Chris Rhines
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About Chris Rhines
- Birthday 06/23/1978
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http://multigun.wordpress.com
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Potomac, Maryland
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Shooting, gunsmithing, Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, home shop machining, reading, music...
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Chris Rhines
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Looks for Match (2/11)
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June of last year, I switched back to Limited from Production. Now, eight months and several thousand dollars later, I have one gun that doesn't work, and one pile of parts all over the bench. I've ruined four or five barrels trying to learn to fit the damn things, trashed a grip frame, broken parts, and generally wasted a huge amount of time. The frustrating thing is that I'm normally very good with my hands. But working on 1911/2011-pattern guns just doesn't seem to click, and I don't know why. I wish I still had my Glock 35. - Chris
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Your top 5 favorite sci-fi films.
Chris Rhines replied to sslav's topic in Books, Movies, TV & Music
1.) Blade Runner 2.) Donnie Darko, just edges out 12 Monkees in the category of "Best Delirious Time-Travel Movie." Shame the writer lost his freaking mind for the next movie. 3.) Ghost in the Shell 4.) Dark City. I caught this one in the theater knowing nothing about the plot, and didn't sleep well for several days therafter. 5.) Total Recall. There's one from out in left field, but a fantastic sci-fi epic mystery just the same. - Chris -
3 Gun Match
Chris Rhines replied to outerlimits's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
Ouch. This is a much harder question then the stereotypical "If you could only have one gun" B.S. I'd have to pick the RM3G. But I'd sure miss shooting the Ironman and Ft. Benning... - Chris -
I've been using and recommending Rudy Project glasses for almost ten years. Unfortunately, I can no longer do so. I originally used a set of Rudy Project Rydons with the Rx insert. It worked well enough, but the Rx insert sits very close to my eyes, close enough that I could brush them with my eyelashes. This got annoying after a while. So, I ordered a set of DirectRx Racing Red lenses. All seemed right with the world, except after about six months, the corners of the lenses cracked and broke off so that they would no longer stay in the frame. No problem, Rudy Projects' lens warranty is ironclad. So I took the lenses back to my optician, only to find that Rudy's ironclad warranty does not apply to prescription lenses, and that I'm out of pocket to replace a defective set of lenses. A phone call to Rudy's customer service department yielded no satisfaction. So, at this point, I'm shopping for a new set of shooting glasses. I can't recommend Rudy Project glasses except in plano, non-prescription format, and advisedly even then. I'm really not happy with the customer service that I got from Rudy. - Chris
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Topton 3 Spring Multigun
Chris Rhines replied to 45shooter's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
Excellent. I'm in. - Chris -
2009 Area 8 Multigun Championship
Chris Rhines replied to Alan Meek's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
Oh ho! Am I being challenged here? NovaShooter, baby, I hope you're practicing... - Chris -
2009 Area 8 Multigun Championship
Chris Rhines replied to Alan Meek's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
Excellent. Time to tighten up my scope mount... - Chris -
5" TSS STI - Failure to Go Into Batery
Chris Rhines replied to Chris Rhines's topic in 1911-style Pistols
Update - just got back from the range. The malfunctions aren't happening as frequently, but I'm still getting some failures. Maybe 10 failures to go into battery in 250 rounds. I'm using basically the same load, 185grn. black bullets, 1.170" OAL, but with a 0.417" crimp. One further observation - I have 4 STI 140mm magazines, two with Grams internals and Dawson pads, two with Bolen everything, and 6 SVI 140mm magazines with Bolen everything. Most of the malfunctions happened while using the SVI mags. Any ideas? - Chris -
5" TSS STI - Failure to Go Into Batery
Chris Rhines replied to Chris Rhines's topic in 1911-style Pistols
Thanks, Benny. I measured the crimp on a few of my remaining rounds, and it came out to 0.423. Oddly, the ones that jammed in the feedway showed no measurable setback, but I'll crank the crimp die down a bit more just the same. - Chris -
5" TSS STI - Failure to Go Into Batery
Chris Rhines replied to Chris Rhines's topic in 1911-style Pistols
Might have this one sorted. It looks like the problem was a combination of things. - I pulled out the extractor and examined it very closely, under magnification and bright lights. Surprise surprise, I found a tiny burr just at the top of the relief cut. Three strokes with the #2 Swill pillar file cleaned that up. Hand-cycling some dummy rounds through the gun felt much smoother afterwards. - The chamber was pretty dirty. The MPro7 bath helped. - My Precision moly load was sticking in the chamber just a tiny bit. I knew this from chamber-checking my match ammo, but had ignored it up until now because that load fed and ejected just fine. I realize now that I was probably right on the edge of feedway malfunctions. Since I've about run through this batch of ammo, I may try shortening the OAL on that load to 1.150-1.160". Thanks to everyone. - Chris -
I have a 5" TSS STI Limited gun, short/wide dust cover, lightened Classic slide. I'm the second owner of the gun. Since I got it, I've put about 2000 flawless rounds through it. I replaced the recoil spring with an ISMI 12.5# spring about 1000 rounds ago, and the gun is otherwise just as it left Benny's shop. Last weekend I shot it in a local 3-gun match and had no trouble. I normally shoot a Precision 185grn. black bullet over 4.5grn. of Ramshot Competition at 1.170" OAL. I also sometimes use a 180grn. Zero over 4.4grn. Titegroup, same length. Yesterday, I went out to practice. About 200 rounds into my practice session, the gun started failing to go into battery. The bullet would be stuck partway into the chamber. Usually, a light tap on the back of the slide would get it running again. It was doing this literally every shot. I stripped the gun down last night, cleaned it, gave the extractor tunnel a good scrubbing, checked the extractor (AFTEC) for burrs, etc. Nothing to be found. I shot again today, and had more of the same problem. Interestingly, when I switched to the 180grn. Zero load, I had fewer malfunctions, maybe every 5-6 rounds. Right now I've got the gun stripped down and the barrel soaking in MPro7. I'm going to call Benny tomorrow, but until then is there anything else I should look at? - Chris
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It's true, and it should be out in a matter of weeks.
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Lately I've been using 25.2grn. of Benchmark pushing a Hornady 55grn. FMJ-BT for my short-range (sub 300y) load. Very clean, and will hold inside 5" at 300 from my 17" MSTN barrel. Never tried it with the 69s.- Chris
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3Gun Rules Poll
Chris Rhines replied to el pres's topic in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements
He-Man should not exist as a division. Instead, there should be enough of an advantage in scoring that one might want to shoot a major-caliber rifle instead of a .223. We have too many divisions. - Chris -
Meh. I've used cinched magazines, and every so often I contemplate going back to them, but they don't provide any advantage over monopoding off a single mag. They make it a tad easier to reload while prone, and that's about all. So why do we think we need a new rule? Fewer rules are better, in shooting as in everything else. - Chris