DougCarden
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CD, I glazed over when I posted, and don't mean to paint you personally in the corner. My Bad. What is sad is the guys posting on the forum griping about how people shouldn't break the law were probably the same guys that maxed out credit cards to buy "replacement" magazine bodies before the magazine ban went into place,.....skirting the law.......If you are a rules person you need to be a rules person all the time, just not when it suits you. We have enough enemies against us...
DougC
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nope.....glock rifling doesn't like the extremes. I and another commercial loader tried every combo. They still keyhole in many stock barrels....I like the .40 and .45 bullets.....the 9mm are hit and miss....pardon the pun.....
DougC
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You know, as a competitor for over 20 years, competing all over the US and abroad, and as a match director in multiple matches and disciplines, I have never had anyone hit me up about my mag capacity or how many I have loaded, anywhere at anytime. When I run matches, the last thing I have time for is to check a shooter's magazines, period. Trust me, if you have a limit on round in mags all the other competitors will keep the shooter honest, and help them out when they shoot 11 rounds after the first reload....
.I was taught in my RO class that the shooter gets the benefit of the doubt, always. The OP seems to mention DQ an awful lot....Seems to me that we have a lot of other things to worry about other than catching someone possibly skirting the /laws. It all comes out in the wash.....always. A lot of shooters do things unintentionally wrong. When corrected they tow the line and don't make the same mistake.
DougC
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Bobby, get a concrete mixer, order size 1040 corncob media from Greenproducts.com, and use some laquer thinner and half a container of nufinsh car wax. Let it run for 4-8 hours. You can do close to a 5 gallon bucket of brass in some calibers, some you can do more...depends on how big of mixer you get. It will be like brand new......
DougC
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I run a coated 122 lfp sized .357 in my metallic gun for practice. I use zero 115 jhp for matches. I don't even change my sight adjustments. I am working up a coated bullet load in my open revo as well.
DougC
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Ed, load away. spray some lanolin based fluid, like dillon case lube, in the comp before you shoot and enjoy.
I am doing the same. I have some loads to work up but they shoot better than most fmj, and are a helluva lot cheaper....
DougC
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I have used and competed with both. They are both quality units and will serve you well. I know a lot of the good folks at Tacsol and have visited the factory. Quality people that make a great product. Same goes with Volquartsen. I am fortunate to be sponsored by Volquartsen and have been waiting a long time for the LLV upper. That, coupled with their lower frame unit, provides a reliable go fast gun with the best trigger I have used on a rimfire pistol.
Just keep looking for ammo....sigh!
DougC
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wow....Dean the voice of reason....who woulda thunk it....
DougC.....ps he is right....
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Guys, I will post this once. If you look at any of the truly big automated machines they all require processed brass. Period. That means rollsized, primer pockets (reamed, but swaged properly will work find) and inspected for objects, etc. With the Forcht conversion straight walled cases are more forgiving, but if you run 9mm your best bet is to run same headstamp brass. There are about 26 different types of 9mm brass. If you don't set up the bullet dropper and powder die to bell the case properly you will have tipped bullets and mash them. You must keep the priming system clean all the time ( hose by press works well) and remember if your brass is not swaged properly and you try to push the primer into a tight pocket you will set one off. Your slip clutch must be set up to just barely run the press so if you have any issue the press doesn't muscle through it. If not you need to buy a bunch of index pawls as that will eventually break if it gets jammed up.
I had the rotary press made, and worked through the prototypes with him to get the units that are out now.
If you don't pre process and sort your brass you will be very unhappy......Think of it this way......garbage in, garbage out. It takes more time but less in the long run if you know what I mean....and yes, running the brass through the machine alone makes it easier to load the next time through.......hint hint.....
Good luck,
DougC
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LOL. 115 jhp zero conical or xtp. OAL 1.215- 1.225 depending on gun. 5.4- ? grains. I want around 1150 fps and fed gold match primers reduce the group at 50 yds by 27%......
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We just got a bunch of the 100 gr bullets from Two alpha that are coated.....We are gonna work up a steel load with them as well. Thanks for the info on the other lanolin products......It is nice to get more bullets for the money and not have to clean up the gun as much.....
DougC
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Clean comp then spray it with some dillon case lube. Keeps it clean longer
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Make sure the ammo you get for your XDM is loaded no longer than 1.145 OAL. You need this for feeding out of your magazines. Ammo loaded to 1.165 OAL for STI open guns wont run in your XDM FYI.....
DougC
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617. get a plinker. If you love shooting it, then you will get a 625. Then you will get a 627. Think of the 617 as a gateway Revo.......seriously....
DougC
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They will work fine. Tons of guys shot bare lead for years in open guns. You will have to clean your gun and comps a little more. No biggie.
DougC
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Yo Pete. You do know that Glocks will fire out of battery right. I guess the ones I have witnessed and the one that did in my hand didn't really happen huh.
You may have a wealth of knowledge to share, but you have a funny way of sharing here.
DougC
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Bell the case enough that the bullet does not get the coating scraped off when seating. Then make a dummy round and start adding crimp to the round until you can drop the round into your barrel and it drops back out freely when turned over. That is all you need. No sharp edge on the case mouth.
DougC
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If that doesn't clear it up then look at your feed ramp......
DougC
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I just had the primer arm springs (big/little) wear out. I got sideways primers in a random case here and there. I finally looked at the springs and noticed them shot. Replaced them and back in business 100%. When it starts having issues don't be afraid to replace some wear items....
DougC
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What is your OAL? You probably need to seat the bullet out farther, like around 1.140 ish-1.160ish...
DougC
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Like butter......
DougC
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am....do some research here. There is a lot of experienced loaders with 1050s that would disagree. I don't have a favorable impression of the priming system on the 650, nor the case feed system. Give your self some time to learn the 1050. It has a learning curve....
DougC
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I believe the brass is CBC. If the round felt like all the others than it can definitely be bad brass. Most double charges and set backs look like the primer was welded and the rear of the case is badly distorted. No way to tell for sure, but if it didnt feel different or sound different then it is likely bad brass.
DougC
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You asked a question, and you got answers. If it is not the one you want, I am sorry. Having reloaded ammunition for almost 25 years and having been a commercial loader I try to help people out with questions if I can help. To have that much damage it was quite a lot of pressure. Can you post pictures of the rear and primer area of the case. That will tell us quite a bit. I would imagine if it was not a double charge then the brass didnt get resized properly (ie. die not screwed all the way down to the shellplate), the case mouth was belled way too much, not enough or way too much crimp, or the bullet did get pushed in. Should be really easy to recreate. I had a pingun rebarreled and the smith forgot to ramp the barrel for the SWC bullet I loaded, and I had one KACHUNK into the chamber. I felt it hiccup as it went into the chamber. The next shot blew out the magazine. I cleaned my shorts, checked the gun, and shot more without problem but felt the chambering problem again and watched the round hang up. I had the barrel ramp adjusted and it was fine after that. I would suggest that you try an OAL of around 1.230 as that OAL will fit in about any auto and shoot just fine. The longer the OAL the more problem you will have in MIL SPEC guns.
DougC
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Warm up drills at steel match
in Steel Challenge
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When the steel challenge was at PIRU, we would go down to the practice range and run a practice run on the stage we started on. We would also shoot a group on the farthest plate to confirm our zero, for confidence sake.. Then we would head to our first stage of the day. There is no place to do it at the Steel Nationals, and I dont know about the most recent World match either.
DougC