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Many thanks!

In search of...

J Michael Plaxco, "Shooting From Within". Old, but still (very) relevant.

New to VR80 world. Mine came equipped with a goofy mag lock (CA-compliant, apparently) that (briefly, until it was removed) required that the rear pivot pin be pulled and the upper rotated upwards slightly before the mag catch could be depressed. The rear pivot pin is extended on the RH side of the gun to aid this process, but, as a consequence, makes it difficult at best to actuate the safety with my left thumb (thanks RIA for thinking of us - the safety levers are at least swappable so the longer one can be put on the RH side of the gun). I really don't want to cut the "head" off this pin, and would prefer to replace it with a "smooth" (non-protruding) pin - does anyone know whether a more "conventional" pivot pin is available (or is it compatible with a normal AR pin)? Second question... Does anyone know of a LH mag release (a la Norgon or...)? Is anyone working on one?

Abso-bloody-lutely

I've installed THESE on my race guns. Love the adjustability, not sure how I ever got along without thumbrests. 'Course, the main selection criteria was that DAA offers them in left-hand

Varget, AA2230, Benchmark, RE-15, BLC-2, W748, 4895, H322, RE-7, VV N133, VV N135, 3031, 4198 will all work as well...in this festive period, it sort of boils down to what you can actually find..!

Think you missed one key criteria - total number of mutual butt-sniffing opportunities encountered

Better yet, have mail with Forum member snowshooze. He sells an absolutely brilliant replacement part with a roller at the bottom; bye-bye sliding friction/grease/grooves. Have them on all my 650's and they're GREAT!

40 yards

45's usually my "use up the odds and ends" ctg. - I've used Bullseye, Red Dot, N320, AA2, AA5, Unique, 7625, Clays, Universal, and probably at least a couple I'm forgetting for major loads...

Keen to hear feedback as to whether they also sorted out the problem with rain blurring out the diode (which, on the Gen I, is located at the bottom of a narrow slot that loves to collect water - had to carry canned air in my bag to blow the slot out as needed). Absolutely LOVE the sight, but, living in the Great NorthWET, this was a show-stopper for me...

I used THESE for my FCG swap...correct length, and won't wear the polymer lower...

175gr Nosler Custom Competition @ 2.200" OAL over 20.0gr AA1680 and a WSR primer runs 1934 fps/330 PF out of my 16" AA upper. All usual disclaimers apply, try at your own risk, yada, yada, yada...

Personally, I'd have a look on GunBroker.com at what circa-70's Pythons are going for first...you may want to buy/use something else for your match wear-'n'-tear gun... Here's but one example...

One major drawback with the DeltaPoint that I've personally experienced is the design of the LED window. The LED sits down in a nice, narrow slot that's a magnet for rain or mist - one droplet, bye-bye-dot. Have had repeated mail with Leupold on this topic (living in the Pacific NorthWET, this is, obviously, a show-stopper, in a very literal sense). After initial assurances that "engineering's looking into it," they've gone dark on me, and I've given up on the DP. Replaced it with an RMR which I love, and it seems impervious to the wet... YMMV...

"...the bottom line for consumers is that ammunition producers do not expect the smelter's closure to lead to any imminent impact on the price or availability of lead ammunition components." See http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2013/12/us-ammunition-industry-to-survive-closure-of-lead-smelter.aspx

FWIW, 3.3 B'eye under a non-gas-checked hard cast lead 147 gives me 898 fps out of a G17 (Lone Wolf bbl)...

People without the cranial capacity to grasp such ethereal concepts as... keep right except to pass...

Absolutely not. I've left rub on for 48 hours, and can't tell any difference between overnight to ~12 hrs to 1-2 days...

Just had a couple of pounds laying about and decided what the heck...couldn't figure out any other good use for it...

Welcome (potentially) to the Great NorthWET! This link is your friend... http://northwestsection.org/ Six clubs within easy driving distance, matches every weekend...

Thanks all. Have seen velocities plateau in the past, with increasing pressure signs - but seeing a DIP in velocities is a first (for me, anyway)... Back to the laboratory

Well, here's a new experience... Working up loads (well, trying to, anyway...keep reading) with Longshot for my Limcat (full-length, V-6 ported, 4-chamber comp). 124g MT Gold JHPs, once-fired Federal cases, WSR primers, 1.165" OAL, Oehler 35P chrono. Everything progressing nicely... 7.0 gr Longshot - 1311fps/34fps SD/162PF 7.2 gr Longshot - 1324fps/28fps SD/164PF 7.4 gr Longshot - 1348fps/18fps SD/167PF So far, so good; velocities increasing reasonably linearly, std dev's tightening, seemingly closing in on good load, would like a little cushion on PF, so, a little bit more should get me there... 7.6 gr Longshot - 1298fps/49fps SD (!) 7.8 gr Longshot - 1299fps/35fps SD (!!) Chrono'd regular load (7.8 Silhouette) as check - spot on @1378 fps... Hmmmm... Back to the bench, calibrate scales (yes, two, as cross-check), load two more test batches @ 7.6 & 7.8, weighing each charge...and... 7.6 gr Longshot - 1299fps/57fps SD (!) 7.8 gr Longshot - 1307fps/35fps SD (!!) Chrono'd regular load (7.8 Silhouette) again as check - spot on @1380 fps... So, if this (counter-intuitive!) data is to be believed, one would have to be well north of 8gr with Longshot to make, oh, say, 170pf in my particular gun, but am guessing, and I think correctly, that at some point not very far above 7.8 things are going to spike dramatically. 7.4gr load too close to 165 for comfort. My search-foo may be lacking, but I can find nothing anywhere noting this phenomena (more powder = LOWER velocities?!) with Longshot in Major 9. Has anyone else experienced this issue? "Recovering" velocities by going higher yet on charge weight? Keen to hear any feedback...

This isn't tough to do (although it might sound like it, it really isn't after you've tried it once or twice). Make sure you can see the "large" toolbar set (View-Toolbars-Large Tool Set) In the 4th group down, upper LH corner, look for an icon that looks like a tape measure and click it Select a point on the edge of your "range floor," and start dragging; you'll see a dotted line/gridline appear, transverse to the direction you're dragging (that is, if you're dragging "across" the range floor/on the red axis, the dotted line will appear front-to-back/on the green axis) Release the mouse button when you're close to the grid size you want, and then, without touching anything, type in the dimension you want, and hit enter (e.g. for 3' spacing, type 3 and hit enter) Now where's the magic comes in. Click on the line you just created (again, with the "tape measure" tool), and start dragging again; Sketchup will "snap" a new line to the same dimension when you get near it (watch the "length" box in the lower RH corner of the display to see this happening) Repeat on the green axis, and you can very, very quickly "grid-out" your range floor