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Even if PCC was allowed, yours is likely also a large capacity firearm and possibly an assault weapon so again, hoops to jump through...

So much this. First of all, you typically would need an LTC to even possess a handgun in MA. MGL Chap 140 Section 131G provides an exemption for non-residents taking part in a competition, providing that you are: "a resident of the United States and has a permit or license to carry firearms issued under the laws of any state, district or territory thereof which has licensing requirements which prohibit the issuance of permits or licenses to persons who have been convicted of a felony or who have been convicted of the unlawful use, possession or sale of narcotic or harmful drugs;" Basically, if you don't have a home-state permit (good luck NJ / NYC shooters) you may not make use of that exemption. A non-resident LTC requires a live fire qualification in Boston - a non-trivial barrier. Even if you do have a home-state permit, it probably doesn't meet the stringent requirements of the law - that your state prohibits the issuance of permits or licenses to "persons convicted of the unlawful use, possession or sale of narcotic or harmful drugs." Last I read on this, some states meet this requirement (I.e. Denial of permit for any possession conviction ever), some do not. So you have an out of state permit from CT or PA, you're good to shoot open with your pre-ban mags, right? Nope! Without a non-resident LTC-A you cannot possess a large capacity feeding device in MA. But, you can still shoot production, right? Probs not! If your handgun has ever shipped in a SKU with mags holding more than 10 rounds, it is a "Large capacity weapon" - you need an LTC-A to possess it in MA. No problem, you are one of the six people from a LTC compliant state shooting revolver. Just make sure you stock up on ammo before you show up - can't buy ammo as an MA non-resident. And if you're gonna just drive the speed limit and not get caught, good luck with that. If you get in an accident and caught with a handgun, the legal burden is on you to prove possession is legal, not on the state to prove it is not. I understand the practical difficulties in finding a club to host this match. I understand a lot of shooters will chance getting there and back, intentionally or otherwise (PS Rowdy, if you're stopping to shoot the match you're not in transit the whole time). Given the recent hostile actions taken by the AG, essentially retroactively declaring AR owners to be felons who are not subject to prosecution "at this time", and the fact that the date, time, and location of the match will be well publicized, its not worth the risk to me. Nor is it worth the cost ($100 and a day off to visit Boston) to me to get a non-resident MA LTC. YMMV, but I'd sooner drive out of Area 7 to shoot this match than shoot it in MA.

Go nuts. I've had 2 case head separations in .45 with it. Standard pressure loads. Not old beat up brass either. As long as you're not shooting it out of a gun that you care about I wouldn't worry. Heck I even found all the parts it blew off my FNP 45!

Typical with scope. Although the 1-6s blur the line, scope eye relief is generally based on rifle length stocks. The eye reliefs is much more generous at 1x so you can probably get a little closer but NICH with a scope is a good way to get scope eye.

I've never seen a shooter who isn't pulling his own weight speak up and encourage others to tape. Most folks who reset are too busy resetting to notice that someone or someone's aren't carrying their weight - at least for a little bit. While I prefer levity ("Just so you know I'm / we're not getting paid to reset / tape") I don't find fault with using foul language to get the job done if the audience is appropriate. My favorite passive aggressive approach is to stop pasting before the run of folks who are not doing any reset. As I'm usually up resetting after every run (usually with the same small group) if a few people take the same approach the lazy guy(s) generally gets the idea pretty quickly.

You can just remove the tube and dropper assembly to hand feed brass. Doesn't take too long just a few minutes. I agree that the case feeder will speed you up more, but found loading 9mm in the LNL w casefeeder to be a PITA over all. That said, I didn't tweak the casefeeder to the extreme as others have. Now have a 1050 for 9/40 and use the LNL for everything else.

No problem with T/C or JHP Bullets - I load them by the thousand. I use the RN stem for both as its more consistent for gauging. I've never had my adjustment knob wander over 3K runs, period. I'm equally confused by the other poster's other complaints. The indication markings are very clear, and the resistance while turning?! I can't imagine this being a differentiation. If you can screw a die into a press (or run a press for that matter) you have all the strength you'll need to adjust the micrometer, and some in reserve.

