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  1. Isn't that like asking for hot pictures of your great99grandmother?
  2. Well -- THAT was 30 seconds wasted. Isn't youtube great? Rampant self-absorption desperately seeking relevance.
  3. Asking if you're "too old/slow for IDPA" is like asking if you're too old/slow for sex. If someone says, "yes, you're too old," are you going to quit? Sure, stage times might be a little longer, and techniques that work for younger guys might not work for you, but hey . . . get in the game and fight the good fight. It's like the old bull and the young bull on a hillside. Young bull says, "Hey, there's a bunch of cattle over there. Let's run down the hill, jump the creek, push over the fence and get us one!" Old bull says, "Junior, let's walk down the hill, wade the creek, climb through the fence, and get 'em all." There's guys that shoot action pistol sports at a pace that you could time with a calendar, but you can generally cover both hits on their targets with one paster. That's fine for them, so that's what they do. The fact that you're out there shooting and willing to work at it makes you an example worth following.
  4. Chuck Norris didn't change history. He's just letting it continue until his curiosity is satisfied.
  5. Until you are on-deck, help paste, reset, brass. When you are the on-deck, don't go forward -- move up closer to the line, relax, get in the zone, be ready to step up to the line when called. After your run, go with the scorer to see where your hits were, and what your misses were like (don't forget your mags). Oh, and not only don't paste the targets -- don't touch the targets until the scorer has scored them. After scoring your run (depending on the policy at your club) deal with your brass. Then clean/recharge your mags and take care of your gear. Finally, jot down notes on what you need to work on (what kind of shooting skill did your misses on the stage show you needed to work on). That should take you about as much time as it takes the shooter after you to make his run and get the stage reset. Then it's back to pasting, resetting, etc. As has been said -- good on ya for having it in your head to be support the squad instead of being a free rider.
  6. Try this: handloads.com Or the search function in the upper right of this page.
  7. I would also speculate that getting the heavier bullet up to the same velocity as the lighter one would generate a stronger recoil impulse, thereby causing more/faster rise in the gun during the time the bullet is in the barrel.
  8. If you mountain bike quite a bit, you should probably be already familiar with the issues of hydration and electrolyte balance. Stretch properly, keep hydrated, and keep up with the electrolytes (bananas for potassium, sports drinks such as Gatorade or Powerade for electrolytes and simple sugars, etc.), and you shouldn't be cramping, unless there is some other issue.
  9. +1 Life would be so much simpler if we just got out of Darwin's way.
  10. So someone didn't start exactly how XX other competitors started -- where's the problem? Did it meet the letter of the WSB? If so, what was 'intended' by the stage designer is irrelevant. Did the person writing the WSB have a problem with it? Tuck it into the Lessons Learned Locker and move on. Hopefully fretting about another shooter's 'gaming' didn't upset someone's day. If so, time to get some Sgt. Rock's Skin Thickener and move on.
  11. But if you don't go online and take their survey, how in the heck are they supposed to peddle your information as a targeted and verified online customer to other merchants?
  12. A friend of mine stands them on end and purposely sprays the the mouths of the cases. He believes that the machine runs better with a little lube in the mouth of the case so the powder die doesn't bind after belling. He's run 100k+ w/o any primer issues. My preference is to spray the sides only. I use disposable tin-foil pans that we seem to accumulate from takeout. Two of them stacked is pretty rigid. I fill the tray, lay them all on their sides and then spray a lot of One Shot. Next I roll them side-to-side a couple of times to coat. This ends up about the right amount for one dump into a Dillon hopper. I have used One-shot with the Zip-loc bag method,and have also with brass standing on end so I could be sure to get lube inside the neck. Never a misfire of a primer either way. I was always careful to make sure the lube had dried completely if I sprayed it inside. Wonder how the guy got lube into the primer -- WAYYY too much lube, or spraying the lube into primed brass?
  13. When I first saw the title to this thread, I had a brief inspiration for the, "You know you're a shooter when . . ." thread. But back the point. Case lube helps prevent fatigue. Of the brass, of the dies, but also OF ME. Spending just a few minutes of prepping the cases with lube makes a huge difference in how much effort it takes to resize the cases and expand the necks.
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