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Had some interesting results with 124gr JHP PDs and HP-38 in a G34. Way higher velocity than Hodgdon's published data (even with the 1.3" ish longer barrel): OAL, roughly 1.13", temperature 73, 4.1gr # Velocity Feet/Lbs Power Factor 7 1027 290 127 6 996 273 123 5 1030 292 127 4 1045 300 129 3 1044 300 129 2 1010 280 125 1 1050 303 130 Number of Shots: 7 Minimum: 996 Maximum: 1050 Spread: 54 Average: 1028 Standard Deviation: 18 Power Factor Average: 127 Power Factor Low: 123 Power Factor High: 130 4.2gr # Velocity Feet/Lbs Power Factor 7 1064 311 131 6 1069 314 132 5 1070 315 132 4 1057 307 131 3 1063 311 131 2 1038 296 128 1 1001 275 124 Number of Shots: 7 Minimum: 1001 Maximum: 1070 Spread: 69 Average: 1051 Standard Deviation: 23 Power Factor Average: 130 Power Factor Low: 124 Power Factor High: 132 4.3gr # Velocity Feet/Lbs Power Factor 7 1066 312 132 6 1087 325 134 5 1084 323 134 4 1063 311 131 3 1081 321 134 2 1064 311 131 1 1054 305 130 Number of Shots: 7 Minimum: 1054 Maximum: 1087 Spread: 33 Average: 1071 Standard Deviation: 12 Power Factor Average: 132 Power Factor Low: 130 Power Factor High: 134 4.4gr # Velocity Feet/Lbs Power Factor 7 1087 325 134 6 1067 313 132 5 1106 336 137 4 1074 317 133 3 1077 319 133 2 1084 323 134 1 1064 311 131 Number of Shots: 7 Minimum: 1064 Maximum: 1106 Spread: 42 Average: 1079 Standard Deviation: 13 Power Factor Average: 133 Power Factor Low: 131 Power Factor High: 137 4.5gr: # Velocity Feet/Lbs Power Factor 7 1092 328 135 6 1111 339 137 5 1123 347 139 4 1125 348 139 3 1135 354 140 2 1093 328 135 1 1119 344 138 Number of Shots: 7 Minimum: 1092 Maximum: 1135 Spread: 43 Average: 1114 Standard Deviation: 15 Power Factor Average: 138 Power Factor Low: 135 Power Factor High: 140 4.6gr: # Velocity Feet/Lbs Power Factor 7 1128 350 139 6 1139 357 141 5 1158 369 143 4 1156 367 143 3 1151 364 142 2 1132 352 140 1 1149 363 142 Number of Shots: 7 Minimum: 1128 Maximum: 1158 Spread: 30 Average: 1144 Standard Deviation: 11 Power Factor Average: 141 Power Factor Low: 139 Power Factor High: 143 4.7gr # Velocity Feet/Lbs Power Factor 7 1137 355 140 6 1146 361 142 5 1182 384 146 4 1151 364 142 3 1170 376 145 2 1161 371 143 1 1157 368 143 Number of Shots: 7 Minimum: 1137 Maximum: 1182 Spread: 45 Average: 1157 Standard Deviation: 14 Power Factor Average: 143 Power Factor Low: 140 Power Factor High: 146

I have my stash of HP-38 and have been using it for 9mm, but thinking of a change. It's pretty smokey, and seems rather dirty as my pistols gum up pretty quickly. It also blackens the case pretty bad. It does this with both hot loads and powder puff loads. I also just got a .40 pistol and looking to load major. For 180gr bullets, 38 seems a bit too fast a powder from what I've read.. Any suggestions on powder that works *GREAT* (not just ok, or doable) for handling both?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkumFKXnbuE This scene from Ocean's Eleven sums it nicely..

Ooh I bought that kit too. It's very nice ?

For someone with smaller hands and a lefty. Gen4 no question. You can swap the mag release to left ONLY ongen 4. Not gen 3. I do have to remember though to ask folks if they got a gen3 if they need to borrow mine when theirs goes south. Oops?

An over/under would be terrible for 3G? A trap gun would be bad. As they shoot high. Any type of Monte Carlo stock would be bad. I have a dedicated shotgun for 3G and a different for clay sports (A400 multi target). I got the A400 after using my VM for quite a while to get by.. My skeet scores nearly doubled with the A400. I suppose a hunting shotgun would cross over a lot better, but I don't hunt, so can't speak much for that aspect...

