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Joe, its tough to say if there's going to be any difference. Most 1911's chambered in anything other than 45 is going to have a ramped barrel anymore. Initially it was for better case support but 9mm may not need that specific feature so the ramped frame style would be fine so long as it feeds properly. OTOH, you probably wouldn't want a non-ramped barrel .40.

Meh, that $200 dawson "tweak" job is a waste. It's just a fluff and buff and they don't even touch the action! I believe that ramped barrels were invented to offer both better support and better feeding. I think first started to come around when 38 super was growing in popularity and the guns with traditional ramped frames had too wide a throat and letting the high pressure 38 supers rupture cases. Ramped barrels have a more precise feeding of the round so the throating can be narrowed up and support the case better.

We actually had a thread about this not too long ago. The general gist of it was that while there are a number of differences between them, not all of them lend themselved to making the Trojan "better". Some are upgrades, some are cosmetic, some are functional, but quite a few were subjective to your idea of "better". One has a nicer looking finish, but if its just a shooter, who cares. one has an undercut trigger guard which is definitely a positive. One is flat topped (or tri-topped, i forget) but again, a nice touch but not necessary. one has stippled front strap, but its too slick to be effective so meh. unfortunately there's nothing in teh action that makes it better or slicker so there's no advantage there.

Depends on whether you want one repeatedly attempted to be fixed or replaced outright from the start. I have a lemon 1911 that Taurus is finally going to replace or refund, but only after months and months of wait and several buggered attempts to repair. Kinda wish i had that davidsons warranty last year before all the BS! Besides, its free and automatically comes with any gun you buy from a dealer who uses Davidsons as a distributor.

Yes, right behind the airport. There are very few restrictions there, just your typical general range safety rules. You can shoot pretty much any caliber as far as i know (i shoot everything from 22 to 308 there).

Its not an issue on the LnL. Each Die is secured independently of each other as compared to the singular toolhead of the Dillon. This way, whether you run 1, 2 or all 5, one die will never influence the others. I do recall seeing something for the Dillon that will pull the slop out of the toolhead though but i forget what it was... maybe an aftermarket toolhead with some way to snug it up some more or something like that.

They most definitely will. The next set of dies you get will need them so they wont go to waste. +1! i wish i had 6 as well. Mostly so that i could run the bullet feeder without having to make the powder drop double as a flaring die. Hell, make it 7 so i can seat and crimp separately as well!

Buy a small carpet square or front and rear sandbags of you intend on shooting from the bench.

if you're in neptune, you might as well join Monmouth Rifle club. Forget about any waitlists or construction, go shoot when you want to, its closer and its only marginally more expensive than R14! I made the jump after being told way too many times at R14 that i can only shoot for an hour and i'll have to wait 2 hours before i can even do it!

+2. I've been reloading a lot of 45 lately and i may get 1 every 100 if that. I was just telling someone how i never really find them so i don't really care about it. Then the very next session, i must have pulled 250 45's with SPP out of the bucket all at once. My brass bucket has "layers" of range pickups and i must have grabbed a whole batch form the range that day all loaded with those small primers. Figures... Sure, until you look in your loaded round bin and find that you accidentally loaded a .380 MAJOR! At least the supers fail the RCBS lockout die. I'm 1000 times more attentive to watching my brass after that one. And although i really want the buillet feeder, having one step still remain manual keeps me a little more "hands-on" with each processes round (one day i'll get it though).

Sweet! Like 'Noosh said, if you need some assistance, let us know. Be sure to watch the vids that come with it, it is helpful to get it initially set up. If there's one thing in your order i'd suggest you reconsider, its the powder cop. I have one but its a passive device so i've shelved it in favor of the RCBS lockout die. If anything is amiss with your powder throw, it stops the process in case you miss it. There's a lot going on when you reload so if you can remove one more visual cue (powder cop) and replace it with a force feedback cue (RCBS die), your focus will feel a little less frenetic.

Schit, at that price, i may just buy another! To hell with switching primer setups ever again!

