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  1. Similar to others here-if you are able to spend $3,000, I would suggest something shorter and more individual (or even private). Even a more "regular" 2 day class with the right instructor could be much better for your overall skill improvement, and leave funds available to buy more ammo, range time, targets, etc. to engrain what you learned in the class. For example, I took a two day class with Tim Herron several years ago, and he provided each student with very specific and actionable things we could work on to improve. He had excellent diagnostic skills and pointed out things I was or was not doing that would have taken me a long time figure out myself. I am certain the other instructors mentioned in this thread could provide a very similar return on investment. I know of people who are perpetually going to classes, but never really get into personal practice. They advance much slower than those who took a class, then worked like hell on what they learned on their own, or with a friend or small group.
  2. I also do two step loading, although slightly different due to the equipment I already have. I decap with an FW arms, swage, and size twice, once with a dillon and once with a lee undersize on a 1050 (it's pretty stripped down as I remove the powder and priming systems). Then I wet tumble and load on a 650. I owned the 650 first, and with prepped brass it loads plenty fast for me, even doing it manually. Pretty straightforward setup on that, powder, bullet feeder, seat, and crimp. I think the two-pass loading would be almost essential with automation, unless you were using new brass perhaps. I catch plenty of 380 brass (sometimes even 40, or an odd 9X18/32acp/etc. while prepping, that would be a real hassle dealing with while loading on an automated machine.
  3. I have used Titewad successfully for a play around 9mm PCC load (blowback). It also does not make power factor, but shoots incredibly soft and also eliminates any blowback, even with a 16" barrel and suppressor. I was also using 100 grain bullets and, while I don't have the velocity numbers right in front of me, they were subsonic which means well under power factor.
  4. I don't mind uprange movement as part of a stage because I think one of the very valuable skills that USPSA can teach shooters is how to move with a gun, and how to be aware of what your gun is doing (where it is pointed) while moving. I am not a fan of more 'risky' movement being done for it's own sake in the same way that I'm not a fan of just adding more targets to a stage simply to get a higher round count. Any movement that can be done safely and enhances the quality of the stage is a plus in my opinion. As far as scoring, I make it a point to leave any close shots, misses, no shoots, etc. untaped until the shooter is given a chance to take a look. They either don't care or don't want to inspect (in which case you score and tape), or they do and they get a chance to see the targets. If there's a clear two alpha target, I don't worry about making sure the shooter sees it first, unless there is some other circumstance in play.
  5. 147s feel subjectively 'better' or 'softer' but I have never been able to quantify any performance difference, so usually I go 124-125. I also don't like the 115s as much, but it's more due to them being supersonic and sounding louder to me, just another thing to worry about. I'm certainly not in a place where bullet weight is holding me back, I am fairly certain that 115-147 I'd still finish the same at a match, but overall I end up using 124 RMR bullets more than anything. I do keep some 147s around for shooting suppressed for fun, and they are plenty quiet!
  6. I can only speak to my experience, but I've loaded them with CFE blk and shot them without issue in a 7.5" with a 1:7 twist a 7" with a 1:5" twist, and a 16" 1:7 twist bolt gun. I keep the velocity between 950-1050, and either use no crimp, or just the slightest crimp with the Lee FCD. I was actually surprised at how accurate they were out of the little 7" AR at 50 yards, right about 1" for a 5 shot group at various amounts of powder.
  7. I remember ordering 40-50k small rifle primers several years ago from Cabelas back when they would put the S&B primers on salve for $19.99/k. I got a lot of verbal agreements to "go in" on a bulk order, then people started getting cold feet when I asked for payment. I ended up keep about 35k of them, and still have a good chunk of them left. I don't go crazy buying on credit or anything, but my opinion is they will only get more expensive, and they don't really go bad, so I may as well buy when I can afford them, so when there are situations like this I don't have to worry about it so much. But really, I am just grateful that I have not been given the title of chief pricing control tsar of all firearm things. It would have to exhausting being the final authority on whether or not someone was selling something in an acceptable price range or not.
  8. I am probably the outlier here, but I actually do process and load 9mm in two different steps. I loaded for years on a lee pro 1000, and did that because I primed by hand. Then I got a 650 about 6 years ago and loaded 9mm all in one pass. For the past year or so, I have used a 1050 to process 9mm brass, then load it on my 650. MY process is: Clean brass in a cement mixer with water and let dry Lube with one shot and run through the 1050 (decap, swage, size) Clean in my vibratory tumbler with a bit of nu finish (have had the same bottle for years, when I run out I might try something else) Load on the 650 Case guage and fire! I get that it does take some extra time, but I am not shooting the volume of 9mm that I used to, so it really isn't a big difference for me. The one thing I really like about processing first is I catch all the 40/380/38/etc brass, as well as all the stepped brass, steel cases, berdan primed cases during that process. That means when I am loadign on the 650, I rarely run into any issues, and I'd like to think that it has prevented issues from cropping up while loading. Not something I really would recommend to everyone, but it has worked well for me, and ever since I started this process my reject rate has also gone way down.
  9. I don't know how many people are like me, but I tend to have a lot more primers/powder in storage than bullets at any given time. Once the powder and primers started being hard to find, I'm sure people just started to buy projectiles to match their primer/powder stores.
  10. I carry a "carry optics" gun more than not. I have a 226 that I had cut for a red dot by L&M precision (shout out for some great work by the way!). I also have a couple 229s that I had cut for dots as well. I have an RMR on my 226 and one of the 229s, and I change the batteries out every year. The other 229 is mostly a practice gun and has a Holosun 407c on it. I'm just planning on replacing the battery when it dies, but it is still going strong after over a year. I have shot all of these guns as USPSA matches, and never saw a big change in my performance relative to the regulars I shoot with. If you want to carry one, it can be done comfortably and with regular clothes. I use dark star gear, JM custom Kydex, and Phlster for most of by concealment holsters. They are all comfortable and conceal very well. I have even shot matches with my 226 (no dot) in limited from appendix, and it has worked pretty well for me. I never turn the dots off, they are on 24/7. Batteries are cheap, especially when I'm only using 1/year per optic.
  11. I always have my timer with me, and I have used it more that once at a match. It's just your average pocket pro 2, so most shooters are familiar with it, and if not it's easy to use. Really I just leave it in my range bag so I don't forget to put it back in when I go out to practice!
  12. If you have a sportsman's warehouse nearby, I have been able to buy about 1-2 thousand a week for the past couple months now. I have bought CCI, federal, and winchester, and some magnums, but they have been there on occasion. Basically whenever I am driving by I stop by and see what they have. Every so often I get lucky.
  13. I have also found this to be the case. I have about 10k of the S&B rifle primers that I mostly use for 223. I did try them in 9mm, and even my 226 with the stock mainspring wasn't lighting them off all of the time. They must be the hardest primers I have ever used. I have used winchester, federal, and CCI rifle primers in 9mm before with no ill effects,
  14. We talked a bit about this on last week's Paracast. I personally have no problem making someone reset the stage before they shoot if they were asked to help and refuse throughout the day.
  15. I personally like the bonded soft point loads in my 11.5 BCM. One of the big benefits of those loads is less dependent on velocity to perform as intended. The barnes bullets are another good option, they have several options, but the 50 and 70 grain options are highly recommended. I personally use the Federal Fusion (62 or 64 grain, I can't remember off the top of my head), as well as the speer gold dot. They are available in a 55, 64, and 75 grain load. One nice thing about speer is they offer the bullets to reloaders. I have several hundred of the 75 grain bullets I will be loading in the near future.
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