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Babaganoosh

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  1. I think the next project is a plate rack. There is going to be a plate rack dueling match at CJ this year
  2. It's a fun gun for steel but overkill IMHO. Go with a 9mm or .40 cal to cut costs almost in half. However I shoot 3-4 matches a month so it adds up quickly. If I could afford to shoot 45 every time I would. Let your ammo budget decide. Guns are cheap, ammo is expensive.
  3. Already did. Check thru my youtube vids. The vid posted is before we tweaked it to spin faster.
  4. I feel it's a sin to put an optic on a revolver but to each his own. I do understand that your eyes need some help though.
  5. Here is the newest creation made up in the shop. My cousin did way more work on this one then I did due to me being unbelievably busy this past week. It's really fun to shoot by the way and this is me in the video shooting it from 12 yards, Alpha Charlie in the second vid. Enjoy
  6. If he was shooting IDPA then yeah go for it. USPSA is more of a competition. I shoot USPSA currently but want to get into IDPA a bit. Shooting from cover and all that seems more useful for real world situations. You shoot IDPA yet ray? If not lets go to a match and shoot/check it out
  7. I suggest a CR Speed or Double Alpha belt in conjunction with a stiff kydex holster and mag pouches. The double belt system coupled with a belt loop or tek lock holster and mag pouches is the way to go if you really want to buy once cry once.
  8. I have an unopened 1 pound bottle of WST powder. I was going to use it but got together with a group buy and stocked up on my normal powders. I bought it about 45 days ago at Cheyenne Mountain for 24.95. This is local pick up in Monmouth County since it's obviously not worth shipping it. Hazmat fees aren't cheap. 20 Dollars.
  9. I was yelling because my pc kept screwing up and not posting.
  10. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh If you slam it in it will go forward on it's own. If you ease it in and then pull back the slide and let it go it will go all the way forward into battery. You DO NOT have to hit the slide release!!!
  11. That's what she said!
  12. It might say that, but you don't have to do that
  13. I have the same gun, it will slingshot forward if you pull it back and let it go. I am doing it right now.
  14. I had one, worked very well but sold it. I like having the dedicated 22 pistol. Plus I hated the .22 grit getting into the frame of my gun. No complaints though. It was recomended to use premium 22 ammo with it. I used cci mini mags and it ran flawlessly.
  15. Seems like a decent price. I think surefire makes one and it's at least 100 more I think.
  16. I have a few tips to make this easier. Watch the video, then if possible bring the video to the reloading bench via laptop if possible. 1. Polish the primer slide and the primer slide area on the press. I did it with a dremel. It does help. You want this as smooth as possible. 2. Make sure the bench is very sturdy. As little movement as possible. I used very large washers to spread the weight and force out. Ideally you want the press arm to be at shoulder height. 3. Do NOT force anything. 4. Adjusting the pawls is a royal pain the first few times you do it. Once you understand how it works it's easy as pie. Hopefully the pawls on yours are already adjusted correctly. They both control the clockwise movement of the shellplate. It needs to be dead on. If need be adjust one at a time. What you want to happen is to have one solid click sound when the shellplate advances. The pawls make a click sound,and the shellpate will make a click sound when it is in position. You want both clicks to happen at the same time. This is what causes a lot of people problems. They don't adjust the pawls correctly. Once you get it close you only adjust them a fraction of a turn at a time. That's how sensitive they are. I copied this from another forum, probably explains it better than I can. Rule 1: Left pawl adjusts the shell plate when it comes down. This is the one that causes problems with cases feeding into the shell plate or priming problems (they both rely on the the downstroke of the shell plate). Rule 2: Right pawl adjusts the shell plate when it goes up. This is the area that causes problems with cases entering the dies (jamming on the sizing die is the big problem child). The rest: Now, another key point to keep in mind about the clicks.. The manual says to listen for clicks as the shell plate is locked into place at the end of the press arm stroke. They don't explain it very well though. When I was first fighting the left pawl (shell plate problems with priming and case feeding), the manual said to listen