I really am glad I found your channel. I love the breakdowns and thoughts going through the stages. I’ll keep an eye out on your website if someone happens to organize a class down here. I would love to try and organize something so I could get a class with you. Thank you for the videos

Only one loader ! WTF a guy needs two at least. :)

I was happy that my first thought in the first run through at full speed was the same as yours. I thought you didn't release your eyes to the next target, more sight than target central... bamm your fist feedback too.

As I hear a lot of guys say, i don't really save money, but I get to shoot a lot more for the same amount of money. That is still saving though. I am just getting into modern pistol comps. I am on the fence about reloading. i have similar experience loading light 38 special loads in mass for Cowboy action shooting. The difference is manufactured ammo for cowboy runs about $27-$35 a box of 50. So, you can save 60%+ reloading. When you are talking 9mm, lot more production out there. You can find heavy bullet low FPS ammo under $20 for 50 when bought in bulk. i almost think it might be better to use my loading time for extra practice time. As always, it becomes a time vs money question... unless you are a guy who enjoys the reloading as a hobby in of itself... I was there a while back myself, but if I can swing it, I would rather get better faster at the shooting if I can swing the expense.

Id like to see Sig make the grip fit a mans hand.

I already want that slide on the legion frame with lok grips. Kind of a competition carry-gun fusion.

good looking gun

I love how the P365 has morphed from a thinner Glock 26, to a smaller G48, to a thinner G19, to a PCC, and now to a thinner G17. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if they did a 9mm Major open gun next

Very nice channel and great reviews. How can I contact You? I have some question about sig fuse. If You dont mind.

sigh......take my money! It'll look good with a Holosun scs carry.

Love your nonsense videos

😊😊👍🏼👍🏼

How many rds a year do you shoot in practice?????

Encouraging. Had a stroke now left hand does not work😢

See I’m a high grip guy…… I can appreciate your logic and explanation of why you prefer the low grip. Ultimately it’s a personal choice for your hand size that will often dictate which route you go, and the instruction that you receive from an instructor. I personally cringe whenever lm at the range and see people practicing with the low thumb grip, because l look at the targets from some shooters who use that type of grip, and often they look like Swiss cheese. No tight groups. Because to me it looks like their grip is breaking down after each shot. Because their support hand is too low. Or if people, run that double thumb Israeli grip. Same thing……the support thumb is crushing the other thumb. Which seems pointless to me. But l guess to each their own, for me personally l can’t hold on to the gun well enough to manage recoil, with thumbs forward lower on the frame as opposed to high on the slide. I get the meat of my support hand as high as l can on the slide, with both thumbs forward as you did at the end of the video. but your can instructor and l am not……so l respect the knowledge and guidance that you provided in this video.

A lot of what you said is valid, the way you said it and presented it is poorly done. There is another world outside of 9mm, 223, and 308 and competitions, those cartridges are probably better bought in bulk, on sale if you need bulk qty's. Quality and consistency of factory ammo is hit & miss on a good day compared to what you can do with your handloads. It does take time and compnents to develop loads for your gun, but, once that's done, you can duplicate it time and time again. Sometimes reloading will alow a person to use a gun that you can't get ammo for, may be a heirloom, or just a gun you really like.The time spent and investment made, is up to the individual and their goals for whatever purpose they envision. For some the time spent is limited, for others, the budget is limited, some don't actually have the patience or budget req'd. No matter what you do with a gun, you are burning time & money anyway, it's all up to the individual.

Excellent video. Any chance you’ll be uploading part 2?

Great info Mason!

What kinda shoes do you run?

It's better if you say "for you". Telling others that they will experience what you have.....so far is probably not right.

Thank you for the breakdowns. I came to the video to specifically see your footwork at the sound of the buzzer so that I can improve my footwork. On the stage beginning at 10:13 there is a drop step at the buzzer. Look where your feet are placed at standby and then at the buzzer the left foot goes in front of the stick and then push off begins. There might be a few more examples in the video, but on this stage, the stick provides a good reference point.

