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I see Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito going our way . . . anyone see a fifth? If not, we might be in trouble if cert is granted.

Wow, I might actually start buying the magazine again! If they keep this up, I might even buy a subscription (haven't had one since the early to mid 90's).

How would you feel about allowing minor "B" hits to score 4 instead of 3? Discuss. Edited to correct a brief bout of late night insanity.

It's a total thread hijack, but I agree that for minor, "B" hits should score 4 points.

Why not just try to get stationed over in Europe somewhere?

Hmm, bending over and trying to pick out my marked brass from everyone else's between other shooters running through a stage (which takes me out of helping pasting for at least one run, BTW), or just helping to clean up after the match sweeping up all the brass at the end of the match to give to the store/range? Easy choice.

On the otherhand, most of those in the top ten will probably be sponsored shooters who aren't in the habit of picking up their brass anyway, regardless of cost. Meanwhile, we mere mortals must either: a) scramble for our brass after every run and sort it out from all the other calibers so we can reload and shoot affordably; or shoot 9x19, buy bulk once-fired brass cheaply and be able to shoot it and leave it.

For pilots flying for national carriers, think Rolex. For those flying for regional carriers/cargo, think Seiko. For those who are flight instructing, think Timex or sun dial.

Strangely, I've diversified a bit. I'm now shooting a little more trap than I used to. Every once in a while (once every couple months) I might shoot a bullseye or air pistol match.

What do y'all think of them? I know the Spartan is popular, but with the ambi included and some 30lpi checkering on the frontstrap, it's looking pretty good.

Yes. Why? The direction arrows are a nice feature. It doesn't seem to false much and you can turn off X-band if no one runs that around you. Although I did get a ticket a few weeks ago. First time in 3 years of having a V1. It was the perfect setup. I was doing 67 and crested a hill and the cop was right below the crest as the speed limit dropped to 55. He wrote it up for 65 in a 55 and "waste of finite resources" which is a $25.50 fine and no points. You speed in Sierra Vista? Radar detector or not, you are a brave man. Between the MPs, town cops, state cops, and border patrol, I've never seen any town with a higher concentration of police just itching to give out tickets.

Actually, no. At least, not based on that article. That article references a law that was proposed last year that died in committee. Folks have since written editorials on how that law might have changed the outcome had it passed.

Token female? How soon we forget, former NRA President and current NRA Board Member, Marion Hammer.

That is what most USPSA & IPSC competitors believe. Look at the obsession with gaining 1 or 2 extra rounds here on be.com and on the global village. We probably spend more time on this topic than any other gun-technical topic. Does it matter in reality? -frankly, reality does not matter. Popular perception is that 1 or 2 rounds really matter in our sport. AND - course designers create stages to force what they perceive as magazine capacity (I certainly have done that: making a course 12 rounds intead of 10 or 11 or making it 22 rounds instead of 20, etc.). RacerBA wrote: "17 vs. 19 is no big deal. Losing a couple of rounds to someone isn't as big a deal as people make it out to be. Reloading on the move isn't going to cost me much more time." That may be true. I tend to agree with you. But its not what people believe nor is it what they will do. Everyone will jump to the highest capacity 9mm-only production guns based on perception (they do it in IPSC). I also agree with TGO that accuracy is what counts and in general, too many of us are too obsessed with speed at the expense of accuracy (that is what I recall of the interview with him from the '05 nationals. Will TGO's advice go unheeded? I think so. Change the capacity rules and you will only see 4 guns in production: SP-01 (18 rounds) Tanfoglio (same) Glock 17 (18 rnds - yes you can usually squeeze on extra in a 17) or Para LDA-18. The door will be closed to any other guns being "perceived" as competitive. That would be an unfortunate change from the successful division we have now. Leave Production alone. Carlos is right. Look at the most competitive guns in Limited and especially at Open right now. In the U.S., S_I dominates open . . . yeah, we all know Eric Grauffel shoots a Tanfoglio, but he's one (sponsored) person. CZ is starting to make some in roads (and maybe EAA, almost singlehandedly on the reputation of Henning; hope he doesn't get hung out to dry), but it's still an S_I game. Sure there are a few Glocks and Paras in Limited, but these are mostly shot by the folks too poor or cheap to buy a S_I. Most folks, especially at the higher levels of competition, will chase mag capacity. The only exception I can ever think of was during the whole 9x25 phase, and you don't see too many of them still around. Am I the only one who misses the days before 170mm big sticks?

Thread bump to see if there's an update on this from anyone with connections at EAA. Also, where is this "approval process," outlined in the rule book? Did everyone here that has gun that was custom built from a pile of parts, and with all sorts of lightening cuts, holes, serrations to those parts,(i.e., not an off-the-shelf STI or SV) get their gun "approved?" If not, by Amidon's apparent reasoning, wouldn't that be a "prototype?"

I've seen at least one member of the Austin P.D. (Texas) carrying an STI down on 6th St. Surprised me. However, IIRC, the other uniformed officers with him weren't all carrying the same guns. Maybe they have a very liberal policy on what they're allowed to carry? Haven't seen anyone with CZs. Have seen some foreign military folks carrying Glocks; I think they were Germans. I would've thought they'd have something by HK. As far as AK vs. M-4, I like the HK416. Best of both worlds.

I dunno; how do you count to five on that one? Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, Alito would most likely go for our side, but after that, it gets iffy.

How much would the combo run?

Is Tanfoglio ever going to make the Hunter in .40?

I hope the judge for the case sanctions the crap out that guy.

If you're loading to the same length, it should be roughly the same. There might be some minor differences accounting for thickness of the base of the case resulting in internal volume differences, but I think you'd be almost as likely to see that in variations of different brands of brass. Now if you're trying to load a little longer, the 9x21 will let you load a little longer and still have enough case for decent crimp.

Of course, since it seems everyone's prices on magwells are based on size regardless of the actual cost to manufacture, you should probably charge $500.00 for that one.

Here's something that will really burn folks up. Email this link to the media and to everyone you know: http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-50658

You know, there are times when I think this law might not be too bad . . . as long as I had the option to exercise self-help and mete out justice in a matter I deem fit.

Regarding the slide running faster than the slide, I would think one way to counteract that be to increase the length of slide travel, like Dawson Precision's stroker guns.