Nucrunner

How about brass? I don't reload, I shoot a lot of economical brass Ammo - always police my brass. I've acquired about a "Homer" bucket and a half of brass. I have a friend who reloads 45's so I always give him my spent 45. Can I scrap what I have left? Is there a best time of year to do it?

Handguns only - you got it!

'Too old for this shit..." Haha, lots of those guys.....myself included....but keep coming out!

Welcome! - (Gloucester County)

I shoot a Springfield Armory Range Officer - one of 3 guns I use for IDPA - the Range Officer is the straightest shooter of the 3 (yeah, that could be me). Colt has a new "competition" 1911 out this year, pretty gun, I have no experience with it (yet).

That's a real shame.... FU NJ!

I'll take it for the day!

Thinking you're going to have to go get the tittle, bring it back to a NJ DMV - call your insurance company, get coverage, get the car registered and new tags (or transfer your current tags) - go back and put the tags on your truck and drive it home -

Did Hagues used to be Eagle Eye? I just read their rules, WOW! I'd rather stay home. Yes, Hague's used to be Eagle Eye, I've never shoot there, not a fan of indoor ranges.

Welcome to the forum, I'm a few miles south of you in Gloucester County. Don't sign anything until you check out South Jersey Shooting Club in Monroe Township (Google). Outdoor range, best all around for outdoor, rifle, and pistol - shotgun not so good. Banger's Sports shop is on site, and should be able to meet most of your needs. They run some good training classes, IDPA, 3-Gun, plate shoots, out of there too.

Anybody else read all of the JT Custom Gun post just for the attached thumbnails?

When you say double feed. Do you mean fte and then live round stacked behind? Or 2 live rounds while going into battery? Now that you offer that detail, I believe I saw both - the first one being an FTE with a live round stacked behind it. Cleared easily with a tap, rack, dump... The second one was two rounds going into battery - the two rounds trying to get into battery, put pressure on the slide - required dropping the mag - removing pressure on the slide - mag back in - continued the stage. Should have been a 20 second stage - I ran it in 45.

Cleaned up the mags, and found where I could do a better job with that, especially the crud that kinda built up on the followers. Previously I was just focused on clearing and cleaning the magazine body. Also, and a bit reluctantly took a dremmel and polishing compound to the feed ramp - I say reluctantly because I'm no smith and not comfortable taking a power tool to one of my guns. I have to say, it was pretty easy and I was really happy with the results. During the process I could see minute improfections in the feed ramp, small nicks and grain showing where you could see crud could easily build up. I will no longer be reluctant to do this. Results? A little better, but I still experienced 2 double feeds at Quinton IDPA Saturday. The first one cleared easy, but the second one (last stage after about 80 rounds), was costly. The slide locked on the double feed, I had to drop the mag to get it to clear. Other than that the gun ran great. My initial question was whether the problem might be the gun or the Wilson Combat mags. I'm going to focus on the mags now - not sure what I need to do to check the clearances on the mag lips, Should I be able to see issues by eye? I have the mags marked, but I didn't do a good job of noting if it was the same mag that caused the trouble - I'll pay better attention to that. I also ordered a couple of new mags from Dawson Precision. Thanks for all the tips to work my way through these issues. I also run a Colt Government 45 with Wilson Combat mags (not as much as the 9) - never had a feed issue

Never polished a feed ramp - will look into it Been shooting Magtech, Remington UMC, Winchester White Box, Lawman - I'll keep a closer eye to see if any particular Ammo is a problem. The warranty "kinda" alludes to not using after market mags, but on the other hand they sell the Range Officer as an entry level competition gun - but (as far as I know) Springfield doesn't offer a 10 round mag for competition. I'm going to clean it all up, maybe do some light polishing work on that feed ramp, clean up the mags and give this thing another run at Quinton Sportsman's Club this weekend - if the problem persists- back to SA she goes. Thanks for the feedback -

My 9mm Springfield Armory Range Master is about a year old Estimate about 3000 rounds through it (mostly 115gr. some 124, all factory brass). I clean it after every trip to the range, I use Hoppe’s Gun Grease for the rails I use 10 round Wilson Combat Mags (which I take apart and run a silicone rag through every once in a while). I started have some problems with going into battery (once, then twice during a local IDPA), Then I started seeing stovepipes, and failures to eject (2-3x in 100 rounds). After pulling and cleaning the trigger spring and ejector – the problem was getting no better so I sent it back to Springfield Armory who provided excellent customer service. They sent prepaid Federal Express for the gun… 1911-A1 9MM EJECTOR EXTENDED,PARK. DRILLED & PINNED EJECTOR 1911-A1 EJECTOR PIN 1 1911-A1 PLUNGER TUBE, PARK. 1911-A1 9MM EXTRACTOR, PARK. TESTED-GOOD Returned the gun within 10 days - first 100 rounds flawless. Today after about 20 rounds I get the failure to go into battery – the rail was stuck, had to do the firm grip on the rail with a firm strike to the frame to get the gun to eject. You can see the damaged round in the first picture (shell brass is skinned back from the bullet), it happened one more time (stuck) but not as dramatic. I also noticed one of the ejected shells (only noticed on one) the edge of the brass shell was nicked up (second picture). So I’m a bit frustrated, looking to see if anyone has experienced anything like this and generally looking for an opinion as to whether you think the problem is the gun or maybe the mags? Before you suggest it, I already got a GLOCK – and I do like my 1911. Thanks!

Welcome! From another fellow SJSC member. I usually on a weekday morning - also pretty good IDPA match on the second Saturday of each month. What do you like to shoot?

Crazy Freaks Video - name ?? But the video is pretty cool.... https://m.facebook.com/thetruthaboutguns/posts/1017356794998414

Pizza Bob, Nick - Thanks! I'm fired up! Hope this thread runs for a bit....

Ruger GP 100 Match Target? Just curious as to why it's not a consideration on your list. Also, just a point - Last IDPA I shot here in South Jersey - it was a beautiful Saturday in February. 45 shooters and only 1 wheel gun....

<iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=1221133" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Not sure if I can just copy "embed" and post. If not I'll come back and try to delete. Either way - not a bad job.

Maybe someday I'll be an Eagles fan? HOO RAH!

If you’re in the Philadelphia viewing area, Action News (channel 6) is previewing an “Arming Yourself Against the Active Shooter” segment for tonight’s (2/26) 11 o’clock news. Previews show folks buying guns and getting training – I have no idea how the news station will treat to topic – just a head’s up if you want to watch it.

Got a statement yesterday, and yes it looks like they gave me credit for the balance on my 5 year membership. I didn't break down the numbers, but I've only made one 25 dollar payment and they have me credited with over $90. I'm probably going to pay off the balance sometime this year.

I use both - read what I want, disregard the rest. Sometimes go days without looking at either, sometimes it goes the other way. I run with a fire department - lots of good content to keep one up to speed. Lots of good gun stuff 2A, manufacturers pages, clubs and events posted on both. Gotta use some disipline, limit your time online. I will say, if I make 100 post to either FB or Twitter, I probably don't use as many words as the OP used to start this thread.