I've tried the Competition tactical. You'll like the welded carrier from crums better. The TTI M2 lifter is a bit on the short side, FYI. I tried that too and sent it back. Also, you might have to bevel the notch where the ejector sits in the barrel. The sharp corner might cause shells to catch and jam. I had a hell of a time last summer without doing this. Runs like a champ with it smoothed out.

I've also seen WMA stamped brass that came from NATO Winchester rounds, with 2-digit year...

I have that issue with 124gr JHPs from Precision Delta. In fact, the bulge was bad enough that I had to use a Lee FCD to get the rounds to pass my LE Wilson gage. The Dillon crimp die failed (and even sometimes failed the barrel test, too in my Glock!)

I "learned" to load on a Lee Loadmaster. What an awful press that was. That being said, if I could do it on the LM, any of the Dillon presses would be fine to learn with. The auto indexing is really nice over the manual indexing of the 550. If you have the money, I'd say go for the 650. Just go slowly, and check very often when you are first starting out.

I got it too and I've seen this with other forums using IPBoard. You have some malicious javascript injected into your forum's software, server side. Try this link to read up about it. https://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2013/01/15/cleaning-up-the-ip-board-url4short-mess/

Wow those are some beefy fingers. I must have skinny phalanges and short thumbs, as I don't use the backstrap at all (I actually switched from the 92, as it's frankly too wide of a grip for me). On my 34, I would have to stick my thumb completely out very intentionally, to block the port with the slide locked. Not very shootable this way. What about something like a hogue grip? My hunch is that would both make the grip wider, and longer, too... And yes, even with a recent Gen4 34 (mine was manufactured in April 2015 according to the spent case included in the package), with pee shooter loads, I'm quite good at catching casings with my right arm If you can't really largen the grip, I suppose you can try this suggestion from Jerry (22:59)? (22:59)But don't do this at 22:31.

Bumping the OAL down to 1.100 did the trick, 50 rounds went fine. However, I'm not entirely sure the OAL was the lone issue... I'm not convinced whether the round was in fact too long causing feeding issues, or if the recoil was insufficient to overcome the spring, such that the slide didn't travel far back enough, hence insufficient "time" during the action cycling. Is it purely the momentum (KE) of the projectile that drives the action, or is it the pressure that builds? Dropping the OAL would certainly bump the pressure, all other things being equal. Wondering if I kept the original OAL and bumped the powder up, would result in the same effect. One thing I noticed, is the spent casings barely ejected. I had a least six unique black marks on my right arm from spent powder (I'm a lefty) left by the cases. And I barely even noticed as the cases weren't even hot It sure sucks trying out new stuff during the winter right around the holidays. No time

I think I'll try 1.10" first. Hodgdon HP-38 with GHDP calls for 4.0-4.4gr for 124gr so I'm at starting load with 4.0. If that's still acting up, I think upping the charge a .10 is next with some chrono results beforehand..

Stock magazine with stock baseplate and capacity (17), stock barrel, gen4 Glock 34, stock recoil spring. So the plunk test was interesting. One thing I noticed is that the current length, the base of the bullet bulges that part of the case a lot. To the point where the rounds routinely failed my LE Wilson case gage, and sometimes didn't pass the plunk test. This also happened just as often with a case that I only resized (no bullet or flaring), and that alone easily passed my gage. I had to switch from my Dillon crimp die back to the Lee FCD, as the Lee actually does a final sizing of the case beyond just crimping like the Dillon does. I didn't have issues with the Dillon crimp die with my old loads. These are shaped similar to Hornady XTP, it has a pronounced cone, and a pronounced obtuse angle in the shape/design of the bullet and very much not like FMJ, or even Speer GDHPs. My hunch is the "flat" of the bullet still is slightly tapered, and that bulge is a symptom it's not seated deeply enough... I'm a bit confused about the round actually being too short? I thought feeding issues, the majority of the time is because it's slightly too long? DWFAN: I went from 115gr FMJ to 124gr JHP. The shape of the bullet is very different. 1.15 definitely was too long, that failed the plunk test miserably, as the completed round's bullet got stuck into the rifling (it left marks). As for velocity, they were very quiet, to the point where I suspect they are actually loaded to subsonic. 4.0gr is starting, but with Speer GDHP. Here's a link to them: https://precisiondelta.com/index.php/products/bullet/9mm/bullets-9mm-124-jhp.html

