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It did not uncover any spectators uprange. There was a rope blocking the area uprange

I edited the original post to clarify

Is a floating 180 legal? To clarify, 180 starts parallel to the back berm but when you get down range it changes to 180 almost parallel to the right berm

My first few draws are always to a blank wall with no real aiming point. This helps me ensure that the gun is coming to my eye and not a target. When I do start drawing to targets I just make sure that I am looking at the target I want to draw to. That came from somebodies dryfire book but I can't remember who.

So i have been seriously practicing transitions in both live fire and dry fire and have seen tremendous improvement. I do normally start slow and simulate the recoil in dryfire. I think this has helped train my brain to transition as soon as the 2nd trigger pull is complete instead of waiting for the gun to come back to the target that I just shot. This training has not affected live fire or matches negatively. My splits have increased from about a .15 avg to a .18 avg but my transitions have decreased from a .63 to a .20 transition. My second shot is almost always an A zone hit but the 1st shot from the transition can be an occasional charlie. I think a few more thousand reps in dry fire and live fire should ingrain these movements to my subconscious. I am very pleased to be saving .4 seconds per target, a savings of 6.4 seconds on a 16 target course. Now I just need to stop reverting back to old habits on stages.(Especially Classifiers)

Right in that range. In 14 months I should know if it's worth the money. Word of advice: When your buddy says "Here! Shoot this in the match today." Don't do it. They are stupid easy shooting and beautiful to boot. I'll probably be lucky if I ever make it into A class but by gawd, I'll be shooting B Class open with a beautiful gun. Maybe it will motivate me to actually practice from time to time.

I'd rather own this for a few hundred more.

Thanks Jim.

Rule book glossary: Facing Uprange ................Face and feet pointing directly (90°) away from the backstop with shoulders parallel to the backstop. NROI RULING: Created: 9/10/15 Effective: 9/17/15 Rule Number: Appendix A3, def Applies to: Pistol Ruling Authority: Troy McManus DNROI Status: Released Question: The definition of Facing Uprange is not correct in the rule book. Also, I stand with my toes pointing slightly outward, and have been warned by RO's about this start position. Is a natural, toes-out stance OK? Answer: The definition of Facing Uprange is amended to read: "Face and Feet pointing directly (180 degrees) away from the backstop with shoulders and hips parallel to the backstop." A natural, "toes out" stance is acceptable and meets the standard of feet pointing directly away from the backstop, as long as both feet do not point in the same direction, and the rest of the position requirements are satisfied. The handgun rules update has no mention of this and I was told that the rule book and the updates were the only things that an RO or a CRO could use. Why would the NROI ruling not be binding?

It's about an $832 difference once you add the dies, roller handle, case feeder and strong mount to the 650. It was worth it to me. If the op really wants to load ammo as easily as possible, you can't beat the 1050.

I hated the priming system worse than the Lee plus I didn't buy the case feeder so loading cases was a pain. The 650 was definitely a better, smoother machine but wasn't worth the money for me. After loading on a 1050 however, I doubt that I could go back to the lee.

I hate to say it but I was in the opposite camp with the 650. I hated it and went back to the loadmaster until I got a wild hair up my ass and bought a 1050. If you really want to shoot instead of reload, get the 1050! There was not that much difference in price once you added up the case feeder and dies to the cost of the 650. There is really no comparison between the 2, they are totally different machines. I added a Mr. Bullet Feeder to mine and can easily load 1500 rounds and hour. Just my opinion.

Makes a 173pf out of a STI DVC. I just loaded some 165gr Zero jhp with 5.2. I hope to chrono them this week.

Long time Lee Loadmaster user here. I had purchased a 650 and while it was a better machine, it wasn't so much better for me to justify the cost so I sold it and bought another Loadmaster. I recently bought an S1050 and the difference between that and the 650 is friggin amazing! I added the Mr. bullet feeder and I am loading 1600 rounds an hour. I am literally out of components at the moment but am starting to stock back up and am probably going to order a 9mm conversion for it next week, it's set up for .40 right now. The only issue I have with the 1050 is that it will resize both 10mm and 357 sig and you never know that it was in the press until it gets around to the bullet seating station. Huge flare on the 10mm and a slight crinkle on the 357sig. The 357sig cases will take the .40 bullet and run fine in the gun. I need to do a better job of separating my brass. If you like reloading and tinkering, do not get the 1050, if you want to load a years worth of rounds in a very short amount of time, get the 1050.

I just loaded 300 of those today. 4.8gr clean shot at a 1.180 oal.

It sucks. I wouldn't use it if I were you. I've been through about 30lbs or so in .40. It's a good powder for .40. What bullet are you using?

I developed my load for accuracy and then chose the spring. I wanted a spring weight that would return the gun to my point of aim, not dip below it. I went to the range and did double taps with different spring weights and finally settled on a 12lb spring but I have one load that makes 176pf and I swap in a 14lb spring. My normal load is making 170pf

i'm in the opposite camp. I have a .125 on the front but bulb it out pretty big in the end that I look at. It almost fills the rear notch.

Looks like there are over 40 slots available for Friday. This surprises me since last years match was just a super match all around. Weather looks like it's going be dang near perfect too! Highs in the 70's, No rain but maybe slightly overcast on Thursday. I wish it would hurry up and get here already, I'm ready to shoot!

The transition practice definitely paid off this weekend. I trusted the sights and was moving on recoil through the first few stages. By the end of the match I had started to revert back to my old ways and had to make a conscious effort to remember transitions but all in all, very happy with the results.

I'll look for that video.

It's a 2011. Sa only

I can't see how it would but that doesn't mean that it won't.

I'm a B Class limited shooter and have an an ah ha moment. I was doing some live fire practice this past Sunday with a friend who is getting ready to roll into A class limited. We were just doing some simple transition drills with 5 targets spaced evenly from side to side. He was beating my butt, but his shots sounded so slow. I looked at the splits and transitions and he was running a .22 split and a .25 transition. I was running .15 splits and .63 transitions. Holy Hell batman! what an eye opener that was. I went back to the range yesterday and tried to improve my transition times by exaggerating my movements and make sure that the gun was moving to the next target during the recoil. I did this about 10 times dry and about 10 times live fire. My splits started at .84 and transitions were around .5. It amazed me that the transitions were already faster and I was actually trying to go slow to make my brain realize that the gun should be moving on the 2nd shot. At the end of my practice yesterday I was running.13 splits and .23 transitions. .4 seconds x15 targets is an amazing 6.4 seconds on a 32 round course. WOW!!!! I think I am going to keep doing a deliberate transition in dry fire after the 2nd trigger pull. I'm even simulating recoil which I think will make my brain do the movement during live fire. How are you guys practicing this in dry fire?

Looks like photo buckedt changed their terms of use. I would like to see those pics but it's not worth $400 to see them.