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By now, Panda Meister, I'm certain you will agree, there is a special place in Hell waiting for engineers that design machinery that has essential parts that you can see but not touch! I work on my own junk as well and have fantasies about running that place one day! My sympathies!

Don't know if this has been seen here. Every time I see it I laugh. Hope it makes ya'll laugh!

Hey... I got several pals that are Morticians! Believe me they have a sense of humor. Mostly tho it shows up when they're out of town at a convention. I mean really, you want a guy crackin wise at your auntie Edna's departure service?? And the way you have to dress to go to work every day...it's worse than working for Ross Perot!

Reality is SO much weirder than ANYTHING you can make up!

The source of ALL suffering....is attachment. The basis of all attachment is judgment. No exceptions to this. The practice of non-attachment is NOT.... not caring. But it changes things in ways that can open paths to transformation. All texts by real holy beings discuss this. We may choose between things but we may not judge.

Good for you!! Next time you feel like you want a dip, picture your daughter's face when she said that to you!! You are blessed! You will never regret walking away from that stuff!

British shows like Dr. Who and Blakes 7 are often lost on American audiences because they generally value the look over the substance. So they will end up applauding movies like Transformers 2 for the great special effects and overlook the fact that it had no substance at all. Shows like Dr Who, on the other hand, seem to spend as little time and effort as possible on the visuals and often seem to go out of their way to ham it up somewhat but still manage to create really interesting characters and stories in the process. That said, I never really got into Dr Who much except for a short period when Tom Baker was the Dr and I must admit to never understanding why they seemed to change the cast every couple years. To get the most from Dr. Who, you must do as you do, when you go to the theater. You have to participate! As a member of the audience it's hoped that you move into your imagination. It looks like a theater set, except some of the props are more dimensional. Suspend belief and let the cast entrain you! Baker was quintessential!

This may not be helpful, but I have heard of a "gizzie" that is pretty much a carbide heavy duty decapping/sizing die that will punch through the bottom of the case and make a Berdan case into a Boxer case. I'm still looking as I haven't seen one but when I do I'll buy it and post on Enos any details! Having busted many a decapping pin in my life, it occurred to me that this might be a possible solution!

+1 on the Ed Brown extra length release. I got the ones I use at Brownell's. I have stubby little fingers that don't let my thumb get on the release button without shifting my grip quite a bit. Really adds time to the mag changes. The Ed Brown is just perfect for me and does not seem to be inclined to cause any unreliability for me so far!

May be a tiny bit of drift here, but hows about the ones that don't know the difference between a Democracy and a Republic!

As far as pain treatment goes, kidney stones are one of the "short list" things that they will give you morphine for, without hesitation, because it is SERIOUS pain. Bummer to hear you are going through that! A classic home remedy is Cherry Juice! or whole cherries! Obviously the whole fruit at this time of the year is difficult. There are much worse remedies to have to suffer. Olive oil and lemon juice is usually used for gall stones. LOTS of fluids, preferably without alcohol sadly. Hope you get through this quickly without lithotrypty!

I got a shootin' bud that is running some of the Mec-Gar mags with extensions on an XD-9 and he really likes them. Nice capacity.

God LOVES idiots.....that's why he made so many!

The universe at large and local space around each of us are literally seething with miracles, moment to moment. We forget to look and thus we do not see. There are Angels all over the place and you can miss them easily if you judge what you see only with your mind, see through your heart. Remember, the real purpose of your mind is to figure out how to get you to the place your heart tells you to go. Attend closely the directions that come from the heart. The "good stuff" in life really can't be "figured" out. You are blessed, you have been blessed and you have shared those blessings through what you have written here. Finally, remember that "things" are only "things". Illusions, mostly empty space literally "beside the point". Listen to the old ones before they pass. It's about love, not what, but WHO. Thank you for touching my heart, reminding me to watch the miracles and helping me to see the Angels around me. Merry Christmas! Remember to treat everyone you meet, first with compassion, you cannot imagine the burden they may bear.

Check the lighting angles and conditions on your chrono as well as the distance. The ideal set up is diffuse light projected directly down on the sky screens from overhead. When attending national level matches and testing ammo for power factor, you see the chrono in a sonnetube with artificial lighting in the tube. I suggest a 12v dc fluorescent fixture as is often used for interior lighting the cargo area of a service van. (No, there is no issue with "flicker" as the ballast is electronic) These are easy to find and not too expensive. Eat at Joe's, 10,000 flies can't be wrong!

Conrad Meister mentioned you tweeked your back Sat. Sorry to hear that. We missed you at Weld on Sunday! SO....Over the nearly 20 years I taught yoga in the public school system, I'd guess about 50 or 60 percent of the people that showed up for my classes were having troubles with back stuff, either chronic or acute. I have a BUNCH of recovery and repair routines for that and I've never killed a SINGLE student. Not one!! Let me show you a couple of things to put in your maintenance kit. I bet I can make you a little faster too! And no you do not have to wear a diaper, eat gruel or sit in a cave all day and meditate to take advantage of greater flexibility and faster injury recovery!! Remember, no pain, ....no pain! Happy Christmas!!

