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SPINGE

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  1. Facts. Promote your YouTube channel dead.
  2. I will continue to have fun playing this game we all love, and hope everyone does the same! I will just be shooting Minor only divisions and keeping things simple in terms of cross-sport guns (SCSA-USPSA) and easy from a reloading standpoint with the 9mm cartridge. I want to do Limited but as stated previously I would rather have a 9mm that will also be good for SCSA too if I'm to shell out a few thousand dollars. So I will have fun in USPSA LO and use that same gun in SCSA OPEN! At the end of the day I personally think that making Major in Limited is actually what is hurting the participation, imagine if it was Minor only? However, since Limited and power factor are both OG Legacy subjects I don't think we see Minor only any time soon and that participation in this decision continues to decline. All the best -SPINGE
  3. Very well put MHicks, for the majority of young shooters lives all they have shot is 9mm. It is the cartridge of the times.
  4. Excellent point Racinready300ex I chose a division with a 10 round limit and loading real mags to 10 rounds to avoid the disadvantage of Minor vs Major in Limited.
  5. You have missed the forest for the trees. I do not care about .40 but I do care about Major scoring. I don't care about making Major with .40 S&W just as I don't care about 10mm, .357 SIG, .50 GI, .400 CorBon, .40 G&A, .41 AE, .50 AE, .44 Mag, .40 Super, etc. etc. I used .40 S&W because it is the most common and popular cartridge to make Major with. I think many here have noticed, as have I, that Limited Major is already disappearing.
  6. From what I hear, and was previously mentioned here, all the other items are quick. The MC delay is because they can't get materials. -SPINGE
  7. Howdy, I hope everyone is doing well. I have been loading 9mm on my 750 to great success for my production gun. I recently got a revolver and want to load 9, but in testing about 40-50% get light strikes with my tuned springs. One of my buddies also loads 9mm competition revolver ammo and we compared out rounds. My primers are flush with the casehead and his are seated so deep there is a visible step down to the primer. His ammo worked flawless in my revo and we realized that my first hammer strike is not hard enough to set the primer off but just acts as a seater and pushes the primer further forward into the primer pocket. Here is the rub, he has a 1050 and I have a 750. My question is if there is there any way to get reliable performance without having to 1) buy a new press, 2) increase my trigger pull weight, and 3) get a hold of Federal SSP which I currently can't get. I have heard something about a small shim in the seater but couldn't find anything online or here on BE. Thanks in advance. Respectfully -SPINGE
  8. I have shot thousands of Fiocchi SPP in a CZ and haven't had any issues yet.
  9. Resurrecting the dead but it's now October 22 and my July 29th order is still "Pending" with no communication from RevoSupply. Its been so long I totally forgot about it until I looked at my profile here on BE and saw the old post. Disappointing...
  10. In terms of how the sport has evolved I will say that from what I shoot on weekends vs what I see online from the days of old, athletic performance obviously plays a much greater role today vs in the past. Movement is king and aggression is needed. A lot of shooters are crazy, watching how an M PROD moved and shot was wild. I am moving better than I used to but still not fast enough. As to one of the competitors in this thread not seeing a Cooper tunnel his whole time shooting, I have seen two in the past couple of months. Not only was it a CT, but both had small ports and targets on either side that could only be engaged within the tunnel. One was very short and was atrocious for me. The other was a bit taller, much more manageable but at 6'3" 200 lbs still a chore. At my local matches the mix of speed and technicality does seem good. I see a lot of activators and moving targets which is fun. There are longer courses, technical courses, and high HF courses. The match directors do a great job and I feel very lucky! As someone shooting a 10-rd division it is obvious that the matches cater to PCC and CO. But locals need to cater to their base to have people come back to $pend $$$. Higher level matches are a different animal. -SPINGE
  11. Someone said it earlier, when the world was using 13-rd GP-35s in 9mm and America was using 7-round 1911s in .45, it made more sense. The disparity between MAJOR and MINOR capacity/reloads wise in real cap divisions is a wash in my opinion, shoot and hit one reload where the stage design permits and it makes the most sense....if a reload is even needed. The scoring disparity between MAJOR and MINOR is still in full effect though.
  12. The sentiment on .40 seems to be the same across all spectrums of shooters, age groups, and collectors. For shooters used Glocks go for waaay less than 9s or 45s. Another great example is the S&W metal frames from before I was born and when I was a kid, the 9s go for more than the .40s by a longshot. The big daddy of them all are .40 caliber, but shoot the 10mm cartridge....because the 1006 is the FBI gun. Another anecdote I can share is the H&K USP, for years whenever someone said we had a USP I would say, "let me guess a .40?" 85% of the time when we saw/see USPs, they are in fact .40. It became such a comical joke how everyone was dumping them. I'm not sure why its so prolific with that make and model, but a testament to the lack of love for .40 S&W. It doesn't seem to matter if guys are shooters or collectors, old or young, nobody seems to like .40.
