stinger or trubor
- Thread starter jburton
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The 9 majors have a few common problems...and if you can address those, they work great...
Fault 1 - extraction...The 9 mil brass is pretty light so it really flies out. With a conventional scope mount...that can pose a problem (brass hits the mount and ends up back where it doesn't belong.
Solution...higher or offset scope mount...or slide mounted optic (Docter or JP)
Fault 2 - in addition to the limited powder choices...the tapered case can be a challenge. I was having a very common problem with my ammo. I didn't have enough bell in the case mouth when I was seating the bullet, and the case was shaving off a bit of the jacket that was ending up in the chamber...so the next round would not chamber properly. Simple solution...but it took a while to figure out (and some good advice from Black...his wife was having the same problems)
Fault 3 - Mags. Unless you load really long...you need spacers if you use STI mags. SVI mags are better...but harder to find (and more expensive)
After a very frustrating few months...mine is now working great...no regrets. I also love sitting back and sipping my Vente Cappuccino while all the Super Comp crowd forage for brass
Cheers
Fault 1 - extraction...The 9 mil brass is pretty light so it really flies out. With a conventional scope mount...that can pose a problem (brass hits the mount and ends up back where it doesn't belong.
Solution...higher or offset scope mount...or slide mounted optic (Docter or JP)Fault 2 - in addition to the limited powder choices...the tapered case can be a challenge. I was having a very common problem with my ammo. I didn't have enough bell in the case mouth when I was seating the bullet, and the case was shaving off a bit of the jacket that was ending up in the chamber...so the next round would not chamber properly. Simple solution...but it took a while to figure out (and some good advice from Black...his wife was having the same problems)
Fault 3 - Mags. Unless you load really long...you need spacers if you use STI mags. SVI mags are better...but harder to find (and more expensive)
After a very frustrating few months...mine is now working great...no regrets. I also love sitting back and sipping my Vente Cappuccino while all the Super Comp crowd forage for brass
Cheers
Quigley said:Fault 1 - extraction...The 9 mil brass is pretty light so it really flies out. With a conventional scope mount...that can pose a problem (brass hits the mount and ends up back where it doesn't belong.
What did you go with? Pics Please!
Quigley said:
What oal are you going with and with what magazines?
Definitely a plus. :')Quigley said:I also love sitting back and sipping my Vente Cappuccino while all the Super Comp crowd forage for brass
D_ said:
Here it is before it went out for chrome
I went with a Docter site mounted by Bevan Gram from Grams Engineering. He doesn't use a convetional Docter mount, but mills out the slide so the site sits much lower.
My ammo is loaded to an OAL of 1.185. I have STI mags (STI Followers) with no spacers as well as SVI (Grams springs and followers) mags. They work in both although the rounds do rattle in the STI mags.
