[.40 minor - Need your insights]

I’ve been having the same thoughts on loading to minor for steel and 3gun. Using the same setup an dropping to a 155 bullet sound great. How hoes the recoil seem. I shoot an edge loaded to major with 180 Blue Buttets and WST.

[Upgrade to 650 from 550]

Just bought a 650 with casefeeder. Kept my 550 for lower production stuff. Very happy.

[how do you guys go in stone cold and not trash your first stage?]

55 minutes ago, blueorison said:

As the wiser people have said on this thread; it comes down to mindset.

 

Some shoot better on the first stage, because they are more focused on what matters; some have to warm up.

 

Ignore the fact that every first stage is in fact the first stage. It is not. It is the next stage you will shoot. Every stage you shoot is the very next stage.

Every shot is the next shot you have. 

 

Treat every shot like the very last shot you have available you to take, on earth. Every shot matters the most.

 

This is how I train others (don't ask me how I train myself, because I don't train or practice/I'm horrible - I spend time in other focuses).

 

When this shift in mindset takes, I see a the percentage of hits where they should be, increase at an insane rate.

 

P.s. Also, trust your skills. Have confidence in the knowledge you know how to make that shot, then make that shot. It is your last .' )

Spot on! In High School back in the 70’s I ran the mile in track. My breakthrough to turn in times under 4:30 occurred when my coach changed my mindset from running a mile to running 4 individual laps. I trained to know how a 65 second lap felt and could then focus on my goals and not trying to run the whole race every lap.

[Does the Edge still hold up?]

I shoot a Brazos Tuned Edge. It’s way better than me and never misses a beat.

[Holosun 510c and astigmatism]

42 minutes ago, hiker88 said:

Thanks, Chuck. I’m due for an eye check up soon. I’ll have a set of glasses made based on your suggestion.

Good point. I mainly shoot limited. I have a distinct advantage in that I squad with an Opthamologist.

[Holosun 510c and astigmatism]

1 hour ago, hiker88 said:

Yes, I do.

 

41 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

Is your dominant eye lense set to distant?

Could be a bunch of things. I wear bifocals, and i’m Cross-dominant. Leafs eye dominant and shoot right handed. My vision is not horrible, 20/80 or so. My right lense is set to correct at My pistol front sight. My left is my normal distance prescription. I put a translucent sticker on my left lense to block my front sight. This gives me a great sight picture withou my dominant eye messing things up. Target is a bit blury, but it should be if you are focused on sight picture. I used to shoot with astigmatism correcting contacts. I didn’t like them. The orientation of the lenses on your eyes is critical and if they move around they could cause what you are seeing.

[Shooting glasses lens color advantage?]

If you are looking to wash out white steel you may want to look at a light smoke or grey.

[Shooting glasses lens color advantage?]

I’ve shot a lot of skeet and Sporting Clays over the years. Glass color is mostly about target and background contrast and controlling light, or in other words the glass color is used to help with target acquisition in varying light condition. Bust advice is to try different colors on a ranger you shoot at and then buy glasses with interchangeable lenses an an assortment of the colors you may need. Remember you will face an overcast morning, high sun at noon and even direct sun in the face. In Sporting Clays I carried 3 sets and would have carried more but prescription lenses are pricey.

[Holosun 510c and astigmatism]

18 minutes ago, hiker88 said:

I’m looking into getting a Holosun 510c for my PCC but I have astigmatism. I’m currently using a Vortex sparc ar and have other 2moa red dot sights. All of which have dots that appear like star bursts to me. Has anyone with astigmatism used or currently using a 510c see a dot distortion? Or is it a crisp dot and ring?

 

 Nobody in my local matches use the 510c, so there’s no way for me to check firsthand. I hope someone here can help.

 

Thanks in advance.

I use the 510c on my  Ruger PC9 in PCC. I’m 61 with Astigmatism. Without my prescription glasses the dot is messed up. Glasses bring it to crystal clear. Donyou wear prescription glasses?

[New Casefeeder]

Just bought a new 650 with case feeder. Assembled it turned it on...nothing. Called Dillon. Checked microswitch...working fine. Removed motor armature... very slight oxidation on shaft onset bushing. Cleaned it up, light oil...working fine. Scott F. at Dillon was very helpful.

[Wet tumbling with SS pins]

Just got my FA wet tumbler. First batch decapped.40 S&W, pins the solution that came with tumbler and lemishine. Tumbled 1 hour. Cases clean and shiny inside and out primer pockets clean. Pins were a pita! Second batch Tablespoon of Simple Green concentrate, lemishine and no pins. Simple Green recommended to me because of less suds. Results were just as good as batch wit pins. Primer pockets not quite as clean. No more pins for me.

[Dillon XL 650 Case Feed Stop Switch]

Thanks for the info. Setting up my first 650 this weekend. I finally got tired of manual feeding and advancing on the 550. It’s now dedicated to my lower volume loading.

[XL 650 primer tube jammed!]

Picked up machine today. I’ll check out the mod. Thanks.

[Wet tumbling with SS pins]

Thanks.

[XL 650 primer tube jammed!]

I’ve loaded Wolf, CCI, Winchester, Federal and Federal Match on my 550 for years without a jam. I have a 650 on the way. Is there any difference in the  primer feed tube?

[Wet tumbling with SS pins]

Just ordered a wet tumbler. When you use brass juice do you include some detergent?

[Thumb rest slide stop Question]

On 8/18/2018 at 10:41 AM, Doublehelix said:

 

 

Thanks for posting that picture, it helps a lot. So did this solve your issues shooting WHO? I am going to follow your advice and give it a go.

I had the same problem about a month ago during a classifier stage. Went back to stock setup. Time to get the files out and modify my thumb rest, which I really liked. I find it give a great reference for grip.

[Draw speed]

That explains a lot for my classifier scores. I just started shooting again in February after many years off. I always shoot in the B/C range during the matches, but consistently hit D or low C on classifier stages. Time to shift dry fire focus to the draw.

[Best Multi-Tool for 2011?]

Just ordered one. This will really simplify what’s in the shooting bag.

[Tweeking eyeglasses per stage design]

Gets more interesting if you are cross dominant. I shoot right handed wit left eye dominant. Decot made me a set of standard bifocal for sporting clays. I use translucent tape on left lense to blur the shotgun bead so all I see is the sharp one on my right eye, and a crisp target. For pistol I keep the same lense on the left and shift to a single vision on the right, focused on front sight. Left lense still still taped (just enough area to mask front sight.) I tried using non prescription gasses. Fine for close targets, but without astigmatism correction, targets were very distorted for longer shots. Decot is very good at setting these up.