StuckinMS

There is a great deal in the classifieds on an Edge with goodies for 1650. With 4 mags. Will try to post a link for you.

Your priorities, are your priorities. My son loves the range, now instead of riding shotgun , he also shoots. My wife likes going to the level 2 & 3 matches as well as my daughter. We try to get there a day early and let them see the area. It gives us all a short weekend get away. Locally we shoot 3 times a month. Every now and then something comes up, but bottom line is, it all depends on how far up or down the list of priorities you getting to shoot is.

You loading lead cast, or casting your own? If they drew blood they should have seen some abnormalities, I would think. Now tumbling in doors is dangerous , I tumble before depriming, but my tumbler is in garage and the lid is on. I open it out side. Eating green vegetables is supposed to be good for reducing lead levels. I do not cast any longer and only shoot coated Blue Bullets.

? good work everyone. Learned a lot from tracking this experiment!

I also have been present when a round went off doing that exact same thing. Never cover the ejection port.

180 Blue Bullet 1.185" c.o.a.l. 4.2 grains E3 STI 5" Edge makes 174 power factor and shoots very clean and soft with a 17lb main spring, 11 lb recoil spring.

Gun was pointed in safe direction, according to You stating "she hit the target" . You cannot say she was unsafe. She should not have been stopped, but since she was, she should have gotten a reshoot. Crap happens and as long as it isn't against the rules then you cannot make a ruling. The RO is there to enforce rules, not make them. And I am not bashing, just stating. We all make mistakes and it sounds like no one's feelings got hurt, so learn and move on.

Learning is what keeps people interested. This sport has so many different aspects, that with the competitor's willingness to help and to listen, the possibilities are endless. Your temporary troubles have brought you to a couple of wise loaders who are giving you great knowledge to pass along. Very cool sport indeed!

Innovation on display. Looks comfortable

Sure... hold my beer and watch this.... nah, I would recommend not trying it, for a long list of reasons.

"Doing is a quantum leap from imagining" Barbara Sher

Good one!

I would maybe order a sample pack of rn, but I still would try a longer o.a.l first. The less bullet in the case, the less grip the case has on the bullet, and the less energy used getting the bullet out. It's surface area contact. Kinda like you gripping with your entire hand or just 3 fingers.

Glad to hear another citizen of that country owns a gun! Enjoy the information pool! And convert those other citizens!

The blues shot very clean and accurate. I have never smelled them while shooting and have dug some out of the berm to find that the coating was still intact and no lead visible in the rifling marks.

Wise choice. Too much crimp can cause key holes also. As stated above you only want enough crimp to prevent bullet set back. Use as little bell or flare as possible without damaging the bullet when seating and you will not need as much crimp to remove the bell for passing the plunk test. You would not want to set deeper (short o.a.l.), but rather load to a longer o.a.l. for seating the bullet shallower in the case. This puts less stress on the case and will therefore reduce the likelihood that your crimp die is swaging the entire case and bullet.

Read it. Will you sign my copy? Lol . It was a great piece! Congratulations!

Agreed! One uncorrected careless error can lead to a careless accident.

I am legally blind, can't "see" my hits at 3 yards, but I can call my shots out to 40 yards. Haven't shot much at fifty, but this is something that should be practiced. Nils practices at that range often. If you only practice at 15 yards you will only be a good shooter at 15 yards type of thing. Use that spotting scope and as you start getting comfortable making hits at that distance, concentrate on the slide on sights and pick up the pace.

You will like it alot.

Sell or trade guns. If it has to be uncomfortable it can't be fun. Try the Springfield Armory 5.25 competition model. Completely different grip angle and gun. Shooting should be fun and equipment should feel right, right out the gate.

"The mind is everything: what you think, you become. " Buddha

Yes it is

I haven't had 1 blue bullet, extreme bullet, or cast bullet check more than .400. I use a hornady lock in load and we shoot STIs and Sig MAX and Kimber Custom II. Never had the FCD die swage a bullet or a key hole. Key holes are usually a too much crimp problem. My son and I go through around 90,000 bullets a year. We use mixed brass stamps and mixed nickel also, we get our brass from the local police range (glock fired) and run it all through the Redding GRX die first and then put into our normal loading process with the lee undersize die and last through the lee FCD die. Less than 20 per year fail barrel check. They get marked, shot at practice and into the recycle bin for the scrap metal. And we set our sizing die onto the shell plate. I use the same lee dies for all calibers. Been doing it this way for 6 years. I use a lee 9mm makronov die for a buldge buster on 9mm luger to remove the "glock" buldge. Never used Ranier but haven't had the desire. We use Blues exclusively now for the last 6 months and unforseen future. They are the fastest out the barrel of the ones listed we have shot prior, clean, accurate, and very cheap with sponsorship program.