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On 8/11/2023 at 4:13 PM, dannyd said:
I only apply One Shot or any other aerosol products outside.
As a kid we would sometimes use a cigarette lighter & Mom's hair spray to make a poor boy's flame thrower, not sure if one shot ignites as well, regardless, I think the key is not to spray a bunch into an enclosure near an ignition source.
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On 10/15/2023 at 1:07 PM, shred said:
The ledge/pocket where the safety interacts with the plunger is quite variable from safety to safety IME so that's more likely the issue.
Can't speak to the general case. My circumstance was that one safety was bad in either gun I tried it in and one safety was good in either gun I tried it in, I didn't write down the measurements but it is very easy to compare the two safeties with a micrometer and verify that the ball on the bad safety doesn't extend as far forward.
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2 hours ago, shred said:
While a hard and fast rule would be nice, I don't think there's a way to write one that wouldn't take up an encyclopedia.
"If it is obvious and beyond a reasonable doubt that the target was displaced sufficiently to create a competitive advantage/disadvantage, blah blah blah".
A frustration I have with USPSA rules is that they get way way way way way too ticky tac. On a breezy day paper targets are randomly displaced for each shooter depending on the flexibility of the target supports and the particulars of wind speed and direction at a moment in time - on any day sun position and clouds may favor visibility at a particular time of the day - and then their is the rain related stuff - there is no such thing as perfect competitive equity at an outdoor match. If the problem is obvious beyond a reasonable doubt you fix it, otherwise just shoot.
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Thread resurrection, for what it is worth. The ball on one of my safeties does not protrude as far as it should and that caused this issue on one of my guns. New safety fixed it. Wondering if it is either a fabrication error or perhaps there is a tiny piece of grit in the channel that the ball rides in.
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4 hours ago, Sarge said:
Sometimes I think our RO’s here in the states need more initial training.
More of better? Does training still consist of story time for several hours with no videos or other 20th century training aids followed by a quick trip to see if people can remember the range commands? When I went I thought it was a bit cave man and inefficient.
That is not a shot at any trainer, I just think there is madness in the method, assuming it hasn't been modernized.
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My Blued stock 3 is rust pitted on the slide back close to the hammer, likely from sweaty hands on a hot day and inadequate (too slow) maintenance on my part.
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7 hours ago, ddc said:
and eventually we will all be IDPA "Masters" even if in USPSA we will still have a letter after our name...
If you assume a static population of the people who attend majors.
My favorite concept of a handicap system would be to take the USPSA system and revise percentages so you have closer to an even spread in d-c-b-a-m-gm and to add a kicker downward so that classifications were not stuck on your best effort from 20 years ago.
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1 hour ago, Darqusoull13 said:
The extraction issues are very strange.
Typical for me. With a Springfield xdm 40 and a Benny Hill 40 and completely different loads I have also experienced that extraction is the first problem I run into if I go a long time between cleanings.
I think in my particular circumstance of relatively heavy bullet & relatively low power factor the build up in the chamber may be a bit faster with SP than with the faster burning TG. I assume the faster/higher peak pressure for same pf powder seals the brass against the chamber a bit better.
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5 hours ago, sharko said:
For 45 and 9 you would need the Small and Large pistol plates. Or the Double Alpha plate works for both.
With the Dillon plates and the 9 sometimes the little funnel they sell to go in the top of the chute helps to prevent log jambs at the top.
Installed the AA plate and wedge on my older Dillon case feeder this year. Very happy with both. Faster when I need speed for feeding my roll sizer and on 9mm seems to have almost completely eliminated the occasional upside down case.
There is a thread here somewhere that suggests eliminating some of the volume inside the funnel to prevent log jams, the tweak got good reviews but I haven't run like that long enough to comment.
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6 hours ago, Duck_Duckalo said:
I have seen arguments be made for the PD Extreme Titan Hammer as it can be swapped for parts on another SSP model.
I'm not aware of any model that meets SSP rules and comes oem with the PD hammer. I have looked.
6 hours ago, Duck_Duckalo said:Are you shooting Nighthawk this November?
Most likely. Not sure if I will be working match day & shooting staff day or just shooting match day.
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19 hours ago, Darqusoull13 said:
Coated bullets?
Yes. Bayou and SNS.
19 hours ago, Boomstick303 said:Sport Pistol is infinitely cleaner than Titegroup. The amount of carbon and the type of carbon buildup with Titegroup is horrible compared to Sport Pistol. The carbon build up with Titegroup is much harder to remove than when I use Sport Pistol. Essentially I just have to wipe down surfaces with Sport Pistol, which removes over 95% of the carbon deposit where I have go scrub with brushes to remove Titegroup carbon build up. It seems like the Titegroup permeates in pores of the metal where Sport Pistol does not seem to do.
This is at any PF from 130 to 150 regarding Sport Pistol.
Not my experience after shooting through one or more 8lb jugs of both powders. Don't know how many thousands of rounds that amounts to.
To be clear, I do think SP is a better powder, it is just that in my particular circumstances (147 grain , 130 pf, semi auto pistols) it doesn't really change anything. If I don't clean my barrels after so many hundreds of rounds I get extraction issues, accuracy is good with either, both meter well, etc.
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57 minutes ago, Darqusoull13 said:
Possibly the best powder made for 9 mm. Clean,
I'm not seeing the clean part, possibly because I only load to about 130 power factor, otherwise I'm happy with it but can't say it does anything for me that titegroup didn't - again at the relatively low power factor and in a semi auto.
