Recent content by KnightTime

Bare Bones ... I do have a very nice tricked out Ruger 10/22 that certainly holds sub 1" groups at 100 yards, but for me, it's my first gun I ever shot. My father gave me his .22 rifle (my grandpa gave it to him in 1938) when I was 5 years old. Its an oh so basic 1936 Springfield single bolt...

I've seen a large number of Police recycled S&W M&P .40 on the market lately. Local gun shops and pawn shops also have many used .40 on the shelves. The prices are within 10% of a new .40 ... So I just don't bite. I thought that supply and demand prices would return to the gun market but not...

I detailed my new BG380 trigger range experience in another thread ... But to summarize just the trigger portion of my post. I was not happy with my trigger or the firing pin strikes during the first few hundred rounds. Now after over 1000 rounds, the trigger pulled has reduced, the break point...

Just my two cents ... Drop the grams measurement, use grains. I have witnessed confusion between folks using grams and grains interchangeably just because they both start with a "g". While it may not be politically correct in the push for metric measurement singularity, pounds, ounces, grains...

I have gauges for most handgun calibers, but straight walled brass seldom if ever gives me a problem. Most if not all of my gauge use is on 9mm Luger, a tapered cartridge. As previously mentioned ... barrels vary widely so a gauge is useful if you want a round that work in most any make and...

I handload 9mm for all my range needs, quite a lot of rounds monthly, and my 9mm Shield eats any brass cartridge brand, and any weight lead cast bullet, between 105gr and 155gr. As long as the OAL of the cartridge is at or slightly below SAMI spec, my Sheild is a pig and will eat anything...

As a young kid growing up in major city, my best friends father loaded ammo by the bucket for his cohorts in his Italian heritage group. I was intrigued and by age ten had earned his trust, and he taught me the craft and to not talk to other kids about his hobby. The .38 special ruled the...

Cedarpoint < Range time with the kids??? Doug, I agree having 3 9's for the family and range time with them is awesome ... but I just can't agree that range time ever beats CedarPoint on a nice May day ... :):D:cool: I speak from many years of coaster chasing across the US, CedarPoint is...

My experience ... I've reloaded easily over 100k rounds of 9mm in my life, and I am still using brass I have cycled several dozen times. It's difficult to know exact numbers since I have a box of a of few thousand casings that I continuously pull from, load, shoot, rinse and repeat. These loads...

Reply to original OP question ... Over 3000 rounds fired through my EDC BG380. The first 300-500 rounds, less than dependable firing pin strikes. Rounds 500-3000 ... running like a S&W. I trust my life with it, it fires every time. My 2 cents other than your poll ... Break it in well with live...

I have been using some 700x for my 9mm loads because I obtained several pounds for almost free. I've probably loaded and shot perhaps 2500 rounds with 700x, and it seems to burn a little dirty for my likes. It does seem to be a consistent powder, but as said Metering is less than perfect so be...

The sheet metal screw in the side of a disk does work for small charges below 3.5gr. It has been my experience that the Lee charge bar isn't dependable below 4.0gr. Since the Lee micro disk is no longer produced, I followed an old reloaders advice to replicate the discontinued micro disk. Buy...

I have both a Lyman beam scale and a digital Frankford Arsenal scale. Even though age is starting to make me more resistant to change, my impatience is becoming even more pronounced! Both of my scales are very accurate for my purposes and are easily accurate to 0.1 grain (does anyone really...

I called and ordered and I am not a "club". They responded when asked in the questions section "no there is no special requirements to place an order. You can contact us via phone or email to place an order." Cash or Check only, no Credit or Debit cards.

I live in Florida, so shorts and a T shirt 95% of the time ... S&W BodyGuard .380 in a black Talon wallet holster It is a totally undetectable EDC CCW combo. Even friends and family can't tell if it's a wallet or not when it's in my pocket. Although it's not a .45 or .357 Mag round like I...