Rob Boudrie

But isn't the 1050 a commercial machine, as established by Dillon's declaration that this is the reason there is a limited 1 year warranty on this model?

If all else fails, contact your Area Director and you will get action. HQ has been quite busy with the wrap up of the season and MG nationals, however, I am certain that a request for SSC assistance would never be intentionally overlooked. Also, I believe there are still some guns available to be issued to SSC teams, plus some very good pricing on ammo.

Hornady states that Zombie max is for use only on Zombies, and not on any other targets.

It is - but that is not necessarily a bad thing Dillon has captured the retail margin and uses it to make money AND provide excellent customer service. Other presses leave the factory at SUBSTANTIAL discount below retail (under the door price of less than 50% of suggested retail). Even if you are fortunate to be a Dillon stocking dealer, you'll only get 10 to 15 margin points - which is why few gun shops carry them. I don't mind high markup, as long as the company earns the markup with high quality , rapid availability of spare parts and excellent service. Dillon delivers on all of these, which is why forum discussions tend to center on Dillon quality and service rather than price. I don't even remember the pain of paying for my 1050, but I am reminded what a great press it is every week. Compare the Lee Loadmaster with a street price of $217 vs. a Dillon 550 with a price of $429. The Lee is similar complexity, half the price, and is sold by vendors who will generally require about 30 margin points to carry product (and often more), meaning $150 tops "out the door" price for Lee. Even when Lee does the "rebuild for 50% of the current new price", the firm is getting more than they get for inserting a new press into the distribution channels.

Can you cite an authorative source, such a peer reviewed article by a qualified expert in a professional journal, or a study that followed proper scientific protocol? Proof by assertion, or simply referring to the NRR on the package doesn't count. NRR is a laboratory measurement, and does not account for things like fit to the ear canal, loss of acoustic seal due to the interaction of glasses with muffs, conduction through bone surrounding the external ear, etc. They are generally good for comparative purposes, but don't tell the entire story.

Safety is priority #1 in this sport, and that includes ear/eye protection. The "Reshoot" protection equipment rule was put into place (or at least got my vote) because it is not reasonable to expect a competitor to choose between damage (or risk of damage) to themselves and zeroing the stage. Consider the shooter who is having the match of his life and starts a stage at the nationals without hearing or eye protection, and realizes it. Absent the "reshoot rule", the shooter just might be tempted to finish the stage anyhow, eating the hearing damage or risk of eye injury in pursuit of a match win. This is not acceptable, and is cured by the reshoot rule. In my opinion, yes, the shooter should get a reshoot. The RO goofed by not starting the shooter with muffs on his head, and again by not stopping the shooter. Now, for a trickier scenario. Consider a shooter who always shoots double plugged, and there is enough evidence/witnesses that this point is not subject to dispute. The shooter arrives at the line with only plugs, and the RO is someone not familiar with the shooter. The shooter is given the signal, engages the first target, and then stops himself invoking the rule under discussion, and informs the RO he was not wearing adequate hearing protection. There are no muffs on his head to "prove" he "intended" to double protect. Do you give him a reshoot? If you answer is yes, what if it's a 32 round field course; the shooter has hit a few no-shoots; and he stops himself before the very last target of the stage and asserts the same claim?

Unlikely. Surefire's middle name is "price control", and the corporation tolerates absolutely no discounting of their merchandise. Get caught selling one unit at less than full retail and your shop will never get merchandise from the factory again. You also won't get dealer pricing unless you convince they you are an actual stocking dealer, not just an FFL holder doing a group buy for your buddies.

Unlikely. Surefire's middle name is "price control", and the corporation tolerates absolutely no discounting of their merchandise. Get caught selling one unit at less than full retail and your shop will never get merchandise from the factory again. You also won't get dealer pricing unless you convince they you are an actual stocking dealer, not just an FFL holder doing a group buy for your buddies.

I'll be at the Shot Show - thanks for the info about this.

Bob Landrigan is offering you one hell of a deal. If you can get him to debur the safety you can probably end up with a decent serviceable gun but, as a matter of practicality, once you start dealing with this sort of thing (gun from big name smith goes to a noname to get screwed up, and then back to the big name) you may have a "Frankengun" that is very useful but won't have the market value of a pristine one from Brazos. If money is a big issue, you could consider a two-tone effect with a blued upper. About 20 years ago, this was the rage (once Rob Leatham and other big names did it, everyone concluded there must be something to the stories about if offering less glare off the top when shooting), and it's still a perfectly fine way to go.