My favorite IDPA gun is a commander length 1911. I had the slide cut for Novak fiber optic sights. The rear is adjustable which requires a little extra cut but no big deal. I notice that many people seem to like the red color for a front sight and this makes little sense to me. If you are "more experienced" in the world, then there are lots of photons that have passed through your cornea and the crystalline lens inside of your eye. The result of that is a yellowing of that lens in a protective response as well as a consequence of photo chemistry on the cells that make up that structure. This response and other factors are ultimately what leads to cataracts in most cases. You mentioned some vision problems, so it might be nice to experiment a little to "see what you see" well. This can help you make purchase decision based on experience rather than conjecture. I suggest you find a sporting goods store like Sportsman's Warehouse that has a good archery department. There have been fiber optic sights on hunting bows for a long time now and many are VERY well designed. The multi pin sights have fibers in a variety of colors that present aiming dots to the archer. Having a look at one of those sights in sunlight will quickly show you what color is the best for your visual system. I suspect you'll find that a bright yellow is going to be the one you really see well and that should be your choice for the front sight because where you put that one is pretty much where the bullet goes! The rear sight I have on my gun are the red fibers. I don't see those as well but they are of secondary importance anyway. I want my eye on the front sight first. Lots of the people I shoot with are followers of the idea that a small front sight dot with lots of aiming space between the rear pin is best, which is mostly true for young eyes or those that aren't compromised by "wear and tear". If you have a suitable magnifier and good hands, the fibers in the Novak sights are easy to swap out and when you finally get the dot size adjusted to suit, you can use a drop of super glue to keep them in place. Brownell's stocks or can order fiber from Novak to fit. They are available in a broad pallet of colors. I bet you find that the color that they call yellow green really pops out for you. They add fluorescent dyes to give you extra brightness that really stands out in sunlight. The incident UV makes them glow like mad. And they are pretty darned good in lower light too. The optical reason for that color working so well is that your retina is most sensitive to that part of the spectrum and the eye's lens system focus's that color optimally. That color will pass through an aged lens optimally as well. Yellow does not scatter in the eye like blue light does and won't cause the "noise" in your visual system of those shorter wavelengths. Just my .02 cents worth! I'm a bit older myself and I've had a bunch of my old Vet pals try these out and most have been really surprised at how well they can hit with them!

+1 on the alcohol based ones. Dirt does not stick to them as much as the oily ones so you tend to not look so much like a Fireman on a steam locomotive after a match. Walgreens has an aerosol that seems to be a lot like Bulfrog. Pretty much waterproof and it doesn't seem to be so bad on your skin. Really convenient to apply so you are less likely to blow it off and be sorry later. Exposing skin to the sun is pretty much death defying, here in the future!

I haven't got a shield to post and I know this is off topic...but, we're in the season of reflection and it's a good time to count blessings. Thank You all for your service. Thanks for being out there for us. Please be safe.

If you've been lurking for a year, you probably realize that Brians forum is like wonderland for a shooter. I think it's pretty cool when people decide to learn how to do things on their own. I know you'll find A BUNCH of good advice and really helpful information. Welcome and have a blast! There's a lot of really nice folks that hang here!

I too have the small Wifey. A couple years ago, at a Glock match we were helping to put on, She wandered off with Chris Edwards. I looked over my shoulder after running a shooter through one of the COF's to see her going by on a golf cart with Chris toward the practice berms and she held up a Glock case and kind of wobbled it back and forth in the air with this look on her face that indicated a impending hemorrhage in my checking account. Since She was a beginner, mostly, I was dubious about her choice but it has worked out extremely well. She picked a G26 9mm subcompact. We put Pierce Mag extensions on all the mags because even with her small hands, her pinky was waving around in the air, unsupported. The only mods to the gun were a lone wolf 31/2 pound trigger bar and a .25 cent trigger job. Later we added an Advantage Tactical sight mostly because she's cross dominant and has a little trouble picking up a good sight picture quickly. (We're a little older as well). I added grip tape decals and her groups tightened immediately! She just pounds stuff with it. She shoots full power 9mm loads I build around a 124gr bullet. Steel falls smartly and she prints nice little groups in the A zone quicker and quicker all the time. No trouble racking the slide and even though her hands aren't the toughest, no trouble after a couple hundred rounds of practice with sore hands. Plus this is what she carries. Even though She's small it tucks away nicely.

http://www.patents.com/Method-coating-bull...S5910345/en-US/ Ok there's how. If it's for yourself you'll be fine. Start selling them and I bet his lawyers call!

There is no path in the experience that comes without a price. All in all though, life is far too important to be taken seriously!!

I think I remember shooting with you when you first got started, Cha-Lee. You used to have a lot more fun, and when you smiled, it didn't look so tight. You shoot well though.

You can search patent database files for process descriptions. They're pretty vague, but be diligent. Usually the tumblers are indeed heated. A big bit of it though is the medium you use to "hold" the coating material. You want it to cling but not absorb. Sometimes it's ball bearings, for example but you gotta watch it because the bullet is softer and the ball bearing will peen the bullet. What fun! Process development!