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You bring up a point I didn't think of: availability. It's been so long since I purchased powder. I've been dealing with the 22LR availability (always seem to find inventory at non hoarder prices, knock on steel billet). Guess I should do a search for what's out there and at what price. Thanks for the reply!
A bind and I tested a bunch of powders (when they were more available) in 9 and .40.
E3, titegroup, solo 1000, clays, and WST. WST felt the worst out of the bunch for both of us in 9mm. It felt like a small firecracker going off in your hands compared to the others.
Couldn't do a comparison on smoke as we were shooting plated bullets but I have used solo with various coated and moly bullets. Very little smoke. -
Finishing up 8 pounds of WST. Shoot 5" 45acp and 9mm 1911, lower PF, always Bear Creek moly (135RN, thinking of 147g, and 200swc or 230RN). Like everything about WST: clean, smoke free, have years of data.
But Solo 1000 is tempting because the grass is always greener on the other side, right?! Can anyone compare the softness of the two especially in 9mm? Is Solo1000 clean and smoke-free like WST?
Or would this be a lateral move at best?
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Found new in box for $600 yesterday.
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Is $722 delivered the best post-holiday price in US?
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Oooh so close, but they're out of stock too.
try CZ USA, i think they have free shipping. Grab some extra parts too while at it.
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Thanks. Did some searching and a few have left the disconnector in. The SA trigger is sold out at CZ Customs.
I'd keep the DA/SA. This way you have something to shoot production. Changing the disconnector is all you need (i think) to convert the action, of course swap to the flat SA trigger. It will be closer to the frame at rest, and wont travel too much forward shot to shot.
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A month or two ago I purchased a DA/SA SP01 Shadow for a Production gun & put in a few goodies from CGW and CZ Customs. DA and SA trigger feels great, gun is comfortable, reliable through the 500 rounds or so. Obvious why this is a popular Production option.
But I shoot my 1911 9mm so much better. I don't want to start a comparison.... but before I sell the Shadow and stick with my 45 for SSTK in USPSA (thanks bikerburgess for edit) and the 9mm for IDPA I had a few questions about converting it to SAO only, if you don't mind.
With the SAO trigger will pre-travel be a lot less? And will reset be a little better? I understand the mechanical differences between a 1911 and CZ trigger, and I understand it's about practice and muscle memory.
I could always get a SAO CZ but since the conversion is easy there's hope of salvaging a great and reliable 9mm for my needs and ability.
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He'll sell direct to you.
After I touted their service, etc., a friend placed an order. Was told it'd ship that day, a Friday. Going priority mail.
Over a week passes. Nothing shows up. Friend calls and leaves message. No return call by the start of next business week.
Big shipment shows up! USPS label shows it left Bear Creek one week after the friend/customer was told it'd leave.
Delays are part of business. Not being truthful shouldn't be. My friend was not impressed with my recommendation.
i have to give them a ring, i'm looking for a southern california dealer. know anyone?
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That is funny. I think some small companies - and I know a few outside the ammo world - do away with a phone number or website. Yes, I said "no phone." One company has been an industry leader for about 15 years and they stopped the land line because their small staff was spending too much dink donking around with conversations that delayed the actual buying customer.
I think Bear Creek may have gotten too big too fast and their staff too small. I think it's supply v demand. Just enough supply to meet the perfect demand without making your job a stress crazy scenario that makes you a total azz to the dedicated repeat customers.
Still laughing over the 80s comment and time machine.
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Wow, N320 is spendy! Seems a jacketed bullet is a good combo. That would add up.
About 2 cents more per jacketed bullet + N320 vs WST + moly.
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This may help: http://www.czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=42644.0
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Looks like WST is my best bet for a 9mm & 45acp low-mid PF powder.
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Seems all my shooting is either 100 degree temp or 40 degrees, and WST is reverse temp sensitive.
Is there a clean burning powder that both 9mm and 45acp like? Reloads all lower to mid-PF, don't want to spend crazy amounts, can't leave a nasty soot, funnels out of a 550b easily. And a powder that doesn't go way up in PF when it's 40d and get sluggish in the hot summer?
Or should I just stick with WST and consider it as good as it gets?
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I believe they use a PO Box as the "official" address since it's on my 2011 price list. Should call and see is 2012 prices went up.
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One of the questions I've read many times since getting into reloading a few years ago is "what ever happened to Bear Creek."
Or "they went out of business....their website is gone."
Nope. I am not an employee nor related in any way other than having ordered a handful of times. Here's the current info. Maybe it'll help someone out.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bear-Creek-Supply/169083253109250
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Calls not being answered? I can't stand when a company doesn't return calls. I've never had to leave a message because someone picks up each time and my order shows up via usps priority mail. Don't want to jinx myself: 4 out of 4 orders without issue.
(209) 874-4322
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bear-Creek-Supply/169083253109250
I sure would like to buy some Bear Creek bullets, but they don't seem too interested in selling them.
Being able to actually GET Montana Golds carries a lot of weight.
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Thank you, didn't know all that. I'm fortunate that none of the aforementioned apply to my pistols.
