HiPowering Along

Many thanks to the hard work of Dean DeTurk, Janna Reeves, the hardworking RO's and all involved in making the Armalite 3 Man 3 Gun Championship one of the must shoots for the season. I had an absolute blast shooting with a great squad and teammates Laura Torres-Reyes and Virginia Daku. It takes an incredible amount of work for majors to go off without the proverbial hitch and Dean's crew made it happen. Thanks to Armalite for sponsoring the match and all the sponsors who donated for a great prize table. Armalite, Noveske, Freedom Munitions, Fiocci, O.S. Mossberg, One Team - One Fight - and a whole lot of others that my tired but happy brain can't remember at the moment. 3 gun - an amazing sport with amazing folks and even more fun. See ya'll next year!

Thanks, Linda!

What determines the shooter's division - pro / am? Can't locate info on it on the website....

Howard - any slots left for Sunday? Buddy just pointed me to this and the match is always a good one!

What hkguy said above. There are literally tons of guns out there - find some friends that have different types of handguns and spend a day on the range with them. Takes care of a few things at one time - save the retnal at a range, buying a gun that looks good but 'just doesn't feel right' when you shoot it, and you spend a day slinging lead downrange with friends and maybe dinner afterwards. Can't get much better than that. Personally, despite my forum moniker, my actual carry and competition gun for IDPA is a Sig P226 Elite in 9mm. Although I have small hands like most women, I've adapted to shooting the Classic P Series Sigs well. The new E2 series with the slimmed down backstrap is easier to get to the mag release than the Classic series. The Browning HiPower is my favourite, though - first gun I ever bought, fits my small hand well despite being a double stack mag, and points/shoots like a dream. And if I don't bring it out for competition sometime next year, Jane "Beach Bunny" is gonna have a talking with me now that I can put a C&S trigger in it and get rid of the (!^%**@# magazine disconnect. Single action or double action first shot - it's all what you get used to. Find a gun that (A) fits the hand well ( feels good in the correct grip © can be manipulated without undue 'jacking' around in your hand during a mag change, and (D) get a dropped and offset holster from Blade-Tech or Comp-Tec for IDPA use and have a blast shooting with your better half!

Well, I doubt my bench will be this clean for awhile again, so what the heck....guests are temporarily welcome! Built from the NRMMA plans - laid out and cut on the snowmobile trailer just outside the garage at my house. Built in the basement, and unless the place burns down that's where it's gonna stay. It's heavy as sin, sturdy as Hades, and doesn't rock a millimeter in any direction. I love the idea of the extruded rails on the benchtop from a previous poster - just might have to do that one weekend - especially if a third XL650 comes home to roost! The legs on the bench are 42" in height - problem is I'm only 5'6" tall. Works out absolutely great for standing and reloading, but reaching things in the back of the cabinets can be a challenge. That's what a custom made "floor riser" is for! I built the legs long with the intention of cutting them down later - but it's dead level, stable and I'm not arguing with that. Building a riser with the soft industrial foam panels for standing for long periods was better.

Apparently the website had some problems for the Arctic Blast registration form -if you still want to shoot the match (and have no idea why you wouldn't - it's truly a Blast), get in contact with the Match Director (Jerry Greg) for a copy of the application as soon as possible. Jerry can be contacted at beta1 at pa dot metrocast dot net. Match is January 14 - 15 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Grab your hand warmers, gun gear and a warm sense of humor, 'cause we have a heckva good time!

Newby - you'll be more than pleased with the Unique-Tek clamp kit. I had a worse problem with my 650 in variances in OAL with my 9mm setup. Ordered the kit, simple to tap the toolhead and a few turns of a hex key wrench later the OAL variance is less than .002 per round. The kit is well, well worth the money. HP'ing Along

Way to go, Matt!

While I'm personally partial to the full stainless look, that is one COOL Sig you've created - have fun with it! Has your wife found out how much you have in it, or will the divorce cost less? <grin>

the cups have been cut down and a couple other things..... I can't find the original post (again) for the 'Bubberized" thread, but if anyone can use another method to 'Bubberize' the Comp-III's, you can try this: "How To 'Bubberize' Comp-III Speedloaders By The HiPowering Along Method" . I thought ahead enough when doing mine to get some good clear pictures - hope it helps! Oh, yea - hi, Matt!

You'll have to explain that one a little better, Don - not quite getting what you're driving at.... And I told you I wasn't anywhere near your time - good match you had! Congrats!

I think they're talkng about the competitors weight Uh Dave, I was in the slow/fat division, with misfires. But that's nothing new. michaels Personally, I was in "having major brain farts but having a heckva good time" division.... And since the cat is out of the bag regarding "the holstering incident", the gentleman is out of the hospital, doing well and is now on the way home to finish mending for the next match. Can't keep a good man down for long! There were, however, other casualties in that particular bay. Did it have bad karma all the match? Just ask Glockaholic Girl, aka Kitty, aka Thelma. She was awarded one of the two cables she managed to shoot that operated the drop turner and one of the sliding movers on stages 10 and 11 (public range bay, the two on the right side, not the 'house' stages). The -0 ring was safe, but she's heck on 1/8" steel cables!

1911 Sig Revolution STX for CDP Bone stock P229 for SSP/ESP P239 for BUG matches

Had a blast at the Nats, but noticed the lack of a tall, handsome young chap named Donnie Burton. Anyone know what's up with him? Hopefully nothing personally troubling! ---HP'ing Along