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The newer 2014 production date N320 is considerably slower compared to older lots. I also needed to bump up my load .3 grains to reach the same velocity

Looking forward to it

I'd love to see modified return in IPSC, with one change. A maximum lens size of 27mm so it would be a division for just the small optics (Deltapoint, RMR, CTS, etc). The demise of modified division came at the same time as the acceptation of these smaller dot sights on non competition guns, I never really understood the timing. The fact that it was "in the air" that IPSC wanted to get rid of modified division for several years didn't help get new shooters in, as why would you want to make a big investment if the future was not certain?

Hollow points are unfortunately illegal in the Czech Republic

I'd stay far away from reloading Prvi Partizan .40 cases. They are a lot lighter than other headstamp cases and I've seen multiple case head separations happen with this brand in perticular

I use exactly the same Ikea LED light on my 1050, works great

Hornady One Shot in the aerosol can version works best for me, way better than the sticky Dillon case lube. I throw two to three hunderd cases in the case feeder of my 1050 and just spray the lube on in the feeder itself. Works like a charm

What would you do differently and why?

I think this really is the way to go, for me personally at least. Performance driven motivation works for me, result driven motivation (I want to win, etc) is detrimental for my score in the end. Performance driven lets you shoot every stage as a new stage, when you are result driven you take the load of the last stage that didn't go all that well into shooting the next stage, not good. Funny thing with stuff like this is that knowing the theory and realizing it actually works and using it are two totally different things. Can take ages to sink in, at least it did for me

Awesome! We can finally watch the show from abroad.

Eckla Beach Rolly goes for around 125 euro here, so 165 dollars. Must be possible to ship one to the US for less than a 100 dollars I'd say.

I designed and built the one shown in the Front Sight article, the article featured our club. Here in The Netherlands we mostly shoot indoors, having portable bullet traps gives you an enormous amount of extra options to build nice stages on a small indoor range. Most of the portable traps in use here are completely made out of steel, some even with venetian blind style traps in them. Solid as a rock, but also really heavy. I personally don't have any welding or metal work skills what so ever, so I came up with the current design. Simplest way to describe the design is that it's a box made out of 2x3 beams holding a sandwich of underlayment, a 1/4" thick Hardox 500 (AR 500 grade) steel, two 1" thick granular rubber tiles and another sheet of underlayment on the front. A small L frame around the steel plate saves the splash from the bullets disintegrating from eating up the wooden frame. Total cost of one of these traps is around 125 euro, of which most was for the Hardox steel plate. We have two of those in use for over two years already, they have been used once a week at our club training sessions and a handfull of matches so far. They are holding up great. Some clips of how these were used in matches: If you have any more questions let me know, I do intend to make a full DIY guide for these things, hope to be able to make some time for that soon.

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=license.prices "Nonresident Annual Hunting – Small Game only - $20.00" You can order it here: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=license.fgstore As strange as it sounds, for the ATF Form 6 NIA procedure you do not need a hunting license from a state you are actually travelling to. The Alaska small game hunting license was the cheapest I could find for a non resident that was available to order online.

Easiest way to travel to the US with firearms is to get a hunting license and get your import permit issues on that, instead of invitations for matches. Your import license will be valid for a full year. I previously used an Alaska small game hunting license (was 20$ online) worked like a charm. I was actually advised to go this route by someone at the ATF/State Department booth at the IWA tradeshow in Europe

Overseas voting will probably be impossible, no ballot here yet. No real way to make sure it's back in time for the deadline either.