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  1. 4 hours ago, Gun1 said:

    Very interesting. There's a guy who runs a rental gun range in Las Vegas who says Glock 17 slides crack at the ejection port at around 100k and the actual frame cracks at 150k-200k just from shooting factory ammo, although he doesn't specify exactly which part of the frame it is that cracks. On the Gen 4s the back of the slide also cracks at around 40k, but he does mention that's a manufacturing defect that was corrected on the Gen 5. He also says the Sig P226 and Beretta 92 frames crack at around 150k, although the Beretta 92 slide cracks near the slide stop hole at around 90k; it's what he mentions. 

    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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 25 minutes ago, ShootingPilot said:

     

    At this point my best guesstimate is about 10,000 rds. for a year - 6,500 rds. - 40 S&W, 2,000 - 5.56 Nato, 500 - 9 mm, 500 - .45 acp, and 500 - .308. 

     

    After reading the comments here and some reviews, I'm leaning strongly toward the Dillon 550C. I think this will give me the ability to make the rounds in a timely fashion, switch between calibers, have a long-term stability, and be cost effective. I am curious however, on the value of using a single stage press like the Lee Challenger. Other than the much lower price point what is the advantage, if there is one to having this press?

    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. 

  5. 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.

  6. 1 hour ago, RJH said:

    Looks good on the gram 🤣

    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.....

  7. 20 hours ago, broadside72 said:

    I changed last year to wet tumbling. So much nicer and while not much quieter, it's a lot less irritating than a old dry setup. 

    A bit of wash-n-wax, a tbsp of citric acid, water and stainless pins make for pretty brass. Built a 2ft x 4ft drying rack to lay then out with fan blowing across. Drying them is the longest part since I don't want to use the oven or my dehydrator. 

    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.

  8. 17 minutes ago, Edwards30 said:

    Which printer did you go with? I looked up the Ender 3 earlier. 
     

    I haven’t seen the files in the reloading discord yet. I’ll have to check that out. 

    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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

     

     

  11. 5 hours ago, OPENB said:

    On a 22 with non-reciprocating slide, it should be fine, but I've had 3 Vortex red dots, and have sent all back for repair for different things. Their warranty is excellent, but it gets used a lot. I'd recommend the Fastfire over the Vortex dots. Same no BS warranty, and the 8 moa dot is more better for steel. 

    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.

  12. 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.

    Dc9r

    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.

  13. 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.

  14. 51 minutes ago, ysrracer said:

     

    Agreed, everything is more expensive now. If primers ever come down to $45 a thousand, I'd be surprised.

     

    If you had a product you could sell for $90, what would be your motivation to sell it for $45?

    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.

  15. On 2/21/2022 at 7:00 AM, Cuz said:

    Not only would I have no problem paying $90, if there was no limit I’d take that whole bottom shelf.

    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.

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