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traxman

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  2. This was a cool stage. The two stars worked out very nicely and was a good change from the usual type stages. To shoot the star you really need to know where your shots are going. Like, exactly where your shots are going. Those plates just wont fall if you don't hit em!
  3. That's a good thing Butch. The only way I'll be taking care of you is to change your sheets and bring you your Geritol. Remember folks, when seconds count, the cops are just minutes away...
  4. +100 on this advice. I used to get the best deal on PCs for my friends and family regardless of price. But after a few years of support calls and visits, I recommend Dell. If you don't mind helping her out and want a good deal from a great company, I recommend www.newegg.com. The ones mentioned above are good as well though. traxman
  5. From the document: "a relatively rigid elongated tube, adapted to contain a plurality of shells in end to end relation" I suppose everyone will be releasing their own version of the rigid elongated tube containing a plurality of shells in end to end relation... :lol:
  6. No problem for me now. Wow, they weren't kidding when they said they were moving to a faster server!
  7. Excellent description of a way to use the Dillon swager. With the price of components going up, up, up, we'll need to do more of this brass processing. In my opinion there is a hole in the market right now for a quick/reasonably priced way to process military brass. You either do it with the really slow but cheap method (RCBS, Lyman dies), the moderately slow, reasonably priced way (Dillon swager), or the very easy but quite expensive way (Dillon Super1050). If I could buy something with a casefeeder that swaged military primer pockets, I would buy it. (Say $150-250 range) The Super1050 is the only way to fly with high volume processing. But it's just so darned expensive. I wish I could just invent something. If only I were a mechanical engineer...
  8. Start with the .45 Kimber, and choose the SKS or 12 guage, depending on the need at hand. My new house has a field of fire which may call for a rifle rather than a shotgun.
  9. Yeah...me too. Sometimes the reticle is actually there...
  10. Welcome and congrats on your first load. Remember, everyone needs a new primer, a fresh bullet and especially POWDER! Make sure you check on EVERY cartridge... Welcome to the best shooting place on the net!
  11. What? No Cops in your area? Just kidding, guys. Just kidding. hahahahaha-traxman, u listening...the one on sunrise is closing friday. :lol: you're a funny guy. reeeeeal funny. check your windshield for a parking ticket...
  12. It was something that just had too hard of a time surviving on the West Coast. We have such a tradition of little Mom & Pop donut stores, that they just couldn't survive. A fad that has now passed... Though it is true that there is really nothing like a Krispy Kreme.
  13. Interesting observation. I am new and barely qualified to participate in the discussion, but I think this statement deserves some expansion. As someone who competed in NCAA D1 athletics, I can tell you that the upper crust is the only small slice that receives the glory. In fact, if we broke it down to percentages, the chances of a good take at the prize table in our sport is WAAAAYYY higher than alot of mainstream sports. Have you seen a prize table at a softball tournament, local golf pro-am or bowling league finals? Also, what percentage of high-school footballers make the pros and rake in the dough? I will play this sport for the game and enjoy the side benefit of improving my gun-handling abilities. I will go to many more Level 3 matches and hope to expect nothing more than pride if I ever become competitive enough to vie for the winners circle. But then again, you're only winner for a day, because somewhere, someone else is practicing, and when you meet him in competition, he may beat you. Ignoring classifications and focusing on how I stack up against those I'm actually shooting against is how I judge my own progress.
  14. traxman

    j1b

    I don't know you Jack, but reading about your progress is very educational for me. I'm a newish production shooter, and it's interesting to read someone experienced at the game learning some of the basics I still am trying to learn. I look forward to see how you progress. Nate
  15. traxman

