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  1. My experience is that there is a bit of a snap as the plate indexes into place. I'm loading 9mm minor with Clean Shot at about 4.1'ish which is roughly about half full? I do get a couple of powder kernels splashed out on just about every index. It's not enough to bother me but I'm pretty sure I'd have a problem trying to stuff a 9major load in there. In that case I'd have to pay more attention to a solution. Plenty of people load 9major on progressives so obviously it can be done. Edited to add: I'm running automated right at 1500 cases per hour so that is a contributing factor.
  2. I hear you. The fact that it is firearms related makes a difference. I think we should try to give them some room but there is a point beyond which you have to sit them down and have a talk. Hopefully we can do it offline but if it has to be at a match then so be it. In this particular case given what appears to have happened I believe they should have been taken aside, unloaded, given a quick rules check, and then let's all go shoot.
  3. I agree but I also think with new shooters they just don't know what they don't know.
  4. I didn't do anything that extreme when I did my P320 grip but I did use a hefty amount of epoxy. There was a noticeable, but not extreme, increase in overall circumference but it followed the existing profile. At one point DAA had a video on their site where they used some epoxy putty to do something like what you are suggesting. I don't know if it is still there. I'd bet there are some Youtube videos from others...
  5. Given Springfields success with the Prodigy and the other recent entries into the 2011 space I'm a little surprised that Sig hasn't jumped in yet.
  6. I remember although I never handled one. Weren't they a bit problematic? Also had an external extractor I think?
  7. Apparently they like the P320 X5 slide profile. First the P226 X5 and now this.
  8. Jim was a well known presence in the Pacific NW shooting community. He recently passed after a long fight with cancer. Jim had many friends. He was one of those guys who would literally give you the shirt off of their backs. One of the truly good guys. I already miss him like crazy.
  9. Every press, doesn't matter the manufacturer, needs ongoing maintenance and adjustment. These are not "set it and forget it" type of machines. The press mechanism, any press, can be a little intimidating at first but after you've used it for a while you will be tearing it down and putting it back together and not breaking a sweat. No big deal.
  10. In my case that is so true. I've had a couple 1911s over the years but never spent any time really learning the system getting down into the nuts and bolts. Now that I've moved from a P320 CO to a 2011 LO I'm taking the time and it's been rewarding and just plain fun. I'm glad I made the switch.
  11. I'm not making any assumptions. I'm simply reporting the mathematical results of a ballistics program and noting that they imply that a 10 yard zero is not necessarily the end of the world. Note the words: "This is just an FYI, I'm not claiming it is an ideal solution." Anybody with half a brain and a couple matches of experience is going to confirm their hits at longer distances.
  12. That's what I do. I've never felt any need to make an adapter work. I also drilled a hole in the plastic tray directly over the drop point. If a primer gets stuck I can usually coax it on it's way with a wooden skewer. (can't take credit for that idea, stole it from somebody else, maybe on BEnos...)
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