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Focusing on the important element here.....who's selling cheap ammo? And do they have more?

Surprisingly enough it did not. Went up to a 14lb spring. In the middle picture it LOOKED like the extractor was too tight, but in other cases I (again) have a live round wedged in FRONT of the extractor. Ammo is factory hollowpoint ammo. Does not appear to be a bullet profile issue.

Shot a match today with MY ammo that previously worked fine. Will be putting a heavier recoil spring in and testing.

End result is the back of the casing is in direct contact with the front of the extractor. The front of the round is being pressed against the barrel; couldn't get a super clear look at it, but it looked like the nose was pressed against the ramp, or just inside the chamber. I've always heard about Trojans and problems with factory ammo/hollowpoints but never experienced it with any previous Trojan. Mags are Tripp 10mm mags. Pics would have been ideal, but my phone was 100+ yds away, and I was running out of time. Switched to my reloaded ammo and finished the session. Pete i think factory is 14 but will double check. Too light a spring has the slide coming back faster and returning slower. In my "brain" that shouldn't be causing this...?

Just double checked OAL; factory is 1.12 for this ammo and mine are 1.16

The factory ammo is much shorter and has a much bigger/flatter head (meplat?) Some have been Gold Dot hollowpoints that have a pretty big cavity. Standard OAL is 1.13x if I remember correctly.

.40 caliber Trojan. New to me. Runs 100% with my reloaded ammo. Makes about 167pf, OAL is 115. Runs great with all magazines. 12lb recoil spring. With factory duty ammo at bout 185PF, there are feeding problems. Extraction is fine, ejection is fine, but the next round is jumping in FRONT of the extractor. Does this 5 times per 100 rounds with various mags. My theory is that the increased recoil from the stouter ammo is causing this, but I would welcome better theories.

That happened to me back in March; sat and sat and sat in a post office

Who's got recent info on how long it's taking to get bullets? Who did you order it from and how long did it take. It's been about 6 weeks since I ordered and things have gotten worse.

If this sport involved 300yd dashes between target arrays, your age/speed would be a factor. In some cases the distances we are moving are less than 300 inches. Like moto showed above (and others have said) it's not being fast, it's being efficient/smooth. The closest thing to "fast" that might apply is looking for "crisp" movement.

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Good stuff Cha-Lee. Great stuff, actually. Will re-re--read and possibly PM

"Don't care that you don't" is tough for me. Driving away from the match I felt like a punk. It's not a childish sense of "my mama didn't raise no quitter" but rather a sense of "this isn't that hard. I can work my way through this."

"But I just came off of a break." Yup. I took a break about 5 years ago. Time flies.

"wanting to practice" versus "having to practice." That times 1000.

@stick-Would you say that training became "work.?" My wife has commented that "Shooting doesn't seem to bring you joy." Well I don't know about "joy" but I've gotta reload and chamber check the ammo. This morning is dryfire and this afternoon I'm going to drive 45 minutes to the range for livefire. Tomorrow I've got to find some primers for sale somewhere on this planet. Joy is holding a baby rabbit while it sings to you. Joy is not working on loaded table pickups in 100F heat. I am not the guy who shows up at a match and shoots 8 mikes and 4 deltas and chuckles about it. No hate to those that are that guy.

Training logs were solid. Match logs were good up until Western PA and the club match immediately prior. Western PA I failed in work the throttle properly; pushed past positions several times. Club match prior was also pushing too hard. I've never missed a training session; I work at a range. Part of the problem (a first world problem to be sure) is that I could, easily, shoot 7 days a week. That, in the past, has resulted in not taking a session seriously...or, in other words, taking it for granted. I have found that a fair amount of the "training" material and product to be more focused on revenue generating for the provider. I will take a look at Steve's book though. The problem for me is that so much of mental training is based on putting a "spin" on things. "Oh, 12 rounds to clear a plate rack. Well it was a learning experience, so you did great. It's good that you got so much training on that plate rack. Way to go champ." I am exaggerating a little it with that hypothetical plate rack example, but that type of thinking is self deception.

Showed up at a match with minor physical problems and extremely negative mental state. Pulled up to the range, turned around and drove home. Haven't been shooting well lately. Training is on point. Anybody experienced burnout and.or overtraining? If so how did you manage it?

Had that happen as well; continued to shoot the snot out of the gun another zillion rounds. Not negating any of the above advice.

Not an expert. At all. 1. Assuming the ammo is not a variable; it's good ammo that works in other guns. 2. I do not think your overtravel screw theory is viable. 3. For grins/giggles I would take a firing pin stop from a working gun and install it; hopefully isolating that part of the problem. 4. The audible click when you press the hammer after racking the slide back is troubling; IF that sear isn't fully engaging, AND you are having halfcock issues, there's a potential safety issue there. The gun is obviously clean, but I'd take a close look on the interior of the hammer/s/d chamber and make sure nothings binding or getting hung up.

Depending on your tolerance for driving, there are a ton of matches in VA. GRB, Quantico, NVGC, Bridgeville, Sudlersville. Practiscore is your best bet for one-stop-shopping

Agreed, but a lot of people couldn't figure that out. If memory serves there was a prohibition on publishing that info. A lot of us had our own HHF notebooks.

Yup. HHF were not officially published for a very long time.

Looked great for a 4th match. The main takeaway would be that there's an almost 1:1 correlation between how much you practice and how much you improve. Do lots of good quality dryfire. Do lots of good quality livefire. There are a lot of training resources out there; I'd recommend Mike Seeklander's book. If you have a treadmill at home that's an easy way to practice moving with a gun. Don't ignore marksmanship/accuracy. Someone (maybe Mr. Stoeger?) said that after all the draws and reloads and movement.....you still need to be able to hit stuff.

Boom. I'd put a little stink on that left sear spring leg and shoot that thing. My relationship with the Hammer Follow Gods was never good. They sometimes strike again after you've "fixed" the problem.