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Hey TLD the last post on this thread was like 6 months ago...

Thanks for clarifying that for me.

And which one would that be?

I'm not a new shooter... but definitely a new IPSC shooter. I've grown up shooting all my life but IPSC is whole new ball game. So for what its worth, I know my way around most firearms, I've done some practical rifle and shotgun matches, a cowboy action match (w/ my father who loves the stuff), but no real competition pistol shooting. With that being said, feel free to edit or change your suggestions. That figures In that case get out there and shoot some matches, you'll have a better idea of what areas you need to improve after that. Don't be surprised if it feels like you need to improve in all areas. Dryfire will take you far. Here is a Timer Flash app. I found on Matt Burkett's site ( I hope he doesn't mind) which runs in your internet browser window. Lots cheaper than buying a timer for dryfiring.

I honestly have to disagree with the suggestions that this possibly new shooter should shoot groups at 50, 35 or even 25 yards offhand. The feedback a new shooter is going to get at that range is not going to be encouraging. At 25 yards you need excellent technique to shoot anything close to a "group", the inherent accuracy of the gun is starting to come into play at that range. Texaschase didn't say what his skill level really is but my guess is a little lower than what you guys are assuming. For a new shooter, I suggest moving those targets in to say 7 to 15 yards when shooting groups offhand, the feedback on the target will be just as usefull and much more positive.

Yeah I know, somebody else would have done it anyway. It is surprising, but it's hard to say what we would do in the same situation. Maybe someone did try...

Resurrection! I've been using this for 9mm minor loads, just because I happen to have so much of it, and it works ok. 4.7 grains of Sp8 behind a 147 grain berry's is softer shooting than 3.6 of clays with a 124 grain precision at least it seems that way to me. I am going to have to change my original "clean burning" assessment to feeeeelthy at lower pressures. Say I have noticed that comparing load data Sp8 seems very similar to "True Blue" at least in 9mm, does anyone have some of both that they could visually compare?

Yeah but what were his splits?

Here is the correct link to that brass sorter video. The file is 41MB FYI.

Uh, gee... thanks.

I finally decided to e-mail Brian with the details of my plight, (I purchased the MKIV though him) to see if he could get a little more action out of Pact. Brian e-mailed me back within a few hours with the info that they would be shipping me one the next day, I was hopeful but but I had been down that road before, two days later a properly working MKIV showed up at my door. Brian also said in his e-mail to me that Pact believes that they have found and can fix the problem with the chronographs in the MKIV, I guess buy them at your own risk at this point. In my case Pact lost a potential return customer, but Brian gained one.

Thanks for the follow-up; I've been watching this thread, because I REALLY WANT the Pact to work as designed - timer AND chrono. If I can get some sense that it does, I will feel better about placing an order. This is encouraging. I don't know if you would get a functional chronograph or not. But I sent mine in 3 months ago and still don't have it back. They can't fix them because they don't know what's wrong with them. There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that I'd buy another Pact product.

Did you get yours back yet? I have'nt heard anything on mine yet. I'll call them next week. 41mag Sorry I havn't been watching this thread. No I still don't have it back yet, I quess i'll have to call them again.

I sent my brand new MKIV in on october 12th with exactly the same problem. I just called Pact today, they said they were waiting on parts and were hoping to ship mine back next week.

I bought some of the A-0 as well as SP-8 and I like it well enough, for the price it's great. The flake size is large, about 1 millimeter square but it meters fine in my SDB. As far as how clean it is I guess that's relative, it seems ok to me. It's a single base flake powder they are supposed to be cleaner. It's not a high density powder like SP-8, just for reference I filled some cases to the top with it to see how much powder would fit here's that info. 9mm 7.5 grains 40 S&W 11 grains 45 Auto 14 grains I have some load data from the Vectan Handloading Manual for it in 9mm, 40 S&W, 38 Special and 357 Mag. if your interested. The links I gave from the SP-8 thread have basically no loads for it.

Lee What is a course of fire contest? A stage design contest? Yes, the contest is over though, you can download the stages at that url, or here's a link. "2006 COF's" I also plan on going on saturday.

It's right next to Herco for burn rate. Here are links to all the load data on the Nobel sport websight. Burn Rate Chart Recomended Usage Chart Pistol Loads Rifle Loads

They are on closeout at Graf's, I got a bunch of the standard small rifle primers before they ran out. FYI the ones I got were made in Russia .

Nobel Sport Vectan SP8 is a double base ball powder developed for use in 9mm military ammo. There is virtually no reloading info for it as Nobel doesn't suggest it for any application other than 9mm. Here are a couple (the only?) of loads for it from the Nobel Sport Handloading Manual. Win 115gr FMJ, 6.8gr, 1181 FPS, Pressure (Bar) 2200. SFM 125gr FMJ, 6.6gr, 1280 FPS, 2000 Bar. With that all over with, I think you'll like the powder, it meters nicely, shoots clean and you can't beat the price. I don't have a crono, but the 115 gr FMJ 6.8 gr load has about the same recoil as WWB. Iv'e only gone up to 7.0 gr (I'm a real wild man ) with that bullet and didn't notice any signs of high pressure YMMV.