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Hello, a simple question to the adventurous ones: Is it technically possible to resize 357sig cases into .40s&w? Has anyone done this? How long is the resulting necked up case? Need of trimming? Thx! t tommi

Ok, first round is on me! t tommi

No worries mate, plenty of good iron sights shooters here t tommi

Hi! I don't know a thing about you getting slots etc. but I have to concur with the above. Team Finland semi auto standard (for short: iron sights, comp yes, bipods no) will certainly whup your precious American A$$ (if you manage to get a team) t tommi

Just to let shooters not visiting IPSC Global Village know. Preliminary dates: Pre-match: 7-10 july Main-match: 13-17 july. The Plan says Four days of shooting for the competitor. more info should appear in: http://ipsc.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=7999 Hope to see the best riflemen in Norway! t tommi

Here is one good Internet resource: http://www.odcmp.com/USAMU/Shooting_Tips.htm t tommi

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trapr: Yes, I thought about that as well. I'm using an 18" 5.56 AR-15 right now and my 6.5Grendel has a 22 2/3" barrel. 22" might be some sort of a compromise. Add to that about 2.5" F2 comp. Hereabouts we shoot a lot of long distance paper and the shorter the barrel is the better the comp works allowing faster double alphas. t tommi

Hi, I'll be building another upper for rifle ipsc and 3gun. So far all the threads about barrel length have been about 18 vs. 20 inches. But how about something longer, maybe 22" with the front sight as far forwards as possible? Would it give any advantage? My barrel blank is 700mm X 26mm (27" X 1") so I could make it longer. BTW I'll have it chambered for 5.56nato, cause I really like neck-sizing only for training rounds. The master plan is to omit the gas hole and use it as a dedicated 22lr ciener upper until my Bushmaster barrel wears out. t tommi

KurtM: Yeah, the thread was about suppressing muzzle blast or something:) I thought to add some more consideration to suppressors. I forgot one more bad thing: suppressors stay hot for a long time thereby giving a big thermal signal. Makes maybe no difference for you if you are fighting 3rd world insurgents in far away places but as we still train for WW3 we have to give it consideration. Lately our big and friendly neighbour is investing increasing oil and gas revenues on getting strong again. I have no clue so far where and when the rifle nordics will be held. I hope I can participate. I'd like to fly to the US for 3gun as well but a new kid (scheduled for march 08) and a freshly bought home keep me busy and poor:) Cheers, Tommi Verho

" A sound suppressor does both, but they can be hard to come by." KURTM Depends on where you live. Hereabouts sound suppressors are a lot easier to get by than most nice comps. Some years ago here in Finland there was even talk about making them mandatory for hunting because of noise pollution concerns. A sound suppressor has some drawbacks: - the smaller and more efficient it is, the more it heats up - serious mirage problems with more than 3-5 shots fired in rapid succession - it blows some of the crud back into your action for more cleaning - if gun cleaning is neglected, use of a suppressor corrodes the barrel a lot faster - they weigh a lot, making for less balanced rifles if barrel is not cut accordingly - in larger calibers using short barrels (eg 338 LapMag) slow powders can blow them up:) (unburned powder ignites explosively inside the suppressor) But they can be fun as well and I like to keep my hearing. t tommi

Bigbrowndog - For you to send them w/o an export permit would be illegal. Receiving them is ok. On the other hand, (using approximate values) 2 X usgi mag, 30$ + 40rds ISMI spring, 10$ + magpull follower, 3$ = 43$ and you get one 45 rounder and one 15 rounder. Using a broken mag for the bottom would make one 45 rounder costs only 28$. And these work 100%.. Glue and fiber glass costs are negligible. A similar DPMS 45 rounder costs something like 80$ - 90$. Imported here even more. And on the top of it "I made it!" t tommi

As those 30+ cap magazines are hard to get & expensive over here, we do them ourselves. Just gut two normal USGI 30 rounders and tape them together with some overlap. Next use a hacksaw or beltsaw and cut both mags. Next file the ends smooth, check for good connection and glue with splints (for example ice cream sticks). Let the glue dry well and wrap the magazine with resin and fiber glass cloth cut into about 1.5" wide dressings. Then wrap hockey tape over the fiber glass while the resin is still liquid. This pushes the resin into the fiber glass cloth and makes for no air bubbles. Makes the mag look nicer as well. Using a hair dryer makes the resin dry faster. After drying of the resin smooth the interior and equip your new highcap mag with an ISMI 40rds spring and Magpull follower. The ISMI 40rds spring functions perfectly IMHO in mags from 40 to 52 rounds. The short leftover upper piece of the other mag can be used for a short sandbag/hunting magazine. For first time guessing the correct overlap of the mags to be sawed and subsequent roundcount I looked at the picture of a DPMS's 45 rounder. W/o counting drying times making a highcap AR15 mag only takes about 15min. Costs = 2 X 30 rounder + ISMI 40drs spring + 1 Magpull follower + some rapid glue and resin+cloth + hockey tape. For the bottom piece I've used mags with cracked lips as well. Saves the trouble of dumping them:) t tommi, Finland

Here on the right side of the pond the latest craze is the Swarowski Z6 1-6X24. The field of view is extraordinary wide and free of distortions, the reticle is good, the dot size just right etc. Only thing - it is rather expensive.. http://www.bearbasin.com/swarovski-Z6-riflescope.htm t tommi, Finland

Thanks for the info, I PM'd mike.45 I am lazy practising so strong hand reloading sounds more fumbleproof. I also believe the European Champs were won last year using these holders. t tommi