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  • Birthday 07/30/1959

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    Ken Verderame

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  1. Cliff - thx! I'll pull out the manual & see if I can get it lined up Appreciate the kind words on the banners! It was/is the single most important training tool to enable the success' I achieved ... HesedTech - I;ll check out that tread as well, thx!
  2. so the power was definitely those gray flat disks - didn't see any yellow makers but I didn't look that close. So thinking back 2 years ago I was shooting with Ben Stoeger and the morning of the 2nd day I loaded up my mags and the first round I fired ended up cracking the slide of my STI Steelmaster. at the time we just thought I somehow had double charged a load but with WST that would have been really had to do ... I'm now thinking that I had grabbed this box of loaded 700X rds and that was the first rd fired ... This is all starting to make sense now which means I DEFINITELY do not want to shoot these rds ... appreciate everyone's help in getting to the bottom of this - at least I didn't load 2000 rds with 700X ...
  3. well I pulled a few more and they were all 5.5g with 147g bullets ... looks like I'm just going to pull them all and reload with WST ...
  4. I'm going to pull a few more bullets to see what's up. I'm sure its 700x and the one bullet I pulled weighed 146.8 grains. OAL is 1.15 since I have WST now I may just pull them all to be safe & reload the cases with WST which is what I've been using forever and have good load data ...
  5. I'm trying to get my reloading back up and running and I'm having a problem with the cases not being centered on station 2 and therefore on the up stroke I can't seat the primer. It looks like the rotation plate does not center the case correctly over the primer so that will get inserted straight what should I be looking at to adjust to fix this? thx!
  6. Hi all I'm starting up reloading after a long break and found a box of 225 rds of 9mm that I reloaded a while back when I couldn't get any WST. the box says 700x. I pulled one rd and it was a 147 grain bullet w/5.4g of 700X. I looked in my reloading database and the only thing I have is data for 115g/3.6 g of 700X for a PF of 106 (an old steel challenge load). For a 147g bullet 5.4g of 700x does not seem right to get around 130 PF .... so anyone have any 9mm load data for 700x with 115g/124g/147g bullets? If my load data for the 115g is correct I don't think I want to try and shoot the 147g/5.4g reloads?
  7. I’m in the process of replicating a prop from a sci-fi TV series - Fire Fly. For those familiar with the show the prop was Jane Cobb’s Callahan Full Bore Auto Lock rifle. The prop master and gun smith who built it used the receiver of a Saiga 12 gauge to build the gun around. I am in the process of 3D modeling all the various parts of the gun but what I’m lacking are some good high definition photos of the Saiga’s receiver. if anyone who owns a Saiga would be willing to take a couple of close up photos of their receiver (left side, right side, front, back, top) I would be eternally grateful! Basic dimensions of the receiver would be a huge help as well. I’ve attached a pic of the actual prop for those who may be curious …. And thx in advance!
  8. Hey everyone! we're running a Black Friday sale again this year. 10% off our complete 8-stage banner bundle + FREE shipping Sale runs through midnight Sunday, code is: 10OFF8 we also have over 40 USPSA training banners patterned after many Stoeger drills & 15 official classifer stages of course you can always hit me up for any Steel Challenge questions which I'll answer & discuss on my weekly podcast as well
  9. ignore the Comp as I took it off years ago - they do absolutely nothing on a rimfire gun except look cool & their negatives far outweigh the 'cool' factor ...
  10. I recently saw a YouTube Channel video review of the new rules which stated that it was now legal to use IWB holsters but didn't see any specific reference to it in the rules updates. Did I just miss it or are they specifically not allowed. Please cite the actual rule if you know it, thx!
  11. just had a cancellation so we now have one spot open in the Fundamentals class on 24/25 April 2021 at the Port Malabar Rifle & Pistol Club in Malabar, FL. see Ben's website for details & email me if interested ..... $375 Ken
  12. as many of you know, last spring I cracked the slide on my STI SteelMaster while training with Ben Stoeger. I spent a few months unsuccessfully trying to source a new slide and after a while thought I might just have a $3,500 paperweight. Finally decided to contact STI (now Staccato Guns) looking to see if they knew where I could find a slide. To my surprise they said I should fill out a warranty claim instead which I did. a couple of days later I got a notice that I should send in my gun for warranty repair -- nice! after about 5 weeks I called to check on the status and was referred to Ricky in their warranty department. He told me that he'd been unable to locate a Steel Master slide and that they had stopped manufacturing them last Dec. he even asked his head machinists what would it take to mill a new slide & was told "a new machine shop ...". he told me he had several slides that would work but they were for 9mm major and the gun would not run reliably with minor so that was out. he then said to give him another week or so to see if he could come up with something. during that time I was prepared to tell him to just convert it to 9 major and I'd try to sell the gun to recover something out of it. just as I was getting ready to call him he calls me and says he's found a slide that will work & is sending to their machine shop to be milled & fitted! Roll forward 2 months & my SteelMaster just arrived in the mail today sporting its new top end. this top end can hold a slide racker which they also installed at no charge. also, because the profile is different, there is a brand new Comp on it as well - also no charge. Bottom line: when you buy a high end gun you pay more but you also get more - they stand behind their guns - period. attached are what the the gun used to look like (top pic) & with the new slide & Comp (bottom pic) (didn't bother setting up my studio to take a glamour shot like the original one ... lol)
  13. thx guys for recommending my podcast!
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