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I've heard that with slide mounting that must about all of them start to have problems after 10,000 rounds or so. For example, having difficulty holding zero. The electronics take a beating on the slide. For the price of these small red dots that makes me hesitant to invest. I would definitely like to hear more stories from high round count shooters on their experiences. Most of the folks I know with these setups don't fire many rounds so they aren't good test subjects.

Agreed. Good stuff and there are so many kinds there is always something new to try. I was recently recommended Glendronach 12 yr and Clynelish 14yr. I haven't made it around to either yet. I need to look into them first to see if the tasting notes match my likings.

Hi Dave, Something I've picked up in the last few years. I wasn't drinking scotch when you were shooting IDPA out at Eagle Lake. Cheers, -Vincent

I second the recommendation for The Balvenie Doublewood 12yr. It's good and in the $40 range for a 750ml. The double wood name is from the sherry oak finish. I've spent a few years trying different things but so far my favorite is Glenfiddich 30 year. I like it better than Johnny Walker Blue. May sound weird but the JW Blue is actually too smooth for my taste - a total lack of burn actually takes away from the character a little. It's still very good - just not my favorite. For my taste buds I don't care for most I've tried from the Islay region or Johnny Walker Red on the blended side. Everyone recommends what they like but scotch flavors vary so widely you just have to try stuff out. Trying things at the bar can save a lot of money in the long run. Here is a good tastings link: http://www.whiskymag.com/whisky/award/

SSP MA - match bump at 2002 Nats (1st EX) CDP MA - match bump at 2003 Nats (1st EX) ESP MA - shooting the classifier I tend to do better at matches than the classifier. For example in 2003 I missed Master on the classifier a month or so before Nationals then won CDP EX by a large margin. Same thing in USPSA. I got bumped to A Open in 2006 by winning B at Space City but my Open classifier scores are still B.

Nice job.

I've got Comp-Tac units for my STI and they work great.

Did they get rid of the "grip safety" that the current XD's have?

Thanks! (maybe) In case the irony was in the statement about irony, the point of the info: 1) I'm a current IDPA member but have not recently been an active IDPA shooter. 2) Back to the other thread about an IDPA GrandMaster class. I'm one of those guys that gets beat by Sevigny (or insert top shooter name) and I still don't think IDPA needs another class at this time. I'd rather see consistent enforcement of rules at major matches which means a better SO training system. From my friends who still shoot a lot of IDPA majors it seems that this is still an issue. I was considering these threads related. Maybe I'm just way off base.

Made Master in 2002 after 3 years of working up the ranks. SSP MA (match bump) CDP MA (match bump) ESP MA (classifier) Vincent Zontini A03438 Current IDPA member but during the last 4 years I've only shot IDPA a few times a year. My only major during that time is S&W 2007 (2nd Master SSP behind Dave Sevigny and Gordon Carrell). I haven't shot IDPA or USPSA more than a handful times in the last 2.5 years.

I used to think IDPA needed a class higher than Master because of Sevigny and Leatham. Now I think the IDPA organization's time would be better spent on a well executed SO training program. Improving the quality and consistency of SO training would better the overall experience of shooters at all major matches. This would help every shooter not just the handful of shooters who are disappointed because Sevigny beat them again at Nationals.

Nice!

+1 - Thanks

Practice shooting at targets with clear plastic bags over them so that the first time you see it is not at a major match. Same goes with shooting at targets with shirts over them.

