I've shot up a fair bit of .45acp recently having got the XDS and a Hi-Point carbine it that caliber recently. While cleaning and prepping the brass I ran into Federal brass with small pistol primer pockets instead of the usual large pistol. A bit of research quickly showed I wasn't a screw up but lot but a change in some of the Federal 45brass. The brass on the left is large pistol and on the right is small pistol notice the headstamp difference. I guess Fiocchi is doing it also.
I tried out a low end panoramics BSA red dot yesterday on my 10/22. Once you had it on target is was very accurate, however, trying to get the dot on target was very hard in the New Mexico sun, the dot would have to be considerably brighter to work outdoors here. Since I use my 10/22 in our Tactical Rimfire matches which involves multiple targets, it won't do me any good. No lost because I didn't pay for it, a buddy gave it to me after he upgraded to something better, now I know why it was free. I may try out another type, the ones which look like a scope, I have one of those on my Hi-Point .45 Carbine and it works great. I may put it on my Savage MK II which I keep loaded with Aguila Super Colibri for coyotes, who regularly come into the subdivision, which would be a low light encounter.
Second range trip. The XDs performed flawlessly through 200 round. I had one FTF which I caused with a limp wrist when shooting one handed with my non-dominate hand. The racking problem resolved itself after the breaking in. I chambered rounds both from slide lock and by racking with both 5 and 7 round mags.
I have a CM airsoft M-4. The sights are adjusted on the rear sight, I have the down adjust pegged at all the way down, but I still impacting about 2" high. The front sight is non-adjustable, my playing on paper leads me to believe if I can figure out a way to build up the front sight I'll shift the point of impact downward. True or false?