Thread: Going to give pistol shooting a go

Originally Posted by Ozzy

Don't forget to stock up on things to feed it. Bill has primers at a good price at the moment.

Are the winny primers any good? Have heard stories but never used them myself. Awesome price tho as you say.

This will make the ammo last a bit longer.


Fires a short laser burst when you pull the trigger. I downloaded an app called iTarget that uses the phone camera to record where the shots are going, could also video it. Should help a lot with dry fire practice.

Originally Posted by stug

This will make the ammo last a bit longer.
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Fires a short laser burst when you pull the trigger. I downloaded an app called iTarget that uses the phone camera to record where the shots are going, could also video it. Should help a lot with dry fire practice.

Interesting. How much and from where? and is it any good?
(My google'fuu is not with me today.......)

I got it off trademe, it had been there for months, then they halved the price last week so I bought it.
Here is a review


this is the iTarget system, although I only have the app, not their laser ammo

Originally Posted by stug

First 50 9mm loaded, thanks to Bill at Rusa Reloading. Hopefully by this time next week they will be empty cases
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What's your load?
I use Winchester primers for pistol because they were $40/1000, they work fine

win sp primer, 4.0gr Hodgdon titegroup, Ruse 124gr flatpoint, load length 27.5mm

Nice, titegroup is good powder. Don't know why Hodgdon has such little use in our club, but a distributor told me that he sees powder use in pistol shooting really region based. Like everyone uses what some one else is using, I was using ap50 but with supply issues changed to much cheaper Belmont WAP.
My shadow used to barely make minor, but damn it was nice and soft to shoot

Originally Posted by R93

Are the winny primers any good? Have heard stories but never used them myself. Awesome price tho as you say.

I've used them in my STI and M&P without any issues, all 5k I got last time went pop like they should.

Federal cases don't like Win primers, way too tight a fit.

Originally Posted by Ozzy

I've used them in my STI and M&P without any issues, all 5k I got last time went pop like they should.

Cheers. I have still got around 4k of a bulk CCI order. I will try some Winchester when I get a chance.

Originally Posted by stug

Federal cases don't like Win primers, way too tight a fit.

Federal cases don't like any kind of primers in my experience, the primer pocket is crimped. I'm lazy so I tend to just chuck them in the scrap pile when I find some.

Originally Posted by Ozzy

Federal cases don't like any kind of primers in my experience, the primer pocket is crimped. I'm lazy so I tend to just chuck them in the scrap pile when I find some.

I had found the same, and am considering a Dillon 600 to solve it. Anyone used a 600 before?

Originally Posted by Tommy

I had found the same, and am considering a Dillon 600 to solve it. Anyone used a 600 before?

I haven't used one but they look pretty good on various reviews online. The thing is though, can you really justify the expense for 9mm brass?

Sample size of 2 but here it is-

I bought a Dillon Square B to have as a dedicated 9mm and it was an absolute arse to use - it kept stuffing up the primer feed system and just would not come right

Serious Shooters were good about returning it and have swapped for a 550 now

I have no experience of 650s but they always look farkin cool..

After returning the Square B I mentioned it to a club member and he had the exact same issue with his Dillon square B and returned it for the same reason

A guy I know and respect the opinion of has a 550 and swaps out the different setups for different calibres complete with powder feeder, etc so it is setup the calibre once and away ya go - think I will head down this route too for commonly used calibres ie 9mm,45,223 and use my single stage for loading hunting ammo

I'm not wedded to any particular brand but I wouldn't touch a square B again

First 50 loads are gone, averaged 1080fps for power factor 133.

Practiced draw and fire one round double action. Need a bit of practice, was hitting to the left.

I then grabbed 50 club loads and shot them on the 25m ISSF range, probably my best 9mm target!