jimmy1256

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Yes it can. As a matter of fact, as part of the disassembly procedure in the owners manual, you have to lower the hammer (dry fire) it to take it apart. All of the Ruger Mark pistols can be dry fired without causing any damage.

Had an LC9 for about a year, had no issues. Sold it when the LC9s Pro came out and have been shooting this for about the last year and a half. (IDPA BUG) I have had zero issues with this gun including the magazine release.

Welcome to the Forums. What part of PA are you in? I'm in the North East PA area. Lots of good matches to go to here.

Welcome to the Forum. I am also in NEPA. What town are you in? We have a lot going on in this part of the state. Just this month we have (just to list a few) the monthly USPSA matches at Shongum Sportsmans Club just over the border in NJ on Aug. 6th. We have USPSA at Ontelaunee Gun Club. We have IDPA at Blue Ridge Cherry Valley G.C. on Aug. 14th. We have ICORE at Ontelaunee on Aug 13th. Rim Fire Challenge at Blue Ridge Cherry Valley on Aug. 21. We have Outlaw pistol, rifle, with 2 gun and 3 gun at Matamoras Gun Club. And there in 3-gun at Easton Fish and Game. You will have to check out the various club web sites for more information or just ask and I will try to get you an answer. Good shooting, Jim

So, I've been shooting USPSA, IDPA, ICORE, and other games for the past 2 years. Got back to competing after a 20 year break to run my own business. Won't do that again, but, that's another story. Anyway last weekend I started shooting LIMITED class using the Sig P320 in 40S&W feed by 3 Springer Precision base pad equipped factory mags for a 17 round capacity. So, I'm getting ready to step up to the line and I load my mags, the 3 17 rounders and a stock 14 rounder that I thought I may need as a Barney. Mistake #1 - I have 4 mag pouches on my belt so why not use them? I put the Barney in the rear most position (never hurts to have extra ammo on the belt, right?) "Make Ready" "Shooter Ready?" "Stand By" BEEP I start shooting, getting good hits and moving pretty fast (well for me anyway). Shooting along using up 16 rounds and get to my planned reload target. Mistake #2 - Hit the mag release, reach back and grab a magazine and through it into the gun, and get back to shooting. (something didn't feel right on that reload) After shooting a bunch of rounds the slide locked back. What? I should have at least 4 or 5 shots left! No time to think about it now, just reload and finish the stage. So I do. After it's all over I look at what I did. Not a bad time and good hits. But what happened during the reload to mess up the round count? You probably already know. (grabbed the Barney instead of one of the large mags) So, on to the next stage. Mistake #3 - Moved the Barney from the rear position to the front position on the belt. (I'll never grab the front mag under stress) But, that's exactly what I did on the next stage. Mistake #4 - To make matters worse I felt what mag I grabbed and made yet another mental error by re-stowing it and grabbing the mag I wanted. What a wast of time. Still finished OK but would have been a lot faster without the screw ups. (4 or 5 on the first two stages of the match) Lesson learned, put the Barney in the back pocket where I can still get it if it's needed but stays out of the way when I don't. Just another day of learning what not to do at a match. Hope my experience helps someone out there. Your welcome. Jim

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All of the plated bullet mfg. recommend keeping the velocity's under 1900fps. so I would think you would be OK in 45super with them. I'm currently loading Kings coated 9mm, 40S&W major, and 45ACP with excellent results. I have also used plenty of the x-treeme bullets along with some of the Berry's with no problems. So, order some samples and work up some loads. I think you may be surprised how well these less expensive bullets perform. Accurate with no leading. At least in my and my friends guns. Jim

Thanks for the responses. I will contact Dillon about the two discolored tubes. I suppose I could empty the hoppers at the end of each session. Kind of a pain because I am currently loading 3 or 4 evenings a week. (Yea, I shoot a lot) But it's doable. Thanks again guys. Jim

oteroman, The newer hopper (that isn't turning colors) came on a new measure I purchased about 3 years ago but didn't use until one of the older measures started messing up. (the slide kept sticking no matter what I did) I just swapped them and noticed that the newer one isn't changing like the older ones. I haven't contacted Dillon about the older hoppers changing, but I will and see what they have to say. Thanks for your response. Jim

