Nolan

Wow, you mean the 4 Tasco PDP3BD scopes collecting dust in my cabinet have become real collectors items? I'll start accepting bids at 1lb of Cashews.

Ron, I shoot both Limited and Open guns in the same practice sessions. I alternate which one I start with. Personally I think it helps to shoot both. When I shoot the Limited gun first I can shoot the Open gun sooo much faster. And when I shoot the Open gun first, my Limited gun groups/scores are sooo much better.

This may have been asked before, or this may not be the correct forum, if so just quietly mutter "Moron" and point me to the correct link. I'm looking for ideas on improving match turnout. I shoot at several different clubs in the Northern Cal. area. One club has free hot dogs, sodas, chips and cookies at each match. They also give a free match by random drawing from everyone who helped clean up after the match. A different club gives a free match to stage CRO's who build stages and half price entry to 2 helpers. Another club gives out primers instead of trophies at each match. The best local club has the Swedish Bikini team pick up brass, oops I was daydreaming! What does your local club do to bring in shooters, both new and old?

Ahh great minds think alike, I stopped at the same field. Those WERE some good strawberries. I gave up on the traffic and stopped in Escalon for dinner. The local church was having a tri-tip dinner $6.00 complete with soda! MMM Beef! MMM Cheap Beef!!!!!

Quote: from bountyhunter on 4:47 pm on May 17, 2002 The point is, if the "big bang" could be re-created at a sub-atomic level, unlimited energy may be possible. It would require suspension of the laws of physics that presently govern us, but that is not necessarily impossible if applied to an infinitesimally small space. 1. It merely contradicts the laws of physics as we know them. It would not necessarily require the suspension of the laws of physics. 2. The Big Bang was probably caused by some Bozo looking for a cheap energy source who figured that his universe was created by the 'Big Kaboom' so he would just re-create it at the sub-atomic level as a source of unlimited energy. Oops! 3. Maybe the Big Bang was just the Big Kahuna lighting a fart?!?!?!

Yes, Thank You Sue! I'll be back next match. Our squad had two really new shooters. One had never fired a handgun before(?) but had a lot of rifle experience. He did a pretty good job, only dropped 2 points on the two stages that they shoot before they had to leave. Before I RO'd him on the second stage I asked him if he had ever transfered a gun to his weak hand. He answered No, he'd never fired a handgun before. Yikes! But he listened and then transfered the gun exactly like I told him and only dropped one point shooting weak hand!

I second Erik's post. Dave put together a very good match. Very ingenious method of putting 2 stages into one bay. There was a large stage and a smaller speed shoot in two bays. Each squad would shoot the larger stage first then move down the bay and do the speed shoot.

The URL for American Shooter oddly enough is: http://www.americanshooter.com

You'll probably have to measure your OWN gun because I'm sure there is a lot of variation depending on who made your spring plug, what type of spring plug, slide and probably the phase of the moon. The full compressed length in my Open gun is different than my Limited gun. The Limited gun uses a collared reverse plug and my Open gun uses a shouldered reverse plug. I measured the inside depth of each spring plug with the tail of a dial caliper and SUBTRACTED .10 for fudge factor. At coil bind I make sure each spring is shorter than that measurement. The collared reverse plug was a little shorter than the shouldered reverse plug.

I've been on both sides of this fence. On the negative side there have been times when the level of competition egged me into shooting over my head. Somebody on the squad would shoot a really fast time down mumble mumble points. Of course they wouldn't mention the miss, so I would just blaze through and collect a miss or two of my own. Or I would try someone else's strategy that didn't play to my strengths. Plus when you crash and burn in front of the super squad you really feel like sh*t. On the positive side two or more heads are better than one at finding the fastest/bestest way to game, er shoot a stage. Lately I've concentrated more on just shooting my own match at my own pace. I can only shoot as fast as I can see the sights regardless of how fast everyone else is shooting. That's why I generally won't look at stage results during a match. When I'm finished shooting I'll go check my scores for accuracy. (Edited by Nolan at 12:27 am on May 14, 2002)

Great idea. I've got the SDM recoil spring gauge, but I like your blue scale MUCH better than the generic scale that it came with. Now I'm all motivated to make a magazine spring tester, a firing pin spring tester, and a mainspring tester.

Drill and tap the primer pocket of the stuck case with a 13/64 or #7 drill and a 1/4-20 tap. Use a 1/4 drive 13mm or 1/2 inch socket. Drop a 1.5 inch 1/4-20 allen head cap screw through the drive end of the socket and thread the screw into the stuck case. Tighten the allen screw down and the stuck case will be pulled up into the socket.

