of bullets. I shake and bake the powder coating so all I needed for new equipment was a Cool Whip tub and a toaster oven. There is no residue left in the bore other than the normal carbon. It's such a pleasure to powder coat and have clean, non sticky bullets than to conventionally size and lubricate regular cast lead bullets. If you have access to free or cheap wheel weights your ammo coast is greatly reduced with shooting cast lead bullets and powder coating them make them every bit as good as Berry's or other plated bullets out there.

Just because you're in a community of "gun people" doesn't mean there aren't some jerks around . Best to not take insulting comments seriously. Look at how Nimitz responded to negative comments about his post with grace and good humor. Of course, he knows he can shoot circles around those guys and it just doesn't matter. you did get the answer to your question. I hope you get a real PCC and shoot in that division. The more PCCers the better so all MDs see the popularity and allow PCC division at their local matches.

I, too, am a bag man. I've used carts in the past for various shooting games and they were often more trouble than they were worth getting bogged down in the mud or over very uneven ground. Un-bagging when making ready not only is safe it also appears safe to the many non PCC folks at the match. Just the sight of a bare carbine being carried around even if it's flagged and only from a cart to the firing line can cause concern for some. Everyone in USPSA is comfortable with holstered handguns being considered safe to and from the firing line and bagged carbines fit this safety mindset. I'm now making sure to see if a fellow PCC shooter needs someone to take his bag from where he makes ready to the finish point at a match and if I don't know someone there I'll make sure to ask someone bring my bag to the finish point.

Overall weight is also a consideration. A drum? 50 rounds is still 50 rounds in a long box or round one; maybe if doing an Al Capone imitation For shooting Steel Challenge matches everything I've seen, heard, and read indicates the lighter the gun the quicker the transitions. Steel Challenge has 5 plates requiring a very quick draw/presentation and lightning quick transitions.between the plates. I have both my full sized AR 9mm and my S&W M&P 15-22 which is much lighter than the AR 9mm even with no mags inserted. With the light weight of the .22s and mag the 15-22 is easily 1/2 the weight of the AR 9mm. Especially when locked and loaded with that 32-20 mag combination. In practice alternating between the .M&P 15-22 and the AR 9mm it's just so obvious the light one is much quicker on the transitions. OK, maybe it's not completely fair to compare the .22 and the 9mm due to sifferent dot bounce, but at least it can give some indications. I also know that I don't use the 32-20 round mag combination to shoot a steel match, but again, it gives me an indication about weight difference and transitions. Like someone above mentioned. That yuge stick (D. Trump influence) 32-20 mag combination will be in my range bag, but probably won't be used routinely. It's a reliable mag and I'm happy to own it, but will probably use my 20 rounders and 32s more often.

Commission? How about a Wilson? I have 3 ARs from PSA and have been very happy with them all. Like others have mentioned even their "blemished" ones are difficult to find anything I'd call a blemish. The PSA 9mm I shoot for PCC is their 16 inch flat top. It's from before they were using the hybrid Colt/Glock BCG. I think the BCG is a CCMG. I'm very happy with it. I also just received their complete AR MagPull lower on sale for $150.00 shipped advertised as "blemished" . I looked it over very closely at the FFL and couldn't find the blemish. They do seem slower than some parts stores to ship, but I'm a big PSA fan.

Hi Eric, Well, just in some practice with the 32+20 I'm under the impression that it doesn't work for me. Just for simple transitions; eyes snap to the next target, carbine follows but doesn't start nor stop nearly as as quickly as when using a 32 round mag. The most disagreeable part is that "Pendulum effect" you mentioned. the inertia built up with that long and very heavy mag tends to noticeably torque the carbine clockwise or counterclockwise with transitions. Mr. Blagga seems to like his 60 rounders which have got to be about like lugging barbells taped under your carbine Maybe he has retro rockets attached to his mag to arrest the inertia. I'm really thinking a 2 second reload, especially on the move, would be quicker than no reload with many transitions in a long stage with the "pendulum" swinging around under your PCC. I'll try the 32-20 mag coupler in a local match, but I'm already fairly convinced to try a 10 round extension for my 32 round mag.