OK, I own 2 550s. I have had them for over 15 years. (one is a 450 conversion) I have loaded thousands of rounds pistol and rifle and I have 3 powder measures. Over the last 2 years I started using a lot of Tite Group powder for 9mm, 40S&W, and 45ACP. Two of the powder measure hoppers have turned very dark. (can barely see how much powder is left) I assume its from the out gassing from the Tite Group double base powder. These two hoppers are the old style that are held into the measure with double stick tape. The third measure, with the hopper held on by 2 screws has not changed color at all. Different plastic compound? I've read that various measures hoppers can be effected by the powders used in them. Any body else experiencing this problem? Has Dillon changed the composition of the hoppers? If I order new hoppers, will they turn or not? Opinions? Thoughts? Thanks, Jim.

UPDATE: 7-6-16 So, received my P320 9F back from Sig Sauer. The enclosed paper work says they replaced the extractor spring and plunger as well as polish the rear of the slide. (chamber area) and checked for spent shell retention. Interestingly the barrel looks different. Feed ramp was polished from use when it went out but looked freshly blued when it came back. (Strange) Anyway I took it to the range last night for a test run. Shot about 200 rounds of a variety of ammo (factory and reloads) no problems noted at all. Ran flawlessly. I'm relatively convinced that it's fixed. More testing is needed to be 100 percent sure but looks good so far. Thanks to all for the advice. Shoot fast, shoot safe. Jim

Update: 6/30/16 Ordered a new Caliber X-change kit 9F about 4 weeks ago and have been using the new kit for the last 4 matches. It has worked flawlessly. Sent the old kit (as a complete pistol) off to Sig for warranty repair. Left 2 weeks ago and received and email this mourning that it's on its way back to me. Should arrive today or tomorrow. I'll give it a chance to redeeme itself and see how that works out. I'll keep you all posted. Jim

I also did this years ago after finding a used 450 at a yard sale. Ordered the upgrade kit from Dillon and have had 1 550 for small and 1 550 for large. Works great and life is good. Jim

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I received a new Caliber Exchange Kit last Friday. Not my first. However in this latest kit there was a new style Med. Grip frame with a "fence" molded into the slide release area, and a replacement slide release lever with instillation instructions. This new lever is about 1/2 the size of the old levers on my FCUs. I haven't installed it yet because I don't have a problem with the old levers. I've herd of people resting there thumb on the old lever causing the slide to not lock open after the last round but, it just hasn't happened to me. It appears that with this new grip and lever combination it would be almost impossible to manually lock the slide open during "show clear" but I suppose you could just hold the slide back and just release it at "slid forward". I guess I may try it on one of my FCUs but that means I would only be able to use it with the new grip too. Any body else seen this yet and have any thoughts? Jim.

I wasn't there and did not witness these events. I'm just asking if anyone out there had herd of any of this. This information was told to me at a couple of events over the weekend just because I was using Sig pistols and I like them.

OK, while at 2 different competitions over this past weekend (shooting a Sig P320) had to listen to 2 different people tell me a story about the NJ State Police having Sig Problems. Both stories were about the same. The NJ State PD 50+/- Sig Sauer P229s for review and testing. Upon receipt of order 12+/- would not pass there initial tests and had to be sent back to Sig. Sig, as a way of soothing things out, sends 12+/- P320s to the PD for testing. Out of these 12 replacement pistols about half fall apart and fail within 2 weeks. Any body else herd this one? Or something like it? I'm not in the loop and most of my Sigs run flawlessly (except for one P320 out to Sig for repair right now). Just curious.

Welcome to the Forum. Jack, it's not stealing if your fellow competitors don't reload and just leave that once fired brass just laying there. It's you obligation to pick it up and give it new life. I've given new life to about 10,000 pieces of brass over the last year or so. Heck 1,000 just in the past 2 weeks. Lets keep shooting. Jim

124 grain x-treeme and 125 poly coated (from black & blue and Kings) over 4.0 tit group seated 1.15". Shoots great from my 320C and 320F. More accurate than I am and no failures. Makes P.F. in IDPA and miner in USPSA.

