PatJones

A 3 day match sounds great, but Memphis is a long way from Colorado. Illinois or Reno is about as far as I'll drive.

I just bumped into this on the Doodie Project: http://www.mailermailer.com/x?function=view&c=167054059e-af2c97a6%2A1094951L-15c69567 If true, if this the end of the 625 in competition?

As a revolver shooter I will pay extra for brass sorted by headstamp. Only certain brands of brass fit my moonclips, paying extra for sorted brass is cheaper than throwing most of it away.

Your 1911 fits very nicely into single stack division where the 9mm guns are allowed 10 rounds. Holsters are restricted in single stack so your current rig will likely work. The main difference is that you will want a minimum of 4 mags for each stage. 4 on the belt and one in the gun would be preferable.

Welcome to the board. Loading those calibers makes you sound like a revolver shooter. We had 3 revo shooters at the Aurora match today, and there's a few at the Pueblo match each month.

I have an lightweight chrome lined FN barrel from Spikes. Fine for kick down the door accuracy, but I'm glad it's not a competition rifle. The DPMS on my A2 groups much better. It's not chromed.

Speed shooters had some a couple years back after S&W did the run of 325s but I haven't seen for sale recently. Keep an eye out for special runs of revos with titanium cylinders, parts are usually available afterwards.

That's funny. Being a righty I've burned myself a few times on the forcing cone too.

I'm often the only revo shooter at a local match so comparing my scores to the high overall shooter is the best way I have to quantify my performances over time.

I couldn't find what I wanted, so I built my own. I wanted a single high kydex rack that would take both 38 and 45 clips. Kydex is easy to work with if you're good with your hands.

I was using 9mm dies with my mid colt loads. I just checked the SAAMI specs. The case diameter for .38 special is .379 max with tolerance of -.006. The corresponding dimension for 9mm is .381 with a tolerance of -.007. This is a bit bigger, but most dies should be on the small side which would put you in the tolerance range of .38 special.

Yes, 9mm cases are typically fatter at the base. If we use steel resizing dies this would be the case. Our carbide sizing dies use a single ring of carbide and turn a 9mm case into a straight wall case. Think about the wasp waisted appearance of a reloaded 9mm. You can resize a short colt case with a 9mm die, but depending on the thickness of the case walls it may or may not provide the correct case tension. I don't load short colt so someone else will need to speak to this.

I always fill my rack when I go to the line. In my case that's eight moon clips. I load strong hand and usually grab moons from right to left. But if I'm shooting to my left and need a reload, I'll grab one closer to the gun. The other advantage to a full rack is that when I'm gathering spent moonclips, I can look down and immediately know if I'm missing one.

Is the IDPA crowd now getting their panties in a knot in forums other than their own?

I've gone back to 38 special. I tried medium colt in mine but I wasn't happy with the accuracy. I can reload the specials faster than I can change shooting positions, so for me any tradeoff in accuracy is not worth it.

My Lee 38 special seater die applies a tapper crimp. I have no idea why. I've moved to a RCBS seater die because I wanted to roll crimp and seat a bullet in the same operation.

What caliber is the FJ?

I took the guts out of a 38 special Lee factory crimp die and installed them in a old Lee expander die body I had sitting around. They drop right in, the parts inside the dies are there same diameter. I then cut the bottom of the die shorter so I could screw it down into the press further to crimp shorter cartridges. Without the carbide insert of a stock FCD it was easy to shorten things up. Works like a charm and doesn't resize my loaded lead bullets.

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Never discarded a clip for to a high primer, I hand seat all of my primers. I have had a moonclip fall off the far side of the cylinder instead of falling in though.

Got mine..... In a trade 20 days after the rule change.

Shooting 158 grain round nose in my 627. For moon clip use a round nose is best.

The bull barrel gun had a heavy trigger when I shot it Saturday? I guess I do have a revolver callus on my trigger finger.

I start with 8. I started with 12 at the rocky mountain 300, but that match is an anomaly.

I too use the old style tapered spring. I bend the top of the spring, the part containing the hook, down at about a 30° angle. This makes the overall length shorter. This is important to prevent knuckling when you reduce the length of the tension screw. I also arch it slightly after its in the gun. I measure the tension on the hammer by hooking a trigger pull gauge in the little notch formed by the bottom of the flat pad where the hammer hits the hiring pin. I pull the hammer back with the gauge parallel with the barrel. At the midway point of its travel, the tension on the hammer measures 2 7/8 pounds. All other tuning is done by polishing the action and playing with rebound springs. The hammers with the fixed firing pins are measured in the same manner, but you hook under the hammer nose. This is higher up on the hammer so the numbers are different. I've not worked on enough of these to have a firm number.