One of the hottest Pistols of the year has merited a couple post here on the BGM Blog, the Ruger LCP .380. Being a popular weapon the LCP has received a lot of chatter. With chatter brings the flaws being brought to light. Though no announcement has been made there has been some consistent problems with ejecting cartridges and apparently if you drop the pistol with a round chambered it could go off. Ruger has issued a recall on the chambered round going off and details will be posted as they become available.
To show off the LCP Bullet Boy put together a short YouTube video. The first Video Clip is firing two rounds of Federal Premium Personal Defense HydraShock. The second clip is 6 rounds rapid fire of target ammo.
Today on the Tactical Training Group e-mail list an impromptu practical rifle match was announced. The details of the match have not been released. As we know more about the match we will post updates.
The message on the board from the Match Director: Congratulations from BGM Tactical Weapons Team on the 1st year B-day Party:
Shooters,
I will not be able to put on a match this Saturday or Sunday. I have a set of grand twins with a one year old birthday party Saturday. Arab club is having a mass clean-up on Sunday. So, how about we have a match on Sunday the 28th of September. A match on Saturday will mess with the IDPA HGC match. Don’t want to do that. Since this will be on an odd day, how about we have an odd match. Lets drag out and dust off those AK47′s and SKS’s. Take them to the Arab range a shoot until the barrels melt off. One stage will require you to shoot from the hip just like you see on Fox News. While you are running… If you don’t have a gun to shoot, come anyway and bring some 7.62×39 or 5.45×39 ammo. Bring at least 100 rounds. Two classes to shoot in. Mags and stripper clips.. Should be lots of fun. We will start around 9:00 am. Set up at 8:oo. $15.00 to shoot. $20.00 to watch us make fools of ourselves.
See you then,
Scott
After re-reading the match description it seems that this is just going to be some organized fun for bragging rights of who is a better shooter. Plus it is reason enough to dust of the ol’ SKS you bough 15 years ago for $50 and test out some of the 30,000 rounds of the Norinco you’ve had in storage for 20 years. It sounds like it could be a loosely run stage setup where we can go out meet the North Alabama shooters and make friends. You can count me in. What about you? I plan to reach out and let them know how many people we are going to bring up with us. I have three so far. Let me know asap.
Over the past few days I have posted about receiving a Dillon 550 progressive press reloading system. Remember when I said that I was getting an indestructible system. Well within a few minute time period I break two primer punch pins, got a primer stuck in a pickup tube, and mangled a primer cup. So give it to me to render a machine unusable until I can get the new parts from my new friend Brian Enos.
The machine pumped out 500+ .40&W and about 100 .223 Remington before the melt down. It was probably due a break. I need to find the preventive maintenance measures before I get to much farther. I know some of those pivot points on that machine needs a drop of oil and something needs to be cleaned. Do you have any routine things I should be doing?
Enjoy the pictures of my Gunsmith Shop and home to my Dillon 550.
Close up view of the right casefee side
Dillion 550 with Empty Bullet Tray and Bullet Bin
Dillion 550 case bins, case lube, and dillion electronic scale
Right Side view of the Dillion Setup
Complete Reloading Setup
Dillion 550 Bullet Tray amd dillion primer flip tray with Federal Primers
