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There are lots of non-US members here that are proud of their country (including me). You don't hear me bashing the US in the humor or "what I like" forum.

The first thing that came to mind was Bam Margera beating up his dad Phil

LOL, good one!

Bubber, that is exactly what I did. I put a big ridge behind the fingertips of my strong hand, so my weak hand palm has something to grab a firm hold of. I also made it grippier by applying sand mixed with paint. Cool, this is like a second parallel evolution to fix the same problem Flex, that is the exact focus I had when I continued after seeing my sight stayed up. I shot the drill to see how the gun acted with different amounts of pressure of the hands. What I saw was that the return isn't fluid, like with an auto. The whole return has to be done by me. It doesn't quite matter if I grip it hard. That makes the front sight rise less high, but it also seems to make the return (plus triggering) less smooth. No matter what I tried, it made no real difference in the amount of work I had to put in to return the gun. The only differences it made was how I had to work to get it back on target. Of course, I realize I will have to put in lots of work to learn how my FS rises and what the most effective way of returning it is. I just find it weird that it took so long for me to realize my gun actually did that. Especially while the whole recoil/FS picture is the most in-your-face visual input you have when firing a gun. Bountyhunter, what you say feels like a good description of what I (and everyone else) is dealing with. Brian, you follow up nicely with the whole learning thing. Of course, very true. But there's not a lot of info on this whole subject, is there? I have Jerry M's tape, but I somehow feel that his theories (with him being a self-taught man and all) are very specialized to his body (Popeye sized forearms etc.) I guess I'll have to work out a lot of this sh...stuff myself.

Just what I thought. I'll have to find a better way to cut down recoil. I have "custom" grips. It sounds fancy, but when you see them the first thing you think is: "OMG, what a POS!" They're huge. They're made out of epoxy putty (which I put over and old maimed Pachmayr rubber grip). There's no "air" between my hands and the grip. And I get a nice high hold on the gun.

My revolver doesn't return to it's original position after a shot. It stays pointed up. I noticed this while doing some of the timing Drills from Matt's site. Is this normal? A revolver obviously has no slide that returns the autoloaders to the original position. Does a revolver shooter have to time the gun actively, instead of letting the gun do the work? What are your experiences?

Ah, thanks for clearing that up

I chose variety in COF. That's the reason I'm shooting IPSC now and left Bullseye. It's still sooo cool to go to a match and not know what to expect.

I can remember our very own Swede20 made GM with a G20.

Dalmas, I tried it and yes, six "shots" with a 0.48 second length I thought the manual said to always use it when it's open, except when you are using the headphones. This might be the reason

I got mine last week. One thing I don't like is that you cannot set par lower than 0.9 seconds when you let the par beep end ON the par time (instead of start when par time is reached). Do all timers have this? I like the headphone feature. The sensitivity feature is great. The memory function is great. It's not as ergonomic/handy as I hoped, though.

My thoughts exactly

Barry is Da Man!

I'm thinking about painting my revolver grip pink for the Euro Championships. Whaddaya say? Should I just go for it I could paint some little red hearts on it too

And thank you for sending 'em in Dave! Cool pix!

I love number 11. Kids are good. Maybe this whole humanity thing will work out one day

LOL, dude that is sweet!

Get one of these: Power Ball Work 'em for 10 minutes a day and feel the difference Seriously, it works.

Ah well, in Inguhland it is quite common to call a man that

Way to go Chuck!! Funny how schools/universities are really missed once you leave them.

What was she thinking?

Hi Dave, very cool to keep us all posted here. Is Jerry M. shooting his big ass 83/4" wheelgun?

There are actually 2 ways you can see/hear this joke. I like the audial variant better. Fits Hussein better too.

BDH, same stuff goes on over here. Indoctrination everywhere. I'm ordering that book tomorrow. Thanks.