Jamie Jackson

Thank you for the review @Grayfox54 ! Now I gotta figure what what I can sell 'cause I obviously need one of these.

My experience with lead free primers has been a pretty negative one. They were Tula lead-free small pistol primers , but let me add that I've loaded in excess of 10-15 K "regular" Tula small pistol primers with absolutely no problems. Of the 5K tray of lead-free Tula I loaded, I'm guessing 5% were either duds (would not ignite) or required a second strike to ignite. It's always possible I got into a bad run of them. This happened back around 2013-2014 by my records. Lead free primers from other vendors may be fine, but I personally shy away from them. I'm sticking with standard Winchester and Federal primers at this point. As far as loading suggestions: just make sure your primer pockets are clean and seat them properly. Please share your experiences once your decision is made.

What an excellent thing to wake up this morning! Thank you Garufa! Sufficiently Breathless and Dancing Madly Backwards are two of my favorite Captain Beyond songs but I love all of their work. I stumbled on them around late '73 and literally wore out a couple of their vinyls. I'll be listening to this with my morning coffee. Much obliged.

I wasn't even aware the rebates were still being offered. They do make the process challenging... at least I found it so.

While I don't have experience in .30 cal, I do like PPU and I've had good experiences with S&B in 9mm. As a handloader I find the S&B to have really tight primer pockets. But if you don't plan to reload them it's a nonissue. I went through about 1K of Blazer Brass 9mm last year when I borrowed Jericho's RMR'd G19 to see if I wanted to go that route (I did!). I found the Blazer Brass to be fine ammo and noted minimal residue issues. I don't know the current state of aluminum cased Blazer, but I've run it through quite a few high round classes back over 10 years ago. OK...I'll probably be labeled a heretic, but I run several thousand rounds of Tula and Wolf in both 9mm and 45 acp. While somewhat odoriferous and it does leave a bit of residue, I found it to be quite accurate and very reliable. I've also not tried the current Geco but I've had positive experiences with the BAT round they once exported. I look forward to hearing other's experiences and to what you learn my friend.

These are tempting...very tempting Here's a fairly informative article I shamelessly stole from another forum I frequent. https://www.realguns.com/articles/1096.htm

This truly is sad. I was fortunate enough to have visited the Cathedral a couple of times as a young man back in the 70's. It's one of the few places I truly hoped to see again. What an incredible place. Truly sad.

So sorry as well. Prayers continue for you guys. God Bless.

I should have mentioned PSA as well. They have very frequent specials ("Daily Deals" I think they're called) with free shipping.

SGAmmo fan here as well. Great on hand stock and fast shipping for bulk quantities. Bonefrog Gunclub for Self Defense ammo.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. And that Gun Shop...

I totally agree. He's helped me more than I could ever repay. Very generous with his time and expansive knowledge. Happy to hear he's doing well Mac.

Welcome aboard Tom.

Prayers out Doug. God Bless and Keep you all.

You say that like it's a bad thing...

Welcome from another curmudgeon!

Welcome to TGO. A belated welcome to Knoxville.

Welcome to TGO! Glad to have you aboard.

I not much on Facebook and such, but as I recall David's daughter was running a FB page for him. I googled it and it looks to have not been active since May 2018. Their "Magnum Materials" website is down it seems. I hope he/they are doing well.

Well..that's certainly require some level of Divine Intervention...

That's definitely amazing A.J. That guy should stop and Thank the Good Lord right now. Wow! That's got to be a pretty darn sturdy barrel/gun. Speaks well of Hi-Point's customer service as well. That guy couldn't have tried any harder to blow that gun up.

"Good" Jocko Willink

That and "Another Country" are 2 of my favorite books, read and re-read over the years. Thank you! FWIW "Another Country" title is a play on the L.P.Hartley quote "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure — and in some cases I have — that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy." Col. Jeff Cooper

A few quotes I've found helpful over time: " Most civilians don't get aggressive enough fast enough" Paul Gomez RIP my friend. "We can ignore reality, but we can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality" Ayn Rand... obviously not a gunfighter, but pertinent nonetheless. "You have the rest of your life to solve your problems. How long you live depends on how well you do it" Clint Smith