Alphamikefoxtrot

The obvious - THE NEXT MATCH.

I contemplated quitting reloading until I moved my presses to a tall bench where I could stand up. It makes such a huge difference. I would have elbow, shoulder, and back pain after a few hundred rounds reloading while sitting. I also use oneshot before I load the rounds into the hopper. Makes a huge difference.

So he is not shooting USPSA. USPSA can only be shot with minimum caliber of 9mm. He might be practicing on the same course, but USPSA is not a .22RF sport and most don't want it to be. My kids started shooting at 6 and 7 and do great, but still with rimfire in rimfire matches. The 11 year old will be trying some USPSA later this year if the range sessions go well and he is capable. Just because I have driven a racecar around Daytona does not make me a Cup driver. Mark- you and I are in the same boat. Our local club has always been reluctant to go official with USPSA. We follow (most of) their rules in our matches though. So yes, Mark, officially, he isn't shooting USPSA, but it is only not USPSA due to the fact that it is a 22 and that we haven't signed the paperwork with USPSA. I realize this ain't hand grenades but its close enough for the purpose of answering the question posed by the OP. Mike, I like you, you have done work for me, and I consider you to be one of the best in the revolver tuning game. This isn't personal. I have no idea how you think that YOUR shooting experiences and YOUR parenting experiences have any relevance in the conversation about what MY son is able to do. I'm sorry, but you have no frame of reference there. If it makes you feel any better, he is never out of arms reach of me during the time that he has the gun in his hand. I walk through the stages with him. I'm not trying to say that he is some kind of phenom and is a master class shooter. I AM saying that he is safe, accurate as hell, and that my club has absolutely zero issues with him shooting in our matches. I realize that this wouldn't fly at most clubs, but we have an average of 12-18 shooters at our matches and it works there.

I have a Honda pilot and couldn't be happier with it. I bought it used and paid less than your limit.

Tell that to Max Michel and Eric Grauffel. They both started at 7. Max was winning local matches at 10 - 11. It all depends upon the kid. Mine has been shooting for 3 years, handguns for 1. He is shooting local matches with me with a 22 with a dot. He is beating a few shooters here and there as well. If the kid wants to, and can be safe, let them shoot. (Assuming it is ok with your club members). To say that 9 is too young is to throw way too big of a blanket statement at such a subjective subject. It's not about age. There are 60 year olds in our club who shouldn't be shooting.

I agree that the issue was caused by the excessive stopping and starting if weighing charges so often. Get it set, then get in a rhythm. Fidgeting with it is what gets you out of a rhythm and what causes doubles.

I have been exactly where you are. I've had two back surgeries. I can tell you that I have been through weight fluctuations between 205 and 290 since the surgeries and also times when I worked out religiously with a trainer with a main goal of core strength and I have also been a lazy ass for years at a time. It ain't rocket science. Lose weight, strengthen your core. Most problems will disappear.

Three months ago, not a problem. And primers seem to be the hard thing to get, although I believe Powder Valley accepts backorders. Grafs has primers...oops, those are Berdan. I bought powder and bullets this week and as I said, primers are available locally for me anyway.

Agree 100%

This thread is like déjà vu all over again

I bought from powder valley, grafs, and Montana gold. I bought 75000 primers three months ago. I just bought a few thousand large rifle primers at my LGS just because. They had plenty. The only thing I am in a bind for is .22. It's funny that I can't afford to practice because I'm out of practice ammo, but match ammo - I'm good.

I'm not going to a match if they advertise a reduced round count. I've ordered 28lbs of powder and 4000 projectiles this week. All at normal prices. It's out there, you just have to look around and be ready with your $$.

Long dust cover eagle?????

Really? Tell that to Bobby at FGW or any other smith doing work right now building guns. Really, any manufacturing process can be streamlined depending on what you are making and such, but these pistols are mostly one of a kind. What kind of manufacturing layout are we talking about? At what point on the process do these guns go from being one of many to one of a kind. Pretty sure Bobby isn't a great example. He has said on here on more than one occasion that he isn't taking a salary out of his business. I agree with the previous poster. You can make a living at gun smithing, but really, how many wealthy gunsmiths do you know that got there by gunsmithing?

Mike, like a lot of smiths, is very busy. Rightfully so. I have an m2 that he worked over and I couldn't be happier. It hasn't ever tripped up with good rounds and shots a 6" slug group at 100. Keep emailing him if you don't get a response.

I have a mid length gas, 18" barrel witht he syrac and a SJC comp. I run the JP lightweight carrier/enhanced bolt/captured buffer spring. I shoot Sierra 110's for all of the hoser stuff and Sierra 175's for the long. The 110's feel like my 223. No recoil to speak of. The 175's punch pretty good but both run with the gas screw almost all the way in as well.

I think you are referring to the first inch if that is when the fps is riding on the hammer. Once it has the hammer cocked, it isn't or shouldn't be dragging there. BTW - West, what the hell are you doing with a NEW infinity open gun???

Alright, will someone please tell me the difference between building a full on open race gun and a heirloom 1911? You still have to fit all the same parts. Are you calling the heirloom gun that because it is covered with engraving and gold inlays? The guns that I consider heirloom guns aren't built by any of the names that you guys have mentioned. I don't mean that disrespectfully, I just don't get into that side of the gun world. My guns are workhorses. They have all seen a ton of action and will see much more before they are retired. Even though they are workhorses, the smith built them as works of art. The slides are still tight as ever, the trigger is perfect, and they shoot one hole if I do my part. I can understand that a particular builder may have a long line and that it may take him years to get to your name on the list. I personally wouldn't wait that long for a 1911 that I probably won't ever shoot anyway. I can't understand that it takes longer to build those unless you are talking about inlay work, and I would rather have the chrome and gold taurus 1911 than spend crazy money on a gun I can't shoot. Here's an idea - for those of you who have those "heirloom" guns and have waited multiple years for them - Please post pics, so we can see what we are talking about........and if you are brave, what you paid for them?

Did they ceracoat the grip as well, or does that particular color just match the factory grip that well? Nice build BTW - I almost messed up and tried to do what you did there until someone reminded me that a EDGE and a Spartan don't have the same type of barrels (ramped vs non ramped). Oh well. I just ordered the new parts and off to a smith they will go very shortly.

Gans is going to be the absolute best as far as turnaround time goes. Beyond that, they are all about the same price and service level. They are all going to have their particular styles. Pick one that you like and ship it off!

Might want to double check on atranite as well. I don't think bobby is even doing it anymore. I heard he is using some new fangled parkerizing on his high end guns now.

I will say, however, that setting up a three camera shoot is something that you have to get used to. I've been doing it for a while now and when I first started, worrying with the cameras screwed up more than one stage prep session.

It depends upon what exactly you want to do with your video. For training purposes, the third party tripod mounted camera is best if you can get a view of the whole stage. I have found that a combination of a few tripod mounted cameras, one up range and one down, as well as a hat cam provides the most entertaining video. That is what I am going for with my videos.

I do it twice. The first is to remove dirt/mud/ foreign matter so I don't mess up dies or have to deal with dirty stuff. I really don't like the idea of dry tumbling for air quality reasons.

Yeah. I have the 45 case trick going on already.