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That's OK, mine will! Open 49 points 6.14 seconds exactly the same as Carl's. Nolan

Here's a couple of links. PMC AMMO Headstamp Info Nolan

Are you using a Tri-Glide mainspring? I had an older one that hung up like Bob said. The bottom of the disconnector would go up above the Tri-Glide ball bearing and would hang the slide open. Nolan

Shameless self promotion mode! There are a lot of videos at my website HoserCam including some funny ones like these: priceless reload Poser 2004 USPSA Nationals Nolan

I haven't noticed any difference in length between the SV and STI trigger bows, but I have had problems with the location of the contact pads on the SV trigger bows. I have had to replace a couple of trigger bows because I've broken them either at the Insert mount area or the bow where it attaches to the Insert mount. On the new ITS trigger bows the contact pad (area that swells to fit the full height of the trigger bow cut) at the rear of the trigger bow where it rides on the grip frame is too far forward on the ITS trigger bows. It will actually fall off the trigger bow cut making the trigger pull heavy and inconsistant. The STI trigger bow has a larger contact pad that doesn't have this problem. Has SV changed their trigger bow recently? Nolan

Hey Rob, yer famous Dude! and as usual I get no credit From the OUTDOOR WIRE: Nolan I jus don't get no respect!

My cousin up in Oregon is married to D. B. Cooper's brother! The FBI showed up at the Cooper's house in Dallas, Oregon immediately following the Hijacking. When they saw 8 year old Danny Boy Cooper in his 'jammies they decided he wasn't the hijacker. Nolan

Ouch! What kind of assistance? Back in the day I used to amuse myself in various airports by having the operator page various people to the courtesy phones. My favorites were Eldridge Cleaver, Huey Newton, etc... "Paging Eldridge Cleaver to the White Cour..t...es....y..............Phone." I just loved the way the operators voice would trail off if they realized what they were saying. Nolan

Great work Rob!! Think we should send a Thank You note to the Million Mom March? Nolan

Well, my face is red! Fortunately it seems that some good will come of my embarrassment. I usually don't fall for the internet hysteria/hoaxes, but I fell for this one and didn't do the proper research before I shot my mouth off (DQ for AD over the berm!) I did a quickie search couldn't find any info at Amazon.com (that should have been a BIG tip off) so I went to the Million Mom website site and found the referral link and failed too recognize it for strictly a referral system. Thank you Rob for setting up USPSA for the same referral system. I will be sending my appology to Amazon.com and will start any future Amazon.com shopping from the USPSA link as soon as they are approved. Nolan my avatar looks like my face feels!

I just got this off the Outdoor Wire today and it really ticks me off because I just bought a bunch of stuff from Amazon for Christmas presents! Great now the Million Moron March will get a donation from me that I absolutely did not/do not/will not/should not wish to give. From the Outdoor Wire The Outdoor Wire Here's my email to Amazon.com Dear Sirs, As a former satisfied customer I am very disappointed in your recent decision to donate 5% of any purchase to the Million Mom March. In light of your support of this anti-civil rights organization I will no longer do business with Amazon.com. I will inform and urge all my friends and hundreds of fellow shooting competitors to also stop doing business with Amazon.com until you withdraw your support of this organization. If you wish to continue your support of the Million Mom March at least give customers a choice to withhold their donation or let them donate their 5% to the NRA. If given such a choice I will continue to do business with Amazon.com otherwise I will take my business to a company that does not seek to undermine my civil rights. Sincerely, Nolan Smyth www.hosercam.com

Yeah, most of the swordfights were about the equivilent of one of the local Crips having a gunfight with the local IPSC GM. It's over before the loser None of the typical Hollywood "Clank, clank, clank, clunk, clank, clank" back and forth sword battles. I think there were only 2 blocks/parries(?) in the whole movie. Nolan

If I recall correctly "PMC" was originally Patton and Morgan Company, then it was changed to Pan Metal Corp. Sometime back they changed the company name to Eldorado Cartridge Corp. They have plants or have had plants in South Korea, Philippines, Mexico and the Republic of South Africa. Now it appears they have one in Russia as well. Nolan

I don't know what thrill these Jackasses get from doing this, but I've seen this behavior many times at the range. I had to interfere one time when the Bozo hands a woman a .44 Mag revolver. She holds the gun with her strong hand on the grip and her weak hand holding the frame/barrel junction from underneath right at the cylinder gap. Bozo is just standing there watching her get ready to shoot this cannon. I butted in before the woman could fire and explained that she shouldn't hold the gun that way. Bozo wasn't too happy with my interference, but let me show her the proper grip. I offered to let them use my C-More equiped Buckmark. The lady said she would like to try it, but the Bozo insisted that she shoot the .44 because he wanted her to really learn to shoot. I bit my tongue and let them continue. She shot a couple of rounds and then refused to shoot anymore. Nolan

Oh yeah great weather! Drive 5 miles in any direction and it was sunshine and blue skies! By the way I found out it's not nice to fool the RO's. Here's Dave, Steve, Larry and yers truley. Poser Hoser Nolan

