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    Good belt to mount my rig to

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    I have an old school holster and double mag pouches that I am happy with for now. What I am looking for is a belt that will not only hold up my pants, but be stiff enough for the draw. If you guys have one that you prefer let me know. I am a 38, but I will probably be a 34 by the end of the year.

    So here's it in a nutshell. Belt or belt system. Needs to fit in pants belt loops 1-1/2". Needs to be legal for USPSA. Can be either leather or nylon. ( Prefer nylon if possible)

    I have an Uncle Mikes but it doesn't fit inside my pants and I don't know if it is legal to clip it to my regular belt for competition. I would like to be race ready this year.

    Thanks JZ

    Revchuck

    in What I Like

    Posted

    Revchuck,

    I just wanted to say thanks for the times you have given this noob some great advice. As I've been reading and posting here I have noticed that you give accurate and helpful advice. Rarely do you give an attitude, but rather a helpful hint even when you may not agree with those you are discussing a topic with. Your reloading advice has been spot on and I just want to say thank you. :closedeyes:

    JZ

    I predict

    in Quotes and Words

    Posted

    Well, I for one will say this,

    I like potable drinking water, firefighters, police and sheriff deputies, garbage collection, food and health standards, passable roads, breathable air, free primary education to the 12th grade, grants for college, national and state parks, a decent if not perfect court system, the armed forces of which I was once one, and the ability to recourse should anything not be what I paid for it.

    I know taxes are high, and sometimes our gov't gets it wrong, even way wrong but,

    The Firefighters have saved my skin more than once.( Heart attack at 34!)

    Cops are a deterrent to some extent and my wife can call them when I am away.

    I don't care for certain expeditures of my tax dollars, but go to some third-world countries and think about their lives. America may need a tune-up, but I still love this place and I still vote.

    Sorry if I hijacked this Merlin, I just love this country! (as I'm sure you do too!)

    Monday Morning QBs and the Police

    in What I Hate

    Posted

    I feel for your brother, the man should be rewarded not criticized,

    and I find the shoot to wound thing the craziest! A freind of mine was accidently shot in the leg when we were kids. The bullet hit his femoral artery( I think thats the big one in your leg, I could be wrong) He bled out and died before the ambulance could even get there. What about tazers? Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, and the guy had a GUN!

    I'm not exactly the most rabid pro-gun, cop loving person, but I do not envy what it is that they do, nor do I second guess them unless I have seen it all in context. ( which I have only once)

    It is they that help to keep me safe, and my wife and kids when I am not with them. I will pray that your brother gets through this well.

    JZ

    My Girls

    in What I Like

    Posted

    Last Thursday my Ear/Nose/Throat doctor straightenend my septum and I've been laid up in bed until today. ( With trips to the john and to the computer to check out the forum) My Kids who are great but normally quite a handful have been on their best behavior ever. I owe them big time! Will take them to the street fair in a couple of weeks for a frozen Italian ice and a hot dog. :) (One of their Favorites)

    Tomorrow I will spend my day off testing rounds and working up a load for my new bullets

    Thanks girls I Love You! ;)

    BDJ( Big Daddy Jimbo)

    Bridgeport Mills

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted · Edited by JimmyZip

    CSEMARTIN,

    What text books do you have for school? There is a machine shop at our factory with a Bridgeport mill in it and noone uses it at all. I have taught myself the basics on the lathe but I would really like to learn what all those end mills, fly cutters and other tools can really do.

    Unfortunately around here noone has these types of courses as this area is almost all HRM as far as schooling goes. ( Hotel/Resturaunt Management)

    I am a slow starter as I like safety and my boss says to just get in there and go for it!. I taught myself how to Mig, tig, arc and stick weld well enough to do it as a side job for extra cash building high-end custom doors and modern style fencing/gates. I do most of my own hardened-steel poppers and falling plate type targets. But that mill is calling me and I'm tired of just staring at all of that hardware knowing that I could do something with it.

    PS We also have a plasma cutter, a metal band saw that cuts tubing fairly well, an abrasive wheel saw, or hot saw, so what I'm interested in is a book on machining with that mill!

    Where did USPSA and IDPA come from?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    Thanks All!

    Revchuck and AK74 you guys really shine. Well, the shoots I used to shoot were some IPSC and some not. I was not a member of IPSC or USPSA, and my favorite match from that era I am glad to hear is still going strong in Rainbow California.

    Thanks for the link Steve, that was a real trip down memory lane. Although I was a bit young for some of those shenanigans, it sounds like some of the same type of stuff I used to see around here. The matches I remember the most were Linea Del Fuego? I think in Calexico, Coto De Caza , The old Desert Sportsman( Nick Pruitt and Ray Neal) Which later disbanded and many of those shooters went on to shoot at Palm Springs Gun Club.

    Once again thanks to you all. You people have been too cool and have made this last week of post-op bearable. This IS the coolest place for shooters on the net.

