Recent content by roval

here's a pic of the 148 gr DEWC hitek from MBC (left) with nice top end shown and a 148 HBWC(right) don't know what brand.

your bullet is a 148 gr dewc.the MBC 148 gr dewc has a similar profile(including the much maligned irregularities in the sprue end) i didn't get good results at 2.8 gr bullseye with it and it shot much better at 3.2 gr using lyman as a guide. initially, i loaded it ugly end out( so the gases...

man i find trickling charges so tedious. 19( 10 and 9 ) rds total took me close to an hour to do.dipper and then trickle ... off to the range.

good to know with all the above replies and the amount of shooting i do is much less than what you guys describe.

i have been paranoid about shooting a day or so before flying out of the airport especially when they used to have the machine that blasts a puff of air at you(that machine was shortlived at the TSA). does it matter? with nice weather it would be nice to shoot up until a trip if i wanted to. as...

math was never my strong suit but i rounded off the measurements wrong as well ha ha... so download the increments rather than upload. maybe the increased bearing surface will make it more accurate than the previous one.

the new one measures 0.642 vs old 0.656. they are both rn 230 gr hi tek coated 0.452 the bevel is less pronounced on the new one. i will just load 2 more 0.2 increments lower than current load of 700x to the range. i haven't tried out new loads due to the lack of primers. found 2 of the old...

i have used 45 ACP MBC 230 gr RN hitek coated softball for several yrs. the loads that work in my 1911 and sig 220 don't feed well in my cz97b so i've learned what COAL works for the CZ. i was still working through the last of my prepandemic 230 gr rn bullets and started on a box from 5/2021...

wow another word i have never heard of. i thought it was made up. i would have thought a gymnasticator would just be called a cycling machine.

mine was a les baer. it sounds like his was also. no complaint calls till 500 rds has been fired through the gun is the recommendation.

i took both uppers to the range and shot both. the group is tighter at 10 yrds offhand for the red dot off hand but the slab side upper has no problem hitting a 6 inch gong at 50 yrds rested on the bench once you figure out the hold. off hand 50 yds it is just a tad worse than the red dot and...

that gap that you are mentioning may be from the design. the cylinder lockup occurs when the trigger is in the pulled position and the cylinder is pushed forward. so you will still see it after you get your gun back.

are you sure your bullets are not too long? the colt cylinders are shorter than ruger and smith and wesson. i had one load i could not close the cylinder on and it turns out the bullet tip was protruding just a bit. those bullets run fine in the other guns.

if you're lucky you might get to see some scuff marks on one side which makes it the side that was pushed in first.

Taaah Daaaah!