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fryeg7

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  • Birthday 09/29/1974

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    Greg Frye

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  1. i wouldn't say you ruined it, but i wouldn't call it pretty either. if you like it, that's all that matters. float your own canoe . frye
  2. i almost always carry a CZ75 of some sort, usually a P-01, and a full-size back-up mag. a P-01 is roughly the size and weight of a glock 19 and holds 14 in the mag. it's comfortable/light enough to go everywhere with me and disappears on my hip even with just shorts and a t-shirt. if i have to dress up and tuck a shirt in, i carry a bulgarian makarov on my ankle. 9x18 isn't the best defensive caliber, but it beats a blank . . . . as for caliber choice, any caliber that will push a HP in and out of an attacker is sufficient (12"+ ballistic gel). 9x18mak will not, so i carry FMJ in that pistol. i really need to get a 9mm pocket gun . . . . frye
  3. energy and momentum are not the same thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoil frye
  4. E = .5 • m • v2 in the above formula, the v2 actually is 'v squared', not v*2. this formula is what determines energy, as well as recoil . . . . power factor is an arbitrary formula with no basis in physics nor does it bear any relation to the actual amounts of energy produced by a load and bullet downrange. it is simply a handicapping system for mag capacity that doesn't take into acount the exponetial increase of energy caused by an increase in velocity. for instance: a 9mm NATO round produces more energy than a 230grn 'mil-spec' .45acp load in 'the real world'. yet, in the grand world of gun games, the 9mm shooter is 'penalized' because his pistol holds more rounds of a higher energy cartridge. power factor is not "pretty much momentum" nor does it tie directly into recoil. not even close. energy is energy. power factor is gun gaming. and physics is always physics. frye
  5. due to the way power factor is 'handicapped' without regard to physics, a 147grn 9mm load should have less recoil (and less ft./lbs. of energy) than a lighter bullet loaded to the same power factor. power factor favors heavier bullets and doesn't take into consideration that energy doesn't develop in a linear fashion as velocity increases. power factor has little to do with energy at the muzzle and recoil, it's simply a way to handicap high-capacity pistols. frye is there an easy way to 'translate' different powders into equivalent loads? (sorry, i'm a reloading noob). i only have 3N37 and unique on hand. frye thanks for all the data . frye
  6. my parents turned 15 and 16 that year. i was still 9 years away . . . . frye
  7. thank you, sir . i'm more interested in data for the 3N37 as it's already opened and sitting in my powder measure from my last batches of lead boolits. i'd like to finish it off before i open the 1lb. of unique. frye
  8. i'm going to be loading star 147grn 9mm FMJ over either unique or Vv3N37 for production minor. i have a fairly limited reloading library and have been unable to find data for 147grn FMJ for either of those powders, but there is lots of data for 147grn HP's. thanks for the help. frye
  9. i'm having trouble finding data for start loads for the exact combo i'm beginning to load for. can one use HP start load data for the same weight bullets when actually using FMJ? this is assuming OAL has been taken into account and the case volume with a seated bullet is the same. frye
  10. i bought them from someone who sells reloading supplies locally at matches, so who knows how long they've been sitting around for. here's another question that may make my search for starting loads simpler: taking OAL differences into consideration (i.e. assuming we're dealing with the same case volume with the bullet seated), are FMJ and HP jacketed ammo loads interchangeble? frye
  11. i have been using moly-lead bullets, but just got some star 147grn FMJ to use for USPSA production minor. anyone have any special recipes for this bullet, 3N37 or Unique, and an SP01? thanks in advance. frye
  12. one single armed CCW holder on campus could have prevented the majority of this tragedy. thank god it was a 'gun-free zone'. i'm sure all the victims of this crime feel much safer because of this . . . . .
  13. That sucks? Is there going to be an email? christa sent out an email and another shooter posted it on another forum. frye
  14. i'm a reloading noob, but in my limited experience with reloading 9mm i've found that a quick spray of frankford arsenal case lube on a piece of brass run through the sizing dies makes things go that much smoother. i know it's not necessary and things work just fine without it, but case lube is a nice helper at the bench. you can eat french fries without salt, but aren't they better with it? frye
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