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EdHorton

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  1. I have been browsing for used SDB parts to complete my basket case, and was following this auction. Am I missing something, or is there going to be a pissed off buyer in a few days? Looks to me like a lot of dies and shell holders are missing. http://m.ebay.com/itm/131411428875?nav=SEARCH As a side note, it seems for the price used parts are going for, I might as well buy everything new.
  2. I havr been carrying a P7 PSP for around 10 years in a Milt Sparks VM2. It is easily the safest handgun to carry, has a great trigger, extremely accurate, and boringly reliable. It is a bit heavier and has less capacity than most pistols its size, but IMHO, it is one, if not the, best carry gun ever made. Truly a shame H&K stopped making them.
  3. Anyone heard when they will be available?
  4. I talked to my local Blue Label dealer and he hasn't heard a thing. Anyone have any info about availability?
  5. Heavier than published
  6. USBSA? https://m.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&x-yt-cl=84503534&v=BEG-ly9tQGk
  7. EdHorton

    G20 Gen4 weight

    Can anyone who has a factory G20 Gen4 weigh it? Mine seems to be off from published weights, so I'm wondering if this is common or not.
  8. I really like the design of the Redding dual-ring, but unless I come across a used one for a good price, I'll use my $115 elsewhere. I just got a Dillon Square Deal, and I'm hoping the SDB .40 sizer is the same ID as their standard version. If I go to a 550, I'll probably use the Dillon, and the Lee as a second choice.
  9. Crap, I actually gave one of those away not too long ago. For that price though, I'd spend the extra $35 and get the Dillon. Looks like if I buy all the parts new, I'll have saved about $90 over getting A brand new Square Deal.
  10. A buddy has had one sitting in a box for six years, and I just traded him a nice Benchmade knife for it. He doesn't know anything about reloading, and didn't know it needed it need a bunch of stuff when he got it from a coworker that was moving. Anyway, unless it was bolted or screwed to the body, it is missing. Stuff like the powder measure with linkage, the side bin, all small and some large primer parts, and other small things things here and there. I made a wish list for parts on Dillon and it's up to $220, so what I initially thought was a good deal is racking up in price. I've been scanning the classifieds and ebay for parts before I order them new, to soften my costs. On the bright side, it came with 9mm, 45ACP, and 44mag dies, so that alone made it worth the knife. I may end up selling those to cover the cost of the parts, all I want to use it for is .40 anyway. I can't wait to get this thing pumping out some rounds!
  11. P220 10mm is on Sig's facebook page. Looks like it has an 8 shot mag. That's a slight disappointment, but it's still on my want list.
  12. Looks like I'll be at my local Blue Label dealer soon. Can't beat <$600 for a new longslide 10mm with an optic cut.
  13. It's been pretty warm here lately. It got up to -13f here today and it's getting warmer. Much better than the January norm here of -40s and -30s. Lucky for me, it's supposed to get out of the negatives next week for my camping trip. That shoul make for a balmy snow cave.
  14. Yep. A longslide 10mm is on my list. I had plans for a Lonewolf longslide for my G20, but now it looks like I'll be getting a G40 instead. The ability to easily add an optic is a bonus. And add me to the waiting list for a single stack 9mm.
  15. OK, so I'm new here, so I'd imagine my opinion won't count for much, but after reading this thread the answer seems obvious. Why do free states have to deal with a 10rd production limit? Why are restricted states handicapped with a 10rd Open limit? Have a "10" for production, limited, and open (ie Open-10, Limited-10, and Prod-10). This way even the restricted state competitors can go to other states and still compete within their respective "10" division, and the free states can have 15 in prod and big sticks in open. Six state laws dictate you are doing that anyway, its just done unofficially, and not scored nationally. This seems to benefit both the free and restricted states. I would imagine an open shooter in restricted Cali would be pretty happy to have to opportunity to achieve GM in open-10, and a 1911 fan in free Alaska would be able to compete against him with his highly modified single stack. If I'm military and spent thousands on my 2011, I could still use it in a national division if I got sent to Hawaii. If I was in Hawaii and spent thousands on my High-Power to compete locally, I could still compete when moved to Alaska. It will encourage new shooters as well if they are allowed 15 (or whatever) in production. New