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I started with a Fobus, and still keep a fobus paddle in the back of my vehicle in case I want to carry my truck gun. But you'll find that the kydex holsters are haster. Blade Tech, Comp Tech, COM, et al all have strong advocates. I use a Blade Tech for SS competition. FWIW, I have a G-Code kydex paddle holster that's great for all day carry, but the thing that makes it comfortable for carry makes it impractical (IMHO) for competition. I much prefer a holster that doesn't cover the thumb safety - I want to have my thumb on the safety as I'm drawing so I don't have to adjust my grip mid-draw.

LOL! That'd work most places, but I did live in an area that had snake handlers for a while, and that might have tempted some of the true believers!

The Cotton, Inc. sticker on my jeep occasionally gives me the opportunity to meet other people in the Cotton business. It has never attracted a thief or an unfriendly LEO. While I'm sure a gun sticker would similarly let me meet the occasional shooter in a parking lot, I'm not sure I would be as immune to thieves or unfriendly LEOs. Besides, the first C in CCW stands for concealed.

WORSE I read it. And.. Boz has been appropriately punished What is this "Glock" thing y'all keep talking about? Is that like a 22 or a toy? I know no real gun could be made of plastic.

At this year's Pro Am steel match in Arnold, I made a mental mike and figured the required rounds wrong. Good thing I took twice the required rounds because I ended the last stage with one full mag (20 rds) and an empty ammo bag.

<clearing throat> What key would you like your song in, sir?

I always heard those Ingalls girls had a wild side!

Personally, I'm thrilled to see the shooting sports on TV. It's easy to pick on the things a given show didn't show or say, but considering that there are only a couple of shows (and they're all on the same channel!) that address anything about shooting that doesn't involve hunting, I'm not going to complain that they didn't manage to fully cover a three day event in a 30 minute episode. All that said, I do enjoy seeing the occasional amateur at a match. Gives me hope that mere mortals compete, too.

I'd like to pick up some in ear amplified hearing protectors to use for hunting, and possibly with my muffs for double plugging at matches. Any reccomendations in the under $300 range?

If they were, what harm would it do? If someone gains a classification based on practiced or repeated classifiers, he's just put himself in a more competitive bracket. I'd be more worried about shooters sandbagging to shoot in lower classes than shooters taking a shortcut to higher classes. If you classified me as a GM, the real GMs would kick my butt on every stage in every match. I'd never win my class. But if you classified Rob Leatham as a D shooter, he'd obviously own the class.

Last month I shot a couple of classifiers that may bump me up from the slowest of the fast shooters to a middle of the road shooter (i.e., I may make it out of D class and into C). A month hasn't seemed this long since I was a kid and I was counting days til spring break!

I'm going to use that!

Score one for the good guys!

I'm ready to sign up today! When will the application be posted?

That does look like a great deal. If I hadn't already blown my gun budget for the year, I'd be sorely tempted.

I usually have a case of ammo in the vehicle anyhow. Its easier than hauling it in and out of the house, and that way its already there if I get a chance to run out to the farm and do a little plinking.

That's what the trees are for

I just got a set of Lazzas for my Springer, and not only do they look great, but the aggressive checkering and overall feel make the grip rock solid in my hand.

Better to have ammo and not need it than to need it and not have it. Take twice the required amount. Its not like it goes stale.

What's the going rate on T! 1/4" steel? I'm thinking of making a few steel targets for practice, but my welder doesn't usually use that grade.

Just for the record, if you get through your first season of shooting USPSA and stil only own one gun, then whatever your shooting was like, you'll have achieved a GM in self-control! I think trying to buy one great pistol on the front end is a mistake. You have to shoot for a while before you really get a good handle on exactly what your needs are and what kind of shooter you are.

Thanks. Its an honor to be a member!

I'm applying for membership. I've competed in Single Stack at a half dozen club matches and a major tournament this year, and gave away the only tupperware I owned (actualy, I'll confess to owning a pocket .380, but it'll never see the light of day at a competition). Here's the 1911 that first hooked me 10+ years ago, and inspired me to build a small collection of JMB's finest designs. Its still essentially the gun I bought used for $400 withe the exception of the Lazza grips and the Ed Brown mainspring housing/magwell. Bill Fender gave it a once over tuneup and a trigger job right after I bought it. Arguably my favorite feature is the Tru Dot night sights, whose large bright white dots grab my eye faster than any other non-fiber optic sight I've seen.

You can sell a gun? Isn't that like selling your kids (not that I haven't been tempted a time or two)?

Speaking as a new competitor, the reason I choose to shoot USPSA and not IDPA is that I enjoy the freestyle aspect. Its one thing to have an occasional mandatory reload, but to see them on every stage would really cut into the run-and-gun aspect of a lot of stages. It seems to me that shooters who really want a completely level playing field equipment-wise have the option of shooting single stack or revolver. There's only so much you can do to a gun and stay in these categories, and virtually every stage will require a reload. 22+ rd stages effectively force limited and production shooters to reload at some point. But isn't the point of having an open class to let gear hounds race their ultra-guns? If you're shooting in open, aren't you trying to both out shoot and out-gun the competition? Isn't building the ultimate gun part of the attraction? If I ever did decide to shoot open, part of the attraction would be shooting stages with no reloads, or at least a lot fewer than I make now in SS and Limited.