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I have a glock modle 23 that I shoot steel and idpa matches in occasionally. I have been shooting 165gr plated bullets with different amounts of 3n37. I like the feel but in the lighter loads I often find flakes of powder on my shooting hand and for arm. I am wandering what powders mingt burn more efficiantly with this weight bullet. I like the poofer loads because I have a calcification on my right thumb and with stout loads the rise at the back of the frame just beats the crap out of it. It takes the fun out of shooting. As always any Ideas would be greatly apriciated.

So far it looks like chrome is by far the most popular answer. My next question is If Chrome is supirior why don't more manufatureers use it? Also Who would be the best place to have it chromed and would I be betteroff sending it myself or througha gunsmith so it could be checkedout before I got it back?

I've been thinking about refinishing my para but am not sure what finish to go with. Some tell me that hard chrome is the only way to go because it is so hard and slick. others tell me that because it is so hard it is brittle and tends to crack and split. These people suggest satin nickle because it is softer it does not tend to crack and that it is also more resistant to corrosion. Also if you ad a finish like this to a looser gun do you think it would help to tighten it up a little bit with out any other modifications. I would apriciate any info I can get on this subjuect.

I find that the 40 returns to the target much quicker than the 45 on close targets. On the other hand I like the feel of the 45 better on targets further away. It just feels a lot smoother too me. I will end saying that I shoot my45's about 70% of the time.

It was a sad day for me when I heard the news. Warren has always been one one my top 5 favoritesong writers. I grew up feeling naughty listening to excitable boy and lawyers guns and money. I loved his sentimental side too. The bite of his sarcasm brings a smile to my lips when I hear it. People think I'm nut at work when I wander around singing rottweiler blues or Life will kill ya. Vast indifference of heaven By warren zevon "...I had a girl now she's gone she left town town burned down nothing left but the sound of the front door closing forever the gentle rain falls on me and all life folds back into the sea we contemplate etunity beneath the bast indifference of heaven the vast indiffernence of heaven." We love you Warren Go in peace knowing that you will be missed

If a man speaks and there is no woman there to hear him is he still wrong? Advice is like a grage sale.

I was at work a while back and ran into a a service guy from the window manufacturer we us. He had some silicone lubricant. It's a spray that is not supposed to atrack crud and stays slick for a long time. I was wondering if anyone had tried this in magazines and if so how did it work?

My caption. do you really think this will help it fit in my holster?

I hate people always making fun of paras. My p14 is two years old with over 16000 rounds through it and is 100% reliable. Pull the trigger and it goes boom every time. unless you are dry firing

not quite what i had expected

I hate that poor managers seem to be very good at getting new jobs after they get others canned for their failures. I gues that being full of **** does not always work against you.

For my glock I have a fobus double mag holder that works quite well. They are under 20 bucks which is nice if you are on a low budget. For my single stack I use Kramer single mag pouches. They were a little pricey but I got a hell of a deal on them at a gunshow. One of them was only $25 and came with a good wilson mag and the other was thirty new. To speed the draw on the Kramers( they are made of good leather and are very tight) I put mags in a plastic bag inserted them into the mag holders and let them sit over night. They are very smooth now but still have excelent retention. just my 2 cents.

Hmm........ I will try being a bit more mindful of my grip when dryfiring and see where it takes me.

our local gun store has modles 17,19,22,23,26,and27 new in the box for $479=tax every day why bother with a new upper?

It's a beautiful thing isn't it. Kind of like an intricate karate manuver. Every time you look at it it has changed and in it's changing has changed you. I love this book. It just seems to grow with you.

Well it was a little longer than I wanted before I could get back to the range but today I got my change. The retentioned extractor worked perfectly. Thank you for your help.

Congradulations on your new blaster. I sometimes wonder if people who have problems with their guns out of the box are not exagerating a bit. Although I do not have the years of expirience that many of you have had my guns have had very few problems. The only problems I have had with my p12 and p14 Were mag spring related. Replaced the springs and the problems dissappeared. The two glocks I've owned were 100% Trouble free. My Rugger 22/45 was trouble free for over 30,000 rounds until the ejector pin loosened up. My kimber just recently needed tho have the extractor tuned after over 20,000 trouble free rounds. Then again maybe I'm just lucky. Shoot in peace. Fire with skill.

It is funny that this topic should come up. I have been thinking a little bit about my grip lately and how if anything I tend to grip the gun a little too lightly. Often when I first start shooting, weather it be at a match or in practice, I find the gun jumping around in my hands which forced me to adjust my grip after each shot. That can really slow you down. As I become more involved in my shooting I begin to forget about my grip and mirraculously the gun remains stable in my hand. After looking at it a while I found two possible reasons for this. First is that I do a lot more dryfire than live fire practice. When dry firing it is not nessesarry to grip the gun as tightly because there is no recoil or tork. Second when I start shooting my elbows tend to be a bit lower than my hands. At the day goes on I start to lift my elbows up and out a bit which pushes my hands together a bit more eliminating the bouncing around in my hands. Any other thoughts or insight on this matter would be apriciated.

Happy Easter everyone. May all your lives be filled with joy, surprise and wonder.

I hate tools that break. I bought a new dewalt 12 v cordless drill in december. It just flat out died to day. GRRRRRRRRRRRRr what a piece.

I've not pictures of my blasters but foo foo poofy guns they are not. The work horse is my stock p14 ltd. Well stock except for the hiviz rifle front site. You can see how I grip it because the finish on the frame is worn in the shape of my fingers. My thumb has worn the finish off the thumb and the grip safety. I also have some purty nice scratches on the slide. I was thinking about getting the frame hard chromed but every time I look at the finger grooves worn into the finis I start thinking about all the fun I've had whith her and I just don't want to erase all that character for some glossy foo foo finish. I know what you mean about the tools. There are few things as embarassing as showing up on the job sit with a pretty clean set of nail bags and a shiny new skill worm drive. If your gun is worn you must lover enough to take her down to the range and warm 'er up.

I'm still laughing my a** off.

I'm sure this has been said befor and perhaps much better than I ever could but I would like to take this opertunity to thank Brian for all he has done for the shooting sports and for me personally. I bought your book on a whim. I had been shooting for about a year and I felt stagnent, like I was just shooting the same target at the same skill leve levery day. As I read your book I giggled and smirked. Then I went down to the range with the most tired worn out pos parts gun I had. At the firing line I took a strong foot foward stance and held my rattlely ww2 slide and mid fifties colt framed 1911 with a barrel so pitted little flakes of steel come out when I clean it. I held that gun so loose that a strong breeze would have knocked it out of my had looked at my front sight and shot an 1 1/2" group at ten yards. Then I did it againg. I went home and read your book a lot more carefully. The more I read your book the more I see things that I had not noticed before. Brass floating through the air lead splatting on steel. Copper jackest flipping and rolling. At times it can be quite distracting. Just this past saturday I blew a coulple of shots while I watched the first target Ihad shot break and fall to the ground. And on I ramble. What I wanted to say was that you have shown me a new way of looking at shooting and at many other aspects of my life. Your forum is agreat place to learn about shooting and about people too. YOu have attracted a great many caring and helpful people hear which I think says much about you as a person. Once again thank you Brian. Anthon M. Clapp

It's good to know that so many Americans are willing to act on what they believe and risk their lives for the rest of us. I wish your friend all the best and thank him for his continued service to this great nation. I hope he knowas that the winers and the protesters are in the minority and that most of the people I know have nothing but love and respect for those willing and able to defend the rest of us.

Thank you for all your encouragement. The plate was about 7 or 8 yards out.