Dragon11
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If 115 people cram into his room you can be sure that nobody will fall down drunk.
Thats funny stuff right there. I have no come back for that, I'm speechless.
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How are you dryfiring? Is dryfiring the exact same as live fire practice, well no. But its much cheaper, in my humble opinion, to work on problem solving by dryfiring then with live fire practice. If you dryfire in the right manner, i.e. the types of dryfire drills your doing, then I think you can balance it out. I'm no great one, but before I start to think dryfiring isn't working, I would think about if there is something I can do different to make it to make it fit my needs.
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I heard some guy named 10mmdave invited everyone to get loaded and trash his room at the Microtel each night, so I'm planning to come in town early for that.
Will he feed us to? The ability to go crazy without restraints and act immature with no sense of responsibility afterwards, if you need help and are offering I'm in!
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If you don't mind what is your You Tube page, I'd like to watch some of your videos.
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I'll add a +1 for thanking you for service, can't be said enough. I'll also give you kudos for your desire to educate the public about guns in a positive manner. I would have to agree 100% that using this forum and You Tube is an excellent way to tell people that about the shooting sports and other positive aspects about us, all people ever hear from the media is negative, negative, negative. Welcome.
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I also use 160 Bayou bullets for 38 short colt. 2.9 grains of Clays, loaded to 1.200 over all length. Other guys have more knowledge then I do on this forum, but just be careful with to much powder, can cause pressure problems.
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Never ever sweep the floor. All of the lead collects on the floor. Sweeping sends it airborne and you inhale it even with a mask on. My lead was 20 and is considered high. I shoot inside all winter once a week. them move outside and it drops to around 10-14.
I had heard not to use regular brooms to sweep the floor, have you heard the same even with rubber sheeted push brooms? I'm not saying its right, but we heard that the rubber push style brooms helped keep the lead dust on the floor better then regular brooms. What ever works best is what we'd like to use at our club.
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Two revo shooters, Lefty45 and myself will be there. Looking forward to it.
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I know its not the same but my 5" 625 shoots my loads slower then my 4" 625. I have a drop of about 3 to 5 power factor from my 4" to my 5".
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I wish I could have been that disciplined at my first match. Just enjoy yourself, the rest will fall into place.
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Not to beat a dead horse so to speak, but, if hard chrome is thicker won't it change the tolerances to much. I would be afraid of the moon clips having less room between the cylinder and blast wall, and also the end shake. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the stainless finish, but if I can spend a little less time cleaning the gun by just wiping it vs. scrubbing, I'm all for it. Plus, I have to admit, hard chrome can look pretty darn good.
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I've had good luck with electroless nickel.
I sometimes use a stainless brush, lightly, to brush the lead build up. Will that hurt the electroless nickel, or hard chrome. I'd hate to pay the money on a finish just to scrub it off.
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And before I get told to go to the corner of the classroom, I did try to search the topic but couldn't find much on it.
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I started this post cause I saw Carmoneys response on another topic/post in reference to finishing guns with hard chrome. I'm curious if there is any advantage or disadvantage to getting a revolver hard chromed, or for that matter, another type of finish. Does it change the tolerances to much, is it easier to clean? I have been thinking about getting a finish that would make it easier to remove lead build up on the guns.
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I'll bet you a hamburger this coming Tuesday that he could beat Griffins reloads. Absolutely awesome!
Just because I choose to play nice on this forum, don't think I can't spot a troll. No hamburger for you.
It wasn't so much that I thought he could beat you. I was just working the angle for free food. You can't blame a guy for trying. Darnit!
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I'll bet you a hamburger this coming Tuesday that he could beat Griffins reloads. Absolutely awesome!
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Has anyone heard if the count has increased passed 115 yet?
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Dragon, so you went from a weak hand reload to strong to increase speed? or just to prevent mauling up your palm?
I'll still sometimes hit it with my palm if I fumble up a reload, and you'll notice cuts at the end of the day, im sure callouses will build up eventually.
To be honest, I switched to strong hand because I wanted to try and learn it. Having done both for a while now I'm not sure that theres a distinct advantage from one to the other. I think its all personal preference. When I first started I was using the left handed reload, and when I tried reloading strong hand it was harder for me. This probably sounds silly, but when I watched Jerry Miculek, Cliff Walsh, Richard Wolfe and others doing it with what looked like little effort that annoyed me. So, for the last 6 months I've tried to figure out the strong hand reload just to see if I could do it. I'm not saying I'll stick with it for the rest of my days, but until I feel I've mastered it to a competent level I'm gonna keep working at it. On a side note my palm doesn't get sore anymore, but sometimes my thumb does!
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I shoot a 625 and reload by pushing the ejector with the palm of my left (weak) hand. After a long match my palm is sore and it occurred to me this would be somewhat alleviated if the end of the ejector rod was larger. Kind of like the old hand ejector models had. Are there any aftermarket manufacturers that make a product like that, or some add-on part I'm unaware of? I realize the barrel lug would need to be cut to accept an over-sized end, but I think it would be worth it.
I don't know if it will help or not but here goes. I have reloaded both ways. Pushing the brass out with the palm of my left hand, and also switching to my left hand and using my thumb. I am currently trying to master switching to my left hand and using my thumb. Having said that, when I have used my left palm to eject the brass, I would also start to get sore after a lot of shooting or dryfiring.
What helped me, and if it doesn't work for you then take it for what its worth, was I never let my hand leave the gun. In other words, I would push the cylinder open with my left two middle fingers, and using the barrel as my reference, I would then slide my left hand only far enough forward to engage the ejection rod with my palm. If I moved my left hand to far forward and created a gap I would get to much running speed into the ejector. In other words I would end up whacking the ejection rod instead of just pushing it. I also felt that creating that gap was an extra step and created that little bit of extra time I didn't want or need.
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Thats a cool story, but it leaves me a little worried. Your not saying I have to run 5 miles to make shooting easier are you?
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I love and hate videos like this. On the one hand you learn a lot and you admire the skill. On the other hand, you look at yourself and wonder what you need to do. Or, maybe, thats the whole point of it all.
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You definitely picked the right place for info, welcome!
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Its an honor to meet someone from Australia, welcome!
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Pay attention to how many shots, and what kind of targets during the walk through or when pre reading the stage brief.
Find ALL the required shots !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now find them in bunches that are managable (your not going to shoot the whole stage with one moonclip so don't try to remember it like you are).
Go from one group doing the most effecient way through them to another.
IF for some reason during the stage and you get off because of a miss on steel or a make up on paper. do the reload and make up the shots if they are worth it. THEN when you get to the next bunch reload and get back on track emphasizing POINTS since you have lost your time you were going to have.......GET THE POINTS that are left in the stage to GET !!!!!!
DON'T be afraid to shoot different than all the other shooters......even other revolver shooters...........Shoot to your own skills !!!!!
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USPSA matches being called IPSC matches
in USPSA/IPSC Shooting
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I think we should start using code words in place of USPSA or IPSC. For the people who don't care about it anyway they won't feel threatened or confused. For the people who are interested, they'll remember USPSA better after having to overcome the mental hurdle of getting around the code word. I "MIGHT" be the CEO of a company someday for out of the box thinking like that.