Jump to content
Brian Enos's Forums... Maku mozo!

spikers220

Classified
  • Posts

    59
  • Joined

  • Last visited

About spikers220

  • Birthday 04/27/1985

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    New Ulm, MN
  • Interests
    USPSA, IDPA
  • Real Name
    Steve Taylor

Recent Profile Visitors

417 profile views

spikers220's Achievements

Looks for Range

Looks for Range (1/11)

  1. I tested some clays in my STI edge the other day. They were right at 4.4 grains, 1.2 COAL, 180 grian Berry's. This was a major load with minor like recoil but the accuracy was poor compared to my other loads. However, 4.4 grains of Clays showed zero signs of high pressures. I know some people that have gone up to 4.7 grains before running into pressure issues.
  2. I just wanted to get a quick count of what you guys do during dryfire practice with your 2011's. Please explain why you do this and so forth. 1. Dryfire with no dummy rounds in mag or chamber 2. Dryfire with dummy round in chamber but not in mag 3. Dryfire with dummy rounds in mag but not in chamber 4. Dryfire with dummy rounds in both
  3. So basically with a 650, you need to be careful on the back stroke when seating the primer? And when you feel any extra resistance then stop and inspect the priming stage? Any other things that would cause detonations?
  4. I would like to know the same as I have a 650 and would like to know what to watch out for..,
  5. How does this happen? I need to know so I can avoid it if possible ...
  6. I personally don't hate the shortage but I think it is hilarious what people are paying for 22lr ammunition. There is no way people NEED 22 ammo that bad. Bricks of 22 come up on gunbot for around $100 and they are gone in minutes. That is absolutely crazy. Buy a 17 hmr and problem solved...then you double your shooting distance as well...and watch the critters blow up. How much longer do you all think this will go on for? It has been 13 months so far.... I am betting it will be another 13 months before we can walk into stores and find an abundance of 22 ammo. Anyways, this should make for a good conversation starter...
  7. I shoot an STI edge so my coal is a little longer. I shoot 4.6 grains of Titegroup, 180 grain Berry's and a coal of 1.20". This loads shoots very well for me and measures at 935fps at 50 degrees. I think 4.4 grains or 4.5 grains would be great at your shorter coal. I would load some of each and test them through the chrono. I don't have any experience with Bayou bullets, only Berry's, but I would assume they would shoot very close to the same.
  8. A local gun shop has a few in stock and I checked them out. These guns are truly awesome. I just cannot believe the trigger. It feels like my customized 2011 trigger. I will be owning one. The absolute perfect Production gun or IDPA ESP. I believe it is legal for ESP?
  9. Yes I have the comp kit with the trigger. It is about two pounds lighter than the carry model. I also have the Ram and it made the reset sharper, a more distinct "snap". I am not sure if I would go any lighter, especially with a carry gun.
  10. Good to know. I will dig into this a little deeper and see what I can find.Edit: I just found this on another forum http://forum.accurateshooter.com/index.php?topic=3812581.0 Seems accurate - if so, no hazmat.
  11. I have been shooting 3.8 grains and 147 grain Berry's FMJ. This put me at a power factor of 135-136. That was more than I wanted especially at the tested temperature of 40 degrees. I just reloaded my next batch at 3.6 grains and that was 130-132 power factor. M&p 5" and glock 34 all cycled these loads 100% and accuracy was great with 13 lb recoil springs.
  12. From what I have heard, primed brass has to be shipped the same way as primers. That is only what I have been told.... Probably like 6 years ago. Thus they would be subject to the hazmat fee...
  13. I have one on my m&p pro but my buddy has the carry model on his compact. I have compared both side by side. The trigger pretravel and over travel was the exact same. However, the trigger pull was a pound or two higher. Very crisp feel.
  14. That's exactly what I did. However neither match up even remotely close to the bullet contour.
  15. I had an issue recently when converting from 40 s&w RCBS dies to Dillon dies on my 650. I want to see what your thoughts were, if others have had the same issue and how it was resolved. Components: New Win Brass and Berry's 180 grain FMJ's Problem: Bullet seating creates a small bulge on one side of the case. (the bulge is significant because many rounds did not chamber check) Diagnosis: I tried many different things before actually diagnosing the problem as the seater plug. I checked the alignment of the main shaft, shell plate and among other things. I also tried to loosen the dies while the stroke was in maximum position and then retighten the die locking rings. None of which was the problem. Well I knew I had the so called "correct" seater plug in but upon inspection, with the seater plug outside of the die, I noticed the bullet does not fit well in the seater plug concavity. In fact the bullet slides around quite a lot, thus during bullet seating the case bulges out to one side of the case. Solution: I decided to take the semi-wad cutter side of the seater plug and reshape its concavity with my Dremel tool to fit the Berry's bullet. No bulge whatsoever and the accuracy improved considerably. Just curious if others have ran into this problem, how they solved it or if anyone, including Dillon, makes different shaped seater plugs?
×
×
  • Create New...