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I just picked up a CED7000 and can't figure out how to do what I'm guessing is possible. For one drill I want to have the beeper sound so that I can fire just one shot and re-holster. Then every 5 seconds a beep goes off to do it again. I've read the manual and tried a few things but I've had cataracts removed and InterOcularLenses put in (very pleased that I did it as I was 20/400) and my LE is 20/15 and the RE by evening is 20/40 and needs work. So using over-the-counter reading glasses are a problem as the RE will need to be "touched up" and my eyes are getting crossed with a bad headaches by reading the manual for too long. Is this simple to do, and if so, the sequence of buttons to push would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Walsh

Attached is a very descriptive file of multiple calibers and weights per round as well as 1 gallon Ziploc bag estimates. The file, which I believe is from here or ARFCOM, reads as follows: If you use 5gal buckets each full one will have... 9MM = 8500-9000 pieces 40 S&W = 7000-7500 pieces 45 ACP = 3800-4000 pieces CASES per POUND: 380: 145.38 40 S&W: 100 30-30: 52 BRASS WEIGHTS.doc

Is it possible (competition legal also?) to move the mag release to the right side of the M&P? I carry an HK P2000 and a Sig 229. A competitor and pistol instructor I know shoots a .45 and said they screwed up the design of guns. Being lefty, he just uses his trigger finger to drop the magazine and doesn't have the thumb issue. Anyone familiar with the HK knows that you do that also and that their design for the mag release is likely a selling item as all US Customs officers I have ever seen have an HK. I moved my Sig 229 mag release over to the right side also as it took very little convincing to be duplicating mechanics under stress. I don't carry my Kimber CDP II because of my ingrained use of my trigger finger to drop the magazines in both guns (Sig and HK). I am a neophyte when it comes to taking guns apart, but it doesn't look like I can move the .45 mag release over to the right side of the gun. Thanks in advance, Walsh

You're a funny guy. I hope others can see through the BS and look purely at the issue at hand. Walsh CASE CLOSED

No, it is NOT railing against an individual. It is about his work. It is no different than stating the Widget Gun Repair Company is putting out shoddy repairs. He might have lost an eye and two finger in the service of his country for all I know. And he might have been a philanthropist who also coached 40 kids sports teams and be a great guy to have a beer with. No one has said a word here about him as an individual. You are decidedly wrong in your interpretation of what was posted. The discussion is about what is turned out from his shop as of late and there have been a number of complaints that are extraordinarily detailed, and numerous enough, that I do not think it is prudent, until he at least has HK credentials to prove he has been trained properly, to trust a firearm to him that might inadvertently take a life or cost you your own or your loved ones. If this were a product safety commission looking at this there is ample evidence to recall every HK trigger job he has performed. Feel safe carrying a gun his shop worked on now? I had two guns I was going to ship to him. I am grateful this was brought to my attention. Walsh

Really? "at all costs " based on another internet thread...must be true. Pretty strong disparagment based on what.... this thread needs a lock... Maybe if you went and read the thread on m4carbine and the number of people with bad experiences you wouldn't have responded as such. The thread doesn't need a lock. It's rather informative. But of course, you'd have to do some research. Maybe then you'd know that he also didn't have an FFL for a while but was telling people it was okay to ship him their guns. You can be a test case. Mail him a few HKs and let us know how it all works out. Walsh EDIT: maybe you want to go over to the m4carbibe forum, find the guy who detailed his problem with 5 HKs left in person, and call him a liar since you don't believe him. So, how well do you know Bill Springfield? I'm quite happy that the post leading me there was put here. The thread should remain open.

