High Lord Gomer

Rob shooting *yet another* person's ammo Look how he balanced the brass on the shoulder of that target Finer points of grip details Rob demonstrated some things by pulling (or slapping) the trigger while we held the gun

Rob explaining how to read the targets Rob *loves* shooting other people's ammo! I tried to catch brass in the air on most shooting pics More brass in the air

Taking notes Rob explaining the different portions of trigger movement Rob demonstrating Type 1 trigger pulls Even the guys that were doing it right got pointers to refine their techniques

Travis demonstrating easy exit forward Travis demonstrating easy exit right Travis demonstraing hard exit right Rob making sure Travis is telling them right

Practicing transitions The guys being goofy Travis explaining how much more valuable efficient movement is than split times Travis demonstrating easy exit to the left

Miss Rhonda was also one that always smiled Thanks to DPMS for letting us try out their stuff I hope this interview makes the TV show KC teaching the kids (and those parents listening) transitions

I uploaded all of my pics to: http://picasaweb.google.com/HighLordGomer/...UJuniorCamp2008# For anyone that wants an original, send me an email at: highlordgomer@themxtrack.com and let me know which one(s). They are each about 1.5MB and are 2048x1536. Here are some scaled down vesions.... The only time Nemo wasn't smiling was when his finger was on the trigger. (Note to self: Keep Nemo smiling) Yes, they've grown up Daniel took a lot of time working individually with each of his kids Tommy got a lot out of Daniel's advice on posture

My youngest, Tommy, started shooting last year when he was 9. Earlier this year we started shooting USPSA. Obviously, we're both hooked. When the chance came to sign up for the Junior Camp at Ft. Benning put on by MGM, http://www.mgmtargets.com/, and the United States Army Marksmanship Unit, we jumped on it. As the date grew closer, I wasn't sure who was more excited, me or Tommy. Each morning he would tell me, "14 days to go!" What made it even tougher was that more sponsors kept joining in to help. Remington even stepped up and offered free ammo to the first 50 juniors that were signed up. When Rob Leatham said he was coming out to talk to the kids *and* to give a free class to the parents I seriously considered renting Tommy out for the weekend. I'm glad I didn't, though, as the long weekend turned out to be worth more than any amount of money. When Tommy started shooting he kind of took over my M&P 9mm that I had already been shooting for a year. Between the two of us, it now has a little over 30,000 rounds through it and I was getting nervous. I've never had any problem with it, but I figured it needed some fresh parts. I ordered a recoil spring, trigger spring, and striker assembly. The recoil spring was backordered but I did put the new stroker assembly in. Just to be safe, I borrowed another M&P9 from a friend. It turned out that Tommy never needed it so I shot that one during Rob's class. Come to think of it, *that* must be the reason it took me 10 shots to knock down that steel plate during the end-of-class little competition we parents had. Like Rob taught us, if the shot doesn't go where you intended, the very first thing you do is blame the gun. Thursday evening we drove to Columbus, GA. Somewhere between Augusta and Atlanta I had Tommy's name legally changed to "No, we're not there, yet." I'm not sure exactly how many miles it was, but AC/DC and Nickelback were both worn out by the time we got there. Actually, it was 260 miles each way, but that doesn't sound nearly as interesting, does it? We got there just before registration time, checked in, and went up to our room. Coming out of the elevator I ran into someone I recognized, but couldn't think of the name. It turned out to be none other than the (in)famous Nick Santiago! Over the three and a half days I got to speak with Nick several times, and even got to meet his mother. I was even more impressed with him in person than I had been by his online posts. He is respectful and mature while still being happy and fun. We then went down and got to meet Rhonda and Mike Gibson of MGM. They are truly fine people and have the wonderful relationship that all couples should hope to have. We got to bed at a decent hour and Friday morning got up, had breakfast downstairs, and headed to Ft. Benning. The kids got to ride an AMU bus to the fort and back each day. It was actually easier to send the guns and ammo with the kids than to carry it in our own vehicles. The kids broke up into 4 squads and got to spend a half day with each of four sets of instructors. I can't say enough about how impressed I was with the guys in the AMU. On top of the obvious of being incredible shooters, they were also very impressive trainers that were able to demonstrate techniques, explain the value of them, and get them through to the kids so that they actually understood. Friday morning Tommy's group was with Lee Dimaculangan (yes, I had to look up the spelling) and Daniel Horner. Daniel was a sick as a dog, yet he still gave each of the kids very personal attention. He didn't even feel up to shooting the stages Sunday, but he was there to help the kids. They covered basics in that first half day and really helped Tommy with his form. Friday afternoon they got to be trained by Travis and KC. I learned as much as the kids did. Travis explained the importance of quick and efficient movement. His example compared split times between shots and how much time you could save just be getting out of and into a box efficiently. Travis also explained running from right to left for a right handed shooter and that you should rotate the gun to be parallel with the ground. That allows it to be pointed downrange and you can still run fast with the gun in that position. The really cool thing was to see so many of the kids that were doing exactly that during the competition they had Sunday. Later, in the pics I'll post, I've got one of Daniel doing just that. So many of the things those guys taught actually sunk in! KC worked with the kids on transitions. Again, what he told them (us) made absolute sense and I was amazed that I hadn't thought it / heard it before. I had always (LOL, "always"... I just started shooting 2 years ago) lined myself up toward the center of a set of targets, kept my body fairly stationary, and moved the gun solely with my arms. He had them turning from the knees to maintain the same waist-up geometry. Friday night Mike and Joe went out for sushi with Tommy and I. Like all of the kids that attended, Joe was another fine example of a son that any parent would be proud to have. Saturday Tommmy's group got to learn from Max Michel, but I missed all of that because Rob's class was at the same time. I took a bunch of pictures during Rob's class, because face it, the next best thing to having had the chance to recieve personal instruction from Rob is to have pictures of it! I have to admit, I had no idea how funny he was. I would pay money to see him do stand-up comedy. It was very generous of him to come talk to the kids and to spend time with us parents, too. He had a very early flight the next morning but still took the time to hang out and talk with us after he finished with the kids. Sunday the kids got to shoot 4 stages. I would have liked to shoot them, but I'm actually glad I didn't. I would not have placed well with those kids! Tommy finished 14th or so out of 24 or so limited division shooters. Afterwards Glock had some things to be given away and the kids each got their picture taken with all 6 of the instructors as well as get them to autograph items. This was truly one of those "chance of a lifetime" things, not just for Tommy, but for me, too. I really appreciate MGM, the AMU, and all of the other sponsors that helped make this possible. I really hope that we can do this again next year. I know I'm starting to set aside my money for it NOW! OK, enough rambling...on with the pictures