I've thought about the extensions instead of the TACCOM coupler. My thoughts were that to be worthwhile at least 10 rounds more than the 32 would be needed. I'll have to go back and look at TACOM's 10 round extension. I've used the 32 round mags in numerous local matches and the PCC feels "lively" enough, but the 32 and 20 rounds together seems drastically different. so, may be that 32 and 10 round combination would be good; certainly enough mag capacity for any USPSA stage yet still handy enough for quick transitions.

TACCOM calls it their coupler, but it works more like a mag extension than a mag coupler. Mine combines a 32 round Metalform and a 20 round Metalform and works fine. You do need 3 hands to assemble or, as I did, ask the wife or a kid for some help. I haven't shot a match with it yet, but am thinking the weight and awkward movement swinging the carbine with that long heavy magazine assembly may end up taking more time during a stage of fire than just using the regular 32 round mag to start with and then having to reload once. Has anyone used the TACCOM for a match and if so how did the carbine handle with target transitions?

I'm not Sarge, but here's a video of the DD side charger in action. Click on the picture to the right of the page. http://www.devildogconcepts.com/hard-charger.html You'll see the guy racking the bolt with both over hand and under hand. In the military (at least USMC) we had it hammered into our heads to always charge underhanded so that if a round cooked off while your hand was on the charging handle your thumb/web wouldn't be broken. I'm learning overhand so my finger is pointed down to engage the bolt catch with the bolt held back with the charging handle. My DD side charger continues to get smoother. It was very usable from the first, but does get even smoother with some breaking in. I had to pay the whole retail $154.00 shipped and consider it a great deal. Sarge got it for $139.00 shipped..WOW?

I like mine, big time. I installed it yesterday morning and have been playing around with it enough to know that it is a well made product that will allow me to keep my shooting hand on the pistol grip at all times. I'm having to learn an overhand grasp on the charging handle so my index finger is pointed down to depress the bolt catch, but that's no big deal. The side charger handle is just in the right position for giving you clearance to scoop the carbine up for table starts. Once the bolt is locked back you still need to run and latch the charging handle forward just as you would with the traditional charging handle, but again, no big deal. You can rack the bolt while the AR is shouldered without your hand bashing you in the nose. With me the charging handle (not the side charging handle, the T shaped one at the rear) just lightly touches my lip.This may come in handy if a tap-rack-bang is ever needed. I'll do some more structured dry fire with it and get some live fire on it later this week. Unfortunately my favorite USPSA club is taking a "Winter" beak until the March match so practice is all I'll get with it for a couple of months. Yes, it is well worth the money to me and I'd buy it all over again. In fact, I'm now going to buy one for my 5.56 and I've been using AR traditional charging handles since 1968

rowdyb , If consistent 2 flat reloads with PCC feels glacial then I and everyone I've shoot PCC with (except for one guy) are deep frozen in an Ice Age I have been on the same squad with a Master in PCC and his reloads are smooth and look about 2 seconds, but most of us are 3+. I'm set up with standard PSA AR 9mm using Colt type mags (10 mags and all are 32 rounds). If I stick with those long mags I should give that "beer can" grasp some dry fire time. The pistol reload method of heel on base plate and index finger along the line of bullets aren't working very well for me as those mags are so very long. Most of my "glacial" time seems to be with the actual mag insertion and seating. I'm also thinking about trying shorter mags for the reload and sticking with the palm and finger method like for my pistols. I know you're correct in that you pick a method and then lots and lots of reps. I thought I read you had two identical MPX carbines that you were really pleased. You sold them? May be that was someone else. I haven't read the classified page in a long time as doing that puts my checking account in grave danger.

I welcome the firing pin return spring in my AR 9mm. I hand load for my 9mm with the same very soft small pistol primers as I do with my reduced mainspring pistols. Federals don't take much of a firing pin hit to set them off. I cringe every time I drop the bolt on a round during L&MR. 5.56 primers are harder and mil spec rifle primers are harder than Federal small pistol primers. May be that's why 9mm Ars have the spring.

That's a smoking fast PCC reload, rowdyb. If you're consistent at 2 flat you probably even have some at 1.5. I'm not even close to that with between an inconsistent 3.5 and 4 seconds. Can you elaborate? Like ..stock kept shouldered or in armpit or crook of arm; mag pouch location? I think I remember you shoot a SIG. If you ever make a video of your reload please post it here.