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Yup... I make sure to check every powder charge since it's such a small amount of powder With titegroup, there's only a 0.4 grain difference from starting load to max so it made me pretty nervous at first

I didn't notice any difference when I fired the heavy vs light roll crimps... Does look nice with a RC though

I made sure to check all cartridges in the cylinder and they all dropped in and out fine. Well except a few that I messed up and marked as no good lol A bullet pulling die Is on my next post of things to get. I am concerned that a few cases will have dug into the bullets though. I separated light and heavily crimped cartridges to see if it makes a difference at the range

Yeah that was the last 50 before testing them out. I made up some 357magnum loads earlier as well with TG and Unique (all starting charges according to hodgdon & alliant) but have a similar tight crimp that I need to test out. I'm thinking they'll be fine since all are at baseline powder charges, but I'm sure accuracy will suffer some. This is so addicting... wtf did I get myself into.

Just loaded up another 50 rounds with less crimp I think these should be good to go

definitely a great hobby next up is to load 9mm for my P226

Whoops my current loads should be 111 PF, not 126.. was looking at max Thanks Bob I'll keep the next match in mind. I just registered for IDPA.

Beautiful 1911

Yeah I make sure to be particularly cautious charging with titegroup. Taking my time weighing and charging one round at a time.

Yup. Bought 2 or 3 from Tom myself. Always a pleasure

Great info - thanks guys. I'll need to adjust and back off the crimp According to Hodgdon, this should make 126 PF for minor. Nice light shooting rounds for practice

A couple rounds from my first batch of reloaded 38 special off my Lee classic turret press: 158gr SWC Xtreme copper plated bullets 3.5 grains of Titegroup COL: approx 1.455 I think I crimped a bit too much... but it's the starting load at 3.5 grains of Titegroup (off Hodgdon load data) What do you guys think?

I don't know about you guys but I can barely even notice a 2-6" movement on my sights at a 25 yard target, even more so at 50 yards. You guys that shoot that distance must have really good eye sight... I'm just kinda aiming at a general area at 25 yards

nice shooting alec I definitely couldnt do that

Country spirit Is gtg. Their Croatian mags are nice. Their Bulgarian commercial mags are ok... The free shipping is a big plus

very nice choice!

how much for a 650 with the discount?

lol... hope I can at least hit the targets with this thing in DA and not make a fool of myself

nice setup Alec

I will try that - thanks Bob Once I get the rest of the gear and some more trigger time in DA, I'll be signing up. My DA shots aren't so pretty...

damn it. I was hoping a dremel wouldn't be mentioned lol does the same thing apply to nice wood grips too? I'd hate to dremel a wood grip with a nice finish on it

Finally picked up my 686 4" and it's a dream to shoot! I should've bought this a long long time ago... SA trigger pull feels buttery smooth and this thing handles 357magnum loads like it's nothing. The huge fireballs are a big plus. Shooting high from the factory about 4-5" between 7-15 yards but it's dead on accurate One thing that I've noticed though, is that when ejecting the spent casings, there's ALWAYS one casing that gets stuck between the ejector star and the synthetic grips. If there was maybe 1/8" more clearance on the grip it would be flawless.... Is there a specific grip that will or technique that will allow that last casing to drop free?

I would try a hair dryer (or heat gun) for a few minutes.

I really like the fixed carbine stock too. keeps things simple

I was told some NICS checks went thru fast, but some took a few hours. I guess maybe I got lucky? I'm sure it'll go back to normal soon. A lot of people are getting sick these days, which was part of the reason why my permits took a bit longer than expected. Maybe a person or two are out at the office