konkapot

Less focus on round count. More technically difficult stages. More strong/weakhand. No clean targets inside 12-ish yards. Less unloaded gun starts.

I've switched back and forth a couple times and am always amazed at how underwhelming the difference is going from P to L. Fewer reloads, major scoring, lighter trigger....sounds like I'm smashing atoms or dividing by zero but the difference was never that noticeable. It's a trite overused saying but it really is the Indian not the arrow.

I remember a guy on a shooting forum. He didn't contribute much but when he posted stuff for sale HE TYPED IN ALL CAPS and threatened to BLOCK and DELETE people who didn't follow his specific instructions. Probably a GREAT GUY to shoot with.

There's "marketing" and then there is "lying." One of the biggest LE gun purchases ever is coming up for CBP, and it ain't gonna be a STI/Stacatto, and like someone posted early it will be largely price based.

"Thousands" of law enforcement officers? Thousands? I highly doubt that. In fact I would describe myself as "highly dubious."

I didn't specifically practice classifiers, but was shooting about 50k rounds per year. Started out shooting minor and B was my initial classification. Was A class for about six months. M for about 10 months. GM in 21 months. Production GM came at a slightly quicker pace if I recall. As Cha-Lee stated there's definitely an "imbalance" involved. In my case it was so bad that in about 2010 I petitioned USPSA to move me DOWN in L and Production. They did so. To directly answer Rowdy's question.....it was just more of what I was already doing

Why did you have to replace the liner? Not busting your chops, genuinely curious

Blagga you trying your best to give a partial refund was very very cool and reasonable. Had I been a competitor I would have been satisfied with that. The clown who got all the money should be forced to work at a wet market for a period of time.

I always did Smith+Alexander; great magwell, the aluminum one is light, and perfect for carry

I noted a disturbance in the Force, and now I know why. They word "hypotenuse" was used in a sentence on a gun forum. Troubled times indeed.

Another option is having someone else shoot it. Your comment about "letting the gun jump around in my hand" made me anxious. Like Joe said above, thoroughly clean it, lube it properly, shoot it...……..and have someone else shoot it.

Never shot revolver, but have found that switching around a little bit broadens my depth of knowledge, and that it makes me more appreciative of shooting a highcap gun. I don't know that it makes me a better shooter in the long run.

One option MIGHT be to tradel there earlier; if the match starts on Saturday travel on Thursday; might give you a chance to get settled in/acclimated and usually would give you ALL of Friday to walk the stages. Getting more time off from work, additional night of hotel, additional food might all be obstacles.

180 vs. 200 has been talked about a good bit here. Ultimately it boils down to your subjective opinion. Most people shoot 180 nowadays. Finding a range that has "bays and steel" will dramatically improve your training sessions, will improve your performance, and will almost certainly raise your Fun Meter scores. Ditto for lots o' Dry Fire.

How many total rounds through the press?

How long before you are able to get the work done on the shotgun?

Goofed around a bit more; talked to Dillon again and they were stumped. The normal fixes weren't applicable. Measurements were good, etc. They sent me an RMA to send the dies back

Thanks Optima. They still had some.

Too windy to fly RC toys. Home gym is marginal. Primer shortage. Serious First World Problems.

Platform has never been removed. Snipthedog-did this result in fat rounds?

Chamber of gun is clean. AHI my assumption is also the crimp station; I'm using a regular Dillon crimp die. In the early stages of this mess, I opened the crimp out to .380, which only made things.....worse. Anybody have any thoughts about the lopsided/uneven crimping evident on pulled bullets? Right now I think I'm going to just start from scratch and literally disassemble the toolhead, pull the dies out, and act like I'm just getting started loading 9mm. I've been doing this long enough to know it's almost always the guy pulling the handle that causes the problem but man this is frustrating.

ckinninger-I've heard about that undersized die over the years, but I've not had this problem before....plus when I run a casing through Station One it passes a chamber check perfectly. I think that this bulged Glock brass issue is only with .40; I might be wrong on that but I've never heard it being an issue in 9mm. Superdude-You are bringing up things I had discussed previously. Station one works perfectly, and the reason I brought up the sizing die is because one of the suggestions in this thread was to check it for cleanliness. Guys the brass at Station One is being sized completely; THAT is the only thing I'm sure of. I have pulled a couple of bullets and the crimp was not only overly tight but also seemed to be applied unevenly; on one side of the bullets the powder coating is gone, leaving about 1/3 of the bullet silver and shiny.

Years? Good grief. I shoot about 4000 rds a month...…….or used to, till now.

I've found some small rifle benchrest primers available. A little expensive but better than nothing. Hopefully they are actually available and not just internet available.

I haven't either before.