Rob Boudrie

Ghost used to make the cylinder and lever out of aluminum - two pieces with the lever screwing into the cylinder (three if you count the setscrew). This was much better construction that the new plastic assembly, however, the shift no doubt allowed them to make a couple of dollars more per unit which is what it's all about.

If it's a USPSA affiliated match, just contact Roger and USPSA HQ and get a password issues so you can upload your local results to www.uspsa.org - it's the easiest way to post on-line match results.

As soon as possible. Once the accounting firm delivers the results to HQ, Dave Thomas will call all the candidates to tell them of the results before the public announcement. The board may know the results before they are publicly released, but we're talking hours - not days. The public announcement will appear on www.uspsa.org.

They did get one thing right - there is very, very little chance of a competitor wearing a shirt with a similar look as that of the IROA officials.

There is another viable alternative. Massachusetts uses a "One day or one trial" system. You show for jury duty. If you are empaneled, you serve until the case is over. If you are not selected, you get a pass good as an "automatic out" for three years.

If you vault is going to double as a tornado shelter, it's generally advisable that the door open inwards (not impossible, but atypical for most vault doors) so that falling rubble cannot block the door.

You can also make up a language.

I did, as well as adding the self stick velcro.

I had the older Ghost holster and upgraded it to the new one that does not requrie drilling a hole in the trigger guard. In addition to this feature, the latch on the new one has an "up" position that keeps the level our of the way when walking around (I had a problem with my jacket catching on the old lever). The only negative about the new holster is that the level and the knob are now plastic rather than metal (if you upgrade an old one, you can move the metal lever to the new holster). Angus at Ghost Holster was fantastic about replacing a part that broke on mine.

Be careful about trusting mobo based raid. I had a failure on a SATA drive on a SIL (Silicon Image) that was part of two drive RAID 1 set. I removed the drive suffering the click of death, and found that something was trashed on the label on the first drive and it could not be read by the RAID firmware. I spoke with ASUS and SIL support, and the only answers I got were answered in the context of "There is no problem with our RAID system, but we will be glad to answer any questions about user error." They refused to escalate the problem from support to development. The also told me things that were factually incorrect. I found references to a similar problem on the web, with a similar lack of response from support. The first drive was still good, and I'm running my PC on it in a non-raid configuration after reformatting. There are three places you can put RAID: 1. On the motherboard. I just plain don't trust these. 2. A separate dedicated controller (the USPSA web server uses an Adaptec RAID controller with three 10K SCSI drives in a RAID 5 set) 3. A separate RAID box such as the ones sold by EMC or NetApp. If you go this route you have the choice between Network Attached Storage (the storage array is visible to you as one or more file shares), or a Storage Area Network (virtural drives in the array are available to your system by either an ethernet or fibre based SCSI connection). As with guns, thou getteth what thou payuth for. There are also different categories of drives - PC users are used to dealing with ATA100 vs. ATA133 vs SATA vs SCSI, however, higher end storage arrays can also use fibre channel based drives that are higher performance and thought by many to be more reliable. One excellent on-line backup service is E-Vault. I use E-vault for the USPSA web server, and Brian uses them for the backup of the Enosverse. User scheduled incremental backups; control of multiple systems from a single Windows based interface; Windows and Linux client agents; a very nice interface, and (at least when bought the service as part of web hosting); use of a dedicated RAID box for backups (they told me my backups were on a RAID 5 array), and the ability to have problems elevated to a development level person who was able to track a very obscure problem down to the root cause and fix it.

Fedex provides real-time on-line tracking; the postal service on tracking has a distinct lag and is therefore not as useful for immediate confirmation of delivery. If Fedex goofs they Fedex a refund check to you the next morning, and don't make you fill out a form for the refund. I had a Fedex package mis-delivered. Fedex sent the driver back right after I called, redelivered the package, and Fedexed me the refund check without even asking. Care to guess if the post office would do that? Fedex does not enjoy the equivalent of the postal express statutes that grants the USPS a monopoly on certain classes of mail. Fedex allows drop-off in a package box with a credit card and no pre-existing account. Fedex is not allowed to print their own license plates. Fedex has to earn the right to exist. The postal service's right to exist is protected by law. Fedex can go bankrupt; the USPS can't. I have, however, not yet encountered a rude employee at either Fedex or the USPS. When $$ is not as important as getting it their quickly, I use Fedex. When convenience or price are more important, I use USPS. =================================== My apologies, Rob, for deleting a small bit of text from your post. The remaining part still seems to make your point quite well. A reminder of the Hate forum rules: General or supportive-related comments are not prohibited; however - rebuttals are specifically prohibited. If you cannot contribute supportively, please do not reply at all.

I don't have any medical training but "Snapped like a twig. It was at a near to 90 degree angle" sure sounds like a fracture to me

Ducking on jury duty only makes sense if you can't afford the time, or if you believe that a random person would do as good a job as yourself. I never try to duck it, but always get bounced before they get to the good stuff - the first time, the prosecutor lived on the same street as my parents; the second time one witnesses was my father in laws doctor; and the third time the pool of 8 (for a jury of 6) was dismissed because the defendant didn't show up for trail. At least state level jurors in MA are allowed to check their guns at the courthouse entrance (a courtesy not afforded to non-LEO federal jurors).

The USPSA site lets you post your local club match scores for free.

I hope it wasn't your trigger finger.

I have an overnight (not priority, but Express Mail) letter with a match registration take exactly two weeks to make it to my PO Box. The competitor got the shoot time he sought and, since he was a federal agent, I suggested he talk to his fellow feds in the postal inspection service .

Since this is a classifier, I would suggest contacing John Amidon (dnroi@uspsa.org) for a formal ruling.

Jacketing is a relatively thick layer of copper or copper allow swdged over the bullet. Jackets generally have a very smooth texture and is generally open at the base (FMJ) or tip (JHP) Plating is a much thinnner layer (I think it's deposited electrochemically) and provides 100% coverage, but is not as durable as copper. If you can see the surface texture of the lead, rather than a smooth surface, don't have an open base or tip, and got your bullets for a price a bit above plain lead but well below the going rate for jacketed, you probably have plated.

I have had good luck with both Zero and Precision Delta jacketed bullets with the AET and non AET barrels.

True - but such individuals would have to go through the process of providing documentation, and in some cases a personal interview, sufficient to satisfy the official who approves the visa application.

Visa requirement is another thing. Not all countries can come into the US with passport only, they may need to apply for visa too. Some consulates/embassies may not buy the idea that you are attending a pistol tournament in the US and deny you your visa... Generally, the issue is one of getting an visa to enter into the US if you come from a country that is not on the US Visa Waiver program. If you are from a nation that has a generally lower economic standard of living, you may need to prove enough home-country financial resources to convince the US you will really use the second half of that round trip ticket. Some countries may requier an exit visa, however, it would be very bizarre if a nation would allow it's citizens to own firearms and then deny them a visa to exit the nation (though there could be some export restrictions preventing the removal of guns from their home country).

Shooting JHP will also reduce buildup due to the copper base on the projectile.

Or, alternatively, the company could notify you that backorders are subject to price increase adn give you the option of cancelling - which would also be a reasonable approach.

One of former local shooters (Laurie Kraynick) used to have the DVC license plate in MA.

I assume you meant to say "Most college campus have restrictions on the type of speech permitted unless they go to a designated area that limits the audience to a time and place of the administration's choosing."