Heavy Barrel
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OK just got done loading a 1000 12ga last night took about hour and a half on the big blue machine with zero issues. Kinda hard to beat...
Until you get an itch to reload 3" loads
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I've always loaded 12ga on my SL900 ever since I got it. But something out of thin air told me to get a 20ga.
Well when looking the press over to see what all I would need to change when I get my conversion kit. I noticed that the wad guide is "stuck" in the wad swing arm.
I would try tapping it out with a dowel of similar diameter but where the wad swing arm is made from cast aluminum it would probably shatter the first time I tried tapping on the wad guide.
I'm open for suggestions.
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I've used bore Tech ever since I purchase my first center fire rifle (25-06). About 10 years go.
Though I have always had a dark cloud hang over me with their cleaning rods and this gun in particular.
But for some reason, all three cleaning rods I have had to purchase over the span. The enamel finish has flaked off either near the brass bushing at the end, or approx. 5-6" from the handle.
I have their cleaning rods for my 22-250, and my .30 cals. and they have never flaked.
I don't know if I'm being to aggressive, or what exactly.
Anyone else experience this with their products?
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Straight From Brown......
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After taking Flex's suggestion and searching around in regards to his suggestions.
I do recall that I was having issues keeping a grip on the gun, it would want to jump out of my hand when I was shooting left handed.
Which if I interpenetrated correctly, more than likely I was milking.
Though if this is the issue, why would the POI be the same even when I would shoot right handed?
No intentions of being argumentative but wouldn't that change the POI to low and to the left?
I'll admit I'm wet behind the ears
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I was shooting at a 7 yard snail trap. So figured in yardage would be 21 yards. And it was in the mid 60's here when I was shooting.
I have not a clue how tall the front sight is, it was purchase as a set. And per the information Trijicon has online that's the only combination that they market for the M&P's. I have sent an inquiry to Trijicon though it probably won't be until Mon or Tues before I get a response.
I looked at what CPWSA has in the Warren/Sevigny sights for the M&P and by what they show online. Unless I'm missing something, they don't list the option of various heights for the M&P's.
I'd still see what happens with the ammo you plan on using for carry/competition purposes before getting too worried about changing anything. When you talk to the Trijicon folks I'd ask them how tall the sights are (both front and rear). If it's the same height as the factory night sights, the front is .160" tall.
Dawson precision makes a rear night sight that they say requires a .180" tall front sight. If you combined that with the .160" tall current front sight it should raise the point of impact several inches.
I think you're right about the W/S sights and I was probably looking at the models they make for Glocks. R,
I'm hoping "someone" would eventually replenish their stock of either Hornady TAP in 155gr or Federal Hydra-Shok 155gr.
I would build a load using either Nosler or Sierra 150gr JHP's, or Hornady 155gr XTP. To use at the range but same way they are on the brink of becoming extinct.
I had these WinClean 180gr on hand back when I got my Glock 22C and used them for plinking, but never seen how they did on paper until yesterday.
If I can't find different heights of sights a lighter bullet will be my only option.
Edit: P.S. If I knew about Dawson, I probably wouldn't be in this boat. I have never see so many options just in sights. They have my business now!!!!!
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See if I can answer all this in a half shell........
Are you left handed?Yes I'm left handed. Though to add some twist, I'm right eye dominant.
That's why I was trying both left and right hand. To see if it would change any.
What distance were you shooting at that had them 3-4" low?The load that you choose for practice/carry may not hit the same place as the WinClean ammo did. So, you may not really need a new front sight. You can get a Warren/Sevigny front sight with a tritium insert in both .215 and .245 heights. Do you know how tall your Trijicon front is? You could also go with a complete set of Warren Tactical sights with tritium inserts or Sevigny Carry Sights with tritium inserts.
CPWSA carries them:
I was shooting at a 7 yard snail trap. So figured in yardage would be 21 yards. And it was in the mid 60's here
when I was shooting. I have not a clue how tall the front sight is, it was purchase as a set. And per the information Trijicon has online that's the only combination that they market for the M&P's. I have sent an inquiry to Trijicon though it probably won't be until Mon or Tues before I get a response.