WOW! I just read the thread on m4carbine. I don't like to criticize someone's work who I have not seen or used, but if you read that thread, and in particular if the HK is a self-defense gun, you should not be sending Bill Springfield a gun to work on after that report. This is too significant an issue to not respond to with an AVOID AT ALL COST

I bought 1000 rds of LC swagged and sized brass and benchrest shot them and have all 1000 casings. Bring a hand towel, drop it over your scope or just right on the handle, and your brass will be in a pile at the end of each magazine right under the rifle. If you are moving on a combat course that is another story. Walsh

Thanks for all the replies. There is a surgeon in the group that did my eyes who is a member of our club, so he is likely the best that I have to talk to. However, this is a link I came across for a doctor in LA (a coast away) who was on the Navy shooting team. I tend to doubt the doctor I will see is this detailed. But some looking at this thread might one day come across this topic and be in the area, or compete at a level willing to travel to see Dr Norman Wong. Dr Norman Wong - shooting glasses in detail

I just went from 20/400 vision to 20/13 in my left dominant eye (RH shooter) and 20/25 in my right eye by having mild cataracts removed and Inter Ocular Toric Lenses with the prescription replacing the eye's natural lens. I shoot with my right eye closed with a handgun. Mt scope shooting of a rifle is visually great with cross-hairs and target at 10x. I'm told the right eye should get better in a month or so, but I can see where computer use for a few hours degrades vision and it was explained to me that I really need progressive reading glasses to look at the keyboard (14" away) and a 28" monitor (30" away) as they have different focal points and over the counter glasses will strain my eyes as well as, right now, their being different values. I can now see with my left eye, 9mm bullet holes in a paper plate at 25 yds, which is amazing to me. But the sights are not clear. Trying 1.00 reading glasses makes the sights crystal clear, but the target at 25 yds is clearly out of focus. I was able to put 7 of 10 rds in the 6" plate at 25 yds and with my HK P2000 SK, which is not my most accurate gun, using a Big Dot front sight and no glasses. I'm 56 years old and was wondering if anyone has gotten shooting glasses down to .50 correction, or even a tad lower to see clearer sights and not lost the target clarity needed, or if this is the trade-off I made for wearing no glasses? I'm not a bullseye shooter, but was contemplating that and I know that if this can be improved it will have to be in order to be competitive. Thanks, Walsh EDIT: Is a partial solution to this a thin blade front sight? I have a Marvel .22 conversion kit for my .45 and that thin blade is much easier to see than the standard 3 tritium dots.

I just had Toric IOL (Inter Ocular Lense) surgery to replace a beginning cataract with a prescriptive lens for my astigmatism. WOW...I mean F-in WOW! Inter Ocular lense replacement The next day, last Friday, my right eye was 20/25, which i was told is usually not that good due to having had part of your eye swell behind the pupil where the sac is that holds the lens and the brain adapting. I was at 20/400 before the surgery. I put an eye chart up on the wall and 20 feet down the hall. Actually three of them are rotated so I can't memorize the chart and at times I have 20/15. I always have at least 20/25 and most times 20/20. Looking through a scope I do not need shooting glasses. And as to a pistol, I didn't know the blade on my .45 was tilted 1-2 degrees to the right in the notch nor could I see the very fine lines across the rear sight. I can read a computer screen, but tire a bit if doing so for a few hours so I will use reading glasses. I can't read the fine print on an Rx label. The next eye gets done in another 10 days. Surgery was 22 minutes and the only severe pinch was a nerve block shot block behind my ear that numbed the right side of my head. For about six hours you could have sliced a razor through to the bone and I would not have felt it. The surgeons I went to recommend this to anyone over 50 with a history of cataracts in the family as opposed to LASIK as I'm now not going to beg them in 5 years to clear up my cataracts. But you don't need cataracts to have the lense implant, so I'd recommend asking about it if you are over 40 and considering LASIK. Any questions just ask.

Speaking of Toric, I'm getting my cataract lenses replaced in early November and the lens will go on the inside. They use the same name. I think I'll need reading glasses for sure based upon trial contacts as I decided against mono-vision. I might end up with shooting glasses. I'm not sure about the view yet at about 34".

