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20 hours ago, Blackstone45 said:
Nearly the same thing happened to me. Recoil and noise all seemed normal. Gun "cycled" enough to cock the hammer, but didn't eject the case. Gun went click. Racked out a soot-covered case. Almost carried on with a new magazine, before I decided to check the barrel just in case. Glad i did, bullet was also lodged 1/3 way down the barrel.
Do you wet tumble like me?
likely culprit?
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I had a squib on the last round of the last magazine I shot at practice today.
I was packing up, so I showed clear (for myself) prior to casing the gun and a soot-covered piece of brass came out.
Bullet was 1/3 of the way down barrel and would have chambered another round. I might of had a ka-boom on the first round of first stage tomorrow.
After I cleared I shot a 10 round group to make sure it was functioning.
First squib. Hope it’s my last!
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Thanks, Kamber and Inthrshaw1
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8 hours ago, Intheshaw1 said:
I got about 5k in August and another 10k last month. The discord notifications have helped but more so in learning that bass pro drops primers around midnight and Natchez around 1230 PM. I was able to get in 2 different 5k orders in October but I haven't looked since because I'm set for next year and probably half the following year.
That’s helpful. 12 and 1:30 central time, right?
I’ve never heard of discord.com is there a particular group on Discord to follow that alerts to in stock components.
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4 hours ago, mach1soldier said:
Everyone has had them. But they only last five minutes even with a 1-5k limit
Let’s post in stock deals here when we see them.Restock coming at specific times? Late night, first thing or random business hours?
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Anyone seen a primer since August?
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My eye dominance changed without me attempting a conversion or anything.
Maybe the COVID two a day dry fire did it.
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Thanks for the excellent post, Charlie!
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Great idea, OP.
I’ll give this a swing.
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Master of Puppets is my go-to....
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At the risk of stating obvious, don’t forget to top one off during LAMR.
All my mags max out at 20, so when 21 is helpful I chamber one from another mag on belt then seat a fresh 20 rounder prior to start. Rarely need 21 after reload.
Also, I bet a 21 rounder would be tough to seat during a stage in full stride...bound to end up on the ground.
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Stage 5 should have had a lifeguard chair!
Regarding your gear, anything you wish you had packed?
How did your footwear do? Would legit football cleats have been better?
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1 minute ago, Furrly said:
Congratulations Charlie, it's alway fun watching you shot.
Came here to post this.
Thanks for sharing the footage and debrief.
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You’re over thinking this. Use the thing(s) on top of your gun!
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20 minutes ago, BamaShooter88 said:
I’ve tried everything. I’ve watched tons of videos and tried every technique. It’s either really uncomfortable or I’m straining really hard. Nothing seems to be clicking. I have to re aim after every shot. Cannot track sights at all.
1) Check your vision
2) Grip gun hard in dryfire
3) Experiment with degrees of sight / target focus. Observe rather than death stare the sight lift and return.
4) Grip, wrist and even elbow/ shoulder tension are all part of the calculus
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1 hour ago, rowdyb said:
1 second per point down has done more to change how stages err I mean scenarios are shot than anything else. I hate it.
Want to encourage accuracy and "real world accountability" (Joyce's words, not mine) then they should have upped the penalty for a miss and a non-threat to 10 seconds and left it 0.5 second per point down. Increasing the shooters score for hits on target is a worse idea than increasing the penalty for a true mistake.
Agree 100%.
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I know people do turn and draws but I don’t think anyone should be downrange once a shooter has made ready. We have layers of rules to ensure that multiple were broken before someone is hurt.
What if the shooter thought that “hand on head” was just the correct surrender start position instead of some sort of made up timeout and didn’t notice taper, then jumped a buzzer?
Stop
Unload and show clear
If clear hammer down holster
Range is clear
Tape
Make ready
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Nothing to add that hasn’t been said here.
I pretty much abandoned IDPA after the rule change.
It’s now the worst of both worlds. Not tactical and not fun.
A glacial 2 second draw to a down zero is better than a 1.01 to the attacker’s throat? Huh?
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OP- be sure to read the rule book cover to cover....at least once. Three times would be recommended.
