rhett45acp

And what about the 8 round gang in Single Stack? Should we allow 10 rounders now??? Leave Production alone for now. Just my 2 cents.

I shoot a lot of Laser Cast in 45 acp. In somewhat general rule, lead bullets produce more velocity than jacketed. I think the basis is lead is softer and makes a better gas seal. For example: Here is some data from my logs. Kimber 1911 in 45ACP W231 5.5 grs WLP LaserCast 200 LSWC Average velocity 889 10 shot string W231 5.5 grs WLP Speer 200 JHP. Average velocity 838 10 shot string 80F and at 12:00PM From Oregon Trail's Manual for 9x19 1st edition 124 Round Nose Lead W231 4.0 grs 1020 W231 4.4 grs 1094 From Speer's Manual for 9x19 13th edition 124 SP/GD-HP Jacketed W231 4.0 grs 887 W231 4.5 grs 998 125 Grain Speer L-RN W231 3.8 grs 911 W231 4.1 grs 982 So, as you can see, there is a big difference between cast lead and jacketed. I would get a good reloading manual and follow the rules: Start low - work your way up.

$100 is a steal. I picked up one for 80 bucks several years ago that was missing parts. Powder kit plus 550 "parts kit" from Dillon and I was off running. A little TLC and you have a press for life....

Hi, I have been directly involved in building two large outdoor ranges and one small private range. The private range sounds like what you want to do We built it in a horse shoe type shape. We also utilized the back part of a pond dam as one-third of the shoe. I don't know how much land you have, but digging a pond is an excellent source of berm material. I have used the 2:1 method for rough calculation of dirt. Example. For a 25 yard pistol bay, you might want a 12 foot tall berms. So your base would be around 24 feet thick. Not perfect math, but close. It gets real tricky when you start extending the height. Anyway, the NRA has a good range development program. They also have a book on CD for about $20 on total range design. http://www.nrahq.org/shootingrange/sourcebook.asp Good Luck!

Linda my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. It was always a pleasure to see him on and off the range. A true classic gentleman. Rhett Toler

I got my A$$ kicked last weekend by a stock Glock. One guy was shooting a Beretta, very well. My mentor shot a Beretta and kicked my butt ever match. He shot it because he "liked it", in minor. OK, time to laugh . I went to my first IPSC match with a Ruger Blackhawk in 30 carbine. A: I did not know I was going to a match B: I did not shoot the match with the Ruger. I was hooked immediately. I found my new drug dealer!

My Airbone (gone now) delivery girl was a stripper. The first time I saw her delivering a package, it was like, don't I know you? Yes I did.

Glock Reliability? Solid. I have shot thousands of rounds through many a Glock and no Glock induced problems. I own at least a dozen. In Fact, I had one of the E series that was listed for recall. (Yes JKSNIPWE, it was a serial number series) Being the stubborn person I am, I never sent the frame back. I was cleaning the gun (I do that every now and then) one day and noticed the left rear rail was missing. I found the rail piece in the parts washer. I know I had shot at least two local matches with that gun since the last cleaning. The G17 ran fine. I sent the gun back to Glock and they replaced the frame promptly. Great Customer Service. That my friend is reliable! So I have to ask, with the CCF frame, not knocking innovation, why would you want to mess with what a Glock really is? It's a polymer based gun. Given physics are what they are, the Glock frame is designed for a certain amount of "flexibility". With a ridged frame, this is not the case. Unless you redesign the entire pistol, things are not going to be the same. I have also seen on BE comments that Browning HP where fragile. Nonsense, I have one that has of 100K rounds through it. I got my C card with that gun. Still running. But, If you shoot Open with a reamed out BHP, like they did in the 80's, it might just break. The CCF frame issue is very simple, you take something that was designed to be A and make it B, the results will be different. If not, we would not be around! Basic laws of physics.

Kidd you not, I bought 3K of the white box in April in Cheraw SC for $15 a hundred. Got the same price in Mt. Pleasant in January - Bought all they had. I guess I have been in the right place. Maybe it was old stock????

