LPatterson
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I'm another singles fan. I started with Safariland 773 when Single Stack and L10 were still part of Limited Division. Went true Limited with a Para and 773's but CR Speed when I made the Open try. Liked the CR Speed so I added them for Production. Some place in storage is a rig for every Division except Revo and that was sold to a friend.
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I must have the wrong gloves or the incorrect taping technique, but how do you tape targets with gloves on? The tape just sticks to my gloves.
As with everything else...practice. Or. You could cut the glove at the first knuckle of the trigger and thumb. This should solve the tape and trigger finger problem while keeping the hands warm.
I don't need to practice being cold as the Air Force sent me to some of it's better stateside practice fields, Loring AFB, ME and Sault Ste Marie, MI. If you mean shooting practice, cutting the finger off a glove at zero is a good way to lose a finger.
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I thought USPSA was trying to grow the membership? Rules like trigger weights are going to cause some people stick their membership in a dark and smelly place. Personally all it means is that I won't try to shoot any more Production. I guess I need to read the minutes to see how I need to thank. NOT.
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I would be willing to take the defective PMags off your hands (cheaply of course) and evaluate them in my Bushmaster.
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No effect and probably not. I am not sure if the SDB dies have 2 seating stems in the die but it wouldn't hurt to check.
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I think my enthusiasm is directly linked to the outside temperature. When does spring get here ?
Exactly three months from today!
God I hope so, my home club has a new shooters clinic scheduled for March 18th. BURRRRRRRRRRR.
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of your are shooting TG ull be fine... i usually stick on my load if i reach atleast +4 min PF so i guess 4.6 - 4.8gr 180gr bullet head should be fine and 1.135 oal
This is about an Open gun that needs lots of gas at the comp not a powder that is burnt in the barrel. I had to go to 7.2 of AC w/155MGHP to lower the ES & SD.
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I'd suggest the problem is two fold. First WD40 stands for Water Displacing Formula 40 it was designed to get under surface water to prevent rusting. Over time a film will develop which presents a waxy feel. If you feel something is necessary, then I would suggest something like MagSlick, Silicon, Liquid Wrench Dry Lubricant or a new one Jig-A-Loo. Secondly if you used to run 20 and all of a sudden started running 21 and had problems, I suggest that the mag springs took a set and are now binding. Get some + power springs for the extensions.
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The Glock +2 extension will get you 24 rounds, but it won't be legal. Too long.
Like I said, the Glock 22 rnd mag is pretty much at the limit of the 170mm rule. ANY extension will put it over the limit.
BTW - The Taylor +8 extension will actually give you +9, for a total of 24 rnds!
My Taylor's are holding 24 but they don't want to stay in except at slide lock. So the 22 rounders would be cheap way to gain 7 rounds over a standard mag. Afterall using a 40 almost always means you are going to do more reloads than a 9 major.
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When I wanted another 1911 I went with a Springfield Loaded 45, used it for SS and L10. Well under your $1000 limit.
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It took going back to the begining to discover this
which not one else commented about. With the advent of Major 9 it is becoming a crap shoot to pick up and use 9mm range brass. The cheapness of 9mm brass is a prime reason to go to Major 9 and the reason some shooters are not bothering to pick it up. This extreme stressing of brass is one of the items that USPSA should have investaged before declaring Major 9 was SAFE? to use. I know an older 38 Super shooter who marks his brass and will not accept a piece that is not marked because it is his way of keeping track of the number of reloads.3.6 V320, MG 147 JFP, Federal primer, mixed range brassI once had a piece of brass that looked like that but it was in a 1911 after the cartridge didn't want to chamber and I tapped the back of the slide. Turned out that brand of bullet would occasionally set back into the case from lack of case neck tension.
YMMV
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When I first started I heard all the hype about lighter springs and recoil buffers, so I tried lots of different brands. I also had the problem that you did UNTIL I had a new barrel fit by a gunsmith who explained that a recoil buffer was a malfunction waiting to happen.
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No action pistol shooter really sees any thing practical in the loads being shot--it is all gamemanship. Even the stock classes are NOT shooting loads recommended by any loading company, except for minor (and those are too light to be "practical").
Personally, I would prefer the elimination of minor and have two main classes: a class for PF of 150 minimum (.38 and up) possibly for all "stock" gun classes and PF of 175 minimum (.40 and up) for all tricked-out "open" gun classes. This would eliminate trying to push major with a cartridge that is NOT capable of shooting major in any "stock" gun. There are simply too many KBs with the current rules.
