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  1. Yes, the PM comp for the CZ is smaller. That XD Springer comp looks much larger than their CZ offering I have seen.
  2. That gun should be fine with the right spring even with 130 PF ammo. I'd get the rod AHI noted and a spring selection to tune. As far as plated, if you use a good heavy plate bullet there is no problem with any load you would want to put through that gun, especially with WAC. That 5.6g load is relatively tame. I prefer the 124s (just bought 4K RMR RN plated) but 147s certainly usable if you have them. Both RMR and Berrys have been accurate enough and clean for what I do with it which is the same thing as you, local knockdown steel, not USPSA. Clean lead out of that comp once after a steady diet of FMJs and you will not want to do it again.
  3. Been messing with this lately as well. I built a P09 with a Primary Machine comp. Two vertical and two small horizontal ports. #13 recoil spring. With the typical USPSA 124g minor loads using Sport Pistol that I run in my S2, it runs reliable but cycles a tad slow and gives the impression its borderline. I worked up a load with 5.6g AutoComp and a 124g plated RMR bullet that is quite accurate, pretty flat, and not too dirty. I had a pretty good day at a knockdown match with it. Next I'll try a heavier Sport Pistol load and see how that compares, maybe with a #12 spring. I get the impression these small comps top out quick as far as effectiveness(gas flow), and powder makes less of a difference than in an open gun with a big comp. As was said the open base FMJ will foul things up a lot more than the Autocomp.
  4. OK then I stand corrected. That said the logic allowing start from half cock with a decocker(because it functions that way) and not by manual operation is inconsistent, no? With a CZ at least, its actually safer because the trigger is not held after the break to allow half cock position, where full down requires pinning it during lowering.
  5. Be aware that if it's for Production or CO, the decocker lever will drop the hammer to the half cock or safety hooks, not completely down. You may get called out on that, technically it's illegal. If so you have to thumb it down anyway. If for limited or other games that start SA, the safety lever needs a little build up work for easier access and a little off the detent spring to ease effort slightly.
  6. I'm running it in my P09 with a small comp. Still experimenting with it really along with a couple other powders in addition to Sport Pistol to see where the gun shoots the flatest with good accuracy. I can tell you it makes pretty accurate loads, but I never shot any out of my non-comped guns. I'd estimate it's hotter than white box, somewhere between there and +P. Being you have it try it. Might be OK for practice especially in a steel gun.
  7. Sport Pistol, not Power Pistol (PP). Very different
  8. Neumount. It's nice, solid and as low as possible. The rail mount weight in front of it is my own. I made different sizes to tune. Mag well will finish it. Then I need a holster, Any ideas ? Hate to break the bank on a holster for a budget gun. Merry Xmas.
  9. This is one of the points of the expander vs flare. It provides a stepped dia on the ID that allows the bullet to be placed in the case mouth square and secure by hand. A flare cannot do this.
  10. Plated are the cleanest. Closed back(no lead exposed), and no potential gas cutting issues like coated. Whatever is left in the gun is from the powder. Even Autocomp @ 5.6 - 5.8g is very clean behind a plated 124. Cleaner than my usual minor load of 3.8g Sport Pistol behind a 125g coated Precision, and the Sport Pistol load is in its sweet pressure spot and inherently cleaner.
  11. Thats good but you still could be applying a crimp if your seating die is not adjusted correctly(die body too low in tool head). This and the flare vs expander, can't stress this enough to avoid issues with coated. Coating is funny, you can smash a bullet with a hammer and it will not chip off. It will not burn off with a propane torch. But, you can EASILY scrape it off with a sharp edge of a harder material than lead with very little force. Even the best coated bullets have very thin coating and need special handling.
  12. They say its reusable. What I did find that is almost as good is Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Better than citric, Lemshine, etc. Three caplets of cheap CVS brand stuff, dish or car wash soap, hot water to top off the FART.
