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At Area 4 this year it did become a problem on one stage. We had two young women on our stage and one of them was wearing some camo shorts that she bought a Wal-**** the day before. Now mind you these shorts were very short and looked VERY good on this young lady. The RO not only made an a** of himself over it but when I asked about what was going on he shoved the rule book in my face and said its in the rule book and she can't wear them shorts. I got a little upset and told him " it says discourged not forbidden". I contacted the RM (Tom D) and the problem was taken care of. Nowadays you see people wearing camo all over the place it has become in style.

I guess its time to break out my bullet casting equip and start casting again. Many years ago when the wife and I were young I could cast bullets for like 3.50 a thousand. I know someone that will give me all the lead I can haul away.

I have a beretta 682 that I have had for almost 25 years and it is still as tight today as it was when it was brand new. You willbe very happy with that gun.

I bought a Lee carbide and ground it down myself and it works great

Open guns are like hot women it takes lots of stroking and money to keep them happy. But what else does an old man like me have to spend money on anyway.

A few years back I was out at the range doing some chrono work. This guy walked up and asked if he could chrono some loads. I told him sure but the skyskreens were 27.50 each and if he shot one he had to pay. He agreed and he got both skyscreens on the first shot. He opened his wallet and handed me 60 bucks and a Im Sorry about that. I felt bad because he still didn't know how fast his loads were going.

Thanks for posting Mike. Thats going to be a cool match to put on my calender.

Lee dies have a recess in the die before it gets to the sizing ring. I ground it down to where the sizing ring starts and it gets much lower. Thats what they do to the U die.

8.2 - 8.5 @1.160 should get you about 168-171 Pf. Always start low and work up.

My local club is 14 miles from home and we shoot two matches a month. On the weekends that we don't have a match then Doubletap Ranch does and its 80 miles from the house. I go to Doubletap on my motorcycle so its about 10-12 bucks for gas.

Tightloop I wasn't trying to brag. I was letting people know how to keep from getting into trouble when supplies get low. It's just like a friend of mine everytime he goes to the gas station he buys 15 dollars worth of gas so he has to stop and buy gas 2 or 3 times a week, I once asked him why he dosen't just fill it up and he told me it costs to much. That makes alot of sense DOH.

I haven't had a problem getting supplies because when zeros come available I buy 12,000 and when primes are in stock I get 20,000, powder I get 16lbs at a time. This last wait on zero bullets was starting to get close I was down to 3000 when Augus shipped the order. Vit powders are just getting to hard to get I have 6 lbs of 350 and 3 lbs of 3n38 but when its gone I will go back to HS-6 for 9mm major. I was joking with a buddy the other day and told him I was going to pull the bullet casting set off the shelf and start casting again. I am going to sell off all my rem 38 super+P brass once my gunsmith lets me know that he is ready for my super (converting it to 9 major). I have two 2,000 round boxes that haven't been opened yet.

I really like 9 major. I am still a brass hound and pick up everything I can. I like how flat 9 major shoots and its very easy to load once you get the formula correct. I have two open guns 1 9 and 1 38 super, the super already has a date to get converted to 9

I use homemade case lube. I buy 4 ounce bottles of liquid Lanolin for 4.95 a bottle and mix 1 and a half bottles of rubbing alcohol into a sprayer form the dollar store with 2 ounces of the lanolin. One sprayer full including the cost of the sprayer $ 4.75 and one bottle lasts about a year and a half. To clean the lube off of the cases I sometimes tumble them but most of the time I lay them on a towel and LIGHTLY spray them with carb cleaner and roll them in the towel, the carb cleaner evaporates very quckly and gets the cases very clean.

My Daughter just gave me a 50 dollar gift cert for fathers day

I had one of the midway big tumblers ( as big as the Dillon) and it lasted for 12 years. When it broke about two years ago I got to thinking that it had a lifetime waranty so I called and it did. Midway however dosen't make them anymore and they sent me two of the small frankford ones to replace my old one. They work ok but I just got tired of the small bowls so now I have one of the big Dillons and its great. If it breaks you just order another motor and keep going. In fact it doing 1200 9mm as we speak.

OPEN GUN W/Minor loads

I saw a guy at a match a while back stick his open gun through a port and with that knob he hit the top of the port and turned off his scope. It was kind of funny watching him move the gun around trying to find the dot that wasn't there.

Buy a Dillon case guage and run all your reloads through it the NIGHT before the match. The case guage is normally a little tighter then your barrel so that makes sure your ammo will work on match day. As shaun said untill you get a guage you can use your barrel. The Dillons are stainless steel and are the best I have seen.

What kind of bike did you use?????

When I shoot 9mm open I don't mark my brass, but when I shoot my 38 super they all have a big black mark around them. I don't like to hold up a squad during a match so after the match is over I go back to the stages to get my brass. I normally spend most of my time as an RO during the match. Its funny how little super brass I get back after the match. When I pick up super brass if its not marked it goes to the other super shooters at the match because mine is marked. 9 mm is normally all over the place and I sometimes get 3 or 4 times what I shot after the match.

I pretty much shoot open all the time and I always start with a big stick in the gun. If I have to reload during the stage anyway I only put 25 in the stick and 20 in the 140s. That way the mag seats easy and I don't have the dropped mag thing happen during a match. I also never put an unloaded mag back on my belt until it has been unloaded, cleaned and reloaded. I have seen lots of people load a half full mag into a gun and blow a stage.

With 125 jhp zeros and 3n38 I need 9.5 grains @1.165 to get 1375 - 1390. I have a shorty with two ports in the slide. Peforms great but no better then n350 and you use less ( 8.5grains).

In reference to the perfect double it should be scored Alpha Mike.

Thats what I was told a month ago