halogrinder

I would avoid Redx like the plague. Their customer service is pitiful, their lead times were months for a stripped upper and some other miscellaneous parts, and the machine work is less than stellar. Avoid avoid avoid.

update: Ill be putting more videos into this area...... http://contour.com/users/halogrinder if you see anything you like/dont like/comment/suggest/props i would appreciate it. its my local IDPA practice i do..... need to keep recording so i can see my mistakes! this group of videos were from 2/23, i got 3rd out of 15.

thanks for the responses folks. the reason i do the slingshot teqnique is because i *KNOW* with authority, any gun i pick up, will charge the weapon like that. Being a LEFT handed person in a RIGHT handed world does not equal equality unfortunately. I try to shoot IDPA like i would shoot in real world. yes, i dont carry a 5.25 XDM daily, but carry a XD9sc, same ergonomics. I would have to say, that i appreciate the input and will follow up with what I find. I especially like the idea of using the right hand index finger for slide lock release, and will look into it... but at the end of the day, small motor functions dissapear under high stress environments, and the slingshot- while slightly slower will charge any semi auto, any day. I'll try to get some better video, and some better skills shortly

100+ have viewed the post.... Nothing? I plan on putting a few more vids of movement and shooting to see what y'all think

I am a noob IDPA shooter, but have been shooting all my life. please review this video for me, and tell me what i could be doing better/faster. all shots were "A" shots, no wild ones. the shot timer was off of my phone, i was trying to use a 2.7 par time..... and was trying to react to the buzzer, thats why my shot has a gap before i reload. thanks! http://contour.com/videos/watch/reloads http://contour.com/stories/reoads-2 now, i know these arent the best videos, but any help is better than no help

Since it seems that almost all posts are somewhat related to oil changes- get a sample sent to blackstone laboratories if you want to know ACTUAL distances you can go on your oil changes SAFELY.

I dunk the head of the bolt in redline shockproof and Lucas oil treatment mixed, shake it off hard and drop it in. Done.

If you want ultimate stickiness use Lucas oil treatment. Stuff is AMAZING. I agree, shockproof oil from redline is fantastic stuff. Mix it and you shoot A shots only!!! But seriously, it's what I use, and use in my cars/trucks/race cars etc. works great in my guns too.

i would look at your safety glasses and really scrutinize the design and rating. most- and i mean the MAJORITY of safety glasses and shooting glasses are only rated to Z87.1-2003 spec. this rating is a 1/4" steel ball that is shot at the lens @ 150 FPS. you would think that is a pretty decent safety factor! *BUT* you can get WAY better spec'ed glasses. look for MIL-PRF-31013. these glasses are rated for a cylindrical shape and an angled face (think= bullet) projectile that is .15 caliber and travels at 650 FPS. think about that. Z87.1 = 1/4" round ball at 150 FPS. MIL-31013 = .15 caliber (3/20") at 650 FPS. the choice (excuse the pun) is clear. I ONLY WANT MIL-31013 GLASSES! personally, after finding this tidbit of information, i quickly stopped using my z87.1 glasses and switched ALL of my glasses to MIL-31013 glasses. i ordered mine from safteyglassesusa.com. they are cheap insurance! like the cheapest MIL-31013 is like 3 bucks! i bought about 15 pair- and next time i go out to shoot pigs im going to bring my old glasses along with a few new ones for the sake of science and see how they do against some common caliber bullets..... hopefully this puts (dang you puns!) some sight into your glasses

What about a Watson's clip on 50? Its got an ar upper so rear sight wouldnt be an issue-front sight could be clamped on the barrel

Besides being a great holster, I have met Greg the owner and shot with him. He's a GREAT guy (and local to me) so its a win-win. Good product/nice guy/support local business

Sort. Tumble with walnut and Nu-shine car wax. Spray with oneshot. Station 1: decap, reprime, resize. Station 2: empty Station 3: Dillion trimmer, resized again. Station 4: empty Then, Inspection of primers and mouth is chamfered with a pocket reamer I'll do 500-800 like this...... Ready to go brass. When I want to load: Station 1: empty Station 2: powder Station 3 : bullet seater. Station 4: crimper. Bullets get retumbled again to clean and remove lube, sticky bullets suck! And recently the bane of my AR's existence........ I must have picked up some 222 swift....... They made it into the magazine and into the chamber...... Acts like a hang fire and ruins your day until you get a cleaning rod to knock it out! Stupid 222's