I looked at what CPWSA has in the Warren/Sevigny sights for the M&P and by what they show online. Unless I'm missing something, they don't list the option of various heights for the M&P's.
You just changed the sights? Did you get the right front sight for the rear site? I would check with the company you bought from that they sent the proper combination of sights and that the right sights were ordered. Did you shoot some groups before changing the sights? How were those groups?Personally I wouldn't start grinding with just 100 rounds of one ammo through the gun. First I would try some other brands of ammo. Bullet weight can make a big difference in vertical p.o.i. as well as hotter rounds. The faster the bullet flies the flatter it shoots. Try also shooting some groups at 25 yards for comparison.
I changed the sights right after I got the pistol, but do to some uncontrollable events it wasn't until yesterday I got a chance to get to the range to see how it would shoot.
The sights were sold as one. Per say you order and they come in a blister pack......
I have an inquiry to the manufacture but being the weekend it will have to wait until tomorrow or the day after for a response.
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I was at the range today after installing a set of night sights on my M&P 40. To see if I need to change the position of the sights.
After shooting 100 rounds of Winchester 180gr WinClean, trying all three sizes of back straps, both strong and weak hand. The gun consistently grouped about the size of a soft ball, but low (approx 3-4") and to the right (3-4") at seven yards.
I figured with the sight tool that I used to install the sights with. I could correct the (3-4") to the right.
But the (3-4") low what could/should I to do in order to correct that?.
If your using a 6 o'clock hold, try covering what you want to hit with the front sight. Or, install shorter front sight or taller rear sight.
Would you have any suggestions for shorter front night sight or taller rear night sight?
I know Trijicon dosen't market anything to fit the M&P's other than what I installed.
This finding makes me a little concerned about my M&P 40c.
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I was at the range today after installing a set of night sights on my M&P 40. To see if I need to change the position of the sights.
After shooting 100 rounds of Winchester 180gr WinClean, trying all three sizes of back straps, both strong and weak hand. The gun consistently grouped about the size of a soft ball, but low (approx 3-4") and to the right (3-4") at seven yards.
I figured with the sight tool that I used to install the sights with. I could correct the (3-4") to the right.
But the (3-4") low what could/should I to do in order to correct that?.
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I don't know. But I love the series and anything related to WWII. Did you happen to catch "WWII in HD" on the history channel? Good stuff.
Yes!!!
I've even purchased part of it from iTunes.
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Any die hard fans here of WWII documentaries? Hopefully some one here can provide better help than what the broadcasters can.
Off and on for the last month between the History Channel and the Military Channel they have been airing "The Color of War"
Every time they do there is the theme music that they integrated in to the documentary that for some reason I have become drawn to it.
Ive asked A&E and its sister stations the History Channel and the Military Channel, for information regarding the theme music, only to be sent away empty handed.
I haven't been able to figure out if its a piece that was composed recently just for the documentary, or composed during the WWII era.
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I have had bad service with them to the excent that they regenerate the shipping label, so that the delivery date is current with the date they make the delivery. Yet they were foolish enough to stick the label they regenerated over top of the original label the shipper had placed on the package.
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Has anyone here been bitten by the bug that Garmin has in their 3.50 firmware?
Where it randomly flashes "GPS Update Complete" countless times till the 7X5 chipset crashes.
I know my self am a victim, got told I am looking at 10-14 days just for an exchange since I purchased the GPS less than 30 days prior.
IMO the engineers that released the flawed software should be working flex time to be filling the exchange orders.
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Do people in today's society lack the intelligence needed when it comes to using antiperspirant's
I can't stand it when you wait 45 min to an hour, to be seated at some elegant restaurant.
And while your enjoying your meal, a party is seated across the isle from you.
Before you can take a breath, your whole evening is trashed because some one with in that party reeks worse than a Boy's high school locker room.
