AustinMike

+1 to that. Our club site resides on a server that is essentially leased disk space only. No CPanel, no shell access, just ftp only. It was a pain to get the site running initially, but they were cooperative and even made changes to their PHP settings to get our site running. Much easier if you shop around and find a hosting service that has a nice control panel and setup scripts that simplify the installation of the web site framework that you want to use. Lunar Pages has worked well for me personally and they seem to stay on top of the security patches.

Mind? I'd be flattered!

Commander length barrel and ports, so yeah! Zero 125 JHP, WSR primers, 1.155", no pressure signs at all up to 8.6gr. I used WSP and magnum pistol primers both at 8.4gr. and the primers looked good there too. I am planning to mess around with 3N38, but I know it's gonna be a full case!

Well, thank you! I can't take full credit. Shred, XRe, and DJPolo all contribute to it too. It was pretty easy to do with the package I used. The beauty is that it is all server side, so contributers don't need any special software on their systems. You just login, do your edits, and submit, all from any web browser.

I'm not all that savvy in web page design, but I run our club's site. I use PHPWebSite, which is a freely available package. Lunar Pages hosts my personal web site and they have it out there already for you to use (with a bunch of others.) They're cheap and the support has been good. PHPWebSite isn't fancy, but it's easy to do a web site quickly and I like that you don't have to use any software on the client side. You can setup accounts so other people can contribute. Austin Lone Star Practical Pistol Club -Mike

Hold my beer and watch this! What an idiot.

I've been using HS-6, but I was disappointed to see that my original load (8.4 gr., 125 Zero JHP, 1.155") went from from 173PF in the summer heat to around 163PF in the colder weather. Looks like I need at least 8.6gr for winter shooting. I'm hoping to do some experimentation with 3N38 later this year. That's what the gun's builder, JL Hardy, recommends. I'm hoping it will be more consistent in varied climates and cleaner. HS-6 runs the gun OK, but it gunks up the gun a good bit. It's really loud too, but with a shorty gun and a ported barrel, I don't think any powder is quiet!

Sorry to hear this! It's so hard to lose family like that.

I emailed Midway's office of the president the other day to ask why they didn't offer USPS flat rate shipping for bullets and other heavy stuff. I used to like using the Rainier bullets in my .45, but shipping was outrageous through UPS so I quit using them. Here's the response I got back. I might just go back to shooting Raniers in .45, which would be nice if jacketed prices keep going up. My Kimber barrel hates lead and moly coated, but loves plated and jacketed.

Myself, Mike P. & Zack will be there.

Depends on your gun, but in my shorty with ports I need 8.6gr. to get 170PF in the cooler temperatures lately. Same components, except oal is 1.155". Last summer 8.4gr. got me there. Edit: actually, I'm using WSR primers.

That's what I had! I couldn't remember the name for the thing, but it sure hurt. I initially chalked it up to "tennis elbow" and tried wearing a brace, which helped minimally. Probably more of a "string around the finger" sort of thing to help me remember not to stretch my arms so much, but it wasn't a solution. Happened after I started shooting open and I think it was a result of bad technique. I tended to stretch my arms out too much and now I make sure they are bent. I went to PT for 8 or so weeks. They fixed me up and I try to remember to do some stretching periodically.

Not anything wrong with your bullets, you just might want to use a slightly slower powder. I've been tinkering with new loads in my Glock 22 with a KKM barrel. I'm testing 200gr Precision moly bullet loads right now and I'm liking the feel - not quite so harsh and snappy as 185 bullets. I'm a .45 buff and the 200s seems to feel closer to that slower rolling recoil which I think is easier for me to shoot. Here's a couple loads that made major in my chrono outing yesterday: 200gr. Precision black bullet 1.135" OAL Federal 100 primers 5.0gr. Power Pistol = 850fps 4.4gr. Universal Clays = 860fps No pressure signs with either. I want to say Universal felt a little softer, but a little smokey. Need to load more and shoot some drills to better compare. Loads that seemed to work with 185gr. Precision in my gun were 5.5gr. of Power Pistol and 4.4gr. of Titegroup.

