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The lighter bullet at higher velocity gives a faster recoil impulse. The heavier bullet at lower velocity gives more of a soft push, in comparison. Some prefer the former, others prefer the latter ... and some just don't worry about it.
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My local Alien guys (with the "normal" version) are saying that the slide stop is very sensitive, stock. Inserting the magazine with any force is supposed to release it. Some were complaining that the slide won't stay back if you lay the Alien on a table. Some commercial ranges require you to leave it on the table with the slide back.
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13 minutes ago, JayWord said:
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If I were to request anything, it is that stage designers make the competitor do something before they can retreat. That way the RO can start the competitor, retreat safely and in control and be able to monitor competitor action.
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That is what I've been seeing at IPSC matches. Alternatively, a Long Course might let you start at the back but also make you go somewhere that you need to retreat from, so the RO can just stand back a little.
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What you are doing is quite foreign to me. So methodical and goal oriented
Fascinating to follow but not something that I would do.
I guess it is enough for me to shoot for fun, and participate in a few matches. Make 60% score unless I have some serious issue, RO at local IPSC matches and maybe train some newbies to the point that they are safe on the range and can hit targets.
There is a local match coming up, and the Madness has struck me. I'm thinking of shooting 6-shot Major Revolver, instead of Major .45 in IPSC Classic (SS). At least I'll have an excuse for not winning anything
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2 hours ago, MHicks said:
I've never shot open. But leave Open, Limited and SS major/minor.
And Revolver.
It does not make any sense, competitively, to shoot 6-shot Major. But sometimes the madness strikes me and it feels good to have at least one advantage
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It is not possible that millions of flies are wrong.
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Looks like KMR also has models with sights that are adjustable both ways. Perhaps you can get a sight from KMR?
... do you still need a hammer if you loosen the screws?
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What is wrong with the adjustability?
... just looking for alternative ideas in case the CZ rear sight does not fit.
In general, I'm told that very few CZ parts fit KMR pistols.
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Agreed ^.
N320 works fine for making IPSC/USPSA Major. Why not for a little lower PF too.
Also. I don't think N310 is very good for .40. I have used it for .45 ACP, and will again. But that is a whole different ball game.
Glocks are pretty strong. People have fired pretty sturdy loads out of Glocks with no apparent issues.
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The Finnish dealer/distributor seems to be selling as many KMRs as he can get in his hands. People who have tried them seem to be impressed.
The Orca OR looks like it should work well for USPSA Limited Optics. Or as an iron sight pistol, too.
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3 hours ago, Joe4d said:
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However alot of matches have too many non shooting challenges,, Ie excessive runs to shoot point blank targets, discriminatory ports, I mean when over half your field is hitting 90% of available points you dont have a shooting challenge....
There is a distance point of retreating where shooters will find it advantageous to put gun over shoulder and run up range, vs stay faciing and pointing down range and step backwards.. and IMO that distance is at a point where your good stage changes from a shooting challenge to a bad DQ trap sprint track skills challenge.Sounds like bad stage design.
Can't quite agree that running uprange a number of steps is a DQ trap. It is just something that you need to think about and practise a little. Depending on stage, I might prefer to leave my gun hand behind me. Like when I want to move towards my weak hand side of the stage, during or after the retreat.
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7 hours ago, RJH said:
Quite literally one of the main reasons I'm no longer very interested in shooting level 2 matches. While I wouldn't be worried about scoping out match diagrams before the match, as I would have already watched videos from last year's match to have an idea of what might be going on, I have decided shooting in the rain sucks.
So yes I agree you do generally have to sign up way early if you wanted to a match, and that's the main reason that I don't. Anymore I have no interest in paying a considerable amount of money for match fees, hotels, ammo, take time off work, etc. to shoot in the rain. It's supposed to be fun along with challenging and shooting in the rain it's not fun LOL
Level 2 IPSC matches is really what I mostly do, and not all that many of those in a year to be honest.
It happens that I get a stage where I have no clue how to cope with it. Something that I have never practised. Oh well, I'll never win anything anyway, unless there's very few participants in my Division/Category
It becomes a learning experience.
Isn't running into some new challenge one of the points, and joys, of going to a match? Something different from what you are comfortable with shooting on your own at the "home" range?
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Retreating, and even just moving sideways, can be tough for newbies. We don't allow total newbies to compete or even practise on their own before training them a bit. The official curricilum does not include retreating. When I run a newbie session, I make a point of at least saying something about retreating.