    ebay

    No brass sales on ebay! Yeow! what to do with hundreds of pounds of brass in garage.... Is there another site for online brass sales? I'm too small for my own site... Just too much overhead. traxman
  16. Anyone have a video of this being done? I read the article, and can't seem to visualize it.
  17. Congrats. Consider this encouragement from behind. I'll get there some day!
  18. Cool pic. I always wonder if celebs care if they're stopped to take a quick pic. Seems like he was cool about it.
  19. I might suggest a little caution with really coarse media and bottle necked cases. A piece (or even several) of media can get inside and not come out easily, and are hard to see in something like a 223. Bad if it jams up a progressive when depriming, worse if the case does get deprimed but the media stays in the case. Chunks of media in a case equals less volume for the powder and uneven powder distribution in the case, which may mean erratic burn and internal ballistics as best and a really overpressure round at worst. Man, you process a lot of brass... It's not all for me.... But the media does need to be smaller. The size I have is too big.
  20. Maybe we need to sticky this thread. I've been following it for a while and it has really started to become one of the better threads on tumbling media. I've learned some more about this subject since reading the suggestions above. I process ALOT of brass. (i.e. typically 100-250 lbs at a time) I have really been searching for the best ways to easily sort and clean 1000s of pieces of brass. I get my brass from an outdoor range, and it usually comes mixed as 40, 9mm, 45, 223 and 308. Some of the 223 is often crimped. It is mixed with grass and dirt as well. Sorting is done by hand from 5 gal buckets into other marked buckets. (With gloves on in front of the TV) I tumble my brass in a large Dillon tumbler for now. I need one or two more though. I have a great local source for crushed walnut shells to the tune of $15 per 50 lb bag. I've been using a 12/20 grit grind, but will probably go one size larger when I buy my next four bags. The 12/20 generates a little too much dust. I have experimented with adding mineral spirits, Nufinish, and the Midway brass polish to shine up the brass and try to cut down on the dust. With such a high volume, it really seemed like I was throwing away alot of money on polish with a relatively little gain in shine and not much dust reduction. One thing I noticed, when I use enough polish to really cut down on the dust, the lifespan of the media really starts to shorten. It gets gray colored really fast. I have been using an old terry cloth towel to swish the brass around after tumbling to remove (most) of the dust. I haven't been real happy with it though. It's extra labor, and with tons of brass, I'm going through alot of towels. Finally, I thought I found a good source of some corn cob today. I tried it on some brass cleaned, but still dusty, from the walnut media. Wow! What a difference! The walnut shells cleaned alot of the dirt and scum from the brass, and cleaned the surface. The corn cob cleaned the dust right off of the brass, and put a beautiful shine on it to boot! The corn cob I got came in a 40lb bag for $16. But the kicker is, the smallest size I can get is 1/8 inch. I guess this stuff is used as bedding for small animals. I tried it on a batch of .40 S&W brass first. PERFECT. Secondly, I tried it on a batch of 223. Well, it's clean, shiney and dust free, but about 1/2 to 1/3 of the cases has corn cob media stuck in the mouth of the case. I'll have to really crank up my Dillon separator to see if I can knock it all loose. My guess is that I'm gonna have to find a source for smaller corn cobs though. Anyway. My $0.02 traxman
  21. +1 one on telling at least SOME government official. That way you've passed the proverbial liability buck onto someone else. If the gun is stolen it is VERY likely marked as such, and if some wayward cop ever runs the serial number, you'll have some explaining to do. Is a gun worth a few hundred bucks worth that huge gamble? It's up to you...
  22. Hello and welcome! There are a few of us that shoot Sigs in production. It's a "run what you got" division, so you'll be OK to start. Let me first suggest you use the "search" feature in the upper right hand corner of the forum. There is a veritable lifetime of info here, all you really have to do is look. If you can't find what you're looking for after searching, ask again. As for what mods are common to sigs, new sights, grip tape and a worked over trigger are probably the most common and most useful. In my opinion, to shoot the Sig well, you need to go to the range and put some lead in the berm. The DA/SA trigger puts you at a slight disadvantage VS. the striker fired pistols, but with practice you can do quite well for yourself as a beginning USPSAer. I suggest dryfire practice as well. Getting used to the heavy Sig double action pull is paramount for shooting it accurately! Also, search for Steve Anderson's "Refinement and Repetition" book here on the forum. It has a great set of dryfire routines for the beginning shooter. Also, I would suggest purchasing Brian's book "Practical Shooting, Beyond Fundamentals" Those books will do more for your shooting than any amount of do dads and gunsmith work will ever accomplish. Welcome to the forum! traxman
  23. I recently purchased a Dillon Swager and am very happy with it. It's fairly quick and easy to use and, after I got the settings right (ruined a couple cases in the process) I've had zero issues with it. With what volume of brass are you using the Dillon swager? I've been saving my pennies, and I had heard that for primer pocket crimps for any significant amount of brass, the only way to fly was the Dillon 1050.
  24. Bulk powder, primers and bullets are kept in the grey metal cabinets beneath the presses. Primers and powder for loading are on the shelves behind the presses. Bullets for loading are in the KISSs. The sloped countertops is for the sole purpose of keeping spilt powder off of the work area. Dave hates cleaning up the powder that inevitably spills (especially with 9mm Major loads), so this is his practical solution. -Chet Who makes those bins for the brass? They look like ACRO bins on steroids.
  25. I'd switch to limited. I shoot Production because it allows me to run what I got on a level playing field. If I had to buy a new gun and setup, I'd just switch to limited.
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