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  1. Bul. Tanfoglios are a good gun, I simply prefer the Bul.
  2. About 13 years ago I was driving Barbie home late one night in my RX7 (Yes Ken & Barbie in a silver sports car for real), doing about 90 in a 60 zone for the better part of 10km, 90 being the cut off point for a three point offence instead of a 2 point offence, I calculated that I could afford 2 points off my licence. As I pull up to the first stop light in 10km I think to myself bugger it I'm not getting booked at all. At that moment the single head light that had been tailing me a km back for the whole trip pulled up beside me. It was an old police sargeant on a bike, with the characteristic red lumpy nose of a long term alcaholic. He pulled up to my window and literally frothing at the mouth proceeds to lecture me. "It's a 60km hour zone! *deep breath* 24 hours a day! *deep breath* 365 days a year! *deep breath* And don't tell me you weren't doing at least 80! *deep breath *If I wasn't on my way home *deep breath* I'd Book Ya!" At which point he put his bike up on the back wheel and took off through the red light without checking traffic. I sat through two changes of the lights with a stunned look on my face. Note the power of positive thinking. I didn't get booked. Ken
  3. Last target of the last stage of the 2004 Australian Nationals. Walked the stage twice and didn't see it. When the RO said "If your really really sure that you have finished..." I knew I had stuffed it. I also decline to keep going as that would have neen cheating. That cost me my break into master grade, as I scored 84.46%. Luckily the video was wiped by the RO when he realised his coaching was picked up by the mike. Otherwise it would be turning up at shoots for years to come. Ken
  4. Ermmm.. try using it as a lube before sex, as one of my school mates did. It's amazing how dumb teenage boys can be. Even with all of my aches and pains I don't think I would wind back the decades if I could. Ken
  5. Vince you are getting old. Here I am agreeing with you .......um did I really do that...... and all you can do is recall old car races? I think I can recall eating Heinz baby food back then. Moffats car comes on the market occasionally, the last time I looked they wanted $70,000 aussie about three or four years ago. I guess if you sold a lot of Glocks..... Ken BTW what was the girlfriends reaction to the kidney donation plan?
  6. AFAIK I was one of the first to start arguing with Vince about Production criteria, now to me it's become rather old. in Australia the main guns are Glock 17, H&K USP, Beretta 92FS, and base model Tanfoglios. This is after a government seizure which took just about every production gun available. Most could have upgraded to the next level, instead they bought the same toys with a slightly longer barrel and 10 round mags to be Australian legal and kept shooting. I actually down graded, turning in my Beretta Elite II and purchasing a standard 92FS. Due to the recent ban on .40 cal for IPSC _every_ standard division IPSC shooter went through an evolution of purchasing new firearms. Many went for custom built STI 2011s, many bought factory STI edges, but a lot also bought Bul M5s, springfield armoury single stacks, STI Trojans, Kimbers and single action Tanfoglios, all in 9mm or .38 super, because they prefered them or it was what was available and they wanted to get straight back into shooting instead of waiting for a gunsmith, or it was simply more affordable. A thing that a lot of us who compete to win, who spend more time on the open circuit than at our own clubs forget is that to the vast majority of shooters it's about the ability own a gun and shoot it in interesting scenarios with friends. The Nth degree of improvement in the gun to help win the nationals and get a shirt is not in their mind set. They want a cool toy and that is all. If a USD $3000.00 production gun hits the market, some shooters will buy it, because they want to win at any cost and think it will give them some benefit. Most will not because it doesn't pass their cost/benefit comparison, or it dosn't suit their idea of cool. Eventually improvements to new models will make some guns uncompetitive in open competition. So be it. I'd rather have new toys being developed for when my old one wears out, it'll give me new options to choose from. Our Government (IPSC) should not be in the business of banning guns based on cost or power. I'll give you an analogy. In 1973 the Australian stock car/production sedan 500 mile race was won by the Ford Falcon Phase III GTHO. This was at the time the worlds fastest Four door sedan. And you could buy the race version at any dealer and drive it on the road. The Phase IV was under development and was planned to be capable of 200 miles per hour, the other manufacturers planned similar cars. The Murdoch press found out about the story and ran a series of articles on these dangerous cars capable of three times the speed limit (sound familar? It's how they pushed the gun bans here in Australia). The Australian Government leant on the manufacturers, threatening to cancel their fleet contracts if they were produced. The cars were cancelled and car design in Australia stagnated. It took 27 years for Australia to start exporting cars again, in that time three manufacturers closed and became importers. In 1977 if IPSC had declared "Thou shall only shoot GI 1911s with hardball because that's what Jeff Cooper says is the one true gun and ammo combination" IPSC would have stagnated. There would have been no STI/SV/Bul/Para, probably no really fast progressive presses (shooting single stack round counts, why bother?) No ambi safetys, beavertails, grip stippling, fibreoptics,etc. Yes there has been an equipment race, however,at least in Australia, adjusted for inflation a stock colt in 1980 cost as much as a bul M5 IPSC model today. The equipment got better but the price eventually settled