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On 10/18/2016 at 8:52 PM, Cherokeewind said:
What is the downside to clipping a stock S&W rebound spring to yield about 3 pounds of pull on the rebound spring alone?
Thanks.Downside of a shortened rebound spring is a choppy trigger pull in my experience. Get the lightened spring of the proper length for superior results.
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I value the ability to shoot with or without moonclips, so the 627 is the logical choice for me. For 99% of my live fire practice, I don't bother mooning/demooning. I don't know if this would work very well with a 929. I have a 4" 627, and the sight radius is fully adequate for accurate shooting. I find it a very handy and maneuverable size. Of course, you possibly have recoil reduction, and potential for a lighter load making PF with a longer, heavier barrel.
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Having the right gear is critical. Footwear is serious business when running on wet grass with a loaded gun. Ironically salomons are not good on wet grass.Is this a real thread?
very true, discovered how slippery the Salomons were training in the back yard tonight, going from box to box. However, perhaps a non-issue, as I don't recall the last bay I shot in that was not gravel at a match.
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I think our vision is like a movie camera...it can shoot 1 frame/sec (blinking), 10 frames/second, or 100 frames/sec, or maybe even 1,000 frames/sec. Figure out how to tune up the frame rate and you'll do very well.
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Who makes a true roundnose 38 caliber coated bullet? I love the 230 grain 45 slugs in my 625, but I'm still shooting oldschool lead in my 38. I roll crimp the 38s and I've not been able to find a coated bullet with a cannelure without a flat point. All the heavy coated bullets I see are really 38 super bullets.
I'm very satisfied with the Bayou Bullet 160 grain loading in .38 Short Colt brass They are a round nose with NO cannelure, and I roll crimp, (pretty heavily) but accuracy is still very good, lack of canelure does not seem to be an issue. The RN are good for fast reloads, and they run very clean.
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Match was fun and the weather held out. Great squad and got to meet/shoot with Pat Jones and 71Commander from the forum.
Shot poorly but still on a whole squad of wheelgunners and all the other wheelguns around what is not to like.
Much Thanks to staff and everyone involved in making the match happen. (especially the shuttle drivers
)Good time was had shooting with Squad 2. Good to see the young fellow from Iowa on our squad, Craig, tearing it up with the wheelgun, he was probably 1/2 the age of anyone else on the squad. And I won the 9mm XD-M in the random drawing, that's a first!
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will "equipment checks" have to be expanded in their scope to go beyond just pistols and magazines?
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I'd also recommend the Model 15, with 4" barrel, for the advantage of adjustable/replaceable rear sight. M-15 may also have a pinned front sight, in which case replacing with a FO front would be pretty easy. I also know there is an abundance of OEM and aftermarket parts available for the Model 15, not to mention competition holsters...not so sure about the Speed Six.
Speed Six kind of looks like a sweet carry gun, would it qualify for BUG-R with a 3" barrel?
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Signed up for Sunday only
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in Manhattan for three days...can anyone recommend any local ranges (indoor or outdoor) where I could get some handgun practice in?
Thanks,
John
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I'm in for the Saturday match...what have I gotten myself into, LOL!
Saw something about the possibility of camping on site...how feasible is this, and who should I talk to about this beforehand?
Thanks,
John MacLean
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Welcome, I live in Northern Kentucky and shoot USPSA, IDPA, and the occasional 3-gun and outlaw steel match. Mostly shoot revolver in USPSA and IDPA. Lots of good matches within easy driving distance in this area, between Fairfield Sportsman's Association (Friday Night Steel), MRPC (USPSA, steel), BGSL in Lexington (IDPA, USPSA, 3-gun), and Silver Creek in Sellersburg, IN. I'll probably run into you somewhere.
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I love crepes...I love really thin pancakesI got mauled by a cougar...
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Not finding much for load data in my books. Bullet will be S&S 160gr coated RN. Gun is a S&W 627PC with 5" barrel. I have the following powders available in small to moderate quantities:
AA#2, 5, 7 and 9. Bullseye, True Blue, Competition, CFE Pistol, WST, Powder Pistol, Blue Dot and Solo 1000.
I did find some factory Remington 125gr RN lead cartidges that I'm going to shoot for the brass. Otherwise, I have 300 rds of Starline on the way. If I get good results I'll get more brass.
3.1 grains Bullseye with 160g Bayou RN @1.17" OAL works well for me, makes minor PF from 4" 627
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Anyone loading Short Colt's on a 650? If so what color case feeder attachment is being used? The orange 38 special one is not working well for me.
I use the red one (.45ACP), works perfectly.
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I'm very happy with this load out of my S&W 5946 (3rd gen) with stock barrel:
Bayou 147 @ 1.13 OAL
3.4g titegroup
seems very accurate and consistent
933 FPS, Standard deviation 10, Extreme Spread 29 with a 6 shot sample size
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I made a bunch of these up with 0.080 kydex and tek-loc belt attachments, they allow pretty fast reloads on the M-1. Easy to grab, also pretty secure.
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Keep in mind that several of these great revolvers like the 3" model 66 are not really 3". I have what S&W calls a 3" 66 but it actually measures 3.2" and would not be legal since the rule says BugR has a 3.00" limit. I will not be chopping .2" off my rare 3" 66 for IDPA.
Interesting and good to know. I checked my M65, and it is 2.94" from the face of the cylinder to the end of the barrel.
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Johnmac: Anybody have an idea what aspect of dry fire actually is the culprit in causing injury?
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Johnmac: I typed a nice long response and lost it when I changed page.
Anyway, it is from the repetitive stress of pressing the mag release button. Happened to me in December while doing shoot-reload-shoot drills in a training session. Did about 30 in a row, non-stop, and got to under 1 second time (on 24 x 24 plate at 8 yards) - stressful. It obviously injured my tendons in the process and took me a couple months to get over it using therapies I described above in this thread.
http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=182257&page=3#entry2343952
I had shot 15K rounds, and about 20 matches in that same month in Mesa, Az, and shot every day of the month, even with the Xmas break. Not a problem, until I did that drill training with Kyle Schmidt. It was just too much for my elbow tendons. Damage occurs, then it takes a lot of time and effort to remodel the scar tissue and get the tendons all sliding smoothly again so they don't re-injure every time you use them.
Interesting. I suppose over the course of a typical match, where you're shooting more than reloading, and have breaks between stages, the stress from hitting the mag release is a non-issue. I guess "everything in moderation" is a good maxim RE: practicing reloading.
Thanks
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Anybody have an idea what aspect of dry fire actually is the culprit in causing injury?
I know that I can dryfire like mad with my double action revolvers, and I've had no issues.
The last two months, I've applied myself to learning how to shoot semi-autos, and have been doing *LOTS* of "Draw - Shoot 2 - Reload" AKA "4 Aces" practice, and my elbow is getting tender. I *suspect * it is the multiple reps hitting the mag release on my S&W 5946 with my dominant hand thumb.
Seems hitting the mag release on a semi-auto with your strong hand thumb requires applying force at an awkward angle, unlike hitting the cylinder latch on a revolver...where you just push forward.
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The important thing is, you want a 3" barrel for the full length ejector rod. You get consistent ejection of the long 38 Special brass that way.
3" Model 66's are very rare, and command a price premium. Same with Model 19's. You see more in the 2-1/2" barrel length.
3" Model 65's and Model 10's are pretty easy to find, in comparison, but have fixed sights (not a big problem IMHO).
So I think if you must have adjustable sights, you'd be better off looking for a 3" Model 686.
I don't own any L-frames, so I can't compare a 686 directly from competition experience to a K-frame, but I find nothing lacking in K-frames, for IDPA competition use.
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Some people have been asking for combined results for their local matches. I'm putting together a website that does exactly that:
http://combinedresults.info/
This is a beta release. Please help me shake out any bugs.
Current known issues are:1. The server times out on large matches like the Nationals. I can see the 2010 NC Sectionals, but others can't seem to. I've got a plan for a fix.
2. Non Pistol matches are displaying the wrong Division names. Although multigun seems to work, specific Shotgun and Rifle matches do not.
And if there are any CSS masters out there who wants to improve the display of the results, PM me and we'll see how we can work together.Does this still work? Seems broke when I tried it today.
till work? seems not to any more
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I favor Bayou Bullets 160g
work well in 38 Short Colt as well as 38 Special cases.
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Not too worried about powder since I scored 8# of Bullseye over the summer. Even before then I had quite a bit of "plan B" powders assembled, enough to get through the 2015 shooting season.
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Having a hard time finding matches
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Friday Night Steel over at Fairfield Sportsman Association: https://www.fridaynightsteel.com/
IDPA and 3-gun on Saturdays at BGSL in Wilmore, KY (near Lexington): http://bgslinc.com/calendar/
and I think there are indoor USPSA matches at Hammer Down range in Loveland (maybe only in winter?) https://practiscore.com/clubs/hammer_down_range
https://www.hammerdownrange.com/uspsa/