Thanks for the replies Walsh

I pulled 10 bullets from Walmart Winchester White Box 100 packs as they seem pretty hot but I don't have a chronograph yet. I found that the OAL was 1.154-1.157. In pulling 10 bullets I obtained 32 grains of powder, which means an avg of 3.2 gr per round. I didn't drop any powder or leave any in the puller. I had thought they were loaded with Win 231 which I have read is virtually identical to HP-38 and they are next to each other on the powder chart. But 3.2 gr appears to be way off. Looking at the Hornady manual, a 115 has Win 231 listed at 4.1 gr (1000 fps) up to 4.7 gr (1100 fps). Online, Hodgdon reads for HP-38: 115 GR. LRN Hodgdon 1.100" 4.3 1079 fps 4.8 1135 fps I have not opened another case of WWB from Walmart, but from the recoil I don't doubt the rounds I pulled exceed the PF based on recoil. Would anyone have any ideas on what powder might be in the bullets I pulled? I'm not trying to duplicate it, but rather was puzzled to find only 3.2 grains. Thanks in advance, Walsh

Any chance that in going to the lower positions you compressed your chest in a way that allowed for less oxygen and that you held your breath for a few seconds? You vision can degrade rather quickly if you deprive the oxygen flow.

Are these the two? And in the final analysis, you're not talking about Todd Jarret or anyone of that caliber, so in reality, compared to top shooters, they would suck. They criticize others when they suck. How nice. When I was in college my golf handicap was between -2/+2. I grew up near a golf course and hit balls 5 days a week and played almost every day. I realized shooting 72 didn't get you on the PGA Tour. I'd get pissed at myself if I screwed up in a local tournament as in golf it's easy to isolate the one shot that caused you to miss a cut, like hitting one OB. Then you get older and you realize they yell "PLAY ball" at a baseball game. What I think you are describing is a pecking order they try to establish. And having spent 6 years on a Little League board, my money is on those guys making it miserable for others as they think they are better than others. The best thing you could do is somehow humiliate those guys. If they interfere with you, and others, having a good time it's not that hard to point out to someone being a horse's ass that they are one.

[For those who remember Dana Carvey on SNL] I lived in NYC until I was 30....we didn't have no guns and we didn't have no benches......AND WE LIKED IT! Then I moved over the bridge to New Germany for 20 years and we were allowed to have guns.....but when you went to get your NJ Firearms ID Card the officer fingerprinting you casually grilled you as to why you wanted a gun, and then why I was buying another when I had four, and the range was an hour away and you couldn't shoot anybody in self-defense without asking their permission (almost)...AND WE DIDN'T LIKE IT. I was stopped randomly (every 10th car I think) coming home from dinner with my in-laws and at a DUI check I didn't know that for months I had placed 50 rds of 9mm JHP prominently stuffed to see, for someone looking from behind you, in the carrier part behind my seat. And if my father in-law wasn't an NYPD First Grade Detective who showed his gold badge and I didn't profusely apologize to the really upset storm trooper who lectured me as to kids getting a hold of that ammo (????) I think he'd have arrested me for a FELONY and I'd have lost my gun rights as you can't even have a round of ammo not GOING DIRECTLY to/from a range...AND WE DIDN'T LIKE IT! Then we wanted to be free and we moved to NC seven years ago and WE GOT BENCHES and now a Marvel .22 conversion kit that just arrived for my Kimber with a white button and 5 rounds showing it shoots, at 50 yds, .974"....AND WE LOVE IT. 3" group sounds great to me. But I'm getting mild cataracts removed and instead of LASIK I'm 55 and having Inter Ocular Lenses (IOL)put behind my cornea....AND I THINK I'LL LOVE IT!....and probably have a better grouping than 3"....I hope. Good luck, Walsh