  13. What I'll do sometimes, if I pick up a lot of brass at an outdoor match thats been in the dirt, is pre-wash it with a short tumble for about 15 mins with soap and hot water just to get the worst stuff off. Then 1.5 hours with Brass Juice solution is more than enough, and its not so nasty that it can't be reused a couple times.
  14. Yes, the FART manual will indicate that as well. Last weekend I ran three loads for 1.5 hours each, 3/4 full of brass, solution to edge of the "neck" on one side. The edges were rounded a bit but not actually peened to the point of being able to feel or measure displaced brass.
  15. If you do the reach reduction kit the 8.5# will be too light in DA, as the arc of the hammer swing is slightly reduced. I have the RRK plus all the other CGW parts, all mating surfaces buffed out. With an 11.5# its very nice, worth more to me than a lighter trigger farther forward.
  16. Try Kroil. Wet it down and let it sit overnight. Better than most gun products
  17. The NOE expander plug fits in a Lee Universal flaring die body. You could alo use a Lyman "M" die but the plugs are cheap, and very flexible as you can fine tune the size to the bullet dia. All my dies Hornady except the expander as noted. What I do, after deprime and wet tumble/dry: 1st stage resize only 2nd stage expand 3rd powder drop only 4th seat only 5th taper crimp Wet tumble is fine and not the problem. If your just flaring your then using the bullet as a case expander, bad idea for a lead coated bullet. Better to use tooling that is a lot harder. With jacketed you can get away with anything, coated is a PIA without proper process, especially the .358 sizes. Tonight I'll try and look at the exact sizes I use for different size bullets.
  18. Like Phlier said, NOE 2 stage expander instead of just flare. It floats in the Lee Univerasl die body and you adjust the depth of the plug so larger dia at the mouth allows just seating the bullet square by hand. Also, if you have a combo seat/crimp die, make sure the die body is adjusted high enough so that the case is not being taper crimped while the bullet is still being seated. I have loaded thousands of Brazos and precision coated bullets on my LNL with this setup with excellent results. I also wet tumble in a FART. To make things run a little smoother I spray the inside of a plastic shoe box with dry PTFE spray lube from Home Depot and let the carrier evap for a couple min. Dump in a few hundred cases, close lid and shake. Just enough sticks for a little lubrication with no mess like wet lubes. Dump finished ammo on a large rag and roll around to remove any remaining PTFE. The question of dirty inside cases influencing the process is a non issue.
  19. GMP

    Only want to shoot CZ

    No desire to buy more now but I do have an APX that feels great in the hand I may try in some indoor winter matches where its close and fast. Whatever works for you and you enjoy. i was planning on a TSO, but now I'm waiting for the DWX to show up for a try first.
  20. I have an order in with RMR for 2K plated 124g bullets. Status was backorder. Is this what you ordered and/or are you sure its been shipped? New 115g plated may be in stock and last week I got 1K of 115g plated "seconds" to try. RMR is excellent with customer service and all of their bullets are top quality.
  21. Sport Pistol is usually within .1g of N320, as close as it gets. Cheap and clean. Power Pistol is quite different, more for higher power loads, big flash/bang.
  22. I cleaned mine by filling the chambers with Shooters Choice lead remover and Kroil. Picked at it every couple hours. Let sit overnight and was able to break out most of the buildup in a few big pieces with a small jewelers screwdriver. A few hundred rounds of plated seemed to blow out the remainder.
  23. I like proper size coated Precisions in my S2 but not in a gun with a comp I just put together. A barrel is enough of a PIA to clean, a comp is ridiculous. Open base FMJs same thing, just takes a little longer. Look at a fouled comp under magnification, you can see how the molten lead just plated the surfaces thicker and thicker. There is always some lead being melted/vaporized that may not be a problem with an open barrel as its mostly blown out, but trapped by a comp. Even barrel fouling from poor fitting coated lead is more pronounced near the muzzle in my experience. The RMR thick plate plated bullets seem to be working well. Clean to load, shoot, accurate.
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