MikeyScuba

? What stages? You are assuming a lot. The group in BC I take it is going to “run” a postal match when there already is an Int postal match and a range is already running it here. There are already only 2 venues left running icore, both are 3 and 4hr hours one way and only 13 people show up usually. Sad, covid killed icore. But I’m holding my own in open in ipsc given I’m a newbie with a 2011. Pat - Shooting boxes? I hate those. Give me dynamic stages.

Forget measuring crimp. You need to keep crimping until the bullets don’t move. don’t worry about indenting rounds. I also ran a U die. Again, you need to leave an indent. It works but there are those here who claim it won’t/shouldn’t I personally ran a 165gr N320 @2.8 gr. I think, it might be 2.9 for 129pf. I originally used 2.7 for icore @121pf. But the sights return faster at a higher pf. Brass needs to match moons, not super tight but loose is bad IMO. S&B? They fall out of DAA moons forget it with TK dont waste your time. WIN brass works with TK. I also use a Lee FCD. Again there are eno’s posters who swear it won’t work, resizes bullets etc. But it works.

Pretty sad turnout. Only 1 Canadian I know of who is probably living in FL is going. The others bailed, we didn’t bother even signing up, I knew they weren’t going to make travel easier. Shouldn’t have cancelled the Frostproof IRC match last year. I believe the 2 AZ matches had around 110 shooters each? That was a fun trip. We love icore but it’s barely registering a pulse at this point. The CDN regionals are a postal match. Oy.

DAA .040 moons are good with either Blazer or Federal. Winchester is too tight for DAA but works well with TK .040 moons. I use .358 165gr coated in all 6 929’s I reload for. Never had an issue as I added guns. I had Dave Olhasso do all our guns. As for creep, over crimp. Like really leave a really good indent. Doesn’t effect accuracy. and POI can wildly change on 929’s with different ammo. I use a Lee U die and roll size. Never had sticky extraction even with a moon with several cracked cases (in practice)

https://practiscore.com/2021-world-revolver-championship/register just a typo

MBX have always run flawlessly in my open and limited guns.

Brad, didn’t you get the TK email last week? https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/handgun-tools/hones-files/38-357-cylinder-polishing-hone-medium-course-sku080608138-61384-2771.aspx?sku=080608138&cm_mmc=affiliate-_-Itwine-_-IR-_-60594&utm_content=60594&aid=2698580&utm_source=ir&utm_campaign=itwine&utm_medium=affiliate&source=ir&clickid=QpA2s5SToxyLWDlSds206W%3A4UkBUbiyFrXkgz00

I’m never convinced skipping cleaning is such a good idea. I get a lot of sand in my brass.

Which division does he shoot in?

It was fun. I did see everyone managed to survive in 115 degree heat, the crazy winds at 2-3pm were wild. This was at the Southern Utah range. I guess it would depend on your physical shape and whether you were doing a lot of running drills. I'm a gym rat so didn't have any issues. We were REALLY new so I got limited use from it as I might have a year or 2 later. Still I'd spend the $ for a 2 on 1 private (it was my wife and I) One on one will probably tire you out. After the 2nd Anderson 3 day private class my shooting improved immensely. I would use someone else next time as I've now got a strong mental and shooting foundation so I'm now chasing the seconds so it's all about exits & entry, shooting on the move, stage planning etc. But for a D-B class shooter he's excellent.

We’ve taken 2 one on one classes with Steve Anderson, well worth the $! I did a class up here with a very prominent USPSA pro. Total dick, too many guy’s and the host brought his wife who could not shoot. Learned squat. did the 5 day TPC course which was fun but value for money…eh. Meh. If you can get a friend or 2 and go for a 2 or 3 max with a good instructor.

As per lead exposure I’ve thankfully 4 cases of Fiochcci non-toxic primers that hopefully last until next year.

I like mine. It's slow as **** for 38sc however. But that's only an issue when I'm rollsizing a batch of supercomp. Don't think I've ever had an upside down case.

