Recent content by Sludge

+1 Beelzy

I had a real good visit from Santa! I got a RCBS Pro Melt lead furnace, .40, .45 and 9mm Lee 6 cavity molds(plus handles etc), a Lyman lubrisizer and all the sizing dies, bullet lube and knock down punches for the 3 calibers plus 150lbs of lead ingots and the fluxing and mold release shiz...

Ive had a .45ACP bounce back at me on the range on occassion. I kept a few. I have recovered bullets and fragments from game I have shot. Also, one time when warming up for a 3 gun match before leaving home, I decided to hit a piece of steel in my scrap pile about 75 yards away. It happened...

heh.. yea great movie back in the day. As to the ammo situation here... 3000 .45ACP and another 10,000 brass and reloading supplies 1000 9mm and about 2000 brass & reloading supplies 500 .40S&W and about 2000 brass & reloading supplies 500 .38spl and about 300 brass & reloading...

These guys run a real fun and challenging shoot guys. I visited their last one and came away impressed. High round counts, lots of gun manipulation, lots of transitions... good fun.

You were talking about throwing 250 rounds away. Couldnt ya just weigh a few (10 or so) known good rounds and then determine an upper limit and set your scale for that. Start weighing the 250 and kicking out the ones that exceed the variance you gave them? Use the bullet puller on those that...

I didnt really care about the hardness of the primers when I started reloading. However, when I started looking to shoot the Stock Service Revolver division of IDPA there was too much of an advantage to switching to Federal primers. They are softer, and I can turn back the hammer spring on the...

7 matches per month! Sniff... sniff... my wife cuts a fit if I shoot more than two... Once in a while I can get away with about 6 per month, but she quickly puts me back on probation...

Ok, thanks for the info. I may try to drop down there and pop a few caps with ya next month. Stay the night with a friend and then go to Oxford on Sunday. If ya havent tried Oxford, ya need to. Its hot action up there.

Sorry, im not familiar with PDHSC. Its not listed on the IDPA website as an affiliated club in NC. I guess thats why I havent traveled there to shoot. Do these folks have a web site? I may have to ride down and have some fun with a new crowd. I got friends in Raleigh, it would be a good...

I went and watched at my first match. By the time it was over my trigger finger was itching really bad. LOL Start shooting some of this and if your like me.. your gonna be hooked :) Some of the SOs can be misunderstood at times. Their concern isnt that they want to beat up on ya, but that...

Gary, IDPA doesnt have major and minor power factors. According to the LGB (which I have in front of me) the .40S&W doesnt have to make the 165 power factor. Ya only have to make 125. Here is the minimum power floor breakdown straight out of the rule book. SSR = 125 SSP = 125 ESP =...

Well, I remember doing 50 experimental .40S&W loads from scratch and hand priming with my Rock Chucker this winter. Making all 3 passes, hand priming, and weighing the powder on a balance beam (I wasnt trusting the powder thrower for these loads) I loaded the 50 in about an hour or so. When I...

I posted a link above to the one near Fayetteville. Michael, Frank has done a lot to The Range if ya havent been there since the building went up. New shoot house, more props, more berms, more new steel, more gravel. Ya should go visit him sometime.

As was mentioned a few times earlier in the thread... Get Loading Manuals :) For my Springfield 1911 w5 inch barrel, I use the following for defensive practice and IDPA competition in CDP class: Winchester 230gr FMJ round nose (feeds great) Federal Large Pistol primers 4.5 Grains of...