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"Recommendations are for long slides and are labeled accordingly," I've run across this before (6# OK for longslides), I haven't seen someone like Hennings say they are ok for standard slide length guns like the stock 2 though.

Agreed. But I think you could do more good for the trigger by getting the ideal ramp angle ,and maximizing double action travel, than just by shortening the bolo and getting the latter. Not important, just an errant notion of a tinkering junkie.

Hmm, the factory target ammo boxes I have on hand are; 115 Federal listed at 1125 fps for a 129 power factor, 124 Federal listed at 1109 fps for a 137 pf. The listings are based on a 4" barrel so they would exit my stock 2 a little hotter. To be safe at the match chrono and just know I am legal otherwise (and not be the first guy who gets hosed when the poppers are out of calibration) I like to be in the 132 - 136 pf range for my reloaded ammo. For 9mm it does not seem like there is a whole lot of difference between factory target ammo power and the match power you need for USPSA. If the frame damage seen was only on guns that had 6# springs and shot self defense ammo then it seems like USPSA ammo would be very different & very possibly not cause the problem, but I don't think that the self defense ammo is what the folks who are using 6# springs would be shooting.

Grafs has unicorn primers in stock (Federal small pistol primers) , $29.60 limit 4000 regular, $156 per 5000 match and no limit, $10.00 haz mat, $7.95 fixed rate shipping. Best I've seen on these in quite a while, also 4lbs of sport pistol $71.09 - not the best price I've seen but it is a hot item I think.

It can be expensive to think about these things. Optimizing the ramp profile for maximum hammer travel and smoothest lift angle seems like a better solution than shortening bolos to get more travel in double action. I do not have the machinist ninja skills (or at least the guts) to try this, but I could see it as something that a real gunsmith might figure out and then offer as part of a tuning/competition package.

Agreed. Ideally it would be a calm and polite exchange and then the opinion that does matter would resolve any issue.

But your opinion is of no importance, unless you are the RM.

Why not immediately ask the RM whenever there is a dispute? Shooters seem to react much better when I volunteer to get the real authority for the match involved and if r.o.'s are moving with squads then the RM can make sure everyone plays by the same decision. The RM is also usually more skilled at handling these kind of situations than the average RO. Looking at it as a shooter, if something is really important enough to matter (very very rare) and I feel like the RO is wrong, it does not matter what the RO says we need to get the RM. I am not above asking the shooter who initiated the dispute to go and find the RM if a hike is involved and other shooters can be ran.

Yes. Because. That was your job. Technically. When stuff like this comes up I think the real thing is for both parties to not get upset about it, you made what you thought was the right call, no animals were harmed during filming, and the next RM might make the opposite decision.

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Federals & a 1050 for deep seating, else I would use the 13 and be happy with it. The 10 is my favorite though, just a smidge under 4.5# d.a..

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In testing they measured reasonable pressures for x number of rounds and then a fairly rapid increase with round count and then the Ka-boom. Intuitavely it seemed like all was well until lead build up reached a certain point.

147 SNS RN, at 20 yards I can get 1.5" 5 shot groups off the bench with my Stock 2, to get more scientific I would need to replace the old fart with trifocals with a ransom rest or at least a better shooter. I ran their (SNS) 125 RN vs 147 RN and did better with the 147 but that was constraining myself to only testing with one powder and at about 130 PF. Off topic a bit but interesting I thought, for Les Baers 9mm 1.5" 50 yard guarantee guns they use 124gr Federal American Eagle. Think I will buy a box and run it through my Stock 2 just out of curiosity.

If shooting lead or coated in a Glock it might be worth picking up a copy of "The Glock in competition" and reading the section where they verified the conditions required to get a Glock barrel to Ka-boom. There is no way that I would be the alpha tester for oversized lead/coated bullets in a Glock but I am not known for being courageous about such things. Some of the 929 guys have slugged their barrels and come to the conclusion that it is a 38 barrel.

What I have read is that 9mm bullets are held in place by case tension (hence the benefit to undersized dies) and that crimping harder does not make them more secure, I am not an expert but that seems to be the way that most of the experts look at it. The one thing that I have tested (accidentally), if your groups are good at 15 yards but bad at 25 yards and you are shooting coated then you might have too much crimp.

Running coated bullets, crimping beyond just flare removal can have you shooting curve balls.

If the buyer wants to pay the extra fee and all shipping costs up front, and there are no logistical hang ups with getting packages signed for, and there is no risk of not getting paid by UPS (I assume they will not accept personal checks & etc) then I don't take issue. Side issue. A friend sent an open gun to his gunsmith uninsured, the gunsmith received an empty box.

I really loved the feel of a cut 6#, but then I read the thread below where PD cautions about seeing several damaged guns that had used that light of a spring, and I got paranoid.

Do a web search for "Lee undersized sizing die" and take a peak at the Extreme Gun Works website. The EGW is made by Lee but closer to standard sized, I prefer it but would use the Lee if bullets still walk with the egw.

This year the learning has been that if I know where my feet need to be the rest falls into place.

If the buyer gets cold feet, which happens a lot, who gets stuck with shipping?

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"220 , 221 , whatever it takes"

Scoring targets from the start position before all strings have been shot seems pretty dicey. I also don't think ftsa would apply. I count the extra hits during shooting and then score the paper as it stands after shooting is complete.