Rob Boudrie

Another hint with any safe is to remove the interior door panel and photograph the mechanism, including reference points to the edge of the door as well as a ruler for scale. If you lock ever fails, this could reduce the number holes a box man has to drill to open the container. The Sentry safes seem to be a decent value for the $$, but are a big step down from the Browning, Champion, Ft. Knox and Liberty safes ... which are in turn a big step down from the TL-30's (AMSEC has a nice one, but it's 3500 lbs empty). I am not sure of the brand of the combo lock on the safe, but the onces I have seen did not seem as smooth as the S&G Group II on my safe. Also, if you want to be really sure that you have the only copy of the combination, get a change key, learn how to use it, and test the lock at least 5 times before closing the door after a change.

The Federal NT cases I've seen in 40 have primer pockets which are a bit too small to fit the regular small primers. Fortunately, the primers uses are copper, rather than brass, in color so this makes them easy to sort out if the have not been reloaded (It is *sometimes* possible to fit a small primer in a 40S&W NT case, but not always).

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If you encounter a situation where classifiers have been upload on-line, and paid for by the 10th, but don't make into that month's updates let me know ASAP. If I get information in a timely manner, I can investigate and find out what the problem is.

From what I've seem, Winchester makes some nice tabletop spotting scopes in the $100 - $150 range complete with case, and the gold standard from quality scopes seems to be the Kowa's at $800 or so. The high end scopes have interchangeable eyepieces, various objective lens sizes, and a choice of straight vs. angled eyepieces. Hi power shooters tend to use these on poles with small bases - less stable than a tripod, but easy to use everywhere from prone to standing ... and the angled objective lens is nice at prone. My guess is that most USPSA shooters interested in using a scope for sighting in purposes would be well served with one of the $100is Winchester scopes. (which I will be getting soon). The Kowas are really nice, but I find it hard to justify the price of a gun for a scope when I could spend the money for glass which sits on top of my rifle instead on next to it.

USPSA "clears their charts" on the 10th of every month, which is why classifiers are posted a few days after that. If a classifer and payment arrive at HQ by the 10th, and the data is good (member number matches name, sane score) it's in that monthly update. If you club uses the on-line upload system, you can track the process from the instant your club uploads data - you can see it transition from "uploaded" to "paid" to "processed" - visit www.uspsa.org/classifier_services.

Feel grateful you don't live in NY as residents under 21 are not allowed to shoot handguns, period. Non resident visitors attending matches may shoot regardless of age.

I did that as well, but I paid him with bullets from the reloading room.

I have "been there, done that". The informal rules of the game *as it is played in Masachusetts* - your mileage may vary. - The plaintiff is after the "easy money" - insurance $$. It is very rare for them to bother beyond the "easy cash", since lawyers have to deal with actually collecting. Although there are fradulent conveyance statutes to prevent you from giving your $$ away to relatives to protect it, actually collecting involves that four letter word ending in k ("work"). Just ask Ron Goldman . - The plaintiff has a right to know how much your insurance coverage is, so his/her counsel can figure out if the case it worth taking. In this respect, having a large limit increases the chance of being sued. - The jury is not allowed to know your insurance status or limits, but they will be thinking "insurance money" - Once a case is filed, it is very, very rare for the plaintiff not to get a settlement. The odds of a settlement go up in bogus cases, since plaintiff's counsel takes the risk of not getting paid if the case goes to trail. - MA has a seat belt law, but the defendant is not allowed to make any reference to the plaintiff's failure to wear a belt. The trial lawyers wanted to make sure a mandatory seat belt law did not diminish the contingency fee potential of cases. - Your insurance company will provide a lawyer to represent you - "sort of." When I had my first meeting with the lawyer I asked "who do you legally represent, you or the insurance carrier?" He said "You." I responded "Fine. The outrageous demand the plaintiff is making is within my policy limits. The best way to remove all risk to me quickly is for you to advise the insurance company to pay the requested amount." The lawyer responded with "I may represent you, but that does not mean I can forget who is paying my fee."... hence my use of the term "sort of." - The insurance firm's expense in paying the attorney does not count against policy limits (check on this in your state)

Glock mentions the channel liner in the armorer's course, but does not have students remove or replace them. The firing spring cups center the firing pin in the channel liner, so you get a nice smooth plastic on plastic interace to keep friction to a minimum.

