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  1. Just to give you a data point for consideration, I've had good reliability loading to 1.225 with 200 LSWC. Has worked well over tens of thousands of rounds in several 1911's. It might work for you as well. Another thing you might try is to set your seating die using a factory hardball round. Hope this helps.
  2. big_kahuna

    SP-01 Sight Choices

    Did anyone put this group buy in yet? I want one! Please advise. Thanks.
  3. I do. Glock 22. CCW'd every day IWB in an MTAC holster... on match days I switch to my primary Production Division rig (Blade-Tech DOH, CR Speed belt, Safariland pouches). Occasionally I CCW my Single Stack (1911) or my other production gun (CZ SP-01). I figured that I might as well get practiced with my carry guns.
  4. I was watching Fox News earlier and saw video of some flooding and heavy rain in Corpus Christi... I got to wondering about Benny Hill and if he might be in the middle of it. I just called the shop and left a message hoping he was doing well. Has anybody in Benosland been to Corpus lately or spoken to Benny recently?
  5. Nick arrived in Cheyenne today! Will take him a few days to settle in. Updates to follow.
  6. My Co-Ax does not look the same as yours. I believe you got a lemon. Contact Forster and they should take care of it.
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    Funny Names

    Years ago I used to review a dozens of resumes every day at work... and we hired some folks with some really interesting names. The best one was: Sum Phat Ho (properly pronounced SOOM FOUGHT HOE but looks like SOME FAT HO) He went by "Sam". ... followed closely by: Phuc Nguyen Tran (pronounced FOOK NWIN TRAN) aka Phuc N. Tran. (FOOK N. TRAN but looks like... well, you get the idea) He went by "Phil". And then there was Ramashandran Narayanasami. (Raw-maw-SHAWN-DRAWN Naw-raw-yawn-ah-SAW-ME) I asked him what the short version of his name was. He replied: "That is the short version." This dude had a great sense of humor. He initially decided to go by "Ram" to make it easy on us. Later, his friends used to jokingly call him "alphabet soup" and "rama-lama-ding-dong"
  8. Good input GrumpyOne. Nick, per the USPSA website you are less than an hour from Weld County Practical Shooters in Fort Collins. I think BritinUSA and Cy Soto shoot there also. Shoot them some PMs... They might have some good advice for you
  9. It is my duty to stand up and challenge this BOLD FACED LIE no matter how tastefully sarcastic it is.
  10. An extreme spread of .007 is no big deal. I see an extreme spread of 4 to 8 thousandths OAL routinely. Expect some kind of variance. I load for both my Glock 22 as well as for my son's 6-inch Benny Hill Fat Free pistol... so I often switch my seating depth between 1.125 (for the G22) and 1.170 (for the BHFF). Each time I switch between OALs, I run 10-30 dummy cases (clean/lubed/resized/deprimed/reprimed using spent primers seated with anvil outwards) through the load cycle; I then measure them all, record the results and calculate my extreme spread and median OAL. I then set my seater die so that the yielded median OAL matches my desired OAL. I then use my handy bullet puller to reclaim the dummy cases, bullets and powder. I keep the dummy cases, because I also use them to calibrate my powder measure. Example: Say I run a bunch of dummy cases through the press and see 6 thousandths of extreme spread (median of 1.145 +/- .003, with once-fired Winchester cases and MG jacketed bullets). For the G22 my desired OAL is 1.125. I keep turning my seating die in until it yields a median OAL of 1.125, with a high OAL of 1.128 and low OAL of 1.122. With a Redding micrometer seating die, this is really easy. With conventional dies, not so much.
  11. Personally, I feel that my time in the Marine Corps was awesome. I found the phrase, "you get out of it what you put into it" to be very accurate. Here are a few things I learned in the Corps... if these make sense to you, then maybe joining the military could be a really good option for you. Military service is not a job. It is a calling. You can't be in this for the money. No amount of money is worth what you will put up with. You better have a good reason for being here. Accomplish the mission and take care of your people. If you do this, everything else seems to fall into place. Doing anything worthwhile involves risk and sacrifice. Know the difference between right and wrong. You will be tested. Do the right thing even if no one is looking. Especially then. It really sucks when someone you know gets recalled to heaven early. Life isn't fair. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be fair.
  12. Was thinking of my kid as a candidate... then I saw this: "Applicants must be at least 21 years of age..." Damn... he's only 18
  13. Forgive the thread drift but... "cursed Baer"? I have not heard too many complaints about Baer handguns and am kinda surprised. I am not a Baer loyalist or anything (in fact I don't even own one) but I am interested in learning more about why yours was cursed. PM me some info if you don't mind. Back to your regularly scheuduled programming...