LOL! ...and the way that the camera was moving shows it was being held by a person and not just sitting there on a tripod. So what was the first one I missed?

Thanks, guys! I really did do several searches because I know I have seen examples posted, but I couldn't find them. I don't think I've ever seen any of my primers look that "original", Jim.

Thanks! Forgive my ignorance, but what is it about them that shows signs of presure? Is it because they seem to have flattened out to fill the edges of the pocket? Is there anything about the marks left by the firing pin? I've got a chrono, but I've had such poor consistency using it indoors that I'm not even bothering with it until I get a box with lights built.

I've just started trying 3.9 grains of WST behind a 200 grain Lead Truncated Cone cast bullet with with an OAL of 1.155. I'm using Federal Small Pistol primers, which seem soft to me.

I was wrong, they are not good people...Mike, Rhonda, and Travis are GREAT people! More details later once I get a chance to describe our experience and I get the 300+ pics up.

I win! I win! I found Nemo!! I must have caught him as soon as he got here, though, because the Holiday Inn Express Smartness didn't seem to be in full effect, yet. I also have had the pleasure of meeting Nick. He is every bit as personable and mature in person as online. My impressions of Mike and Rhonda of MGM are, what we call in SC, "good people". This is shaping up to be my best vacation in years!

One day my first wife pulled a set of curtains out of the drier and asked me to hang them back up. I said, "Sure...where do they go?" "We've lived here for 10 years and you don't know where those curtains go?!?" From then on she used to pick at me by asking what color the curtains in the living room were.

Good idea! I'll bring a Ruger Mark III, too, that anyone else is welcome to use.

If it's a 550... http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...hl=empty+powder

I recently took a pistol to the post office and asked if I could ship it to an FFL. The clerk went back, checked, and said yes. I had a copy of the FFL, but she didn't even look at it, much less keep it.

The first computer that I bought for myself was an AST 286 that ran at 10, count 'em, 10 MHz. I even paid extra to get the extra 384K to make a full MB of memory. Only problem was I didn't know what to do with all that extra memory (that DOS couldn't directly use). I setup a RAM drive so I could load the C compiler more quickly. I still have a box of 8" diskettes from my System 36 days, and they were much beter than hanging 9-track types on the Univac 1108 that also had a magnetic drum drive. OMG, I just realized how damned OLD I am!!!

Can I get directions to that bar?

I had some odd behavior from my Dillon scale when I moved it, as you had to have done to have inserted batteries. Eventually I left the batteries in and left it sitting for a day and then it started working just fine. For the last year it has been sitting in the same spot with the same batteries in it and it always comes on and works fine when I use it (one or twice a week).

Academy Sports had LandSharks in wide widths in stock yesterday. I picked up a pair for $39 (I think).

Thanks! He started last year when he was 9, I started about a year before that. I told him that everyone was going to be watching him so he had to be safer than anyone else. So far, he's done really well with that. We're lucky to shoot with several guys much better who help both of us with everything from safety to stage planning to reloading.

At the last local USPSA match we were successful in dragging her away from the computer so she could shoot. One of my friends (who got DQ'd for 180 on the second stage) was even cool enough to enter the rest of the scores after he DQ'd. Linda, I won't be at the next one (Jr. Camp...YAY!), but Mike might be back.

Thanks! Next time I'll note if I am seeing that. I haven't noticed it before. I watched last time and I did see the brass leaving and flame/sparks around the front of the gun. I still don't really see the front sight "lift"...it is much more of a jump for me.