Chris51080

That’s very much what one of the other competitors told me. Learn from it, and help others to not make the same mistake.

I’m relatively new to the game, but got my first DQ a little over one year into competing. The stage had a shooting box where I had to engage 4 targets, then run to a second box to engage the remaining targets. I want to say 22 rounds or so, regardless I had to do a reload. I chose to reload while running between shooting boxes. I had been indexing my trigger finger on the side stop to make sure that I kept it off of the trigger during reloads. Unfortunately, this created a situation where I ended up touching the trigger and setting the gun off. Somehow, that shot ended up about a foot away from my next target, but I was neither in the shooting zone, nor engaging the target and intending to shoot. I earned that DQ. I packed up, stuck around, and ran the score sheet for the rest of the day. Learned quite a bit by talking to two of the other competitors who gave pointers to avoid that from happening again. I’m now trying to get my trigger finger off of the gun and cranked away from it as much as possible during reloads. One thing I noticed about it all, was that prior to reviewing my video, I was certain that the gun went off two steps further down my run than it had gone off. I had assumed that it was inserting the magazine into the magwell had jostled my finger enough to have it contact the trigger. Nope, the video showed that I simply had a hard step on the ground that jostled things.

I did same As @bigeric and have pulled the files from the castboolits forum. I’ve printed both a bullet and a case feeder, and have had zero issues with about 4k rounds so far.

What did you do to the electronics? I did a minor deviation to the proximity sensor wiring schematic, so that all power is shut off at the switch instead of leaving the sensor constantly energized.

The latest on this can be found at the castboolits forum. TylerR has a link in his signature to the latest files. Note that these are not interchangeable with the AM feeder, they are updates based on his design though. I’ve built both the bullet and brass collators, and have zero complaints. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354324-Making-that-Bullet-Collator/page216

I haven't received any orders since the summer, but I did just put another order in. They did have an announcement up that the current events have put them behind, but it seems that yours may be further than we should expect. They are out of NJ, and had to cut hours to comply with COVID restrictions. I doubt that helped any, and I don't know if/when those restrictions were lifted. https://www.ibejiheads.com/index.php?page_id=13

Without a doubt, I shoot better when I am on a squad with better shooters. I watch how they lay out the stage, pick up ideas on how to better play the game, and have zero thoughts about being competitive. I think that the best way to improve is to constantly push yourself. Its tough to do that when you don't know how much better you could get. Watching a Master or GM take down a stage is not only a learning experience, its motivation.

You can use the GoPro app to live stream footage to your phone. You can download videos from the camera to your phone with the app. https://gopro.com/en/us/shop/softwareandapp/gopro-quik-app-|-mobile/GoPro-Replay-App.html I don't upload directly, so I don't know how that works, but it appears that you are able to share to youtube or facebook through the app as well.

I know this is a little old, but I would recommend a GoPro Hero 5 Session. Its the small cube, lightweight, single button recording, great stabilization, ability to record 1080, 2.7k or 4k. Unfortunately its no longer made, so you need to find one used. Pair it with a hat mount and you have a great setup.

I've been building the updated version of this Bullet feeder, and it works great. If you have a 3D printer, or are willing to buy one, its well worth it and very straightforward to build. As I understand it though, Karl is only on Facebook. Either sign up, or have one of your friends on FB get his contact info for you.

I got my bullet collator, and bullet feed dies finished up over the weekend. Everything is wired up, and mounted. I believe that I'll have a little tuning to do since I got 2 bullets nose down out of 100, but overall I am very happy. Now, to make a second one to do the brass collation.

I tried to print 4 sets of dies overnight, and woke up to this mess. Time to do them one set at a time and hope for the best. Printing them in the .12 (superfine) layer height takes about 10 hours per set.

I haven't printed them, but they look good. They are in queue, and I'll have one ready in a few days.

Good luck. Did you get the latest files for the collator plates, with the slip clutch?

Im in the middle of printing out 2 collators, one for bullets and one for brass, as well as the casefeeder for my press and bullet feeding dies. The casefeeder was completed last week, and after slight tuning, it works very well. The first collator is nearly complete, and with a test run dumping bullets into a box, it works 100%. @SoggyCashew, like you, I picked up an Ender 3 V2 because I enjoy tinkering and because I the cost of the printer and all materials for a single collator is less than a new Mr. Bullet Feeder. It looks like you are printing the same files that i am. Which sensor did you decide to go with? I opted for the proximity sensor, and did do a slight modification to the wiring diagram to shut power off to everything (not leaving the relay energized all the time).