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Some may want explanation and detail on the work they are paying $200+. They also may be smarter than the average 3rd grader and can handle the technical explanation. Hate to get the wrong work completed due to lack of clear communication. Working with customers and the public can suck, but a necessary evil at times. Really sucks in the automotive sector where margins can actually be negative on some business. Thanks for all who responded, special thanks to Bruce.

Really burned out of the mid-west. Have visited Idaho four times looking for a retirment location. Thinking seriously about Horshoe Bend.

Looking to see if anyone has experience with them or has had any work done. Been looking to get some work done and the communication style has me concerned. Feedback appreciated. Thanks.

Sink or swim, might as well jump into the deep end.

BTW, have you found many clubs that have IDPA or USPSA matches? That will be important factor on where I move to!

Hoping to retire and move to Idaho someday . . . Welcome

Sorry about diggin up the old thread, but maybe someone will get somethin out of it. I don't disagree with Dwbsig on upgrading if you really want to speed things up and smooth them out. But saying the case feeder doesn't help the 550 much, I believe it realy does. And at times, since it is not auto indexing, it is easier to clear a jam. But for sure the 650 and above for max speed.

Have you checked Harley's financials over the last 5 years? Maybe a change in their business model is in order?

Ah, the dealers are LEXUS dealerships. That IS how Lexus, Toyota actually, and other car manufacturers support their products. Granted dealerships are independantly owned, but the OEM works directly with them. As an engineer at an OEM I have even had to visit dealerships for customer issues the dealership could not solve. So we do continue servicing, just not in a direct method due to scale. Where do you think the recall work gets done? Back at the car plant or at the dealership? Dealership hasn't turned away servicing my 14 year old car, not once. I wasn't bashing on SVI, just wondering how long their business model will stay the same. Market demand changes, business models change.

Wow, how the heck could you look at the match book and decide if shooting major or minor was a better option? Better minds than me I guess. If you shoot all A's fast, go .40 minor as Atlasguy321 said, more rounds. If you need every possible point, go major. But switching depending on the match is going to be a lot of guess work.

It is all about business model. If SVI can survive on building guns and stopping support after 5 years, God Bless them on the fantastic demand and perception of their product. Cars are also consumable, but would anyone accept the dealership not servicing a Lexus after 5 years? Boy what that would do to their market share.

"My best guess is that 40 S&W the flexibility to legitimately switch between major or minor power factor based on the course." Not sure I understand that comment. What do you mean by switching between power factors based on the course?

Was searching on a different topic but ran across this old thread. Completely disagree with those saying the case feeder isn't worth it on the 550. I have a 550 and 650, both with case feeder. Once you get a rythem on the 550 with the case feeder it isn't far behind the 650. And there are benefits to the 550 not being auto indexing when something goes wrong. I have had no problems getting the 550 case feeder to work. The 650 case feeder was feeding 9mm upside down until I got the options narrow funnel from Dillon.

In another thread it is mentioned that PSA has a second generation barrel that fixes the short throats on their PCC's. That may be true, but FYI, that is not the case with their current AR pattern 9mm pistol with 8" barrel. At least not the one I received. I already have the wheels in motion with the nice folks on this forum to help me out. Just wanted to post this as an FYI.

Agree with the lube for everything crowd. Way more pluses than minuses. A spin on the plastic bin idea is using zip lock bags. I batch process everything, OCD thing. Sort or count 100 pieces of brass, I hate WCC headstamp so I sort them out, spray some One Shot on the insides of a quart zip lock freezer bag, dump in the 100 cases and shake like you work for Mr. Sanders making chicken. I build up 500 or so and then start loading. You could dump more than 100 in a bag, but like I said OCD, everything by 100. Want to smooth everything out even more, polish your powder funnel.

You ride don't you Yup.

Noticed after I wrote my post below that this was in the IDPA forum. I run PCC in USPSA, but don't think my comments would be different for IDPA stages and safety rules, but I am not that familiar with the IDPA PCC rules. Last year was the second year our club ran PCC and I have run quite a few squads with PCC shooters and competed in PCC myself. Since we are also a 3-gun club we are not new to running long guns. We have long gun racks that the competitors can put their PCC either cased and flagged or uncased and flagged pointing to the side berm. Most competitors pick up the PCC muzzle up and flagged, bring it to the line and on make ready point it down range, pull the flag and load. If the PCC shooter knows they are next and is preparing to come to the line, it takes maybe fractions of seconds longer to make ready if at all. Takes less time than a pistol shooter not paying attention and you have to call them to the line multiple times. So time has become a wash. Then take into account experienced PCC shooters will shoot a stage as fast as an experience open shooter, so less time than a production shooter, and we have found that there is not time issue with PCC. Completely agree with both Sarge and Patrick. We shouldn't change the shooting challenges or stages to cater to the PCC, set them up as always. However, consider the PCC shooter as far as the safety aspect of the stage.

Yup. Strange there are those who think there is some magical oil that performs better than synthetic motor oil because it comes in a little bottle for a large price. To go one further, I have run a particular diesel oil in my race bikes and street bikes for years. 450 motocross bikes, 1,000 cc road race bikes, and 1400cc sportbikes. Not one oil related engine failure ever. Once, the scavenge pump went out on one of the 450 motocross bikes and by the end of the race most of the oil got pumped out the breather. Tore it down and didn't need to replace anything. I am sure if it ran just a bit longer it would have been catastrophic, but considering, it performed extremely well. Pretty sure the sliding parts in a firearm don't go through nearly the heat, pressures, and dirt an ICE produces.

From the report, quote: "Tests of the percussion primers generally show a sensitivity. The test configuration of injecting the spark into the interior of the primer is highly unlikely in an actual environment. The device may be insensitive due to its physical configuration of being enclosed in a metal case. Given this consideration, it is still evident that the materials used in some of these primers are very sensitive. It is possible, although unlikely, that a spark discharge to the exterior primer case might result in an initiation." The only primer similar to anything we would use or handle that they were able to ignite was a small pistol primer at the most severe level of their test configuration. They repeated 3 more times and could not duplicate the initiation after the first and only initiation. If anyone has a concern, they should read the report and decide for themselves.

Great find, as I said, best way to determine for certain is test in a lab. Unfortunately even the Sandia test report is inconclusive. They state that even for the primers that proved sensitive, their test method was not representative of normal handling conditions. Guess it shows it is possible under perfect and extreme conditions. Anyone still worried, set your loading bench up like an electrical bench with a grounding strap and mat.

I highly doubt static discharge will set off a primer. According to the MSDS for primer material, LEAD STYPHNATE, it takes a temperature of 626 egrees F. to combust. While a static discharge is hotter, it is for such a short duration that there isn't enough energy to set it off. If there were, you would get a skin burn every time you got a static shock. A lot of reloaders out there that have been doing it for a very, very long time, we would have heard about it. The primer detonation you are reading about is most likely the Dillon 650 kaboom due to the feed system. Only way to tell for certain is to test in a lab, but I do not believe it is possible due to a typical static discharge.

Nice!

Normally, on a pistol I would say get it reamed. But for a PCC with what is most likely a nitrided barrel, I'm with Memphis and Neomet. Nothing wrong with loading shorter if that is what the chamber and bullet require. And at the pressures you will be at loading for PCC power factor, I wouldn't worry about that being an issue at all.

Wow, that seems to say a lot, and from first hand experience rather than "my best friends uncle who knows this guy" . . .

Did you do the machine work on the slide?