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jake617

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  1. haven't read all responses to the initial post; I'm one of those old geezers who does't want music in my muffs and rarely listen while driving. Spend plenty of time from 60s thru about 20 years ago being compulsive about 'the proper equipment' etc. These days I'd rather be with my private thoughts than the annoyance of any version of music or other.
  2. ....or start shooting/reloading 10mm if you have LPP. Bowling pins certainly respond better to 10mm than to 40.
  3. I found a 725fps load I liked with 200g cast & WSF. Clean enough, pleasant, accurate in my own 625. While I really like Trail Boss in 45 Colt, somehow it just doesn't satisfy me in 45 acp. Dunno why, it's pleasant enough.
  4. I shot ICORE with my 3 9/16" 610 unfluted for several years. Tried pins, 40 is a good caliber for that but 10mm is better. I needed LPA sight set but all else performs OEM very outstandingly.
  5. I loaded my first jug of CFE /124FMJ for a G34 in sub-max listed charge. Disappointed with failure to cycle slide at even top published charge less .1 and .2g as erratic slide function was evident. Even the published "1150fps" load was not quite enough. The slide mount Burris FastFire II may have slowed slide just enough to make erratic slide function. EXCEPT: same load into old reliable Browning HiPower did same 'not quite enough' for reliable slide function. Loaded CFE the previous week at max loads for 38 special /130/158 cast lead revolver use. Liked the result; good function (of course) and great accuracy for close-up match games. Was told by (unnamed official) at recent Glock match "G34 was designed for 124 FMJ at 1200 fps. I asked twice to make sure I heard that right. Have been searching for powders with sparse luck, those that produce that fps with 124 FMJ.
  6. The most fun gun I compete with, outside Cowboy Action black powder SAA, is my 10 shot 617. All the basics, just as intense....sort of like enjoying the nuances of using a 3 weight fly line.....
  7. I'm at the other end of the 'Glock shooter' spectrum. I'm slow, clumbsy, a geezer with poor eye sight, and initially cleared the 50' Texas Star with my G23 in 47 seconds..... got a G34 with a red dot, practiced a bit, and the next year did it in 7.8 seconds. Not that I'm any better over all, the G34 makes the most of what I can do with it. And I DID sell my other Glocks to keep the G34. Although it might take all the challenge out of the course from the level of competitor you have become.
  8. as an official geezer and REVOLVER fan I would be overjoyed to have a 22 Revo category to shoot....and move than 6-shot stages would be fine.....I'd even enjoy a 'jungle run' although I don't run...but a trail/path out through the brush around the mountain etc would be invigorating....
  9. does anyone find it helpful to chamfer the chambers even when there is no specific complaint? I just got a used 617...turns out it has irregular FTF....someone has shortened the strain screw considerably. It's at my smith's right now for further inspection. In the 200 rounds I put through it first, 1-4 failure to fire chambers emerged. I marked those & now the smith is taking a look. Anticipate getting the DS10s soon.
  10. I'm still very much novice class for Glocks; like my 34 as a stocker only as it has capacity far above what I can utilize already. I put a FastFire red dot on it. As a geezer moving fast isn't my prime game anyway, but with a little help in the sight dept I'm doing fine for accuracy. I've shot Cowboy Action for years & years, and the 1911 frames all fit me very well. Learning the tricks of Glock are encouraging. Last year I cleared the Texas star in 45 seconds; not very impressive. A little practice & the red dot, I cleared it in the 7 second bracket twice. At this rate in another 500 years I might be competitive.
  11. Several years ago I was finding around 15-20% of 'glocked brass' in the 40S&W round wouldn't chamber in either my G23 or my S&W 610 revolver. Regardless of how the 650 Dillon dies were set, they would not resolve this issue despite hours of messing with various adjustments. Finally I came upon the Lee FCD, which installed on Station 5, now has resolved the problem. Haven't seen the newer designs talked about above.
  12. My 34 has 3-4000 rounds thru it. No deformed plastic parts like your excellent photos. One ploy you might use in getting 'hands on' with factory expert care, is to sign up for a Glock Match. I didn't know this until last year: as a match competitor they will work your Glock over and clean, update or troubleshoot/repair anything needed. My antique G23 original model had never been tore down for full clean. It was getting a bit funky, and they replaced all the linkage etc, showed me some tricks, and stuck in a big pile of new and updated trigger, etc NO CHARGE!!! other than the match fee..... The whole guts was in the category the tech said "Wow, nobody has used THESE connectors for 15 years....etc". The more I shoot them the more I like them. The tech told me that you *want* to hear that little sound when you shake it as it demonstrates your striker is capable of movement within its little channel...which is GOOD.....
