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Training load 148grs head , 0.52 gram of vectan sp2 , 31.5mm oal , speed of 1050 fps
Training load 124grs head , 0.62 gram of vectan sp2 , 31.5mm oal , 1350 fps
180grs head with 0.39 gram of vectan ba9, 29.5mm oal , about 980fps
124 grs head, 0.29 gram of vectan ba9 , 29mm oal , 1060 fps
45 Acp
230 grs head , or 0.25 gram of vectan ba10 or 0.35 gram of vectan ba9, 755 fps
In the age of health awareness and pollution , the problem of exposure to lead vapour has become a much- discussed subject in the shooting sports. Lead poisoning is a very real danger and it can cause serious health problems, including brain and kidney damage. Other symptoms of lead poisoning are often noticed but not readily diagnosed for what they are, as shooters never think about informing their GP's of excessive exposure to lead vapour.
Results of studies in the USA confirmed that 89% of shooters tested , exceeded the permissible limit for occupational exposure to lead.
As outdoor shooting poses a much lower risk of being overexposed to lead vapour, although education in this regard is obviously needed and the simple rule of washing one's hands after working with lead, will minimize the risk. Indoor ranges however is a different scenario and the problem of lead vapours is real. Special precautions are also needed with the home casting of bullets.
The jackets of traditional metal jacket bullets only cover part of the bullet - the base of the lead bullet core is still exposed to hot gasses, causing the formation of lead vapour as the ammunition is fired. Complete Metal Jacket bullets, also marketed as "'lead safe bullets" have no exposed lead surfaces to come into contact with hot propellent gases. CMJ's are covered with pure electrolytic copper jackets that cover the entire surface of the bullets. Over the years Frontier have developed their own, unique and very successful plating process with the help of the company that provides most of the company's chemicals to ensure maximum efficiency and ultimate core bonding.
CMJ's have other advantages as well as the prevention of barrel fouling and better visibility during shooting, due to elimination of smoke caused by bullet lube. A very important factor is costing - the manufacturing process of CMJ's as opposed to FMJ's allow much better pricing and especially in a sport that requires the firing of hundreds of rounds during a match, or for practice. CMJ's can be offered at very competitive pricing.
From: Ben [mailto:ben405@comcast.net]
Subject: Re: 160 gr RNFP bullets
Susan:
Thank you for getting back to me. I took what data I could find and plotted out a graph. I went out to the range yesterday and test fired a total of 120 rounds that I had loaded using the chart. Half of them were your bullets and the other half a 180 gr RNFP from a local supplier. Both worked just great. Using my SW40 model 99 and plenty of shot filled bags for support, I managed to place 11 out of 12 of your bullets AT 100 yards into a target all within a 9 inch circle. Some of the other club members were impressed and will most likely buy your bullets since they are much cheaper than the others at our main supplier.
I am attaching the chart that I made for you to look at.
Ben Lindberg
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Debrecen Hungary on 9-12 Oct 2008.
It was a fantastic competition, very challenging stages with intricate target arrays and poppers out to 40 meters. 16 stages over two days.
I introduced Freddy to Mr Vince Zoltan the Match Director. We renewed old acquaintances made new friends and met up with our old friend and Polish Journalist Dariusz ( Cze Cze ) Dabrowski.
View a few photos. Click pic above.
The last two sanctioned matches on the ROI have been cancelled as they are having some problems with their Government v pistol legislation. The Krakow Open was reduced to a one day match for 2008 so we didn't attend. I really hope it is back to normal next year.
These were fired from a CZ SP01 Shadow.
Although these loads are not maximum it is still advisable to start 10% less and work you way up. This will avoid any unpleasant surprises.
124g 9mm bullet with 3.8 grains of Titegroup at 1.1 oal gave 1076 fps
147 g 9mm bullet with 3.8 grains of AA#2 at 1.1 oal gave 897 fps
147g 9mm bullet with 3.2 grains of Titegroup at 1.1 oal gave 908 fps
I had the honour of being Match Director for the first ever Level 3 match in N Ireland.120 entries from around Europe and beyond. Some of the best shooters in the world attended and helped make it a memorable occasion.It was a great chance for local guys to shoot alongside the pros. One guy remarked to me that shooting a match in the same squad as his hero was better than paid tuition.
