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22/45 Ruger and never look back. My Ruger Single-Six is an old one, but still a lot of fun to shoot.

Looked at all of this stuff recently. I got the stainless media and a lortone tumbler......definitely the right choice for me. It is a little more work, but the results are great. The brass will look better than new inside and out. No more costs for media as the stainless lasts indefinitely. Two tips, buy a cheap 3" magnet to help find the 'loose' stainless pins that may drop out when you use the separator, and if the sun isn't out, I simply place my wet brass on the tennis shoe rack in the dryer and let it run for 20-30 min.

Got 60 or more once-fired .280 brass. Just checking to see if anyone has a need for it before I tossed it in the scrap barrel. Send PM.

that's the smallest body on a dog I've ever seen....

Ah, heck....m14 you had to bring up one other thing that just compelled me to make another comment. A 'drop safe gun'. The manufacturers do their R&D to test and market such guns. I understand that these stock weapons of today are generally fail safe, BUT, how many people attend classes with modified guns? Are you sure that every firearm brought to these classes haven't been modified by some less than capable 'smith'. Or by an owner who thinks he knows what he is doing? Again dealing with the general public opens everyone in attendance to that risk. Just sayin'......

Then still not a good thing. Just FYI, last year I had 80 hours of formal training, at 3 separate classes. Have shot several IDPA matches, plus a bunch of practice, not to mention hunting and clays shooting......haven't dropped my gun once on purpose, by request, or by accident. Not going to start doing so voluntarily now. If asked to do so, I'll sit that part out, preferrably in a safe spot. Yet Paul, I respect your experience and resume, but can you still not admit it is possible for a gun, out of control, might muzzle someone? And the negilgent part of a professional instructor should be obvious if a ND occurred. One may choose to follow bad instructions blindly at work or play, but each can make up their on mind.

And you have to practice with a loaded gun to do this? Maybe we need live rounds being fired at us to so we can file that in the Roll-a-dex as well.

First off, my comment was directed only with the issue of dropping one's gun, not with any other aspect of the training. Secondly, Paul, once you drop your gun, you have no control of where that muzzle will point, especially when it hits the ground. You don't have to understand Physics all that well to understand that the butt of the gun will most likely hit the ground first (it is heavier will a full mag) and most likely the muzzle will be pointed somewhere other than the ground. There is no guarantee whatsoever it won't muzzle something.....surely you can realize this is a possiblity. I think to purposefully drop a loaded firearm is simply uncalled for. Yes, one can train will blue guns, practice off-hand, as one should. I also understand one may have to drop a firearm, as ordered by police, or by accident, but that doesn't mean I need to crash my car to make sure my airbags work. I still think requiring civilian students to do this in training is irresponsible.......even though the remainder of the training may be excellent.

I've looked at a lot of forums regarding SSmedia, and decided to go that way. It is absolutely fantastic as far as clean goes. Not that much of a hassle. If you want new looking reloads, it cannot be beat.

I understand instruction in NOT trying to grab a fumbled firearm, I also understand explaining how most guns won't fire when dropped, but to run a class and purposefully drop a firearm is stupid and dangerous. WHAT IF it goes off? Also, it violates one of the basic rules of never pointing a weapon at anything you wouldn't want to shoot, as a dropped gun WILL muzzle someone. Not to mention unnecessary damage to your firearm. Thanks for the heads-up, but such macho, cavalier attitudes have no place in public firearms training courses.

......and the purpose of throwing your gun on the ground?????

Also have some speer with the small primer

In the opinion from those whom I have taken training, your practice should be changed. You will be placing your finger on the trigger under duress and it MAY be a 'no shoot' circumstance. Just sayin', to each his own however.

In N.America, round pupils = nonvenomous.........it's one of the 'other kind'

Perfect place for the 1911. If you don't have one, good reason to buy another gun. If you are going with another person, would keep it simple and carry a .22, like a Ruger Single-Six....good human deterent, and if you encounter a bear, shoot your buddy in the leg so you can be sure to out run him......

It does offer a margin of safety...that's what I think makes the S&W Sigma a good SD gun. You definitely have to pull THAT trigger to make it go boom!

By design and trigger function. A lot of difference in the amount of slack, and in some cases pull weight. It is a safety feature, just like a seatbelt, it's there why not use it. Yeah, I know, keep the finger off the trigger, etc , etc. But those that teach and run 1911 routinely will advocate safety off when pointing in to the target. There is no time delay, regardless, and hopefully is something that could prevent a tragedy. As gunowners we certainly don't need the bad press of an unintentional shooting because the routine safety procedures were not utilized or followed. While somewhat different situation, I have bird hunted for years. The safety on a shotgun goes off as one mounts the gun. There is no speed advantage in taking the safety off when approaching the birds, or while ducks circle, etc. It only increases the liklihood of a ND. Add an adrenaline charged, scary, unfamiliar situation to the mix with the possibility of innocent people as 'targets' then why not use every precaution available?

And that is why you don't run around the house with the 1911 safety OFF. Geezz

This and hollow points to hopefully minimize 'shoot throughs".

The Remington R1 is a classic design and I have had 0 problems with mine. Several thousand rounds.....it is a shooter, but nothing fancy, but it works. Nothing wrong with the Taurus. It has a lot of nice features which are standard. Kimber underwhelms me, and would not be a pick of mine.

Caster thanks, that is exactly what another friend and experienced reloader told me....almost word for word. Will make the adjustment. DaveS, will also look again at the primer situation, but what has happened the XD's would indent the primer, but not fire. The second try was always in a 1911 and would fire, which sends me back to Caster's explanation. Thanks again

OAL is good. But I think you are correct in that it drops into the chamber a little too far. It may be that the crimp is too much on a lead bullet giving me just a slighly smaller OD at the bullet. I'll back off the crimp a hair and see. I don't think the primer is too 'proud'. Plus that should give me a better chance at ignition. It has done it in two XDs, and fired in 1911 on the second try. I thought they might be too deep, but they are flush and this compares to factory rounds when gapped with a straight edge. But thanks and I appreciate the ideas...

Loading 230 gr.lead RN. Have had a few primer strikes with the XD that did not fire. Put them in the 1911 and work fine. This has happened with two different XDs. Primer is flush across the bass if not .001 'proud'. I have been told that the crimp may be too tapered on the bullet. It looks and feels good, and the bullet can't be pushed deeper, meaning it certainly is a firm crimp.... so maybe that's it. Whatdaya think?

Good move on your part........would've probably done the same.

OK, got the DVD and started from scratch.........makin' ammo now.... Thanks