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Are broken firing pins that much of an issue? I think I only ever broke one (in dryfire thankfully)
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leave on case lube after reloading, or get if off somehow
MikeyScuba replied to davsco's topic in 9mm/38 Caliber
Oddly they don’t claim anything about lubricity but I haven’t used lube in years and friends i process for say the same thing. Maybe because they sell a minty lube and don’t want to cut into sales? I loves my brass juice. -
Some more data (if anyone cares) I did 2 outlaw falling steel matches with both ISR and OSR. Times were 161 OSR, 209 SR and 144 OSR and 185SR The first scores were more of a spread due to having a canopy overhead and dark fall clouds with rain. Shooting irons wasn't fun and I should have just shot one of my other dots guns as I was shooting over a few days. The US border guard didn't bat an eye when I declared we had 6 guns in the truck.
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Given we only have 8 shots and are shooting minor I beg to differ. Yes you cam go a little faster but at the top it’s usually who gets more Alpha’s wins the match. and my point was I’ve done my own head to head comparison with both guns. Yes it was icore. I doubt anyone has or can in USPSA
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I've shot several ICORE matches in '23 with both irons and dot. Average was 5 seconds quicker with a dot. And the more steel there is, the more the advantage goes to the red dot.
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No Americans are shooting IPSC in Canada. We have the “black badge” certification rule, though i know a few have attended L3’s in a past. Given they sell out quick, its not easy to get a spot. We shoot revo in 8 shot minor or 6 shot major. I’m not sure I have seen anyone shoot 6 shot revo major. Maybe one guy but he can’t shoot and doesn’t anymore due to poor health. And anyone who shoots IPSC revo has a dot gun or knows someone who could lend them one. Or for a few hundred, slap one one on an existing gun. as for expensive, try open. The mags alone are big bucks (you’ll need 6 up here)
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Yes, I’ve stopped marking my brass. The thick line (looks great btw) vaporizes and gums up everything in short order. I have the range panda max sharpie adapter for the DAA marker.
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JHP all the way. Boretech C4 carbon cleaner and a brass pick is all we use for the comp.
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Dryfiring this with a revo is crazy. The ability to pick up the hammer drops is awesome. Gives a lot of drive when you know to the hundreth's of a second that you are indeed speeding up.
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My home range is on moraine land so over the years the gravel has mixed with sand to product the worse stickiest dust ever. My open gun fell out of my holster at the safe table and the RO checked it and it was fine. However only got 1 shot off and somehow managed to finally get hammer down. Had to fully dissemble the gun at home.
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Where did you buy your steel targets?
MikeyScuba replied to ColoradoNick's topic in Gear & Accessories
I love his stuff, just make sure if you call Jason you’ve got 90 minutes to spare! His poppers are great in that they can be EASILY set for static presentation. Makes it easy to burn ammo, get 2 and go for endless transition drills until the gun gets too hot. -
Nothing beats the Allchin 90 degree mount, it puts the dot just above the front sight
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Off topic (sorta)…. I was joking to my wife that it sometimes isn’t that practical. I mean we don’t have stages shooting from moving cars. It would have helped the 2 gangbangers in Toronto last night who both crashed while shooting at each other while (trying) to drive . One ended up crashing in someone’s house and the other was stopped by a tree.
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Kurt showed me his 929 back in 2020 and I was surprised at how clean it was (he uses 231) but didn’t think much until I “ran out” on n320 last January. Turns out I just misplaced a few tubs but switched to 231 and that stuff is clean. When I was demooning the 231 and n320 rounds together you could see the difference and the amount of crap on the towel was a lot less. Maybe a super heavy bullet and 2.8gr on n320 simply isn’t enough pressure to burn cleanly? I sold the n320 at $75 more a tub than I paid for it, it’s crazy expensive if not impossible to find anymore.
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I messed up, Does anyone know a good way to separate powders?
MikeyScuba replied to JoeMKY's topic in General Reloading
I stocked up on N320 years back and one 3n37 snuck in. So when I dumped it in the hopper it was clearly NOT n320. Thankfully didn’t pour too much in and spooned out the 3n37 and the mix. I still have the mix in a bag and I’ve added to it over the years as I process brass and inevitably get live rounds. one day it will make for some fun. -
I believe it was 2019 and it was HOT and humid. We even tried tapping the case to get the powder up against the primer and gently loading the moon back it. All to no avail. the 2018 IRC was hotter (and higher) but no humidity and the matches were over by noon.
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Nothing but berdan beats the S&B non-tox 9mm brass for tightness
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The only problem I had were Kevin’s emails kept going to my spam folder for some reason.
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No idea. Though to be honest if I sprint back to the line after patching I do put my hand over the gun. There isn’t much holding the gun in.
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Alpha X. One for open and one for revolver. They are also great if flying as take one screw out and the holster body comes out and leaves the part against the belt unaffected (no readjustment!). The body fits nicely into my Salomon’s.
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Creeping was the first issue I figured out. Wasn’t until I had our guns done by a competent smith (Olhasso) did they fire reliably. Light strikes were the issues I was having. And one day while wacking out rounds with light strikes I noticed they were all WIN and Federal. The blazer were all going bang. just now I realized I take the unshot rounds out of match moons, tumble to clean and put them back in moons for match’s or practice. And I have never had a creep on me. yrsracer has the formula. I think a u-die is essential
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I have the UniqueTek die too.
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I leave an indent on the projectile. Never had tumbling issues. Nor creeping rounds. Simply keep crimping until the creeping stops.
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Alpha X holster sticking/ difficult to reholster
MikeyScuba replied to Reloader98's topic in Gear & Accessories
Spray silicone