OK, in answer to all of the above questions. JAFO- Yes, tried both FCUs with this kit. Same results. Both FCUs work with all of the other kits / calibers. No problems there. SHORTBUS- As stated, used all of the other calibers and kits with both FCUs. Only problem is with the 9F Kit. ALMA- When I stated that I swapped the extractor with a knowen good one I failed to mention that I swapped the spring and plunger as well. Problem persisted. LIGHT LOADS? I don't think this has a bearing in this case because I tried Federal factory premium loads and Winchester factory loads as well as my hand loads. Same problems. RAYZ-When I LAMR I load a full mag (11 rounds in a factory 17 or 21 round mag) then cycle the slide. Double check that the mag is fully seated and there is a round in the chamber. Then shoot. Stoppage occurs any where from the 3rd round to the 10th round. Fired case is extracted about a quarter of an inch. Slide has cycled all of the way back and attempts to strip the next round from the magazine. As the round is stripped from the magazine it is pushed up the feed ramp and into the partially extracted round still hanging out the back of the barrel. TACTICALRELOAD-The 4 to 6 week time frame was given to me by customer service rep. So? I'm not sure how long it is really going to take. ( could just be standard answer for the question. "how long will it take to get my gun back?" I had another thought last night. I could just purchase another 9F kit and keep the malfunctioning kit for parts or send it in for repair and sell it when it gets back to recoup some of the costs. Still thinking. Thanks for the replies guys and gals. If you think of anything else, post it and I will reply. Thanks, Jim.

I have 2 FCUs and 4 caliber kits. Just recently got a 9mm Full Size kit and it's driving me nuts. All of my kits run fantastic, never a hiccup. But this 9F will fail to extract a fired case about every 3rd or 4th mag. Now before anyone starts with the questions lets answer the common ones. Completely cleaned and lubed? Yes. Tried different mags? Yes (7) Inspected the extractor? Yes, even lightly polished the top and bottom to prevent binding. Limp wristing? NO. Doesn't happen with any of the other calibers / kits. Tried different ammo? Yes including 3 factory loads and 5 different hand loads. New extractor? Yes, swapped with my 9mm compact. No change. So what's left? Send it back to Sig? Yea, I already have the RA and the Fedex shipping label. But 2 hour drive to the Fedex hub. (the only place you can ship a firearm) Remove my fiber optic sites and replace with the factory sites. Pack up a complete gun, including one of my FCUs so now I'm down to one. Then 4 to 6 week wait for repair. There goes 1/3 of the shooting season. But I can't depend on it for competition the way it is, so I guess that's what I'm going to have to do. Sorry for the long post but I just needed to vent my tale of woe. Thanks for reading. I'll up date this when I can, and if you have any ideas please let me know. Thanks, Jim.

I purchased 3 of these 21 round mags 2 weeks ago. I can confirm that the last round in the mag is stiff. However they seem to run without a hiccup. I'm going to run them in USPSA limited class in 2 weeks if I can get my P320 9mmF to run right. (failures to extract with all of the mags). I'll let you all know how it works out.

Welcome to the Forum. Don't know what part of NJ you are in but, if you are in the North, Check out SHONGUM SPORTSMAN'S CLUB in Oxford. Monthly USPSA matches. Or I'll invite you to NE PA to Blue Ridge Cherry Valley G.C. Monthly IDPA. Or to Matamorus PA (Monthly Action Pistol) or Ontelaunee G.C. (IDPA, ICORE, USPSA). Check out there web sites and sign up. Oh yea, we don't have any magazine restrictions in PA and at this weeks Matamorus match we will be having a Shoot what ya bring side match with some class 3 stuff and carbines. See ya at the range and keep it safe.

I will shooting at Guthsville on Sunday so we may see each other. I'll keep an eye out for you. My classifications are up to date. CCP and SSP. Will be shooting SSP/MM at the Keystone Cup Match. Hope to meet you on Sunday. Black Sig Sauer hat, will be shooting a P320F9.