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I have sectioned case to compare wall thickness & profiles, and the Starline 38 Supercomp is almost as heavy as the 38TJ.

HEXANE WARNING !!!! I WOULD NOT TELL THE GERNERAL PUBLIC TO USE HEXANE AS A REDUCING AGENT. IT IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE, CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION, RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, ETC. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HEXANE, CHECK THIS LINK: HEXANE Hexane is a very fast evaporating solvent. When I worked in the electronics industry, it was used to wash the flux off the PC boards after soldering the components. It is also used by the paint industry as a solvent for some specialty finishes. NOT MY CHOICE FOR A REDUCING AGENT.

The 2006 Rifle Match application is now available at: Topton Action & Practical Shooters Larry Eckert TAPS AMD

Hi Tom, Just like Vlad said, we also use stockade fence sections for most of our walls. You will need to build wall support legs to hold them upright. If you insist on using plywood for walls, use 3/8" or 1/2" sheathing plywood, and fasten 1x3 lath (cheap stuff, & will help keep the weight down) to the back perimiter of the plywood. Fasten the 1x3 flat against the plywood, not on edge. You can make 4x8 sections, stand them up vetical, overlap the edges of adjoining sections and screw them together. If you need more information, I can send you some drawings for support legs, etc. If you visit my website, you will find lots of photos from our club matchs, and also some stage design software that might be helpful. Contact me by e-mail if you need more help. Larry Eckert T.A.P.S. Assistant Match Director Topton Action & Practical Shooters

Tim, I'm back again, and will try to answer some questions and offer some input on major 9 Glocks. First, the KKM barrel, including the threaded part, is 0.5" longer than a stock G34 barrel. The stock barrel measured 5.32" and the KKM measured 5.72" Major 9 loads using Power Pistol have shown absolutely no signs of high pressure, even at a power factor of 180. I have not tried all the possible powders, but in my opinion, Power Pistol is the easiest powder to make major with (without pressure problems), I just don't care for the feel of it, and dot recovery seems a little slower than my favorite load using 7625. The feel of power pistol and dot recovery opinion are based on tests done in my KKM barrel and also in another G34 with a 17L threaded barrel and custom made comp (this one shoots really flat). DISCLAIMED MODE ON: WARNING - PRESSURE SIGNS ARE NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY DO NO EXIST. WHEN BUILDING MAJOR 9 LOADS, ALWAYS WORK YOUR WAY UP SLOWLY, DO ACCURATE CHRONO TESTS, AND COMPARE RESULTS WITH AN OPEN MIND. PRESSURE SIGNS YOU CANNOT SEE: Here's an example of what I am trying to explain. While building major 9 loads, increasing powder by .1 grain increments, I have found the point where the increase in powder is no longer proportional to the increase in velocity. This tells you that you are at the limits for this load. INCREASES IN POWDER CHARGE THAT RESULT IN MINIMAL, AND SOMETIMES REDUCED VELOCITY CHANGES, ARE DEFINITE SIGNS OF CHAMBER PRESSURE INCREASES, EVEN THOUGH THE CASE OR PRIMERS DO NO SHOW THIS. WHEN YOU REACH THIS POINT - STOP!!!!!! OK, GOT THAT OUT OF MY SYSTEM, NOW I FEEL BETTER. As to the primers, I intentionally used Fed small pistol primers when developing my major 9 loads, hoping they would show pressure signs quicker. So far, both Power Pistol and 7625 have made major using small pistol primers without showing any distortion at all. I do use small rifle primers for my match ammo. ONE MORE REMINDER: LOADING MAJOR 9, CRIMP IS CRITICAL AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO CHAMBER PRESSURE. DO NOT OVER CRIMP MAJOR 9 LOADS. Larry

Loaded to a length of 1.155 to 1.160, 8.2 gr. for major 9 is WAY HIGH. I have loaded 7.5 gr. power pistol with MG 124 jhp at 1.158 oal for my G34 KKM barrel w/comp and they chrono 1440 to 1450 (179 PF)

Tim, FWIW, I have a KKM drop-in w/comp for my G34 and have loaded major power factor loads using MG 124 JHP loaded to 1.158 o.a.l without any problems. The throat is deep enough to load longer, but anything over 1.158 will not fit in the glock mags. I have loaded using 7625 (a compressed load) and also power pistol (lots more room in the case). The power pistol load can easily be taken to a 174 PF, but I do not like the way it shoots. The 7625 load will just slightly make more than major, but it shoots really sweet. LJE