I loaded up some rounds for a Glock 34 9mm using Precision Delta 124 gr JHP. 1.125" target OAL, 4.0gr HP-38. So very edge. Did some rapid fire with 18 rounds (it was a casual league so not a huge loss to function). However I had some seriously cycling issues the second, 3 out of 22 jams. Ejection fine, but the next round jamed downwards. I'm pretty sure either the 4.0 gr load is either too light, or the OAL is too long which makes the charge effectly lower, or causing feeding issues. It at least cleanly passed the mag and plink test with the barrel.. Should I tweak the OAL first, or up the charge? I suspect the OAL I have inherent to the design of the bullet, is too long. Want to chrono, but long term I will try to aim for about 129PF, and unfortunately it's getting cold where I live so the chrono results may not be all that relevant. PS: My old rounds of 115gr FMJ PD @ 5.0gr HP-38 and 1.150 ran 100%, going around 1500 rounds total. Just trying a heavier bullet, shape and ligther PF...

I'd like to chime in and suggest getting some Amazon Kindle 7" tablets. They are $50 brand NEW right now. And they are reported to have hours on-screen battery life (someone reviewed that they read with the screen on for 5 hours and had 46% battery life left, so way more screen use vs. using Practiscore). Practiscore is on the Amazon appstore right now, so there's no messing around needed..

There isn't an option to block Youtube ads. You either choose to watch fully, skip after it lets you, or don't watch the video itself. It's unlike other static page ads that are easily blocked by ad blockers. YT is owned by Google afterall. Besides, the videos are free besides your time. You didn't pay for them...

Chest strap would work great with something like skiing, but I don't think so with rifle/pistol, or any activity that covers the center of your body. I also concur with head mount. This might work well: http://shop.gopro.com/mounts/head-strap-plus-quickclip/ACHOM-001.html#/start=1 Make sure you get it on tight though, or else it will shake like crazy and your viewers will get dizzy if it's bad.

If you want to get hacked, and have your information leaked out, or be added to a malicious botnet, go right ahead and turn off automatic updating... They aren't supposed to update every Wednesday en mass. Microsoft has followed a schedule for over 12 years. It's the second Tuesday of every month when they are released, and updates typically are applied itself the following Wednesday through Windows Update. If you get an out of band update that deviates from this schedule, it's because Microsoft has deemed it too critical to wait until the next schedule. Microsoft has kept such a steady schedule, that a lot of other major software companies have also aligned to it as well. It's also untrue that MS doesn't publish security bulletins. They do support the OS, afterall. That link is here, and they do a really good job I might add: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/dn602597.aspx

If you have 8/8.1, it's worth your while to upgrade. I'm sure that version was designed by a committe. One thing to keep in mind that Microsoft still hasn't changed the policy that this is a TIME limited update. You have a year to update from when it was released. It wouldn't hurt to upgrade even right before the deadline. You can still go back if you plan it properly and backup...

Anyone try IMR 4166 in a Dillon measure? If so, any reports on metering consistency?

I concur on the vibraprime. I've used it mostly for small, but mine at least has worked fine with large as well. You just have to get the feel how to load it without getting it stuck. There's a technique (or at least I have my technique). The tray is even square, so it's an easy motion to figure out to go from the primer's packaging tray to the Vibraprime quickly. It went down to a record $36 on Amazon, just a few days ago, heck just above the minimum price for free shipping, even. The RF-100 is nice, but it's sort of spendy just to save a little bit more time over the Vibraprime, at nearly 10x the price (in fact considering the Vibraprime comes with both large and small, yet the RF-100 has an extra conversion add-on you have to buy for the size you didn't originally get, a few days ago it was exactly 10x the price). However, using the primer pick up tubes and actually pecking at each primer one at a time...boy I feel sorry for anything still doing that...wow Oh, and PS: Based on some of the horror stories of the VP, on MUSA, it seems as though you might get a bad egg. I didn't have to tweak it at all. In another words I just took it out of the packaging and started using it--I just had to get the hang of it and largely is it realizing that the faster you try to rush it, the more likely you'll end up jamming it up. If it doesn't fit well period, or is DOA, I'd say you have a bad one. Amazon has a superb return policy if it's bad, they pay for you to send it back, and they cross ship a new one out to you, though don't assume it's bad if it's not perfect from the start.

I got it, and don't use it. I have the strongmount, casefeeder, and tray. It's a pain to get on, and my guess is because the ram no longer hangs below the lip of the bench. Also the tray sticks out a bit too much.