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Not that I know of. I have found that if the mag (I run Wilsons) locks up well in the gun, that's what I'm looking for.
Just practice releasing the slide with your thumb after reloading. Your hand should be up there anyway.
The slide releasing on it's own sometimes happens on all my 1911's and my P320. Don't know why.
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DG Bullets
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Been shooting the 147's for a while now. Started using them to get away from the lube ring on other molds.
Have not noticed any barrel leading. They use the HI-TECH coating which is really good.
I recommend them to anyone.
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Grumpy, well said.
As for the OP. Many times when people weigh in, it's in response to some ones question on other's experience. This is NOT empirical data from a manufacture's lab. That can be found in the reloading manual of your choice. Don't bag on others sharing what they have found to be true for them. Remember, this is a FORUM. Open to any and all opinions meant to be shared and used at others as they see fit.
I now relinquish my soap box.
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Bullseye is really fast.
If you are familiar with Titegroup, and have a load for that use it with SP.
Also for all SP users out there. Go to Alliants web site and order their reloading guide. It naturally only deals with Alliant powders but it has a lot of information.
And its free.
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Paper towels, Q-Tips and a can of air for all the junk that collects around the primer mechanism.
About twice a year I disassemble everything down to the shaft. Wipe it all off and re-lube.
You'll need to clean the primer feed assembly more often, but that's just to wipe the dust and crud off. It will help with the feed.
To your original question, there is no day-day cleaning. Only day-day reloading.
But you be your own judge. If it looks dirty and you want to clean it, go for it.
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My bad!
A little further down and there was a thread with plenty of load info.
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I was looking for a less expensive replacement for N320 and I thinks Sport Pistol is it.
Is anyone out there using it with 147gn bullets, I was using 3.5gns of N320 and that's what I'm using with Sport Pistol but I have seen charges as low as 3.2gn from others.
Wondering if there is a group opinion and also what the Power Factor would be.
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Though not a Sig, I just had this same problem with a 1911. Also had the ejector broken on another gun by this problem.
IDPA, slide lock reloads and over insertion keeping the slide from moving into battery. Actually jammed round at ramp and locked up. In USPSA this is rare due to reloading with one in the chamber. Mag can't go that far.
Another shooter saw this happen twice. Told me to get some metal baseplates and that will stop this. (They are on the way).
The plastic base pads get beat up/down and allows this to happen.
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Truth is 45 is just about dead everywhere.
I'll shoot it some in Single stack, but as arthritis gets the better of me 9mm sees the most action these days.
As to the OP question, YES. 45acp is dead in limited. Really for serious competitors, all things being equal, there's no reason not to shoot 40 in Limited.
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Lee is a good press. Two of my friends use them and have no issues. Plus they're priced right.
Accessories: Buy the Arsonal digital scale. You can set it for grains, grams, oz. whatever. This will also be you powder measure, it comes with a little cup.
Digital calipers from Harbor Frieght.
You'll also need a tumbler to clean range brass, and an inertia hammer to pull bullets from bad loads. (Saves brass, bullet and primers).
Happy reloading
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I have never tumbled loaded rounds.
I use a dry tumbler and corn cob media. It will wear out to the point it just won't do the job anymore. That's when you need a new batch or media.
Mineral spirits will help, but use that trick towards the end of the media's life cycle.
One thing I learned is since it is a consumable, put as much brass in the tumbler as it will hold. The media will wear out whether there's 1 pound or ten. So get your moneys' worth.
Also to keep the press running smoothly clean the dies.
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Have an XO in 45acp.
Been very happy with it. A lot of pistol for the money. The slide stop tab was not fitting well, so I got an after market replacement. Problem solved.
Nice sights, front strap checkering and match grade barrel.
It will need some work if you're going to shoot competition, but they all do.
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I would loosen the sizing die some and see if that helps, since a 9mm is a tapered case.
If that doesn't help, XB40 sounds like he has the solution and just not size the case.
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I noticed that the bullet looks like it's set back down in the case. SWC have a shoulder that you can use to set the OAL of the round.
You should have just a little revel (about a fingernail thickness) above the end of the case mouth.
On another note I have a SR1911 and it won't feed anything other than round nose bullets. you may want to try that.
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You start to get comfy with and maybe thinking that you could have done better if your time was faster.
Next stop.............trying to outshot your gun. Sight picture gone. Trigger control gone. Stage plan at this point could be gone due to frustration of not doing as well as you think you should (mikes, no-shoots, less "A" hits).
Final stop...........self doubt and beating yourself up because what looked so promising is now in the trash.
The above is my observation of me, but I'm probably not alone here.
Just a thought. (That might help).
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You don't mention if your shooting 9mm,38,40 or 45.
I'll assume 45 and two of your mags that came with the gun are 7 rounders. That's fine, use those until you can replace them with 8 rounders. I still us one to load the gun (8 plus 1).
Rules state that if you are using 7 round mags, even one you must "download" all mags to 7 rounds. Shoot the 8 rounders anyway, you have to get used to the mag changes. The when and where of planning out a stage. That's the hardest thing to do.
Practice reloads at home.................a lot. That's where the time is.
Welcome to the club.
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Thanks for the info.
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Looking for input for the required powder amount under a 230 HP to make major power factor.
I don't have a chrono. so I'm hoping some of you will have data on this.
Thanks in advance.
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I had the same problem.
Your OAL is fine. the problem is the diameter and bullet shape.
Load a RN and use a .355" diameter.
Should run fine.
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9mm is a tapered round. So the force needed to resize will be more than a straight walled round. Make sure the brass is clean and the press will run fine. To eliminate the "coke bottle" look try same bullets swaged to 0.355". A 0.356" bullet will work well and most mfg. use that diameter.
I have always loaded on a Dillon 550B and Dillon dies with no problems.
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The RN seating stem matches the ogive of the bullet and gives you evenly distributed pressure when seating. A little variation is to be expected and is normally not an issue.
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Saw he had some STI grips on it. Also you said you could get up to $1200 into it.
For that amount a little more and a new STI could be had.
I'm not sure I'd be interested in a novice build regardless of price. Especially unproven.
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BeerBaron mentioned being over powered. And he may be right.
Ramshot competition is not like N320, it's much hotter. More in line with Titegroup. Shooting 147gn bullets with 3.5gns of competition is IMHO a little too much.
Back off to about 3.2 or even 3.0 and see haw they chrono. and group at the range. Also you may be loading a little long. Depending on what profile your using, shorten to 1.120 or even 1.10.
I shoot 147gnhp and 3.5gn of N320 and I'm not at that velocity.
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Techwell is my favorite also. Especially if you have multiple 1911's.
Easy to install.