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  1. I have a fully set up X5, tungsten grip with custom carbide grit job, original X5 upper, grey guts, tungsten guide rod, plates to put on rts2 or romeo3max.  Let me know if you're ineterested

  2. I like the advice, "Shoot as fast as you can hit A's." One day, I hope to heed it
  3. No, I even replaced that spring during the re-assembly just to be sure. BTW the misalignment in the picture is exaggerated to show the effect (I was purposely holding the shell plate for the pic). When I index the plate without touching it, the detent correctly locates it into position. It was just my early reaching and placement of the bullet that caused the misalignment.
  4. I had this same problem of primers being crammed in sideways, and couldn't figure out what was going on. I took [most] everything apart, cleaned and lubed, and reassembled, but continued to get four or more primers (per 100) go in sideways. Finally, I stumbled upon what the problem was for me--my left hand was preventing the shell plate from indexing completely into position when I set the bullet in station #3. Since I set the bullet by hand, sometimes my left hand would get ahead of the plate and I'd get the bullet on the shell before it reached #3. This inadvertently slowed down the shell plate and when it reached its position, it would be slightly misaligned with the primer plunger. When I pushed forward to seat the primer, the left edge of it would catch the side of the primer pocket and it would get turned sideways. When I realized this and stopped reaching for the shell early, voila, no more sideways primers!
  5. +1 for Rudy. I have the Rydon package that came with five sets of lenses. They're a bit pricey, but I expect it'll be a long time before I need another set.
  6. I'm going to be traveling to Houston in mid-August and was trying to see what matches would be taking place in the area. Has anyone been able to use the Practiscore Matches page to find matches by area? I put in a Houston zip of 77010 and it didn't return anything for the entire month of August?! Anyone have any tips on using the search, or any other way to find out what's going on around the area? Thanks in advance.
  7. Now that shooting season is here, I'm grateful for all of the dry-fire practice I've been doing during the off-season. I've been working pretty much exclusively with transitions during my sessions, and can start to see some areas of that skill improving during my match performance. Most notably, I've realized that I've been tracking the sights from target-to-target much more than I thought that I was. While I knew that I wasn't supposed to do that, I wasn't quite sure how to get my eyes to the next target ahead of the gun. The two main things that I now pay most attention to are 1) am I seeing the target first and then the sights moving onto it, and 2) can I feel my legs pushing instead of my torso rotating? For getting my eyes ahead, a couple of things that seem to have helped: calling a good shot on the last target, and picking a specific spot on the next target at which to aim. Being able to call a good shot frees up my eyes to move the next target, and picking a specific spot on the next one makes it easier for me to tell when it's "close enough" to break the shot. As I started consciously paying attention to these things during my dry-fire, the skill of noticing when they didn't happen transferred to my live-fire and match runs, too. It's almost like that uneasy feeling you have when you get a bad grip on your draw--you know it right away that something's off. The other thing I've been working on is using my legs to transition instead of swinging my arms or twisting my torso. I'm starting to get a better idea of how far apart my feet ought to be, the feeling in my toes as they dig into the ground, the slight delay of my arms following to the target (instead of them leading). I'm still puzzled about how to simultaneously enter a position, shoot early (before I'm fully settled), and setup my feet for transitions. Often times, there seem to be extra footsteps that result in delays shooting or transitioning. In my latest match video, you can see that for almost every position with multiple targets, I enter and then take an extra step to move my feet further apart. As for this match, though, I'm mostly satisfied with my mindset throughout--I didn't try to go beyond what I felt comfortable shooting, and I shot 96% points (not counting the steel behind the barrel that I completely forgot about). Instead of feeling like I could've shot faster, I'm learning to critique the individual skills that'll eventually lead to lower overall times. Also, shoutout and free plug for @CHA-LEE on finishing his first book, Path Of Focused Effort. Many of us spend a lot of time thinking about this sport; few can break down the qualities needed for effective training like Big Panda. Hit http://www.bigpandaperformance.com/ and get your copy of the book!
  8. And #4: competitor If that plan doesn't work out, I have a Burris FF3 that works most of the time. You only need to turn it on once, maybe twice per run.
  9. I've managed to get mags stuck in my CK grip before. I guess my reloads are worse than yours
  10. It's actually $4000. $2000 is the 50% deposit.
  11. I put a Burris FF3 on my Ruger 22/45 Lite, but I'm probably going to switch it out for a DPP. The Burris is only 3 MOA and not very bright, making the dot sometimes hard to find. The DPP is 2.5 MOA, but its brightness makes the dot look like 6.
  12. Yours might be the last match of the year for ECO, too. Hope to make it out before the freeze.
  13. itlogo

    open cost

    I reused my 9mm major brass as well, but my loads were relatively low-pressured compared to some others' so I didn't split cases too often. But I've also seen more than a few split cases from other open shooters, so YMMV.
  14. Are you asking if the holes to mount the thumbrest are legal or if the rest itself is? Well, both are illegal in CO.
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