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I have two guns in 38 super. In both of them
the primer corners are as rounded when fired
as they are when freshly loaded. Same ammo
in both guns. Winchester small rifle primers.
However, one gun will cause the primer to be
cratered ever so slightly (a raised bit of metal
around the primer dimple), while the other
exhibits no cratering at all.
The cratering gun is a year-old SVI IMM open
and has always cratered for me, while the non-cratering
gun is an ancient Caspian singlestack and has never
cratered for me.
Might this be a difference in the firing pins? Is this
excess pressure but it's masked somehow?
Glen
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A friend of mine has 9MAJOR as his vanity plates.
Glen
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Para has replied. Here is a quote:
"The bad news is that this situation is not covered under
the Limited Lifetime Service policy simply due to the fact
that standard factory ammunition and proper recoil spring
replacement intervals would have never allowed this to happen."
I guess they don't believe my power factor. Not a problem, as
I'm not going to be knowingly shooting cast slides in the future.
Perhaps an overreaction, but I used up an enormous amount
of good luck in this event.
Glen
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Paul B,
The Para is a stainless p14-45 Limited. It has a magwell,
fiber optic, and experimental ghost ring. It has about 30,000
rounds of "equivalent-to-factory" through it. By this I mean
mid-190's power factor (extensively chronographed in all
temperatures).
The breakage history is a firing pin stop, a sear spring, the little
plunger in the slide for the series 80 trigger, a magazine catch, the rear
sights fell off (the pin broke), and a barrel that cracked where the
feed ramp meets the chamber. Para replaced the plunger and barrel.
No word yet on the slide from Para.
The recoil spring is stock. There were no shock buffers and no work of
any kind done on the slide. This is my ipsc standard gun and apart from
cosmetics is just the way it came from Para.
Glen
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In February of this year I had a Para slide break in half.
There was just enough metal in the rail slot area to stop
the back part from hitting me in the head.
Glen
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I have found that the power factor
goes down with increasing temperature.
Glen
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Jim,
The USPSA classification would be just fine. The
judgement of the other areas is trusted.
Glen
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Jim,
It is an IPSC Canada requirement.
Glen
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Jim:
The Black Badge course is for Canada, and
is nation-wide.
Glen
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This is for ipsc and new shooters, and applies to those who
want to shoot in sanctioned matches.
We have to take (and pass) a Black Badge course. It's a
formal course on the ipsc rules and gun handling skills.
It covers the draw, loading and unloading, reloading, movement
with the gun, barricades and ports, stong hand/weak hand, etc.
Essentially it is a non-match, in-depth introduction to ipsc. The
instructor can locate problems, reinforce good practices, etc.
The instruction is the first half of the course. The second half
is competing in a sanctioned match as a Novice.
The entrance requirements are a 1) a sight picture 2) trigger
control 3) desire. It usually is a two day course and then at some
point in the future the novice shoots his/her first match.
The novice shooter is still in the deep end, but at least they can
tread water.
Glen
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Hello all.
This situation between Vince and Jim
has been building for some time. It
has not been a pleasure watching this
escalate.
We can't let knowledge and talent get
away and yet we can't have turmoil in
the forum.
I'm hoping that the moderators will urge
Vince to return. I expect that it was a "last
straw" moment. Been there, done that,
regretted it.
I don't know what Jim's plans are, but I
hope that he too returns.
We have to solve this else we run the risk
of having our forum turn into all the others.
Glen
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People have been saying that the single action
is not safe with a round chambered and the hammer
down because, to take an example:
" In a SA pistol, the hammer is generally resting on
the firing pin when the hammer is down. An impat o
the hammer spur could cause the round to fire. "
In this condition the hammer is actually resting on the
slide. The firing pin spring is partially compressed and
the firing pin is slightly forward of it's usual position. The
quote above implies that the firing pin is touching the primer,
which is not the case.
There are many good gunsmiths that visit these forums
so why don't we consult them and get an opinion.
If it turns out to be safe then we can return to the "hammer
cocked" phrase and thus have essentially the same language
for all the firearms, if that is a benefit.
Glen
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Ignore this one, too.
Glen
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I was doing quite a bit of shooting in the 5 weeks
between my Black Badge course and my novice
match. I was shooting a Colt Lightweight Commander.
I didn't have a chronograph so I was going by "feel",
and I was desperate to make major.
I would shoot 300 rounds, or so, and think to myself
"That's not too harsh". So I would add a little more
powder to the next lot. A 27 ounce gun is supposed
to bounce around a little bit, isn't it?
A week before my novice match, I was able to get
my loads through a chrono. The power factor was 215.
I downloaded for the match and came in at 198.
I now have a chronograph. Interestingly enough, there
were no real signs of pressure. Sure threw the brass a
long ways, though.
Glen
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Vince, thank you for the very fast reply.
That's how I read those rules too. I does seem odd
that the single actions are treated differently than
the other autoloaders when they are in the same
state - mag in, nothing in the barrel, hammer down,
and no hope of actually firing. The difference is the
phrase "hammer cocked" is not in 10.5.11.1
Is there a way to align the rules for the two groups of
autoloaders? Could a competitor get DQed undeservedly
(and then reinstated) or get a free pass because a RO
didn't properly recognize what he was shooting?
Glen
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Two of us were practicing last night when the following
occured:
A competitor comes to the line and the RO says LAMR.
The competitor draws his gun, inserts a magazine and
then, without racking the slide or manually cocking the
gun, he reholsters.
Is there a call to be made?
The gun was a Para P-14 so the thumb safety cannot be
applied unless the hammer is cocked. If it was a double
action or a selective action, would the call be different?
Glen
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When I am standing relaxed, my hand extends down below the
bottom of the holster. My arm lies alongside the holster so some
or all of my hand and fingers will be in front of the muzzle. Will
I be required to pull my shoulder back to move my arm? (Recall
the Steve Anderson video and the subsequent discussion.) Further,
this isn't occuring during the draw, but immediately after the LAMR,
so I doubt the "draw exemption" will apply. Is this sweeping? And if
so, how do I correct it?
Glen
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An update on the base situation. I got the new
Viper BP-201 bases. They feel "right". Sturdy is
a good word as well.
The service from Reg at Viper is remarkable.
Glen
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Hello all.
A para p14-45 10 round magazine has a plastic extension
on it to give it the required length. These are fragile, most
especially on concrete. Does anyone know of a replacement
for the factory plastic that will survive?
I found a potential replacement from "Viper" at Brownells. Will
it work?
Glen
Overpressure Signs?
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The primer shoulders are ever so slightly less rounded,
as you say they should be. I have to look very closely
to see a difference between the fired and unfired primers.
The Caspian was a gunsmithed gun but I don't know the
details. The IMM is direct from the factory. Different length
firing pins does make sense as I didn't ask for one from SVI.
I'll check the firing pin lengths in both guns to see if there is
a difference.
For the chrono, the IMM makes about 175 pf and the Caspian
makes about 180 pf with the same ammo in very close to the
same conditions. I put the difference down to the shorter effective
barrel length in the IMM as compared to the full size Caspian.
The IMM is vastly flatter, though, and it does have an AET barrel.
Thank you,
Glen