  14. +1 it is all I use. Concur. ... have tried both steel and tungsten rods with aftermarket springs... saw no benefit to different spring weights and actually experienced decreased reliability with tungsten guiderod... Switched back to stock recoil spring assembly and now enjoy optimal reliability.
  15. I voted JJ with Blake a close second... based on the assumption that actual shooting skill is the primary determinant of who wins. However, the Survivor-ish elements make it anyone's game... especially if they have obscure events like combat tiddlywinks, martial yoyo flinging or blindfolded shuriken throwing.
  16. IF my SD/recreational gun had to be a CZ, it would be an SA in 40... for many of the reasons cited by Walküre. I have an SP-01 and actually have it listed on my CCW. I tried carrying it ONCE. The dang thing is pretty heavy (41.6 ounces unloaded, not sure how much it weighs with a full mag). I much prefer to CCW a lighter gun. My personal choice for everyday CCW/SD gun is a Glock 22. Cheap enough that if it gets confiscated after a lawful SD shooting, I won't cry. Very reliable and accurate. Light weight. Accessories (e.g. holsters, mag pouches, sights, etc.) are easy to find and affordable. Easy to maintain. 40 cal ammo and components are cheaper than 45, which is a bonus. Tolerable ergonomics... I used to hate the weird grip angle and "2x4" feel but I got used to the gun pretty quickly. Now it is one of my favorite guns. You mentioned SIGs... well, here is my SIG story: I am a former SIG owner... Loved the ergonomics, accuracy and build quality. In the late 90's, I attended a 4-day handgun class with my P229... it worked well and I hit everything I needed to hit... but one of the instructors let me shoot a course of fire with his 1911, "just to try it out." WOW. With that borrowed 1911 and basic familiarization in its operating system, I was noticably faster and more accurate than I was with my SIG. I realized then that the 1911 is a holy relic imbued with the spirit of Saint John Moses Browning, while the SIGs were just nice handguns. Shortly after that class, I sold both SIGs to by a 1911 (EDITED TO ADD: I also had a P220 at the time). I have no regrets about that decision, and still have that 1911 to this day. I forgot to mention that during that class, I saw a guy (who claimed to be an experienced police officer with 13+ years on the beat) shoot himself in the leg (with his SIG) because he got sloppy and holstered his gun while still cocked. He touched the trigger during the draw and negligently discharged it before he cleared his holster... the 180 grain 40 cal bullet went THROUGH his holster, THROUGH his thigh, THROUGH his knee, and lodged into his calf. Yeah, I know it was operator error and the gun was not at fault... but ever since that day I have been none too thrilled with SIGs.
  17. I had a breakage in extreme cold weather (between 15 and 20 F). My son broke the other ones, probably by just practicing the hell out of them. My theory is that the mouths of the holsters got dinged up by several (thousand) reinsertions, which created stress risers... which became cracks. BT told me they did a re-design and the newer holsters are more resistant to breakage.
  18. Have you actually called Blade-Tech yet? I have broken three or four of my BT holsters, and they have replaced them... even the ones that I have owned for more than a year. BT has taken very good care of me so far. EDIT: You beat me to the reply. Glad to hear that they are taking care of you.
  19. Your CZ told me it wants to go shooting!

  20. Good on you for how you handled yourself on Top Shots. Respect. JJDIDTIEBUCKLE.

  21. big_kahuna

    Thanks

    wait... you weren't so embarassed about cutting your finger (down to the bone I might add) that you actually TOLD SOMEONE?
  22. My son LOVES his 6" Benny Hill Fat Free Limited gun. Balance point is just slightly forward of the trigger. No regrets here... the gun is great and Benny is awesome!
  23. What temperature sensitivity issue? I've been using it since starting reloading again a few years ago, with no problems that I can see. It gets pretty darn hot here in the sub-tropics of south Louisiana, but the load of 4.2 WST under a Remington 185 match SWC out of my RRA ball gun will still put them almost in one hole at the 50 foot line if I do my part; and just over three inches at 50 YARDS in the Ransom Rest. Its a very accurate combination. WST is what replaced 452AA. I used that powder with very satisfactory results in the .45 cartridge 25 years ago; and don't recall any temperature-related issues with it back then either. Have I been missing something??? . Yep, WST is inversely temp sensitive. I went minor at the NorCal Sectional a few years back because WST slows down as it gets hotter... ambient temp when I got to the chrono was 112 degrees Fahrenheit.
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