You struggle to keep your composure, but those last few bites you have to force down. And they don't taste like the first. Cause your sense of smell has been over come by their pungent body oder.
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A little off subject in a way.
Those who do business with PV. Would know about the stipulations of doing business with them unless you have a FFL.
For example:
FFL'S ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED. However, Non-FFL'S must send a copy of your driver's license and a statement that the storage does not violate any Federal, State or Local Laws. If you have a FFL, we would like a copy. Please include your Phone Number.
Could some one elaborate on what I have underlined?
I emailed PV asking them to explain what the statment should contain. I have even offered information pertaining to local fire codes.
But they keep sending me replies with nothing more than the line above in bold.
So I am not sure if thats all they want?
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Funny stuff!
My boys and I always felt that golf courses were just waste of a perfectly good Motocross tracks!
or.......
Golf courses are just the waste of a perfectly good place to shoot!
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Would any one here know of a source in Northwestern Missouri, North Eastern Kansas, or South Western Iowa that stocks Long Shot in either 4lb or 8lb jugs?
Everyone in Eastern Nebraska that I could find in the phone book doesn't stock it in either 4lb or 8lb jugs. Even Cabelas, Scheels, and Bass Pro in my area don't have it in 4lb or 8lb. Per their online information
Scheels can order it for me, but the price for when they order it for me, is just as much if not more than what most online retailers are charging with hazmat fees and shipping.
So I figured some one with in a 150 mile radius of me would be worth the drive to offset the hazmat fees.
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How many of you reload less than a foot from your hot water heater?
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Alaska
That would be my suggestion, but he only wants the lower 48. Don't know why he hating on upper 2. My wife & I went there in 2001 and we still talk about it like it was last month.
Not hating the upper two, Alaska and Hawaii are on my "To Do list". Just protesting the airlines for some of the choices they made in recent years, both to their employees and their customers.
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I'm leaving this as an open ended question since I have been chewing the grits over this for the past few years.
If you could go any where with in the 48 states, you would go to.....And while there.... You would do or see what?
I have been all over the Midwest...Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Minnesota.
I have even made an exception in the past like Pennsylvania, though didn't have the opportunity to get out and see the natural wonders the state has to offer. Since I was strapped to the books the whole time I was there.
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I was having all kinds of problems with both my lower back and neck. Due to the repetitive heavy lifting I do at work.
But since I started seeing a Chiropractor two years ago, I have never had any problems since.
Depending on the Insurance you have, there are some Insurance companies and policies that will cover Chiropractor visits.
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It appears that the firing pin wasn't properly heat treated.
Depending on how soon your wanting to get your M2 back shooting again.
As an option.....
Brownells sells Benelli parts for the M2, for a firing pin they run just under $25. The part# for the firing pin is 301-000-048.
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Does this look like something reliable?
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Adding to this.......
Is there some "magical" way to measure dram from a hand load?
Reading up on a Benelli I just got, according to the manual, they recommend loads that are nothing less than a 3 dram equivalency, to cycle the action.
Thats all I shot in my Beretta, when I was buying factory loads to shoot clays.
Everything that I have got when searching for information about "Dram" relates to computers and a form of RAM i.e. "Dynamic random access memory". Though nothing relates to measuring the energy from a shotgun shell.
Unless somehow I have put the cart before the horse
20ga conversion kit.
in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment
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Any one here reload 20ga on a SL900?
If so do you have a parts list for the 20ga conversion? Only information the "Big D" has online, covers the 12ga.
I've been curious as to what differ's between the 20ga conversion kit and the 12ga conversion kit. Because rather than plop down $330+ for a conversion kit all at once. Order a few parts here and there, and assemble one as funding is available.
If I wasn't paying to have my Brittany trained and planned on hunting over him this fall for the first time. I wouldn't hesitate at ordering the complete conversion kit. I would get an MEC to load 20ga but lack the bench space.
Other than the obvious: Shellplate, locator buttons, station 2 locator insert, wad guide (Which I have had when I got my SL900), and case feed sleeve assembly. What else would I need?