PhilTerry

Yeah, and more. My understanding is that the moment competitors arrive, they have to surrender their gun to the police, who will basically keep possussion of it in a secured "armory" the whole time you're in the country. You'd be allowed to "check it out of the armory" when it is your turn to shoot, but as soon as you are done you have to check it back in. I suck, and I don't know nuthin', but even I would be "perturbed" if I couldn't work on my gun in my room, dryfire in my room, etc, etc. Can't imagine what that would be like for one of the "control freaks". They say (?) they will have an "armory" set up at the match hotel, so it "won't be inconvenient", but... even still. B At the 1999 Nationals in Vegas - hotel security kept our guns in the secure room at the hotel and we were not allowed to take them to our rooms. We could clean, dry fire practice etc in the secure area to our hearts content but not take possession of them until we were going to the range. I don't see a big difference between that and the rules for Bali.

I take it I am the only one who finds beach volley ball sexist and degrading? It seems number 43 is right at home!

Did Eric get a slot?

+1 Enjoyed watching Cavendish but now he has gone home to prepare for the Olympics

Some really good ones are here: http://www.photomotionphotography.com/gall...hooting.php?i=1

How much of the $2700 went to Senator Obama's campaign?

Started in 1978 with UKPSA (several years before USPSA was established) - shot my first big match in 1979 - a dark house competition at the club in Chester with everybody shooting 1911s or Browning High Powers. Joined USPSA in 1997 after I moved to the US.

Ron Do you know where the photos taken by PhotoMotion are avialable?

Actually they are being investigated for supporting the right wing para-military death squads. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070416/evans

I hope it was at least with women . . . Like Vitter but not like Craig - both of whom seem to have just ignored the issues and carry on with their day jobs.

How does that rank compared with "disorderly conduct" in the mens room at the airport?

That is definitely an advantage to the average shooter. And when you consider the weight savings of 20 grains per moonclip x 8 moonclips, you can carry an extra bullet (almost). Actually, I think ceramic moonclips are the wave of the future. But, that's another thread. I believe that you were on the right track with titanium or titanium alloy rather than ceramics. Titanium has half the modulus of steel so for the same applied force it deflects twice as far as steel making it easier to load and unload moon-clips compared to steel. Ceramics on the other hand have extremely limited ductility meaning that deflecting a ceramic part to load rounds for example would cause a crack very rapidly. There are a few specialised engineering ceramics with "slightly" better ductility properties but if you thought titanium was expensive wait till you get a quote on a ceramic!

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I thought that was the dyslexic agnostic!

+1 on that Lawman

Happy birthday Merlin. Phil

Australia has a few odd handgun rules ( barrel lengths, calibers etc) but they are still very active in IPSC! Why would you be surprised some of the very active IPSC and IDPA areas are in Europe .

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Talisker

For IPSC production the CZ SP 01

Metallurgist.

I was going to comment - but better not!! +1 to BountyHunter

No - that was Scotland!! Ireland has an active IPSC group - go to IPSC Glogal Village for a contact John Fitzgerald is IPSC Regional Director

1)Current rule is that only two penalty hits on the no-shoot would count. 2) A steel hit after a shot passed through the no-shoot is Range Equipment Failure and calls for a re-shoot.

British - of course! It's a Triumph TR 6 I'll bring it to Tyler one day.