Abilene

Musta used the Australian font.

The Lee FCD puts the taper crimp right at .471 for me, so no problem there. Like I said, no problem with many lead bullets (and some FMJ and Golden Sabres some years back as well, now that I think about it). Somehow these Hi-Tek coated bullets are more slippery or something.

Howdy. This is a really strange problem. I've loaded thousands of 45acp rounds with no problem, using mostly 230gr RNL. I have always used a Lee dies with the Factory Crimp Die (in a Lee 4 hole turret), and I've been happy that I've never had any ammo problems in my 1911's. But recently I switched to Cimarron Bullets Hi-Tek coated 230 RN. They measure about .453. Very nice bullets. But I started having a problem with some rounds coming out longer after crimping than before. It varies, but sometimes a LOT longer. There is some randomness to it. I experimented with different amounts of belling (Lee dies). At first, I thought the FCD was pushing the bullet up on the upstroke as it resized the finished round. And it might be doing that sometimes. But sometimes it is pushing the case up on the downstroke! I have had a few where the bullet actually squeezed completely out of the case on the downstroke of the FCD. The upstroke was then very easy, with a bullet sitting loose on top of the case at the end. I thought maybe I could seat and crimp with the seater die, then run it through the FCD after to be sure of a good round, but I get shaving of the bullet coating doing that regardless of how much belling. So, I bought a used set of RCBS dies, and am now using the RCBS crimp die after seating with the Lee die. This is making good ammo (according to a case checker - I had never used a case checker before but did buy one recently). But I'd sure like to know if anyone else has run into any similar problems with 45acp bullets (coated or otherwise) pushing out of the case with a Lee FCD.

Well I am sorry that the Championship match that was to be held 27 miles from my house had to get cancelled, but this one will be great for Texas WB! Whether I can make it will depend on my care-giver duties at the time. Hey Spike, that gives you more time to heal up!

Got this message on the Green Mountain Regulators Yahoo group email regarding Texas State Wild Bunch & BAM Matches scheduled for May 30th and May 31st : "While the Governor may indeed relax the current restrictions in place preventing us from holding these two planned events by May 30th, it’s not going to happen in time for a quality match with sponsorship to be produced and for attendees to plan to attend. So it is best to cancel them for this year." Due to the timing and the current situation, I don't think this comes as any surprise. No word on rescheduling.

But now that I think of it, Green Mountain Regulators is more active on Facebook than on their website or Yahoo group, and I'm not a Facebook guy. If you are, you could go there and see if any discussion.

No word locally. So I guess for now it is still on.

Howdy Mortman. Google is your friend. First one listed was this: http://www.cm-machine.com/1911-Stock-Spacers_c_11.html Not sure how much weight they add, guess it depends on the material, but be sure you don't go overweight if this is for Wild Bunch.

The lanyard mags came from Cimarron. They are marked ACT-MAG (Italian) and I think Cimarron had someone add the rings. Some day I want to disassemble them and dip halfway into Vinegar to get the two-tone look.

If the sun glints off one of them and temporarily blinds a spotter, well, benefit of the doubt, right? :)

When the leather magazine pad rule was made I thought, man what a bunch of wimps. :) But then the heel of my left hand gets bruised just from slamming the mags in, so I decided to go ahead and give the pads a try. At first I was going to make a few but with my lack of leather or tools I thought what the heck, they will be a lot nicer and a lot less hassle to just order some from Mernickle, and the price isn't bad. So I had ordered them but not yet received them when I shot my last WB match at Plum Creek Shooting Society, and dang if I didn't get for the first time ever the dreaded pinch that hurts like hell for days and raised a blood blister. So anyway, I was happy to get these. Glued them on with E6000 since that's what I had and seems like it is holding fine. So I am ready to go for the next match! The lanyard ring mags will continue to be used for the first mag of the stage, plus one of them is my Barney mag (which I actually used for the first time at the last match). Now if I can just get my weird reloading issue figured out after changing to coated bullets - but that's another story. http://davidscottharper.com/photos/WB%20mag%20pads.jpg http://davidscottharper.com/photos/WB%20mag%20pads1.jpg

Okay. So, if the shooter had loaded another round and knocked down the 4th target, then he would end up with just a P and no misses, right?

My first thought would be 2 misses and a Procedural. If he had shot the 4th target instead of the 3rd with the reloaded round, it would have just been one miss only.

I have just been using my Mernickle CAS rig for Wild Bunch. The 1911 fits fine in the SAA holster. About a year ago I finally got some mag pouches for it. Local pard Mad Dog McCoy made me pouches with the same border stamp as the Mernickle rig. Looked good, worked fine. But then a couple weeks ago another local was selling some stuff, including this Ted Blocker rig in excellent shape. The mag pouches have steel spring retainers that work really slick. Retail cost is $395 plus the 6-loop shotshell slide. The guy wanted $75 for it. Done Deal!! Very reminiscent of the deal on my Mernickle rig which I bought used 20 years ago for...yep, $75 ! Sometimes you just get lucky. http://davidscottharper.com/photos/WB%20rig%20-2.jpg http://davidscottharper.com/photos/WB%20rig%20-1.jpg

I talked to Reckon and the guys at GMR after our monthly match today. This is preliminary, but they are looking at a simple match, about 4 mags per stage. Just one day, so no side matches. Should be an RO class the day before. Hey Grouchy, are you back to shooting?

I don't think that anyone running GMR attended the last state match, which I understand had a lot of peripheral activities (BAMM, etc.), so they may not know what folks are used to in a big WB match. We shall see.

Interesting. There has been no notice on their Yahoo email group nor website, but then I think they have been more active on Facebook, which I don't do. They also do not hold regular WB matches, so this is kind of a surprise. Being as this is my closest club, I think I might make this one! But I better start reloading NOW on my Lee Turret to have enough ammo by May. ;D

Howdy Doc, some good experts here will be along shortly. I'll just say that I always hear that your brass should land approximately 6 feet to the right/rear. Closer means spring too strong, further means spring too weak. Hmm, or is that backwards? :P I don't have to think about it because the stock spring is just about right on my Armscor with similar power factor.

My first 1911, around '99 or so, was a Kimber compact aluminum. I put the shock buff in to try to protect the aluminum frame. It seemed to affect reliability negatively. I later read that is more common in the shorter barrel guns. Also, it would start shredding, and I understand that can jam a gun as well. So no more for me.

I think the main intention of the "loose ammo" is for rifle or shotgun reloads.

These days I'm seeing very large number of CAS shooters using the coated bullets. I switched to them for my .38 special loads a year and a half ago, and recently got some in 230RNL for the 1911. I have been very pleased with them, no downside for me.

Okay, so a nearby pawn shop has a Model 12, s/n makes it 1959, 2 3/4", Mod choke. From what I'm reading this might be one to get. It has the more modern forend wood, which I don't care for. Will a '97 forend fit? Priced at $399 but I know it has been there over a month so maybe they will come down some.

I think fingerless (one or more) would be fine. I've shot several cold weather matches with fingerless wool gloves (CAS, not WB though).

As far as I know, palm leaf hats have always been legal for WB. I wear one shaped like a sombrero.

Congratulations to all! Did anyone shoot it clean, or close to clean? I've worked at EOT a number of times but never shot it. Hope to change that next year.