slickrick0999

Welcome to Tennessee. Check out Dead Zero Shooting. It isn't the closest to you but very nice.

Beretta, maybe look at A400 Xplorer

We have a manual shop and this is good advice. Although I am sure we "could" do it, this is something that a CNC already set up for will save you $ for sure.

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If you were closer I would say swing by our shop and we could knock it out for you.

You are correct in that it is an easy job and easier if you have a vise. You may be able to do it without a vise buy using a good wrench amd maybe a wrack with a mallet to break it loose as long as it is not a pin & weld number.

Sometimes it works out well with rifles. I ran a bunch of hornady American Gunner 6.5cm ammo and saved the brass for load development. At that time, it was reasonably priced and reasonably accurate to have a lot of fun with especially inside 500 yards.

@gun sane mentioned getting a chronograph. I will add to this. They are very useful tools but I believe they all tell "little white lies". By this I mean you have to true out the velocity on targets at different ranges to really know. Also, when developing loads, try to do as much chrono testing in one range visit as you can to limit variable results from the chronograph. To be honest, the method we use can be done with the chronograph and not even looking at targets. We just use the data to find a "node" of acceptable velocity deviation. This is just how we do it, not saying it is the only way or even the right way for you. Have a great day

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For what it is worth (not much) here is my process... Fire round Collect fired brass Wipe off with towel (microfiber if you are fancy old t-shirt of you are not) Deprime with universal deprimer 1st time around I uniform primer pockets sequential times use primer pocket brush Anneal Throw in plastic bag and spray with dillon case lube Run through full length size die Wipe off with towel of preference Run all pieces through Giraud trimmer Prime with hand primer watching TV Drop charges (I use chargemaster) on cabinet next to loading bench. Seat bullets This process is what I use for my match rounds. I have spent time doing other steps but have since come to this as what matters. Now, I know there are other things people do in addition to this that help but I am not shooting benchrest any longer.

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RCBS chargemaster (old one). It is slow but I have my setup where I can drop powder then move to press with bullet and seat. On a 40ish grain load I can just about seat 2 bullets to one charge. I get a few rounds ahead on powder drops then start seating bullets until I catch up. Works for me.

Oh man that made me laugh out loud! Several years ago I had a friend at work that was a little older and much wiser than myself. He had a saying.. "Real men don't call plumbers " I subscribed to this at the time. I learned much from this friend and others and then YouTube. But, let me tell you.... The stories we would come in with about how we had to fix something and wrong it went before it went right and how many trips to the part store and how filthy we got.... Priceless comedy!

Well..... I was for sure a red dot hater. Just didn't see the reason and refused to try them (on a pistol). Recently, I tried one and I really like it. I'm not sure about putting one on my daily carry (not yet anyway) but on my bigger range pistol that we run drills with and I guess would be a competition style setup, I am getting to where I really like the dot. Further distance shots for sure the dot shines. The first round, I'm still working on but this has been easier than I expected. At first, it was not easy at all but some dry fire draws and working on grip helped quite a lot. Transitions seem to be not bad, I do have to work on movement and representation but it is coming together well. A couple of things I've noticed are... 1. The dot allows me to shoot with both eyes open, something I've never been able to do with irons. 2. My old eyes & contacts do better with the dot now. Self defense ranges (7 yards-ish) ehh, will probably be more pointing than aiming anyway.

Greetings, This sounds interesting. What "type" of course of fire? I have done a few 2-gun matches and some utilize the carbine on steel at more "rifle" ranges and some do more paper at close up ranges. Thanks, Rick

We have been messing around with one for a couple weeks now (actually shot it today). I shot glocks for 15+ years and then switched to Sig 320 platform. I carried a g19 and had a g34 for idpa. The dagger is a cool little ride but I would not equate it to a glock. The trigger in the dagger we have been playing with was not good at all in the factory state (to the point of some failures). We ended up with one of the timney triggers on sale now at psa and that made it much better. The grip is another issue that may or may not bother you (individual preference). We put a comp on the dagger and it honestly doesn't feel much different than a non-comped g19 but I think this may be the grip angle which is confusing due to the dagger "feeling " better just in hand but the glock "feeling " better under recoil. Just thought I would give my opinion since you asked for that and we have been playing with one recently. YMMV. The dagger shoots good but I would not carry it for self defense.

Greetings, I've been on here for a minute now but have not done the intro post. I'm an old guy that enjoys different disciplines of the shooting sports. My competitive time is mostly over now other than maybe a small local deal every now and then. Mostly shot with my shooting partner and we do everything from pistol to carbine to long range bolt guns. We also do a lot of our own work after buying a lathe & mill a couple years ago.