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What kind of 1911 did your friend buy? My STX 1911 had some issues. Trigger had a lot of play in it,back strap safety was real loose and made noise and had an issue feeding 185gn Rnfp. Sig paid for shipping replaced the trigger,probably bent the rear spring to put more tension on the back strap safety and polished the feed ramp. Had a few feed issues after with some old military 230gn ball ammo kept shooting and it seemed to work its self out. I think it was the ammo cus I didn't have any problems with my 230gn hand loads.

Oh I wish I had the money for a x5 or x6

Damn I guess I got there to late they look like they are out of stock again

I know it's a shot in the dark but I was wondering if any one has or knows a place that has .308 175gn smk bullets or something similar in stock? I would prefer to purchase atlease 500 but I know beggars cant be choosers.nobody where I live has any and I only got around 70 left thanks.

I haven't really found a easy way to sort through 45 range brass other then just to hand sort. After doing it for a while you can tell the small and large pockets apart?

Thanks JK yah I'm probably gonna get the 4000nv to upgrade my old meters it will also be nice to have one meter that will be able to accomplish the task that I need instead of carrying around a bunch of separate meters. yah I realize that about temp and I'm pretty lucky that where I live there isn't to much temp change, which is bad at the same time because I don't get to experience that aspect. I was at the range this past weekend shooting out to 500 with pretty stiff winds the weather report said 15-25 mph but I don't have a Anemometer so I had to guesstimate the wind at my location.that's another reason why I wanted to pick up a kestrel but despite all that's i was pretty happy that my guestimation worked and was able to hit the target

Yup Learned a lot of info from T-REX now just waiting for him to load more videos

Thanks for the advise. I was looking at the JBM DA trajectory card program and kinda get what your saying by adding the Info to the program it prints out a card with the DA that u chose along with different temp correction for that DA. After you have that card when u get the DA and temp from the kestrel u just reverence to the card for the drop. But here is where I'm a little confused I put the same information in the regular trajectory program and the drop reading are .5 MIL less @ 1000 then the DA card. I noticed that the DA program doesn't ask for Humidity readings or pressure readings is this where the difference is coming from? I'm also a little fuzzy on what the different ballistic models are (G1)-(G7) and what the difference is between the normal BC of say a 175gn smk compared to 175gn (Litz) could u explain? Thanks

Yes I have started to take down information to make my own data cards. When reading about the kestrel meters they all say they measure barometric pressure (what I thought is atmospheric pressure measured through a barometer)like grandpa's old mercury barometer when atmospheric pressure rises it pushes down on the barometer pushing the mercury up the tube so u can gather the in hg reading. Being that I thought their barometric reading was an actual reading at the spot and not from a weather station. Is there a separate setting on the kestrel meters for absolute pressure?

I've had long discussions over this with a number of experts, including Brad Millard (JBM Ballistics). Basically, you need either temperature, pressure, and humidity at your location or you need density altitude (which is a calculated value based on the other three). Humidity is such a small factor that it can be ignored (generally set to 50%). Pressure becomes is the critical factor. If you have the absolute pressure (as measured at your location), then you don't need altitude. If all you have is the corrected pressure (from a weather station), then you also need altitude. This is where the Kestrel comes in. Meters like the 2500 on up will give you absolute pressure, which allows you to ignore altitude. Some meters will calculate density altitude, and if you have ballistic software that will use it, that's simpler than pressure and temperature. If you are using charts rather than ballistic software, that can make quite a bit of difference. It's up to you to decide which is the better solution for you. Ok thanks for the info although I have a few question. I will be using dope charts to make my correction rather than ballistic software because I'd rather learn and know how to make my correction then have a computer tell me the corrections. I probably will end up with ballistic software later down the road after I get the hang of doing my own corrections. As far as I understand berometric pressure changes in correlation with altitude. The effect on ballistic is caused by the bero pressure,temp and slightly humidity and not the altitude. Density altitude is a correction of pressure,altitude and humidity from a standard temp. So pretty much a DA meter measures press,temp and humidity corrects for and changes and gives u a true pressure and altitude reading? So for an example if your 5000 feet up in elevation and the temp is colder then normal standard, the air pressure is going to be more dense making the climate as if u were in a lower altitude. Am I grasping this correctly? Not sure I completely understand the benefit of having say a kestrel 4000 that measures DA vs a 2500 that reads berometric press and temp other then it doing an equation for you making it easier. Being in my shoes relative long distance noobie and using charts right now not ballistic software what would be the better choice?

I was looking at the 3500 too AFH because it can read humidity but from my research humidity is not gonna effect the ballistics of my 175gn 308 at 1000yd to much maybe around .3-.4 moa adjustment from a 0-100% humidity change. where i live the average humidity is around 65% and normally veries from 40-80% so i guess i would only have to correct maybe around .1-.2 moa.so I thought I'd save some money with the 2500 but I could be wrong cus I never have shot to that range yet so far. What do you all notice when correcting for humidity?

Hey guys I was looking at getting a kestrel 2500nv weather meter and was just wondering if any of u marksmen had any experience with this model. Not shooting extreme ranges only out to 1000 if that,wondering if this will be a good tool to have thanks.

Glad I don't gottah pay those prices. Seen a local gun shop selling brand new never fired for around $35 for 100

Well I don't have to worry about temp sensitive powders then, I guess I'll give wsf a try

That is a false statement. WSF is reverse temperature sensitive just like WST. Both powders increase velocity when cold and decrease velocity when warm. Good to know what type of temp change are you talking about to notice a difference I live in Hawaii so temp doesn't really change or vary to much maybe 15 degrees at the most. Temp around here is 70-85 degrees

Need some feed back from you WSF users I'm loading 9mm and 45acp I've been using w231. If you are loading for both calibers how does this powder work out for you pros & cons thanks

Nice work OG I wish I had the money to get my self a CNC setup,creative designes would be endless and the" I built it" satisfaction would be awesome. Keep up the good work and pictures coming!!

I've been using w 231 and bullseye. I've been thinking of trying wsf does anybody have any experience with it? Im trying to find a powder that will work good for 200 & 230gn 45 bayou and 115 & 124gn 9mm precession delta fmj thanks

Howsit where were u shooting production kokohead? Ipsc?

Very sad and a tragic lost fair winds and following seas RIP Chris Kyle

Sorting your brass is a good idea. military/NATO rounds will have a headstamp marking, it looks like a circle with a cross in it but not only military brass is crimped more and more .223 are coming crimped as well. Dillon swager is a nice tool for the job.

Hmm probably a very good setup but i have felt the sig srt and it's good enough for me. 50 bucks for srt kit plus the 30 bucks grays spring kit is more in my price range compared to 280 for the gray crrap setup plus I don't have to send my pistol and wait for four weeks. But thanks for letting me know about it

Yah it's for the 550b I know it not that much more 30 bucks but if I could use the same shell plate I wouldn't have to switch it out between loading 9mm and 223 and yes I would save some money also

Hi guys need a little help and advice I'm planning on loading 9mm,45acp,.223/5.56 and .308 win I noticed that the 45acp and 308 use the same shell plate and locator buttons so all I need is to order a 45 acp kit and a 308 powder funnel. I also noticed that the 45 head is slightly larger then the 308, well that's the same with the 9mm it is a little bigger then the 223. The 9mm and 223 use the same locator buttons. so my question is have any of u been successfully able to use or modify the 9mm shell plate so the 223 case can work with it?thanks in advance..

Check out mil-comm.com I'm sure u can order some online