for 2 clicks. They didn't explain that the clicks are VERY soft and I was mistaking the releasing of the RIGHT pawl being the first click when in reality, the proper click is a very soft one. The clicks are first the sound of the pawl releasing and the second click is the sound of the 2 ball bearings locking the shell plate into proper place. The key about that is you want the adjust the pawls so that the 2 distinct clicks merge into one click, that means the pawl is releasing exactly at the same time as the ball bearings are locking into place. If you are thinking that the loud clicking is the proper noise, then you are wrong like I was. And when adjusting these pawls, you need to move the press arm VERY slowly. 5. Get a few cans of canned air. Use them to blow out the powder from the shellplate and especially the primer slide. 6. Light, light and more light. You want as much as possible. I also have a swing out desk lamp aimed so I can see in the cases. 7. Do not let anyone distract you. Especially at first. If someone comes to talk to you, finish the complete round you are working on, put everything down and wait until they are gone to continue. 8. If something jams up or you have a problem like the primer slide getting jammed. Remove the cases from the stations and put them aside in a circle thats mimics the shellplate. That way you can put them back in the way they came out. After the powder drop arm goes upward you are dropping powder, if you come halfway down and have a jam or something, don't go back up with it, you will double charge and ruin one of your guns and day in the future. Just pull the case with powder and put it to the side. I dump the powder into a small container I keep on the bench, which brings me to 9 9. Keep a small container for dumping powder into on the bench. It's good for when you are dialing in the correct amount of powder and it's good when you need to empty a case you are unsure about. It beats trying to throw it back into the powder measure all the time. Just save it up and dump it in the powder measure when you are done. 10. Keep all the allen wrenches you need for tightening things up handy. If possible get an extra set for the press only. 11. Wear safety glasses at all times. Just start from minute one so you get accustomed to doing it. Primers have been know to ignite and it's not pretty. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. I read that a good idea is to hang them on the press arm. Get a dedicated pair and leave em on the bench 12. Only work with one powder at a time. Keep any other powders away from the reloading bench. Use a piece of tape and stick it on the powder measure if you have multiple powders. Write what powder you have in the measure on the tape. Be diligent in this, you don't want to mix powders, again, this does have the potential to ruin your day in the future. 13. You are just starting out so work in batches of 100 at a time. That way if you screw something up you aren't pulling 500 bullets. Oh and get a bullet puller. Don't smack it on concrete, use a block of wood. 14. DON'T RUSH. Ever 15. At some point get a chrono. It helps immensely if you know how fast your bullets are traveling. This is all I can think of at the moment. I have more in my brain but I need to go eat. If anyone lives by you see if they can show you how to set up the dies. Once you get them set you rarely have to change them. This whole process is going to be intimidating at first. After awhile it becomes very simple. You are going to go at a snails pace for awhile but no worries, you will be making plenty of ammo before you know it. You ammo will be so much nicer to shoot than factory rounds. Good luck with the press. to be continued
  17. I cleaned everything with denatured alcohol. You can try it but you want something that will leave no residue, not sure simple green doesnt
  18. I know that solomans is open both wed and friday from 7pm to 9pm. Then sunday at some point.
  19. Promags suck. Steer clear. You will get what you pay for there.
  20. We actually ordered so much we had to pay 2 hazmat fees. Guess 48 pounds of powder and approx 20k primers weight a lot. Ha. Once we found out our original order was already going to be 2 hazmat fees we figured we might as well max it out and order some more. The initial cost kinda sucks but it will be nice to have everything stocked up.
  21. They are out of stock at the moment. Midway has them for 19.99 a pop. Factory mags. They go on sale for 17.99 from time to time. They are supposed to be in stock again on the 31st. I've got most of my mags from there. Haven't found them for much cheaper anywhere.
  22. Good to know. Someone might want to have the CJ calender updated for April.
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