Canuck223

In your shoes, I'd be asking my doctor about the possibility of switching to fentynal transdermal patches. I perhaps have an unusual viewpoint for this sport, but on the balance of things, I'd rather be shooting beside you when your pain was well managed, than when you are straining to keep an even keel. Don't get me wrong. When pain meds are not required, I have no problem with folks skipping them. My concern is about folks who hold off, and hold off, and then hold off just a bit more, only to then have to gulp back a fist full just to get out of thier chair to walk to the door.

What I find frustrating about these conversations is that your first point is often overlooked. Rarely do I find someone eagre to exploit or exagerate an impairment with the goal of gaining a competitive advantage. In my humble opinion, any safe and reasonable accomodation made to allow someone to get out and have fun is acceptable.

Would it help to consider larger squads but longer windows as well? Done right, bigger squads seem to mean faster patching and scoring,

The only issue I'm aware of is the UK. Not that it's illegal to transit through the UK, but the transfer between airlines at Heathrow can be problematic. With so many of the major airlines partnered and codesharing, it's common to hear about confusion when the airport police that are required to escort the firearms during movement between airplanes, are not notified.

My wife lived in Florence for a year and loved it. Having lived in Lubbock, San Antonio, Sebring, Florence was the only town she'd run back to. The climate agreed with her and the A/C took the edge off the days that she found to hot/humid. The cost of living was next to nothing by comparison. As for culture shock, she didn't seem to mind. The closest she came to feeling out of place was when she went to get her hair done the first time. Since she knew nobody in town to refer her to a beauty parlour, she took a chance on the beauticians school across from her apartment complex. The whitest girl you've ever met was greated by a class of 100% African-American students. The student assigned to do her hair smiled, looked her over, and declared, "Honey, I haven't got the slightest clue what to do with your hair!". The class laughed and the instructor used her as a demonstration on how to style naturally straight hair.

In your shoes, I'd bite the bullet and just have my gun built in Italy. IPSC is popular there, so finding a gunsmith in Europe to craft your choice of gun into something suitable for Action Pistol shouldn't be hard. If you need a local source, register on the IPSC Global Village and I'm sure our European brothers can help out. As for bringing the gun with you, it takes a bit of paperwork and some lead time, but it's not terribly hard. You need to get a proper match invitation from the host orginization for each match. You then submit a Form 6NIA to the US State Department for each match. As added insurance, purchase a hunting permit from one of the states. With an approved Form 6NIA, you can bring in your gun and ammo into the US. You can also purchase ammo in the US with the same doc. Truly, the biggest hurdle in importing the gun for competition is the magazines (depending on the state your plane arrives in), and the small amount of ammo you're allowed to fly with (5kg). For Action Pistol, I might consider going with a gun using just 10 round magazines. I might also consider buying a Dillon SDB and working up a load that you can reproduce with components you'll be able to acquire locally. (Perhaps bringing your bullets with you but sourcing the powder and primers and brass locally)

All things being equal, tomorrow should be fun. I got the boys an interim gun to build skills on. I picked up a copy of the Colt Woodsman .22lr pistol.

That's my guess as well. This morning I took the arm off for a look, and regreased the shoulder bolt while I was there. The Pawl has a pretty distinctive gouge in it about 5 mm below the tip. However, it travels freely within it's normal range. I ran another 500 cases through without a repeat of the indexing problem, so I have no idea if I found the cause or if it's going to rear it's head again. I'll probably start a list of spare parts to order.

Wow, remind me to never complain about mine again. I rode right seat in a friends pick-up to the 1999 Bianchi Cup, and we did the return drive in a single 16 hour session, stopping maybe 3 times for gas, food, and de-fueling. The night I got home I woke up to numb toes and a throbbing pain up my leg to the cheek of my ass. It was my constant companion for 3 months. Annoying, but compared to the stories above, clearly trivial.

I ran into a new and less than exciting problem yesterday. My press began to periodicly skip indexing the shellplate. I'm used to the usual issues around indexing, like debris or a stuck ball, or lack of lube. This wasn't the case. The shellplate was moving freely without being loose, and was indexing perfectly without the need of the locating pins to nudge it into final position. That is when it moved at all. About every 50 cycles, the shellplate simply didn't move at all. Later I'm going to have a look at the indexing lever cam. I've never pulled it off, so it should probably be a good place to start. I've cleaned the old grease off and relubed, but never pulle it off the press. Thbis seems like the most likely place to start. I'm also going to double check the linkage from the P/W autodrive to make sure it's not slipped, and is still gong stop to stop.

