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The coating is 2-4 microns generally, if you pre-prep it, it needs to be bare metal (or chrome) degreased.

I have a customer who has a pair coming in, and he said I could have one of them. I am itching to check it out. Where are the photos?

We have been testing it and trying to scrape it up, and about all we can do is put the metal from the objects we are scraping it with onto the finish. It is hard stuff. We have an IonBond facility local and they have decided to let us run our parts there. They do two million in gold coating slot machine parts (TiN)a year and coat Kershaw knives. You can see the post in my dealer's section

I wouldn't have minded pushing it through, but it was a treble in two fingers to the stem of the hook Had I known it was going to cost me 1K I would have yanked it out, maybe

I agree. I've tried most of the cheaper ones and I would have spent less just getting the MSA Sordin in the first place. I made the mistake of shooting in AZ where pretty much my whole squad had them on, and had to get a pair myself after trying them out.

I take them out with a pusher and they are easy compared to the XD's

See BE says the same thing just better That's why he can write books and I fix guns. Recently I've really learned (in my brain) that my improvement can only come from refinement. Putting focus on knowing where the shots are going have made it easier to control where they go. The better I refine my skill to simply know where the bullets are going (the moment the sights move) the better my shooting is overall. The "other" things seem to take care of themselves, but that is not to say they do not matter, that is just where I seem to be at.

Fingers are fine but got the (!@*#&@*!&@#$ bill today. $1000

You can't miss, you can only hit where you are aiming, so learning "where" you are aiming for every shot has a lot of value IMO.

Dawson part # 020-008 works, it is labeled Baer/Novak

Apparently it is, but this was a treble hook and they were very deep with no bend to bring it back to the surface, so they could not push them through. The funny thing was he still tried after I told him he would be able to push them through and only then after doing more damaged agreed that it would be a good idea to cut them out. It is sad sad you have to tell a doctor how to do something because the look on their face tells you they have no idea what to do. They are still doing good and no signs of infection Those are some great stories, I don't feel so unfortunate at all.

Thanks for the wishes all! It was my my weak hand Homie. I'm just glad they were brand new hooks, and yes, I won't be yanking hooks out of the wire winding jig with my fingers again Good thing is it looks like it is healing fast, which I don't think would have been the case if I would have just yanked them out.

Sweet!

I hate that while learn to build spinning lures tonight at my father-in-law's with my nephew (11) that I managed to bury barbs in my thumb and forefinger to the hilt. We tried, but they wouldn't come out, so the wife (5 months pregnant) yelled at me to get to the damn hospital (in very colorful language I can't repeat here.) Fortunately we got in before the evening rush and only had to wait an hour before being seen (I was very grateful it didn't hurt) and a half hour after that and I had to tell the guy his way wasn't going to work and he should just cut them open and get them out. I don't think he really believed me that we seriously tried to get them out, but they were 1/2" barbs and it was a no go. I didn't want to do any nerve damage by just ripping them out. I would have gotten in big trouble for that. So, eventually he did just cut them out, which was much less painful than our attempts at home to remove the barbs. The worst part was I don't think I can make the match on Saturday, and I've been itching to do some shooting outside of test firing guns. So, in 7 years him teaching kid how to tie flys, make lures, build fishing poles, and learn how to fish, I was the first casualty. Damn I feel stupid. ps. First thing I did when I got back to the house was to finish that damn lure, but I don't think I can ever use it. The wife would be pissed if I lost a $300 lure. I think I'll frame it

And that is saying a lot! John might even be candidate for sainthood for that one But seriously, if you can shoot some guns, making the decision for yourself is a MUCH better way to go than taking a poll on the net.

Can we nominate this for Thread of the Month? I think threads like this are what really make the forums a great place to visit.

Cool factor...

Send it to Bruce and Scott, PM sent with info.

Yep, That is why I shoot don't use them I just shoot for fun right now and I want to be able to wear what I want and shoot what I want If I were to get serious about competitions I might look for money, but I would rather make my own money so I can do what I want. This year at the bigger matches I shot: SV L10 SV Limited XD 4" Production XD 5" Production ESP Tanfoglio Elite Match ESP Glock 34 Caspain .40 L10 Caspian .40 hi cap Limited Caspian .45 SS I also played around with the CZ's a bunch and like that platform. Out of those I definitely prefer the single actions (or a good XD action) to the Glock action. The Tangfoglio is a $500 gun that shoots great once it's gone through and I actually chose it over other custom 2011's for ESP this, year and I was able to take high over all at the Oregon IDPA State Championship match with it in my 4th IDPA match. To me the Glock versus STI is silly, because they shoot differently. If you prefer the Glock it will be fine for you. I don't like the grip size, slide bite and the trigger, but that's my taste, and I prefer to shoot guns that I don't have to worry about those issues. The less distance I have to move my trigger finger the less chance there is for me to make a mistake while working the trigger. The cost of the pistol is very small in this sport, even expensive ones.

If people are willing to give you money, make sure it is worth you time and effort to take it and you can deliver what they want. A couple hundred for ammo wouldn't be worth that much time or effort. You can shoot that much easily in a few good practice sessions.

1 non single action, non steel framed gun in the group you listed, but you left out a few names that could take any match, Max, Ted, Chris, Angus, Blake, Seeklander, Voight, and (he gets no respect ) Phil. Some folks get paid to shoot a particular platform, so the support that comes with that may balance the tool they have to use as part of that agreement.

Why do you need to track the whole time during recoil? As long as you call the shot and the sights return consistently you shouldn't have a problem. Once you call the shot, your eye eyes should go to the next target and not care where the sight is in recoil, because it will appear magically on what you are focused on. When shooting fairly close targets 7-10 yards, a softer focus can be used they are easy shots and you don't have time to get your focus all the way back to the front sight to make it a crisp sight picture to call that shot, but you don't need to with practice. Learning to trust softer focuses can be hard, but you can gain time if you can use the different levels of focus. I think Brian covers this very well in his writings, and it seems to work for me when I can do it. I can tend to get too locked into the hard-on-the-front-sight focus and it is detrimental to my performances.

Thanks Paul! ??? The sear should be as easy to install in as the stock one. Some of the early versions required some fitting, but now they drop in very easily. The sear is what reduces the pull length by about 50%, without it you would still have the long trigger pull and reset.

What about using starch on a pocket? I would think the cardboard could get you a FTDR or kicked out.

I think your point was well stated as usual, but I think it avoided answering the question asked in this thread, "If it meets the criteria set out in the rule book, is it legal?" That is what I was trying to address my comments to. I am in total agreement that the principles of IDPA are obvious, but when you make a game, you are going to have issues of consistency if you have a product that meets the criteria and would be disallowed because a SO here and there wouldn't use it, that was the arrogance I was referring to, not of those who made the rules to the game. It is their game they can make the rules they want. I have no problem with that. This piece of equipment in question is not specifically disallowed by the rule book, if it were then I don't think there would be an issue with this particular question. That it is so similar in purpose (retaining magazines) and size (in is nearly the same dimensions and any other pouch) that to say one is more appropriate than the other doesn't really compute to me.