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It's not often a post has me chuckling, thanks!

Since I am now loading down to save powder anyway I tuned my guns to work just above the power floor. I'm kinda liking these wussy loads. Maybe this could be a new division?... Maybe name it something catchy and make poppers from aluminum and paper targets scored by penetration thru the paper or not?

History ALWAYS repeats itself

Not that I needed more but I just traded 5k shotshell primers for 5k spp. We were both happy about the deal.

It's not only primers that have become unobtanium, brass prices have gone nutso too. At least one local range here is sitting on their range brass waiting for prices to go even higher. When I go I ask other shooters if I they do not reload if I can have their brass , invariably they not only let me take it, they also help me harvest it.. So far that's been profitable but one range employee did not like me asking shooters if I could take it saying once it hit the floor it belonged to the range. I disagreed and said it was the property of the shooter and it was theirs to pick up and keep, leave it on the floor, or give it away, and I invited him to call the police for a definition of whose property the brass was. He declined! Anyway, reloaders who are also bullet casters are immune from one of the issues, it's nice to have at least one thing less to be looking for.

OK don't buy one. Components are NEVER coming down in price, the EPA will ban lead, fire departments will reclassify gunpowder as commercial use only products, and the potus will close ranges and make only single shot .22's legal to own. There you have it!

I have an SA "Loaded target" in 9mm/.38 super and its the best single stack 1911 I have owned.

I wish I was.. Maybe Miami drug money? Imagine a coked up dude loading?

At a gunshow a few weeks ago you could only get 100 primers at a time at $35 and they were selling them.

Stock up when prices are low, if you shoot several calibers and gauges resource balance usage and barter what you do not use much of. Today I traded 5k shotshell primers for 5k spp's. With what I got last year I'm set for a bit anyway. Stocking up when prices are low for use is not hoarding as some are being accused of.

AFAIK, the main difference is the model like the Witness Elite "Match" do not have a "competition" frame... you cannot add a magwell. It is what it is

I upgraded from Lee presses and now have two 550's and a 450 for many years and never saw a need for anything else. I load my primer tubes whilst watching tv and the presses will load ammo nearly as fast as I can shoot it.

Agreed!

Yup, when I want to see new and shiny, I can put the 9mm slide on it But, a couple of minutes on the buffing wheel takes off some years...

I know this is an older thread, but at a gunshow I got to handle one a bit, but the owner was like "If you're not buying it please refrain from handling it" However, this one seems a pretty close to a lim custom... pretty tricked out, claiming stainless (not plated) and priced at $650!!! The owner thought it was a CZ copy, and had no idea what a Tanfo it might be compared to. I came so close to getting it but, I have no need for another nine.

Well, first off I wonder what kind of religious zeal it takes to take on experimenting with unknowns to prove or disprove a notion where danger is not known. Secondly, in the past it was often stated that high pressure / velocity loads contributed to the "suspicion" that lead was at fault. So in that sense your experiments were flawed from the get go using "mild" velocities, so it proves zilch. Also from previous readings, since K'booms were always suspected to be caused by over pressure ammo which can and do blow out the web in guns other than Glock. Lastly, I mentioned my Tanfo as my reason for not using lead, and there's never been a report of a Tanfo blowing using lead to make me cautious. I just am. The old, believe 10% of what you hear applies to me, my mama's boy's face and not too cheap firearms make me err on the side of FMJ, TMJ, and PC'd bullets.

A. I never called myself an expert B. this guy was nutso fastidious / anal about his load practices What caused it? If a dog craps in the yard, and you find poo under your shoe can you take a SWAG? That's what all of us at the range did... just draw two lines between known data points. YMMV. And I answered "Again, just another internet opinion without information to back it up" So when someone says something you refute it no matter what? Go forward and prosper. Shoot lead, or bubble gum, or tar balls.

Again, yet ANOTHER reader who did not read or fails to acknowledge what I SAID: "In front of my eyes in the early 90's a fellow shooter's Glock blew with sedate loads. He used every precaution possible while loading even a powder checker. I'd have used his loads any day in my Colts. Whether you believe it or not is your choice, I read the discussions, I don't care... I use powdered, TMJ or FMJ. " Not "OPINION"... fact, your choice to believe it or not.

If he had leading, I can only assume his bullets were either not baked long enough, had poor powder coverage, or sizing removed some PC. Powder is really hard and stands up to velocity far better than lead. My Tanfos are one of the main reasons I went to powder coating. Aside from the fact that wax smokes up the range, leads the barrel and is a mess to handle, PC got me shooting again when waiting tor the bullet supply to free up was not an option.

In front of my eyes in the early 90's a fellow shooter's Glock blew with sedate loads. He used every precaution possible while loading even a powder checker. I'd have used his loads any day in my Colts. Whether you believe it or not is your choice, I read the discussions, I don't care... I use powdered, TMJ or FMJ. Conventional wisdom says polygonal rifling and lead bullets are a no-no... K'boom. The debate goes on about it's validity but no stinking petty bullet is worth the risk when I can (and do) powder coat them. YMMV

The X also comes with a curved back strap grip (other 92/96 grips do not fit) and the standard 96 .40 mags are 11 rounds, that is unless you can find some Mec Gar 15 round mags. Bear in mind the X was a purpose built production gun, and I would have preferred Beretta supply with 15 round mags but as it is it is what it is It has several nits I don't like much like but again it is what it is.

The X also comes with a curved back strap grip (other 92/96 grips do not fit) and the standard 96 .40 mags are 11 rounds, that is unless you can find some Mec Gar 15 round mags. Bear in mind the X was a purpose built production gun, and I would have preferred Beretta supply with 15 round mags but as it is it is what it is It has several nits I don't like much like but again it is what it is.

The X also comes with a curved back strap grip (other 92/96 grips do not fit) and the standard 96 .40 mags are 11 rounds, that is unless you can find some Mec Gar 15 round mags. Bear in mind the X was a purpose built production gun, and I would have preferred Beretta supply with 15 round mags but as it is it is what it is It has several nits I don't like much like but again it is what it is.

For many years I carried my Witness compact 10mm but now I switched to a Beretta 96D Centurian.

The X'perf comes with curved back strap grips. Standard 92/96 grips do not fit due to the frame mounted safety. The standard mag for a 96 is 11 rounds (or add a +1 BP) so if you convert it you're stuck there unless you can find Mec Gar 15 round .40 mags. Bear in mind the gun was planned as a production division (10 rds.) gun and it has nits for many especially me. But as a .40 it knocks down steel setup on a windy day to not fall over, I like that more than I dislike the rail, stippling, sight overhang on the hammer, and grooved trigger. I wish they weren't there but it's usable as it is.