Those prices for 124's jhp are spot on to what I'm paying north of the 49th.

165dB's? I've shooting 38SC 4 holes, 2 ports. Probably louder.

This open thing is soooo much fun, but not when I forget to put on my ear muffs. I have the in ear custom earplugs which are great in the summer. It's just that now I'm shooting open I need to put the ear muffs as well when I'm on deck. Forgot on one stage Sat and on a longer stage Sunday. I still remember thinking right after UASC "that was loud". I have to be be more careful or I'll end up like my old man. but boy it's fun. I do think the 3 years I spend shooting revolver helped IMMENSELY.

I never got consistent at matches or at shot calling with irons. Could be I'm target focused like 100% of the time so the transition to the dot was life changing. I'm currently having a blast like literally (shooint 38SC, super comp -not short colt lol) We were having fun shooting matches in the US. Did last year but the new current rules make it costly in money and time.

Once I shot a match with a dot, that was it for irons. Come over to the open dark side, it’s way more fun over here. I did put a dot on my 929 but covid killed icore north of the 49th and the border is still closed so it’s been locked away in the safe.

I don’t notice anything when I shoot a stage with just my Soundgears. I know it’s not good and I’ve made it a point to try to remember to put my Pro Ears when I’m shooting my open blaster. I’m just so used to the freedom of the soundgears, revolvers are so quiet. But open is so much fun.

One benefit to 38sc I'm only just discovering is keeping the RO's at bay. Got 2 ports, 4 popple holes. And boy is it fun, just don't get lazy and use whatever is handy (aka motor oil) to lube things up a bit the night before without actually cleaning the gun properly. Arg..... Would have come 2nd in open as I had 2 stages where I got malfunctions, threw me off big time. But still for my first official match in open I can't complain. Like you Mike I transitioned from revo. Pretty sure nobody expected me to come out of the gate like I did, I've already set a new goal for this year. fun times.

I FART with just soap and lemi. Then I rollsize to make life easier on the press and autodrive. I then decap and size and FART again with brass juice and pins. I let the brass sit on a dry towel both times and run my fingers through listening for cracked or wrong sized cases that snuck in. Super clean shiny brass.

When I went to deliver parts years ago to a scrap yard I got the front of my car ran over by a truck. Ok I was an impatient 19 yr old at the time but I'm never going to a scrap yard again. \

Not really. Just get a Lee Univeral Decap die with squirrel daddy pins and you are good to go. I also use a Lee U die for 9mm and 40. Clutch needs to be set at 6. I decided to go the 650 route for processing as I was comfortable with the 650 and got a used Mark7 autodrive. It's currently up to 201,000 cycles. I don't need swaging so that was never an issue. And yes you do break indexing rings. I just set the decap as low as possible now without super enlarging the flash holes. The military 9mm is a *****. All I have ever broken is index rings and case feed springs wear like mad but at 200,000 rounds what do you expect? I did have an issue recently but I'm sure that was normal wear and tear,.

One your local competent smith can/is willing to fix. I bought mine from a local builder for this reason. Switched to open from revolver. I have a revolver that is currently useless as all the good revo smiths are in the US and I can't get there or get the parts or the service I need to fix it. So when I went to Open I made sure I had local support. He built it so he can fix it.

I've been running a Lee U die forever. Could be the "click" the shellplate makes that moves the case out position. You could try the kits out there to dampen this (i do) Given its a new press everything should be aligned. When you break a index ring dillon will send you an alignment tool. Oddly though on my automated 650 (for decap and size only) I've broke a f88k tonne of index rings but since I don't have the priming system on it,I've never re-indexed it. And I've run 150K though it with a Lee U die. My main issues are the case feed spring, when it's about to go cases get crunched. But that's at 30K+ rounds. I think you might want to play with the case feed as well but I don't know it that is different on a 750? Anyone know how long a die will last? I use a fluid film type spray oil on the brass (I get it cheap)