Academy still has Monarch green box for $5.86 per box of 50 as of yesterday. Soft shooting and cleaner than WWB, IMO. Last I checked it, I got 126PF out of a Glock 17. Too close to use at a major match, but it works fine for club matches.

How can you break a breechface by dryfiring?

Yup, ammo and components are going up and putting a drain on all of our wallets. The bullets I reload with just went up 10% this month. FYI, another option for 9mm is Monarch "green box" from Academy, if you've got a store near you. $5.86 per box of 50 and it shoots softer, burns cleaner than WWB in my opinion. You can get it in other calibers, but I've only tried 9mm. It's cheap enough that I don't bother doing loads for Production right now. If you're shooting factory stuff to accumulate the brass for reloading later, WWB is nicer brass.

"I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew!"

Oh, crap! 2 stars at 8:00 in the morning??? I'm glad I signed up Limited instead of SS now! Maybe I ought to change that to Open?! Then again, what's the chances of me seeing the friggin' dot at 8:00am either?

Nice find. Especially with a 2nd gen frame. I really don't like finger grooves and all of my Glocks are 2nd gen. I think I probably would have wallked out of the gun show with that too (and slept in the doghouse that night!)

If the press kinks up or something goofy happens, I pull everything out of the stations until I've figured out the problem. If my reloading session must be interrupted to take a call or whatever, I run through the shells in the stations to clear the press. That way when I return, there is absolutely no question about anything. I've also got a "reject" box that I keep near the press. If I happen to get interrupted and end up being unsure about something, I pull the cartridges in the seat and crimp stations and throw them in the box to pull later. Better safe than sorry. The box is also handy in case I do something dumb like not get the bullet on straight and mash a case.

Wow, either you have a fast barrel or I've got a slow one, Harmon! 4.7gr of Titegroup with the 180 PD is only about 163PF in my gun. The Precision coated bullets scoot out the barrel a lot faster, so I'll probably end up staying with them. Just not sure on the powder yet.

My G22 shot a few inches high with the KKM vs. the factory. I found that out at a match shooting it without checking where it was hitting. Missed some plates until I realized what was happening! I was able to dial it down, but I like it a little high myself though.

I had something that sounds similar. Figured it was "tennis elbow" and got a brace, which helped a little, but the pain wasn't going away. Got so bad, I had it looked at and ended up going to physical therapy for about 8 weeks or so. I forget all the medical terminology, but they said that there is a nerve that runs through the elbow and that there is a sheath around it which had gotten inflamed, putting constant pressure on the nerve. They did some deep massaging, chiropractic manipulations and gave me lots of exercises to do. My problem started shortly after I started shooting open and I think it boiled down to bad technique. I had a tendency to over-stretch my arms out when shooting and the open gun was battering my elbow since I wasn't flexing it all. I've worked on my gun presentation to keep the elbows bent a bit and I'm fine now. It had become extremely painful and was effecting other activities besides shooting. Don't ignore the pain and have it looked at if it doesn't improve soon.

N310 will meter better and be a little more consistent over the chrono, in my experience. I'm too cheap to buy it though and I use Clays. Both of those powders "feel" about the same. If I remember right, N310 was probably a little cleaner too. Clays can leave behind some soot, but it wipes right off. I notice it more in my revolver. Titegroup has some harsh recoil and doesn't burn very clean at low .45 pressure. 231 works, but it's dirty. The fast powders don't have much in the case, so be VERY careful about double charges. A double dose will ruin your day. You have to index the press yourself, so take it slow at first and don't try to multi-task. Don't let anyone interrupt you while you're at the press. I've been reloading for years, still use a 550B, and my wife knows that when I'm at the reloading bench I'm to be left in my own little world.

That's a huge difference, to the point of being kinda dangerous. Are you sure you're getting a half grain variance??? Clays is fluffy and N310 will perform similar and meter better, but if you're getting that much difference I'd be looking at factors other than just the powder. I seem to stay within .1 variance on random weighings and it's pretty consistent over the chrono. I liked N310 it was maybe a tad more consistent over the chrono, but I'm too cheap to buy it (cuts into my import beer budget.) Either of the two with a 230 grain bullet is about as soft as it gets in .45.