Sounds like some of you guys, especially you Vlad, could use a powered vibratory sorter to process that kind of volume. A local NJ shooter by the name of Jeff makes such a beast and priced at $400-500 depnding on options, its much more reasonable than a commercial unit. http://www.ultimatesorter.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

The scale of them is deceiving. whenever i see them in pics with nothing for reference, i always think they are the same size as those big old automotive timing guns. in reality, they are pretty tiny like the P22.

Well, the first point is that the LnL is an automatic progressive so its more a competitor to the Dillon 650. Not sure if you're adamant about not being full progressive, but something to be aware of if thats a major factor. Frankly though, you can place the shell and the bullet by hand on an AP press no matter what color it is, its just a matter of not buying the shell feeder. With the manual press, you do have to the teh advancing but i htink in the end, you'll kick yourself if you dont get one from either brand as it speeds things up immensley. I have a LnL if you're curious to check one out.

I initially polished my own stock sear the Burwell way like rauchman did, but i wasn't thrilled with it since it still a little heavy and had lots of overtravel. Thats why i sent it out too; it just doesn't even remotely compare to what a seasoned expert can do. What options did you eventually go with?

Ah, you have one too? hehe

This weekend i got a chance to try out a new Henry .22 lever that a buddy just bought and i have to say that i had a helluva lot of fun shooting it! Of all the stuff we brought out, i found myself gravitating towards the henry since it was just so much fun to plink with. It didn't help that it was sub freezing out and our semi's were sluggish and malfunctioning; but that old lever action just kept rolling along! His was the octagon model and i found it to be a little front heavy for off-hand shooting, but i understand they make a slimmer profile model as well. The price was right too as compared to a Marlin or a Browning. My only complaints were that the rear sight seemed loose where it kept walking towards the left thereby making shots pull left. It seems like the rear sight leaf has a single screw up front attaching it to the barrel rather than a dovetail and it kept pivoting on that and goign out of whack. Is this a common issue? I also noticed that the internals seemd very shiny and looked to be made of some cheaper zinc-like material. I know rimfire isn't much of a strain on metals, but are these guns known to be robust and durable with long term usage?

Yes, thats precicely what the forward break is. In most cases, trigger work to the M&P, be it custom or APEX parts, move the break far rearward and in the case of the apex kit, *all* the way rearward. While as a side effect it all but elimiates overtravel, many people don't like the position as it feels cramped to all but the smallest of grips (and remember you can always change your grip insert to small if thats an issue). The forward break is actually set to mimic the stock break position so its not abnormally further or anything like that so if you're OK with the ergo's stock, you'll like that option too. Some prople just dont like the rear set break and even apex knows this which is why they came out with the new FSS kit although that is not production legal at this time.

Chris, there are plenty of option here... you can get the standard job in lieu of the competition job if it would make you feel more comfortable. Its 1 lb heavier than the competition job and purportedly more crisp in the break as a result of it. My trigger actually measures at 2.75 Lbs with my lyman gauge which is a tad heavier than the normal job due to the "forward break" option i had him do. I agree that the pretravel is not worth worrying about but the overtravel, especially if you have him do a forward break, is essential otherwise the gun can pull shots low. These pistols have a lot of overtravel and when the sear breaks, the trigger comes crashing into the back of the trigger guard and influences guns' POA so its almost a necessary option unless you either condition the **** out of your trigger discipline or just aim high all the time. If you're not getting the forward break option, it may not be as essential. I have noticed that SIG's have the same level of overtravel in SA mode and whenever i shoot someone's, i always hit a few inches low because of it. On paper, 2-3LB triggers seem low but you'll easily grow accustomed to it, especially given your experience. What are you shooting now in production?

Not so much competitive shooting but the movie "Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg has a lot of good shooting gun handling. Just a good gun movie and a good story. The movie "Way of the Gun" has lots of good gun scenes but the story is kinda meh.

I'm in and reg'd. Copy and Paste your name to the list: 1. Harry 2. Ken 3. Rey 4. Elvis has left the building 5. Frank 6. Maks Low Ammo Warning 7. Jon 8.

I see what you're saying. In fact, after your description, i'm reminded of the speed loaders for shotguns used in 3-gun where they have a stick full of shells that they slide into a similar loading gate only its on the bottom, rather than the side of the gun.

But then its gotta be tedious to handload all those individual tubes, right? We need a speed loader for the speed loader!

Umm, thats already a current model.