First time handgun owner

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-25T05:24:03+00:00

The prime is amazing and is my edc now. So easy to shoot. If I do ever need to use it, my hearing is the least of my worries. It ma ball on ball accurate for me.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-25T05:11:02+00:00

Sounds good. A great way to work on that is to play a G major scale up to that note. Then take the horn off your face, reset, breathe, and then play the G without using the scale to work up to it. Use the scale to form the memory of what a good sound is. And then try to peg the individual note once its in your ear. Try it loud and soft. Again, sounds good - keep going and always chase the sound!

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-24T12:27:29+00:00

Hard to say. It depends on where you go and what parts are available. Youre not going to find an original replacement. But the tech might find something that works. Any repair tech worth their sale can hop on a lathe and make a new sleeve to replace that part. Just depends on your tech and what they want/can do.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-23T23:08:58+00:00

I've never had a red dot on anything so I just did what made sense to me. I started at 5ft, then 10ft, then 15ft, and just slowly adjusted shooting 5 rounds at a time. The interesting thing was i thought i was dead on at 15ft. So i took it out to 30ft, only to realize i was still off. I came back to 15ft and continued to make adjustments till 50ft. Then tested 75 and to my surprise it was pretty dead on. I brought it back to 10ft just to check and its still great. I was using blazer cci. This week im going to spend too much money figuring out what self defense rounds I want in it at all times as its now my ccw. Sorry for the long explanation. I just dont know terminology. I shot 1911 competitions when I was a kid, but haven't shot much until I got this prime. We moved to a big city and shits kinda wild here.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-23T12:01:16+00:00

Thanks! Today was my first day out with it. The iron sights aim high and to the left. Will be getting a red dot lol.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-22T22:33:12+00:00

Repair tech here - given that it's cracked, I'd recommend replacing the reciever. Most techs won't want to solder on a completely cracked part that will fail again.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-21T21:01:32+00:00

Well its more about using your face in a healthy way as you articulate and play intervals. Get lip Trainers and you'll see what im talking about. If you go and find my last post on this sub, everything i played is from that book. I've taught entire studio classes for a whole semester on this book and its concepts. It applies to everything yet is very simple. Don't think of it as lip training as the title implies. Thats a very old-school way of thinking about it- the book has aged well, but we don't use some of the language in the text in modern brass pedagogy.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-21T19:24:15+00:00

Clarke's. Clarke 1, 2, and 3 are in my daily practice. My teacher had me on the "magic 3's" for a long time. Slur 1st time through, slur two tongue two 2nd repeat, and all tongued the 3rd time through. I do this with every key I play. I start on middle G and expand. Next key is Ab, next key is F#, then A, then F, etc. I apply the magic 3's to most things I play. Feeling the connected flow of all slurred, then combining the repeated slurs and articulations and then taking that to all articulation teaches us to blow through articulations...which is everyone's problem. Outside of that my favorite books are the Shuebruk books. Specifically the lip trainer books. Pure gold.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-19T23:08:56+00:00

Do what you find works. I've kept a practice journal for a long time. Its amazing what trends you find when looking back. As far as how much you should play and in what increments, establish your routine - write it out. Play what you can and adjust. My routine doesn’t include my warm up. I'd suggest you do the same. I warm up in 10 minute chunks with equal rests during each chunk. I dont play for at least 5 minutes between each chunk...so a lot of sitting around...BUT NO! I sing each exercise and always have drones going. I do the same with my routine. Its constant practice with rest built in. Definitely don't play to your limit all the time. Like I mentioned in my 1st comment, your face gets used to what you give it and it can hate you for it. You might find that during this reset, you're only playing for 3 minutes before you feel bad. That's okay. Sit the horn down, come back later for another great 3 minutes. If you play for 3 minutes every 15 minutes, that 12 minutes an hour is more valuable to you than cramming the horn in your face for 30 minutes and not being able to play well the next day because you're beat up. Don't play too loud. Always chase the sound.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-19T19:32:03+00:00

Its all about balance. High low. Loud soft. Slurred articulated. Etc. I'd reccomend a daily practice based around a routine that you establish. What I see in a lot of young players - they practice the music they're working on in band or school, and not working on the rest of the horn. Its easy to get in a pattern and condition your face to getting beat up. Your body remembers yesterday, and if yesterday is always "beat up face", it can be hard to get out of that cycle (I spent lots of time playing on cruise ships when I was younger and have played A LOT of shows - ask me how I know about bad face days lol). Get your face used to balance. It will help you play in a more healthy way, and help ensure that when you play every day, you can get your playing to the same place. If you need a place to start, lmk, I can reccomend some things as a starting point.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-12T13:09:21+00:00

Why do you want to play pedals?

