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Matches in July - the 19th and 25th
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Dan1612
Master
I'm out, good Sir.
Although, I have no idea why I didn't just pistol shoot the rest of the sidematch. That's what you're supposed to do if your long gun goes down. That long steel and the clays on the berm would've been fun.
Hipower
Marksman
So, do you have a Wilson Combat Pump that you'd like to sell real cheap?
Dan1612
Master
I do, but it needs to go back and be sorted out. Likely have the chamber polished. I ethically can't sell something that I know isn't 100%.
It ate slugs just fine, but just refused to cycle the cheap target low brass. Snobby b*tch! Lol.
Dan1612
Master
Not that it would've helped my situation, but that's kinda what I was planning on doing It. 7 birds, 2 slugs, 2 birds, 2 slugs, doing combat reloads for the last 6 rounds. Then pistol.
Regardless, the whole match was a lot of fun. Hopefully a carbine side match next month, where I can finally run my 308.
I enjoyed the shotgun side match. Having to swap out shot for a slug taught me not to put my slug caddy next to my pistol mags. Moving as fast I can I came up with the wrong one, i.e., I found the first thing on my belt and it came free when tugged. By the time my brain registered it was not the right shape etc., it was at the ejection port and already being dropped to the ground (consciously thinking poop, I probably should pick that up).
At the match, we had several pump shotguns that had difficulty ejecting a spent case. I think those shotguns were the ones on the sunny side of the gun rack. While there are a number of reasons that will cause a round to stick in the chamber, I think the issue everyone had was simply heat. It looked like it took the same amount of time for each person to extract the round (cool off), chamber a new one, fire (reheating the barrel), and deal with another stuck round. Originally I thought it was an ammo issue but so many had the same issue but they were running different makes and ammo. I then thought it might have been the difference between high brass vs low brass but that is still a heat issue (more brass to stick). Since shotguns are not known for their tight match chambers and resizing issues, I think it is just related to the amount of force needed to extract the round (and not tear the brass in half) from a hot gun. So I don't think there was any real issue with any of the shotguns at the match, just an awareness that anything in direct sunlight has the potential to cause problems. As I get older (and weaker) i'm going to let the gas gun do the work at extracting the round. I'm just going to focus on getting shotgun shells in and not 9mm.
At the match, we had several pump shotguns that had difficulty ejecting a spent case. I think those shotguns were the ones on the sunny side of the gun rack. While there are a number of reasons that will cause a round to stick in the chamber, I think the issue everyone had was simply heat. It looked like it took the same amount of time for each person to extract the round (cool off), chamber a new one, fire (reheating the barrel), and deal with another stuck round. Originally I thought it was an ammo issue but so many had the same issue but they were running different makes and ammo. I then thought it might have been the difference between high brass vs low brass but that is still a heat issue (more brass to stick). Since shotguns are not known for their tight match chambers and resizing issues, I think it is just related to the amount of force needed to extract the round (and not tear the brass in half) from a hot gun. So I don't think there was any real issue with any of the shotguns at the match, just an awareness that anything in direct sunlight has the potential to cause problems. As I get older (and weaker) i'm going to let the gas gun do the work at extracting the round. I'm just going to focus on getting shotgun shells in and not 9mm.
