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Hi Joe...first...Welcome to the forums! You will want to use a very light lube. FP-10 or Militech or something along those lines. Also, use a variable resistance spring and start at 10 lbs but you may need to go to 9, 8 or even 7 depending on how tight your gun is. On the other hand, you may not be moving enough gas with those loads so your comp isn't being very efficient...it may be not much more than a weight on the end of the barrel. My Major 9 open gun will cycle my production loads (about 135 PF) and Winchester White Box just fine but it is a LOT flatter with a major PF load (mine run around 170 PF). Flatter tends to be faster...at least for me. I used to run different loads for steel vs. USPSA/IPSC and found it was REALLY messing with my timing and causing me a lot of trouble in both disciplines. So I just decided to run one load for everything. Works for me, YMMV.

Go USA!!!!!!!!!!!! It is quite safe to say that this is the most anticipated hockey game in a long, long time. USA Over 18 Juniors took Gold from Canada this year in the Worlds...let's go for the sweep!!!!!!!!

My Ruger Single-Six in .22LR if a pistol. My Remington Nylon 66 if a rifle. I grew up shooting those two guns. The Nylon 66 has well over 100K rounds through it and still runs like a top although the barrel will need to be sleeved one of these days as it is about shot out. I love my competition guns and I love to shoot them but dragging out my .22LRs from my teen years takes me back in time for awhile remembering the hundreds of jackrabbits and countless tin cans that were shot with those two guns. Ah...good memories.

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Definitely controlled most of the game. Canada was back on their heels for a good chunk of the game. Not as physical a game as I expected given the players on the two teams. I am sure there will be an opportunity for a re-match.

Taxes? It isn't April yet.

So very sorry to hear that Guy. My condolences to you and your family. Kevin

Hey Everyone, Great info here! I am not a diabetic but work and play with several so it is good stuff to know. Please, please, please do the medical (pre-hospital and otherwise) community a HUGE favor and get a Medic Alert Bracelet or necklace. It is a TON easier to deal with a "unconscious subject" call if we know there is a pre-existing medical condition which might be responsible. And this isn't just for diabetics but for anyone with a medical condition be it an aspirin allergy, food allergy, diabetes, on up. Those USB stick type gizmos are okay but not everyone carries something that will read a USB stick with them in their response units (yet) and it is a whole lot easier to just find the tag. Chances are your USB tag won't be read until you hit the hospital...and maybe not even for awhile after. A lot of stuff can happen in the mean time. They don't cost a lot and we are all trained to look for them. http://www.medicalert.org/ Thanks!

Grip choice is entirely subjective. I have large-ish hands (XL glove size) and prefer the medium grip on the standard and Pro size M&P and the large on the compact; probably due to the shorter grip. POI is, to a point, the result of practice and familiarity. Of course a sight slopping around in the dovetail isn't going to help! My wife has very small hands and the medium is too big for her so her only choice is the small. That, however, works out to be about the perfect fit for her and she loves her M&P.

Nik: ROTFLMAO!!!!!!! I have several pieces of Sigma glass and I have always been pretty impressed with it.

No, in fact I haven't spent much time east of the Mississippi other than a bunch of trips on business to up-state NY (Syracuse, Ithaca and Cooperstown). Never even been to Kentucky (yet). I need to fix that one of these days.

No no no. Woodford and Blanton are terrible and you are risking bodily injury by consuming those. You want the cheapest slop on the shelf that says "bourbon" on it. Never spend more than $20 a gallon. Send those bottles of high end whiskey to me for safe disposal. I promise to filter each bottle properly before flushing the remainder. I have a bottle of Blanton's given to me by a very dear friend many years ago. It stays in the liquor cabinet and is only used for very special things. Lately it only seems to be seeing action to mark the passing of friends though. Woodford is my go-to bourbon. Geo. Dickel #12 is my go-to Tennessee. Jim Beam yellow label for rye. Yes, there is a difference.

That sucks. However remember that now you get to go experience that life too. You have two choices here: 1) Crawl into your pity pit and feel sorry for yourself while the world of experiences passes you by or... 2) Realize that you probably are, long term, better off without her. Get out there and live your life. Meet other people, have other experiences I waited almost as long as Chris to find my wife. Boy was it worth the wait. Oh...and when she comes crawling back after a few months when she realizes that the grass is greener over there because it is Field Turf...make sure you are out on a date with someone else. If she did it once, she'll do it again. Trust me (and probably a few hundred other guys here) on that one.

Also, this forum has migrated between forum software packages a couple times so things got kind of shaken up a bit with database imports. Kind of funny...we've been on this software for so long I have forgotten what all the other ones were like. I guess that is kind of a tribute to Brian and the various "people behind the curtain" that have helped pull the levers and twiddle the knobs during these migrations to make them as painless as possible...other than that "day without the Enosverse" we all endured several years ago. <shudder>

One of the problems is that ROs at the Level I course are pretty much taught to stay withing arms reach of the shooter. There are reasons for this and they are sound. However, when you advance into more "advanced" stage designs this sometimes has to be modified. There is no rule that the RO has to be on top of the shooter. For example: At Mud Bowl II (aka 2008 USPSA Nats in Tusla) the stage I was CRO on was a retrograde stage. We figured out real early on that the safe thing to do was for the RO to get the shooter ready, hit the button and retreat to beyond the rear fault line. And we told the shooters we were going to do this. Due to stage design it was pretty much a sure bet that the shooter would end up at about the rear fault line anyway. No need to chase the shooters all over the stage; everyone stayed safe. And in the muck and mire we really couldn't have chased shooters all over. We could work ourselves around back there to watch the muzzle and for other violations. It wasn't all that far away...maybe 20 - 30 feet in total. We always moved backward so we kept the shooter in sight. Retrograde stages can be a whole lot of fun. They are a valid shooting challenge and one that a lot of people avoid because they are "unnatural". They definitely are not a place for a green RO though.

