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Duane, thank you!

what equipment race??? open pistols have been the same pattern since 1991. Barnhart shot the typical double stack .35 caliber comp gun as everyone else in 1990 and added a dot sight. the 1991 the race/open pistol is the same as it is today. limited rules are virtually unchanged since limited was first introduced to uspsa. again i ask, what equipment race????

i believe there is a need for ROs to be reviewed. at the 2000 USPSA nationals i was in the womens' super squad. on one stage there was an ax stuck in a board between 2 black lines. the CRO was very specific that the ax remain in the board and that we take a proper "chopping" grip. the next morning, the mens' super squad shot that stage with the ax standing on end and were allowed to "hold" the ax by placing finger tips on the end of the ax. when several of us protested the change in start postition we were told to leave, by the very same CRO who admonished us to assume the "correct" starting postition. this CRO was TOTALLY in awe of the super squad and ignored the printed range instructions. and i DID let the MD know about it. i was told he would NOT be invited to the nationals as an RO again!

try Nelson Ford at "The Gunsmith" in Phoenix. he does my revo work

the fartherst i have driven for a one day match is about 300 miles, back in the mists of time. for the USPSA nationals in 2000 i drove from Phoenix to Barry.

when ROing a new shooter, if i see they have not seated a magazine i will ask "are you SURE you are ready?" usually this will tip them off that something is not right. for experienced shooters i let it slide. we have all done range sillies and we DO want newbies to have fun and come back!!

with the hodge-podge of implementation of rules/regulations for travelling with firearms since 9/11/01 i will now definately be DRIVING to all matches in the lower 48!

back in the mists of time, before the earth cooled, i put 100,000+ rounds through my single stack 45acp using 8 metal form magazines. the only thing i ever did was replace springs. i would buy them again without hesitation

i really doubt the smoke is vaporized lead. we would see much more smoke out of 38 supers if it was lead. many fmj bullits are NOT plated on the base.

Tom, try AZSHOOTER@AOL.COM he has been running a 45acp/230gr combo for quite a while. you need only 522fps so the problem is getting a load LIGHT enough. good luck!

the best compliment our club ever received was at a state sectional at which all clubs designed, built and staffed one stage each. we built a wall with various windows. the stage description was "start in box A, from box B you may NOT shoot over, under or around the wall. box B was 8' deep and 48' wide. only 2 targets were NOT visible from 2 0R more windows. Jerry Barnhart, shooting a single stack 45, blazed through the stage, beating the next Master by 15% ( there was no GM then). he walked off the stage with a mile wide smile and said " now THAT is an ipsc stage".

interesting idea! we used a Pact mk IV indoors years ago and found it was the only one that we COULD adjust so it did not pick up echos. those .03 spits were disconcerting!!

add another $100 and you can get a Jarrett/Dawson LTD Para P14-45 or P16-40

dot the trigger???????

for the money you cannot beat the dawson/jarret Para. scarcely more than the stock LTD from Para!