Moly
) doesn't get along with all guns/barrels.
) can be messier to load than jacketed
) can be nasty smoky compared to jacketed, depending on powder used
) is a bit more difficult to load properly (requiring more flare and less crimp)
The only time I shoot moly is when jacketed ammo is forbidden.
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I hope this doesn't come across as sarcastic or inflammatory, but with quality moly bullets from Bear Creek or Bayou Bullets being clean and accurate and less $$$, what are the advantages of shooting a MG or PD? Again: hoping to learn something and not poo on any company or bullet choice.
$65 for 1000 moly 125g or 135g from Bear Creek including shipping if you buy $110 or more; calibers and bullet weights can be mixed.
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NOT because of IDPA weight rules or you like USPSA's freestyle more, but did any of you go from a heavier CZ to a lighter CZ, or vice versa, because your shooting improved - whether it was target transition, balance in your hand, muzzle rise, felt recoil, your favorite reload, whatever.
Or did you just learn to live with the characteristics of your CZ after purchasing it & not being able to try all models side by side.
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So simple and totally able to relate. Bookmarked your great vids!
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Does a lighter recoil spring come from cgw?
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10# RS.
FP 125g moly had to be loaded short at around 1.119 to function.
147g flat point moly with the aforementioned springs and the 9-round MetalForm mags is not 100% when I decide to get lazy and may limp wrist it. Obviously me, not the gun.
My 135g Bear Creek RN has been 100% for many many months. Flawless through thousands of rounds at 1.45-ish. Accurate and inexpensive. Works well with the S&A magwell and a little internal smoothing.
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Definitely! A workhorse 1911 is always good.
Finding a da/sa CZ SP01 Shadow is very difficult. I want the SP01 Shadow for its heft and I already own an old-school CZ75b so going with a CZ75 Shadow isn't that far removed hence this wanting of the full rail da/sa. But the "old isn't bad" sure makes sense as an option....if I can find a used full rail CZ.
It sounds like to me you just want to replace a safe queen 1911 with a work horse 1911. So do it!
Another option is to find a very used CZ 75a and work on it yourself down the road. They can be had fairly cheap if you don't mind the looks. Since your going to be replacing most of the parts anyway old isn't bad.
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Seeking input on a new uspsa firearm with the factor of price being the major roadblock. Been on the fence over a month.
Currently my favorite firearm is a STI Spartan 9mm 1911. It feeds, ejects and is accurate. Cost about $750 after magwell, lighter springs, front sight, etc., not counting my time to polish and tweak. Ugly and simple, but my friends refer to it as my "A gun" meaning it hits Alphas all day long (exaggeration, I know).
Disclaimer: I prefer USPSA much more than IDPA but will dabble in the latter a few times a year. I don't want to shoot minor in USPSA singlestack. I'm not a pro wannabe and scoring minor is not the end of the world, but I do like playing on an even field.....and I do like buying a new gun.
Sold my Spartan 45 to a friend when the "need" to have super expensive 1911 reared its ugly head. Found out my worked-over Spartan is just as accurate out to 25 yards and I didn't worry about holstering/scratching/abusing the gun. I reload 45acp and still have 5 mags in the closet waiting to be slammed into a 45 1911 magwell.... A new Spartan 45 is $585. Almost a turn-key operation.
Here's the catch: My first steel 9mm was an old CZ75b. I used to shoot Production with polymer and don't do as well vs steel & heavy, and currently the "want" for a new CZ SP01 Shadow is pretty high. Spent way too much time in the past month reading and reviewing and trying to find a deal. The heavy steel CZ may soon be legal in IDPA, but for now it's USPSA Production only. Price after purchase and more mags and holster, action job, etc. could be around $1100 to $1200. I know the gun is the cheapest part of comp shooting but compared to a Spartan/magwell/new springs, etc. it's a lot more to start back in Production. Think of the ammo and lessons and travel/entry fees one could have with the difference.
The 1911 manual of arms has been my muscle memory for the past year. I don't even know if the DA/SA of the CZ & I will get along when the buzzer goes off. I can work on a 1911 blindfolded in the dark. The price is right. The gaming gear is already taken care of. With a 45 & 9mm 1911 I can do 3 divisions/classes in IDPA and USPSA. With the CZ and 9mm 1911 I have 2 pistols that kind of overlap.
But what's keeping me on the fence is the non-gaming side: owning a new completely different firearm would be a nice change of pace for range fun, I like 9mm, I already sold a Spartan 45 (it'd be like marrying the same woman twice)...and I'm frugal/over-analyze/hate buyer's remorse (like I had with my latest polymer 9mm that will be sold after 4 days of testing to no avail).
Apologies for the long-winded post. I've been going over this for quite some time and maybe input from others who may have been down this road can save me time, money and maybe buyer's remorse.
WST for years, is Solo 1000 noticeable improvement?
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Trying to find Solo 1000 locally is like trying to find baby unicorn teeth. Most shops out of anything I'd want and one shop had 4 pounds of WST for $85 before tax. I plunked down the $90.10 out the door and just called it a day.