DougCarden
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I use Brass Juice and no pins. I resize and deprime, use hot water, and add a little more
than the recommended dose of the acid and after an hour I get really shiny brass. This is on pistol brass, but I don't know why it wouldn't work on rifle brass as well.
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Definitely Pizza eater.
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The Scandium guns work well with light steel challenge loads. They were not designed for a heavy diet of Defense or Magnum loads, and they hurt when you shoot them in the guns. Years ago I got to play with a pre-production 44 mag Scandium gun. They had Hogue rubber grips and Wood grips for the gun. They had the Wood grips on the gun and he asked me if I wanted to shoot it. I declined. He thought I was a wuss, and then I told him what I did for a living and told him what I really thought. 9/10 owners would shoot 3-4 rounds through the gun and put in in the safe and or trade it off since it hurt them. A lot of the Good Revo shooters use the 327s for Steel Challenge and really like them and put lots of rounds through them. They are shooting around 100PF loads. There is no need to port them as unless you are shooting Magnum level loads you won't have any gas to work the ports. Fast powder with heavy bullets will help reduce recoil better. Unless they have figured out the problems they are currently having with the 929s I would imagine they hope most of these guns are sent to collectors and not to actual shooters that will send them back to make them run. Everyone local that has 929s buys them and ships them to TK Custom to get them to work for Competition. We just had a 686 6 shot come into the shop with a Star that had so many rough marks and burrs that the owner couldn't easily pull the trigger, plus two chambers were out of time. Brand new gun. I don't mean to pee on anyone's parade here. It is a cool gun that should have been made 15 years ago. I hope they make it a production item as I would buy one at a lower price point.
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Check your powder die. If you are belling the case too much you will loose a lot of case mouth tension on the bullet which holds the bullet in place-not by crimping.
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Back when the Norm was CLAYS with 147s for the "softest" load I tried 310 as it had the same burn rate but the pressure curve is linear and predictable. CLAYS is known for pressure spikes that are not predictable. The accuracy with CLAYS and 147s was not great either.
Needless to say I have shot countless thousands of 147-150gr bullets with 310 in falling steel matches with success. It is very soft, accurate, and most people think you are shooting a .22 at times.
I would be more worried running CLAYS in the 9mm case than 310, period.
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Back in the 2000s I tried every 1911 kit available. Nothing worked 100% for 195 rounds for the Steel Challenge. I tried a Ruger 22/45 with a 6 7/8 barrel that was lightened with CCI standards and had success. I then got a Volquartsen Scorpion and have had nothing but fun with that gun. I can't recommend them enough. I do know that the 1911 kits have gotten better, but I know that Rugers and Volquartsens will run with good primed ammo.
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.377-.378 works well.
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I was told they are making more soon.....
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I was the Armorer on Beretta at my PD. That wing always breaks first. It is usually due to weak recoil spring. If the gun has the OEM springs and they are replaced faithfully then very likely the wing on the locking block lasts much longer. It is a consumable part, and that is why it is so easy to replace and get back into service. It did what it is supposed to do. That part breaks so the barrel doesn't and you can get the gun back in service. This is just like the CZ pattern guns with the barrel/slide stop arrangement. The stress is on the slide stop, and that is what fails first instead of the barrel itself. Get another slide stop and you are back in business and the barrel is not damaged.
Pretty cool engineering if you ask me.
Clean up that ding in the frame, put a new locking block in, and you should be fine.
Realize that we use much lighter recoil springs for competition shooting than the OEM springs are. There is a balance to run the gun and not beat it up. That is the fun of course.
Enjoy your Beretta!
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Try case lube sprayed in the comp before shooting. It doesn't let the lead adhere to the comp and makes cleaning much easier.....
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I went to Bill Roger's class in the late 90s. One of my shooting highlights in my LE career. It is fast paced and they keep you moving all day, and you do gun handling and dry firing at night as well. You WILL shoot a lot of ammo. I was carrying a Beretta 92FS at the time in a security holster and it was a PITA as the 7 steel targets were at human reaction time.
IF you listen to them and use the concepts they teach you will improve immediately, and do well. If you shoot with one eye closed it will be a long week, but I saw many people figure it out and improve quickly.
Military teams fly in and shoot for 10 days before deployment, so there is real world applications for what they teach there. If you want to go, go. Memories for a lifetime. I treasure my Hat and Pin that I won there.
Having said that, I hosted and took two classes from Manny Bragg and got a lot of improvement from his drills and mindset. Manny was much more, um, economical too.
If you are going to shoot and compete you will need to start reloading or make friends with someone that does. Just a fact. Dry fire does make a big difference as well.
Good luck,
Doug
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Keep an eye on the classifieds here. That's about it. CZ USA imports complete guns, not slides. Your other option is to get a Bull shadow upper for CO and use your factory slide with the rear sight plate on it for production.
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I tried E3 and was not impressed with it. SD was high when I chronoed ammo and there were better choices.
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I personally don't know. I was told it is basically a copy of CLAYS, and load data is pretty much spot on. I use it in major 45 acp and minor loads only at this time.
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CLAYS, CLAYDOT ( identical burn rate), VV 310........This is the powder burn rate for soft 230 accurate loads......
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Here is a recipe that shoots accurately and is around 145PF.
My load is 4.6gr VV 310, OAL 1.230 with the 185HBRN crimped to .462. Yes, not a typo. This was found by accident but the extra crimp made the gun shoot under 2in. at 25 yards all day long.
You can probably use CLAYS as well, as they are close to the same burn rate. 310 has a more linear pressure curve than CLAYS, but this is not a hot load. As always work up to my data and chrono to check to be safe.
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If you use small 2040 size corn cob media and run it with an additive like flitz or nufinish car wax it will polish the case mouths. 3-4 hours should take care of it and they will look like brand new.
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Those are X ring at 50 yard bullets. Enjoy.
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This appears to be an upgraded version similar to the Dillon unit. I got spoiled with my Camdex primer filler and miss it greatly. This may be a good alternative to that.
I had three Dillon Units and was never a fan, but many like them, and that's great.
I am planning on checking this out at SHOT for sure.
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Another school of thought. In a business having a shipping department is not free. All the materials to ship the products that you order are not free. The shipping cost with USPS, UPS, and FEDEX along with insurance is not free. Who pays for it. The customer.
With most companies it is called shipping and handling. This includes things like paying for employees that fulfill the picking and packaging, then doing the shipping/labeling, and coordination with the shipping companies when they arrive to pick up the daily loads out and packages coming in. Everything is going up exponentially. If the company is to stay in business then they CANNOT lose money when they ship products to customers.
This is the reality. If you don't like paying $15.00 Shipping and handling for a recoil spring then order other consumable items you will use and then it evens out.
Maybe business's should do a better job of showcasing the pricing as Shipping and Handling, and not just slapping a stamp on an envelope, but it is what it is.
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With the 185 HBRN bullet. 4.6 VV 310. 1.230 OAL. Crimp .462 (yes, not a typo).
Very accurate, under 2 inch at 25 yards and super soft. I sold a lot of this load.
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Most plated 9mm bullets suck for accuracy. Rainers are .356 and better in Glocks if you can find them. Make sure you bell the case mouth the minimum amount so the case holds the bullet and the crimp only removs the bell on the case. The less you bell the case the better.
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I believe CZ Custom does. info@czcustom.com
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Depending on the bullet maker on the 230 logs it was 6.8grains for the deep seated ones and the longer R&R OAL bullets were in the mid- 7s for Blue Dot from my notes......Your loads may vary so Chrono one before loading the box up!
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Try an 11lb recoil Spring. That is all the gun needs from the box for 135PF ammo.