Moderator Mode: Let's keep this on topic (value of a G23 etc.) and not of a political nature please. The 40 S&W debate has gone on for too many years and needn't be debated here. And we sure don't need to be dragging corporate management vs. the President stuff into this forum. Thanks! Kevin Forum Moderating Team

Link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/loca..._gunban17m.html State lawmakers to seek ban on sales of semi-automatic weapons In response to recent shooting deaths, three state lawmakers say they want to ban the sale of military-style semi-automatic weapons in Washington. By Molly Rosbach Seattle Times staff reporter In response to recent shooting deaths, three state lawmakers say they want to ban the sale of military-style semi-automatic weapons in Washington. The lawmakers intend to propose the ban in the state legislative session that begins next month. The legislation, called the Aaron Sullivan Public Safety and Police Protection Bill, would prohibit the sale of such weapons to private citizens and require current owners to pass background checks. It is named for Aaron Sullivan, 18, who was fatally shot last July in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood, allegedly with an assault-style weapon. Supporters say they also are motivated by the Oct. 31 slaying of Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton and the wounding of his partner. Police believe a .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle was used then. The bill is backed by Seattle's police department, spokeswoman Renee Witt said. Also pushing it is Washington Ceasefire, a nonprofit that seeks to reduce gun violence. The group plans a news conference today to announce the proposal. The lawmakers who plan to sponsor the bill are Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina; Sen. Adam Kline, D-Seattle; and Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle. The ban would cover semiautomatics designed for military use that are capable of rapid-fire and can hold more than 10 rounds. Semiautomatics designed for sporting or hunting purposes wouldn't be banned. "If they're used in the army, used in the war — that's what this ban is about," said Ralph Fascitelli, the board president of Washington Ceasefire. Dave Workman, senior editor of Gun Week, a publication of the Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, said such a ban would punish law-abiding citizens who own such guns. "I don't care if my neighbor has a dozen of the things; ... as long as he's not hurting anyone or breaking any laws, leave him alone," Workman said. He also said he doesn't consider the gun police say was used to kill Brenton an assault rifle. Hunter knows getting the bill through the Legislature would be difficult, because of concerns about limits on gun ownership. However, he thinks the ban is necessary. "We don't allow people to own tanks or bazookas or machine guns, and very few people think that that's an unreasonable restriction," he said. Kohl-Welles said the lawmakers are trying to be practical and aren't suggesting guns be taken from current owners. "What we're trying to get at is there's no place to have sales of military assault rifles or weapons in this state," she said. She also said she doesn't believe such a ban would violate the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. "Did the framers of our Constitution ever envision something like a semi-automatic weapon?" she asked. Molly Rosbach: 206-464-2311 or mrosbach@seattletimes.com

There is a place in Brian's store for making donations. http://www.brianenos.com/store/donate.html

+1 Don't ever tell the wife but when I am out of town for a long time I almost miss the dog more than I miss her. She and I usually talk daily on the phone. Harder to talk to the dog (although the speaker phone has lead to numerous moments of hilarity). And it seems like the dogs always come back from the kennel with more bad habits than the went with. Luckily, the breeder we got the current dog from does a free dog sitting service for all their pups so this one should never have to see the kennel.

I remember that day. Okay, I remember part of it. Then someone said "hey, let's get a beer to celebrate" and well...

Congrats!

He has posted here in the past as well...forget his user name though. He has shot out of West Richland Range in Tri-Cities and probably shoots Yakima as well. I don't get down that way much and with the snow and all am not likely to until Spring. Good luck!

I have a friend that beat it a few years ago. Only lasting side effect was that when his hair came back it was all gray and there was a lot less of it. Otherwise he is doing great! So yes, it can be beat. The positive attitude is the very best first step.

Oh yeah. I wish I could remember where I put all those things so I wouldn't lose them. It must be one damn big place though given all the crap I have put there over the years! Geez!

I heat entirely with a pellet stove. Runs just fine as long as I use high quality pellets (Lignetics or Armstrong being my preferred brands). I have it on a small (750KVA) UPS device that serves to filter the power to the control board (solid state logic) and keeps it running long enough for me to get my small generator going. We used to heat entirely with wood. Only problem was we had a lot of time with a cool to cold house. Go to work all day and come home to a cold house = not fun. Pellets aren't nearly the deal they were when I got my stove 7 years ago though. I was paying about $80/ton then. This year it was $230/ton. Still WAY cheaper than using the electric forced air furnace. We burn not quite 4 ton a year but that depends a lot on what kind of winter we have, how much we are home (we run the house cooler when we are not here) and so on. Still have the wood stove so if pellets got hard to get it would take me about an hour to move that back in from the shop and I still have a couple cord of wood split and stacked I use to heat the shop. Heating with wood is messy. Heating with pellets is by no means clean but it is better than wood. If you or your wife is a neat freak that can't stand dust then you should stay away from either heat source.