If you want to have an 11th anniversary, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

When I was a kid I had a lazy eye so I had to do eye exercises to strengthen the lazy eye. One that I still do occasionally is to fully extend your arm and hold up your index finger. Slowly bring your finger in and touch your nose while keeping both eyes focused on your finger tip. Then slowly move your finger to the far left edge of your vision keeping both eyes focused on your finger tip (only your left eye will move, but it's important to control both eyes) Then slowly move your finger to the far right edge of your vision again focusing both eyes on your finger tip. After doing this exercise for awhile, try crossing your eyes (staring at your nose). Keep one eye locked staring at your nose and slowly roll the other eye in a full circle without moving the locked eye. Then switch eyes. I guarantee you'll have a headache, but you'll really be able to gross out people at parties! This exercise really helped me with double vision when I was a kid.

I don't know about that 30 second rule. Maybe for the really severe blows, but for those 'moderate' ones that I've experienced the pain was instantaneous.

Just finished reading "Random Acts of Badness" by Danny Bonaduce. Great book. Very funny and very sad at the same time.

Quote: from EricW on 3:29 pm on April 27, 2002 they have the same mentality as a suicide bomber. That's a homicide bomber if they kill more than just themselves. Suicide bomber sounds too noble! I hate the way the media portray them. Why not call them the stupid scum sucking cowardly dirtbags that they are.

Buy the recoil spring gauge made by SDM Fab. It's a very good tool for tuning guns. Then once you know what weight springs will run in the gun, measure the spring each time you clean the gun. Also good when you buy new springs to check that it actually is at the advertised weight.

Well, I'm looking for the positive. I won't bore everyone with my negative rant on one of the local clubs. But on the positive side it must just annoy the hell out of certain people within that club when I win. Neener, neener, neener! Other positive things, I just got my Racegun slot from that club, of course I found out second hand from our SC when he asked for my mailing address. Also on the positive side, my knee now feels like only one icepick is lodged under my kneecap instead of two. My bloodpressure is now low enough that it doesn't pop the top off the cuff and 3 Tagamet tablets a day almost keep my heartburn under control. And since my bloodpressure is better I only have to take 6 Advil's a day for my migraines. Yup, it's looking brighter all the time. Now where did I put my Glaucoma medicine?

Well, I just found out (second hand of course, Richmond Hotshots probably just couldn't bear to tell me directly) that I've got a slot to the Racegun Nationals. I'll request that I be squaded alone, that way nobody will have to listen to me bitch about anything. I'll try booking a room as far as possible from anyone else as well. I still haven't decided whether to shoot Open or Limited. I'll probably go with Limited. (Edited by Nolan at 9:54 am on April 5, 2002)

Let me guess. Was it written by our former San Jose Police Chief, Jose Smacknamra? He used to brag about what a good shot he was, then preach about how guns were bad. Of course his TV interviews were all done before noon because by 2pm he was generally blotto. I used to shoot in a PPC league with his biggest thorn in the side Leroy Pyle. Leroy's favorite story was about San Jose's newest police motto "Never Respond Alone" (San Jose only uses one officer per car) They had a big poster campaign all geared up and on the first day during Roll Call the sargent is talking up their new motto when Leroy says, "Hey, I've got a knife with our new motto!" and holds up his NRA knife. The campaign was scrapped before noon.

IPSC will get you killed! Tactical folder. Is that in manila or plain white paper. Any Knife articles in a gun magazine, they've got their own bloody magazines. Cowboy shooting. Boy, the media would have a heyday if we suggested Indian shooting.

Team Ancient, nobody under 50 allowed? How about Team Decrepit? I can be the poster boy. Or Team Senile? *$%#@* I forgot how to spell it.

Quote: from Rich Bagoly on 1:16 pm on Mar. 29, 2002 Boxes?...We aint got no boxes,..We don't need no boxes,..I don't have to shoot from any steenkin' boxes! Low ports?...We ain't got no low ports,..We don't need no low ports,..I don't have to shoot from any steenkin' low ports! 6'2" with 2 blown out knees!

Quote: I spent many years playing 1st chair sax. and was in marching band for the same length of time. All the marching I did while playing the sax without cutting the $h1t out of my mouth. What a coincidence. I played Sax, Alto for a couple of years and Tenor for one year. Unfortunately I sucked! I was great at the marching and drill stuff, I think I played better marching than I did sitting. Probably because I thought more about the marching, less about the playing. Funny thing, I sometimes have better hits on targets I engage on the move than I do from stationary positions. Hmmm!