Need to be safe and there are lots of ways to DQ, some of which aren’t super obvious.
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2 minutes ago, jmtyndall said:
I made an improvement yesterday on trigger pull speed by briefly focusing on releasing the trigger instead of pulling the trigger. Reviewing my match videos in super slow motion I could see I have a strong pin-and-reset habit. I started attacking this in dry fire by making the trigger release part of the trigger pull.
For example I always have viewed a single trigger press as placing my finger on the trigger, moving it through the take up to the wall, and then breaking the shot. I am fundamentally changing that idea now and I think of a trigger press as the act of placing my finger on the trigger, pressing it to the rear until it breaks and releasing my finger off the trigger.
Just as an example of how horrible my splits are, the first time I tried shooting bill drills I had splits in the 0.3X's, and in my latest match video I'm seeing 0.4X's to 0.5X's. Yesterday after working with this new trigger pull concept I was able to shoot several back-to-back bill drills with splits in the 0.17-0.21 range. These numbers are with a stock M&P trigger, if that matters.
Awesome stuff. Will give that a try.
I’m completely stuck at 20’s with a 19 tosses in periodically even on close targets.
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I don’t shoot 3 gun but love Gorilla utility carts for my USPSA matches.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gorilla-Carts-800-lb-Steel-Utility-Cart-GOR801/206740078
Wheels are substantive and “bed” walls come down for transport. Stout for sure...could probably fabricate system to hold long guns horizontally.
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On 2/11/2019 at 7:33 AM, Paulie said:
Thx! My new 40 brass was sticking and smoothing the expander fixed it.
First I tried adding some liquid wax to wet tumbling solution. No improvement.
Then I bought the Lyman case prep machine, which is great at deburring cases. No improvement. Still happy to own the machine though as it will probably keep expander working well longer.
Lastly, I took the expander off and worked it over with Dremmel tool, buffing wheel attachment and some mother’s car compound. That was the ticket!!! Expander is now slick as ice and the hang up is completely gone.
I recommend using the low setting and putting the expander and demel inside a gallon zip lock bag while you work, as the compound flings off and it’s messy.
Update- sticking again after a few dozen rounds. And it seems to be sticking below the taper...so along the case wall and not at edge.
Will either take some material off the expander or wait until warmer weather for next run. Could be moisture in this cold.
I’m really pissed because I bought 4K rounds of this new brass on sale. Now I may end up dumping it in trash!
I had shooters elbow for a long time and I will NOT wreck my elbows over this brass.
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On 12/7/2018 at 9:13 AM, GBertolet said:
I had a similar problem. I called Dillon, and their rep told me that brass builds up on the expander, and that I should use some steel wool or scotchbrite to polish it off. After doing so, it made things a lot better.
Thx! My new 40 brass was sticking and smoothing the expander fixed it.
First I tried adding some liquid wax to wet tumbling solution. No improvement.
Then I bought the Lyman case prep machine, which is great at deburring cases. No improvement. Still happy to own the machine though as it will probably keep expander working well longer.
Lastly, I took the expander off and worked it over with Dremmel tool, buffing wheel attachment and some mother’s car compound. That was the ticket!!! Expander is now slick as ice and the hang up is completely gone.
I recommend using the low setting and putting the expander and demel inside a gallon zip lock bag while you work, as the compound flings off and it’s messy.
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22 minutes ago, RJH said:
So are you saying that it would make sense to make 95percent of obsolete, when that 95percent of shooters built their guns to the rules?
Or are you saying that they should have done that way back when the limited division caliber for major power factor was decided upon?
I hadn’t given much thought about how 9 major performs out of an uncompensated limited gun. Are you sure that 9 major would render 40 limited guns obsolete or might it be a slight disadvantage?
I’m a firm believer in the “sunk cost fallacy” in other aspects of life and in finance. If you need to make a change, then make it....in this case, within 5-8 years everyone will have a new gun and (maybe) a better sport.
The most important thing is to increase participation and if we pull in hundreds or even thousands of 3-gunners, that’s a big win.
Squib loads during a match
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I use FA dehydrator for several hours then the brass sits around days prior to use. Maybe it was something else.