Canuck223

OK, I'm in a bit of a situation, and wouldn't mind a reality check from the informed masses. I'm a foreman, and just had to file a respectful workplaces complaint against one of my crew. I won't get into specifics, but let's just say the guy must have been off his friggen meds to figure he could pull his stunt. As there was no way to deal with the employee directly at the moment without an escalation leading to a potentially violent outcome, I remained silent and left. I discussed the situation with management and filed the formal complaint. Problem is of course, being a unionized environment, they can not remove him from the work place just on my word. Even after HR deal with this douche, I'm liable to still have him on my crew. I'm prepared to stand my ground and hold the line until this guy hangs himself. My question is this. I have to speak to him to give him directions. I need to listen to him when he has something work related to report. As far as I'm concerned, that's where it ends. I don't want to talk to this guy. I don't want to listen to his private BS. As far as I'm concerned, unless it's work related, it ain't happening. Is there any workplace recourse for refusing to interact with an employee in matters unrelated to the job?

The holster isn't a problem. Gun parts worth less than $100 aside from slides, barrels, cylinders, and frames are generally not a problem. There are additional complications as your State Department is also getting particular that manufacturers must also be ITAR registered. Holsters in general are not lumped in with the same restrictions.

I'm a shop foreman. One of my crew is a perpetual problem child. I've spent 5 years trying to make this guy a trustworth part of the team. Failing that, I've tried for 5 years to manage this collection of deficiencies to effect the least amount of workplace chaos. I'm tired. Instead of being an equal participant, I wind up having to spend an unfair amount of time trying to manage one man. Yesterday in a heartbeat, he managed to cross the Rubicon. Unfortunately, instead of getting fired, this just starts the ball rolling with progressive discipline. Yay.

Forgive the stupid question, but is there a cost disincentive to getting it up front? If your zoning, locations, etc is kosher now, why wait?

There is no rule, but in most cases it goes a long way to building bridges if you stick around and help out.

The issue of the warranty is somewhat of a red herring. The reality is that if you can't break a 1050 in it's warranty period, you probably can't kill it at all. If you succeed in breaking something later on, it will be from so much use that you won't really mind paying for a replacement part. As for the cost of conversion kits, it's a valid point. The full up costs of a caliber conversion and dedicated toolhead comes close to the purchase price of a 650 minus the case feeder. Although I'm a die hard 1050 fan, and generally figure most volume shooters are better served with one, there are times when it doesn't make sense. If you shoot a lot in one or two calibers, a conversion kit for each makes sense. If you shoot mostly one or two calibers but periodicly shoot a third, it makes some sense to buy a 650 without the case feeder. For the guy that shoots a ton of 9mm and .40 in IPSC/USPSA, but also shoots a .45 in single stack once in a while, I'd get a 650 in large primer for the .45, and buy a large pistol plate for the 1050's case feeder. I hate wasting money. I'd rather study a bit, then buy the right tool that will last and serve my real needs. You hopefully buy your reloading equipment only once. From that point on every day you get use out of it is a bonus. Unless you are liable to quit shooting in a few years, I feel the 1050 is a relative bargin.

and if this is not the case? where can i look too get it adjusted? What does the 13607 Rocker Bolt Lock Washer do? Nothing really important i guess? It provides a crush fit to the press, hopefully keeping that bolt from working loose.

I'm on my second Super 1050, and love it. However, I periodicly think about adding a second machine to the bench. Usually when I find a used RL 1050 for sale. I never load anything longer than 223 Rem. Is there anything about the RL 1050 that will make me regret the purchase?

For a local (as in regularly attended) match, I'll drive 90 minutes. When it gets much beyond that, it has to have more appeal than simply being held on a free weekend. There are a few clubs in my area that are 2-5 hours away, but I still try to attend each once a year for thier big level II and III matches.

You reflexively stopped what you thought was an unsafe act and made things right when you were presented with evidence to the contrary. That's not waffling, it's erring on the side of caution. You did it right. Agreed. I get that you would not want to be viewed as an indecisive RO, but being intractible in the face of additional information is far worse.

With your priming system installed properly on the machine, you should be able to get the seating punch to sit level with the bushing by adjusting the set screw near the tappet. If you can't, start looking at the parts themselves for damage. If they look normal, is it possible the set screw in the frame is broken? Doubtful, as if it was too short it would likely be noticable because the tappet would likely be above flush when installing a shellplate, but worth looing at if everything else checks out.

They turn 10 on thier next birthday.

Sorry, I should have specified. My boys will be shooting metallic sights unless they show a preference for Production. If that's the case, they'll be shooting a GP6.

So today I took my kids out for thier third practice session. The plan was to put about 50 round each through the .22lr, then a few through thier new STI Spartan. That plan fell apart when the follower in the .22lr's mag puked. So left with the 9mm, I said what the heck. I got the boys to break out of the previous pattern of single shots followed by resting on the bench. Instead, I loaded 5 rounds and asked them to concentrate on getting the front sight back into the black before releasing the trigger. I was surprised to find thier accuracy was still good, and it had another benefit. They stayed square to the target, hips / feet / and shoulders, weight just a bit forward. They kept a consistant grip. They stopped having periodic FTF's due to absorbing too much recoil. Front sight, trigger press, repeat. We'll see how it works next time.