Try Mechanix brand gloves for medium cold days. They make all types of gloves and if you don't use them shooting they sure have saved my hands and knuckles wrenching on cars. Mechanix For Stupid Cold Wet days try Glacier Gloves. I haven't tried them for shooting, but they work pretty good for taping, loading mags, etc... Best feature is they stay warm even if your hands are wet. Glacier Glove Nolan

Quick, anybody know where I can download some sound effects type ringtones? I've got 3 engineering meetings this afternoon and I was thinking of some Flatulence (Fart) type ring tones, then everybody can call me at 408-Bite-Me!!! Nolan

In 1974 I lived in Tribune, Kansas and worked in Scott City, Kansas 44 miles away. My average driving time at 5am was around 25-30 minutes depending on weather and the stop light in Leoti, Kansas. Normally I could time the stop light from when I could first see whether it was green or red as I entered town at just under the sound barrier then I would slow down to about 55-60 mph and sail through the 4 way intersection with a green light. One morning just as I go through the intersection I notice the town marshall sitting at the curb with the engine running. UH OH! Yup, sure enough he whips onto the road behind me and flashes his headlights, not the red & blinkies, just flashes his headlights. So not wanting to piss him off anymore than necessary I immediately pull over and roll down the window. The marshall walks up and asks me "Are ya Leo?" For the life of me all I could think of was, "No, I'm a Pisces." He gave me the weirdest look for a couple of seconds then said "No, are ya Leo Kleymann?" "No, I'm Nolan Smyth" "Well, I'm looking for Leo and his wife's havin' a baby and he's supposed to be headed this way in a El Camino like yers." The marshall never said a word about me going through the intersection at 60+ Nolan

Back in the day (when I had hair on top of my head as well as on my face) a bunch of my biker pals and I were parked in front of a stripmall hardware store in Bumphuque Somewhere (maybe New Mexico or Arizona I can't remember) waiting for Rickets to buy some replacement nuts and bolts for the ones that vibrated off his Knucklehead. So 6 or 7 of us are lounging around our bikes waiting and this tiny little old lady walks up to us and gives us and our bikes a loooong look. Then she steps right up and I'm figuring here it comes, the old you boys are going straight to hell sermon, but she says "Are those Harley motorsickles?" Everybodies jaws just about hit the ground so I said "Yes, Ma'am." She sighs and goes "My late husband and I used to ride his Harley all over the country. We just had the best times." She looked at us and added "Now you boys take care and ride careful the roads are just full of idiots." Every one of just stood there and said "Yes Ma'am!" Rickets walked out of the hardware store just about the time she toddled off and wouldn't believe us when we told him why we were standing there with stupid smiles plastered all over our mugs. Nolan

This old geezer walks into a biker bar and orders a drink. After a couple minutes looking around the bar he walks over to the best looking woman in the bar. He speaks to her briefly, she laughs and they leave together. This happens for a couple of days each time with a different woman. Finally "Iron Palm Pete" can't stand it anymore so he grabs the old geezer by the scruff, slams him up against the bar and demands "Hey, you old fart! How can you come in here and pick up the best looking woman every night and I can't even buy a date?" "Relax my boy. It's very easy. I just approach the woman of my choice and offer to buy her a drink, then say "Tickle your ass with a feather?" If she says sure, off we go, but if she gets offended. I say "I beg your pardon I only said 'Typically nasty weather!" and try a different approach." Iron Palm Pete drops the old geezer and decides to try this for himself. He walks up to a good looking blonde and says "Stick a feather up your ass?" The woman sprays about half her drink over the bar and says "What did you just say?" Pete looks up and says "Aw shjt, will you look at them damn clouds!" Nolan

Vary the height of your dry fire targets. I move the targets around, change heights, etc... Nolan

Oh Erik, That brings back some memories. My funniest yard sale was with a Wake board behind my brothers ski boat. Wait 'til you climb back in the boat and then realize that pair of shorts floating in the Delta are your shorts! I won't tell you about my motorcycle yard sales! Ouch! Nolan

Whenever I get a new case gauge or a new barrel I always take a fired case from the barrel and see if it'll fit in the case gauge. If it drops in the case gauge, either the case gauge is too large or the chamber is too small. Nolan

Spiderman? ACK! I hate spiders, well except for really cool ones like Tarantulas, and Daddy Long Legs. Nolan

Last night I went to the Airsoft Extreme store here in Santa Clara to look at the all metal Duo Tone SV 5" ($325.00) Very nice looking, but I couldn't get a good look at it because the 2 idjits behind the counter wouldn't stop telling their "combat" stories to their buddies long enough to notice me! 4 people (2 behind the counter & 2 in front) in the store plus me and I flat couldn't get their attention. After a couple of minutes standing in front of the counter, saying "Excuse me", "Hey", and rapping my knuckles on the counter rather loudly I got pissed and left. I think I'll order mine online direct from Japan, I'll probably get it faster than I would have been waited on at Airsoft Extreme's store. Nolan