How exactly do they go about collecting the pistols? They can't possibly send police officers door to door collecting them. now that would be fun to watch... They probably don't, but I would expect a training directive that posession of a handgun under any circumstances is a non-discretionary to the officer arrest offense.

Not only that, but they will apply to the price you paid for your life membership to a benefactor membership if you upgrade. We're up to B27 as of the last web update. USPSA issues B numbers sequentially, so you can't get B52 unless you convince 24 of your friends to upgrade before you do.

Not an option for handguns unless the FFL will be with you at the match. If you are an out of state resident, an FFL to consumer transfer is subject to all regulations ... including "no handgun purchases out of home state". Most hotels will receive packages for guests without any difficulty - just mark it "hold for guest arrival on mm/dd/yy". Now days, the ammo can be more of a problem than the guns since they frequently pay attention to that pesky 11lb limit.

SF has attempted to get around the pre-emption by writing the new ban very narrowly - persons who do not live in SF can posess (but not carry) hadnguns while traveling in SF, even without the protection of FOPA86. Remember, it only takes one judge with a personal agenda and even the most bogus law is treated as valid.

The values which match red & black are labeled if you know how to read it

If you look at the list, you will see that important people (ie, those who have the right sort of government job) have their residential information withheld.

I recevied a letter from the RI Attorney General's office a few years ago informing me that the Providence newspaper was attempting to get a list of all CCW holder's addresses for publication, and that the RI AG was fighting this in court. I assume the RI AG prevailed, since I never got a follow up letter suggesting that I learn to sleep with one eye opened.

Quick - the deadline for Front Sight articles in 11/10/05. Get a high quality image emailed to "dave@uspsa.org" and "robin@uspsa.org" with a brief writeup for consideration. That looks really cool.

Sears Craftsman has the screwdrive angle covered.

The last move is not, in fact, a game of chance.... It assumes you have some knowledge of computer related stuff, though.... Took me a couple of times to figure out the keypad - but I was trying to work at the same time... Never did figure out the pattern of the first one Just push a bunch of buttons until it opened The keypad was covered in a stargate episode.

The S&W factory (800-331-0852) can replace the hammer stud, probably under the lifetime warrantee. They did this to my 686 10 years ago. the job was generally good, however, there are peening marks on the interior of the gun where the new stud was staked in. In addiiton, they had to repolish the exterior of the gun to blend in the new stud.

I've seen a lot of Glock original 33 round 9 mags showing up lately - I think they're even in the Dillon catalog. Did Glock relax their voluntary ban on selling these to non-govt pruchasers? Prior to the 1994 federal ban, Glock has its own ban on the sale of these mags and sold them only on departmental letterhead.

Another approach is to post the club resuts to the web site - your clubs; the USPSA site or both. If you club has an USPSA website upload account, get it from your club contact and go to www.uspsa.org/classifier_services and select the "upload local results" link. It's quite easy, is as done by entering the location of the upload file, your club ID and password into a form on the USPSA site. As a bonus, any participant who has registered their profile to receive notifications will be automatically sent an email a few minutes after the upoad is done (you don't need their email address - just get the member number right and the system will look up the address and send the mail).

Prior to the buyout of Mailboxes Etc. by the "UPS Store", such places would not accept firearms for shipment - you had to go to the UPS depot. Part of the reason was the "shipping acceptance stores" did not clearly have "common carrier" status, which is what allows shippers to knowingly and legally posess regulated items without the otherwise necessary licenses or paperwork (for example, narcotics shipments, class III weapons shipments, and shipments of firearms in states where mere posession requires a license). Does anyone on this list know if the change the "UPS Store" from "Mailboxes Etc." has changed this?

I guess you've got to become a gunwriter - all those articles in G&A and the like show pretty tight groups