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WSM is the ones I've used. You can make about anything work if you have the right tools though and aren't afraid to mod your stuff.

Safariland, Bladetech and CR work.

That is just honest. That he took on that task says something about Howard

Good job!

in the slide..lock back the slide and look at the underside. if there is a big hole there..it has been taken out. easy enough to resintall and polish up I have a pile of them if you don't have one.

This is how we mark them.

If you can't shoot it might be a good idea. If you can shoot, there is no need to shoot to impress, just shoot well with your ability to demonstrate proper technique, not to show off.

You can also send it directly to us. We do not use their custom shop as part of our agreement with IonBond for the coating we do.

IonBond is a company name and they have hundreds of coatings. DiamondBLACK (also known as 40/41 or DLC) is the stuff you want for a black coating. It does very well over HC, and I really like the friction reducing properties and wear properties.

You can use Iso Alcohol to remove the paint specs.

Me too. I tried everything else and thought some were good until I tried the Sordin.

From a previous posting I made: Their is a show on the Science channel called, "The Human Body: Pushing the Limits" and it goes into the brain and vision in pretty interesting detail. It talks extensively about "slowing time." The short of it is that it seems we generally see in 28-30 frames per second, but under stress we can see 60+ frames per second, maybe as many as 90 frames per second. Stress can be introduced in many ways and competition is one of those ways.

Hmmm, it works on my PC, must be a Mac thing I'm not sure if my CS will read your CS2 file, but I'd give it a try if you email me a file with the text you need converted.

This is for CS but it should be similar for CS 2 Hightlight your text GoTo Layer SELECT Create work path This converts it to the shape, then COPY and paste to Illustrator and you will have your vector shape.

Any speculation or conversation until the ruling that IS coming shortly is wasted breathe at this point.

Their is a show on the Science channel called, "The Human Body: Pushing the Limits" and it goes into the brain and vision in pretty interesting detail. It talks extensively about "slowing time." The short of it is that it seems we generally see in 28-30 frames per second, but under stress we can see 60+ frames per second, maybe as many as 90 frames per second. Stress can be introduced in may ways, and it is how we process it in competition has something to do with our performance. I think that the vision or the ability to process light is not limiting in the time constraints of action shooting, but the ability to elevate your awareness to a point in which the brain can process the data it is receiving and make decisions based on that data is where we tend to perform well below what we are capable of. I'm of the belief that most of our limits are based on our beliefs of what is and isn't possible. I know my best performance have been when awareness is at a maximum and expectation a minimum.

Ionbond's DiamondBLACK on the BCG and barrel.

A friend got a LDA a few years back, and in the first session shooting all 5 mags broke. I would have not believed it if I wasn't there watching it happen.

Steve, If the match schedule available? (ie. the wife wants to know when I'll be at the range.)

The other thing I think that is being overlooked is what a trigger job actually does. A trigger job makes it easier to pull the trigger without moving the gun. Why is this a big deal? Because it is important to decide who you are going to penalize by making the change in rules. You will not penalize the A+ shooters, because we can pick up a stock gun and do OK with it because we have the skill to manipulate crappy triggers. You will penalize the new shooters who don't have that skill. Having upgraded a couple thousand pistols, I get the call/e-mail all the time, that I made a customer's gun "more accurate" by improving the trigger. My general reply, is no I don't, it was always that accurate, I just reduced the skill level required to achieve that accuracy.

Fact is most people want to improve the stock Production pistol with reasonable mods. Pointing to full time sponsored shooters who get paid to do thing a certain way backs up your point of view how? Does Dave us the stock Glock sights? New sights isn't minor polishing, those are aftermarket parts. Dave has solid reasons for what he does. Fact is most people do the sport for recreation/hobby/socializing/escape and those folks like to tinker and improve their guns. This tinkering creates a small market and testing ground for aftermarket products. If the products are good enough, then the general gun consuming product gets to buy them also and use them to improve their service pistols. You can preach Indian not the arrow all day long, but the fact is that doesn't help innovation or product improvements, which I believe is a very good thing for the gun consuming community. There are folks who want to stay stuck in the 80 equipment wise, sort of like Cowboy action shooters want to stay in the wild west times, but that doesn't advance technology or sport.

Putty and "spank wet monkey" in the same sentence

I think that is exactly what the proposed changes would do also, that is why I agree with what Chuck says. I also agree that Chris' take is the way it has been and the way it should stay. I think your post clearly and simply illustrates EXACTLY why the BOD should leave it alone.

I think you are correct and think Chris is clear thinking on this. I also think Chuck is correct in his observations.

The fault with the logic here is that a Glock with $100.00 in mods is now as competetive as any gun in the world. Without that $100.00 in mods, or box stock as you're suggesting the division should be, it's not that good of a gun. That's where manufacturers that want the USPSA market will be about to gouge us. Factory "tuned" guns to the tune of $1000.00 - $2000.00 will be the defacto, gotta have it guns. Right now there are at least a dozen guns that could win Nationals. Make it box stock and that number will go way down. I think Chuck has a very good point. Just look at CZ. You would be saying that it is ok to buy an expensive Shadow, You would also say someone who has a $400 cz 75 can't upgrade to equal performance for a couple hundred bucks? Come on where is the logic in that? The way I see it is the majority of he regular Production shooters will piss and moan but fall into line with the higher priced products and the first time shooters would see these wiz bang production guns and say they are too expensive and I can't compete. In competition shooting the expense isn't in the blaster you choose to shoot. You can put some good sights, a trigger job and a grip on a $400-$500 pistol and hang with any production gun out there the way things have been. Which makes more sense for a "level" playing field with a stock gun making the only good guns available from the factory, or allowing reasonable mods that have been accepted from the creation of the division?