I use Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 for my video editing. Pretty good editing capabilities, can mix in audio, stills, text, etc. This video of Todd Jarret at the 2003 Area 8 Championship was produced using Roxio: Todd Jarret-"Fenced In" Larry

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There is another issue that can cause light primer strikes with a reduced power striker spring. The striker tang is dragging on the trigger bar slowing it down slightly. If you have installed an overtravel stop, you may need to adjust it to allow a little bit more overtravel. My G34 (1-1/4 lb trigger, wolf reduced power striker spring) developed a light primer strike issue after about 1000 rounds. Yes, the stock spring would correct that, but there had to be another reason -- right? After close examination and a lot of dry fire time ( listen carefully when the striker falls ) I could hear an occasional thud instead of the crisp click make by the striker. This happened only while pulling the trigger with a light pressure. Pulling the trigger harder eliminated the problem. Answer -- not enough overtravel ( pulling the trigger harder will make the trigger bar flex more ). 3000 rounds after adjusting the overtravel stop, the gun goes bang every time.

I have loaded 38 Supercomp with 7625 for a number of years with nothing but great results and NO HIGH PRSSURE SIGNS EVER. I load 7.7 grains of 7625, 124 gr MG JHP, 1.254 OAL & Federal 200 primers for a velocity of 1390 to 1400 fps (173 to 174 PF) in an STI with Shueman 4 port hybrid with 5 port comp. Make sure you do not have too much bullet crimp. Pull a few bullets and carefully inspect them around the edges where they meet the case. If you can see a slight groove in the bullet where it meets the case mouth, you have too much crimp. Also check the freebore on you barrel. If your barrel does not have enough freebore (bullet too close to the rifling) for the length you are loading,it will cause high pressure problems.

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1966, eastern Pa. .... .23 a gallon for high test (we didn't use the cheap crap). Four kids and a 57 Chevy, each of use tossed in .25 and we we good to cuise for the day.

Topton is not physically capable of holding an Area 8 match at this time. We are currently in the process of improving our berms and backstops. Due to the construction, we do not have the available ranges, nor can we predict when the construction will be completed. Larry Eckert T.A.P.S. Assitant Match Director

You can find pictures of a lot of the top shooters on our website. USPSA 2004 Area 8 Championship USPSA 2003 Area 8 Championship

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If you are loading while seated, you might want to try standing up instead (as Dillon suggests doing). If the bench and machine at at the correct height, you will be using your body weight to push forward on the handle to seat the primers. This also applies to the down stroke as well. It is much easier to apply pressure by weight transfer than it is to use you muscles when seated.

About 2-1/2 years ago I bought a STI aluminum mount for my OKO from Brownells. This mount was one sided with a thin flat plate & mounting ears for the OKO to mount to. This mount barely clears the slide & mounts the dot as low as possible, without using a custom made mount.

I am the AMD at our club and we offer a $5.00 discount to the first five people who show up before 8:15 am to help with setup. We often run Area Championship quality stages at a local match, and setup can get a little time consuming, but 99% of our stage descriptions are "Engage targets as required to score".

I do not know who the mfg. is, but have found them in 9mm also. Being one to not trust the unknown, I toss them without blinking an eye. 9mm & 40 brass is too cheap to take a chance on any off brand brass.

Most all steel shooting sports have rules restricting power factor to a MAXIMUM of 150, well below IPSC major. Most steel shooters like loads in the 120 to 130 power factor range.

7625 & MG 124JHP

Put a hexagonal rifled barrel in the 1911, and now you can do a valid test with that gun. We have shot loads through different Glock barrels and other aftermarket barrels, and the Glock hexagonal rifled barrel is always faster, even though it sometimes was shorter than the other barrels we tried. Perhaps another way of experimenting would be to compare the velocities of a conventional rifled barrel and an H&K hexagonal rifled barrel, provided the barrel are the same length. Also, I would want to shoot that West Coast plated bullet load in the Glock and see if it is even faster than the MG load in the Glock. I would bet that it is. I believe the plated bullet will squeeze into the rifling easier than the jacketed MG bullet, thus producing higher velocities in each gun.

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The Glock barrel has hexagonal rifling, and will have higher velocities than a barrel with conventional rifling. I recently experienced the same when developing 9mm major loads using MG 124 JHP for my KKM barrel G34. Using the same load, the Glock barrel displayed velocities 30 to 40 fps faster than the KKM, and also 70 to 80 fps faster than a 6" Storm Lake barrel. The hexagonal rifling seems to create less friction on the bullet. Larry