  13. EDIT: I guess my link is out of order? Upper with FMJ 125; lower Moly 125 4.8g Bullseye I'm starting to get used to using the Fast Fire red dot on this G34. Pretty amazing design.
  14. After reading the article on forensic evaluation of the famed 'kboom' of some models which advise against lead in their barrels, I became dissuaded from pursuing that recipe. I did obtain a ?Wolf? barrel with the standard rifling and it shoots without the hazards, so I'm assured by those in a position to believe they know. Not trying to spread internet rumor here. The article was widely published several years ago. The author is a Glock fan who happens to have 'expert qualifications' per his vitae in the book. Other than that, I've never had satisfactory accuracy in other calibers with SWC in any semi auto of any make, not sure why, because I really like them in revolvers. Perhaps it's some glitch in my own reload specs. I shoot a G34 and continue to be amazed at how accurate it can be if I do my job. Currently trying a few moly-coated 125 rounds for comparison to FMJ.
  15. re: "I believe you're thinking of the Lee Bulge Buster not the FCD. " I've never heard of the Bulge Buster, but have been using the Lee FCD in 9 and 40 for about 3 years. Without it on station 5 of my 650, I would be unable to use most range brass, as Glock is not the only one that has "the Bulge". Without the LCD it wouldn't be worth the time to reload those calibers for me, as I was getting a failure to chamber in about 50-60% of my used brass. Searched high & low before running across the LCD. Haven't kept up on any newer developments.
  16. No extra $$ from me regardless of the provenance....but I would buy more Glocks'n'Ammo with what I saved
  17. re: "perhaps you are talking about a moly coated bullet?" yes, my mistake Thanks for the tips, I'll be putting them into action tomorrow. It looks like I have to open the belling just a bit more too, as close inspection today at the range showed my dozen trial loads all had some form of over crimp or moly deformation on the case mouth. The manual I'm using calls for 1.150 OAL minimum. I'm looking at Bullseye 4.7-4.9 g per their spec. ?Lee 4th Edition? manual about 6-8 years old now. Ogive/shape is virtuallyidentical to the FMJ 115 g boolit dismounted from a bad batch I got of 500 "factory reloads" from a company now out of business....they were all loaded with so little powder there was Fail to Eject on every other round....even in a Glock 34 and a Browning HP....both of which for me have pretty much digested everything. Shoot one, FTE, clear, shoot one, FTE...etc. So now I've got a bunch of practice FMJ to load, and first run at loading some 115 Moly coated "Bear Creek". We'll see.
  18. I sat loading on my 550 for 20+ years, and sit loading on my 650 these past 10+ years. I can see in the cases just fine. Chair height is standard office typing chair or and old soda-shop swivel base stool. No strong mount needed. Old monster bench was larger, but 24x60 is PLENTY big enough for stability etc.
  19. Starting to load a few of these .356" to compare with 125 Montana Gold. The MG slip into the full chamber of my G34 easily at 1.150" OAL; while the gray Nyclad (whatever the name is) with same recipe does not completely slide into dismounted barrel chamber with gravity. Pushing with finger encounters some resistance. Bare bullet drop the MG falls in easily another 1/4" or so than the bare Nyclad. Any body loading these for Glock 34? Comments?
  20. I've long used One Shot to ease the stroke, as well as the bearing & washer device pictured above. They help considerably. Agree it's difficult to consistently avoid some variation from the OAL chosen. In my own tests, there have been too many other simultaneous variables to be sure exactly which is which. And I rely on the "close enough" principal, in that if I *can't* tell what is causing which, yet results are acceptable, it's "close enough". A buddy is a certified OCD to the point he's "CDO" (as the letters are in proper order---only to him it's not a joke). As a state-level bench rest master, he does everything you have ever heard about in aligning everything to the smallest possible nit. He spent 2 hours belaboring the need for such detail. Then he had 2 events which crushed his theories. I'm too tired to post the details right now, but bring the message that "for all practical purposes" and "close enough" work fine most of the time. PS: I'm back, haven't post for a while, lost track of old log-in stuff and had to create new ID.
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