Matt Cheely

The slide racker sticks out past the scope mount about .75". It's enough to get your finger on there, anything longer and it's just way too long.

Remove the bushing, spring plug & spring. The guide rod will come out after that.

No, the original mount will only work with the original RTS.

Correct.

Basically a 3.8" limited gun.

www.ccgunworks.com/store/shop/rts2-mount/

No the mount will be completely different for the new scope.

The RTS does not sit lower than a 90deg mount. I hope now that the brightness is adjustable that the dot quality will no longer be an issue. Might just become the scope to have for open... I'll have the new mount ready in a few weeks.

I expected there to be some rule changes due to that pistol I built... Ha

That was total BS. I recorded it and was fast forwarding through the commercial and next thing I know Vettel is there with his arms up. WTF

All the "scientific" formulas you will pull out will not matter as they won't take into account the loss of energy in the bullet ripping apart. The kinetic energy equation only works if there is no energy loss, including friction & etc.. Same for a ballistic knock down equation, that assumes all the energy is going into the "target/animal". If you really wanted to figure it out, you could setup a target on a "frictionless" surface and measure the acceleration & velocity at which it moves just after being shot with a high speed camera. Compare the actual energy transferred to that target, vs the theoretical kinetic energy that should have been in the bullet and you'll see how much you lost in the transfer.

It's all about where the energy goes when it hits the popper. A slow moving bullet will impart all its energy into knocking over the popper, and generally bounce off in one piece. Think of all the lightly loaded 45 rounds that bounce off and land in the range next door. A fast moving bullet will take a large piece of the energy and use it to rip the bullet apart. Think of how much it would take to pull a bullet into so many little pieces of lead. That fast bullet might have more energy, but it doesn't put it all into the popper.

Funny how I just heard 90-120 days till they would be available. I'll have a mount ready by the time they get them done.

I love my bullet feeder! It was well worth it. except I need to figure out how I would mount it on a 650, I use a U die on the second station of each machine the dillon sizer decaper on the first station.......... Not an option to run 2 sizing dies with the bullet feeder on the 650. Part of the reason I don't want to put one on my 650 to load 40.

Having just gotten a 1050 with a bullet feeder after running a 550 and 650 for years I would say depends on the caliber. I wanted the 1050 because a lot of the range brass I get in 9mm has crimped primer pockets mixed in (maybe 5%). Same reason for 223/.556. I'm happy loading 40 on the 650, even without the bullet feeder. I'll leave the odd ball calibers on the 550.

Worst thing that can happen is the front and rear of the slide separate when you fire it and the slide hits you in the face. Seen it happen. Don't risk your eyesight to keep shooting a broken gun.

I'll pop in here with a reference on the 06-03 classifier HHF. First time I shot it back in 06 I did a 100% on it. I remember that I didn't even shoot it as well as was possible, and it was well over the HHF for a 100. 9/21/06 06-03 GREAT LAKES STEEL E 100.0000 9/26/06

I just ordered a Stock II from Davidson's today...

You're welcome. This 2013 made it 3 years in a row and 6 prize guns we've built for the match. Maybe we'll make it 4 years in a row next year?

I had a great time at the match. Weather was awesome. Here's one of the stages of me shooting single stack, not bad for my first match in 12 months eh? http://vimeo.com/67094828 Thanks to everyone that worked the match.

There were some links from a certain mfg a while back that were not heat treated properly and would fail after a few thousand rounds, even if it had been fitted properly. There is a force on the link each time you fire, and if there's something wrong with the metal it can fail.

Hardchrome

Yes I do everything in house other than chrome or nitride finishing.

This gun turned out really nice. More of a simple look, clean lines. I'm about 10-11 months out at this point on new builds.

Or order one of my undrilled mounts with a custom pattern to fit your gun.