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  1. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I know enough to identify fundamental differences between makes for sure. You certainly don't need to be able to tell the differences between makes to know what you like to hold and what you like to shoot. But you do need to be able to if you are going...
  2. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    I think I have three, which makes it less than almost every other kind of 1911 I own, including Wessons, of which I think I have five. But nice try. They just aren't similar guns. Browns are not fit to particularly close tolerances, but it is all to print specs, the edges all of the controls...
  3. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    I've been inside dozens of each, and they are not similar guns, especially when you move away from 45. So you might prefer one or the other, but you are wrong in the idea that they are similar.
  4. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    Other than that Wesson used to use a lot of Brown parts, and they are both 1911s, I don't know there is anything notably similar about them. Certainly a lot of the important finishing on Brown is about 1000x better. Wessons are fine guns, but every one I have needed a good bit of TLC to be up...
  5. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    They make really good shooting guns. More like Wilson in that they have moved away from hand fitting them, but even more so. I don't think it has hurt the results at all. When Justin was there, customer service was fantastic, but I haven't dealt with them, other than to get a part or two, for...
  6. Choid

    3x fired brass not chambering - 300PRC

    Al Warner makes sublime dies. The only problem is that you end up wanting them for every cartridge. Hell, I'd probably buy one in 9mm if he agreed to build it. lol.
  7. Choid

    Staball and Harrells 50 charges

    I've been messing with this on and off over the last year, though with a Johnson's Quick Measure, as I can run it straight off my 550. Results are very good. Even powders like 4064 and RL16 will throw with a SD of .1 grains or so, and obviously ball is much better. Moreover, my velocity SDs...
  8. Choid

    Hey western Montana folks

    Lol. Do you even live here Hobo? Daines is known as one of the best constituent services senators in the country, and actually picks up a good amount of D votes because of it. Tester is known to be the opposite. Perhaps Daines ignores you because you are a crazy babbling fool who is always...
  9. Choid

    My ongoing pistol reloading journey

    No matter the progressive press, primer issues are going to cause 99.9% of problems. That's just the rules.
  10. Choid

    What did you do in the reloading room today?

    Loaded a bunch of 416 Barrett and swaged some 45 bullets.
  11. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    You might want to try 5 Shot leather. No idea if he makes a 2011 AIWB holster, but I thought AIWB was terrible until I got one of his for a government size 1911. It is legitimately comfortable. I am probably built like an 80% version of you.
  12. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    Wilson made great single stack 1911s. I am sure they still can, though I have seen a few pigs come out recently. I bought several of the x9s and was never that happy with them. The shape of the gun is weird, and they twist a lot in recoil, especially for a double stack 1911, which should be...
  13. Choid

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 1911 / 2011 Help

    c'mon man.
  14. Choid

    Small base for precision 308 gasser?

    If you need a small base die, rollsize your brass instead. It actually deals with the root issue.
  15. Choid

    Dillon progressive purchase advice needed

    The Armanov toolhead is very good. I also like the idea that you can float whichever station you like, though I have to admit I have only ended up floating the stations that are floatable on the Whidden. Uniquetek has a lot of funky, homebrew stuff, but it works. Entirely Crimson is more...
  16. Choid

    Dillon progressive purchase advice needed

    Armanov's stuff is almost 100% rip offs of other people. Definitely nicely done, so no worries on quality, but they don't make a part you can't find from somebody else.
  17. Choid

    Dillon progressive purchase advice needed

    I did not. I tested various powders and figured out what the SD of throw was. Then I loaded rounds and figured what the SD of the ammo was. My feeling now mimics what @Ledzep has said, that perfect powder consistency is not essential in 308 class cases, or at least as much as we believe. By...
  18. Choid

    Dillon progressive purchase advice needed

    So I load 308 and 6.5 creedmoor with it on my 550. Long term standard deviations are about three fps higher with it than with a v3. Speed is just slightly slower than with the Dillon powder measure because you have to wait for the charge to drop through a rather long tube. This is with...
  19. Choid

    Dillon progressive purchase advice needed

    Yessir.
  20. Choid

    Dillon progressive purchase advice needed

    Johnson's Quickmeasure Dillon set up.
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