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  1. 54 minutes ago, sauza45 said:

    A couple of other shooters use  VV 3n38 they like it a lot. You can get that in 4# or maybe 8# jugs. One guy with the popple holes 

    had a hard time making major power factor. He was using something like 11.2 of N105 and just making major. With 3N38 I think he is around 9.2 ish and 

    making major. When I load to major I shoot for around 172 to 175 pf. It all depends how the gun is set up.

    I'm currently loading 10.6g of the N105 and its spilling a little when indexing to the next station and this is also part of the reason im considering another powder, I have ordered the DAA PSP brush to help with this. Wont drilling popple holes lower the current PF, so I would need to chrono and make changes potentially?

    4 minutes ago, zzt said:

    Before you do anything, do the Brazos gas test.  Hold the gun a couple of inches from a white no-shoot and fire.  If there is more than a light splattering of debris, you are making too much gas for your comp to handle.  This shows you how, plus it is an informative article.  http://www.brazoscustom.com/Home.htm  

     

    If you are making too much gas, you can add poppels or go to a faster powder.  Major Pistol powder and AA#7 are the next fastest.  Next fastest would be 3N38.  Then comes 3N37 and HS-6.  Next is Silhouette, followed by WAC and CFE.

     

    You can also try different bullet weights.  115s feel softer to me than 124s.  BTW, 3N38 is only available in one and pour pound containers.

    Thanks for this info zzt, I will try this gas test this weekend and see if there's too much gas.

  2. 4 minutes ago, sauza45 said:

    I shoot 38 super comp and load with VV N105 and 125 jhp it shoots great, but to be fair that is all have used. It works for me so no need to

    chase different loads and powders.

    I agree, but hear lately I have been playing with different powders/bullets in different guns to see what works best. There is definitely no loss of accuracy with the VV N105 & PD 124 JHP's, but id like to "tame" the load if possible. I am going to chrono this load this weekend and I am also going to order some new spring's to play around with.

  3. Just bought and open gun from a buddy to "dip my toe" in to the open pool and see if its something I want to stick with before I go out and buy a $5k+ gun. Its a 2011 chambered in 38super, he included 10lbs of VV N105 with the gun along with a 5gal bucket of brass. I started loading up a few hundred last night and was wondering if there might be a better powder option out there for 38super, I am still pretty new to the reloading game as I've only been loading 9mm & .40 for the last 18months. So my question is, is there a better powder option for 38super in an open gun?

  4. I’ve noticed this in all my AR’s in various calibers(.223/5.56, .300BO, 6.8SPC, .308, .277 wolverine, 6.5CM). I have never looked at the primers forbmy PCC, so when I go home today I will check and see if it does it like all the others. 

  5. 1 hour ago, jcc7x7 said:

    Just got done shooting another 100 and started raining. Brass is landing 9-10 ft at 3-4 o'clock.

    Actually watched about 10 rounds. All went out fairly low and no sense it was hitting anything.

    Running 12 lbs spring, 125gr bullets at 132 power factor.

    I got some PD 124's that ill try out and see how it runs with a 12lb spring.

  6. 18 hours ago, jcc7x7 said:

    Sorry for all y'alls troubles 

    Fortunately for me I've got an x-5 and a RX and neither has any paint missing with appox 5k through each

    13lb spring in X5 and 12 RX.\

    125 gr bullets 132 PF

    Go buy a lotto ticket, because you gotta be the luckiest guy to own an X5 lol. I shot a local USPSA match this past Sunday and to my surprise there was 5-6 new shooters (they usually shoot IDPA) and they all had X5’s, 4 had R1’s and each one was missing paint. The other 2 had different optics. 

     

    The brass hitting the optic shield doesn’t bother me as long as it’s not hitting the glass (which it hasn’t YET), but at the same time it’s like having a Roman candle fight... eventually your gonna run out of luck. 

  7. My R1 has 0 paint on the right side of the optic housing lol. It’s been 8krnds +/- and I have a 14lb spring shooting 147 BBi making 130PF. I think this is an extractor or extractor spring issue. I have tried 11,12.5, 13, and 14lb guide rod springs (ISMI springs), I never noticed a difference in how the gun extracts brass. 

  8. Unless someone has a hookup with Trijicon, I doubt it and Rumor has it that they should be releasing by June or July. There are online retailers with pre-orders but they aren’t releasing a definitive ETA. I called Optics Planet last week and they said that they should be receiving them by 1st or 2nd week of June and they will ship out “almost immediately”. I have heard this  same statement before in the past from Optics Planet and placed an order, and 4 months later they cancelled the order because they didn’t have the optic I wanted. 

  9. 5 hours ago, thehudge said:

    I have a Sig-320rx with a romeo 1 sight.

    Will a Romeo 3 fit on it as is?

    if you are dead set on getting the Romeo 3, you can have the slide remilled. Usually this can be done for $150-$180 and a one month turn around

  10. 7 minutes ago, Flatland Shooter said:

     

    Have you chrono'd that load?  Shot with a Taccom ULW barrel?

     

    At 3.3 gr N-320 and Xtreme 147 gr RN bullets in a 16" barrel I got a 144 PF.

    yes it was HOT!!! 1103FPS 162PF. FYI I did load this bullet a little longer @ 1.120, it was a 16" barrel

  11. 3.8g of N320 with a Precision Delta 124g JHP with an OAL of 1.100, this load makes a 141 PF across our clubs CED chrono. The dot is tracking identical to your 3.7g load and although I have not shot a lot of this load a bunch, its definitely the "sweet spot". when I came up with this load I didn't have a lot to go off of so I winged it and developed several different loads, the 3.8 was the "base line" starting load. I them went with 4.0g & 4.2g w/124g and then tried 4.0g behind a 147g Extreme.

  12. On ‎5‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 7:48 PM, Shmella said:

    Mine with a gray guns trigger feels as good as any striker fired gun I’ve felt. A buddy of mine dropped a gray guns trigger in his after trying mine, and on a trigger gauge his was pulling 2 lbs. I don’t know how much better you could get a striker gun. 

    I have the GrayGuns competition kit in my X5 & X-Carry, its the best option out there for the P320, but its not the best striker fired trigger on the market. Both my triggers break around 2.6Lbs (Average out of 10 pulls on Lyman digital), but there's way to much creep and overtravel, but its got a great positive reset. We have a member in our club that started shooting a few months ago and just got a Canik for CO, I just put a trigger from freedomsmith and that is probably the best trigger I have ever felt in a striker fired gun. it was 2.2Lbs on the Lyman digital, had almost 0 creep and overtravel and a similar positive reset like out GG triggers. The Walther Q% Match is tough to beat as well. just my .2 though.

  13. 36 minutes ago, SergioSF said:

     

    Gen 1:  .0625”

    Gen 2:  .0469”

    Gen 3:  .055”

     

     

    So I guess you could say they found the "sweet spot"? I have heard of cycling issues on the MPX's and from what I have read on here, most of it seems to be ammo related. I have a trade offer for a Gen3 that I am entertaining hence my curiosity. 

     

  14. 1 hour ago, Flatland Shooter said:

     

    Not necessarily so.  My PCC with a 14-1/2" JP barrel, Blitz 2007 and JP .308 carbine spring has less dot movement at 138 PF (98 gr Eggleston + 4.6 gr N-320) than it does with a lighter less recoiling load.  I've tested a few barely sub-minor loads that are very soft recoiling but I'm getting a bit more dot movement.

    Gotcha, I'm new to this whole PCC thing, I'm still learning the in's and out's. Thanks for the info.

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