PhilTerry

Thanks - results from today's match are on the USPSA web page.

If it is the target presentation device that was used at Area 6 - the targets were not treated as disappearing targets because it was claimed that they appeared more than once.

Scooter - not quite Ti-6Al-4V is nominally 6% Aluminium, 4% Vanadium and the balance ~90% Titanium. But .... getting back to the opening question. No, Titanium and the common titanium alloys should not be magnetic.

For full up to the minute coverage go to www.letour.com and click on the British/US flag for the English language page.

As I said in my comments to Troy - already been covered in Front Sight Nov/Dec 1998 Vol 15, No 6 Page 4.

Troy I have a vague recollection that John Amidon issued some guidance on this issue a few years ago - I will go through my old Front Sight collection tomorrow and see if I can find it. In any event I consider the practice unnecessary showmanship!

Kory, can you remember what the classifier was called or what number it was?

For full "match condition" runs - see the 2002 USPSA Nationals and the results for the El-Prez stage which are on the USPSA web page. Travis Tomasie shot Limited 10 - 4.71 seconds 55 points. David Sevigny shot Production 5.39 seconds 58 points

Brian - the advantage of the new TSA "approved" locks is that they have code number on them which tells the TSA guys which of their master keys will open it - they come as standard keyed locks or as combinations and some, like the one's I have also come with a "tell-tale" window which indiates if they have actually been opened by the TSA. They sell for about $9.95 a pair on www.skymall.com.

I flew out of BWI on Continental. As I posted earlier the checked bag was never re-examined after I closed it following check-in. I have one of those "tell-tale" TSA approved locks which indicate if they have used their master key to open the bag for re-inspection. I was a little surprised, all the other flights I have taken I have hand-carried the checked bag over to the TSA guys for inspection prior to it being loaded on the plane. Recently they seem more interested in the ammunition weight then any of the firearms. I usually carry 300, 200-grain, 40S&Ws which is about 1 pound over the 11 pound limit but I have never had any problem, an odd comment maybe that it is a little over, but by that time I have usually engaged whoever seems to be the head guy in conversation about competitive shooting and how there seems to be some difference of interpretation of the FAA regulations etc. etc. The differences are interesting - I have orange tags from two different terminals at IAH which give different rules, Terminal C tags say 11 pounds per checked passenger, Terminal B tags say 11 pounds per checked firearm!

I flew back from Summer Blast with the two boxes of remaining ammo - my reloads in old re-cycled white boxes. I "showed clear" to the Continental Ticket Agent signed the orange tag and the bag was not even opened for further inspection before it was loaded on the plane!

If you use the search function on the USPSA home page it shows three clubs within 50-miles of Columbus.

Final results are posted here.

I believe that if the shooter stops himself and it is not a squib then FTEs and miss penalties apply. The reasoning being that a shooter "could" use the excuse of "I thought I had a squib" to stop if a stage starts going really badly.

Just as you say, show up at the check in desk with Government issue photo ID and your on! e-tickets are the only thing some of the big airlines provide unless you want to pay a premium for some paper.

Same comments as I made on the other thread on this same topic. Deliberately inflicting pain on another human being is immoral and can never be defended whatever the circumstances. If our society accepts that it is acceptable to torture any group of people then the terrorists have accomplished the first part of their mission because our values are collapsing. Phil Terry

Jim Don't get involved in the politics - the incumbents of the White House have little bearing on the issue - the British Conservative Party introduced the ban - the Conservatives are as close to Republicans as you can get. The ban was a knee jerk reaction by a political party they was about to loose an election - the Conservatives thought they would gain votes by the ban a perhaps stay in power. Don't wish to make any comparisons to other current political situations but....... Phil Terry - Another Brit in the USA

What's your USPSA number? I will look at the numbers and explain.

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This one has a little different twist in that you can either move left away from the door towards the barrel or go through the door. It pays to see what kind of supports are used on the door frame to see if it is easier to go through after engaging the second array or to move left clear of the door.

Are the results posted anywhere?

~93%

~83%

Four out of four - beginning to look like a procession.

OK I couldn't resist any longer - Here back behind the Pine Curtain Indian restaurants are few and far between so I just prepared Chicken in Sweet Red Pepper Sauce - Mushroom and Potato with Garlic and Ginger and Plain Basmati Rice. Later....