MikeyScuba

Who hoo! Perfect time of the year too. Beautiful country. And not having to fly -awesome!

No but the RO did comment how quiet my gun was. I've noticed quite a bit of difference between the Bayou 160gr and Ibejheads 165gr. I could run them through the chrono but to be honest I don't feel the need. I'll pull a bullet and take pics

Yes, at a classifier. With the 165gr .358's my 929 barely recoils.

Once I get my SVI Limited gun I was thinking about starting a SS SVI. Are there a lot of options for 38sc mags? I would probably get one gun with 9mm,38sc and 40 barrel to cover all the bases. And use the 38sc for matches only. I’ve collected 16lbs so far from the big matches at my home range. Was planning on trading 38sc for 40’s but I got 7k of those so I’ve been hoarding it.

Standing. Not sure if I could ever sit while loading.

Thanks Maximis! The constant jamming at the case feeder was driving me crazy.

How would a sorter deal with nesting? Curious

I’d say you need to clean the tumbler. I like clean shiny rounds and yes I know I don’t need to do it. But they are sooo purty.

I left some 9mm ICORE loads tumbling for 3+hours the other day. Boy they were really shiny

They just take a while. I'm still waiting on mine I ordered at the IRC.... My wife just took one off the table even though it's not what the colors she wanted but it fit perfectly. Good things come to those who wait.

‘It’s actually the optics not quite ready. It was released up here last week. It comes with removable irons ready to be removed for a mounting plate.... that will be out in March and not for every optic. No c-more, which is what we’ve got. glad we didn’t put down a deposit. Going to get 2 regular 2’s milled in a few weeks.

Given the cost of 38sc, I'll take my 929 any day. I find enough once fired 9mm brass at my indoor range make my match rounds, after that it all goes in the practice rounds bin. I use 165gr 358's too. That load is ~124pf and the timer had issues picking up the shots last match it was so quiet and soft shooting. My wife wasn't happy as she had a great run that stage and had to reshoot it. figures.

And its all sitting on my reloading bench. My wife shoots too, so I reload for 2. The bench is a metal one I found at my shop.

I really po’d the mailman at our P.O. Box. 52,000pcs or 1300lbs total lol. The guy running the mail store store left a pile of boxes where the mailman dropped them off. I got 15% off for over 50k. Thankfully I rented an suv for a trip to a match, my car could not have hauled that load back. I didn’t do the math until I got home, well I did in my head and was 900lbs off..... and cdn customs opened 1 box and let us go.

Sorted out 23lbs of good brass from a mix of aluminum, steel and .22's. Now just need to separate the 9, 40, 45's.

Will do.

I shoot IPSC, ~165 isn't going to work unfortunately. I like ~175 to allow for different chrono's. It's nice as N310 goes a little further.

Uniquetek custom powder funnel -had major sticking issues (which it fixed) http://uniquetek.com/product/T1582

Do any of you get a few rounds not passing due to a crooked bullet? It's still happening 2 different bullets. I'm using a 650 with a redding seating die and a floating toolhead. It's not that many (5-6%) and I use them for practice and they go bang. I just started using the U die but that's not helping either. It's not a huge issue, it just bugs me as I don't have issues with 9mm.

I've been experimenting with N310 recently. I think I have a load that works for pf (4.3gr), I just need to compare with my usual N320 loads (175pf)to see if it's worth the switch. I had some N310@ 4.4gr 190 coated and was getting 179-180pf Sunday. Only had 4.4 and 4.5 loads made up at the time. Primers looked fine, loaded @ 1.215 Ibejheads 190gr roundnose. I was going to go to the range last night but never left the house....

Not to mention using clean powders. I used factory Speer 40’s for the 1st time on my brand new gun and boy were they dirty, really dirty.

I had one of those too, until I got fed up with hours and hours of pulling the handle and got a Roll-Sizer!

A doctor in BC. Gun hit a port and got knocked out of his hand and he went to grab it but it flipped 180. This is Canada where we are getting the blame for gang shootings, serious talk about banning handguns and “assault weapons “ from our progressive pm.

Do those lead wash/wipes actually contain something that binds to lead? one thing that I see but don’t do is dry tumbling indoors. I must say that at the last indoor match we went to those of us in the last squad who stuck around to clean up had masks. But not everyone seems to care. A good friend who is working his way up (practicing indoors) is oblivious and I gave him a spare N100 mask I had when he was shooting cleanup last week.

40 not much more than 9mm? $150 diff per 1000. The cost diff for reloads from 9mm to 40 is 1.7c not to mention I’m using heavier bullets, clean powder and lead free primers. My 1st case of new 40’s were filthy, factory Speer with lead free primers.