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Intheshaw1

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  1. Might as well just buy 10 guns, just in case. I also saw on the news that magazines are one time use, so you should pick up at least 500 of those.... Most people will never hit 100k rounds on their gun and probably not even 50k. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Or just buy a bunch just in case, it sounds like you may just want to justify buying a bunch of guns so do it.
  2. I mean, it does look ridiculous but the video is great and I'm not begging anyone to film me.
  3. I use the 10 ft selfie stick on my cart. Somewhere here posted about it like a year ago. I run a Hero 9 on it and attempt to control via the app but it's a little hit or miss. Everyone I shoot with makes fun of me for it but it has great video and where I shoot you can position it so see most of the entire stages.
  4. I just ordered one to try out in my 34.5. been rocking the alpha since the day it was released and figured I'd pick this up given it's free shipping weekend.
  5. I know of a few people with over 100k on their Glock 17s and one with over 250k and none have experienced any major issues, just replaced wear parts. Like others have said, if you plan to shoot 100k rounds every few years, you can afford a couple $450 guns. That being said, I did crack the frame on a stock XDm 40 in under 5k rounds which is why I now shoot a Glock.
  6. I made kydex adapters that are easy to make but ultimately just got an ELS belt.
  7. I started with a 550 and within a year got a 1050 and within a year after that built out a dedicated reloading room in the basement. But I still tell my wife reloading saves money.....
  8. The breakdown between rounds is helpful.i have a 1050 set up for 9mm and 223 and load everything else on my 550 including testing new loads. It's a great set up for guys who shoot a lot and reload a lot of different calibers.
  9. How many calibers, which. Ones, and estimated yearly rounds for each. I have a 550 and 1050 which is mostly overkill but I love it. Crimped brass worries are a thing of the past and I can crank our my rounds for the summers months in an afternoon. It's all a time vs money argument.
  10. Jentra has a good offering too at a lot less money but it's also not as heavy. I've been using one and picked up a second for my backup gun but I am tempted to try out the heavier glockstore one at some point.
  11. I worked the hoser stages at our local sectional. Targets all 5 yards and in but some great footwork and reloading skills were needed to be real fast. The gram folks were out there tearing it up on video and I think our highest mike could was in the low teens with most averaging 5-7. Everyone would come in thinking there is no way you can miss a target that close.....
  12. I picked up a used dehydrator for like $20 after doing the fan thing. So much better! It pretty much works out that if I'm running multiple batches of brass by the time the second is done tumbling the first is done drying. I usually just run a 5 gal bucket of brass one day and be good for most the season.
  13. I have an ender 3 pro and a CR10. If you have a microcenter by you, they sell base ender 3s on coupon for $99 every month or so. The reloading discord has files and a manual on how to put together and print lists based on the motor you select and some other parameters. It's pretty straight forward and has good support. There is also a 3d printed router adapter for case trimming that's pretty good and saved me another $300 there.
  14. I got a 3d printer over a year ago based on the projects in the reloading discord. My printer easily paid for itself 5x over in reloading projects and was very easy to get going. On the high end, a bullet or case feeder costs about $100-110 for the first one and $60 for every one after that. Also depending on the size of printer, you can make huge 3d printed feeders and if a motor blows, you can cheaply replace it compared to what Dillon charges. But if you're not comfortable with a 3d printer, I'd likely buy actual because as discussed the sold.3d printed ones aren't much cheaper to justify them.
  15. When I started the I showed up with Benelli Nova duck gun and a fanny pack for shells. I was hooked up by pretty much everyone on my squad who all eagerly pushed me to try their gear. I got some shell holders from a guy who went open but still brings them to every match to loan out. I now do the same thing and Ive accumulated a lot of gear and keep extras in my truck to loan out. But the point has been made, none of it really matters as locally 3gun has been dead for 2 years but they are trying once again to revive it this year. Shotgun ammo seems to be more available but at $11 plus a box it's not the.cheapest thing to shoot anymore.
  16. Agreed, a lot of good deals on brass on discord.
  17. I haven't had any issues with my venom is 15k plus rounds sitting on my Glock. They do a lot locally to sponsor the shooting sports so I lean that way for that but I know tons of people running the fastfire and love those too.
  18. I'd agree with legal and public opinion issues. I'm a member of a private club that's been around for like 80 years. Now, it's surrounded by houses and the neighbors mostly hate us there. They claim bullets strike their houses (they have not), but it shut down the range while an investigation was going on and caused increased costs to protect against the perceived danger. Another local private range was closed for a long time because some yahoo let go a round over the berm and actually did hit someone a long ways off (no injuries) but enough to shut the club down for years. And I would think as soon as its a commercial range, the land becomes unsaleable for EPA lead issues so understand that too.
  19. Palmettos state Armory runs deals on vortex venom dots for $170 shipped quite a bit. I'm likely to grab one for my Buckmark as I already run one on my Glock. FF3 is probably my second choice but only because vortex is relatively local to me.
  20. Intheshaw1

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    I think he would have been better off making a steel grip for a Glock. This gun doesn't appear to fit any competition box (no idea if he cares or not) and it's super expensive. I get it's a small shop hand making these, but I have a hard time imagining any Glock shooter laying out 5k for this.
  21. Is your brass completely dry? If you're wet tumbling, make sure you are completely drying your brass. My brass goes from the wet tumbler to spin dry to towel off to dehydrator and they are dry and I know they are. When I first started reloading I thought air dried was good enough but then popped some primers and it was still wet so I picked up a cheap dehydrator off marketplace. I had primer depth issues when I moved from a 550 to a 1050 I had my first light strike with a slightly below flush primer, CCI 500s as well. I actually cut a piece of brass for setting swage and threw a primer in that to see what it looked like and realized there is a lot more you can adjust it down. I also measured with my calipers as the video shows to make sure I didn't go too far and I haven't had an issue since.
  22. Completely agree, but at some point people will be stacked deep and then prices will fall and people will wait for the bottom while they shoot through their stockpile and then when they are so cheap they won't stockpile because it's cheap and plentiful and then a panic will be triggered and we'll be in the same spot. The only thing that caught me off guard were 12 ga trap and hunting loads so that's on my future stockpile list now too.
  23. I don't think primers will fall in price any time soon. First the limits will grow and then drop off and only then maybe we'll see prices fall but I think that's unlikely. If I'm seeing primers in stock in the store for a reasonable price by today's standards, I'll buy a couple. But gone for now are the days that I look to max out a hazmat shipment.
  24. That is tempting, might be needed on my next 34.5.
  25. I think this was announced last year and the first thing I thought was 9v.....
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