I bought 8,000 9mm brass on GunBroker from a guy I would never deal with again. Although he has over 1000+ superior ratings, he ended the auction at about 3 in the morning and I paid a little more than half his going rate and he clearly wasn't happy to sell it to me. BulletFarm was the guy's user name and he shipped me brass that was filthy. He uses a stock picture of perfect brass. I had to clean it all and when I said I was pleased with the price, but I would have paid more to have it cleaned, and said I thought a fair solution was a $75 refund of my $250 for my taking the time to clean it. He replied with, "That sounds like extortion. I rated you an F for that", and GunBroker refused to remove his rating. The guy's an idiot. I asked for a partial refund and he was pissed off at the sale price. If you put your hands down into the box and brought it up your hands were gray. Then he saw my Marine Corp League emblem and called Marines pussies who would drop and polish his shoes. The exact e-mail he sent me was, "I wouldn't let a Marine shine my boots, their spit might contain aids". A few Marines in his area said they were going to be paying him a visit. So just for the crap he spoke about the troops, and the risk of winning with a low bid and his not sending you what you paid for, I would avoid BulletFarm on GunBroker. There are other guys who are just as competitively priced. Walsh

Cool! I'll follow this thread and I hope you'll post some follow-ups as to number of reloads and such in the event there's some yet unknown "Law of Unintended Consequences" at work. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. As to the "critique", I almost never exercise, in person, that old adage, "if you haven't anything good to say, then don't say anything". It comes with being a ball breaker at heart. But seeing how one smartypants can crap all over a gun thread, I understand your angst. I was raising money for deployed Marines through my Marine Corps League and someone posted some comment asking why the hell we needed to ship anything and didn't get all they need from Uncle Sam who sent them there? That was so nice to see right after my detailed post with pictures to try to help the troops. Over 850 people read the request for just $5 and I had two donations...AND IN A GUN FORUM (not this one). If all the experts would understand that they were born with little knowledge of anything, then perhaps they could refrain from making a simple question and/or suggestion by someone into a "look...mine's bigger than yours". So please do let us know how it all works out for you. Maybe you can clean 1/4 of your brass fired the old-fashioned way and see if there is a difference between the two as you reload. Good luck, and thanks! Walsh

BM Gas Piston 16" with Geisselle trigger. I am finding definite significant differences in loads and really big difference with SMK 69 grain bullets.

Thanks...I've got some Varget and will give it a try.

Did you have a cataract removed an an implanted lens? If so, what was the brand of lens? Thanks, Walsh Had the Restor multifocal lenses installed, followed up with a little laser work in the right eye only. My vision is still dependant on light. A good example is shooting iron sights, I don't do it indoors, but outdoors I can see the serations on the front sight perfectly I have a few weeks to decide as I have another week for the contacts to come in as I want to try both the same, one eye for reading, and one eye focussed for about 36". I'll also ask about other types besides the Toric one. I'll try all of these for 2-3 weeks as I have a vacation planned. Thanks, Walsh

Did you have a cataract removed an an implanted lens? If so, what was the brand of lens? Thanks, Walsh

From my reading the Toric is mono-focal. But I will ask about the others and if there is a possibility of using those. Thanks, Walsh

WOW...are you what I'm looking for. I'm 55 and was told that since my two year appointment to have LASIK was canceled by a cruise, my cataracts essentially give me glasses that read at 20/40. The neuro-ophthalmologist said in 5 years at the most and possibly 3 I'll be begging for cataract surgery. So he showed me to Toric replacement lense. He has me trying contacts that are the same, 1 eye for reading, and one eye for about a 3 foot focus in my dominant left eye. I have watched the surgery which he said has very little risk and far less risk than an appendectomy. The only off thing is that while watching it on YouTube ( ) it seems like the cornea dissappears. What's that all about? Also, would you know if they also don't just power the lens to counteract the corneal shape "malfunction", but do they cut the Toric lens in a way like WaveForm technology (I think I have that right) where the lens is super contoured to deal with the extremely minor irregularities of the cornea? I have been worried a bit about LASIK, but this is reversible if you have issues, which one should not. Thanks, Walsh