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  1. 1 hour ago, RangerTrace said:

    And this rule drives me nuts.  Only because it's ok to go empty while exposed, but not prior to being exposed.  

    Reloading before you are exposed would get you killed in a real gun fight. 

  2. Something that I've had some success with is just bull headed stubbornness. 

     

    I tell myself something like "I am not going to be an idiot and forget my stage plan when the buzzer goes off" , I have to combine it with the other good suggestions mentioned previously in this thread but when I put it all together it seems like the last thing needed to make things work. 

  3. 23 hours ago, Racinready300ex said:

     

    The only one of those that sound like it might of changed the outcome is the guy trying to catch a dropped gun.

     

    Maybe. My intent was to point out that people drop and bobble guns and sometimes forget to apply the thumb safety. If you don't want the extra layer of protection or feel it only provides a false sense security that is your call. 

  4. 39 minutes ago, Diver123 said:

    It only becomes serious when you have spent your money and time traveling and get told you are shooting for no-score because suddenly today the gun magically isnt legal because it’s  a different AC. 


    I hear you, I agree that scenario would be very messed up , but for most of us it is still sort of a choice.
     

    If you are shooting for fun and making memories with friends you have the option of saying ‘this is bull shirt, but I am going to have a good time anyway’. 
     

  5. 5 hours ago, Diver123 said:

    IDPA is the most inconsistent sport when it comes to rules. With the BS at worlds to every sanctioned match. Letting JJ muzzle himself one year and file down a safety to fit in the box. I guarantee you that depending on what match you shoot you can get DQed for the grip safety. The AC's don't even talk to each other about the rules that get questioned. Having a letter from one doesn't mean jack to the AC who just upheld the DQ for pin grip safety. Its the top of this pyramid that is defunct. Refusal to fix anything in the rules and make them clear and concise with mysterious rulings across the country that only apply to that days match. Its a joke. 

     

    I wanted to confirm that the magazine release that comes with a CZ Shadow 1 orange was legal in ESP before going to an IDPA major with it. So I read through the rules & then contacted the AC like you are supposed to. This is the answer I got: 

     

    "As a group, ACs/SCs/IPOCs have stopped writing “Get out of jail free” cards like you requested because it backfired one too many times. Especially when doing this kind of review virtually during Covid." 

     

    I found it humorous. I think the secret to enjoying IDPA is not to take it very seriously, but I feel a little bit that way about USPSA sometimes. 

     

  6. The IPSC shooter in Canada who fatally shot himself while attempting to recover his grip on his open gun and the s.o./r.o. who was killed when a competitor dropped his gun and the two people I have dq'd for forgetting to put their thumb safety on and the guy I watched darn near shoot his foot while holstering all come to mind. 

     

    I'm not saying that a grip safety would have prevented every incident but I think they are a good idea. Using one did train me to get a more consistent grip which I thought was a competitive advantage. 

  7. Good info. I use the micrometer seating die with the spring removed. The only issue I have seen was insufficient belling leading to shaving of coated lead bullets and that shaved lead somehow getting into the die. It hasn't caused any known oal length issues & was easily fixable (duh, bell the brass like you are supposed to) but once or twice I have seen a bit of shaved lead fall out of the die. 

  8. 29 minutes ago, Maximis228 said:

    Local matches you wont see it a lot (Depending on the group/area you shoot in). But at majors it seems like 80+% of the match will be using chalk. Its very common. 

    You may be talking about different things. I see a lot of people use the grip enhancer stuff and wandering about with white hands because of it but don't recall seeing anyone use the gymnast/weight lifter dry powder stuff. Different purposes. For sweaty hands some just reach down and grab a handful of dust if the ground is dry. 

     

    An unwritten rule is that the guy with the most junk on his hands is always the same guy that feels he needs to touch the screen on your score pad. 

  9. On 1/6/2024 at 6:00 AM, konkapot said:

    Any thoughts on how long a slide mounted dot would last on a .40 2011? Lots of my ammo is major, so that's a concern as well. 

    Seems like the velocity of the empty brass might be a reasonable guide? Shooting 40 major I think I could make the brass fling pretty hard or just sort of roll out of the gun by changing recoil springs. 

  10. Got to the range yesterday to chrono a couple attempts at minimum power factor using clay dot. With 180 Bayou and 3.0 clay dot I got 650,676,698,705,720 fps.

     

    With 155 grain Bayou and 3.3 Clay Dot I got 683,699,735,747,787. 

     

    Accuracy was ugly in a Glock 23. 

     

    Will up the horsepower a bit and try again. Previously had liked the recoil impulse of 3.4 Clay Dot pushing 180 bayou in a 40ish ounce gun (about 140 power factor in the STI 2011 I had at the time) but was wanting something more mouse fart for the lighter G23. 

  11. 1 hour ago, scroadkill said:

    once you are too old to paste and tear down then its time to move on to other games.

     

    I don't look at it that way. As long as I'm able to do a little more I am happy to paste and etc for those folks who are a bit older or have an ailment and help them stay in the game. I think that is a typical attitude. 

