Balakay
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7 hours ago, slavex said:
The Quinetics bullet puller is the shiznit when it comes to having to pull a lot of bullets, fastest way to do it.
Not even close. Trust me on this.
If you have volume to pull, a hammer based puller like this is painfully slow compared to a collet bullet puller. I use the Hornady Cam lock on a single stage press.
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On 8/13/2018 at 1:49 PM, lacivilian said:
How many times do I have to keep telling people that the Romeo3 solves all your problems and is a better dot.
I took a look at one at the LGS. Bright and crisp dot inside the store (but aren't they all). With the new Doubletap mount, you can run the Romeo3, DPP or RTS 2. Might be the direction I am going with my new Open build.
The big issue for me is the dot size. Although the 3 MOA seemed larger than I anticipated, I like a big dots .
When is the general public going to have access to the 6 MOA ?
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2 hours ago, Nevadazielmeister said:
I just chronographed the load of 8.8 grains with a 124 grain Montana Gold bullet and got speeds of 1373 high, 1353 low, 1362 average, with average PF of 168.88. It is a tungsten sleeved heavy barrel, if that helps at all.
Thx.. My 10.7 g load is with 115s so this makes more sense
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On 8/17/2018 at 8:19 PM, LowBoost said:
Great! Thanks for the feedback. Exactly what I was looking for.
Ohh one more thing. Holsters... I assume any 1911 holster will work with it?
I see BladeTech Classic OWB for STI Edge, but not for Eagle.
I have Comp-Tac holsters for both an STI Eagle and Edge. They both work well. Let me know if you want to buy one
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I was excited until I saw that 3N38 is not on sale! Everything else is. Good times.
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36 minutes ago, COLLINSMITH89 said:
Check the tiny screws on your trigger guard that attach the trigger guard part of your grip to the frame and make sure they are tight, mine backed out just a tiny bit during a match and caused the gun to not lock into my alpha X.
I have had this exact issue, too
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Lovex = Shooters World powder.
Have not heard it is the same as AA#7 although the characteristics of D037.1 and AA7 are supposedly similar
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I like mine for the consistency of grip. The position works for my hand size. If you don't like it, you can likely sell it for a minor loss. Aa lot easier than drilling the frame
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15 hours ago, Nevadazielmeister said:
Yes, I can: I shot two Limcat Razorcats: One with 6.7 Grains of AutoComp in 9mm Major and one with 8.8 grains of Vitvhouri 3N38 in 38 Super Comp. The Super Compwas noticeably flatter.
Have you chrono’d these loads?
I need 10.7 g of 3n38 to make 170pf. I have 4 small popples, standard length Brazos comp.
Maybe your barrel is super fast(or mine is slow) but 8.8 seems light
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46 minutes ago, Nevadazielmeister said:
The simple fact in using 9mm Major is that due to reduced cartridge capacity (water capacity) you have to use a hotter faster burning powder. The 38 Super Comp, by using a relatively slower powder, makes more use of the compensator...
Disagree. Plenty of room in a 9mm case for AA#7 which is clearly a "slow" powder.
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Might be a dumb question but why the bump to Open instead of Limited or L10?
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On 7/23/2018 at 8:17 PM, IDescribe said:
If they work in your gun, maybe ditch thr hondo.
Genius! Every round that failed the Hundo chambered and fired without an issue today.
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26 minutes ago, Ssanders224 said:
Starline Brass
Lee U-Die
Hornady One-shot
This should be a fool proof setup.
I will give this a try. Thanks. Yet to have issues with Starline
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5 minutes ago, TONY BARONE said:
Why are you getting bulge? Is your barrel over throated.
Unclear. But it seems to happen a lot more with nonStarline brass that has been reloaded multiple times (still waiting for that Starline sponsorship lol)
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I thought about trying the U-die again.
However, when I was loading a lot of .40 I found it to increase the resistance of the press significantly, even with case lube so I went with the GRx
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Trying to reuse my brass. Getting too many rounds rejected by the Hundo case gauge.
Can I use a Lee 9 x 18 Makarov FCD on my Redding GRx push thru set up to eliminate the base bulge? I have read that this will work for 9mm but haven’t seen anything regarding 38Super
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1 hour ago, MikeBurgess said:
Another top shooters current list. dropped decimals off because I'm lazy. only 1 is a Major match placement
100
83
81
100
94
87
100
91
96
100
100
Oddly of the 6 that count 2 would move down 1 of the 100s goes to 94.8 and the 96 goes to 94.6
Cue the dueling banjo music, another top 5 National shooter from a different division:
82
63
96
77
100
75
81
94
95
82
99
Let's not lose sight of the fact of why I posted this data originally. The HHF clearly is not what the best shooters in our sport can expect to do on a routine basis.
I think that it makes you question the true meaning of what a 100% classifier means. Sometimes they get 100%, more often they do not.
Is the HHF the best HF ever recorded?
Is it the average of X number of the best runs?
Is it based on retrospective analysis of all reported classifiers and adjusted accordingly?
Is it an arbitrary threshold that will continue to evolve over time?
Going a step further, as someone alluded to earlier in the thread, what exactly does classification even signify? M = 85% of what exactly
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2 minutes ago, stick said:
What if?
What is USPSA actually gave the statistics along with their reasoning for the update.
By that I mean:
- Sample Size
- Scores taken from what Area's
- Actual stats for classifiers (how many times each classifier was shot)
- Best times/scores for each classifier
This is what should have already occurred
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Just now, teros135 said:
If this is a typical pattern for top shooters, why is it a problem? It seems to show us the difficulty of what we're trying to do, if even the top folks can't shoot all 95%+ classifiers all the time.
Bingo!!!
This is why so many on this topic have questioned why so many classifiers have increased the HHF. Not saying it is unjustified but what is the methodology. Did someone really analyze the raw data?
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4 minutes ago, teros135 said:
Not exactly "reshoots". Two of the clubs allow for multiple runs of the complete match, including of course the classifier. And the two scores published on uspsa.org are always listed with the higher score on top, although he didn't always shoot them in that order. The 52 and the 65 above it were shot in the same match (a double run), so they should be listed on the same line.
Fair enough, I was unaware. Still indicates that even a total beast will have many runs well below their class threshold
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1 minute ago, stick said:
What you are looking at is clearly only a small sample of the thousands of classifier scores that get uploaded to USPSA weekly. It's hard to use one GM as an example. I do believe you would do better batting against Justin Verlander.
Clearly, I understand the sample size issues. Who cares if some C class shooter finally nails the draw and gets an 83% on El Prez.
The point I am trying to make is that when you look at the fact that some of the top shooters in our sport are not consistently, or even occasionally achieving 95% classifier scores despite their GM classification. This does not bode well for majority of us.
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2 hours ago, OdinIII said:
Balakay’s data looks exactly like I would expect from the GM’s that I’ve seen shoot at local matches. There is no penalty for failures in the hero or zero scenario so they go for it. Unfortunately, it seems our new new standards are based off of “burn it down” runs.
Here's another fun fact:
Solid GM, top 10 at a recent Area match...Only 1 out of the last 68 classifiers is greater than 95%. 1/68!!! I would have better numbers batting against Justin Verlander.
This clearly begs the question, who is setting the high hit factors? The lack of transparency intrigues me to say the least.
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51 minutes ago, HoMiE said:
Are those 100% scores reshoots or just scores shot at a later date?
same club, same day
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in non-Dillon Reloading Equipment
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same. Works perfectly for pistol