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Here's a sneak peak of my second 6" .40: If I ever manage to put down the Open guns for a month or two I'll do some side by side comparisons of the light slide/cut frame/stroked guide rod

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Lots and lots of water, on match day and every day before that. You're in the sun longer than usual, exerting yourself more than usual and it's easy to dehydrate. I try not to eat more than usual before the match then bring a few snacks (bananas, Cliff bars) to eat during the match so I don't get distracted by hunger.

If anyone is interested I have a factory large frame mag well for $60 shipped, as well as a Henning cone fit guide rod for $35 shipped.

I use the 9mm plate for SC, occasionally one will pop out if I seat the primer too hard, but it runs nice and smooth.

The Stock I frame has more in common with the standard frame than the "competition frames", it's just chromed with some checkering. The completion frame of the Stock II has a flared mag well and solid hammer pin.

Although with the hot new DVCs hitting the market there might be some sweet deals on used Trubors

They are slightly different mechanically, but they can be tuned every bit as well. They share a lot of parts with Stock IIs.

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C class 43.7148% http://www.classifiercalc.com/

I load on a 650 with a case feeder and I've never had a problem...

Cal. Penal Code §12276.1. (a)Notwithstanding Section 12276, assault weapon shall also mean any of the following: ... (4)A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any one of the following: (A)A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer. http://www.oclaw.org/research/code/ca/PEN/12276.1./content.html#.VNVHhd-tvqA One could assume as long as the comp is permanently attached you'd be good to go, but anyone who shoots Open in CA can attest to the lack of knowledge of and/or will to prosecute based upon the above statute. We behind enemy lines tread lightly all the same.

Eric, the Stock II frames (like the Limited/Pro, Gold Team, Stock III and the Hunter) are internally beveled, which is why they use shorter grips than the standard frame guns.

Here's an example: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=209440#entry2330209 Brand new a similarly equipped SP01 might cost $1,000, so that's a 20% discount; the holster is discounted even more than that.

9mm Trubor sounds like a good plan to me

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You might want to figure out what variance you get out of your press so that the longest round you load clears the rifling.

Good plan My only suggestion would be to experiment with longer rounds and see how they feed.

If you want a tame 460, why not shoot 45? The ports will do more to kill velocity than mitigate muzzle rise and they do nothing for the push into your hand. A comp does a much better job of what you describe.

I wouldn't bother with Magna porting, it's a lot of money for small gains.

That data came from the Hodgdon website, I thought it would be useful since it listed the pressure. If we're talking about gas for the comp I can defer to my own load data collection for 9 major. Same powder, same PF, 135gr, 124gr, 115gr, 7.1, 7.7, 8.9 charges respectively. More power generally means more gas, the more effective the comp.

Let me start by saying I'm not a physicist by trade (a sprinkler fitter actually) so I don't actually know the answers to these questions, but I have some moronic ideas I'd love to flesh out with the rest of the Enosphere First off, I'm not sure this is true. I've never shot 9 major with 147s but I have shot it with 135s, 124s and 115s; I found the heavier the bullet the softer, bouncier the gun shot, whereas the lighter the bullet the flatter, more violent the gun felt. I found this comment intriguing, intuitively I want to agree, but I'm not sure why... My initial though was a heavier/slower bullet has less energy than a lighter/faster bullet and perhaps energy has something to do with "wear and tear". Then I though pressure is probably more closely correlated so I went to 'the book' and was surprised to find this data: This would lead me to believe that, at least in this small relative range between 124gr and 147gr with WAC, two loads of the same PF would have exert the same pressure on the chamber. Granted these two max loads have a muzzle energy of roughly 345 ft.lb and 274 ft.lb for the 124gr and 147gr respectively. This doesn't sound very scientific, do you have a more technical analysis of "easy to get going"? If a 124gr bullet is going 1290 fps to make 160 pf and the 147gr is going 1088 fps, the 124gr bullet has 458 ft.lb of energy vs the 386 ft.lb. I'm not about to say definitively that muzzle energy has any correlation to "wear and tear" but if the muzzle energy is greater, the pressure is about the same, which factor do you suspect are the greatest contributor? the force required to unseat the bullet?

1.150-1.170

Welcome Frederic, Sounds like a good plan although I'm concerned with your $150/month budget. Fuel and entry fees to multiple matches per month will likely consume at least half that. As far as gun choice you shouldn't have a problem getting into an SP01 for less than a quality 1911, plus factory 9mm is far less expensive than factory .45 (once you start reloading the gap closes a bit, but .45 is still more costly). That being said, I suggest anyone getting into the sport buy used; once you find a local club and ask around you will likely find a complete setup (either a CZ or 1911) available used for far less then it would cost new.

I'm not sure of the round count (it was in a used gun which looks new), but I'd like $200 shipped.