Reloading and Shooting

Wow… really.
I bought a Glock 47 from Glock in September through the blue label program ($477). If you want an MOS full sized Glock it has to be a 47 as they no longer make the 17 in MOS. It came in last week and I went to do the paper work. I live in Washington state with the 10 round magazine limit. Glock sent the 17 round mags and the gun counter guy says “Oh high cap mags, we will have to take these.” I said I will just mail them to my brother in Florida, no problem. Well he said I just mailed a package and it was $60 to Florida. I say Those 3 mags should be about $12 to $ 15 to go to Florida. Well the 90 days to send all of our high cap magazines has passed so I will talk to the boss, but we will probably have to destroy them. WTF. So… how much are new magazines? Oh, $30 each. So, you want to take my mags and charge me $100 for new mags! I go to the counter to pay for the background check and they charge me sales tax on the pistol. I said no…Glock already charged me tax. Well you will have to prove it. Glock did not sent a recite with the pistol so I am going to have to contact Glock. I had a Glock performance trigger, a Trijicon SRO sight and a co witness set of sights. I figure 10 minutes on the trigger swap, about 3 minutes on the STO and 5 minutes on the iron sites. They said that would be $120 not including tax. for that service. I said I think I will just do my own gun work. I am not mad at the state of Washington about the Mags, If I can’t solve the problem in 10 rds, I shouldn’t use a pistol. I am grumpy about the lack of problem solving and feel like another sucker walked in the door. I am going to chat to Glock about sending the wrong sized mags, maybe I can get some relief through them. :frowning_face:

In my way to pick up my barreled action from my PWS 2112. I’ll be reassembling this later in the morning:

Nightforce C569 MOAR reticle

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We’ll need to see esults on paper.

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Most likely a piece of steel @ 1K yards for the time being.

Last Sunday with my Accuracy International AT in 6.5CM

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Got it together. This is the third barrel for this action; barrel life seems to end at about 1800 rounds or so.

Two previous barrels were Bartlien (L) and Mike Rock (Rock Creek R)

This is what happens when you push 208gr and 215gr bullets to 2750 FPS.

Current plan is to put about 40 rounds down the tube @ 1K yards this Sunday, clean it again and then begin to fine tune my usual load in this rifle. All three barrels were chambered with my own personal reamer to minimum head space by the same dude.

The only need for fine tuning is because no two barrels are alike, no matter how exacting the gun plumber is who machined and assembled the barreled action. And my guy is a senior 2112 who’s been at PWS going on 35 years.

I’ll post some chronograph numbers and paper pictures when I burn that bridge.

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Making ammunition for Sunday this morning.

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Nice glass!!!

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Lapua brass, FGMM 210M primers, Berger Hybrid Target 208gr, 54.0gr RL17, COAL 3.435

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New toy. Been wanting one for years. Bought one when they first came out, but because of the economics of the era (2008-2009). I had to sell it in order to keep myself afloat financially. Fast-forward to now, I decided to buy one again.

My first one was the model with the US Flag under the ejection port and had the Marine “collapsible” stock. This one has the pistol grip stock and no flag. I still remembered how to take it apart and put it back together without touching the owner’s manual (self gratuitous “Atta Boy”) .

I’ll be doing some work to it to return to how God intended; replacing the 5-round mag tube with the proper 7-round tube, adding some oversized components to increase reliability, side-saddle/rail combo, rail forend, and the very important Marine “collapsible” stock and make it truly collapsible.

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And another addition to my collection… This one is not yet home, but it’s secured while I pay it off…

According to what i quickly found out about this darling; she’s a WW2 1911A1 pistol, manufactured by the Ithaca Gun Company in 1944; as with most every 1911A1 in military service, they have been armory inspected and reworked at least once. I was not able to pull it apart to see all the markings on the weapon opponents, but I can definitely do that after I bring her home with me,

The slide is a Remington-Rand slide, while the frame and what I hope, the internals, are all Ithaca. The finish is well-worn, but all stamps are present and visible, which is good. I hope to take her home with me shortly, than give her a good once over, clean, lubricate and put some rounds downrange, before setting her proudly in my collection.

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Looks just like my Remington-Rand I got about 50 years ago for $90. Mine was made in 1945 for the Marines. I got a trigger job, and it made it a lot more fun to shoot. My first centerfire pistol.

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So, my hopes and dreams of buying a 3D printer have been site aside for the moment but the funding was already approved, and I think I’ll use that money to start a AR build. My question, is there a check list off all the parts and tools I need so I don’t miss anything.

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Sign up!

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Something told me that you would be the one to answer and thank you I’ll get signed up after work.

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Their motto applis to this site as well,

When in doubt, buy both

Our Range Day is this Ssturday in Penrose.

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I wish I could, but the wife is super sensitive to chemical smells. I mixed up some JB Weld clear epoxy and almost had to take her to the ER and I don’t want to throw down that money and find out the hard way she will react.

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The fresh air out there will do her ggod and the club wives are all really nice gals.
Plus, I learned long ago that the way to get my wife’s approval on my expensive spending habits is to let her play too. (We have a Gatling gun you can shoot)
It doesn’t exactly carry over to model building, but she loves the research trips. She chooses the restaurants and the side gigs we see along the way.

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I think we are both working this Saturday but keep me posted and ill try to come out next time. I think we might go up to the model show in Canada in May and she will make all the non-show plans it’s the balance that we keep.

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Good man! We have a Spring shoot as well, along with many other events such as Bike Night at Outpost H-D.

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