shooters here usually show up with some type of modern double-stack. They are usually told they should shoot in limited so they don't have to worry about reloads, and that will give them better times. I agree with this, however, what do they think about shooting against highly modified guns, isn't that a bit demoralizing? Put yourself in a new shooter's (or an experienced, but new to competition shooter's) shoes. The load 10 or shoot against multi-thousand $$ guns rule probably seems pretty silly to someone trying out the sport. Will that be why they don't want to come back? I believe this would help participation in all states. I really can't see how it would hamper people wanting to continue with USPSA. It would be easy to start as far as classes go. Just change the name and statistics of what's currently production to production-10 and add the other two divisions, open-10 and "new" production (or production-15). All current rules stay the same, just add a 10 round modifier to each one. People keep saying production is for a level playing field and it's for those who don't want to spend thousands on a gun. How is PUTTING 5 MORE ROUNDS in a mag affecting either of those? I can't think of a single competitive production gun that doesn't hold 15 to start with. There are no downsides, except a bit of extra work at nationals to make it happen. What say y'all?
  16. I have been using Lyman .40/10mm carbide dies on my single stage since I started reloading for it. I picked them for no other reason than that's what the local shop had on the shelf. For some reason I always thought I wanted Redding or RCBS dies instead, even though I never had a problem. I guess the orange box of the Lyman didn't match or something. Well I picked up a set of RCBS dies a week ago, and as luck would have it, later that night found a used redding set on a local classifieds page, along with a bunch of 40 and 10mm brass. Now I had all three. I was so happy I put the Lyman set up for sale that night and planned testing the RCBS and the Redding to see which one I liked best. Shortly after, I got a message from a local guy wanting to meet and pick them up in a day or two, awesome! Well, I sure was disappointed in my tests on a pile of once fired brass. The Redding looked like I was putting a rim above the rimless .40, it was sizing so tight. I found a thread on here about that problem and Redding saying you should move the die up until that didn't happen. BS Redding! That only moved the "rim" up, and only went away when the bottom 1/3 wasn't sized. As far as looks went, as long as I didn't pay attention to the "rim" the cases looked awesome, but when I measured them, they were several thousandths small. On to the RCBS. It was the opposite. It didn't seem like it was sizing at all, you could visually see the slight bulge in the rear half of the case, almost like a slight hourglass. I mocked up some rounds, and my KKM barrel wasn't happy, they seemed tighter than I would want. I figured they may work, or I could get a GRx and fix that problem, but who knows. Funny thing, I could drop a case sized in the Redding sizer into the RCBS sizer and pull it out easily. It was actually hard for me to accept I was wasting my time and should've stayed with what worked. Luckily for me, the prospective buyer backed out and didn't want my Lyman set, he said he found an RCBS set instead. Well after all that, I still have an random orange case sticking out of my stacks of grey and green. Lesson learned. Anyone have similar experiences with .40 dies? My impressions were if you had a tight/match chamber and only used your (un-bulged) brass the Reddings would work. If you had a Loose chamber and didn't use badly bulged brass the RCBSs would be fine.
  17. Oh I forgot to mention one of my favorite things about the 938s single action mechanism. Unlike a traditional 1911, you can load and clear the chamber with the safety on. The safety does not prevent you from racking the slide.
  18. I have one and am a big fan for carrying in my pocket and IWB. I broke the trigger pin and lost a grip screw doing a torture/reliability test, basically trying to get it to malfunction. The trigger pull was terrible, but it still fired the rest of the mag after the pin broke. It was back in my hands from a repair at Sig a week later (I'm in Alaska), awesome customer service. My only complaint is with a proper grip the slide cuts into the base of my thumb. This only matters when I'm shooting 100 rounds or so. Also, ensure you either loctite the grip screws or check them often. They are well known for loosening and falling out.
  19. I'm going to be first on my local dealer's list for a P220 10mm if they make one. A 10mm P227 would be even better. I'd love to have a dog to go with my Deltas and Glocks.
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