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What does the brass look like after the belling step? The brass has a nice bell on it. The bullet sits in there fine.I've had some that I took my time on and made sure everything was straight and they still came out crooked and the other way around, some I felt go crooked and they came out straight. I pulled a few that I ran through the size die again, they measured .397-.398. I'm hoping that Mr. Bullet Feeder powder funnel will help. So that bump isn't there after the belling step? That was a "finished" round. The new powder funnel pretty much took care of the that, the bullet sits in the case real good before seating.

Got the Mr. Bullet feeder powder funnel set up tonight. Ran 100 rounds (actually 99, lost one while setting up the new funnel). Only 3 did not plunk test. Pretty happy about that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What does the brass look like after the belling step? The brass has a nice bell on it. The bullet sits in there fine. I've had some that I took my time on and made sure everything was straight and they still came out crooked and the other way around, some I felt go crooked and they came out straight. I pulled a few that I ran through the size die again, they measured .397-.398. I'm hoping that Mr. Bullet Feeder powder funnel will help.

This is what 25-30% are looking like. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will have a funnel on Thursday. I also grabbed a lee FCD. If I need to use the FCD, I will throw it in the lathe and open up the carbide ring .001 or .002 since I'm loading lead. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I've been fighting this same issue on my 550 using Bayou Bullets. I thought maybe it was the seat die not getting along with the bullets, a couple friends are running the same bullets without issue and using Hornady stuff. So I decided to try a Hornady seat side, the cone shape insert left rings on the bullet so I used the flat side. Still ending up with crooked bullets. After reading this, I think I will try the mr bullet feeder powder funnel. One thing I did try tonight was pulling the decapping rod out of my size die and running a few finished rounds through it. They fit the shock bottle gauge after that, I will pull the bullets and see what they look like tomorrow, then Chrono/accuracy test them. I really don't want to have to run 25% (about my failure rate for the shock bottle gauge) of my rounds back through the size die.

Welcome from Yakima area. If you have any questions about the Yakima (YRPA) matches feel free to ask. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Wilson 45acp ETM mags are not hard to seat with 8 rounds. I thought about building a .40 for SS since I just started loading 40 for LTD. I have thought about being able to shoot the same pistol for SS major and minor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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The first couple of times I shot a stock edge I thought they were really snappy. I've always shot SS (200 grain bayou bullet with 4.8 grains of WST making 172pf). Then my buddy with the edge switched to a steel grip, it made it stay real flat. Then I built my 6" limited gun with a steel grip, 12 lb recoil and 17 lb main spring. I'm shooting 180 grain bayous with 4.3 grains of TG at 1.175, I'm making 175pf and amazed at how soft the gun shoots. Another buddy has a 6" pistol set up almost identical to mine, his slide is about an ounce lighter than mine (his has cut in the front only, mine is Tri-topped) his gun is a bit snappier than mine.

Most of the time I pick up where I left off. I use the "dry fire timer" app and have all of the drills from Bens book entered into it. If I have problems with something then I will slow it down and work through the motions and build back up to speed. When I was starting with dry fire I found just taking the timer away for a few runs to relax a little was all I needed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I add weapon shield or fp-10 or Mobil1 (whatever is closest on my bench or in the top of my bag) before I shoot them, wipe then down every 1,000 rounds or so. Pull them all the way apart and put in a new recoil spring every 3000 rounds or so. These are hand fit 1911s and 2011s. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If I understood the post correctly, it is harder to rack the slide with the new slide stop? If that is true, measure the pin on the old slide stop and the new slide stop, I'm betting the old one has grooves worn it it, or is slightly smaller than the new one. If the slide is hard to pull all the way back then the slide stop might be contacting the slide, when there is no mag in the pistol, you want .005-.01 or so clearance between the top of the slide stop and the bottom of the slide.

I can back this statement, I was RO'ing him. Last string on the last stage, the stop plate was a 12" plate at 12 yards or so. Timer had 21 shots, the last 15 shots were .10-.12, with multiple .10 and .11 splits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It transitioned good today at a steel match today. There is a noticeable weight difference. I think I'm going to leave it how it is for now. The gun will be cerakoted so it can be cut up and re sprayed at any time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My 2nd place last month was ahead of your 3rd place... And that was with my SS. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not sure the repeatability of my scale, but it says .4 oz for a tri top on a 6" slide, it was already flat topped. I can feel the difference in the little bit of dry fire I did at lunch. See how it feels tomorrow at a steel match. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The problem for me is that in coming from Yakima. Everything is a far drive for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nothing yet (knocking on wood) I carry an extra barrel link, slide stop and extractor. It also helps that 2 other guys I shoot with have real similar pistols to mine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Where is this classifier match on a Saturday? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A big +1 for Dave Manson! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm only using the weights from SW as an estimate as to how much weight will be removed. I have a base weight, then the weight after that from the cuts. I don't have a specific weight in mind that I want. Not right now anyways. I will get behind both pistols tonight and see what they feel like and what my times/hits are running drills. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks. So, about an ounce then, for a standard slide. According to SW, weights for a stainless 5" slide are: bare 12.48 Flat top 12.336 Tri top 11.856 6" slide: Bare 14.368 Flat top 14.209 Tri top 13.728 All weights in Oz. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk