jaredr

congrats. i've always thought the premier II's were the best value for a high-end hand built 1911.

had a Para Ordnance p12 plated with np3 a few years back. My experience is that the np3 coating worked great for rust resistance, but it was very soft and scraped and wore easily (at least compared to traditional hard chrome). I think np3 would not stand up very well as a magazine coating. My $0.02.

this. as long as you swapping between calibers that have the same primer size, changing caliber conversions is not a big deal. my experience is roughly the same as above - about 15-20 min to change shellplate and toolhead, and swap out plates in the cartridge feeder.

my experience swapping out the trigger on my M&P15-22 for a geiselle was pretty aggravating. as mscott mentioned above, the plastic receiver of the M&P15-22 is slightly thicker than a standard aluminum AR. i'm not aware of special longer pins being available (i've seen 5 M&P15-22's and all had standard pins which sit recessed about .005" - .008" on each side. problem when installing a new trigger group in the M&P15-22 is that when you install the hammer pin in a normal receiver, you keep the hammer back under tenshion and then push the pin through (at least i do) until it is flush at the end of the pin hole on the opposite side (typically just lay the receiver against a plastic working block so the pin has a hard surface to stop against). If you do this with an M&P15-22 using a standard length pin (and i've seen no other kind) then when you push the pin all the way through until it is flush on the other side, it is now pushed PAST the receiver wall on the side you first inserted it into. This is because the pin is not long enough to completely protrude through both receiver walls. when this happens, the hammer is now only supported on one side (the far side of the receiver) and you begin to egg out that receiver hole. Once you realize what's going on you can address it, but it kind of requires an extra hand...

Trade it to ya for a PMAG? oh wait, that was last year... edited because of stupid phone autocorrect

I'm getting sub moa with 41.5gr of MIR 4064 under 168gr hdy bthp.

Got a chuckle from me

My load is 5.0 gr 231 for a 200 gr lswc but like stevera, I have about a thumbnail of bullet shoulder protruding in front of the case neck whereas yours look like the shoulder is flush.

had some thoughts for a stage at our local club's quarterly rifle match, keen to get some feedback on 1) legal for multigun rules? 2) legal or not - dumb idea or good practice? our club runs rifle matches every quarter but we have limited facilities - most of the ranges at the club are pistol bays so maximum distance in any given stage is about 50 yards. since we don't have the distance for long shots, have to do other things with stage design to add some challenge otherwise they all devolve into short range hoser stages (which i do think are fun, but will get boring if that's all you have). proposed stage: start seated at a table with a prop telephone in hand. rifle is resting on the table, unloaded with magazine lying next to it. taped to the top of the table is a (large print) copy of the Declaration of Independance. At the make ready command, shooter will perform final check of their rifle and magazine to and then, once shooter is ready, shooter will begin reading the document out loud into the telephone. start timer is set to random and at the sound of the buzzer, shooter will pick up their rifle, load it, and engage targets as they become visible. objective: wanted to do something that would intentionally deprive shooter of their opportunity to focus solely on their shooting plan just before the start buzzer. Shooter will have all the time they want once they are seated to review their shooting plan, get their thoughts together etc, but once you say you are ready, you then have to concentrate (at least a little bit) on holding a phone in your hand and reading something into it out loud. then, when the buzzer sounds, you need to get your head back into the game and remember what your shooting plan was and execute it. thoughts?

You do realize you jinxed by saying that...... schools were dismissed 3 hours early yesterday and no school today because of the snowstorm. thank god no one knows this is all my fault for posting on Sunday and saying how glad i was that warm weather was finally here...

unfortunately, i have about a bajillion 115gr projectiles so i really would like to get a good POA/POI with that bullet. what i'm hearing so far is .320 is not far off from what others are using. not sure if a .305 will get me where i need to be but at least reassuring to here that what I am seeing is not that far out of the ordinary. what disappoints me is i'd hoped i'd be able to use the dawson adjustable rear to play around a bit and see what it's like shooting with sights dead on at 20yds and perhaps 1-2" low @ 10 yds. looks like in order to do that I would need a genuinely freakishly tall front sight (about 0.350").

sorry, should have noted i'm using WW 115gr FMJ at about 1200 fps

finally upgraded the sights on my full size M&P 9mm, purchased Dawson Precision adjustable serrated rear and (as specified by Dawson) a corresponding .285" tall front sight. unfortunately, the sights hit 8" high at 20 yards (and that is with the rear adjusted down as far as it will go). This is tested from a seated rest position on sandbags, and had a couple of friends at the range verify - they saw the same issue (except for one guy who was hitting almost a foot tall - gather that was an issue with his sight picture rather than the sights themselves). For reference, the previous factory sights were dead on at 10 yds and approx 3" high at 20 yds which i felt was very manageable. 8" high at 20 yds is just unworkable for me. to figure out what front NB - this is not a gripe or complaint about dawson sights. i'm sure they'll sort this out and once way or another get me something that hits to POA. my question is this: i've visited dawson's website and done the math and it looks like I'll need a front sight that is approx .320" tall to get POI back to only 4" high at 20 yds. Whoa - that thing is going to look like a shark fin sticking up on the front of the slide Question for the board: has anyone else seen any similar issues with their 5" M&P 9 hitting this high (8+ inches at 20 yds) or needing a front sight this tall (.320") when running a dawson adjustable rear?

ok, my bad. i spoke too soon and hosed us all...

got in some practice today and thought to myself as I was setting up targets "oops,l need to start bringing sunscreen again" yahoo, and goodbye snow and ice!

I use an old northern tool cement mixer. I bought mine used but they sell new for about $150-200. 1 5-gallon bucket of .223 cartridges, 4 5-gallon buckets of corn cob/walnut, let it run for a few hours and then separate.

Background: a while back i got a good deal on a G35 Gen 4 set up for limited, couldn't pass it up but life got in the way and never had time to shoot it. it has sat in the safe unfired for almost a year. fast forward to today finally getting back into shooting production, will be shooting club matches only. want to shoot 9mm as I have literally a ton of components already and a lone wold G35 9mm conversion barrel also gathering dust, don't want to get into .40 right now. Question: should i 1) keep the G35 which i already have and just run the 9mm conversion barrel on it for local matches, or 2) sell the G35, buy a G34. I understand the G35 is not legal for production class with a 9mm barrel. all the matches i will be shooting are club or local matches where I can still participate and worst case my scores will simply not be reported. i am okay with that, i'm just trying to get back into the sport and get some practice. perceived benefits of option 1 (keeping the G35) is i can (at some point) go ahead and shoot limited with it if i want (it's set up with dawson ice magwell, 4 arredondo mags). drawback(s) of option 1 are i may have to spend an excessive amount of time futzing around with it to get it to run properly, and the benefit of being able to shoot limited in .40 may be irrelevant if i never want to do it. the limited parts will just be more crap sitting on a shelf. benefit of option 2 (sell it, buy a G34) is I'll have a good gun ready to go once i put sights and a trigger on it. downside is i have to go back to the well and sell of one thing to buy something else... suspect the answer is that i should probably just liquidate the G35 and go with a proven performer, but felt like tossing this out there in case someone wants to post back "no, those conversion barrels are awesome and they always work super reliably with no changes to springs, ejector, extractor, etc.". So far, i've heard exactly no one say that but figured i'd ask. thoughts?

once you find out just how filthy dirty the 22LR round makes your match rifle.....you'll make your insert into a dedicated upper This. Aside from gumming up the upper receiver interior & lower fire control parts with blowback grime, swaging a few hundred rounds of .22lr through your match barrel leaves a nice coating of soft lead that is a time consuming pain to clean out.

I've got three of the Primary Arms optics on different rifles/uppers (M&P 15-22, 9mm upper, 22 AR conversion). they are to my eye as bright as the T1 on my 10.5 inch gun and have so far been very reliable. I think the primary arms red dots are a great bargain at about $100 including the cost of a mount vs the cost of a t1.

Cannot advise if this is too tight but if you decide you need more clearance, why not take a file and just take a little off the top of the gas block?

Same here. No problems. Using adjustable gas block but that's just to tune gas for running the rifle suppressed.

For precision rifle i think there's real value in running a can - better cheekweld because you can just use earplugs, you get the benefits from a comp but dont suffer from muzzle blast, and the added weight of the suppressor doesn't cost you nearly as much on a precision rifle coursr because you don't shoot (usually) from the same kind of offhand unsupported positions (or at least fewer shots will be unsupported over the course of a precision rifle match). For 3-gun, especally hoser stages, no advantage but at least I look cool

i haven't used that profile but have fed .45 ACP 200gr LSWC with no problem. they have an even more flat profile that the bullet you pictured, so i would expect yours will feed fine. heads up re: use of lead, i found that they worked fine but I did need to clean the collator out every 500-1000 rounds. issue i encountered was the bullet lube from the lead bullets would begin to build up on the collator face plate and would (eventually) gum things up. was easily resolved by using some alchohol to wipe down the collator plate and remove the sticky bullet lube. also - i was using very inexpensive valliant lead bullets that had a fairly soft bullet lube, you may have different results if you're using something that has a harder lube.

Lol! after driving in South America, I was happy to get back to the States and sit there at a red light, safe and sound, for as long as it took :-)

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