Exactly. The constitution is void where prohibited by law which includes MA, NY, CA, NJ and a few other places Some of the Wicked Laser units are powerful enough to cause permanent eye damage, even off a reflection, in a fraction of a second.

TAC50 because its bad ass

I'll add the total A/B/C/D/M/etc. - but may not get around to it for a while.

Massachusetts charges a fee of $75.00 to confront your accuser in a civil traffic violation case, and the fee is not refunded if you are found "not responsible" (the MA term used when you beat the rap on a civil infraction). The MA Supreme Judicial Court heard an appeal contesting this practice, and decided the fee is in compliance with law and does not violate the rights of the accused. This is why when I get together with a couple of friends to plan litigation against the state, we look only at the federal courts

There have also been cases where red light/speed cameras used a revenue sharing deal with the camera provider - and the contract mandated that the city could not increase the yellow light time above the amount specified in the contract. The last I heard, automated traffic enforcement cameras in the have never survived a direct vote of the public where a referendum to remove them was offered. This is a variant of the old police trick - tell the suspect he was on camera, his prints were found at the scene of the crime, etc. even if this is not the case in an attempt to elicit a guilty plea. The system can't tolerate people examining the evidence against them prior to their hearing to prepare their case.

Conversely, if the link is too long (a symptom of a smith using a shortcut to get what looks like a tight barrel lockup) the slide stop hole will "egg" from the excessive pressure on the barrel link.

1. You are under no obligation to testify, and the legal system is not allowed you consider your refusal to testify against yourself as evidence of guilt. 2. You are under no obligation to prove it wasn't you - the state is obligated to prove it was (except for offenses like parking that are an offense chargeable to the registered owner of the car by statute) 3. Both of the above are ignored in kangaroo courts. 4. Marsupials have been seated at the bench in many US traffic courts.

Sounds to me like a Grand Master in the Art of Finesse. Or a Mormon

Mens rea is not always a requirement for a conviction, especially for laws in which the government wishes to prove a point. Google "strict liability".

Check out the minutes of the 9/12 on-line board meeting on www.uspsa.org (go to member support and find the board meeting minutes third item down in the left column.

If you have no dash of a 586 or 686, check for a M below the 686 under the yolk. If it's not there, you need a free replacement of the hammer nose bushing under the recall of about 20 years ago (send it to S&W off-season and they will do it for free). S&W cautions that failure to have this replaced can cause problems when used with 357 loads.

Glad you liked it. This feature was not written specifically for the nationals, however, I did use the nationals as my deadline. Automated results emails are sent for any match that has scores uploaded to www.uspsa.org - as long as the match has your correct member number, and you have your email in your www.uspsa.org profile, you should get the email. (You don't have to give the match your email address)

There are valid arguments on both sides, but this one is just plain silly. Matches, especially big ones, are scored by entering all hits and times onto a scoresheet and then into a computer - not calculating by hand or with a calculator.

Someone did check the place out, and I think she did a fine job given the goal - find a basic hotel. The hotel has seen better days, and the review posted on uspsa-nationals.org ahead of the event made this quite clear. It's just my personal opinion, but given that attendance at the nationals is a financial significant sacrifice for many of our members, I favor defaulting to an inexpensive hotel and letting persons who want to pay for a better place opt for a higher end property of their own choosing. Consider the large number of room-nights used for staff. Moving the event to a more expensive hotel would have resulted in a definite increase in the match fee, so an expensive default would have impacted every competitor, and there would have been no way for any individual to fully opt-out of that pricing decision. The location at the Riviera meant that the only sacrifice those of you who prefer the Ventian or Pallazzio have to make is going to a different hotel for registration and awards. I guess my tastes are not that high-brow, as the Riviera is on my short list of possibilities for the Shot Show.

One important thing is that the nationals staff knows exactly who is actually present for the match - something that cannot be done just by mailing the packets. Also, your packet is reserved for you, and there is a window of several hours during which registration is open. There is no real benefit to showing up at the opening bell as you are picking up an envelope with your name on it, not concert tickets that are in limited supply.