Be careful, you don't want to put a round in the foot that controls the 'go fast' pedal..

Amen to that. Even when in the pocket, it has full kydex trigger guarding, so I'm relatively safe.

Bought a new range finder. My relic was slowly dying on me.

gseven - G7 BR2

Bought one of these too. This helps speed up the process of sorting through bullets. :tup:

http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloadin...prod38769.aspx

Psa!
 

PSA!

BATFE has ruled that the X Products Can Cannon when attached to an AR-15 lower is a SBR or AOW depending on the lower.

X Products Open Letter to Customers

BATFE Determination Letter

been rocking an alien wear IWB. Absolutely love it, just need to add to my full frame 1911 for some thing smaller before the summer rolls around next year.

Thanks for the head's up, VABAM. :tup:




Damn BATFags, spoiling all our fun...:shakes head:

Nice! I put a trigger in mine. It's shoots REALLY well now!

I was using an IWB for my 9mm shield. I just couldn't get used to it. Ended up getting another S&W in .380 and just throw it in my pocket with a sleeve holster. My clothing doesn't seem to conceal well. So the pocket was perfect

I started doing that with my Glock 19. Works fine and is way more comfy than IWB.

:iagree:

I just can't do IWB, especially with a full size 45, I'm just too small to pull it off. :eek:


I use a strong-side holster with trigger latch for my P229. Light jacket over everything, no problem. ;)

I have an aliengear iwb for my shield 9. It's comfortable.

Just picked up some truglo tfx sights for the shield and the m&p9. I can't wait to get them on. There glowing in the package and it's driving me nuts.

Been thinking about an Aliengear iwb. Read and heard nice things about them. Just don't know. Have to see one in person first.

I have tried a few but for my H&K P2000 SK I like the Galco Matrix OWB holster. It is a minimalist holster, but it holds the firearm very securely. It just takes a longish t-shirt to conceal.

Rusty the alien wear feels and looks just like my crossbreed did, just a lot cheaper price wise, and I feel like it breaths a little better. I also like the fact that they will send you a new clam shell if you get a new gun free of charge, while my crossbreed became useless to me when I traded the gun away so some one got a $100 holster for free. The only down fall I've seen so far is the wait time from purchase until shipped.

My aliengear took about 2 weeks to be shipped. I have the cloak 3.0. I was surprised. They said turn around time was 4-5 weeks.

I will admit to in a hurry just grabbing my wife XDS in a sticky holster and sliding it into the back of my pants. Actually works awesome.

my soon to be fiancée, shootin it up! :tup:

https://www.facebook.com/jacob.k.gai...type=3&theater

And she's a lefty

2 by 2...hands of blue

got these suckers in today. gonna get some ballistic gel and have a little fun!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...a461769baa.jpg

Money to burn I c. Pics when u get done with the gel. Or hell a video while u shooting the gel is better

2 by 2...hands of blue

yup shes a lefty, just as I am

.45 vs 9mm
 

9mm wins

M4C Newsletter & Larry Vickers: .45 vs 9mm; The debate is over

Honestly with all the advancements in ammunition it comes down to what you are comfortable with shooting and find a frame that fits your hands, and body if carrying. If you look at the gels of rounds from .380 to .45 that are designed for extreme trauma they all have the power to stop the bad guy. But if you choose to run around with a .45 because some one told you it's the best, but only have the strength to shoot a .380 you aren't going to hit the bad guy and that big round is useless. Just my 2 pennies.

Self Defense Ammo
 

Hey gun packin' friends. What is your daily carry ammo of choice?

I generally use Hornady Critical Duty +p 135 gr.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...ccc6592f2a.jpg

:iagree:

Same for me that's a good round. I either carry those or my own hornady reloads

Any hollow point. I usually shoot them into a pool to see how they fragment (I'm dead serious)

For home defense, I use hollow points. If I were going to carry in public, I'd probably go with something frangible.

The first 3 rounds, Glaser Safety Slugs. The rest of the mag is Critical Defense.

Glaser Blue Safety Slug Ammo 40 S&W 115 Grain Safety Slug Package of

Hornady Critical Defense Ammo 40 S&W 165 Grain Flex Tip eXpanding Box

i finally got out to shoot the new powder for my Hornady 75gr's. If you remember I was using a powder not recommended but Accurate or Hornady but one that others had tried with 69gr's and i was only getting around 2460ftps with a very compressed load deforming my tips.

I found out RL 15 would work ok. So I loaded up low, medium and high charges per Hornadys 5.56 manual. But my speeds are way way under what they say. The max at 24.9gr should be 2850ftps. I'm only getting 2642ftps. I take it they don't use a 16" barrel then for the manuals and use a 20". I tested my 16" vs 10" and averaged 310ftps slower or 51ftps per inch. So 2642+204=2846 or almost dead on for 24.9gr per Hornady, way to go manual!

Anyways I started loading more powder to see if I could get more speed and watch for signs of over pressure. Was that bad? I got up to 25.5gr and again started to compress the load and deforme the tip a little Speeds got up to 2710 and the cases looked good after being shot but pretty flat primers though but no damage or hurt cases. I ran out of brass but shot 4 rounds at 25.5gr. First cold barrel shot was 3-4" left from shots 2 and 3 which were sub MOA on top of each other. Shot 4 was again 3" away but right of 2 and 3. After writing all this I'm answering my own question probably by saying the charges were to hot and probably wild and the deformed tip probably wasn't helping. Shots 2 and 3 might of just had more room in the case or less deforming making them good at 25.5gr and 2700ftps. So maybe I'll just stick with 24.9gr at 2642ftps with the 75gr bullet and redo the accuracy testing.

FYI every 0.4-0.5gr averaged about 60ftps for all the loads I tried out.

Hornady Critical Duty 45 ACP 220gr +P for me. :tup:

3 powders you can try also. IMR4198, ARCOMP, and Ram Tac if you can find it. Alot of people like the Ram Tac, then the ARCOMP. IMR 4198 use to be the powder for .222, .223, and like size cases.

Are you using a chronograph? If so, which one? I never get what the manual says for velocity.

When you deform the tip of the bullet. Kiss your accuracy good by.

When you try for more velocity. And are starting to see over pressure signs. You will see the flatten primers. But what you don't see is inside the case. Look for a bright ring around the outside of the case, just above the case groove. If you see that. Your case is about to separate there. Also your case will grow in length. So keep an eye on case length. Watch for splits in the necks too. Because as the case grows in length. The neck will get thick, and work hardened.

All good except maybe firulice's Hornady reloads. From a legal perspective, you always want to carry 'factory' ammo, never reloads. The experts (Ayoob and others) recommend it, because you don't want to give a defense attorney any 'ammo' (sorry for the pun) to challenge a legal shoot. If you use reloads, he can claim you were looking for a fight and loaded ammo to 'maim' his client.

Very true.

Wow never thought of that. Better to be prudent in this liability world we live in I guess. Thanks for the thought

Finally got them on. Huge pain in the butt.
http://www.the370z.com/members/urdel...ure89380-a.jpg

Between my wife shooting alot, and my daughter picking up a 9mm. I had to cast more 125gr RN 9mm with gas check bullets. I did 2, 3 lbs coffee cans. That's about 4,000 per can. :eek: Hopefully I'm set for awhile. :tup:

1st pic. One of the coffee cans.
2nd pic. Filing the base. Sometimes there is part of the spruce that needs filed down for a flat base.
3rd pic. Finished base.
4th pic. 50 of them ready for gas checks, sizing, and lube.
5th. Checking the hardness of the bullet. They are a little softer then what I like. Not enough tin in the mix. But I don't have any to begin with.