Badlands Bob #61228
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Some states have incorporated your insurance information into the vehicle registration files. The insurance company will report the status of your vehicle insurance to the state. The police officer can get your insurance information by running your tag on the computer. Of course, if you drop your car insurance, the state will send you a notice and can suspend your vehicle registration. I think Georgia requires $25,000 of liability insurance but I may be off on that. It's been a long time. Car insurance gets pretty expensive if you maintain full coverage.
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The pistols must be returned to holster before shooting another firearm. If they are the last firearms shot on the stage, you may put them on the table after shooting them.
Obviously, stage instructions can override the SASS conventions.
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Stage Conventions:
If no starting position is given, the shooter shall stand upright with revolvers holstered, hands at the sides and not touching any firearm. (SASS default).
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I'm thinking 00 buck would be pretty effective on a drone out to about 100 yards.
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You're not using Noble Sport primers, are you? I had a reliability problem due to how hard they were.
Just a thought.
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I reload on a Mec 9000. It loads shells fast when everything is working and adjusted correctly. It does come with a pretty good learning curve.
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Lookout squirrels.
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A split case will flex. It will compress the split in the FCD and expand back after coming out. The chamber checker checks the cartridge without applying pressure. If the cartridge doesn't fall in and fall out of the chamber checker, you know to take a closer look at the cartridge. A split case will split more and could easily jam in your chamber letting the extractor slip off the rim. Now you have a spent case stuck in the rifle chamber and every round left in the magazine will be a miss added to your fumble time.
Depending on the length of split, the magazine spring pressure can push the bullet back into the case, which will also cause a major jam.
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A chamber checker will find a spit case, stray lead shaving or piece of wax on the bullet. Those little things that give you a rifle hitch and end up being a rifle reload on the clock.
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I bought one of these 100 round case gauges from Tommy at the Ga match. It works pretty good as long as you are real careful lifting the case gauge off of the rounds while they are balanced on the lid. One round falls over and you got trouble. If you have a pencil, you can carefully poke out any round that sticks and maybe save the alignment. Checking 100 rounds at a time is still faster than checking 7 in my old case gauge.
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I wrote a stage where saying the starting line correctly was required before the T.O. would start the timer.
Start standing in front of pistol targets with hands on pistols. Targets were big and close. When ready, Say "2-1-2, 2-1-2, 2-1-2". At the beep, shoot the pistol targets in a 1-3-1 sweep and repeat with 2nd pistol.
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13 minutes ago, The Rainmaker, SASS #11631 said:
How about the "tab" at the bottom of the bolt face? I had the failure-to-extract and jam fresh round against the empty in the chamber this past weekend. My extractor is "banana'd" the wrong direction, so the hook is not staying down on the rim AND the tab at the bottom of the bolt face is bent down at an angle so the empty casing is not held up against the extractor hook. Complete new bolt assembly installed now.
I'd be looking at that tab on the bottom of the bolt face too. Out of battery discharge or forcing the lever will bend something (lever) and get the action out of timing. The carrier coming up too soon can break off the lower tab on the bolt face. Hard to diagnose without looking at the rifle.
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Changing calibers on a Super 1050 can get really expensive.
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Congratulations to all the winners and my thanks to Captain Bill Burt for organizing this. I signed up for the M7 but was unable to attend more than the Ga. match this year. Family comes first. I hope he continues the Magnificent 7 next year.
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Very sad. This incident could probably have been avoided if Chicago P.D. spent the time, money and effort in training. When you cut corners by hiring idiots and fail to properly train them, this kind of stuff happens. Prayers for the officers involved.
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Download and print the manual from MEC. I bought a MEC 9000 from a guy off of Facebook. Got a great deal but no manual. After downloading and printing the manual, I went through each stage like it was a brand new machine and set it up according to the manual. It's still kinda quirky but it loads good shells fast, when everything is working. That shot getting stuck in station #1 is a good tip. Watch for that. Take the time with the manual and work through each station. By the end of the afternoon, you should know your machine a lot better and hopefully it will be producing some usable shells.
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I can't believe they perform carrying the music. We never did that. Had to memorize the whole 12 minute show and it was a lot more elaborate that just following some guy around the street. They did have cooler uniforms than we did.
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I spent a lifetime making payments on cars, houses, tuition etc. Now that I'm retired, I sleep better at night knowing I don't have any payments on anything. It's just a warm fuzzy feeling that I can't put a price on. I would pay cash for the vehicle and enjoy the warm fuzzy feeling.
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That's sort of like buying a used pacemaker. It'll probably work out alright.
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I wait until I get about 500 38 spl. cases. I deprime them and wet tumble them with pins and a 2 second squirt of Dawn and a 9mm case of Lemonshine. Tumble them for 90 minutes. I separate the pins using water and a media separator. Works great but I always get a little wet. Then I lay the brass out on a towel in the basement for a couple of days to let it dry. The pins are left to dry in the media separator tub.
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I think it should be left up to the shooter. Give them the option of a reshoot. I find that falling rifle and pistol targets and unreset shotgun targets can mess with your mind. As a TO, I just offer the shooter a reshoot when things happen that weren't the shooter's fault. Let them make the decision. Everybody happy.
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There are lots of security features on U.S. Currency. The quickest way to tell if it's fake is feeling the paper. Usually, the fake bill will be slick and feel flimsy. They will often make the fake bill look like it's been heavily circulated and wadded up in somebody's pocket for years. They rough up the bill to explain why some of the details are not sharp.
Once the paper feel test alerts you, then it's time to home in on the security features. The Secret Service hands out security feature cheat sheets to verify counterfeit currency.
This link will take you to a page that talks all about the security features on U.S. currency:
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Will this Dillon bullet feeder work with lead only bullets or must they be coated? I'd really love to have a reliable bullet feeder for my 125 gr. 38 caliber lead bullets. The coated bullets would increase my cost substantially.
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I changed all my straight wall cartridge reloading to the RCBS Lockout die. It locks up the press if there is no charge or a double charge. The Dillon system uses batteries and has an annoying chirp if it gets slightly out of calibration. I still use the Dillon powder check system when loading 5.56 rounds due to the bottle neck cartridge. I have separate tool heads for each caliber, so I just set the dies and leave them alone. I load on two different XL650's.
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Cowboy “Choice Ammunition” Coupon?
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Buying components in bulk is a lot cheaper than buying loaded ammo in bulk.