Fretless

I've purchased reclaimed shot from https://coyotesmercantile.com/products/reclaim-shot but you have to wait until it comes in stock. Looks like the price has gone up. Starting at $100 for a 50lb bag shipped. Goes down a little bit with larger orders.

Give her a hug from Stitcher and I. We understand.

I could be mistaken, but I recall seeing a video @Jed I. Knight, SASS #36423 produced about the Alchemista.

If anybody is near a Rural King, right now they have ground bouncers on sale for 93 cents. At least the one in Bristol, VA does.

If you are hauling these targets to and from wherever you're shooting, weight might be a consideration. Here's a thought. Traffic cones. The rubbery kind, not the plastic ones for sports. They can take a beating, stack up for storage, and small ones will move when you hit them. You can also use them as a stand for the previously mentioned clay holders. At home I sometimes put tin cans on those holders.... two on each, and pick them off with the rifle. There are also a number of different shaped ground bouncer type targets available. They're fun, and highly reusable. Every time you hit one it gets farther away.

Tip for drilling laterally through a case: Insert a close fitting dowel rod to support the case while drilling. Drill in only. Don't try to drill all the way through. That way you won't have to clean off the burr. I do that before placing a bullet and re-use the same dowel rod for each case I'm drilling.

What I want to know, from folks who have experienced this problem: Were there any clues that you can identify in hindsight? Maybe an uptick in failure to fires? Did it make a line on the inside of the channel the hammer travels in?

They're louder. The extra recoil will make it just that much harder to acquire the next target. Felt recoil is more noticeable when you are shooting 4, 5, or 6 in a row as fast as you can compared to shooting one or two at clays. But worst of all will be all the other shooters throughout every match telling you to get you some feather lights, or offering you some lighter loads to use.

That's the SE Regional, not the Alabama State Match. No effect on the Mag 7

As somebody who camps out of a van, without AC, I first want to say thank you for recognizing that a generator can be annoying. That aside, what has not been mentioned is the exhaust from the generator. If it's hot, my windows are open, often with fans drawing in outside air. I might not like listening to a generator but the noise won't kill me. The exhaust, on the other hand, could. So, please have a plan for aiming that exhaust away from other campers, and ideally, above them. Lots of good tips in this thread so far.

I'm not a gunsmith. I'm certain there are subtleties of the operation of the rifle that I am not aware of. My personal experience is merely anecdotal, but two rifles that I am aquatinted with have been running without the firing pin return spring for 4 active years of shooting without indication of such a problem. Maybe we're just flirting with disaster. Time will tell.

In a 73 rifle the firing pin spring can be removed completely.

All of the things you listed, which we can call out another shooter for, are illegal actions taken by that shooter. Whether or not they were intentional is irrelevant. In contrast, per your original, and repeated, comments, there is nothing that can be pointed to as being wrong other than the time itself. That to me sounds like BOD to the shooter. I should clarify that I am not advocating the lucky shooter keep a time they know they didn't earn. I am just saying it's up to them, and only them. Now, if you are looking for a way to prevent "something aint right" I have a suggestion. I think it's probably so rare it's not worth the hassle, but here you go. Have the scorekeeper run a stop watch. The times won't match exactly, but as long as they're close you can have confidence in the official clock.

Personal opinion: The idea of disputing somebody else's time flies in the face of the spirit of cowboy action shooting. That would pave the way for the demise of the camaraderie and support this game is known for. If somebody does identify a rule that allows a shooter to dispute another shooter's time, we should take that to our TGs and ask that it be removed from the handbook. Maybe I'm being too harsh in my condemnation. If so, I'm open to being convinced otherwise.

I would love it if you could get Murom kvb9 small pistol primers. My source for those dried up. CCI small pistol primers work fine in all of our guns, but I like the Murom ones better. The Federals I need are 209a shot shell primers.