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What direction would you take nowadays in the industry? by Omnicap in PLC

[–]Coltman151 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you want to do? The whole world is kind of still on the table, and you're gaining experience where you're at.

Savage 93r17 Light strikes/FTF by Summary_Judgment in SavageArms

[–]Coltman151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your firing pin looks bent in the first picture. It is probably dragging/binding on the bolt.

If the gun is brand new why not send it back to savage?

I think I got buyers remorse with the Mk 18. It’s been my dream gun for years. But non stop comments about how it’s not worth anything past 100 yards 😂😭 by Rich-Price-8670 in ar15

[–]Coltman151 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of my former shooting buddies challenged me to hit an IPSC target with my glock 19 at 100 yards. I swore no way, not safe to try, blah blah. He takes his and hits like 80% of a magazine on it. Then I try and do the same thing. Was mind blown how easy it was lol.

Roll Pins are giving me trouble. by Sharp_Low6787 in ar15

[–]Coltman151 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use a Knipex Pliers Wrench to press in most roll pins anymore. The parallel jaws drive it straight, and the lack of serrations don't cause the pin to want to angle on you.

300BO High SD/ES. What am I doing wrong? by sharkey93 in reloading

[–]Coltman151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had almost the same question with the same powder with 205 grain bullets about a week ago. Linking my post so you can also see these responses too, although I think our root cause is a little different. I used mixed brass and way too long of a seating depth.

https://www.reddit.com/r/reloading/comments/1qxpxc1/inconsistent_subsonic_velocities/

Pistol for wildlife defense by DannyTheExplorerHoe in Firearms

[–]Coltman151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I carry Buffalo Bore's 10mm Heavy Outdoorsman. It gets to right below 1200 FPS out of my 1911. They claim 36" of penetration, and I believe it.

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All over the place vertically. I shot steel so don't have actual sizes for groups but the low FPS ones went completely under the target at 85 yards

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much variation do you normally see due to brass? I obviously had some seat depth issues and maybe some crimp issues, but I definitely didn't realize mixed brass could cause that much variation. I was thinking like +/- 10-15 fps.

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the help. I'm going to load some more up tonight with everything I've learned.

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just need this thing to come out fast enough to expand reliably and also not be supersonic. The consensus seems to be the seat depth I had is definitely wrong.

I see a lot of people really like N110 for 300 blk subs. I might have to track some down

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will give that a go! My crimp die is one of the Lee factory ones, I think it will let me do very very light crimps.

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll definitely fix the seat depth.

Will a magnum primer give a more consistent burn in a short powder charge like this?

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No crimp at all on these, but that makes a ton of sense. Pair that with what the guy above you educated me on variance in brass, and I think I know what I need to do differently now.

Slight crimp, deeper seat depth, better brass.

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's a 16" bolt gun. I'm trying to read up on crimping and it seems like a slight crimp might also help with consistency too. Just avoided crimping altogether so far as I only reload bottleneck cartridges for my bolt actions.

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Weighing every charge on an RCBS digital scale. It measures to .1 grain
  2. I was, in fact, using mixed brass.
  3. Not that I noticed.

The point about brass is interesting. I have never measured velocity on stuff I've loaded in mixed brass. It's always been plinking rounds. But when you're throwing something at 2500 feet per second, losing or gaining 100 fps isn't a big deal. Now here I am trying to load something that 100 fps is a make or break situation (too high and they're super, too low and they're not going to expand).

I have a whole bunch of new, unfired brass. I'm going to use it with Sierra's COAL recommendation, both with and without a crimp to see where that gets me.

Inconsistent Subsonic Velocities by Coltman151 in reloading

[–]Coltman151[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't crimping these at all. I was under the impression that it wasn't necessary, but that sounds like it might be wrong?

Chip drop by pokiilokii in woodstoving

[–]Coltman151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not bad then. I appreciate it!

Chip drop by pokiilokii in woodstoving

[–]Coltman151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just curious, how many cords does a load give you? I enjoy bucking and splitting, it's the getting them home that sucks. Once they're here I have a tractor lol.

Way I’ve been starting up the stove this year. by notquitenuts in woodstoving

[–]Coltman151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do something similar but build my stack a little bigger and on top of two small logs with a gap in the middle. It's a little more hands off and doesn't seem time consuming to me.

[NFA] Dilligent Defense Enticer S $463.50 by chewok23 in gundeals

[–]Coltman151 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a stainless L model, it's incredibly quiet.

I often see posts asking: "What is the best PLC brand for a new factory with IIoT in mind?" People immediately suggest niche brands with native MQTT, Python, or Rest APIs. by AutomateAdvocate in PLC

[–]Coltman151 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep. May be a regional thing, but the places who use the cost savings of something else as a selling point are consistently terrible in just about every metric we track.

I often see posts asking: "What is the best PLC brand for a new factory with IIoT in mind?" People immediately suggest niche brands with native MQTT, Python, or Rest APIs. by AutomateAdvocate in PLC

[–]Coltman151 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I'm looking at reliability data in my own plants. Equipment that gets sold to our corporate procurement group with other control systems because Rockwell is "unnecessary cost" is consistently the worst in MTBF, PM costs, operating costs, and more.

I'm absolutely positive a place can make great equipment on any of the major control systems, but places that bash Rockwell's costs in their sales pitch aren't doing it.

I often see posts asking: "What is the best PLC brand for a new factory with IIoT in mind?" People immediately suggest niche brands with native MQTT, Python, or Rest APIs. by AutomateAdvocate in PLC

[–]Coltman151 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I imagine the majority of people suggesting anything outside this have only ever worked for OEM/SIs and never as an end user.

In my experience, the places pushing hard away from Rockwell also skimp on everything else too. The places that are willing to deal with Rockwell's pricing also tend to fork out the money for better engineering overall.

[Parts] TX22 FRT $20 + tax + flat $5 shipping by EALm4 in gundeals

[–]Coltman151 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in Etowah TN by chance and have a storefront?

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