at the old level. I can forsee this happening with Production guns as well, within the limitations of the division rules. Remember, we can already retrofit factory go fast bits to a production gun, change sights, add grip tape. The only areas that really can add a competitive advantage are a) weight, mag capacity, c) sights and d) trigger. a) Weight. If you need it, CZ, Beretta SIG and I assume Tanfoglio all now make steel versions, or heavier steel versions of their guns. No one every guaranteed you would never want to change your gun in Production. Mag capacity. Try after market mags. Mecgar make 17 round replacements for 15 round beretta mags for example. It's all academic for Australian, American and Canadian shooters as we are restricted to 10 rounds at home. Forget the 4 people from each country who qualify for the national team. They don't count. (And yes I'm one of them, so I'm not talking from a point of jealousy.) c) Sights: Vince has already flagged changing the rules to allow fibreoptics, if this goes through it's a level playing field. (I'm against banning them, see above.) d) Trigger: Some guns have crap triggers, some have good ones, some have great ones. I look at it like this. The more improvement, the better the issue weapons of the future will be. I prefer cops being able to hit the bad guy instead of the bystanders. Anyway, how would you right a rule to mandate a moderately crap trigger so everyone felt they were competing alike? Oh, it's already been done. Minimum 5 pound pull on the first shot. That's my rant for the day. Catch you later. Ken
  7. Australian advertised prices: Beretta 92FS =$782.00 Beretta 92 Elite II = $1564.00 Glock 17 = $510.00 ( I sell them $50 cheaper to club members) CZ75 = $792.00 H&K USP $748.00 Para LDA LTD $1230.00 USP custom sport: $918.00 There have been recent adds for a race version of the P226, I'm not sure which model designation, for $2450.00 Tanfoglio (base model, not sure of designation) $740.00 Ken
  8. I'm all for it. Unfortunately My wheelchair bound trainee from last year is no longer with us, he wiped out in an illegal road race with other LEOs at xmas, however I'm sure we'll have future punters willing to give the game a try. Ken
  9. I had a powerspeed for a few months. It dropped my Beretta twice, the lock would not engage every time, requiring two hands to operate it. My brother also had it drop the gun on him. The magnets would not engage properly on the forward serations of the slide, the nose cap didn't fit the gun either. I turned it in at a government gun buyback for more than I paid for it and I bought a CR Speed instead. Ken
  10. I prefer your option Vince. 'Range clear' is the end of the COF in the mind of the spectators as well. We don't need people starting to go forward in anticipation of the RO calling range clear because they think the firearm is holstered. Your option would provide another added level of safety/control on the range. It also makes the shooter responsible for hostering his gun properly and gives control of the end of the COF to the RO. If for any reason he believes there is a problem he dosn't call range clear, maintaining control over the shooter. The RO starts the COF with LAMR. He should also finish it. At what point did the control of the range get given to the shooter? Ken
  11. Mulder, your Trojan is legal in Standard Division. This means you will compete against Paul Langley (when he isn't falling over), also against Paul Jordan who shoots a Trojan Murray Bignel depending upon which gun he shoots on the day, also Stu Colibee, Chris Collum, and abot 30 others at a given match. Standard is still the most popular Division in Australia, most shooters use some variant of an STI pistol, either single or double stack, with a decent number using single action Tanfoglios, Bul M5s & Para Ordnance. There are also a few Kimbers, Springfield Armoury and Glock 34s being shot. Ken
  12. What would be wrong with that? Apart from your trigger finger getting tired that is...
  13. I picked up my .38 super Bul M5 IPSC model last week, it's had around 100 rounds through it so far of PMC plus P 115 grain JHP. No jams, even with a limp wrist. The STI 10 round mags supplied with it have been ground slightly on the rear wall to ensure function, but do not drop out cleanly. All 5 mags functioned well, the bull barrel seems to reduce muzzle flip over my old standard barrel gun, and the gun is quite comfortable to shoot. Accuracy seems acceptable. I ran a stage after yesterdays match and I'm pretty sure I halved my time on the splits compared to my Glock. I'll give this one a thumbs up, it's a keeper. Cost around $2200 Aussie. A comparable STI would be $3300.00 Ken
  14. Importation of high cap magazines is out for sporting shooters. Depending on the gun and the match, a loan of magazines could probably be arranged. I offered the chief sheep shagger (NZ RD) a gun and mags to get him over here when they wouldn't let him bring in his .40. No luck, he chickened out. Ken
  15. Peter, if you are thinking of bringing a gun to Australia to shoot Production, then you will pretty much be restricted to the following: G17 with factory 122mm barrel . Beretta 92 Series. Tanfoglio XL2 or XL4 with factory 122mm barrel. Para LDA in 9mm. H&K USP with factory 122mm barrel. The S&W 59 series, CZ75/85, Sigs, etc are all short barreled guns and will not be legal to bring into OZ. In all honesty I don't see that much difference between the different makes. Ammo down range through one particular gun until you are familiar with it will surfice. On the other hand, buy whatever you want. I shoot Production with a G17. I also have a Beretta, I've just received my new Bul M5 standard gun from Peter Dawson, even though I've never shot a stage in standard, and I'll soon have my Standard and Open revolvers. Owning the toys is half the fun. Shooting them is the other half. Winning doubles it. Ken
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