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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).
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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.
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I don't think there's any real difference, we run scores out to how many decimals?
They dumped the "B" zone on the "CLASSIC"
target, maybe the only smart thing about it.Just one guy's opine, but I think major should get an "A" for anything in the "head" and the "B" should score 3 for minor. Give you a reason to use it sometimes. Right now it's just an extended C-zone with a slim chance for some extra A's.
It's a total thread hijack, but I agree that for minor, "B" hits should score 4 points.
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Chuck,
I'm down in 2009. Gotta get done playing Army and get back to the west side.
Rich
Why not just try to get stationed over in Europe somewhere?
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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.
I feel you guys and gals who have the attitude of shooting anything and leaving the brass
on the ground are just wrong!!
I dont leave anything on the ground >I even pick up my 22 cal brass.
I build 9mm and have good luck with them but I wouldnt own or shoot one for myself.
You folks need to rethink shoot it and leave it on the ground unless you are at a
lost brass match.
Someone has to clean up after ya .
I slipped and feel a couple years ago at practice and drove a 22 brass caseing into
my elbow,it hurt like heck and left out of commission for a time.
ITS A SHAMFUL ATTITUDE SOME OF YOU HAVE!!
Jim Anglin
Sailors custom
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The answer as a question: Who will you hold responsible if your conversion turns your pistol into an unreliable mess? It appears that the 9mm conversion craze is still going strong... unless you are a more than just a recreational shooter. I doubt any of the top ten places at this years Open/L10 Nationals will be shooting 9mm. Lets wait and see.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Okay guys, I've narrowed my choices down to the Passport 8500 or the Valentine 1. What am I getting for my extra $150 bucks with the V1? Is it really *THAT* much better than the 8500?
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.
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So is Virginia: http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/49915
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.
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They may have just put her in as a token female for PR purposes. Kind of like they knew she'd only serve a 1 year term from the beginning. I mean, who could follow Heston anyway?
I wonder if they considered the Nuge?
Token female? How soon we forget, former NRA President and current NRA Board Member, Marion Hammer.
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PB,
Having 19 rounds instead of 17 may not be the difference...but I'm willing to bet it will matter on 1 or 2 stages in the course of a major.
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?
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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?"
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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.
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They would go our way.
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.
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I have a few extra 40 S&W uppers and can upon interest offer a 9 / 40 combo solution.
How much would the combo run?
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Is Tanfoglio ever going to make the Hunter in .40?
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I hope the judge for the case sanctions the crap out that guy.
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I have a chance to buy a G34 open gun in 9x21. Owner says it's easier to make major w/9x21 than 9x19. I don't see why it would be since the G mag is length restrictive.
I'd like comments.
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.
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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.
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Here's something that will really burn folks up. Email this link to the media and to everyone you know:
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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.
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I don't think you can get much below about 35 ounces with an EXTREME lightened open gun. Mine is about 38 ounces or so for a full 5" gun and I can get another ounce out of the slide and maybe an ounce out of the frame but that is about it before really starting into areas that are extremely difficult to get or that can compromise durability. My gun was built from the beginning as light as I could get it, anything that I could get to save weight was bought. I also spent extra hours on the mill for very little gain.
If you don't have a Serendipity you need one, an ounce or more lighter than a single side mount. A TI comp will save an ounce or more out front where it really matters. The slide, barrel and comp will only get so light though before you have problems with it outrunning the magazines, especially when you have a mag spring trying to push up a column of 25+ rounds. It doesn't matter if it is a 5" slide or a 4" slide, a certain amount of weight is needed. The barrel weight and comp weight figures into the overall upper weight, if you drop down to a bushing type barrel with a cone comp you might need to leave the ounce saved using that barrel in the slide. There is another ounce or a little more to be taken in the STI frame, but it is a bear to get. Read 'bear to get' as 'very expensive'. The last place there is some meaningful weight to come out is in the beavertail, they are a LOT heavier than they need to be but the only option right now is to mill it out and that again will be a VERY expensive ounce. The last couple ounces will take several hours of mill time, and several hours more of planning. The cost doesn't justify the outcome, unless you can do it yourself and don't mind spending hours and hours on something with little or no pay value. My gun at 38ish ounces is pretty straight forward, anything less is going to be much harder.
There is a lot more to it than ^^^^^ but I hope it helps get the idea.
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.
target, maybe the only smart thing about it.
shoot 9x19, buy bulk once-fired brass cheaply and be able to shoot it and leave it.
Second Amendment case headed to Supreme Court
in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum
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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.