Cliveb

Handled very well - she was shooting smoothly up until that point. Were any other shooters DQ'd on that stage? The safety angle does seem a little tight. HOWEVER, one day, maybe soon, maybe in a few years time (when you'll have forgotten all about it) she'll hit you with "and you DQ'd in in that match, you bleep, bleep, bleep". Don't say you weren't warned. I'd never RO my wife, not in a billion years - been married too long to fall into that particular trap

A chum of mine has one but cannot seem to find a decent holster for them - this is used for IPSC, so it needs to be more of a "sport" rather than a "duty" type holster. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Clive

I'm a Glock convert (albeit from a SIG P226) and run a G35 in standard division. To be honest, I very rarely get beaten by anyone with an STI. The Glock fits my hand like a glove and is a real tack driver - having said that, a 1911-style frame may suit you better. You'll only know when you try one out. I have a feeling that the most important aspect of this all is "believing" in your gun - the mental game is a major aspect of this sport. Just my (rather basic) 2 cents....

You just might have a pretty slow barrel. I too can't get major out of my G35 stock barrel unless I load 5.2g of N320 (COL 1.140 and 180g plated frontiers) - that gives me a PF of about 175. In fact, that load made me nervous enough to switch to N340 - of which I need 5.7g to make major with a Col of 1.135 - and even that is a lot! I checked my chrono and the data is equal to another different make chrono, so that's sorted. How about running your rounds through another gun over the chrono for comparison? Clive

I messed up my .40S&W resizing die by running dirty/flackey brass through it. The carbide was damaged and was scoring brass quite badly - but before shelling out for a new die I tried the following: I wrapped some 1000 - grit sand paper (is that what it's called?)round a wooden dowel, lubed it with oil and stuck it in the chuck of my cordless drill - five minutes of running the dowel/paper inside the die and it is as good as new - no need for a new die! naturally, I won't be running dirty or flacky brass through it again. Hope somebody finds this useful.

Hi Undrpsi, well, to be honest .32S&W long is not a very popular calibre - I use it in my Walther GSP for ISSF centrefire matches, but there must only be a dozen of us or so over here. The Walther is a superb gun for that kind of shooting discipline, so I had to knuckle under and get dies etc for it. I'm not entirely sure why it's so popular in Europe. Over here in Malta there are no calibre restrictions at all, but I do know that this varies from country to country and that some places like Italy don't allow 9 X 19. Ex military stuff is available for sale, as long as it's not full auto. Anything else can be bought and used on the range. The only full auto stuff we can buy (with no alterations) is pre-1946 stuff, and that cannot be used at the range - only as a collectors item. (At least we do not have to "ruin" them in any way by making them "safe"). Silencers are not allowed here in Malta (which is dumb, seeing that it would cause less bother to the general public in a very small country), but I don't know about other European countries. All in all, our laws are very reasonable when it comes to sport shooting - we had to wait for many years, but they are much better than what's available in many other European countries. In fact, gun owner lobbies in other countries are pushing for their versions of our legislation. PSD. Thanks for the offer Youngeyes, but I think I'll pass.....

Postie just came by with my new 550b and loads of accessories (chosen after much lurking on this forum). All set to start reloading .40 S&W for IPSC and .32 S&W long for ISSF. Sadly, I couldn't buy from Brian as I'm in Europe, but I found a shop in Italy which gave me excellent service. Also got a chrono to check and work up my loads safely. Only snag is that I'm moving house in the next three weeks, and it really isn't worth setting it all up to then have to take it all apart - it will be safer in the box for the move...but I really want to get down to cranking them out. The build quality of the machine is excellent - it seems like a very sturdy piece of kit. I have a feeling that I won't regret this partcular purchase :-) Hopefully, by January it will be all set up in my new garage on a decent workbench - I'll post pics when I get there.

Thanks for posting this. I've been experiencing soreness in my right wrist after I shoot a couple of hundred rounds of .40 factory ammo from my Glock 35 - an issue which never arose when using 9X19 in a heavy gun. I'll give these exercise a go and see how it goes.

Glad you liked this little rock New Colonial. If you ever come back let me know and I'll point you towards the best sights.

Right back at you, from Malta . . . Ohio! Cool stuff Now I'll have to google it!

Hi Mark, no calibre restrictions whatsoever - but we can't use any kind of hollowpoint. Full auto firearms dating from before 1946 can be collected (no need for de-activation) but cannot be used. The major problem is lack of ranges (still no rifle range available) and the high cost of freight for ammo and powders - but it's a huge leap forward from the situation a few years back. I did check out the rules forum - very, very handy.

Hehe, I'll try to keep you updated as best I can. For many years, the only firearms one could legally own were shotguns for hunting or sporting purposes. We (the local clubs) lobbied for ages until we managed to get the law changed - it's probably one of the more reasonable ones in Europe now. Hardly any restrictions on firearm type (other than full auto). No mag size restrictions etc. For a couple of years we got by with borrowing a small range from the army a few times a month, but now a private range (albeit small) has opened and we can start to take things seriously. There are a few hundred registered target shooters here, but there is a "hard core" of about 2 to 3 dozen who regularly compete. The local ISSF/IDPA club is quite active and ran a decent number of centrefire/rimfire and IDPA events this past year. I am pushing my club to get IPSC off the ground - a couple of years back, Nick Alexakos had come over to show us the ropes and qualify a few of us as RO's, but things have been quiet since then. Hopefully in 2012 we'll run a few IPSC Level II matches, and perhaps try to pop over to mainland Europe for a couple of larger matches too. I'm about to move house in the next few weeks and as soon as I settle down I'll be setting up a Dillon 550b reloading 9X19, .40S&W and .32S&W. Ammo is very pricey here, and the choice is extremely limited, so reloading is the only way forward. G'day to all Clive

Hello to all from a long-time lurker from sunny Malta. Shooting sports are in their infancy here (one couldn't own firearms until recent legislative changes), but there are quite a few keen shooters. I currently dabble in IDPA, IPSC and some ISSF rimfire and centrefire. Ended up at this forum while doing research for Dillon products, which I unfortunately can't buy from Brian. Got hooked on the huge amount of info available - and finally decided to register and say hello to all you fine folks. I hope to be able to contribute in due course!