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Brian's book is excellent but more about the cerebral aspects of shooting. I suggest Matt Burkett's videos also. He is an great teacher of gun handling basics and able to show you how to break down the movements into steps. He has one targeted toward IDPA and how to deal with concealment garments. MDA

Nemo Check the airlines policies. http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/childtip.html. Southwests seems loose for minors over 12 ( per their rule over 12 rules and polices are same as an adult). I have read others that are very restrictive for any minor and some specifically mention no firearms or ammo. MDA

Yep!! I got a box of their SR primers Box. Had "223 small rifle primers" on the box and were silver in color. At least 4-5 out of a 100 will fail to fire. Most will go the second time, some take several tries and some never go. At fist I though is was me not seating deep enough, then made sure next time to seat them. No luck. Now I only use for practice. MDA

Check the rim to be sure. Super will stick out wider then shell side, super-comp will be flush. Need trick to check: Grab a 40 S&W shell and try to insert the rim into the 40.The super rim will not slide into the 40 shell and a super-comp will drop right in. If you have a case gauge for super-comp the supper will sit with the rim raised above the gauge. And when all else fails measure the rim diameter. Super ~0.0406 Super comp ~0.386. MDA

Make sure the sizing die just kisses the shell plate to ensure it is sizing all the way down the shell. Like a few others have said, could be an length issue. Could also be mag's or extractor, does factory ammo have problems feeding? What are the "feeding problems" ie. is the bullet nose diving into the feed ramp, jamming into the top of the chamber halfway in, almost fully in the chamber with the slide just out of battery. mda

In general to connect or bond two metals parts together. Technical not soldering but a brazing operations(>800 def F). A brazed connection can be taken apart without damage to either part, not likely with a weld. Brazed connection will generally only have about 1/3 the strength of the base metals so will not be as strong as a weld. Connecting a comp to a barrel, attaching a sight to slide may be brazed. Repairing a cracked slide or frame would be welded. MDA

What Keen Said. Happy B-day Adrian.

Setup 8:00am to about 10:00 am Shooting generally starts around 10:00am when setup is completed. MDA

Sounds to me like you are doing "Double Taps" ie. one sight picture and just yanking the trigger several times. All shots taken need to have an "acceptable sight picture" before pulling the trigger. When you see where the sights at the moment the gun fires you will then know where the shot went. If you are seeing the sights then you should be able to hit where you are aiming. Just do the basic drills. WATCHING THE SIGHT ON EACH SHOT and shooting only as fast as you can see. MDA

Results posted before end of match day. See results at USPSA.. local match results. If you supplied your e-mail you should have received them. MDA

My book shows 7.7 to 8.5 at 895 fps for 200 gr jacket 45. For open I use 9 gr with 125 jhp 38 super. To slow a burn rate for 9mm. mda.

Dan Go with the 550. With the square deal you are limited to Dillon dies as the die head is of non standard size. See the link below and let Brian explain the differences. http://www.brianenos.com/pages/dillon.html MDA

+1 I use 180 MG CMJ's with 4.7 - 4.8 gr WST about 170 PF. MDA

Compare the mag lips of the ones that do not work with ones that do. Most likely the ones that don't work are out of spec. With Shooting stars specifically check the back where the rim sits. From my experience they will bulge here a little and the bullet will sit up not set back all the way in the mag. Just reform and make them straight and they will work. MDA

That's basically what Pro Grip is, just concentrated and with out the perfume.

Jpoint lens is a little smaller (and plastic not glass). The benifit over the c-more is that it is closer to the barrel line so have almost no parallax error like the c-more. Down side, plastic case and lens which will scratched easily and dot will not be a round as a result (star pattern). I personally like the new Burris Fast fire. Almost the same as the Doctor sight at less then half the cost ($199 vs $495), same mounting pattern as the Doctor, Glass lens, Metal case. MDA

No. the crimp die is also sizing the reloaded round ( bottom insert). I have only had this happen when I load New brass. Yes. Yes, if you want a taper crimp. MDA

Bump!!! Match is on for Sunday. See ya there. MDA

Mind sharing your source? Chuck as SC would most likely "Shooters Connection" and can be found in the "Vendor Tent" or see link below. http://shootersconnectionstore.com/WILSON-...AZINE-P646.aspx My experience, as well as others, it great service at a fair price. Place you order and it usually ships same day. I have never waited longer then 2 days, unless I order on Friday. MDA

When I purchased my new first 1911, I dropped the slide all the time. Trigger job lasted less then 6 months before started to follow and double. Replaced sear and hammer, stopped dropping the slide and it has lasted for over 5 years. Know of several others that have had the same thing happen. Just my experiences. MDA

I had the pleasure of shooting with Dave, Bob, Phil, Sarah, and Adrian. Been shooting with Adrian since he started about 18 months ago and he is alway very polite, willing to learn, and listens to what the betters shooters have to say. He will be giving the Big Boys a run for their money in the next year or so. Unfortunately the chrono gods were not very nice at this match. WOW!! What great competitors "The Big Boys" are. Discussing how to shoot the stages, encouraging each other and the juniors, pasting and setting steal all day long. We flew through 10 stages before lunch. Great stages, staff, and day of shooting. Several issues with Palm scoring through. Scores still not correct (lim10 stage 9. How can some receive 134 points on a 60 point stage). A few Videos and Pictures. My first try at editing videos together (sorry Sarah for misspelling you name in the squad picture. You shot a great match). MDA

I would call that a DQ. A good attentive RO would have noticed (he should be expecting this action due to the nature of the position) what the shooter was about to do and stopped them. One common way RO's try to prevent this action in the first place is during the walk through tell the shooters to stand up or at least return to a kneeling position before holstering. As an RO you should make the call you as you see it. Let the shooter appeal the call to the CRO, RM and abritration if it goes that far (according the the rules). At local matches it would be most likely the person running the match. We all get it wrong some times even the most experianced RO, CRO, RM and RM/I. MDA

The double disk kit uses two fixed volumes to adjust powder (each disk will have a series of progressively larger holes/volumes). The adjustable charge bar has a vairable volume via a sliding bar attached to a screw. Go with the adjustable charge bar so you do not have to change disks all the time. MDA

Forum post time is central time zone.

He said ballistic Mas-tur-ba-tion. Huhu Huhuhu (In my best Bevis and Buthead imitation) BADD - Buzzer Attention Dumping Disorder. Couple of good one in this thread. Like others have said: You are focusing on speed. In practice I have set up mini stages and found I preform best (faster time better hits) if I just try to execute my plan as smoothly as possible in stead of trying go fast. Seems slow but the timer does not lie. mda