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What PF are you getting with the Alien? I'm told that the gas retarded action loses some power, compared with the currently conventional designs. I also seem to recall that it is factory setup for a round with 8 gram (124 or 125gr) bullets.
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More is more when you go up Dillon model numbers. In more than one sense.
Many struggle to determine how much more they need or want.
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I'm betting things like that will wear me down if I eventually make it to 80.
Are you able to do something that you enjoy? That kind of things are good for the mind, at least.
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16 hours ago, sujumanji said:
... .45ACP. I bought a large# of 200gr PC SWC projos that should last me years. I'll be loading low PF target loads....
How low is your low PF?
My first instict is to go for a fast burning powder. That would raise the pressure enough for a little cleaner burning. My hands down choice for this is Vihtavuori N310. Among the ones you mention, Titegroup looks like it would fit. From what I can find out, it isn't particularly clean burning, though (?)
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Yep. I found a whole thread, here, where people said their .40 1911s worked OK with .45 mags. At least Tripp and Wilson mags were mentioned.
No idea if all mags would work.
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Reloads should be a little easier with a shorter COAL. But you need to make the hits. Steel is an unforgiving accuracy game, so better see if a short load is accurate in that revolver.
I just made some test loads in .38, and went for 1.437 inch COAL. My bullets might allow even shorter but I found some data at that length, with the powders that I have handy
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A 30 round magazine can be a good monopod for a low prone position. Even more steady if you also have a vertical front grip: the front grip might not reach the ground but your hand holding the grip can.
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6 hours ago, GardenWeasel said:
Petra
7 months
Looks like some sort of a livestock guardian breed?
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What pistol was it?
Discussing a "hypothetical situation like this", elsewhere, all kinds of ideas came up.
- can a .45 magazine hold a .40 round? Apparently, a .40 round would just jump out of a .45 1911 magazine.
- could a "too loose for the magazine" .40 round slip into the barrel early, followed by a .45 round during the same cycle?
- one guy demostrated an unfired .40 round just slipping through a .45 barrel.
- there was doubt about the firing pin igniting a .40 round in a .45 gun. I guess the extractor could, with luck, hold the smaller round just firmly enough.
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2 hours ago, midatlantic said:
so I have to embarrass myself on front of the entire world! A lesson learned.
There was a S&W .40 cartridge mixed in with the .45s in my box of rounds. Outside, in the cold, and I managed it load it in the magazine. (same color shape round). Turns out that it fired, but didn't eject. Which I missed. So when I fired the next round, an actual 45, the bullet pushed the .40 case down the barrel......till it stopped.
Please keep this confidential!!!
Oh. I never thought of that - but then, I don't have anything in .40.
People, hopefully, learn from mistakes but it is much more pleasant if you can learn from other peoples' mistakes.
Just quoting to make sure that things that are on the interwebs stay on the interwebs....
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On 2/13/2024 at 4:42 AM, midatlantic said:
Experienced an unusual event the other day. I fired a 200 grain round nose bullet, plated, behind 5.5 grains of HP 38. It was the fourth of seven rounds in the magazine.
All the other rounds fired previously from the same reloading session had no problems. The first three rounds also exited the barrel with no trouble.
But on the fourth round, I pulled the trigger and much to my surprise semi burnt powder blew back into my face out of the ejector port. The slide was forced all the way back, jammed against the frame and unmovable. The spent cartridge was stuck in the extractor. I used a small screwdriver to work the cartridge out of the extractor, but was unable to move the slide.
At home, I removed the pin and whacked the back of the slide a couple of times with a rubber mallet. The slide broke free. I removed the guide rod, removed the bushing, and had to tap out the barrel, as it seemed stuck in the slide. Turns out the bullet was halfway down the barrel, and quite stuck. I’ve been unable to get it out despite much hammering and now it’s soaking in kroil oil. There may be a very faint bulge in the barrel where the bullet is stuck.
But I don’t know what happened. It was not a double charge, and the prior round exited the barrel with no trouble, then something happened to stop the bullet partway down the barrel and blow the gases out of the ejector port into my face.
thoughts anyone?
Did you find out what was in the barrel, and what happened?
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Tungsten guide rod IPSC legal?
in USPSA/IPSC Rules
Posted · Edited by perttime
I think not, unless it is a part that Sig Sauer offers for the particular handgun. For Production or Production Optics anyway. IPSC Production is a little more "production" than USPSA Production.
From IPSC Rules, the Divisions appendices:
18. Original parts and components offered by the OFM as standard equipment, or as an option, for a specific model handgun on the IPSC approved handgun list are permitted, subject to the following:
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Guide rods are not listed as permissible aftermarket parts