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22 hours ago, xrayfk05 said:
I don't see how you can spill primers on the floor and blame it on the press?
I have both and it's not like the 650 is perfect, it's got its (minor) annoyances as well.
When you have to remove the primer tube housing because it's full of primers jamming the carrier, that's how.
I've actually gotten pretty good at it. I take the cardboard from a primer box and slip it under the housing as I slowly lift it up. Sometimes I pull it off with no spillage. Know a better way?
Yes, it's setup for the right primers. I've beveled/deburred the cup and edges of the carrier, there's a 300-grain bullet glued to the top of the feed rod.
The OP mentioned he'd like to get 2,000-3,000 rounds without issue. I'd be happy to get 200-300.
A couple more things to try and I'm done with it.
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They don’t get used very often, unfortunately if used wrong they can get dulled or damaged. I have one I seldom use and I think I have pilots for .38 special, and .38 super, maybe 9mm I would have to check. Is this something you have used before?
Lee
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I have about four .38/.357 revolvers I'd like to chamfer the charge holes on, but I hate spending money on stuff I can easily DIY.
That said, I can't see spending $100 on a Brownells cutter and pilot that I'm not going to need that much.
Is there any place to rent a 45-degree cutter/pilot, or a cheaper option?
Pacific tool & gauge sells a cutter for quite a bit less, but for some inexplicable reason, doesn't make .38 caliber pilots.
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Saw Palmetto helps those "restroom breaks" quite a bit [emoji4]
So do Depends and dark pants[emoji33] -
Five years ago, I asked a Master shooter with whom I was squadded,
"What can I do to get faster?",
and he responded
"GET YOUNGER". <_>
So, I shot him - it was a pleasant day . [emoji14]
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The top 3 reasons why I don’t have what you’re looking for:
1. The government’s about to ban those. I can’t keep em in stock.
2. The governments buying up all the ammo cuz they’re about to declare martial law.
3. I don’t stock that (quality item) cuz this here (cheap crap you’ve never heard of) is better.
Translation to all three: I’m a lazy, jerk water dealer who can’t can’t get time of day from distributors.
Reason for absurd price on hacked-up old gun:
“That’s all factory-original. They only built a few of em that way & they’re scarce as hens teeth!”
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Why not buy a Hornady LNL AP and enjoy the worst of both worlds: high cost and tinkering!
It’s my first progressive after reloading for 40 years. I read hundreds of threads like this.
I do not mind tinkering, but a progressive press is for ammo production, not a tinker toy, and when you have to do the same s#!t repeatedly, something’s seriously wrong.
My google searches led me to a thread on AR15.com where a guy actually boasted he’d spent 40 hours tuning & tinkering with his LNL AP. That’s an entire work week. If you earn $20 an hour with paid vacation, you’re basically taking a week off that’s worth $800 and that $500 machine just went up to $1,300. No thank you!
I was thinking 650 but after reading this thread I might roll the dice with a Lee. A $200 Fisher Price toy beats a $500 tinker toy, IMO. -
I got an LNL 5 years ago, my first progressive.
Had I known what a PITA it would be, I would’ve bought a turret and been more productive.
Before buying, I read tons of online reviews and rejected the Lee when I saw posts about how much people had to screw with it to get it to work. I wanted a progressive to load volumes of ammo fast, so something you had to modify and fiddle with was not acceptable. Dillon fans seemed too fanatical to believe.
I have to screw with the Lnl constantly, a LOT more than what should be normal maintenance on a $500 reloading tool.
I wanted to get serious about production so I was thinking about a case feeder. But after picking primers off the floor again last night, decided that’s wings on a pig.
Now a 650 is on my Christmas list. -
Thinking of picking up a 625, probably the JM, but can someone tell me about what their throat dimensions are like these days? I shoot my own cast bullets.
Don’t want want a replay of the 25-2 and its enormous throats.
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More importantly, this SHOULD mean Extended cylinder releases are now legal in production while shooting a revolver, right?
I doubt it. I get the impression IDPA wouldn’t mind a bit if revolver shooters stayed home.