When I'm shooting I like to be 1) relaxed mentally - focused on the shooting at hand. 2) attentive visually - knowing what I want to see to make a shot and being patient enough to see it without dilly-dallying around and seeing too much 3) aggressive physically - snap my eyes where they need to go, drive the gun from target to target, and really MOVE from position to position. I don't expect to be physically relaxed while shooting (i.e. muscles relaxed). Now at other times in the match I try to make an effort to relax my muscles to ease extra tension that isn't needed. I find the mental "relaxation" is really clarity and focus on what you want to do. It "seems" relaxing to me, so I use that word. Hard to write down.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysintern...ty/SDelete.mspx http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/ However as folks have mentioned if you have admins that want to snoop, you are hosed (unless you are willing to jump through more hoops than they are). I have seen IT admins go all the way to installing hidden keyboard monitors to gather everything a person was typing including passwords to encrypted files and such. If you are on their computer and their network, you have to be wary. I used to work for an ISP and have provided court ordered material to investigators. It is scary how little privacy you have online and how few people realize how easy it is for an ISP to track everything they do online. Plus I worked for an early wireless ISP so not only could we provide what you were doing, we could say where you were doing it (and this was sometimes explicitly called for in the info request).

7 armed men, guns drawn, responding to an investigation about a guy selling old records on eBay. Ummm..... Errr..... Hmmmm.....................

Robbie lived in Houston for a bit and was a staple in the IDPA crowd. He was missed when he moved on to Florida, but we still saw him every once and awhile at a match. I'm was very sorry to hear of his passing. Way too young of a guy to "leave the range". Not many in the shooting crowd knew it, but Robbie was also a great artist. He could draw and create stuff that was very cool. Best wishes to his friends and family. -Vincent

I use Outlook 2003 on Windows XP Pro with a D600. Wired or wireless, VPN or no VPN, I havn't had issues with Outlook folder corruption. What version of Office and Windows? Are you setup for offline email use? Are you connecting to an Exchange server or POP3?

Hi Sharyn, The Houston gang did well and we took our fair share of the "top 3" trophies, especially the Master class ones. Samantha was VERY happy as she should be. She would have placed 3rd Sharpshooter and she also beat her Dad. I'm not sure how class bumps are handled anymore, but she earned one. I had a good time and it was good to see the old crowd and meet some new folks too. Take care, -Vincent

Amazing! As the guy in the video said it's even more amazing because the car has leather seats, air conditioning, a stereo and other luxuries.

I like AVG. I've been using it for about a year. Much less intrusive than Norton or McAfee. I'm an IT guy so I often get calls for "tech support". In the last 4 months I have had to forcefully uninstall a Norton AV and/or security product from three computers because it had broken something important like Office or had decided to completely disallow access to the network. In two out of the three cases the uninstall application didn't work and I had to use my laptop to download a special uninstaller from Norton's website that removes their products. I think it is a bad sign that they need this but it was nice they made it available. Removing Norton and replacing it with AVG fixed all three cases. I'm glad to hear they support shooting as well. All of the AVG users should write to them and let them know that support of shooting is important to at least a few of their users.

From the research I've done, Dr. Mann at the Mann Eye Institute is a great surgeon and has lots of experience. I've been thinking about Lasik for a long time but haven't ever talked myself into it. I'm less worried about the general correction than the "side effects" or quality of vision. Sounds like folks here agree that not needing glasses or contacts makes up for these issues. Good info. I look forward to reading more.

Flex, the sear work changes the break point. I think it best to do the rest of the work after you know where the new break is going to be. Otherwise there will be trouble. The first run on the trigger work I did using the info from the M&P forums produced good results. I was able to go to about 4.75-5.0lbs as measured with my RCBS guage at about the middle of the bottom segment of the trigger. The reduced reset is nice and I got rid of the "double click" take-up and reset caused by the sharp edges on the plunger safety. This is with the descrobed contouring, stoning, and polishing. However I wanted it much lighter so I went with Dan Burwell (known here as danial97). Dan came recommended by several local folks and I like all the honest posts he has made on this forum and the M&P forums. Plus I like to support fellow shooters. Win, Win!

If attempting to lighten the trigger and reduce reset here are some tips that I would say after messing up one sear. Get an extra sear before you start working on the only one you have. If you are going to adjust the sear to reduce weight, do these steps before adjusting for shorter reset or tuning the plunger safety since this changes to point of the break. When stoning the top of the sear be sure to cut perfectly flat across the top of the sear. In the end I sent my gun to Dan Burwell for trigger work. I didn't want to wait to figure it all out. Dan's turn around is amazing and the trigger is nice.