Ground your machine, and rub it down with drier sheets. It helps with static, and gives it that spring time fresh smell Seriously though, I HATE using varget with .223 because of that exact issue. My 550 bridges varget like crazy..... And I load inside...... Powder in the carpet is no good! I use h335 and havent looked back. Uses less, cheaper overall.

what about some valve lapping compound?

another vote for pete. great guy to deal with.

nothing i have ever shot shoots softer than my S12....... but thats just me i guess. i can shoot my saiga with high brass all day long.... then again i like shooting my mosin nagants all day long too....

i have a little wife and she cant shoot hardly any of my auto's, let alone rack ANY of them. your chances of living on the bad side of my semi autos are pretty good with her behind the wheel .....lol little weak danty hands that cant rack a slide = no good. little weak danty hands that cant grip an auto's thick(er) grip = no good either. so i got her a wheel gun. she picked it out and wanted it...... we ended up getting a taurus .357 tracker w/ a 4 1/2 inch bbl. i thought to myself (self heres a way to get a .357 and she wont want to shoot it cause of the kick) "baby if you want it, you can shoot .38's and ill shoot .357s from it"...... i thought meh, another gun ill be "stuck" with :) 450 bucks later we went to the range. i dont even KEEP .38's in the house any longer. this gun shoots SO easily and SO well, she blasts .357's out if it all day... to the point where im like "HEY SLOW DOWN!!!!" you be burnin a hole thru the gun and the pocket book! she likes the rubber grip, it doesnt want to flip over your hand, its nice and heavy and she likes the trigger pull. i like the stopping power. she even shoots corebonds and hot loads w/ no issue. i shoot it @ 50 yards and can drop plates with it all day. its a GREAT gun. ill be buying another tracker in some other caliber soon because of it. hope that helps! get EVERY gun you can get your hands on for her to shoot and make up HER mind on what SHE likes.

english muffin, some real butter (unsalted) on top, with a very soft poached egg (like the 30 second type) on top of a peice or two of some center cut or country style bacon (or ham) with some bernaise sauce on top of everything. i can *ALMOST* get the wife to do *ANYTHING* if i make this. when i first met her, i made this and she snuffed her nose into the air in protest. she didnt know what it was-thus she would not try it. thats fine, more for me. one day curiosity (or hunger) got the best of her.... now its one of my best "levers" against her when i need something done or whatever keep it in mind gents

girl- hawt. gun-nice acting-like a brown paper bag video quality- blair witch project? lol

gonna be entering.

cement mixer: a tupper ware with the bullets and goo in there...... shake and shake. perhaps putting them onto some screen door mesh or something would make life easier? the "drips" would just attach to the thin wire, instead of towl or surface?

i need to pick up another S12......

i have been recovering from dual carpal tunnel repairs from last year myself, injury and surgery SUCK to recover from

I would save your money on the P90X+. My wife and Finished P90X a few months ago. We really liked it and thought we would try the Plus too. Your opinion my vary, but it just doesn't feel anything like the original. Its not harder, its just differrent and I never get the isolated pumps that I did with P90X. It does have a couple of cardio workouts that are pretty good and we're using them with the original, just for variety. They have to come up with new workouts to make money I guess. We're on week 10 for the 2nd time, but we're only doing 1/2 of the resistance days this time. Hopefully my tendonitis will go away and we'll do the whole thing again after the first of the year. i have P90, P90x and P90x+ already....... heck all i can do is try it and report when im done. i wont know if it sucks unless i do it! there are my favorites in P90x as well. i LOVE core synergistics, LOVE chest/shoulders/triceps and Shoulders/Bi's/Tris. heck i enjoy doing all of them really. each one pounds a different spot on me

congrats on finishing! its hard to stick with it! im 28 and a mechanic with a "so so/muscular" build so my results are different than 20 years my senior. im also using suppliments as well. (black powder/anabolic switch/WAR/PRONOS protein/GNC mega man/essiential FA) i did chest/shoulders/tris with ab ripper today, tomorrow morning is plyometrics with a 1 1/2 mile run afterwards. i had a right torn medial miniscus torn too, now i have an extra soul with me at all times (some dead person is in my knee) guys, if you havent tried plyometrics, you need to try it. talk about zipping around a stage after doing it for a while! the amount of quickness and agility is insane! my nephews and cousins HATE it when plyometrics and myself come out to play foot ball with them after P90x, ill be doing P90x+, then a vid called insane, then maybe cross fit. im more fit than i have ever been in my life. 4 years of highskool football and wrestling isnt anything like this. -climbing the fitness mountain one jump knee tuck at a time