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Have owned both. My experience:
1. They can both be an excellent choice.
2. Tanfo's are somewhat infamous for manufacturing variances and you can be unlucky and get a lemon.
3. Have never owned a CZ that wasn't built well from the factory. My shadow 2 seemed exceptionally well built for a mass produced handgun.
4. The shadow 2 grip geometry does not work for me, I had to correct downward off of the draw and whenever acquiring a new target so I sold it. The geometry might work well for you but I think it is a handle one and see thing.
5. If I were buying I would either go with a Shadow 1 or Stock 2, probably the Shadow 1.
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17 minutes ago, Polymer said:
If you didn't know, with ten pound hammer spring it'll be pretty much federal primers only.
Thank you. Am reloading on a 1050 and deep seating federals, everything works with my guns set up for USPSA (PD hammer and R7, stock 3, 10lb hammer spring). This is my first experience with the stock hammer & stock disconnector.
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1 hour ago, Polymer said:
The reset is fine for practical shooting
Just got the gun back together (polish job, Pd lighter trigger & sear springs, PD firing pin & spring, 12 lb hammer spring). Feels pretty good. Limited pro so oem is 1 piece sear. Double action is about 5 3/4. Will test it out tomorrow, if I can would like to run a 10 lb hammer spring eventually.
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1 minute ago, Polymer said:
I would try and use the R5 interrupter. It will require the least amount of fitting.
If I am looking at things right, it seems like I might be better off with the stock disconnector/interrupter since rules (IDPA ssp) don't allow me to change the hammer.
Will see if the reset length bothers me when shooting IDPA/USPSA, I believe that both you and MemphisMechanic have stated that it likely is not a big deal (Seems like I remember an old post from MM to that effect, but my memory has never been great).
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8 hours ago, Polymer said:
The longer reset with stock disco/interrupter is no factor.
Slightly less rearward travel of hammer in double action using bolo. Additional hammer spring weight does help and I do feel it is necessary, as in increasing hammer spring by like 1 pound. This part is really experimentation with your gun set up and ammo.
Thank you!
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Didn't want to bugger up the really valuable (and appreciated) pinned Tanfo tuning thread any more so I figured I'd ask this way.
If you are specifically required to keep the stock hammer on a limited pro or similar model (IDPA SSP,
A.1.4.2), and if you want to set the gun up for minimum double action pull weight using deep seated Federal primers:
1. Is the longer amount of reset with an oem disconnector particularly disadvantageous or hard to get used to?
2. Does installing a shorter reset disconnector with the stock hammer reduce the amount of double action hammer travel and make ignition less reliable unless you increase hammer spring weight?
Thanks!
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3 hours ago, shred said:
I never said breathing open gun exhaust was good for you, just that it's likely no worse for you lead-wise than other pistols, and likely better than any pistols shooting lead bullets or exposed-lead bullets, which open shooters rarely do.
I don’t think that your comparison considers exposure, without a comp I don’t know that most guns would tend to exhaust a significant proportion of gas upward toward nose level.
I also don’t think that lead is the only possible concern. My father’s lungs were scarred by exposure to cement dust and as I understand it asbestos is an inert material that causes cancer due to particle size and shape, so from my lay person’s perspective it seems that there doesn’t need to be a poison involved for harm to occur. I also have no idea what sort of chemicals are floating around in those smoke clouds from the various brands of powder.
Your thought process may be the right one, just sharing mine.
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20 hours ago, shred said:
There's no lead in smokeless powder. The only two viable sources at the firing point are the primers (except lead-free) and the bullets (if there's exposed lead). Where else is it going to come from?
There are a couple ways of looking at the issue. One way is to attempt to reason it out, the other way is to ask yourself if breathing somewhat heavily from a visible 'powder/molten residue/whatever else' cloud of vapor that is floating down around your face as you follow the shooter just seems likely to be harmful.
History is that reasoning is only accurate sometimes and that testing or sometimes waiting for people to develop symptoms that can be traced back to a specific source can reveal what reasoning missed.
No worries. You have sound logic behind your belief that breathing open gun discharge is not harmful, I am strongly inclined toward "In God we trust, everyone else must bring data" when it comes to what looks like a potential source of health issues.
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On 9/8/2023 at 1:28 PM, m700 said:
60 seconds may be too much 20 may be better if you load rifle
Good call, got it installed today, even for 9mm adjusting the time dial down to about 40 seconds is better.
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Angus Hobdell wrote somewhere that some competitors think he is crazy because he shoots the first shot double action when the rules allow him to use the safety instead. For commonly tuned double action trigger pull weights (5 lb +- 1/2lb) I just don't think about it unless it is a fairly hard shot like a 20 yd mini popper, for the fairly hard first shot I'm putting a little extra focus on grip and trigger control regardless.
When trigger pull weights get into the 6 pound and above range my shooting suffers. I think a fun way to get used to d.a. is to shoot your revolver of choice at steel challenge matches.
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10 hours ago, BritinUSA said:
I know that both Leatham and Jarrett took both calibers to the 2014 WS in Florida. After scoping out the stages they each chose Minor.
. . . . . my guess is that those two know how single stack works.
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10 hours ago, shred said:
Unless the bullet has an exposed lead base, lead exposure from any gun is going to be approximately the same because it's the primer that contributes the airborne lead.
Most open shooters learn not to shoot exposed-base bullets because they gunk up the comp, so, counter-intuitively, a non-open shooter shooting FMJ is likely to be kicking out more lead in the muzzle blast than an open shooter.
Smoking on the range is a big cause of lead ingestion.
Is there any test data or is that all theory?
9MM 135 grain data
in 9mm/38 Caliber
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