  13. Easy. The guys who really care shoot .38 SC. Some will pickup brass and/or buy it used, some will use virgin brass and leave it, and some have a 9 MAJOR gun for locals and a .38 SC for big matches. I have seen and know competitors who fall into each category. As someone who reloads I still don't want to do .40 S&W as most of my guns are 9 and most of the brass available on the ground where I shoot is also 9.
  14. Thank you for the kind words RJH. Coming from an industry perspective and generational perspective I don't think it's a relevant round. I think it is hurting the participation of LTD. Due to its legacy I don't now that we see a LTD without .40 but I think that it is holding up participation. The guys I mentioned have had enough success and done so many matches they don't mind doing LTD MIN, but there are a whole bunch of guys like me, who want META setups who won't do it. We pick and choose divisions where 9mm is the only round or equally as viable. I don't want to load 9 major and want to do Limited more than Open, but would do Open before Limited with current rules. *dreams of LTD without major scoring so that the same multi-thousand dollar pistol is equally competitive in USPSA and SCSA*
  15. I got my start in competition shooting in Steel Challenge in '19 and hung out at the range nearly every weekend. Nobody there cared about .40 S&W. As a millennial I have seen plenty of gunstagram and influencer posts...nobody cares about .40 S&W. As an employee at a large auction company nobody cares about .40 S&W! .40 guns go for less money as do .40 some components. Back in '19 after wetting my feet with Steel Challenge I decided movement would be fun and did some Action Steel...guess what? Nobody cared about .40 S&W. After that I got the nerve to go to USPSA and compete with the gamers in their jerseys, salomons, and crazy 2011s. One of the guys I work with who is active here on BE and has made GM in a few divisions across SCSA and USPSA got me started with a rig and division suggestion for my first USPSA match. I did L imited M inor for ease of stage planning and not needing to reload. He told me I would "be scored minor" and when he told me about PF and scoring, I can still remember being absolutely stunned that a lot of guys used .40 S&W. I simply couldn't believe it. After my first match in 2019 I continued shooting but stopped when C0VID got rough with primers. After a hiatus I got back into shooting a few months ago and now shoot almost every weekend. After coming back from the 2019-2020 days and knowing a bit more I got a new gun. An iron sighted 9mm since it will work well in Steel Challenge and USPSA. For USPSA I had the option of shooting Lim. Min. or dealing with tons of magazine changes and shooting PROD. I opted for the magazine changes in a MINOR only division and shoot PROD exclusively. Another high lever shooter coworker of mine does not care about .40 S&W and just shoots LIM. Min0r not caring about the scoring, that is how much he refuses the .40. The previously mentioned GM has .40s but hates loading it and hardly ever shoots them. The MIN/MAJ debate is even influencing new purchases. I am now in the process of picking a new division and think Limited Optics will be what I do since its MINOR ONLY. With a 9mm USPSA LIM OP I can shoot in SCSA OPEN and even have a plate system done up to cover four divisions across both sports. In choosing the new gun I would love a high capacity iron sighted 9mm 2011 but don't want to go in a MIN/MAJ division, so I think LIM OP is the move. I really was considering LIMITED, as unlike so many my age I actually love iron sights, but the prospect of needing to do .40 for Major made me walk away from the idea. Let's face it .40 S&W is now a specialty boutique round. .40 S&W is literally being kept alive by USPSA Limited Division shooters, thats it. No other segment of the population cares about .40 S&W. In 2019 I remember seeing a lot more .40 S&W shooters doing Limited. These days in the months I have been back the matches consist of a TON of CO and PCC, a good amount of OPEN, very very few PROD, and in the past five months I have seen only one SS shooter and two REVO shooters. Out of the few LIMITED Shooters I see (slightly more than PROD), a good deal shoot 9mm minor and DGAF about score. From 2019 to now the amount of limited and .40 shooters has fallen, at least at the matches I attend. Personally with current trends and the fact that 90% of my range brass is 9mm, it makes no sense for me to buy anything chambered for .40 S&W...a dying round. Someone said it earlier in this thread that they don't want to be the last one holding a multi-thousand dollar .40 pistol and tons of ammo to collect dust. I agree 100%. It's not the 1990s or early 2000s, .40 ain't hot and brass is harder to come by. Nobody wants to shoot irons either. Pair a round that nobody cares about with guys wanting to shoot dots instead of irons and you have the perfect recipe for Limited Major participation going away. Just like dots and "high capacity" magazines in CO killed irons and low capacity magazines in PROD. Times change. TLDR: Nobody cares about .40 S&W. Limited Major is dying. I have read this entire thread and appreciated everyones insights. I hope my rambling is semi-coherent and you get a bit of value from mine. These are just opinions and obviously some are hyperbolic. Oh, and I almost forgot NOBODY CARES ABOUT .40! Respectfully -SPINGE
  16. Can you please tell us: 1) When the order was placed 2) What model revo 3) what style moonclip (thickness, finish, yadda yadda) I'm sure many would love to know. I'm glad you got your tracking number! -SPINGE
