DougCarden
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Try a 7lb spring......If that wont work bump up your load....
DougC
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what powder are you using and what is your crimp?
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They are in business and putting out a lot of barrels. The only time they are not making barrels is when a machine goes down for maintenance/breaks or they are at matches or have family business. They are one of the few Gun businesses that don't have a big inventory right now, but are keeping up with demand. That will ensure they are in business for a long time. Send Mike an email and he should be able to give you accurate lead times on their products......oh yeah, middle late march he will be running the US STEEL NATIONALS in Florida for us Steel shooters....as he gives back to the shooting community as well......
DougC
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no it certainly doesn't hurt to ask. pretty much everyone that competes seriously at some point in time will have guns customized to their taste.that's why it is fun to try everybody's here and see what you like the best
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If I remember correctly he is running a Sig frame. His top end is a 5 inch lightened slide with a 5? port cone comp with a Cmore . He is running 38 Supercomp from Atlanta arms at around 135-140PF. Pretty standard SC gun set up. It is incredible to watch him practice and see what he can do pushing it and then he slows down for the match...LOL
DougC
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I set up an XDM for Action Pistol shooting, with accuracy in mind. TGO told me to have the barrel welded up in lieu of buying another barrel. I am very happy with my factory barrel crowned, welded up, and refit by Rich at Canyon Creek.....
DougC
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Hi Russ, is it MAY yet...lol
Rest easy. I measured the charge holes.....SAAMI specs so any brass will work. As long as you roll size or use a decent die that resizes all the way down the case like the LEE or a REDDING then you won't need to rollsize. I think this makes a difference if you are using heavy bullet/fast powder combo and the brass is already been bulged a little and not resized back down. That would explain people using the U die having not problem. I think if you have decent brass to start with then you won't have any problems.....Enjoy your new toy!
DougC
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Call Lehman Optical in Prescott, AZ. 602-321-4404
He can make you a set of Glasses that will do what you need for your eyes. He is sending me a set of lenses to try along with other lenses to put in front of the new lenses so I can fine tune the new lenses and see what I need at distance. Then he will make the final lenses....great service as well.
DougC
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Using it for light loads with 148s and the like it works great, and is close to the same load data as bullseye. Work up your loads slow. For light loads it should be fine and meters well in the Dillon measures.
DougC
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Yes, they cheaped out and don't make the parts like they used to......
DougC
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Guys,
I am having my second pair of glasses and lenses made by Allen Lehman of Lehman Optical in Prescott, AZ. He made my first pair in 1997 and I am still using them. By taking my prescription and telling him what I was doing and shooting ( iron sights) He made the glasses set up so I could see the front sight perfectly. 17 years later my eyes have changed and I called him up on Friday. 34 minutes later he is making a set for my new prescription and sending some extra lenses so I can go to the range and see what works best for my needs....25 and 50 yards so I can see the front sight crisp and still see the target well at 50.
Once I figure out which extra lense works best he will make them and send them to me.
Allen is a shooter and has been doing this for 40 + years, so he knows what we need. He doesn't have a flashy website but doesn't need one either.... www.shootingspecs.com
A very happy customer so I can keep shooting irons for many years to come......
DougC
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Try 320 or 340 over 310 for your load.....
DougC
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I got to put hands on a 929 today and did some measuring.
Some of you already know this...bear with me....
I grabbed some once fired brass that is from unknown guns and pedigree.
Intial measurements were taken from just in front of the rim on the case
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As you can see from the rear, the one case will not go very far into the chamber due to it being bulged.
.388 this is the bulged case that looks like it came out of an unsupported chamber
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.384
I then sized them in a dillon 9mm carbide die.
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.385
.384
I then rollsized them in the casepro.
.386
.385
.384
I then put the bulged case through a Redding titanium carbide die
.385
.384
.384
At the end I tried putting the bulged brass in the cylinder again, and it went in a little bit farther but that was as good as I could do to rehab the case.
As you see it will fit into the chamber just fine, but it is bigger than the other two cases and will contribute to the sticky extraction.
If you have decent brass, I would segregate it and ONLY use it in the gun.
I have mixed feelings about the U dies, as they really overwork the brass. A simple Lee sizing die will size down farther than the dillon and do the same work as the roll sizer or the Redding die, and is a lot easier on your elbow than the U die.
