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If you have no plan or desire to suppress it, it's a waste. IMHO

I have arthritus in my right wrist and had to convert my Benelli to a pistol grip. Best move i ever made. It made no differance to my loading, but no longer any pain. You will like it.

Remington and then Winchester were contracted to make ammunition at Lake City and you didn't see either of them selling XM193 ammunition or using cartridge cases that failed quality inspection. Federal is using cartridge cases that failed inspection and is manufacturing XM193 ammunition at their plant in Minnesota. The military or the Government is not allowed to sell newly manufactured military ammunition to the civilian public. As I said read the back of the XM193 box it is not made at Lake City. I never said the military or govt was selling their ammo. Just because there's an address on the box, don't assume that's where it's actually manufactured. Unless its changed recently, atk packages their lake city manufactured xm193 for civilian sales and sells it under the Federal brand name. Federal even had this at one time spelled out on their website.

ATK manufactures Ammo under contract at the Lake City facility. The Army may own the facility and their inspectors are there to inspect, but it ain't made by the army. ATK is a contractor. M193 that is not accepted by the Army is sold to civilians (XM193). We use a ton of it at work.

M193,M855 etc are military designations for specific loadings of 5.56 ammo they purchase. Each lot gets inspected and tested to ensure it meets military standards. If it does not it gets rejected and stamped XM193 etc and sold to us civilians. I have heard also that ocasionally over runs for commercial sales may also be marked this way as well for civilian sales. The rejects does not mean its bad ammo, just some detail did not meet the requirement. To the op, I would recomend loading some quality 55gr to try in that bbl. I have not had a 1/8 twist bbl yet that liked 69gr noslers. Others might have but the ones I have had made a lot of 3" groups.

If you can afford it Anschutz 54 is the best. I can't afford it and against all the Internet trash talk took the chance with a Ruger 77/22 VBZ. I've done nothing but put a Leupold 4-12 scope on it. Plan to do a trigger, bed the bbl and action and add a cheek piece. It shows a ton of potential as even without mods using run of the mill hunting ammo, yesterday I was shooting avg groups of .5" at 50 yds. My best 3 shot group was .187". Much of the groups were effected by my heart beat. The cross hairs were dancing around like crazy to every beat. I can't wait to try some match ammo.

This is how I approach these things; 1) if its not specifically spelled out it must be allowed, barring any safety infractions. 2) if the RO doesn't like how I shot the stage he better have some legitimate rule to back it up. If he does, ill take the penalty, no big deal. If he doesn't he can go pound sand. Ask to have the MD/RM (whoever does this) arbitrate and stand your ground, worst case is you probably will get to reshoot. Again no big deal. 3) don't sweat the little things, ask a question if you have one. Most ROs are happy to clarify things. Just have fun.

Unless your a Navy Seal diving with your ammo, as others have stated its totally unnecessary. But if you still feel the need to do it US Nato ammo has traditionally used a Asphaltic varnish as the sealer, while our European friends have relied on Lacquer. I believe the varnish has the Asphaltic ingredient to give it a higher temperature rating to prevent fouling of the rifle/pistol, which is a US military requirement of ammo sealers. More and more current sealers are trending towards a polymer anaerobic adhesive.

This is absolutely true. This is also one reason the sordins with the gel pads work so well. The gel pad makes a better seal around the temples of the glasses. I swore off Oakleys because the M-frames changed to such a large frame the Sordins would not seal around them.

Did your kit come with 2 trigger springs? They make a competition trigger spring and a heavy one. My kit came with the heavy one. I had to call them to get the lighter competition spring. I also polished every contact spot in the entire fire control assembly as well as the striker. Replaced the striker safety with a titanium part and ended up with about 2.75 lbs on my trigger scale.

I have and use the 4500 and like it. Unfortunately I have not used a 4000 and have no opinion on which would be better for you. I tend to be in the "better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it" camp so went with the 4500. My only complaint is the battery compartment is not sealed from the rest of the electronics and when the batteries off gas and turn into a acidy chia pet it tends to make your Kestral have a vary bad day. For the price of these things I'd have expected a better battery compartment design.

I assume you are referring to a case gauge? The exterior dimensions of a .223 case and a 5.56 case are basically identical. The case gauge you get may very slightly from your actual chamber, and this is where a little trial and error on your part may be neccessary to ensure the cases you check in the gauge also fit your chamber properly. All my barrels have been either 5.56 or wylde, and my Dillon gauge is marked .223 and all my ammo runs flawlessly and in most Bbls shoots under MOA.