If youth/women need a lighter PF, then let them work to a 135 PF in .38 and up, in their own sub-division.
This is really confusing to me as I can't figure out what you are trying to say. First off we don't have a "stock" gun class. The problem is not trying to push major that causes most Kabooms it is trying to have the softest feeling major PF with a powder that takes very little volume. This leads to detonations or double charges. What we do with our guns should not really be your concern and it seems you want to push a form of Obama care to guns. You know your form of what is best for the rest of us.
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I tend to tilt the gun slightly to the right.
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Based on my own use of moly bullets in Glock barrels I can't say I am suprised. I would say the junk in the Glock barrel is the Moly coating. ... deleted a bunch of stuff the mods wouldn't have wanted me to say. Might help to do a search.
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Plan of attack was to shoot up the last of the loaded plated bullets. Murphy's Law says "No plan survives the first contact with the enemy". I had zeroed the gun for the Montana Gold load the last time out and now these plated things are 6-7" low & 3" right. Had 7 failure to fire, 3 took 3 tries. 3 stovepipes, 1 turned 180 in the ejection port. Oh well aimed at the left shoulder and tried to learn some trigger control.
Learning curve with the paster gun, if it is too far off parallel then the leading edge of the paster turns under.
Finally got rid of all the plated things and decided to verify the zero. At 25 yards the 8MOA dot seems too big for accuracy and washes out the aiming paster. So I swapped in a 6MOA dot and moved the group center 8" high (crap). It was such a pain to get in that I decided to leave it. Not much of a difference in dot size as it still covers the paster and it requires another click on the rheostat for the same apparent brightness. Still trying to figure out the MOA thing.
Without the thumb rest (*thumb rest [generic]*) the mag release is digging into the pad of my hand below my thumb so it is going back on.
I don't know if it was the sun angle of the ligher than normal wind but I was seeing some smoke that I didn't see with the 7.5 & plated bullets. I wanted to do the made in Montana stuff but since I found out the powder is made in Belgium I think I will try Autocomp next.
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1/4 inch ? When I do fast splits I'm not letting it reset before breaking second shot (or trying anyway)
Trust me if it doesn't reset then you aren't breaking another shot, known as trigger freeze.
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Rule #1 when it works DON'T screw with it.
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I'm running the Montana Gold HP at 1.135 without any problems.
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I love my CED7000 so much that I have 2 of them, 1 has a wrist strap the other a belt clip.
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6" high and 3" right. That's the group shift between the 7.5 True Blue 165gr HSM plated and 7.8 of TB with a 155gr MG HP. After a whole lot of tweaking I finally got the group centered around my aiming point. Had a couple more stovepipes that I think may be caused by my thumb on the slide. Removed the *thumb rest [generic]* but didn't have enough ammo left for a complete guarantee. Load some more tonight.
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For a Level I or II match where I want to get some of my brass back I use a Hoser Cam Brass Master, allows 2 different colors if I want. I have had people stop me after a match to return some of my colored brass.
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Why 40? This is really going to limit your magazine capacity. Isn't that what open is all about?
No open is about having a comp and optical sights. Since rules limit 8 scoring hits from a single position that means my 24+1 rounds (G24C) gives me multiple reload points. I know a couple 38 super shooters tried to do a 28 round stage with a 28 round mag only to have it jam before they finished. I would have had to reload somewhere but I could have finished.
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Velly intellesting (i don't do a good Sgt Schultz imitation). Switching bullets so I thought I would make some checks, Montana Gold 40 cal 165gr HP; sample size, ES 154.9 155.3; .4000-.4005. Also dedided to try Winchester WSP primers, which are loaded in *FEDERAL* cases. Had some drag lifting the powder die that I had not felt with plain FEDERAL cases. Measuring the *FEDERAL* cases show about the sames inconsistencies as plain FEDERAL cases except they are slightly thicker (~ .0002-.0003) Still with True Blue (made in Belgium, distributed from Montana) but I am not listing charge until I try them as OAL is 1.135. Try to test them tomorrow (I am not only old I am lazy and I am going to bed).
Read the FAQ but looking for some personal experience
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I'll add my sentiment to the 550B. My list includes 38Spec, 357Mag, 44Mag, 45ACP, 9mm, 40, 223 and 444Marlin. The Marlin is only a couple of hundred a year but there is a tool head for it.