OldWin wrote:Running a Dillon IS nirvana!
I really enjoy mine. After nearly 10 years of loadin' all sorts of ammo on a single stage, including production numbers needed to support three shooters shooting at least two, and sometimes 3 or even four matches a month... I was overdue for a progressive.
Anyway... the first day of the match is over... I only "cleaned" one stage... and since I don't shoot to be "competitive"... my times weren't even respectable for an old "duffer". I amble from one position to the next... and since I don't get to do this all the time... every transition needs thinkin' thru! But, gettin' to shoot with old friends is always a hoot! Laughin',ribbin', makin' outrageous claims and challenges... adds to my enjoyment. Gotta be careful with a couple of the shooters... They sometimes get pretty serious.
Shot a couple of the side matches... one was the "Bambaloosa!" 10 shots from a WWI era battle rifle at 5 targets about 120 yards away... two individual sweeps, each from a different postition, then a bank of pistol KDs from the second rifle position (about 7 yards), then move again, a dueling tree of 5 swinging targets, the reload... and hit the "devilman" a husky lifesize silhouette about 90 yards downrange, then move again to the final dueling tree, and ground your pistol.... and finally run across the stage to where your shotgun is, and engage 6 clay birds thrown from a machine! Several people got down with the last pistol sting, stood there and you could just tell... they THOUGHT it was over!!!!
Timer operator prodding them with shouts of "SHOTGUN... SHOTGUN!" I resembled that!!!!
It was so much fun... now I can see that I "need" a 1903A3. I could easily get by with an earlier version... but I just like the M1 type rear sight.
I'm running my
Project 1894 Marlin for this match. I've had two FTFs, which did go when the hammer was cocked again... (so I need to re-check the headspace); and I short-stroked the lever once... but, other than those, it's running like a top!
As I said at the top of the page, I loaded my ammo Thursday, and during the chrono test, my pistol ammo (45ACP, 200 gr RFN & 4.7 grains of TiteGroup resulted in 941fps from the 5" 1911... and the same load in the Cowboy45Spl resulted in 880fps from the 17" Marlin. At first this stumped me... but last night after bein' "re-hydrated", it dawned on me that the short little 45Colt "Special" was quite a bit shy of the barrel leade in that big ol' 45Colt chamber!
All in preparation for the Wild Bunch TX state championship starting tomorrow! HEY! Nothing like putting something off to the last minute... Heck, I've loaded the morning of a match to get the last few rounds I knew would be needed before... so this time, it's like... I planned ahead, no losin' sleep for loading!
Wiedner .. that was some description!
