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Welcome back Larry!

2008 S&W Winter Nationals. I shot a stage. As the SO and I headed to the right to score targets, people on my squad started pasting targets from the left before I could see my hits. I was told I had 5 misses on three targets. I never saw all the targets before they were pasted. The targets were close, and I won the accuracy title in 2007. I was shooting Master Class in CDP at the time, and I've never had 5 mikes on a stage. I got screwed over. It pissed me off so bad, I packed up my gear and left. I've never been back.

Here is a link to more information: https://www.cologuardtest.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9qj8l__u4wIVS77ACh3sHwAoEAAYASAAEgLI5_D_BwE The false positive issue isn't a big deal as long as you follow up with a colonoscopy. The problem I have with this test are the false negatives. What should you do if your cologuard test is negative? Is it really negative? The gold standard is a colonoscopy. I don't trust the at home test.

My thoughts exactly. I called Dillon yesterday. They told me they still have some 650s in stock, but I am not sure I am going to go that route given the problems I've had with the 650 in the past. I actually like the 550 priming system. It's finicky, but I can work with that. The 650 priming system used to send me into a fit of rage. I know guys here like it just fine, but my experience wasn't that.

My 650 was also plagued with this problem. I sold my 650 because of it. My OCD personality couldn’t handle it. I loved the machine though, but I just couldn’t handle 1 upside primer every 1-200 rounds. It really made me mental.

Ken, You could tell that was a '58 by that photo? I'm impressed. I couldn't even figure out it was a Chevy.

I just got destroyed two weekends ago by a CDP Sharpshooter. I used to shoot in the CDP Division as a Master, and I usually won. Then I took a 9 year sabbatical after I went to an egregiously dangerous major match. That match was so disturbing to me that I took a step back. There was also a thread on this forum that was started about ten years ago about a guy that injured his hand very badly while reloading. I don't recall there ever being a consensus as to what or how it happened. Since I am a Surgeon and my hands are very important to me, I didn't touch my reloading machine for a decade. I decided to get back into shooting a few months ago. I suck right now. I suck really bad. I miss targets, my flinch is back, I have brain farts, etc. The rules have changed. The scoring system has changed. There are some obstacles I need to deal with. For me a bad match result is not as demoralizing because I know what I am capable of, and more importantly, I know what I need to do to get there. There was a thread on this forum that I remember following about what you would do if you could no longer be competitive. That thread has haunted me because as I get older I worry that I may have peaked. Now I can look forward to competing in the Senior Citizen category in a few years! I'll just work to be the fastest geezer at the range! People are either fighters or they are quitters. My attitude is you haven't failed until you have given up.

Update..... I have yet to hear back from Winchester. I have ~20,000 primers for sale if anyone is interested (I'm kidding)! I'd like Winchester to take them back and refund my money. Pullman has not responded to me. Les Baer wants me to send them the slide first before telling me my options, but I suspect they are going to want to put a new slide on the gun, and if so, that will be the most expensive fix by far. And I'm not really that confident in the rockwell hardness of their steel. Jim at Innovativecustomguns.com e-mailed me on Sunday. He does micro tig welding and quoted me $125 - $150 dollars. Logan Clark at Clark Custom Guns e-mailed me this morning. They drill out the corroded area and replace it with a hardened steel plug. This is the most exciting news. They charge $8 dollars for materials, $21.30 in labor plus shipping.

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I think that is a reasonable question to ask BoyGlock. Here is my reasoning for wanting this fixed: 1)I don't like it. 2)I don't want to wait for a problem to develop months or years from now and then try to get Winchester to cover the repairs.

The priming system on my 1050 sucked! I hated that machine!

I have been using the same .45 load since 2004. I've also used many Winchester primers in the past without any problems. This was a new batch/lot number of primers.

I believe these 1911 mags may be the best on the market right now. We are doing more testing.

This just makes me sick to my stomach. This is a gun I spent 16 days building with Bob Marvel over a course of five months. Look what 43 rounds did to the breech face.

I've been out of shooting for almost ten years. My last match was in 2010.

Thanks Jim. I'll give him a call. I'm also going to file a complaint with Winchester. The erosion that I am seeing happened so quickly it makes me really wonder if I got a bad batch of primers now that Tony mentioned it. I had some mild pitting\erosion in a couple of spots before the match this past weekend. What you are seeing in the photo above literally happened after one day of shooting...maybe 200 rounds. I am also seeing a couple of spots on the breech face on a gun that I built. That gun has barely been shot. It's practically brand new. I test fired the gun a few months ago and it sat in my safe. I shot three stages at the match and put it away after it malfunctioned on me. I had a failure to feed so I got my backup gun out of the trunk of my car. I got that pistol out last night and noticed a couple of areas of pitting on the breech that aren't right. I've compared it to another gun I built at the same time. The erosion I'm seeing is from the match. It's really pissing me off. The first stage was six rounds, the second was 18 rounds and the third stage was 18 rounds(I fired 19 rounds and got a procedural because it was a limited stage) I shot the same ammo in both guns. 43 rounds (plus test firing) on a brand new Nighthawk slide shouldn't cause any problems!

Yes They told me today that it'll be called the XL750. It is being released August 1. I tried to get them to share some info with me and they wouldn't. I almost bought a 650 a few weeks ago. I was so close. I was having trouble with their website. I called...got put on hold...said screw it and hung up.

I just verified this with Dillon. It's true! They are coming out with a new machine, and they will begin shipping August 1st.

I spoke to the guys at Clark Custom. They are unable to repair this slide. It's interesting that you mentioned the problem with the Winchester primers because that is what I have been using. This erosion happened fast. I'm going to switch to something else for now.

I'm not reaming the primer pockets. I didn't realize pistol guys did this. I thought this was a rifle thing.... Should I be doing this? I've never reamed pistol primer pockets, and I've never had these issues before. I'm perplexed. I haven't tried to narrow it down to one specific brand.

I suppose it doesn't matter now since the oil is no longer on the market.

The erosion started when I was using Federal primers. I switched to Winchester and CCI and the problem has continued. I have heard that the steel Les Baer uses is soft. I contacted an excellent welder I know, and he told me the same thing. Might be hard to get in there to weld it up. The cases look like all the brass I've ever shot. I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary. I've e-mailed Clark Custom and asked about having this repaired. Thank you everyone.

This is a Les Baer Premier II that was machined for a 45 firing pin several years ago because of erosion around the firing pin hole. Now I am seeing more prominent erosion of the breech. Should this be repaired? I e-mailed Brenda at Les Baer yesterday and haven't heard back. Can it be welded up? Ignore it and keep shooting? I have sentimental attachment to this gun, and I want to make this problem go away. The gun's name is Larry. He is very special to me. Please help! Thank you.

Thank you rustychev for posting all of this.

I work at a county hospital. It’s a matter of time before someone starts shooting the place up. I’m looking for something light and concealable. Something that will stop a pistol round and/or a rifle round. Knife resistant would be a plus. I’ve had three credible threats in the past 5 years. Hospitals are targets now, and people hate me.