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Every once in a blue moon a piece of brass will hang up like you describe, I usually either back off and jiggle the shell plate then try again or reach my left hand in to line it up then continue. I never actually crush it. Maybe you are a bit too enthusiastic on the handle, or maybe I am too cautious?
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Indoor range time , about 500 rds. I made up a drill to address the "dwell on target" issue.
I got the large 5 bulls eyes paper target at 7 yards, as fast as I could get a sight picture put 2 shots on each bullseye.
That went pretty well, I had a lot of questionable sight pictures but 90% of my shots were in the black. It was funny, the "mag dumping" kind of frightened the locals, getting some "what the hell" looks and even stranger looks when they do the obligatory "did you even hit anything" look down range to see that I did.
It was also the first time I shot the Stock 2. I pimped it out with all the springs and XL firing pin. I even made up some rounds with the CCI primers as a test. I had maybe 3 that lit on the second strike.
I put the Extreme firing pin in the Stock 1 and it was lighting all the primers as well.
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I know in IDPA they dont allow this ammo catching after you shoot your stage for safety reason. , Some of shooters in USPSA /IPSC do this in the match, I recently was told by someone in local match that it is not allowed anymore even in USPSA. is that something new?
I just took the RO class with the DNROI, I asked him directly and he said it is 100% legal. and, that he would rather see that than putting the hand over the ejection port to dump the round in your hand.
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Sho 'nuff!
You must have more Tanfos than most dealers, by now.
Edit>> I guess the quote function isn't working for me.
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I've got the old style and the new style. The new ones are pretty but the texture is more slippery than the checkering of the old style.
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Results are in, my accuracy was almost the best at the match but my times were terrible. I need to figure out where to pick up time without killing the good thing I have going with the accuracy.
I think inefficient movement plays a good part of it.
Specific things that cost me time
I was missing steel regularly, even though I was hitting A's on paper. Moving the pistol early because it is a single shot?
The moving targets just flat out throw me, I missed 3-4 shots on the Texas Star. There must be a strategy to shooting that thing, I'll eventually work it out.
I may dwell on target some before pulling the trigger on it. Maybe a more immediate response between sights on target and breaking the shot.
I'm sure stage planning is not what it could have been.
I get the feeling that I could have shot some targets on the move, but I never get to practice like that so I didn't try it. I need to arrange to drill on some of these skills. I found the range that allows it, if I can quit buying guns I might be able to actually join it.
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USPSA match today. For my RO certification. I just about got heat stroke, I thought I was going to fall out. 90+ degrees with about 115% humidity. I drank an entire case of water. I had the nastiest flavor Gatorade, Lime Cucumber, that was my biggest mistake of the day.
I'm still waiting to see the scores, but I didn't make any gross errors. No mikes, a ton of A's. It sure is nice to hear 2 Alpha, 2 Alpha, 2 Alpha, 2 Alpha, 2 Alpha, etc... I didn't have a lot of wild shots, a lot of my C's were close.
I actually didn't try to go fast, I just shot. I don't think my times were particularly fast, but the accuracy was up. Is that the dryfire, the dot drill or slowing down??? It's hard to say.
I need to figure out how to keep from overheating out there. On the last stage I was on autopilot just hoping it gets over with soon. That can't be good.
I had another mag seating issue, but I cleared it relatively quickly. I need to work on that
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Hodgdonreloading.com has 3.8 for Hornady, Berrys uses lead data, so I would drop the starting load down .3 grains and work up from there. But, you need to be very careful getting load data from sources you can't trust 100%. Maybe call Hodgdon and ask them.
I don't know your purpose, but to make minor power factor with 147g you need a minimum of 850 fps.
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Dry fire with the new hotness. I'm going to lose some skin on the more aggressive checkering, oh well, it will grow back.
Sporting clays fun shoot, I suck sooooo bad. 18/50 but, it is still better than sitting in front of the tv.
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I'm supposed to go to an RO class this weekend, looking at some of the attitudes displayed here, I'm seriously reconsidering that.
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Stock 2 is in, I don't have a trigger gauge, but the trigger is stiff. I have springs and the XL firing pin on the way.
I have the Stock 1 but the 2 is even more impressive. The new grips are pretty but I like the old grips with the checkering better.
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http://tonybrong.blogspot.com/2013/04/guest-post-by-joe-chambers-1911.html
The cone can reach tighter tolerances than the bushing system used on a 1911.