I sneak around in local matches with a CCW extended release. Its not as big and doesn’t extend above the frame. The SOs are too clueless to notice.
Leave it to S&W to force us to buy the ugliest revolver on the planet in order to run an extended release in IDPA. The barrel & vent rib look intended to reduce weight, but then there’s the un-fluted cylinder.
Now if they really wanted to make IDPA revolver shooters happy, they’d bring back the 646, Ti cylinder & all. -
All the theories of motivation, e.g. want to get healthier, look better, don’t work for a lot of people, including me.
I think for the most part it’s backwards: you don’t get motivated then take action, you get motivated after taking action.
So, the Nike slogan is accurate. Just do it. -
my doctor told after my heart attack that I could eat anything I wanted, but if it tasted good I was to spit it out because it was bad for me,
That’s my diet: no fat, no sodium, no sugar, no fun[emoji37] -
Thanks guys. It's clear that one gun for USPSA/IDPA is out of the question, and so is planning on shooting this pile of 9mm through a 929.
I have a fair amount of 9mm reloading stuff still kicking around. Might be time to piece that all back together if I plan to be serious about this. Appreciate your guys' time.
Not unless IDPA changes their asinine rules to allow 8-shot revolvers. -
I’m a weak hander.
Maybe my technique is weird, but one aspect of reloads I never see mentioned is grip material.
If a bullet or skirt contacts a rubber grip en-route to the cylinder, it’ll catch and can just about twist an SL out of your hand. -
2 3/4" Model 66. I carry a 3" K-frame almost constantly in a Summer Special holster at the 2:00 position. It conceals well under a shirt tail, and, honestly, a 4" would conceal just as well.
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I beat the pants off the 686 SSR shooters (granted, there aren't many) with a Model 66.
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I liked shooting my 625 pc. however i was the only one
who showed up with a revolver. that gets old fast. hope
you can find shoots that have more interest in IDPA revo.
Be a trendsetter.
I was all alone in revo for most of a year, then a few other shooters decided to try it.
No doubt trying to mimic my mad skills[emoji849] -
I would get a Jager SS Guide Rod with a 13lb ISMI recoil spring. It will shoot Flatter with Factory ammo and also if you occasionaly shoot lower PF ammo you wont have any FTF issues. I use a 13lb ISMI with American Eagle 147 Gr. Flat point and also with 115 Gr. Steel Challenge 120 PF ammo both with the 13lb Spring.
Ditto. Test the loads you want to shoot one-handed weak side. Any FTFs indicate a 13-lb spring is needed. -
I have run into the same thing. I think it comes down to most gun people like guns not shooting. A active USPSA shooter shots more in one month and most shooters do all year as far as round count goes. Also people don't like to look bad in front of others and are afraid they wont do well.
Yep. And I think a lot of them are afraid to perform on a clock in front of others.I stopped playing golf on the weekends because the rounds took too long and my wife got angry.
Shooting a USPSA match is not much different. Many prospective new shooters do not want to commit 5+ hours to a match
Also true. My wife doesn't get angry, but I have a 14 yo at home. I wish he was interested in shooting with me, but he's not, and I want to spend as much time as possible with him before he's grown. He is in to every sport imaginable, so much of my free time is taken. Besides, much as I love shooting, I love watching him play baseball even more.
I shoot one Saturday match and two indoor/weeknight IDPA matches per month. -
Glock porn
in Glock
Once upon a time, the recipe for a bullseye .45 was a $15 1911A1 from DCM + about $150 for Frank Pachmayr or other to make a target pistol out of it.
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Dont worry about the barrel w cast bullets:
https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=59 -
Mostly revo guy so I don't know how good of a deal this is, but $16 vs $25-$30 everywhere else for glock 22 oems looked good so I ordered a couple.
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Here's what Buffalo Bore has to say about it:
https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=59
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Sure wish I could find a pin match nearby.
I'm in the D/FW area, should anybody know of one.
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Possible to rent a chamfering cutter?
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I wouldn't use a Dremel for anything but bobbing a hammer.
I bit the bullet and ordered the Brownells with an extra 10mm pilot. I figure other revolvers will come along I'll want to use it for.