Hi, I just had a phone call with a close friend. The regional rep at a Wally World in S.C. told him the Winchester White box (9mm) would "jump" 80% by late fall. 1. Can anyone substantiate such rumor? 2. I remember all the hysteria in the early 90's about components (primers) going way up. If I remember correctly, they did jump only to normalize later. I had a bunch of buddies go on a buying frenzy. I have one buddy that still has cases of WSP from then ( he quit shooting, but will not sell them ) Speculation? RT

In case you don't get the theme early Dillon, Dillon, and Dillon. Buy it from BE please!

Frankly, if it was just about putting the little bullets in the mag, I would never reload. 9mm is still cheap compared to your time and effort. BUT, reloading is so satisfying, fun, and a ton of possibilities. For Example,; I have over 2000+ rounds of 30-06 loaded, but I found a reason to load 20 new ones this weekend. A 550 will keep your possibilities endless. If I dare say, reloading is one sport and shooting is another, they just kind of go together. Rhett

I have two P16 - Limiteds. They work fine. I did a trigger job and changed the grips. They run rock solid. I have been on the production kick for a while with a Glock. Funny this thread came up, last night I was digging the paras out of the safe getting ready to go back shooting limited 10. Keep shooting them and feed them ammo.

+1 on the Green. I have over a dozen fiber fronts on guns. All Dawson. I have gone from red fiber, to black (psint on the fiber), and now I am using green. It seems to be a good compromise. I too heat the fiber and pull it into the sight. Makes a small bright green dot, but allows a nice notch and post profile for long targets. On the mental side - I tell myself "Green means Go" http://www.brianenos.com/forums/style_emot...lt/rolleyes.gif http://www.brianenos.com/forums/style_emot...lt/rolleyes.gif

Hi, Who is shooting a match this Saturday, June 28th in the New Jersey Area 8 zone? I am in central Jersey and I am willing to drive a couple of hours. Need a tune up for Summer Blast. Thanks

Banks, Thank you for the accurate information. I received mine from the gun owner Monday night. I was the one that purchased the springs/parts to be sent to the “Smith”. I was told by the owner the original springs were fine and the new ones not installed by the smith. Hence in my post “OR I am miss-informed, if so I apologize in advance.” “1. Crud in the safety plunger which allowed it to stay depressed at all times 2. A build up in the chamber 3. Worn out springs 4. Ammo loaded to 1,154 to 1.160 and loaded hot to make PF with the added length (1911/2011 platform loads)” #1, Can we agree this has nothing to do with going fully into battery? I would like to know. #2. 100% agreement #3 100% agreement and was one of the things I was highly suspicious of in the beginning – read my post. #4 100% agreement – Same as #3 Can you tell me if the gun had a tungsten guide rod installed? The owner does not know. FYI – The origin of the trigger bar would surprise you. Again, thank you for the update. rhett45ACP

Bonjour, I am glad our mutual shooter has their gun back. I hesitate on the following, but I just can't resist. A dirty safety plunger and/or trigger bar has little to do with a Glock not going completely into battery. Granted, tuning the working tolerances of two components may prevent the gun from firing if not completely in battery, but why is the gun not in battery? Worn trigger bar? We know where it came from?? However, I am betting this not the root cause of this guns issue. Can we say “Series 70”? I was very surprised the gun was returned without the brand new springs installed. It would have taken 10 minutes to do. I am amazed. OR I am miss-informed, if so I apologize in advance. I am willing to bet this shooter will have mysterious “duds” or something worse in the future. Now that I have dug myself a grace, one more for the road. COL has NOTHING to do with different brands of 40 cal brass when loaded in a typical press. This will be a great conversation at Summer Blast. I will bring Pen and Paper because I have a lot to learn. Merci, A+

