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That depends, at my age, it's a game.

To find out if it's the bullet or the case, drop a bullet (by itself) into the Hundo, it should drop all the way through and out the other side. The Hundo is a case gauge, not a bullet gauge. If the bullet won't fall all the way through, you need a different bullet.

They look like 155 mags to me, based on the ruler you have next to them.

The part that says "for rifle, pistol, or revolver cartridges" is identifying the box, the "small pistol" and "small rifle" defines which primers the box contains. (it actually makes more sense in Czech which is where they are made). They are identical to the old boxes, just trying to get out of the 19th century I'd guess.

You should get an award for sitting in any car for 500k miles.

I had to do some custom milling on mine to use it with a 90 mount (to access the zeroing screws), but other than that, it works great

I'll add my comment to this thread. I've been using pins for quite a while, separating them in a media separator. After reading (here) about wet tumbling without pins I tried it about a year ago. I've never pulled primers on 9mm so that's the way I did them. They came out great, I tumble about 2500 cases at a time in a cement mixer, rinse the brass, and then put them on a table with towels. I roll the brass around in the towels and then let them air dry for a week or so. (I have a heated shop) After they've dried I lube them with Dillon case lube then let them dry on the towel for another few days. Then they go into the brass bucket next to the press. I've never had a problem leaving the primers in. And not using pins removed one step from the process.

Shows how current I am regarding IDPA stuff , thanks for the correction.

welcome to the PNW, there are a number of USPSA clubs in the I-5 corridor north and south of Seattle, here's a link to the web page for the section. http://northwestsection.org/ I think there are a number of IDPA clubs but I haven't shot them in years (too confusing going back and forth, and since I shoot USPSA Open, there is no equipment similarity) But you could contact Rick Breneman at rbreneman@KellerRohrback.com , he's the section coordinator for this area. This time of year things slow down (or stop) because of the weather. (I know the Montana guys are laughing at this last statement) I still shoot an indoor match every week at a range in Everett but I pretty much use December and January as a vacation from matches. February is when my home club starts having matches again, then there are matches just about every weekend so you would have lots of choices. PM me if you have more questions. Hope to see you at matches next year.

I got my Mr Bulletfeeder last Christmas (2016) Can't imagine handloading without it.

Merry Christmas. (we actually got 3" of snow yesterday and today, and it's still snowing. A rare occurrence in Seattle)

I think Dremel tools should be banned from the gun room , more damage is caused by them than anything else I can think of. A file would be a better choice. I suspect the harmonic vibrations affected the electronics, nice that Leupold fixed it.

It's on the USPSA website under "matches", but here you go Contact Email: Scott@bspsc.org Contact Phone: (406) 721-7211

I used a Race Master for quite a while. I was looking at the Alpha X for about 6 months, I finally succumbed and bought one a couple of months ago. It was one of those "Why did I wait so long to do this?" moments. I like it a lot. Easier to adjust, rock solid, and comfortable.

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I have 2/170's, 4/140's, and a 155. I still haven't figured out a good use for the 155. I have friends who only have 170's, the thought is only have to get used to one size magazine.

2 miles, I'm sure it hit something.

I use "Copper Fit" fingertip gloves (they cover the whole hand except the fingertips) all year round. Initially they were chosen because my hands were tender while I was going through chemotherapy, but I still wear them after that was done with. You can get them at Walgreens pretty cheap. They are only one thin layer thick but they protect from cold wind and they are quite tacky on my STI grip. On cold days I put a bigger pair of gloves over them or stick my hands in the pockets of my "waiting for my turn" jacket with a hand warmer in each pocket. Keeps my arthritic hands loose.

One thing that I do differently is that when I get a round that doesn't fit flush (actually more than not flush, if I can hook my fingernail under the extractor groove) I pull it out and I have a Lee turret press mounted next to my 650, it has a Lee FCD with the guts removed, I run the round through that and 90% of the time it then fits flush (or close) in the Hundo. If it's still proud of the gauge after that, it goes into the practice can.

I started with a Racer, then switched to the Racemaster, it was a big improvement. I liked the idea of a Racer X, but wondered if it was worth the extra money (especially since I bought the Racemaster about 2 weeks before DAA came out with the Racer X ) After looking at it for a while (shooting friends had them) I decided it was enough of an improvement so I got one (and sold the old one for a loss). I've never regretted it. I had none of the adjustment problems that I had with the Racemaster. Everything just worked better. I started in Open with a Safariland 014 which I used for a couple of years. I didn't like that I had to change the muzzle support when I changed guns, I do prefer the lock switch on the Safariland, but not enough to keep using it.

They are definitely slick, when I first switched to MBX over a year ago, during my first reload in a match I pulled the mag from the pouch and promptly threw it about 10 feet in front of me. Luckily I had an extra mag. My thought was, boy these are really slick! Guess what, the next stage I did the same thing (and felt foolish for doing it the second time). I haven't done it again since then, but it was an interesting occurrence.

I does, but it takes more repetitions for smaller improvements.

Wouldn't go very far because the case in station 1 wouldn't be inserted far enough to enter the sizing die so no powder would be dispensed into the primerless case. Now if the operator pushed the case the rest of the way in with his finger (after the whole stroke came to a very abrupt stop) then powder would be introduced into a bottomless case, but IMO that's an operator error, not a design flaw.

This is Sherman, he thinks he's a Great Dane.

I'd be upset if STI wouldn't return my calls/emails. I had the same problem with stovepipes on my Trubor. I had my gunsmith tune the ejection pattern (filed the ejector). It was better but still had the occasional stovepipe. In talking with him, he said the only way I was going to get consistent ejection was to only use one brand of brass, loaded the same way, and then he could tune it for consistent ejection. In my mind that kinda defeated the purpose of using 9 major so I decided to go with a 90 degree mount. $100 later and I haven't had one malfunction since Sept 2016. I use range pickup brass and use all the brands (except the stepped cases). I realize it's the principle of the thing, but for the sake of your sanity, spent the hundred bucks and get a Cheely 90 degree mount. You won't regret it.