Mine will be shooting a STI Spartan, and a TBD 1911 in 9mm....

I started shooting when i was 19 years old, and ran headlong into IPSC for years. My wife was my girlfriend when I started in this sport, and never gave me a moments grief about it. When we got married, I'd had to rein it in a bit as work and other commitments were needing my time. Still, I was getting out and enjoying the sport. When our daughter was born, we got a bit of a shock. She has Down Syndrome and unfortunately was born with a heart defect commonly found in kids with DS (AVSD). She was going to need open heart surgery by 3 months if she was to have a chance to live. As much as many things were stacked against MacKenzie, she also carries a fighters spirit. She held on and gained weight prior to surgery. She had a setback after surgery, and needed a second open heart surgery to repair a leaking valve. The summer after her surgery, I had an Action Pistol match to shoot at my club. I hadn't fired a shot since the previous August, and was eager to get out. My wife was happy to see me get out and socialize. The match director was a close friend, and I was on the second squad of the day. I had my gear on, my mags loaded, and my targets labelled ready to go. The first squad was just about done, and for whatever reason, one of the competitors had to reshoot a string. I walked back to the range shack with my targets to wait, and began to shake. In the space of 5 minutes I went from cool to chaos. I could barely maintain my composure, and quietly took my gear off. I pulled the MD aside and told him i needed to head home. He understood. I was completely unprepared for the anxiety, as I'd never had anything similar happen. In the mean time, we had a set of twins, and sticking around the house became a habit. It took a few years to get back in the game. Now my boys are almost 10 and learning to shoot.

So I wound up with several pounds of Clays, and it's been occupying a space on my shelf for years. Now I'm working up a light load in 9mm for my kids gun, and the burning rate seems appropriate. I'm using 3.2 gr under a 125 gr BDX FMJ loaded to 1.155, and getting 925-940 fps. The impression I get is Clays is not favoured for consistant burning. Frankly, as long as it's safe and appropriate, I'd like to burn it up. If this was my own match ammo, I wouldn't compromise. As this is just meant for cheap training ammo, I can live with reduced performance. Any group wisdom?

A very good point. If you do find yourself at the wrong end of a bad day, you've gotten stuck or given in to temptation, please remember two important things. 1) The day ends at bed time. The morning brings a fresh start. 2) Do your best to learn from the bad day. If there is a lesson to be learned to avoid the same problem, study it.

Absolutely. Diets don't work. I ate without regard for decades, putting on about 8 lbs a year, every year from my 20's. I pulled the pin at age 42. (and something on the north side of 360 lbs) I cut out the fast food breakfasts and lunches. I started planing my meals around a 2000 calorie daily diet. I made sure I had choices available at work and at home. In 10 months I'm down 85 pounds. At first I was averaging 12 pounds a month weight loss. For the last few months I'm not gaining, but only losing 1 pound or a bit more per month. It might take me years to shed another 60 pounds, but I've got time.

Back in the Clinton era reloading supplies buying panic, I got one single tray of Federal small pistol primers with three "musket caps". I can't see any danger associated, just annoyance.

So we had a nasty storm blow through last night. We knew some areas were going to get pounded, and we likely were not going to be one of them. I had a few glow sticks out of the pantry, and my battery back-up for the CPAP machine ready just in case. Normally, even in a bad storm the power is only out a few hours. Well the lights went out at 9pm. I stayed up until 10pm, then toddled off to bed. Unfortunately just as I was finally getting to sleep around 10:40pm, the battery back-up failed. Crap, I've lost 80+ pounds so hopefully the apnea is less severe, but I haven't slept a minute in 7+ years without the CPAP machine. I tossed for half an hour, then said screw it. I pulled the generator out of the garage and hauled it up to the porch, chained it to the railing, and ran my super duty 14/2 extention cord up to the bedroom. Fuelled it up and fired the beast up for the first truly long duration run of it's life. The power came back on by 1:30 am, so I ran downstairs and shut it down. This mornings alarm bell was not welcome to my ears. I may have gotten 2 hours sleep. Here's hoping if i can lose another 50 lbs I can shake the damned sleep apnea, cause this is just annoying.

To me, it's not quite as nice as the CZ SP01 Shadow, but it's better than the Beretta/Sig or the striker fired guns. It's a nice revolver like feel with no stacking. Rumour is the new GP 5 inch gun's is even smoother.

Where in NYS are you? If you're anywhere in the Buffalo - Niagra Falls area, check out the Sept WNYPPL match and talk to the guys there. Have a look around and ask what they use and why? For USPSA, the XD, Glock 17 and 35, S&W M&P are fairly popular. If it's available, check out the STI GP6.

I just detail cleaned mine after 5K rounds, and it just gets better. Now I just need to find out if a reduced power sear and trigger bar spring is available from Grand Power. I use a beretta 92 factory 13 pound spring just cut a couple coils off it runs great with my load 115 jhp 7.0 autocomp 1.125 oal 1272 vel Thanks for the tip!!

I've never seen advertized price breaks from the factory, but your local dealer might. I had one in .38 Super, and the trigger was very respectable out of the box.