  17. I'm sory to hear that, that's not cool. An "out of stock" indication seems like the thibg to do...
  18. I kinda figured that they may just be out of stock but not reflecting that on the site, no big deal!
  19. Does anyone know what is up with Revolver Supply? I placed an order two weeks ago and all it says is "awaiting fulfillment". I reached out earlier this week regarding my order but got no response. I'm just wondering if this is a common theme. Thanks. -SPINGE
  20. I think it will be good once the extended rod comes, I got a fit I really liked but the standard rod was too short. To the guys running the Hogue Powerspeed, you're using this in run and gun sports? A buddy of mine who has shot for years and is damn good says its a bit large. It is actually his revo holster of choice for Steel Challenge, but SC exclusively, he runs something else for USPSA. Having made GM in a couple of divisions, I tend to listen to much of his advice. Input? Thoughts? Kind Regards -SPINGE
  21. I shot them an e-mail but I'm in a holding pattern until the extended rod comes and I get a chance to play with it. I had a fitment that I was ready to take to a match but the muzzle support rod was too short. Then 7 minutes after starting this thread I realize in my ignorance I was completely unaware about the extended rod...which they say is good for revo... Should be here soon, I hope it all works out!! -SPINGE
  22. I got a nice fitment where the locking block would come to rest at the disengaged position when the revo was drawn but the muzzle support rod is too short. With a fitment that will allow use of the muzzle support rod, the fit has been rather poor and the locking block will snap back into the engaged position once the revo is drawn. ....Little did I know that they offer an extended rod for revolver...ordered and may have solved my problem. I got the Flex because the holster I was originally going to use was out of stock...then I realized I needed the muzzle support....then I realized I needed the revo adapter plate...now I realize I need the extended rod...what a fiasco Hopefully it works once and for all once this part arrives! Thanks for the input. -SPINGE
  23. Is anyone running the DAA Flex with the N-Frame? I'm particularly interested in 929 or equivalent barrel length N-Frame. I need some advice on the fitting, I've read the instructions and watched Saul's setup video multiple times but can't get an acceptable fit. Any tips or tricks are appreciated. Thanks! -SPINGE
  24. No penalty was given. In my opinion, the author was using periods in lieu of "THEN" but this is sloppy and just messes everything up. I do believe the intent of the writer was to have a structured order. They should be written the same, clearly and concisely to avoid mishap. Whoever said this stage screws lefties, I agree 100% and this needs also to be addressed. Personally I can see a competitive advantage gained, a right handed shooter pivoting on their left foot to engage T3 then to T1 is seems to be beneficial T3 is right there after you pivot, avoiding going 12 feet to the left then coming back to T3 after reload (maybe I am wrong). If a right handed shooter were to pivot on their right foot the draw is doesn't seem to be as quick, again, IMO! Arguments can be made such as the reload makes it not matter but again, this is IMO. We can argue all day about the reload taking time, maybe say if you told a shooter to do 6R6 with no target order and find what way is fastest T1RT3 or T3RT1 we might find an answer...I would be comfortable guessing it would be the latter though. Again, we can go back and forth all evening long but who wants to do that?...the proof is in the pudding, out of 50 shooters, this shooter was 2nd on the stage and only because of a PCC. I obviously don't know how the other shooters not in my squad did it, but everyone else in my squad did Turn T1RT3..maybe we're all chumps. I can see being a bit more lenient with interpretations that are ambiguous at club matches when its a normal stage, but it being a classifier made me curious...but this just comes back to WSB's and classifiers needing to be unambiguous! The guy was quite into the rules and his interpretation of them throughout the match, one of the shooters said that there are a lot of lawyers in this game and I am inclined to agree. I am a novice competitor and new to the whole thing, thats why I didn't make mention of it at the time. I do feel bad because the classifiers carry sport wide results no? Again, just opinions from a newb who does this for fun. Peace. Best Regards -SPINGE
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