  12. 24 minutes ago, motosapiens said:

    4.0 gr ba9.5 @ 1.018 , 180 gr blue bullet = 750fps average, and brass ejecting 5-6 ‘.

     

    same exact load on the same day with 165 gr berrys = 530fps average and brass doesn’t eject at all.

     

    I know plated bullets are not as slippery as coded, but I have never experienced such a large disparity. I’m wondering if I am just at the ragged edge of low pressure.

    Interesting. 

    You thinking that the brass is not expanding enough to get a good seal on the chamber with the lighter and slicker bullet? 

     

    Not sure how fast the powder you are using is. I'm getting ready to try and find the bottom limit for my gun (Glock 23, only need 105 pf for IDPA CCP division) and am going to use Clay Dot. 

  13. 5 hours ago, xrayfk05 said:

    Recommending a $2500+ press and expensive conversion kits for someone who loaded on a single stage for 20 years, only on the Benos forums.

    Depends on the questioners personal situation and reloading goals. For many buy once cry once might work out best.

    I still have a 550 and likely will never sell it but after a few years of getting sick of reloading I eventually broke down and bought a 1050 & case feeder & bullet feeder. If I was only shooting maybe 3-5,000 rounds per year or something like that then the 550 would have been enough to keep me happy. 

     

  14. 12 minutes ago, deerslayer said:

    Tac loads nearly disappeared when IDPA dropped the round dumping nonsense and especially later when they changed to allowing dumping a mag with one in the chamber,

     

    I wish they would stop being stubborn. 

    First - you can't dump rounds (legally) because dumping rounds would get you killed in a real gun fight.

    Now - you must dump rounds to get your best score because not dumping rounds will get you killed in a real gun fight. 

     

    They control how many rounds you start out with, that should be enough to make the conservation of ammo crowd happy. The 'can't reload when you want to' rules just makes the game a little bit less fun and creates another duty/distraction for the safety officers and wastes valuable ammo. 

     

    Gripe done. 

  15. 15 minutes ago, deerslayer said:

    Yeah if you have a good tac load in your tool box, SSP definitely opens up some options.  

     

    I think so too. To me it is an often overlooked opportunity even on rare occasions in the 10 round divisions. 

     

    I'd like to see things left as they are, this guy with 15- that guy with 6- that other guy with 10 and then the rifle guy with something like 314 rounds and a mag that drags the ground makes the matches more interesting. 

  16. 7 hours ago, deerslayer said:

     

    Also, unlike USPSA, 15 rounds vs. 10 rounds is rarely an advantage in IDPA.

     

    At the world match this year Nils did three tactical reloads the first day he shot on his way to beating all of the other iron sight guns. I think that is where ssp will shine, giving you the freedom to reload off the clock anytime after the first two shots have been fired. 

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  17. 15 hours ago, NoSteel said:

    I’ve run a U die for 9mm as a standard for all 9mm since I started reloading many years ago.  As noted it is only .001” undersized and because it works never had reason to switch. On my 929 when I switched to .358 bayou’s I was worried I may be to tight a crimp but it has not been an issue and does not cut the coating.

     

    My only issue with the U-die is just that I am lazy perhaps. I tend to load bullets in batches of 3-600 and can definitely tell that the U-die takes a little more elbow grease. I used it before because it cut down on my reloaded rounds that wouldn't case gauge, I'm roll sizing now which accomplishes the same task. 

     

    It could be that the U-die reduces creeping even with 0.358 bullets, just don't know and don't know of anyone who has tested things by keeping everything but the sizing die the same. 

  18. 54 minutes ago, NoSteel said:

    I run the same with Winchester brass and never had a creep issue. Running a .358 bullet is pretty tight when using a U-die so creep just doesn’t exist.

     

    I'm wondering if the U-die actually does anything more than make resizing more difficult in this particular situation. 0.358 bullets are already oversized for 9mm brass. 

     

    Have you experimented with running everything the same except using a standard sizing die? 

     

     

  19. 4 minutes ago, gargoil66 said:

    TJ:


    Did I miss it or have you not said the brand of brass you are using?  My bet it that the problem lies in the brass more than anything else.  I avoid reloading 9mm as much as possible because of what I think are gigantic variations in dimensions of 9mm brass based on the manufacturer.  First it is slightly tapered which may be some of it but my bet is that the brass you are using is thin and so takes more crimp.  Could be the taper of the brass means not as much is being held sufficiently by the crimp but most likely overall thickness.

     

    Agree that bullet and brass details may be important here.

     

    Have always looked at crimping as prescribed in this article https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/reloading-crimp-not-crimp-question/ "The short explanation is that crimping is not what keeps a projectile firmly seated, case neck tension is, and those two things are not the same. 

  20. 8 hours ago, tomjerry1 said:

    I've done all that and more, nothing short of gluing the bullets in the cases. I'm down to .375" crimp, soon to be .370", way more crimp than I could imagine.


    I tried running 135 grain bayou coated bullets sized at 0.358 with Winchester brass and no crimp, I found 1 bullet that walked out of the 1,000 I tested. I am thinking that might be related to my reusing brass until it splits. For what that is worth. 
     

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