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  1. I will have Tre there as a junior shooter. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. Doug, Well, it's been quite a while since I was on here. Welcome to the dark side.....revo's at the Cup. FWIW I shoot a 148 gr. Zero DEWC with W231, this year I was running them right about 890fps, but plan on backing that off for 2014. My gun is a K frame, so I try to stay away from Jacketed bullets. If I do my part the gun will keep them all in the black at 50.
  3. Sorry to hear about Vera too. Tre' and I were at the March club match at GV with her. She remembered Tre' from shooting next to him at last year's Cup. She talked to him and encouraged him on for this years matches. She is a very nice lady and a great ambassador for this sport, she will be missed this year.
  4. I was at work today when my wife sent me a picture of a box that came to the house.......yup, the new Dillon XL650 has finally arrived! Time to get busy....
  5. I went to the range today with the cronograph and finally figured out what what load I am going to use this year. I was undecided until today, I thought I would be shooting some Hornady JHP's, but in order to make PF I had to jack the powder up to much for my K frame. I settled on Zero 148 gr. DEWC's (again) at 850fps. Since my new XL650 still hasn't arrived I guess I'll be loading rounds one at a time on the single stage.
  6. A better view of the carmonized hammer.
  7. Here's a picture of the work that Warren performed on the gun. The gun was loaded with snap caps when the picture was taken. There are pictures of the early version of the gun posted under the title "Warren knows his stuff" in the Bianchi Cup forum.
  8. To much time on your hands isn't always a bad thing. but the problem is when you act on little or no knowledge of a subject. I was stuck at home last week due to the snow and began getting the urge to tinker with my open revolver. I wanted to "carmonize" the hammer on it. I have a dremel, probably enough ability to get it done and just enough knowledge of how to do it to be dangerous. Then it struck me, send Warren Moore an email with a few questions about it. About an hour later my phone rings and it's Warren on the other end. Instead of simply responding via email like most people would have done, Warren takes the time to call me about m my questoin. We discussed a few things then I asked the question....how much to have you do it? His answer was all I needed to hear to decide he needed to do this surgery, not me. I called Warren last Friday and asked if he was free to work on my gun on Saturday, sure was his answer, bring it on over. So, we took the family to K.C. and spent a couple of nights in a great hotel by the airport. Saturday I took the gun to Warren. When I got there we discussed what I wanted done to the gun........my list had grown. After he looked it over he came up with a few other suggestions of things to do that would enhance both the guns performance and hopefully my shooting of it. The list was pretty long of what he was going to do to the gun starting with "carmonizing" the hammer, then re arching the main spring, re tuning the trigger, reaming the forcing cone, lightly chamfering the muzzle, cutting the underlug down and re contouring it, adding a trigger stop to the back side of the trigger and taking out the end shake on the cylinder by stretching the crane instead of putting in a shim. He also checked all the screws on the stick shift and mounted the Aimpoint C3 I won last year in my grab bag at the Bianchi Cup. I thought the gun had a pretty nice trigger from when he worked on it a year ago. It is simply amazing now after last Saturday's work, I couldn't be happier with the gun now. Everything Warren did to the gun has a purpose. He talked me out of doing a few things to the gun that I had questions about and I'm glad I listened to him, Warren knows his stuff and I respect his opinion. Before I left with the gun and a big grin on my face Warren commented that my gun is now a top notch Action Pistol revolver, there simply isn't much else that can be done to it at this point to make it any better he said. I believe him, the gun handles and feels much better now. From the smoother trigger pull to the faster hammer fall, and the balance of the gun, it all works together well. All the shake (of the gun) as been eliminated after the hammer fall too which is really something, the carmonized hammer and trigger stop work well in concert. The hammer strike increased by a full pound as a result of the work he did, that should really help to eliminate any light primer strikes. I really appreciate Warren taking the time on his Saturday to work on my gun too, not many gunsmiths would do that. I'm glad I didn't tinker with the gun now!
  9. Count me in, the Flagler Cup is always a good time with a bunch of great people. The range is well run and the food and prize table are always terrific. It's a great warm up prior to the Bianchi Cup too.
  10. My dealer is looking, but has been unable to find a Witness Elite Limited in 9mm for me. Any suggestions on a dealer that may have one?
  11. Chevyoneton, I started off in metalic in 2011 with a semi auto, then switched over to a revo. I purchased a S&W model 64 that had been converted into a PPC gun by Behlert Precision in 1989. I love shooting this thing! It had a Bomar rib on it, but that has since gone to the way side and I now shoot in the open class with it. I had Warren Moore rework the trigger, bob the hammer, add wings and a finger stop to the barrel, then one of his Stick Shift mover bases and we topped it off with a Ultra Dot match dot optic. I worked the factory target grips over and added my own prone base to the bottom of them. Somewhere on here are a couple of photo's of my gun. My scores have improved greatly since moving up to the open class. I shoot Zero 148 gr DEWC lead bullets. Like Kim said, stay away from the jacketed stuff. My powder of choice is 231 just because I had a bunch of it on hand. I get good accuracy from my loads and make power factor easily. I tried using CCI primers at first, but that didn't work at all with the light trigger pull, so I quickly made the switch to Federal's and I rarely have a misfire (light primer strike) from them. I shot it for the first time in competiton this year at the Flagler Cup, then went to Bianchi with it this year. The gun is an absolute pleasure to shoot. I've got a CR Speed holster for it and use Safariland Comp II speedloaders with a loading block. It sounds like you are on the right track with your plans of using your gun for AP events. Enjoy the game, it's challenging but you will meet lots of shooters along the way that will be more than willing to give you a helping hand. The Region X Match is coming up in Oct. at the Pioneer Gun club in K.C.MO. It's a fun laid back shoot, if you have a chance come and shoot it. John
  12. Thanks for the input Jeromy. I don't know yet if we will be in KC for the Aug. shoot or not. We may be in Washington DC that weekend. I'll let you know if we can make it over, I'd love for Tre' to shoot the PM and Targetmaster. I wouldn't mind shooting the Targetmaster a few times myself. I appreciate the suggestion of the Targetmaster. That could be an option we could live with.
  13. Here's my dilema. I want to buy my 13 year old son a 1911 for AP metalic class. I am looking for an accurate dependable gun for him to use. I have a Colt 1911 with a Kimber .22 conversion on it which he really likes to shoot. He practices with it quite a bit in fact. He used a Springfield XDM 9mm at this years Cup, but he prefers the 1911 platform. I've narrowed my choice down between a Springfield Armory Target 9mm and a Dan Wesson Pointman 9mm. The price difference between the two is $500, the Springfield being the lower of the two. That money would go a long ways towards extra mags, holster etc. I also have a $350 gunsmithing certificate from Gray Guns that I figure I will put towards a trigger job and whatever else I can get for the money. I like that the Dan Wesson has a checkered front strap and fiber optic sights, but the Springfield has an ambi safety alreay on it and his eyes are fine, so the black sights would probably work for him. Lets hear what opinions everyone has about either gun. Thanks, John
  14. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Bates City on Sun, then off to the Cup for Wed. I hear ya Craig, last year was my first year shooting AP, my score at the Cup was dismal at best. This year looks to be better with the new open gun.
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