Freddy got to meet Eric Grauffel and I also had a class with him . I have been shooting IPSC for many years and have read many books and watched a lot of instructional videos but I have to admit Eric was still able to offer tips for improvement. He corrected my grip,draw, reload and stance. Then told me how to improve my pick up, kneeling, weak hand, strong hand, and moving skills. Apparently everything else was ok or maybe he ran out of time.
Seriously it was an enjoyable day and well worth the effort. Everything was taught in a clear easy to understand manner. Unfortunately I couldn't take the class till after the match
I finished 6th in production, 2nd in Senior Production.
1 100.00 896.7028 100 Grauffel, Eric FRA
2 95.97 860.5793 101 Kirsch, Saul NED
3 87.86 787.7999 111 Obriot, Emile FRA
4 70.07 628.2913 107 Huttner, Eli ISR
5 67.49 605.1886 105 Carnette, Irene L ITA
6 61.06 547.5254 22 Cowan, Mick GBR
7 56.88 510.0540 9 Mitchell, Geoff GBR
8 55.29 495.8138 73 Rankine, Stuart SS GBR
9 51.55 462.2730 63 Seger, Dick NED
10 50.48 452.6519 118 Dunkley, Bob S GBR
1 100.00 888.7406 95 Hobdell, Angus USA
2 90.06 800.4050 110 VanUitert, John NED
3 82.93 736.9974 48 Greer, Stephen S GBR
4 80.77 717.8361 97 Saveljic, Boris MTO
5 79.91 710.2271 19 Towndrow, Nick GBR
6 71.70 637.2104 1 Ellis, Alexander S GBR
7 68.23 606.3907 29 VanStanden, Dave IRL
8 66.87 594.2832 25 Chamberlain, Ian GBR
9 63.58 565.0725 15 Spence, Martyn GBR
10 62.66 556.9168 104 Power, Mike IRL
1 100.00 906.0065 18 Jensen, Ralf K DEN
2 79.28 718.3001 106 Pesce, Fabrizio ITA
3 76.32 691.4388 4 Thompson, David GBR
4 74.71 676.8827 42 Kirkpatrick, Paul GBR
5 68.65 621.9481 96 Pedlow, Andrew IRL
6 67.98 615.9484 76 Rodgers, Cleland GBR
7 57.89 524.5091 88 Smith, Paul S IRL
8 55.97 507.0909 7 McAleese, Robert GBR
9 54.86 497.0012 37 Cumming, David GBR
10 53.94 488.6863 12 Hunter, John GBR
Check out a few photos.
Björn Dietrich of Holland with the Gold Medal and the president's medal. He uses Frontier CMJ 45acp 230 RN bullets. Bjorn came 3rd in the World IPSC Championships in the revolver section. Congratulations!
Frontier Bullets 2012
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Congratulations to Gordon du Plessis who finished first in the Stock Service Pistol Master Division using a Frontier 160gr FP CMJ in his Glock 22 at the 2007 IDPA Africa Championships.
From: Cartstat cc [mailto:jimlaser@mweb.co.za]
Subject: IDPA
Africa Champs
I just wanted to commend you on the quality of your bullets. I finished in first place Stock Service Pistol Master Division using a Frontier 160gr FP CMJ in my Glock 22 at the 2007 IDPA Africa Championships. Accuracy has never been an issue using any of your bullets wether in 9x19, .40 or .45. Thanks for producing a great product and I hope your company will prosper for many year’s to come.
Kind regards,
Gordon du Plessis
IDPA SSP Master
Pic below. Chris Gee is the first winner of the Rusa Leather - Frontier Bullets cup, in the South Island IPSC champs which were held earlier in March. With Chris is championship organizer Bill Wright (mailto:bwright@leathercare.co.nz)
The overall winner of the 2006 New Zealand IPSC Nationals was
Simon Leadley.
The following SADPA shooters achieved gold in their respective Divisions and Classifications. They all use Frontier 124g CMJ Bullets!
Standard Stock Pistol (SSP) Division
| 1st Place |
Master |
Matt Smith |
| 1st Place |
Expert |
Terrick Naude |
| 1st Place |
Sharp Shooter |
Deon Booysen |
Congratulations to all – Thank you for using our products!