S&B are $28K locally. Federal are $36/k.

Share this story often. It might make a difference.

All the MFS ammo sold in Canada seems to be made in Hungary. Perhaps owned by RUAG, but operated in Hungary?

Sometimes being big carries with it the illusion of invincibility. Too often vendors try to make miracles happen to solicit future good will. If the vendor fails, the big guy passes the blame. If the vendor succeeds, the big guy learns nothing except to expect miracles. Every once and a while you need to let them know your limitations.

I ordered a SAM 19119E for my boys. It's made by the same company that supplies the RIA and Charles Daly guns, and I believe also makes the Tanfoglio badged 1911. I'll post a report when it arrives.

Still wish the rear sight wasn't an Elliason, but at least this one is positioned right to the rear of the slide. It still needs a better contoured safety.

MrsC and I never set a firm date. We were more concerned with safety. I took them out with me to matches to demystify the sport. Last month, JC started a conversation with, "Dad, do you ever win prizes for shooting?" I told him most matches are not for prizes, but there are a few that have them. When he heard how much there is to be won at the Bianchi Cup and what corporate sponsorships can bring in, he flipped, as did his brother. I just don't know if he's realized you need to win, instead of just attend.....

The boys are now 9 1/2 and started to express a real interest in learning how to shoot. I've taken them to the club before, but only to watch. We started practicing at the dining room table a month ago. They were simply learning how to make the gun safe, and get used to the controls. Today's visit was billed as a practice on the range, only. Besides getting thier own photo cards, they were going to take the gun rug to the line and unbox it in the booth. As luck would have it, one of the club instructors was teaching a small group on the other side of the range. The boys were fantastic. Thier gun handling wasn't perfect, but they were very aware of the muzzle direction. Satisfied that they were doing well and having fun, I pulled out two magazines and 20 rounds. I let them fire one round only from each magazine, taking turns each shot. They need more work on grip, and frankly I'm inclined to wait a bit until thier gun arrives. My GP6 is just a bit on the edge of thier limits due to it's grip size. I have a SAM 1911 in 9mm coming for them (Same manufacturer as the Charles Daly / Rock Island Armoury / STI Spartan). Now I just need to get a super short trigger for it, and work up a 100 pf load. Out of 20 rounds at 10 meters, all were A's or C's on the new IPSC target. The group was just slightly larger than my hand spread. Onward and upward.

The gas direction shouldn't be an issue, as the slide likely isn't going to start moving before the gas pressure drops. If you mean movement due to an asymetrical weight rotating on the end of the barrel, it's an interesting idea. I can't think in 3D well enough to imagine how you would begin to try and machine a comp that also has to be gyroscopicly balanced. Actually, I suppose if you machined a 3-4 chamber round compensator, the only potentially unbalanced force would be the extra mass at the bottom of the chambers. I wonder if the bottom of the comp could be milled enough to balance the material taken out of the top?

Looks like slow and steady wins the race. Unfortunately it's the snails race. Now I bounce a few pounds either side of 280. Oh well. It took me 20 years of gaining 8 pounds a year to hit my high water mark. I guess I can cope with shedding a pound a week or so for the next while.

Since the factory run a suppressed version of the gun, I don't think the added weight should be a problem.

E-mail Sean at Freedom Ventures. He should have the 5 inch barrel in stock. For a sight, I wonder if anyone makes a slide ride mount using the Elliason pattern???

Hollowpoints are longer than comparable weight FMJ's so there's more bullet for the rifling to stabilize. The final stamping operation in thier construction is at the nose, instead of the base as in a FMJ. An imperfection in the final operation of making a JHP still tends to result in a bullet that flies straight. (If you want to try an experiment, grab 10 cast lead bullets and a file. Cut a groove in the tips of 5, and the bases of the other five. Fire for effect) If your gun feeds them well, I'd be surprised if you didn't notice an improvement in accuracy.

That's my experience as well. For me, the Mr.Bulletfeeder was added more for ergonomics.

Make sure the keys are in plain sight next match, and make sure you are nowhere to be found.