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    Good general purpose solvent?

    in Gear & Accessories

    Posted

    Dave,

    The best tool I had in the Army to remove this was just a piece of wire hangar about 4-6" long. On one end, just hammer it flat to make like a putty knife looking thing. Then...just start scraping. As for solvent, on stuff like that, you could use Hoppe's #9 or Sweet's 7.62. The latter would probably melt it off.

    Rich

    Usc (trojans That Is) Bigdawg!

    in Range Diary

    Posted

    Since April 15th...

    Shot a steel challenge-type match on the 19th. Did okay but not horrible. 2nd open and 4th overall (the other 2 were using 22's and I'm using major PF ammo).

    25 APR 09 - GBC 2k9

    Shot all 8 stages on Saturday and RO'ed a half day on Sunday. I purposely other than check for any weird starting positions, did not look at the stages both online and on Friday at registration. I have found that I do MUCH better when I treat stages as new events (i.e. like a club match) and just shoot the stages. However, on arrival on Saturday, as I walked up to Bay 1, the stages didn't appear to have any points to be "really fast" either by footwork or trigger speed. Frankly, the stages looked like they could be shot faster with an iron sight pistol than with optics. The stages were "points" stages and while you had to move FAST on a couple, points were WAY more important. And, before someone says, points are always important, on some stages, your time is as important.

    For the match I had 1 miss on a very difficult swinger, 1 no-shoot that I picked up with an A and 8 D's. I wasn't very happy with the D's, even when it was only 1 on a stage. I look at D's almost as misses. Overall though, I was just more consistent than my competition and got a class win and 16th overall. I was shooting for a Top 10 and, not having done the math, think that one stage that I took WAY too long on, may have cost me those 6 places. Waiting for the overall results to be posted though before knowing.

    First match under the Rudy Competition Squad banner and have to admit that for the first time, I was a little nervous. However, being able to talk with little_kahuna and being squadded with Norbs, TMC and The Boffman's definitely helped that. I stayed on edge the whole day, but felt it was a good place to be emotionally. While I don't think it helped in performing at my best, it kept me grounded from pushing and going crazy. :D

    Wratcheting the speed down and going for points was a huge accomplishment and lesson learned. I say this to myself every time but finally listened:

    - Trust your speed. You are fast. Don't TRY to be fast.

    - Do not think too much. Just shoot.

    - The most important target is the one in front of you.

    Little break coming and then might be shooting the Silver Buckle with the Kahuna's!

    Rich

    2009 Golden Bullet

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted · Edited by uscbigdawg

    Match is all done and awards out. Rudy Project Team definitely let itself be known. Thanks again to the match staff, CRO's, RO's (worked Stage 2 and it was FAST for a 32 round all paper, house shoot stage = thanks to the shooters for working)!

    Norbs - should have been there today for a team picture. I'm sure Caesar or Nick will post the one from today. Congrats to the winners:

    Open - Glen Higdon & Frank Cruz, Jr.

    Limited - Tom Rowe

    Limited 10 - Taran Butler

    Production - Keith Garcia (I think)

    Singlestack - Mike Voigt

    Revolver - ???

    As you can see for a "little" sectional championship (Level 3 match BTW), we had some great shooters. Definitely more than just listed above. We put 4 squads on my stage today and even taking our time on getting started, we were still done before 11, with an 8 o'clock start. Testament to great stage design and a well run match. Scores were posted and protest period started ahead of schedule and awards were fast and simple especially since it was cash payback with a cool $7k+ going out to Division, Section and Class winners.

    Thank you again to everyone involved and Richmond Hot Shots in July 2010...the bar has been set!

    Rich

    2009 Golden Bullet

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    Well...didn't realize there was no thread on this. Even still...match is sold out and the stages, are seriously incredible. Steve McCormick (MD) and crew did a phenomenal job making interesting and dynamic stages where you actually have to shoot. No hoser, track meet stages, just straight up, get your points and be efficient about it stages.

    Rudy Project Competition is heavily represented by Norbert, Brian, Nick and myself. Nick absolutely destroyed Stage 8. I roasted Stage 7. Stage 4 kicked my butt and my only BIG mistake for the match, was the double swinger on Stage 8. Other than that, clean with like 6-7 D's. Not great, but solid. A lot of folks ooh'ing and ah'ing over the Rudy jerseys. ;)

    Match staff is incredible as we're running about 30 minutes per stage and started lunch an hour early. Weather was phenomenal for Day 1 (75-ish, crystal clear with a light breeze).

    RO'ing Day 2 and looking forward to the results.

    Rich

    Building an AR

    in Rifle - Technical

    Posted

    Another vote for simplicity. On my rifles that I've built, I do a little extra work, but those are tips from the guy that helped me build them, push a little more to favor reliability over accuracy.

    Super simple. Hardest part for me, the first time, was torquing the barrel.

    Rich

    Traveling with high cap mags to CA

    in Travel, Locations, Ranges, etc.

    Posted

    That's CA gun owner justice for you.

    Because anti-gun laws are solely the problem of California? I'm pretty sure we're villified in more than a few states.

    I'm not going to try and tell you what the law is, but I'll say this. Common sense is king. No one is going to be at the border waiting to tear your car apart looking for mag's. Do what you can control (i.e. what you've already discussed about firearm storage and if you're worried mag disassembly) and call it good.

    I moved back to CA in '08 and we spent a total of 30 seconds at the check point.

    Rich

    Drilling a hole in my big toe

    in What I Hate

    Posted

    That's funny Bobby! Future reference...call your friend in CA that's a medic.

    Heating a bit (drill, dremel or otherwise) would have been a good idea for a couple of reasons. Pins/needles work okay, but a sterile cardory is best.

    Toenails grow back. You'll be alright Labowsky. :D

    Rich

    Taurus 1911

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    Frankly, for starting out, why not pick up a used open gun? It'll be a bit cheaper (so you're investing up front less) and it's a good way to play with a solid platform and learn more about the little differences in open guns that you may or may not like.

    Rich

    Taurus 1911

    in General Gunsmithing

    Posted

    First, it is a good revolver. Taurus' that I've had, the steel is above average and they run.

    As for building a "race gun" with it, as a single stack, it'd be great as a steel gun or Bianchi Cup pistol. However, if you're just going to scavenge the upper, then look at just starting from scratch with a new slide from say STI or Caspian and then building from there.

    Rich

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