OP is looking for a specific gun (.40 1911 from RIA) which is in short supply. Most manufacturers these days have .40 1911s down - there's no special magic required. If a manufacturer's .40 1911 won't run, their .45 probably won't either. Yes, reloading and loading long might help, and that's not for everyone. But there's no magic to it.

This is dumb.

Correct. You can also use the same seating stem on multiple seating dies so there's further savings potential (I don't swap anymore but you can).

Go an eight or sixth of a turn at a time. you'll start smearing primers before you kaboom One

Ditto.

It's fantastic. The only downside is you want to use some purple or blue loctite to keep the seating stem from backing out, which makes switching the stem from flat to Ogive less convenient. That is a small price to pay - the die also uses a floating alignment sleeve that helps seat billets straighter than the competition.

A 1050 and MBF should cost you $2,200 or so. All I added is was the wrench kit, spare parts kit, and 8 primer tubes which as another $150 or so. Even adding a strong mount (not really needed) and a light shouldn't add more than another $100...

CCIs might be a little harder than Wins but in my presses they feed and seat much better than Wins.

I've used both. I gave the RCBS away. If you need to do more than a handful, there's only one choice.

A lot of penalties too. Extra shot called from the line, extra hit on target. - 60 if you shot 6 on each of the 4 targets.

I've read that they're interchangeable - looking at both certainly the setup is identical.

At a match, who would know if it's an SBR using a PSB for a stock, it a pistol using a PSB? Do MDs ask to see stamps for all SBR shooters?

Every Six Sigma program I've seen deals with changing culture as well. And yes, the concept of devoting resources to being efficient is old. Those who think it's relatively new to the US (usually no small part of SS / Lean indoctrination) would do well to read Vonnegut's short "Poor Little Rich Town" from 1952. It's even there online; http://www.unz.org/Pub/Colliers-1952oct25-00090 It's almost like you could wrap up the concept that learning how to do something well means always learning in a fancy branded package and sell it to executive management as a cure-all. Lol this.

Sounds like someone's drinking the koolaid. Six Sigma Black / Greenbelts are some of the most insufferable folks I have had the pleasure of working with.

So looks like you'll be good on a 650. The way the linkage works is pretty straightforward once you watch it in action. Keep in mind it doesn't have the failsafe action of the Dillon measure, which means you could drop two partial charges if you short stroke the press. I'd also recommend blue loctiting the short black screws in the linkage when setting it up. Had one back out and ended up with a squib before I realized what happened. Looks like Micrometer adjustment stem is included with the Benchrest measure - makes working up loads on the press a piece of cake.

The first item you posted lets you switch the powder measure between toolheads, but only includes the base, not the linkages. So you need to buy the more expensive one once, and the cheaper ones after that if you want to swap the measure between toolheads. You'll also need the linkage (turnbuckle looking thing) for each toolhead as it is used to dial in flare. The second item is included and will drop powder in pistol cases but won't expand them. Assuming you're running something like size, powder drop, powder check, seat, crimp on a 650, you won't have an expanding station so you'll need the powder through funnel to expand. Final note: on a 1050 you'll have to file your measure to give clearance against the primer tube, and it will not have adequate clearance for a Mr Bullet Feeder. I've heard of them running fine on 650s but have no firsthand experience.

You need the below - powder through expander for pistol rounds, rifle rounds use a different funnel rather than expander that should be included.

Just to add my $.02 here - could be your load OP? A lot of .40 major loads are over SAAMI pressure which is typically not a big problem. However, a hot load with weakened brass and poor case head support does occasionally add up to a case head separation (which Id distinguish from an actual kaboom). Definitely doesn't sound like a double charge, setback could be an issue, but what kind of brass was it? Load data doesn't look hot but could have dropped a slightly heavy charge on a bullet seated a little deeper with a piece of AMERC brass holding it all together.