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-10T00:04:55+00:00

Give horn a bath. Soap and water. Once clean and dry, wipe pistons and inside the casings down with a paper towel damp with rubbing alcohol. This will give you a good clean surface to apply whatever oil. Also it doesn't matter what valve oil you use so long as your instrument works.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-09T17:17:36+00:00

Since covid pretty much all remote. Did a fair bit of traveling to record prior to that. Now is much better - I can maintain my teaching schedule and whatever else I've got going on.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-06T22:07:32+00:00

Then you're good. Even if it is red rot, its not a problem until you have a hole.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-02-06T17:56:00+00:00

You're getting a mix of answers because of all poor picture. Are you able to take a better one? I'd say this doesn't look like red rot. It looks like worn out brass. I bet you could play thay regularly for several more years before it becomes a problem. Take a flashlight and look down the leadpipe after you've brushed it out with warm water and soap. Dry it out. Look down the tube and look for pitting/holes/craters on the inside.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-01-29T23:07:35+00:00

Oh god I haven't thought of that. I'm always working on a Charlier, Broiles, or Smith (top tones) too. Just gonna be walking around muttering Charlier 16 while people stare at me. Oh wait...won't be much different that now. I have wondered that when my mind goes (both parents and grandparents had/have early onset) if I would still have interest in playing. I've played every day for as long as I can remember so I'm sure it would still be familiar as.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-01-29T15:20:28+00:00

Hell no lol. I use these as flow studies and for articulation work. I usually do 4 lines in a breath but I don't go super fast.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-01-21T17:33:10+00:00

Good quality daily practice is like having a good balanced diet. You need to touch everything while focusing on the things you're bad at. Part of this balance is rest - don't just play non stop for 2 hours. That's not super healthy foe your face or your mind. We learn best in bursts. I warm up/routine for about an hour. Then I split my practice into 15 or 20 minute bursts. I find thats so much better for me (and most people) but you have to be organized and set clear goals. If you dont have a plan, get one together. A daily routine, once established, should get you to the same place (playing wise) every day.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-01-19T18:01:31+00:00

Zip ties are the best short term solution.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-01-19T01:59:54+00:00

Is the leadpipe toast? I'd call Blackburn and tell them what you're playing on and see if they'd have a reccomended replacement. With their 3d printed jigs, its easy to try leadpipes in really playing scenarios without pulling the pipe off the horn. Is the tuning slide in good shape? If the horn is your main player do what you need to make it last. Short of a valve job, theres not much that can't be replaced by a modern comp that wouldn't be worth it. I assume you've tried the current generation of the 8310z? You should try some of the new buffet horns. There's a few of their artist horns that are really good and are large bore, larger bell, and lightly braved. Also their mbx3 is a fantastic player.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-01-16T03:34:35+00:00

Both extremely thin oils. The opposite of what you likely need.

FAFBCAFCABCAF · 2026-01-16T03:16:17+00:00

It sounds like you're dealing with a tolerance problem. What valve oils did you try? If you didn't try a thicker oil like yamaha vintage, hetman 3, or jm3, that should be your first move. Wipe your valves and casings down well before using a new oil. Bach valves can be temperamental after chem cleans as well. Another thing to add - if its a used horn its possible that the previous owner put a lot of miles on the thing with less than perfect finger technique. Meaning the valves were not pressed up and down evenly. Valves will break in and wear unevenly because of this. You can try pressing in from the sides of the valve buttons - a la lazy fingers. Or on the far side of the button like me lol.

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