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That's basically what I've done. Once you've accumulated enough gather it up and re-sprinkle.

There are numerous tutorials on YouTube. After you've watched a couple you'll have a pretty good idea. It is actually pretty straightforward. Be sure to mask off anything you don't want compromised. That includes parts of the gun and grip that you think are probably far enough away from your work area so you don't need to be concerned. Be concerned.

Grip tape can be problematic I agree. A shooter friend recommended Vicious skateboard tape and it really works. The grit is aggressive and the adhesive is tenacious. Once applied it will not move until you are ready to peel it off. It is somewhat flexible and goes around single curves well. It can deal with mild compound curves but definitely has it's limits as far as that is concerned.

I would bet big money that the vast majority of DQs are either because you lost control of your muzzle or you had your finger on the trigger when you shouldn't and something happened that shouldn't have. Everything else is secondary.

That is my experience also. It doesn't last forever. That is one of the reasons I went back to skateboard tape.

At your advanced age can you still walk and chew gum at the same time? Good... you are not too old.

What are you finding to be painful? I have an automated 1100 and use it to both process and load pistol. Problems are few and far between at this point in time although there was a learning curve.

I noticed that too and wondered if they were shot in the order presented in the picture. Also I've seen pictures of similarly bulged cases from P320s. I don't have any links at the moment; maybe I can find some. Edited to add: I've had one experience with a case that ended up looking like the last one in the picture. Blew out the extractor and the right side of the grip panel. I always assumed it was my fault from a double charge.

Factory ammo or reloads? If factory what brand? And I assume you meant the extractor because if the ejector got blown out that would be real interesting.

Why does it matter whether you miss or not? (New to steel challenge question!) Aren't you moving to the next shot regardless of whether you miss or hit? And then coming back if you have a miss?

One question to ask yourself is do you want to index the shell plate manually or do you want the machine to do it for you automatically during the lever pull. 550 = manual, 650/750 = auto

I could argue that by buying fully processed brass that you are not really doing single pass reloading. Buying that processed brass is basically buying the first pass. And then you are performing the second pass yourself. But I quibble! Good luck with the new automation! I'm a little out of date at this point with one of the old Ammobots but if it ever craps out (when it craps out) I will most likely be buying a Mark 7 to replace it on the 1100.

I'm wondering if that may be because the overall length of a 507Comp is just slightly less than an RMR. (I don't own either so can't measure.) So it's very close but not exact. So it fits with that slight gap. If the situation was reversed you might be out of luck. On the other hand it may be that GG is machining the cutout a little longer to accommodate any slight variations in RMR footprints between the various manufacturers. This is all pure speculation on my part; I'm just throwing it out there... lol...

My recollection (be careful) is that the Lockwood slides were cut to fit very tightly the particular sight base. Because of the tight fit no lugs were necessary. In my case the Romeo3Max is so tight that I initially thought there was a problem with the machining. So maybe this has all changed... but if not then I'd check. Just because a sight has the basic RMR footprint may not mean it is also compatible with the Lockwood RMR slide. I hope that all makes sense, only one cup of coffee so far...

I've heard that the argument for keeping ESP/CO at 10 (probably ESP in particular) was that would not handicap 9mm 1911's with their single stack mags that can only hold 10 rounds. You raise the ESP limit to 15 and all those 1911s become instantly obsolete. That raises a question in my mind. What if they left ESP at 10 but allowed CO to go to 15? I'm going to guess the vast majority of CO guns are double stacks and there are few if any 1911 CO guns floating around out there. I may be wrong about that last part...

That works for me.

Same at my local. Solid MD's who make a serious attempt to stay in touch with the rulebook and good stages. Attendance has grown slowly over the past several years. Lately there has been a noticeable increase.

Yeah, if it was closer in price to the AL frame options I'd think about it but not now.

Yes, USPSA was so wrong that the current CO definition has resulted in the most popular division by far and generated so much interest that it justified it's own standalone national championship. Yeah... bad move for sure.

https://www.brouwersolutions.com/shop/m1823-grip-mod-steel/ I guess if you are used to 2011 steel grip pricing it may not seem all that bad...

For some reason the Sig P320 seems to "attract" mounting screws, either plate or direct optic mount, which intrude into the extractor channel and mess things up. In particular C&H sold plates and screws for quite some time with screws that caused this problem. Long after they were aware of the problem. If you go over to the Sig Talk forum and search through the X5 sub-forum you will see this discussed multiple times.

I don't think the machining is the problem. It is just aggressive. My main problem areas are the weak hand thumb pad where it hits the back upper left of the grip and the pad at the first joint of trigger finger. I'm definitely building up thicker skin as time goes by. I'll say this...I don't think the gun will be moving around in your hands once you clamp down on it. I think it is going to depend on what you do for a living as far as the palms of your hands are concerned. People who work with their hands a lot without gloves will probably acclimate quicker. I'm curious what you think after you get a chance to check yours out.

That could be and I wouldn't be surprised. An alternative explanation is that they are trying but are incompetent. I can think of a couple of other plausible explanations; none of which are complementary. I would really like to know what person or group is the driving force behind the rulebook. Is it Joyce? Is it the RACLs? Is it some secret cabal of IDPA high priests?

Think of it this way...Even after you get your auto drive all tuned up it won't be 100% perfect as it isn't perfect when you run it manually either. The auto drive (or your manual lever) will move your shell plate somewhere between about 99.5% and 100.5% of the theoretical perfect distance it needs to rotate. (Yes I'm pulling those numbers out of my ... ) The index ball and spring is what makes that last little bit of correction to get the shell plate just right before the indexing pin comes down. You don't want the indexing pin coming down on a shell plate that isn't perfectly indexed. The indexing pin can accommodate a bit of misalignment but do not rely upon the indexing pin to perform the last little bit of indexing for you; it is there more to lock the shell plate in place while the dies do their thing. Ideally the indexing pin should be hitting nothing but air as it comes down through the shell plate. At least that's the way I see it. And very important: Don't bother hooking up your drive until you've got the RL1100 to the point where it is error free when run manually. No more than 1 issue per 1000 rounds or thereabouts...you will be surprised at how many issues you just deal with when running manually and you just never think about it. When running auto those become big deal irritants if not show stoppers.

The only time I see an OAL variation of 0.001" is when I compare a maximum of two cartridges; then I might get lucky. For any reasonable sample size I'm happy if the variation is around 0.005". For example my target OAL for current 9mm load is 1.125" to 1.130" and even at that I might see a few that exceed that spread.