Joe4d

any matches in may ? I am off for the month

He knows,, and he was.. LOL,... I think that was the pun... GOtta know the guy.. Hoping to cross paths at a revolver shoot and meet in person some day.

yeh when I started loading short colt I looked at the pressures listed in some of the manuals,, yeh I wouldnt do 310 ,, I went with Accurate #2.. alot more comfortable with the book pressures,, I load 147's Bayou coated bullets at 125 in a 4" 627

while sorta 9mm specs, unless you are using a really super fast powder, probably not close to max 9mm pressure.. Keep in mind, folks are only loading these to 120-130 pf,, Where typical 9mm factory ammo is loaded a bit higher. Each their own,, I use a bit slower powder than some though for my short colt. I wouldnt use Clays,, but thats me.

then you wernt following any rule set I am familiar with. what game was this so I know to avoid it,

and thats why they dont belong at sanctioned matches.. Yep they are fun,,, but I have never seen them scored correctly every time.. and this includes at USPSA Nationasl.. Scoring them correctly would bring matches to a screaching halt. They simply arnt reliable enough

Icore, or uspsa rules thats a REF and mandatory reshoot.

LOL,, u dadblamed gamers... !!!! get off my lawn !

anyone else get the hypocracy with the whole real world thing ? Randomly spraying live rounds throught the crowd ? A-OK... dropping a mag on the ground with an unfired ground.... OMG OMG much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth... LOL Really id just like to find a match that I can shoot in half a day..

quite a few guns do, and quite a few have flared frames.. I just find it ridiculous thats where the line is drawn..

yeh, VV used to be the gawdawful expensive powder,, last time I shopped it was the same price,, just every thing else caught up

you completely miss the point. Point is,, of all that stuff on the gun, the funnel,, which is probably stock, and pretty much meaningless, is the only part thats not allowed.

adjutomatic holster, all that add on gadgets, not a single stock part required out side the frame, huge thumb break "take down lever" and its the mag funnel on a 25 round gun, thats probably stock, that's the rules problem..

I saw a 45 ACP one not run 100% in bowling pin matches. Which was kinda surprising, as they arnt a cheap date and figured they would be pretty good., Honestly I only ever saw Storms, and Rugers run 100% most of the time, but those werein 9mm and didnt do well. Seems carbine class was always won by the guy that got his 45 to run 5 strings in a row.

yeh but then we need a beta tester.. LOts of folks have fired lots of majors in typical 1911 set ups and not died, so we dont have to go uncharted. Avg pressure sends rounds down range, peak pressure blows up guns. With the slow powders folks are running and the fact its making all that gas to work a pistol comp leads me to believe the pressure hasnt peaked in the short barrels and the already off the chart pressures would go even higher in a closed 16" barrel.