Jollymon32

It’s back in stock. Seems very popular. Picked up an 8lb jug at Brownells for about $150 to my door.

Not “opinion” but rather “perception”. I am certain many would use those adjectives on one of the principals.

It’s not about liking anyone or not. It’s about the irony of “not wanting f*#kheads on their forums and participants being a nuisance”. It is literally, the pot calling the kettle black.

What’s with the “We” and the “Us” in the present term? I was not aware that you are still affiliated with IPSC. I was under the impression that that chapter was closed.

This!

“Pot, meet Kettle”

I have the mini Mr. bullet feeder on my 650. I have six magazines that will hold 600 bullets. I also have six primer pick up tubes. My reloading sessions load 600 rounds. I fill the magazines and the primers tubes while watching TV. It really is a very handy thing.

I am a lowly B shooter. I bet you though, that I have beaten you in the game of life...

I have a 650 with a MMBF. I have 6 magazines and 6 primer pickup tubes. Guess how many rounds I load per session? i load both the mags and the primer tubes while watching tv. works great. Never missed a beat yet.

What I do, is load a round around 1.16 but not crimp. Then introduce the round into the chamber pressing it in. Removing the round gives me the size where it engaged the rifling. Then I deduct about .01. Then I test drop and spin. Not sure what changed..... wait I do know, my original test was on my practice accushadow with probably 20k rounds through it- the hang ups and the chamber test last night was on my match gun with just over 1k rounds through it. Unfortunately, I have resized all the rounds down, no way to test, and no desire to create a test round - I have learned a lesson, plunk test on my match barrel....

I originally did a plunk test and they checked out at 1.143. However, subsequently I did another and they are most definitely engaging the rifling. I took them down to 1.126 and they are plunking fine.

Gallant Bullets 15% off....

Just spoke to Eli at Gallant bullets - turns out that their 125gr profile is almost identical to the Xtreme 124. Which is very interesting to me as I had recently bought a batch of Acme 124's and their stubbier profile cost me 240 points at Nationals when I must have had a bad primer and upon ejecting the round, the bullet was stuck in the rifling - the next round pushed it further into the rifling as did the next round and the next one. Luckily pistol did not go into battery... And they have a 15% off Black Friday deal....

Last year their black Friday sale was 15% off. Factoring that into the equation, it was the cheapest plated bullet I could find. However, I did not get the order until mid-january. As we get closer to Black Friday, I have to figure out if I want to risk doing business with them again....

I need to buy my yearly bullet cache (about 16K). Anyone buying from Extreme since they declared bankruptcy? If so, how is their delivery time and quality control? Thanks!

I concur. It was pretty bad. I was was told that there were issues getting enough officials due to the length of the event. Turns out that the majority of the people that can take 9 days off to volunteer are retired folks - and thus the high number of octogenarian officials. It was my first and for the foreseeable future, probably my only Nationals. I love the sport, but 3 days of what felt like a level 2 match was a bit much. I think my enjoyable limit is two days of shooting.

I will shoot about 16k rounds this year. So I feel ‘cheap’ as well....

I would not even be pondering this if Xtreme had not gone tits up. I have shot about 16k rounds of Xtreme 124 for years, never varying the powder, primer or load (except when I load bunny fart rounds). I am a creature of habit looking for another projectile to stock up on, perfect the load, and forget.

In a nutshell, you have encapsulated what I have perceived and what I am thinking.

CZ Accushadow using N320 powder. So I ordered the trial packs, created the ladders to determine powder loads, and tested for accuracy shooting from a bench with pistol rests. The conclusion,: there is no conclusive difference between the two. They both are extremely accurate and I cannot tell the recoil difference between the two, even though the 135 is using less powder. The only difference is that the 125 can be loaded a bit longer than the 135. i am leaning towards the 125 as they are a bit cheaper. Any personal experience with this dilemma?

I carry spares in my bag just for that. What I have noticed is that I have not had this type of failure since I started reloading rounds much less powerful than factory loaded rounds.

Thanks!

As one who is embarking in shooting coated bullets for the first time, I am curious as to what happens when the round has some crimp. Can you expound on what the observed results of having too much crimp? In the event I see this, then I will know what to fix. Thanks!

Ok

I have been swept, from head to toe, by a PCC shooter bagging a carbine. I was sitting on my stool, waiting with my squad, for the on deck squad to finish shooting the stage. The shooter who swept me belonged to the squad who was currently shooting the stage. He and his buddy were pointing the Carbine upward looking through the sight. Once done looking, he proceeded to lower it (sweeping me) and bag it. Their RO, was busy running a shooter. And when I spoke to their RO (a very experienced CRO on his way to RM certification), he frustratedly mentioned that he could not possibly be in two places at once - running the shooter AND looking back to see what the rest of the squad was doing. I have ran this incident up the USPSA chain. The response was that I should of DQ'ed the shooter for sweeping - regardless of whether I was the 'active' RO for that stage. The thought that any Tom Dick or Harry can DQ anyone on any stage is, at a certain level disturbing (think "asshat" RO's). But indeed, by allowing competitors to handle firearms while not under the direct supervision of an RO, this is what will happen - you are having competitors behind the firing line police themselves. So much simpler if the rules are simply changed to "No handling of firearms until the MR command is given." I have NEVER in the 7 years I have been playing this sport, seen anyone handle a handgun outside of the shooting area or safe area. That concept is ingrained into all of us.