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When I received my EVO (manual) I had a missing part from the bullet feeder. I called and they cannibalized one on the shelf to get me my part. I also had a problem with the primer seating. I called after hours one night and a tech answered the phone and worked with me over the phone while I tried different things to get the problem resolved. I have had super CS support from Mark 7 and I consider it every bit as good, if not better, than what I previously had with my Dillon machine.

I drilled a small hole in the plastic tip directly on top of where the primers slip into the tube. I keep a wooden toothpick handy so if a primer ever gets stuck sideways I can gently tweak it back into position to clear the jam. I wouldn't want to use anything metal.

You can access all the information you want if you own a machine. That is when you need it. Otherwise it just serves to quench curiosity. One might say it doesn't help their marketing but the fact that they have backorders of several months waiting for the machines indicates the product stands on its own. I know mine does and I am very happy I got one.

I own a Tesla and this is exactly what they do for the same reasons. This way you are assured of always having the correct information and when something changes you can get instructions for the changes as soon as they occur. Saves a lot of money too. I believe this is the way of the future so we just need to get used to it.

When I was in college I became interested in the concept of Zen when I read the "Art of" books on Zen (motorcycle maintenance, flower arrangement, archery). They are not scholarly works but they are thought provoking and I recommend them. Essentially, my concept of Zen is that in every moment what we do becomes us and we are what we do. Our doing is not just an action. it is us. We become what we do and it becomes us. If we try to force, that force becomes its own identity. By allowing our actions to flow without force we are.

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Just curious why it is a bad thing to expand the case mouth with the powder funnel. This is the way it worked on my 650 and I never had any problem. However, if having a separate expander is the best way to go I'll get on board.

Yes. Very happy.

Please post when you get your machine. I also ordered one from DAA. My order date is 11 June 18 And I was told recently that I am number 4 on the list behind you, a 7 June and a 10 June order. Hopefully soon. I'm running a little low on stockpiled ammo for practice and matches.

I just ordered an Evolution from DAA yesterday. I called them before ordering and they said the ones they have listed on their website for $2499 are their pre-order of 25 machines. They have pre-sold 21 of them (mine being the 21st machine in line). After the first 25 are sold their price will also be increasing and will not include dies. They have received and shipped the first 4 machines but do not know the timing or quantity of order fulfilment. Hopefully the pace quickens and machines flow from Mark7 soon. However, I fully understand and appreciate the need to ensure quality over quantity. I sold my 650 last weekend but I had produced enough ammo in advance to hold me for 2-3 months. If it takes longer I will just go with a commercial supplier of 9mm. I am willing to wait for quality. After all that is why we are all interested in this product in the first place.

http://electronichearingprotection.org/tag/axil/ Here they are.

I used to use these but I finally bit the bullet and got some custom molded electronics so that I could wear them all day for multiple days while working major matches. The Ghost Strikes actually work better (30db sound attenuation) than the custom molded ones but wearing them for 8+ hours for three to four days in a row made my ears sore. If I am shooting for only one day they are fine. On the extreme low end of the cost factor I have another suggestion. Every once and a while I will have a shooter come to the line when I am ROing and ask me to tap him on the shoulder at the beep because he can't hear the timer. I am perfectly fine with doing this and have not heard anyone that feels otherwise.

I would highly recommend that every RO should try to work at least one major match a year. As MReed911 said, forward planning is important. The benefits, as a shooter and RO to working a major match, are tremendous. I worked a production national match only two months after getting certified as an RO. Talk about nervous, I was petrified. I made mistakes too but not the same ones twice. I learned as much in those 5 days than I had in the prior two years of shooting at my local club. I also learned how to run a stage the correct way. I cringe when I see local clubs bending or haphazardly applying rules because it teaches bad habits. I love seeing young ROs or CROs. The sport must not become stagnant by relying on old timers to carry the water.

I have a milled CZ P09 and a 7moa RMR. No issues with covering too much of the target at any range. I have looked at smaller dots and feel that the larger dot helps with sight acquisition. You will really enjoy carry optics. Outside of California you can load up like limited and will REALLY enjoy carry optics. Go for it.

Slide the timeline bar to exactly 11 seconds. That will show your gun pointing perfectly on level with the center of the target but half way between you second steel and the paper target. There is even a puff of dirt on level with the paper target and half way between the second steel and the paper. After your first shot you pulled the gun to the left in recoil and fired when the gun was level with the target but, as others have said, without seeing the sights. seeing what you did made me realize that I must do the same thing sometimes. I just can't figure out how I miss some targets but it is clear to me that I pull the trigger when the timing is right but I haven't followed the recoul to know where the sights really are.

I just got a pair of these for the area 6 match. I also worked the match so I had them in for 10-12 hours over four days. They worked great. They were so comfortable I could barely tell I had them in. They also work great in the workshop. I keep them with me all the time. They are not cheap but if I had had them 30 years ago I know my hearing would be better now. They are well worth the money and the customer service has been great for me.

If you don't follow 100% of the rules 100% of the time then there is no reason for any of the rules and it is, therefore, another form of the sport altogether. This does not mean, however, that we don't follow Troy's rule number one (don't be a D---) while implementing the rules.

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soak in break free for a couple of hours and then try it.

There are some great suggestions in this thread for dry and live fire practice. I would like to add my two cents worth that came to me in an observation when, in my younger days, was trying to decrease my half marathon and marathon finish times. Someone told me one day that in order to be fast I had to run faster. I looked at him like he was an idiot at first but then thought about it and realized what he said was pretty profound. You must shift your focus from accuracy to speed if you ever want to get faster. I don't mean to imply that getting A zone hits is not important but getting accurate hits at the expense of time gets counter productive very quickly. I found that I quickly reached a plateau in my scores until I just started pushing the speed envelope. This adversely affected my scores at first but later on the accuracy caught up because the subconscious mind is much faster than the conscious mind. Your subconscious mind will start to see your sights and bring you back onto target as you force yourself to go faster in your practice drills. If you want to be fast you have to go faster.

I've had one on order since I first saw them mentioned in the forums. I just contacted my dealer to ask when they expected them in. He said he talked to his distributer and was told to expect to have my order filled March/April 2017. This is for a .40 model. I can wait but am really looking forward to it. If it comes as advertised It will be really easy to build it into a . 40 Czechmate cheaply and have both a limited and open class gun.

The best I've found so far is with 125gr Blue Bullets over 3.5gr of VVn320 at 1.08 OAL. Light recoil and accurate. Average 132-135 PF

I had the same problem and solved in for production with different prescriptions in each eye. My left (dominant eye) is set to give me a razor sharp focus on my front sight. My right (non dominant) eye is set for distance vision and can clearly see the target. When I shoot I focus on the front sight but the target is a bit clearer. It is almost like looking at the target with peripheral vision. The only problem with this is that you have to put the glasses on about an hour before the match to get comfortable with them. Also when you take them off you feel a little dizzy for a few minutes until your eyes adjust. I don't have the problem anymore, though, because I switched to carry optics. I consider it cheap practice for open division with less noise. One prescription for distance vision is all it takes and I don't have to take the glasses off to drive home.

I notice that the faster I try to go the more I shake and the slower I actually am. Deep breaths and mental relaxation training. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

My problem is focusing too wide. I don't want to just aim for the A zone. I want to try and center the bullet in the A zone. I draw a 2 inch circle in the center of the A zone of my dry fire targets and try to focus on that. Any smaller and I may have a hard time seeing it at a distance. Any larger and I find that my focus widens too much.