Pure gold. Appreciate it Mason!

Profound words spoken. Truth.

Seriously bad a@@

Love these breakdowns. What does it mean when the RO puts both hands up on the stage after lunch? Thanks!

Your thoughts on myth #1 may be true because your view of shooting is limited to just handgun shooting (based on the videos you upload). I can absolutely tell you my handloaded ammo is better than anything factory made when I shoot out to a mile or even further. It looks like your may only shoot pistol and thats fine, but make sure you say you state that you are only speaking to what you know and are familiar with because just making a blanket statement that you can't make ammo better than factory doesn't apply to all shooting disciplines.

Even in the current market, the cost savings from loading add up assuming you have spare time and sufficient throughput with your press. 132PF 147gr loads will run you about $0.16-0.20 per round depending on primer costs usually. That's a savings of about $50-90 per 1000. On a progressive that's cranking 400-500 per hour, it might be worth your time to load, even more so if you're shooting volume is over 10K per year. As with everything, it comes down to, how much is your time worth? If you have the hour or two to spare every weekend to pump out 1000 rounds and intend to shoot it and not just stockpile it, the answer might be yes.

'its just something i have to do'. ....yes :(

Hand loading for precision rifle shooting is very different to mass hand loading pistol ammo

Yes tuning ammo for a particular gun set up is a reality and absolutely necessary for open division.Depending on your definition of success in (USPSA/IPSC) if for no other reason finding the load that exploits the compensator capability and the lightest recoil spring that is reliable with said load. And the best answer I ever got from a seasoned reloader not even in the sport is you probably wont save any money you'll just be able to train more for the same cost. And when you've become really serious about your progression in the sport the fact is your going to spend more.

i 99.9% agree. Loaded at least 50k budget 9x19 rounds. About reliability - If i check the ammo by hand as in gauge it and feel primer depth then i belive its better then factory, at least i trust it more. Random rounds it really depends on the gun and process, about 1/3 of my ammo fails gauge checks but i dont care, for training i dont even check it and get failure rate of about 1/1000 or less. But thats in my particular gun, i bet that something with tight chamber would fail to run that ammo. As to 'tuning' its mostly bs. But heavy bullet on fast powder has a different feeling then light bullet on slow powder and so on. Its not really matter of better/worse but more preference. I happen to prefer heavy bullet which is way more expensive in factory ammo but im able to do it while reloading at a very similar cost to light bullet. So there is some truth to that. Oh also, do not go into reloading for saving money :D. Just be honest with yourself and do it to shoot more. You are gonna spend same money but shoot more ammo.

Thanks for sharing your views! I shoot OD in 9mm major and need to reload primarily based out of necessity, because it's impossible to purchase 9mm major ammo in EU and open guns are also picky and sensitive to the kind of ammo they shoot, even if they're from the same brand and type. If I would be able to purchase quality 9mm major ammo, I certainly would. Making qualitative ammo takes time, which is very valuable, considering all other private and professional obligations.

There are online cost calculators out there. To help you figure out costs of reloading (outside of the initial investment). You also need to have the right personality. If you don’t like repetitive tasks and you can’t pay attention reloading might not be for you. Remember you’re working with thing that go bang.

Definitely disagree about not being able to make better ammo than the factories. The fact that one can tailor the ammo to their gun is something factories can not do.

You reloaders are a delusional bunch. There are many reloading fallacies but the biggest misconception I see it that is that many reloaders I talk to or read comments from seem to believe reloading gives them infinite ammunition supply/resupply . If I have 1000 rounds of factory loaded ammunition and you have enough components to make 1000 rounds then we both have 1000 rounds. Except that I actually have 1000 rounds of usable ammunition and you have 1000 rounds of potential ammunition. The key to all of this is to make sure that you are prepared ahead of time and ready to face hard times with what you have on hand. IMHO the advantage is to the factory ammunition guys not the reloaders, especially in times of crisis (both ammunition market crisis and actual shtf crisis). If I can’t get new factory ammunition then you ain’t getting reloading components. Even if I can still readily get new factory ammunition in ammunition supply shortages you ain’t getting reloading components.