To each their own. If it works go for it.
It might be worth it in the long run to buy a couple of thousand new cases and use them for the gun, and use the ratty old range brass for practice or matches that won't hurt you. All the ammo I chrono'd and shot today in 28 degrees were 114 PF up to 123 and did not have sticky extraction. I am gonna bump up the loads and see what groups I can get, and check extraction.
I need to hit the range with it a little bit more before I give it back.....
DougC
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I played with the 929 in the shop and went to the range...I am starting another thread about brass......
DougC
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Just gotta get everyone stirred up with the Pro am comment don't cha.....
DougC
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Hey Guys.....We had to ream the chambers on the 625s........Maybe we need to run a reamer in the 9mm chambers.....Something to think about. I will have my hands on a buddy's gun later this month and will try some 160s loaded with TG in it and see how it performs.
Why would we think the 9mm chambers would be any different than the 45 chambers.....same people making them.....something to ponder.
DougC
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Take a gallon ziploc bag. Pump about 10 squirts in there. Dump brass in. Seal and shake. Brass is lubed and wont migrate into the case mouth.
DougC
PS. this is what a lot of commerical loaders do,and what I did when I was one.....
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Duane.
The 45 and 40 bullets work pretty well in a multitude of guns with various powders.
As you can see the 9mm bullets give some people fits. I and other commercial loaders can load the 115s and make everyone happy except Glock shooters. ;0)
If the bullet is undersized the polygonal rifling does not stabilize them. They are good for most shooting up to 15-20 yds, but if you have an accuracy requirement then a true jacketed bullet will be what you need.
Now, you CAN make them shoot, but you have to adjust your case mouth tension due to 27+ different 9mm cases with different internal dimensions. Due to the tapered case some cases will deform the bullet base going into the case. This shows up as the tip of the bullet being marked by the seating stem.
Generally if you use a medium to slow powder with *minimum* crimp of .378-380 you can have great results. They now offer hollowpoints in 9mm. An observation is due to the ogive they have to be loaded short, as in 1.110 due to the front of the bullet will hit in the leade of the chamber and not chamber. A lot of shooters like to load longer, as in 1.120 - 1.150 if their magazines will allow it.
I have used their bullets in 380, 9mm, 38 special, 40, and 45. The only ones that I have not been happy with are the 9mm bullets, but to clarify I shoot Bianchi and other accuracy sports, so I have different requirements than other shooters. A lot of their bullets are shot in indoor ranges and work very well.
DougC
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For most people they will lose it before the primer pocket loosens..... When you resize/trim the brass when you set up for LC brass at 1.750 then FC brass will trim to 1.740 ish. This is not a problem unless you are loading to way high velocities like the Military load. If you are loading a regular load that is not knocking on the max load door then you won't notice a thing out to 200 yds with your loads.
FC is not a problem, just different....
DougC
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CLAYS may hit this coming spring.....In the mean time try E3 or CLAYDOT.......as cheap as CLAYDOT is I may not buy CLAYS...for awhile...LOL
DougC
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Find a used MA Systems Collator. That is what is on most commercial machines like Camdex. Much cheaper than Ammoload, but really ....what isn't....LOL
DougC
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Yes. Do it. I recently dropped over 30 lbs and when I went to go prone for practicing Bianchi cup stages I had an extra two seconds to shoot the strings. It was amazing. The weight loss will help all aspects of your shooting, mainly your endurance to make it through a long day match and perform at your best instead of struggling and crashing for your last couple stages.
Get the weight off, it will make all parts of your life better.....
DougC
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Try this. Add enough crimp so there is no rough edge on the case mouth, then drop test it in your barrel. If it will drop in and out smoothly then make some of them and test them. We get hung up on numbers but that is all you really need.....
DougC
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The bullet has been squeezed pretty good. Try belling your case mouth more and crimping to .378 and see if the bullet looks like that when pulling it.....
DougC
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His USPSA/IPSC gun is an STI. His Steel Challenge gun is a single stack frame, as of last year and since the last SC was in PIRU.....I was there and practiced with him......when I see him in March at the US steel nats I will take a picture. If he changed guns I will update......
DougC