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Hmmm, I'm noticing a correlation... we have between 40 and 70 shooters at the local USPSA matches, the GM and M's can usually be counted on one hand. Coincidentally, Ben Stoeger is coming to town to give a class and we have a hard time getting 8-12 slots filled.
I wonder if the lack of interest in getting mo' better has anything to do with people not being all that good??
In other news, I loaded all the Xtreme 147gr that I had. I adjusted the dies and was seating Bayou Bullets 147gr to .155, it seems like they are sticking into the lands/grooves of the barrel. Maybe I need to bring in in a little more. .13whatever seemed a little deep, I think I'll try .14something ish.
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I suck at the Dot Drill, at least now I know where to focus my attention.
I'm a couple thousand ahead on reloading.
New gun and parts this week, RO class this weekend.
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I broke the machine down for maintenance and I found a problem. The underside of the press where the primer comes out had a bunch of spent primer crud buildup. I cleaned it off with a Q-Tip and am now able to better process that sketchy brass.
The too tight to seat factor is down about 50%.
Now, the Blazer, Speer and Wins mostly seat properly. The rest from my original assessment holds true.
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Break-friggin-through!
There is a trick to the mag change!!!
I've been thoroughly aggravated that I bobble the mag change, especially when I misalign the mag with the well. I decided to focus on the mag change in dryfire. I must have done a couple thousand mag changes.
The trick is to NOT line up the mag directly with the well, you want the upper left corner of the mag misaligned into the back left corner of the mag well. When you ram it home with the left hand, the mag twists into the well.
I am excited and can't wait to spend a little time getting my mag changes down into the sick time range.
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" a 9mm can shoot both 9mm luger (9x19) and 9x18 cartridges"
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Dryfire continues. I have a weird callous on the end of my strong side middle finger tip, maybe from crushing it into the grip with the palm of my weak hand. I was doing the dot drill and I had the grip checkering imprinted into my hands.
The extreme curvature of the Stock 1 trigger is causing the corner of my trigger finger nail to be sore. I can see where a flatter trigger could be better, but I don't intend to throw any money at it unless it adversely affects my shooting.
Just got shipping info on the Stock 2, I was half afraid it would be sold out from under me. Now I have my primary and backup heaters. Stock 1 AKA Uno and Stock 2 AKA Dos (Or, according to Zack, Tiffani)
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I have been stalking the online gun shops like a red-headed stripper named Tiffani, so when Bud's Gun Shop got the Stock 2 in, I pulled the trigger. So that is on the way.
EDIT>>> I paid $953 shipped out the door. Some joker has one for $1600 brand new in the classifieds, shameless! BTW, Tombstone and Hyatt both had one, so I found 3 on the same day but there was a 2 1/2 month wait between shipments from EAA. Google the model number and stock to find the dealers and check every couple of days, you will get one.
We may be able to get Ben Stoeger down for a class at our club late this year, that will be good.
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After a few hours indoors the Blazer brass that was .169 and .170 is .168 and .1675.
Interesting. I wonder if warming the brass slightly more will have an effect, also, will cooling it make it smaller?
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I am letting my brass sit in the sun for a bit. Maybe the expansion and contraction is affecting the brass by a few hundredths, such that A/C is causing the brass to contract enough to be difficult to load. We shall see.
Could be something as simple as a shell plate adjustment, the batch of primers your using or even your seating technique but I would rule out the brass itself.
It's not that, I thought of that first. I cleaned and adjusted the shell plate down until it was difficult to turn.
I really do think it is the brass. The Federal Primers should seat without question, although the problems did become more prevalent when I switched over from CCI. (I switched because I was getting a 1-2% light strike issue in my new gun.)
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I did a little informal test, I punched the primers and measured a random sample of brass, it was all .167 ish, I left it outside in 90+ degree heat and it was measuring .169-.170 ish, less primer problems as well.
I am measuring some warm Blazers now, .169 and .170, I will see what they say in the morning.
This may be the key to the brass issue.
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I am letting my brass sit in the sun for a bit. Maybe the expansion and contraction is affecting the brass by a few hundredths, such that A/C is causing the brass to contract enough to be difficult to load. We shall see.
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USPSA match tomorrow. The stages are posted online. I think I am going to try to shoot on the move this time and see what happens.
I made myself up a little dryfire drill to practice for it.
I'd like to eliminate the delay in putting sights on target and pulling the trigger, we will see how it goes.
It is considerably cooler today, I'm hoping for the same tomorrow. A more mild day might allow me to focus on the small things instead of not dying.