I assume you mean DPMS? Actually you could substitute just about all but maybee 3 or 4 of the companies out there in place of DPMS and be correct in your first sentence. The vast majority of parts we use in 3-gun aren't mil-spec. So what? Jhugs, koodos to you for sticking with it and NOT hammering or filing on your parts as many were suggesting. You did it right, got to the real problem and got it solved correctly.

I'm lucky, I live right down the street from these guys. That's where I got my Sordin supremes. After discarding many pairs of crappy electronic earmuffs, I have confidence these will be the last pair ill need to buy. An added bonus is they have a mini plug in them and when I mow the lawn I wear them with my iPod plugged in and get to listen to my music library when I do yard work.

I would never modify my pistol for the sake of forcing it to be more reliable with substandard primers. If your mind is made up to use Tula/wolf primers that have the reputation of an ocasional misfire (not truly a light strike) than use them for practice until you are confident they work 100% or not. If not use them for practice only, not matches. Lightening the striker may or may not affect reliable ignition, and it certainly has the potential for an early part failure.

An Elliason type rear sight is probably what you seek. If this link works midway has them for like $50.00 http://www.midwayusa.com/product/840433/kensight-adjustable-rear-sight-elliason-cut-steel-black-square-blade-fully-serrated

Don't be afraid to step on some toes. Chances are your not alone and others will step up with you. Just be sure to step on the right toes. Or do nothing and watch your club decline further.

Really?? In today's litigious society wouldn't the slug manufacturers print this warning on the box in big letters? A loose choke would be more likely the culprit if this were to occur and it would happen with any load not just slugs. A less restrictive choke is desired because it usually groups better.

I haven't been around this sport long enough to be considered the "Old Guard" but I've been around long enough to fully understand what their talking about. None have said they don't want any club growth, just not an over abundance of it. When I first started shooting 3-gun almost everyone that showed up did so with the intention of setting up and bieng a part of the match as well as competing. This "Volunteering" was a big part of learning the sport and made for an enjoyable day for all. It also built friendships and comraderie. Today we see about 2/3rds standing around with their hands in their pockets or show up just In time to sighn up. They wouldn't know what volunteer meant if the dictionary hit them in the forehead opened to the "V" page. When were gone, whose gonna set up the stages? I guess the entitlement crowd will have to pay someone...

I'm skeptical of this statement. I'd argue that the gas system has no effect on counter recoil unless your gas block is capable of such a finite adjustment that you can stall the bolt group and buffer assembly before they impact the back of the receiver extension during the recoil phase of operation. If this is the case with your gas block, Seekins is a genius. I've spent a lot time evaluating Syrac, JP, PRI and DA7 gas blocks. Except for the DA7 which can adjust cyclic rate with exception, all of the others lack the ability to meter gas to precisely alter the cyclic rate using the ejection pattern as a metric. Perhaps Ryan's observation is the bolt carrier picking up the next round and attempting to chamber it (as opposed to the bolt itself picking up the cartridge). This is a common short stroking malfunction as you know and is a form of failure to feed.

Your logic would be sound except for one thing, the bolt is locked until the bullet leaves the bbl. there is no more or less gas in the entire system. With an adjustable gas block you simply control where some of the "extra" gas goes. It flows into the bolt/carrier and out the muzzle after the bullet in all cases of a functioning bolt carrier. If you shut off the gas block it might give back a little velocity, but even then it probably wouldn't be more than 30-50 fps.

Not sure i buy the suicide theory. Maybee an attempted high jacking by the pilot and the passengers finally figured theyd do something about it (sound familiar?) and that never ends well.

Do you have the die adjusted to the Dillon printed instructions or to what's referred to as "cam-over"? My experiance is the Dillon presses and sizing die size best when adjusted to cam- over.

I hate higher penalties to try to thwart the "gamers" (ug, I hate that word). If someone feels its necessary on their stage there's something wrong with the target size, presentation or stage design. I would prefer a "failure to do right" penalty. We use that at our club. Yes it is subjective, but it forces the competitors to stick to the spirit of the stage and not pass up targets knowing they will probably get hit with it.

Just kidding. Don't mean to stir the pot. This thread has been interesting. Two sides and many opinions to this question. I see both sides and both have good points. My preferance is no governing body because I personally like the diversity of the differant matches and loath paying dues for an organization that in the end gets my money and gives me nothing in return but a magazine. Outlaw matches are put on by the shooters for the shooters and it shows in the quality of their matches.