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Pierre Wrogemann – 28th
Hubert Montgomery – 39th
JJ Kriel – 54th
Marius Lamprecht – 80th
Stacey Egleton 165 (Lady)
Susan Kriel 167 (Lady)
Hanlie Montgomery 169 (Lady)
Sebella O’Donovan 195 (Lady)
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Muhammed Kolia – 19th
Fabian Scott – 23rd
Guy Stockbridge – 24th
Paul Hagiantoniou – 38th
Alex Gogos 48th
Paul van Wyk 50th
Colin Amm 90
Sean O’Donovan 96
Danie du Toit 123
Janis Keaney 159
Joey Fischer 218 (Lady)
Cecilia du Toit 265 (Lady)
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Alan Bucke – 14th
Eugene Lurie – 38th
Malcolm Christie 42nd
Andre van tonder 150
Modified:
Austen Stockbridge 4th |
Saturday 10th May was first practical shoot of 2008 at Ballymena RPC. It was fully subscribed with over 60 competitors in Modified, Open, Production and Standard.
Jim Jones won Modified
David Cully won Open
Alex Ellis won Production
David Cumming won Standard.
On Sunday 8th June Freddy and I traveled to Harbour House Clay, Rifle & Pistol Club in Co Kildare ROI.
This was my first taste of IPSC as organised by IPSA, the governing body for practical shooting in The Republic of Ireland.
There were seven very challenging stages and fifty eight competitors in Open, Standard and Production.
I thoroughly enjoyed the warm welcome, friendly banter, good food and the challenge of the stages.
I made a real mess of stage number one but managed to pull back enough to win production Division.
Mick Cowan won Open and Andrew Pedlow won Standard.
The IPSA guys put in a lot of work and put on a first rate match I am looking forward to the next one and highly recommend anyone who has the chance to go along and shoot one.
I have attached a pic of myself (showing my good side) at the match, some pictures of Freddy meeting Mr Tommy O'Brien who owns the range.
Freddy also pictured with John Crawford and Nigel Barrett who were very busy all day doing stats, the guys from Hilltop Shooting Club (black shirts) and also Mr John Fitzgerald (red shirt) and the ROs.
Check out a few photo's
Kells Rifle and Pistol Club held its first 2008 UKPSA Graded Practical Pistol Competition on the 19th April. As well as local Northern Ireland UKPSA members, a group of over twenty traveled over from Great Britain and a similar sized squad of competitors from the Irish Practical Shooting Association ( IPSA ) attended from the Republic of Ireland. With a group of competitors also attending from the Isle of Man, the total number of entries was 70.
The local and visiting range officers, match officials and a small number of competitors shot the “pre match” on the Friday, with the main bulk of the competitors taking part on the Saturday. Many club members donated a lot of their own time to design and build stages and organise everything else that is required to run a proper graded competition.
There were seven courses of fire, three short, three medium and one long course for a total of 105 rounds, not allowing for any mistakes! The match was competed on the indoor and outdoor ranges with the competitors split into three squads, moving around the stages in chronological order. Once everyone had shot the indoor and outdoor stages, the targets and some props were moved around to construct the rest of the stages. Stages 3 and 7 where on the indoor range and stages 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 were positioned on the outdoor range.
The stages consisted of a blend of free style, strong and weak handed only requirements with movement and reloads, combined with a high accuracy requirement. Stage 3 was the biggest, a 32 round field match. The clever positioning of the targets meant that three reloads and a lot of running around were required. Stage 7 was also shot indoors. Here the competitor had to retrieve an empty gun and all ammunition from a box then engage four targets, then run forward and limb a platform and engage another four targets. If you had the magazine capacity and where confident enough you saved time by only retrieving one magazine.
The outdoor stages used a lot of screen barriers that you had to shoot around or underneath and included a mixture of paper and steel pepper poppers. A high level of accuracy was required in this match as there were a lot of long range shots and close targets were either partial or obscured by no shoot targets.
Open Division was closely contested with Bob Dunkley piping Geoff Mitchell, from the Isle of Man, by only 0.07 % at the finishing post!Local Open shooter MartynMcNicholl came in third place. In Production Class Stephen Greer came out on top with Nick> Towndrow and Alex Ellis in second and third place. In Standard Division. David Thompson won with Paul Kirkpatrick 2.4 % behind him.
Third and fourth places went to up and coming local shooters Shane Dinkin and Glen McGall respectively, with only 0.27 % between them. |
