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That was NOT my experience in Stoeger's class. I was one of the worst shooters in the class. One guy was less accurate than me, but faster in gun handling and movement, and one was slower than me, but a little more accurate than me. All of us, including the three of us at the bottom of the class, got the same amount of attention from Stoeger, and he was excellent at tailoring the instruction to what each person needed. I was skeptical about taking the class, because of his rep, but some people I trust told me to ignore the rep, and just take the class. I left very impressed with how well he ran that class, and came away with a couple of very valuable things that CHA-LEE calls, "solid nuggets," that were well worth the time, ammo, and money spent.

That sucks. Now I feel bad for suggesting it.

Any chance there is someplace to download the files with that change already made? I have access to a 3D printer at the local library, but no ZERO about how to make that mod to the files I just downloaded from printables.com, that OptimiStick linked.

That's actually a good idea. Its much less expensive than the bed liner stuff, and just might work.

Maybe you could coat the metal blades with brush on bed liner?

I only load 9mm, and these are the only dies I've used: 1. Lee U-die 2. Photo Escape Powder Through Expanding die in the Hornady powder drop. 3. Lee Inline Bullet Feeder 4. Lee seating die 5. Lee Factory Crimp die Works well for me.

I'm partial to this: https://www.vikingtactics.com/shop/vtac-underbelt-only-for-skirmish-belts/ Works better than the other inner belts I've tried, and its not expensive.

I measured both (repeatedly) while setting up my press. I haven't measured again in several thousand rounds. Flare was set to .384", and has worked well, including with my new Lee Inline Bullet Feeder. The 6th edition of the "Ammo Encyclopedia" lists the mouth OD as .380" in the military section, and .3799" in the sporting section. However, I adjusted my Lee FCD die until a pulled bullet had a VERY light (almost imperceptible) impression on the Blue Bullets I'm using. That measured at .376", prior to pulling the bullet, and I stopped adjusting it. Even though that's .004" smaller than the specified OD in the book, its worked very well for me.

Was it the 124gr "NATO" white box? I got a some of that brass from a friend with a local PD, and I couldn't get the primers to seat. Sucks because they just switched to that as their training round, and he used to bring me a bucket of brass a couple times each year. They used to use a Speer round that didn't have crimped pockets,and worked fine.

Silver or gold Sharpie, or oil based paint pen, depending on what the base pads are made out of.

Isn't the same true for your company? What percentage of shooters at Open, and/or CO, nats, are using your products?

My most recent PMO was purchased from Brownells, because of this: https://www.brownells.com/help/shopping/guaranteed.-forever/ If the OEM warranty runs out, I can go back to Brownells for help. It cost a couple bucks more, but I liked peace of mind the Brownells guarantee provides.

I finally tried this out, and it works great. I will admit, I was skeptical, but for $55, I figured I'd try it out. I'll get some more mags, so I can preload up enough tubes for a typical reloading session.

I have the Peltor 500s, which I upgraded with gel ear seals. However, if I had to replace them I'd get these: https://www.amazon.com/3M-Pro-Protect-Electronic-Protector-Technology/dp/B08WK79727/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=3TY9FYNWXAKRT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.49adS_IyfWHbQUDSe7TthWWVZrNMKtWN-cFvfu6OOnEZe3Y-xRi-DnrKCyMwhKjZvw72EtetPuGUCUdYkPqmyMM7Agdi2DAlD17RSDVy3jFfMy7hmsYKDg0gy1ZiM1QzLZIkT26vRFozyoJtDx7-5R50aLm5c-gTFL39cUcmLUaTlifLIX0EfCa-I_RV7yA1Hl0m8ysh-A2EuKvuaiZhow.dwaA7Ap-_EyIB6mYtbLPuUGiUk43Sr3cb6-zqZPsKbM&dib_tag=se&keywords=3m+pro-protect&qid=1709345967&sprefix=3m+pro-%2Caps%2C243&sr=8-3

What about Area 3?

I have a dedicated dry fire gun for safety. That gun has a barrel block, and can't chamber a round. No live ammo, and no fully functional guns are in the dry fire room.

This podcast had some relevant discussion of the classification system:

I use this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079T8R7MC?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title&th=1

I've used their warranty service twice. The 1st time I asked to buy spare mounting screws, and they just them to me for free. The 2nd time the manual adjust on a 407CO stopped working, and I followed the process at the website, shipped my optic back, and about a week and a half later it was sent back fixed.

Another example of the term being in common use: https://www.scoringtech.com/about-recoil "In 2019 the Office of Navy Research (ONR) approached us to help solve the problem of how.to use hit factor scoring for Marines at a massive scale." (sic) I wonder if "hit factor" is mentioned in the patent application for that shot timer?

For dry fire, I'm a fan of the Dry Practice Drill app. It makes dry fire way less tedious, as you can set it up to do multiple reps, and even multiple strings with descending par times, so you start your drill, and don't have to constantly reset a timer for each rep. For good phones: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details/Dry_Practice_Drill?id=com.sartuga.android.drypractice&hl=en_US For overpriced crappy phones: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dry-practice-drill/id828121161

The "common use" argument is likely the best way to attack this. The Internarional Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) has used the "Comstock" scoring method since its inception in 1976, and its still referenced in the rule book. The rulebook states Comstock scoring is points divided by time, to get a "hit factor" score. This term in reference to scoring in shooting competitions is used world wide, by IPSC competitors. Further in recent years, many shooting competitions, which are not USPSA affiliated, AND are documented on Practiscore, use "hit factor," scoring, and often are labeled as "hit factor" matches. In addition, at least one sitting US Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) board member has paid to participate in non-USPSA "hit factor" matches (including as recently as December 28, 2023 as documented on Practiscore), and there was no objection to the use of the term, by that board member, or any other entity at USPSA, prior to the filing of the trademark application. There is also a current podcast called, "Hit Factor," which is focused on competitive shooting. That podcast has over 173 episodes, starting in July 2019, through December 2023. The term was in common use, worlwide, prior to the formation of USPA (IPSC 1976), and has been in common use in other shooting related contexts, for many years, prior to the application for the trademark, by USPSA.

I use #5. The 8MOA circle isn't too big for me, but I've also used the ACSS, with the 10MOA chevron, and while that was too big, it wasn't horrible either.

The guys at the PARAcast podcast are calling this optic the "Quonset Hut." https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/20/quonset-huts-a-practical-building-solution-for-the-u-s-navy-during-world-war-ii/