Took my Model of 1917 to Kimberton Fish and Game‘s match this weekend to try to redeem myself after my poor showing last month with the same rifle. While I did “better” I had several misses in slow and rapid prone I shouldn’t have.
Me and this rifle seem to not get along. My working theory is that it’s sight picture related. Anyway more dry fire practice for me and I intend to try and find an afternoon to spend proned out with my rifle and a box of HXP.
I finally ordered a White Oak CMP service rifle upper. In 16-20 weeks I’ll post pictures.
It was a very pleasant ordering experience the women on the phone answered all of my stupid questions and even made some suggestions.
Here’s what i ordered:
CMP Upper Pre-Ban
Front Sight Post (NM-.062)
Rear Sight 1/4 min
Pinned Rear sight
Now to turn that $50 Stripped lower from Palmetto State Armory’s Black Friday sale into a match rifle lower. Of course I will have to learn the sitting position now. That sounds fun.
In my last post I mentioned problems with extraction of reloads. I am happy to report I found the issue and it was not trimming.
Yep that’s a gap between the resizing die and the shell holder at full extension. At some point I must have set this incorrectly and was setting the shoulders of the case too high. I’ve properly cranked it down so the shell holder makes contact with the die and problem solved.
Now I have so many rounds to pull 🙁
UPDATE: I don’t think this was the only problem
The wife and I took a quick trip to the range with the Model 1917 and her AR.
I’ve been having trouble with the reloads not easily ejecting from my 1917. My working theory is that the problem is in the trim length. I trimmed this batch down .005 to 2.480 which helped but it’s not quite ready for rapid prone. I’m going to take them down to 2.475 and see how that works. [update: trimming was not the issue see the next post here]
I took a few offhand shots to practice my stance. I kept them all in the 9-7 rings which was pretty good for me.
I would like to get a better skeletal stance particularly in regards to my support arm. I tried a more “hip forward” stance but my big fat love handles get in my way.
All and all a nice trip.
First off, just to be clear: You can not concealed carry at Camp Perry or the CMP store.
The folks at handgunlaw.us have recently uncovered that as the reciprocity agreement is written OH does not recognize AZ non-resident permits, even if that was the intention.
I was in the process of getting an AZ concealed carry permit so my Glock 19 could come with my to Ohio. It turns out that I will need to apply for a different permit or hope they work of their differences soon.
As you can see the agreement states “residents of the state.” Read the whole document here.
Hopefully this is cleared up soon. You can check this document for updates on Ohio’s reciprocity.
Here is a random picture of my constant companions… My Gen 3 Glock 19 riding in a crossbreed supertuck, and my Tactical Bernese Mountain Dog
He’s not coming to Camp Perry either