Hi Jack, WOW - What a simple phone call can reveal. First of all, Jack, thanks for all the help you are giving this shooter. They really appreciate it. There are so many things wrong with this G35 setup that have little to do with Glocks. Some of the basic rules of this sport are being skipped. This shooter is close to quitting because of the KB and that is not good. We need to get this person back to the basics. (it's very difficult to assist being 800 miles away) Several things that I picked up are just wrong IMHO. They are just starting to reload. Our friend is using a Square Deal B. I am told they can load 10 rounds and all have different COL. Not Good. I am told they are dropping 4.9 grs of Titegroup for 180 MG. IMHO that is way hot. - Not Good. I am told that when the Gun KB they were using someone else's ammo - and that ammo was setup for a STI - Not Good. IMHO - We need this shooter to go back to their G34 - white box Winchester for now. Get their confidence backup up and playing safe. Then we must get this shooter around an experienced reloader that can mentor them in the process. I will order all the pieces to put that G35 back stock plus some spares. They can take the G35 to CR&G. The smith there is very good. I do take a little responsibility here, because I assumed someone was doing what I do and doing it just like me. - Dumb on my part.

Hi Jack, I think I know the specific gun you are talking about. Please have your friend replace the recoil spring/rod with a stock Glock set. The suggestion of manually operating the slide to see if it goes back in battery is right on. When I was maintenance man on that gun, the springs were tossed every year, as I do on my own. It's probaly my fault for not mentioning this to the owner. It also needs a "deep" cleaning and the rest of the springs changed at this point. I did offer to the owner to send me the trigger group for a polish job. (note - polish - not a trigger job, metal removal, spring coils clipped - just a polish job :-)) Keep in mind, Glocks are simple and wonderfully designed guns. Designed with lots of tolerance. They seem to go wrong when "we" start to engineer the "faults" out of the design. I think I need to make a phone call this morning........

+1 on Flexmoney's comment. I have seen 3rd party guide rod/spring combos alter how far the slide will go back. RT

"If the failure occurs with the first few rounds the problem more than likely is worn mag springs. By far an away the best recoil spring for my 125gr minor load (and I mean just barely minor smile.gif ) is a stock Glock recoil spring assembly. Everything else is just stuff in my parts box. Jim M" The more I tinker, the more I go back to stock parts. It just works and one less thing to worry about. Jim, my parts box might be bigger than yours now :-) Get your sights right, polish the trigger components. Then every time you get the urge to buy something else, buy range time and ammo.

Hi, Finally someone is talking about the crip. It makes a big difference in accuracy and smoke. I have shot video of myself shooting different guns and different loads all on the same day. 231 in .45 ACP with a 200 SWC is my stable in a single stack. It just works, but smoky! In .40 I used U-Clays for a long time until another shooter turned me on to Titegroup. I use ZERO 180 JHP bullets in .40 in both my G35 and P16. I have played with plated bullets trying to keep cost down, but I have not been satisfied so for. This weekend I am going to experiment again. In the videos, Titegroup and U-Clays ran very close with all different loads in visible smoke. However, Titegroup had a slight edge with less smoke. The big difference came when you tear down the guns to clean. Titgroup seems to leave less fouling. Accuracy can be directly contributed to whatever crip/bullet combination you are using. There are a few threads here that really get into it. It's a bit late because you have already sent the Para to the accuracy hospital, but in the future tinker with the loads much more before you do so. My rifle experience has ingrained this in me. After you tinker and you still don’t get the results, then send the thing to the accuracy hospital. BTW – Video taping is a great tool. It’s very honest!

I have a bit of experience in setting up and running a few matches....and it so fun too have your work picked a part…….. Having stated this, I really get irritated when I go to a match and a stage has an obvious "gamming" advantage. Whether it's manipulating a prop to advantage, skipping a reload, or whatever you can think of, but gaming. So, me being the upright guy (right), I follow the stage designers "spirit of the stage" and follow the stage procedure. Doing this, only knowing in the back of my mind someone else is going to game this. Sure enough the next squad comes along with a hot shot and they game it. Did they cheat? Or did I just get cheated? Do we need a NASCAR rule? - "12-4-A - actions detrimental to stock car racing"

Ignorance Here, What is a S_I mag? Thanks