    JZ

    "Good" books you didn't like

    in Books, Movies, TV & Music

    Posted

    I also cut my teeth on Heinlein. I was reading that stuff in the 3rd grade. WOW! Louis L'amour, another addiction after RH, There was one about a fighter pilot, stuck in Siberia that was part Indian that I really liked. I even liked the Casca series by Barry Sadler( Ballad Of The Green Berets fame)

    Tom Clancy,his books have never survived a re-read with me. Below the tech stuff, they are just too cut and dried which is strange because L'amour used the same plot dozens of times and if I go on a plane ride or a car trip, he's one I will always pick up.And who can forget Stienbeck? I loved his books in junior high,

    Mexican culture? Lluvia Del Oro. Post WWI fiction? A Soldier Of The Great War.Gabriel Garcia Marquez,Coontz, Harold Coyle, W.E.B Griffith, funny thing though, now I just really like historical books. So many crazy things have actually happened that you don't have to invent them.

    But here goes, thought that I would like to get into shootin again, bought Brian's book and I hated it :surprise: . Then after burning through several thousand rounds and a dozen matches of frustration , that damn book kept coming back to me. Then it became kind of like a manual for understanding. That book has helped me see some things that have nothing to do with shooting. Weird huh? Now, I must say that I have even suggested it to friends who shoot. Being aware in the moment has made a big difference. :bow:

    Where did USPSA and IDPA come from?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    When I was 11 and finally talked my Dad into letting me buy his .38 S&W off him to shoot the 1st Sunday practical matches, things were different.

    It was IPSC, not USPSA or IDPA.

    Most stages at most matches ran six to twelve rounds, occasionally more depending on the person setting it up.

    Reloads were after six if he liked revos, seven if he liked 1911's and all of those with CZ's and BHP's were the devil, minor, or hi-cap freaks!

    You think this sport is somewhat obscure now? Jeeze! This was 1980, when I stopped competing on a regular basis in 89 I think I still hadn't heard of USPSA.

    Well now I'm a member, but wanted to know what happened in those years! I feel like I just woke up from Rumplestilkins nap and the world has passed me by.

    Where and why were USPSA and IDPA created? ( please be as unpolitical as possible)

    Is there still a Second Chance bowling pin shoot?

    Anyway, if there is an old timer who's been around fron the beginning and couild shed some light on this I would sure be appreciative.

    Thanks, JZ

    Whatever Happened to Electrofilm?

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    AZgunut,

    Yeah Tim is the guy that sent my pistol out too. He no longer does much for the private sector, and the numbers he gave me for a guy I tried to reach a couple of years back don't work anymore. Man I sure miss Tim, he was a great guy to deal with and as far as technically speaking, I know of few others who are as talented as him with ANY weapons systems. Heck, he even has some of his stuff in some of the Jane's books.

    But on electrofilm, yeah, if you hear anything on it in the future, let me know, that stuff was great.

    JZ

    Whatever Happened to Electrofilm?

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    With all the talk of Ion bond, I wonder whatever happened to electrofilm?

    I had a pistol that was electrofilmed in 85-86 I think. The finish was extremely durable. You didn't even need to lubricate your pistol. The finish came in grey, a charcoal/blue, and a brownish color. Mine was done in grey, but turned a greenish/ grey hue over time. It showed little wear over fifteen years of use.

    Several friends had their pistols and one Benelli shotgun done also and all were satisfied. The finish was flat like parkerization, but far more durable and corrosion resistance.

    JZ

    My name is Dale and I'm a televisionaholic

    in What I Like

    Posted

    I never watch TV. My wife has total control of the remote so all that's ever on is Gilmore Girls, Days Of Our Lives, How Do I Look, etc.

    But that's OK because I found that I can waste just as much time in this forum :surprise::D

    DonT

    Three t.v.s in this household of five, of which I am the only male. I bought two new pistols, renovated my SDB, found this forum, and bought Steve Anderson'd books this year.( Got BE's last year, that's how I found the forum) Only reason I'm not dryfiring or reloading is post-surgery recouperation.And man it is KILLING ME! Not the pain, just the fact that I live in a warm climate and my guns and gear have been idle since the 17th. Oh well, I'll stop crying like a baby.

    JZ

    Can you read this?

    in Humor

    Posted

    Some people are sight readers and some are not. Wife's a teacher and was a reading coach for several years. Strange thing is that how you read can have very little to do with comprehension. The way the mind decodes or fails to is quite an interesting topic. I showed her that and she pulled out a book and showed me something similar. :rolleyes:

    My father passed away tonight.

    in Last Shot Fired

    Posted

    Neomet,

    My grand father was like a father to me in that it was he who helped to teach me those things a man should know while my father waged his ongoing battle in his head with what he went through in Vietnam.

    As time goes on, I find myself saying those things I heard him say to me, like " Don't be sorry, be right" or doing things he taught me measure twice cut once, etc.

    It is at those moments that I realize that in many ways he is such a part of me that he cannot ever really leave me. He passed from this world, yes, but he passed on to me those things that have helped make me me. Even simple things like a BIG bowl of ice cream, and the love and appreciation for fine domestic hardwoods and a good hand rubbed finish came from him.

    I imagine, thinking of how you described your father, that you too have his indelible print on your thoughts and soul. It is at those times, you will smile, and maybe even cry, but be happy to have had him as your father.

    Our prayers go out to you and your family,

    JimmyZip

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