High Lord Gomer

...and reshoot again...and again...

I liked the "Welcome to the club" comment... While I can see it making you take some time off from shooting, I can't see why it would stop you from returning once it is corrected. Chuck...looks like they put in spacers from Home Depot. In mine they spead the discs back apart and put cadaver fragments in so that they bones would all fuse with the donor bone. I still have some of the residual numbness because I went almost a year before getting it fixed, but no real trouble from it, now (5 years later).

Just be careful to select the 5" Pro Series... http://www.oakhillenterprises.com/ItemDetails/781314002/Smith_Wesson_Pro_5_40_S_W_NE.htm ...not the 4.25" Pro Series... http://www.oakhillenterprises.com/ItemDetails/712022634/Smith_Wesson_M_P_Pro_Series_40_S_W_Night_Sights_NE.htm I still don't understand the 4.25" "Pro Series".

Another fine member (who shall remain nameless) has offered the challenge that he would match any other donation this week up to the first $100. Any takers? When my first wiife died, my family from http://dirtrider.net did something very similar for me and it made a huge difference. Lori with our son Tommy (now 13, then 5) a few months before that near Stillwater, OK:

That "carry kit" is a special package. It lists for $40 more than the standard that comes with 2 mags and no holster or mag pouch. Sometimes they have a free mag offer but I don't see one running right now. http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product4_750001_750051_781506_-1_764152_764151_757781_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product4_750001_750051_765389_-1_757955_757781_757781_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y

Thanks, y'all! I sent off the first $190 this morning. Hope to have more to send in later this week. HVSmith...your's will be on the next one.

Unless S&W is still giving away 2 more free mags with a new purchase, that $500 price is reasonable. I'm not crazy about the Fobus hoslters, though.

I went from 4.03 to 4.06 with no problems.

A BE member from TN is going through a tough time right now and is trying to sell his LR-308 to cover funeral costs. Team Adam Carter had the bright idea that enough of us might be able to chip in a little to help the family cover expense without him having to sell his rifle. Daniel does not have a paypal account but I do. Anyone that would like to contribute via paypal can send it to me @ mnyland@themxtrack.com and I will send him a check twice a week. If you do send money via paypal please include how you would like your name listed since I will be posting a list of what I have received and forwarded (it's that inner accountant just trying to get out of me). If you would rather just send a check to help out, Daniel's address is listed in his For Sale thread: http://www.brianenos...howtopic=122422 Whatever you can do is appreciated. I hope to finish this up by the 18th of February so if you are going to send money via paypal please do it before then. Thanks, Mike

5 Tickets, please. I included a little extra in case paypal hits you for transfer fees.

I didn't know they were prone to breaking. I've got over 100K rounds through a collection of 7 M&Ps (no, I don't still have all of them) and I've never broken a trigger spring. 3 strikers and 2 or 3 slide catches but no trigger springs.

Welcome! What part of GA?

Welcome! What do you reload on?

That is GREAT!

I help moderate some other forums (dirtbike related) and we have tried junior/youth forums before. It was a fiasco. They become very hard to moderate because the implication is that the rules for what is acceptable in a forum for kids should be different than they are for the adults. The reality is that our junior shooters are held to the same standards when shooting in competition (realistically, even tougher standards because everyone watches the kids more closely) and they shouldn't expect to be treated any differently here. Just as I have regularly been impressed with the maturity of juniors who shoot, I have been very impressed with the quality of what some juniors have posted here. JKatz and Little_Kahuna come to mind, even though Nick is now an old fart and doesn't qualify as a junior, anymore. My 13 year old is also a member here and reads but has not really posted much.

What revolver are you using?

Cam anyone identify the shooters in order (for those of us that have no clue)?

You'll regret switching him from the .22 to the 9! Kids can burn through some ammo. My (then) 12 year old last year with a 9mm M&P:

After doing a little reading, I was surprised. It appears that IN honors ANY other state's CWP.

Paul, My parents want to know what kind of bike you got?

I'll be in town (most likely the Northeast side) the week of 2/21 - 2/25. Are their any indoor weeknight matches? Y'all don't have any mag restrictions or other silliness, do you?

Thanks! I made it out to an IDPA match only to find out I had a broken firing pin in my M&P!

Greg, Can you accept paypal for those Gift Donation tickets? Thanks, Mike

Don't forget to bring only 10 round (or less) mags with you. If your auto policy doesn't cover the rental, I would strongly suggest paying the extra for the coverage. I have seen the coverage cost as much as the rental, though.

It appears that it is not actually the search function but rather the indexing algorithm. See post #15: http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/315283-no-search-results-for-311/page__p__1983342__hl__%22remove+periods%22__fromsearch__1#entry1983342