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  1. Thank you all for the help! It was the wrong tube! Feeding is consistent now. I really appreciate the comments guys!
  2. I will check that GrumpyOne. I assumed it was small primer tube since I ordered it for 9mm conversion and only bought 9mm dies. The small primer cup was already installed as well.
  3. Took off those parts. The primer slide goes back and forth smoothly with no problem. I checked the height of the primer cup and slide and its 1.217. Is it possible the primer assembly inside the tube is too low? Here is a pic.
  4. Thanks for the info Jim. Checking that stuff out now.
  5. Hey guys. I've had my 550 I purchased through enos now for a couple of months. For the first couple of thousand rounds I have been using my already federal match primed 9mm cases. These were pulled due to a bad load. Long story. So a few days ago I re-insert the decap pin and start loading up. Very soon there after I noticed a common occurrence. I am talking like 20% of the time I am either getting no primer in the primer cup or the primer is upside down when in the cup. I read up online. Watched some videos. I thought it was the thin bar that goes from the primer tube down through the 2 wheel tracks. I ever so slightly bent it so that it would apply more force on the bar to make sure it was going back all the way. Things got a little better after that. However I am still having the problem quite frequently. I could expect this like once every couple hundred of rounds but not 10 or 20 out of 100. It seems to work perfectly if there is no brass in station 1 ( only did this for testing purposes ). When brass is in station one it seems like the force of the case being resized and decapped is causing the primer cup to be little higher which is causing it to run into the primer that is getting ready to drop. I have taken the bar of multiple times and made sure that the primer cup was compressed as low as it could go. I am not sure what else to do. Any advice would be grateful. Thanks!
  6. Some great matches in Atlanta area every month. Shot at river bend this month and was squadded up with team noveske and KC from team Glock. Some great shooters and friendly people here. You should have fun in no time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. I shot a test load a few weeks back with 3.2 gr of TG with the .356 diameter 147gr xtremes at 15 yards and got .75in grouping with 10 bullets. The OAL was 1.150 and mixed brass with CCI primers. These were shot out of a Glock 34 Gen 4 with 13lb ISMI spring.
  8. Great feedback. Thanks caspian. My reloads do need work. I can definitely go faster from location to location its just at this moment I am not sure I completely trust myself to execute the stage like I programmed it. The other day a friend and I setup a stage on a 30 yard bay and modified it a few times. That was the perfect time to see if I could manage going at a faster pace while maintaining safety and accuracy. It turns out I can. My reloads just need to get faster as you said. Thanks!
  9. That was some awesome information Ron! I really appreciate your time to respond back to me with some solid info. You are correct on the points. It should be 46 points not 56. I do tend to realize that on a well executed stage where I am a second off from the stage winner it comes down to points. Sometimes just a few points separated me from taking the stage win. So that is something I am definitely trying to work on. I don't want to slow down but I can definitely improve on getting slightly slower splits and faster transitions to improve my accuracy. I am sure some trigger pull improvement would be great as well. I really like the way you broke everything down. It makes complete since to me. As for you last question at the end. I assume it was your points that benefited you most to get the 8.56 HF.
  10. I am not an expert but I have seen great improvements with the few tips I'll list here. Remember that a poor plan executed correctly is better then a great plan executed poorly. Once you have a plan in place ( however good or bad you may think it is ) program it into your memory. Run it through your mind at least 10 times before you shoot. This may be hard if you are first up but in any other circumstance you should be able to do this. You want to be able to close your eyes and visualize yourself running the stage at your match speed. Seeing every target. Seeing when and where you are going to reload. Visualizing the sight picture on different targets ( a good example is going from a 5 yard target to a 20 yard target ). Now that you have your plan programmed don't change it. If you see someone else run the stage before you and it looks good. Don't do what they did. In fact after you watched them run it go ahead and visualize your stage plan again in your head so that something they just did won't creep into yours.
  11. I learned this lesson on my second match. It was a classifier stage. Shoot bottom 3 reload shoot top 3 or visa versa. I had a belt full of partially loaded mags. I got through the first 3 targets did my mandatory mag change shot off two more, slide lock. Reloaded shot off two more slide lock. Reloaded and finished. It was LOL funny. Never had that problem again.
  12. The classifier, the 1st video, is an excellent one to practice on a regular basis. The goal on that one should be to come in to the 2nd box with the gun up and ready to fire the 1st shot just before or just as your second foot touches the ground. In other words you should be on target before both feet are in the box. Check the video of the classifier. Your empty magazine should be on the ground near the 1st box. Your magazine was almost in the 2nd box....a little late on that mag change, but I think you knew that. When coming into position at a port or opening between two walls, try to setup so you don't have to shuffle the feet and turn to engage target to the left or right. Ideally you want to come into position so all you have to do is turn the knees and upper body. Sometimes that requires setting up on either side of the port or opening instead of directly in front the port or opening. I'm not sure if that makes any since. Check out some videos of Dave Sevigny. He does it very well. He often comes in with his feet and lower body on one side of the port or opening, so buy the time he's done shooting he's straight again, and ready to move to the next position. I hope that makes some kind of since. Let me know what you think. heading out the door for a bday party. Will be back to respond. Thanks! That makes total since =)
  13. One the classifier I had 6A 5C 1D with a time of 7.43 for a HF of 6.1911. Total points shot was 56. The winner of the stage is a Master in production and GM in revolver did it with 54 points in 6.6 seconds for A HF of 8.18. X-Refactor I had 18A 1B 5C for a time of 25.07 and HF of 5.305. A master won the stage with 131 points ( i shot 133 ) in 20.47 seconds with a HF of 6.3996. Don't shoot the... I had 11A 12C 1D for a time of 17.95 and HF of 5.1253. A GM took the stage with 110pts ( i shot 92 ) in 16.17 seconds with a HF of 6.8. Does that help?
  14. Any other suggestions or things you guys see?
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