You have to be something of a mechanic to be a reloader. The press is going to go whack-a-doodle at some point. And it's going to do it more than once. In different ways. You have to be able to diagnose the issue and then fix it. But I enjoy reloading ammo. It's a rewarding hobby and very relaxing (as long as you can keep the press running smoothly.)

While agree with some of it. Before covid I loaded 40 ammo, because I was shooting limited. The guns like longer ammo. Shooting mostly 9mm now I can get decent deals on factory ammo. I think I go about 50/50 on reload 9mm and factory.

I agree with most of what u said, but not the part about "tuning" ammo. Of course it isn't going to shoot itself, but I will take my "tuned" reloaded ammo any day over any factory ammo. My ammo behaves in a way I designed it and wanted it to behave which helps to improve my overall performance as my ammo always behaves the same way. Different factory ammos behave different ways and I want consistency and predictability, which is what I get from my reloads.

About 4000 rds into reloading. My experience reflects your comments. Reliable enough for practice, definitely not match quality

Yeah pretty much, but I dont think you need to be using anywhere near 10K rounds per year to benefit from handloading.

I’ve only ever heard the exact opposite about loading ammo. However, the people I hear this from, shoot few rounds a year and can’t even fathom 20k 9mm rounds a year. I can only imagine the savings when that count gets to 40k or 60k a year.

Thanks for the TRUTH. Hope you are well!

Mason, I think for those of us that really take advantage of it, we save ZERO because we just shoot more. 😂 savings per round but more rounds fired net savings = 0

Thank you Big Boss Man

ya i can imagine it being drab to talk about gear having the understanding that its one of the least important aspects of the sport and people tend to harp on it too much, but i do find it interesting. a lot of times the gear gets talked about by youtubers who dont actually shoot much or shoot competitively, so hearing the perspective of someone with your experience is good. i thought this was a video about your reloading technique lol which i feel like i’ve seen get faster and smoother in more recent match footage. that’d be cool to hear about. how or if technique evolves w certain things.

Point of privilege, my team gifted me a progressive press with a mark7 so there’s never been a “payoff calculation”. So a different learning curve going only off sight and sound - never “feeling” the handle at each station. That being said, I don’t sense it’s a rare experience where learning reloading for practical shooting results in a coffee can of junked components (especially when using range-picked brass). I’ve accidentally developed low PF loads, a batch of rounds destined for specific training due to high primers, and a couple primer detonations 💥. Personal life and temperament get in the way, and it’s not a good vibe reloading last-minute anticipating breaking something on the press. Chamber check everything; protect your eyes; drink espresso.

About reliability, I like that fact that when I load my ammo I’m in charge of its quality. If I get a click, I know I need to check primer dept, and so on. When I shot with factory I had some dead primers and I wasn’t able to solve the issue for sure, like I did when I had the same issue after I started reloading

Mason, you are an EXTREMELY intelligent individual and you are spot on with many of your key points. However, the cost savings you speak of are only true if you had purchased ALL of your components pre-Covid/pre-election. I have been reloading for about 3.5 years now and my cost per is about $0.21. I can buy factory 9mm at about $0.23 per if I catch a sale. Not sure if the cost savings is worth it, right now. When I shot major PF, loading made more sense. Now that I am back shooting minor, probably going to switch to factory.

I use a poly coated bullet. Is it normal for it not to be as accurate as factory ammo? And I pull bullets to make sure I’m not scraping the coating.

How/where do you find the cheapest components? I was looking at getting into it and I was struggling to find components cheaper than buying factory ammo.