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Hey! Don't call my girlfriend a winch! She doesn't even work in a tavern! Oh, yeah!

Oh, man! Too much fun! TOO MUCH FUN!

Who won Limited?

Always ... nagging in the back of his mind ... the pachyderm doubted. Were they laughing with him, or ... at him. Eventually the pressure overwhelmed his sensibilities, and he knew that they must all pay for their affrontery. Slowly he opened his high school annual and began circling specific photos with a red pen. "I'll show them," he muttered ominously. "I'll show them all."

Amen, brother! Then we need to make him write a ten page essay on the merits of proper haircuts for adolescent males and their impact on society. While he's doing that, we can put glue on the bottoms of his shoes. It may be the only way to slow him down.

Don't try those slick negotiator's tactics on me! I'll have a list of demands soon!

Way to wobble, weebles! Good show!

Great Googley Moogley! It could be ... GLOBAL WARMING!

I'm not a dog lover or owner, and I agree that most dogs behavior is conditioned by their upbringing and how they are trained and treated. On the other hand, I think it's disingenuous to maintain that there aren't at least some dogs that are just inherently vicious. There are psychos in just about every mammal species that can think or mimic thinking, and some of them are born and not made. Given that, the doggie pictured above is nice looking. I think it needs a saddle! My favorite dog is still 3QT's pooch, BB ... mostly because she locked him out of his car, but also because she is just a very loveable animal. BigDave's dogs like me a little too much. I finally had to realize I wasn't going to win and allowed the little one to lay on me while I was there, while at the same time playing dog-slobber-soaked-tennis-ball fetch with the larger. A guy has to know when he'd defeated from the start. One on one, I might have a chance, but the two of them are relentless.

If you have to go that slowly to hit them, but you CAN hit them when you do, it sounds like you may be trying to get a "perfect" sight picture on each shot which 1) can make you miss and 2) is slow. Try to learn to press the trigger as soon as you see the plate vaguely centered behind your front sight. It's all about trigger control. You can get away with a crappy sight picture and an imperfect sight alignment on plates that big at that distance as long as you have good trigger control. Another problem may be that when you're trying to go fast, you may be shifting your focus from the front sight (where it should be) to the plate itself (where it should not be). I have this problem, but I'm getting better about it by just "chanting" in my head "front sight, press" each time I move to another plate.

<falling to ground into fetal position> "S-s-so cold ... so c-c-cold ..." <catatonia>

The absolute fastest way to get match scores is to volunteer to do them yourself. Posting to the USPSA web site is simple, efficient, and very quick! The people who are eager to see their scores have them immediately after they are finished. My first order of business upon completing the scores is to post them to USPSA results. For non-members, well, they're just going to have to wait until the e-mail arrives. The second thing I do is compile all of the results into a text file and cut and paste into e-mail, then send it to our entire list. That might take another 5-10 minutes after posting to the web site. Those who don't have a computer have to realize that they're not being slighted, but rather the people who choose to access computers in some way are going out of their way to get faster results. I don't know of many places where you can find a library or some other public access computers if you really want to do it. Failing that, the non-computerized people can ask for paper copies in the mail. Depending on the budget of the club, you may have to charge them for the copies and postage over the year, as this can really add up quickly.

This is a mad world in which we live. The best (in my opinion only) reason to watch the Super Bowl is for the commercials. If you'd suggested to someone 25 years ago that people would watch just to see the new commercials, they'd have laughed!

That blackpowder shooter guy sounds like a real piece of work. You have to wonder what motivates someone to go out of their way to be so spiteful.

I have no recollection of any such thing. Clearly you are delusional. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN. I'm making this too easy for you guys. I need some new tricks!

Wayne ... you know better than that. While I can safely say what a real He-Man would do, I can't actually DO it because, well, I'm not a He-Man. I'm more of a Girly-Man. You can tell by the way I scream during scary movies. You'd swear you were sitting next to a 9-year old girl. The manliest thing I'm likely to do is shoot an AR with a dot instead of the Leupold.

ARGH! I was stuck in the mud while you guys were having fun! I'm very glad to hear your matches are going so well. Forty-seven shooters for a monthly 3-gun club match is AWESOME!

I do okay on ice and snow due to the inordinate amount of mass over the rear wheels. This does not help in mud, and I think it makes it worse! Must ... get ... four wheel ... drive. Of course, my current truck must continue to carry my carcass until it can do so no more. I'd better avoid the mud for a while ...

When I was acquiring the truck I drive, there seemed to be no need for four wheel drive. After all, how often does a guy really need it? So last year, BigDave and I were at the range when it was cold in the morning, but the sun arrived and warmed the air (and ground) rapidly. The spot where I'd pulled behind the shooting benches had been relatively solid, but when we tried to leave, it was mud city. It took a little while and lots of "rocking," but we finally made it out of there under our own power. The ground, however, was not so lucky. Really, I could have used four wheel drive then, but that's never going to happen again, right? Today I went to my buddy Granger's house for a visit and we decided to do a little shooting on the range he has behind his house. I was concerned it might be too muddy to drive back there, but we decided it would be okay. And it was. On the trip out. On the way back, though, I got stuck in the yard behind his house. I thought I might rock my way free again, but I couldn't get even enough traction to move the few inches you need to rock back and forth. It took a lot of digging, boards under the tires, pushing, a tiny SUV with a tow rope behind, and many, many attempts to get me free in about two hours. So ... how often do you need four wheel drive to justify having it? After today, I'm thinking that if you really, really need it just one time over the lifespan of the vehicle, it's worth it. Getting stuck in the mud sucks. On the other hand, having a friend that will work that hard to get you free is priceless.

It's how we got AtlantaCC after we got kicked out of Deer Creek for the sixth or seventh time since the mid 1990s.

Do you guys find that .40 tubes are more or less tolerant (than .45) of being out of spec in terms of functioning well with extended base pads? It seems as if the success with a Grams kit depends a lot on the quality of the .45 tube you use as a starter. A little too short and you won't get your 18 rounds, or it won't seat. If it's not properly "square," it will never function well. I suppose any tube could be beaten and bent into submission, but that is beyond my current abilities.

I think Groundhog Day should be officially upgraded to include widespread execution of groundhogs via AR15. You wait for Punxatawny Phil to show himself, then you wax him with a 52gr load from Black Hills. Whether or not he sees his shadow will now be filed in the same section as whether or not a tree makes a sound if there is no one to hear it when it falls. It will make Groundhog Day much more American than just poking fun at rented politicians!

I try to not disappoint the audience!

I have a keyboard and I'm not afraid to use it! DON'T COME ANY CLOSER! I mean it! Don't make me do it ... you won't like it if I <DIAL TONE>

Me too. I only have one of them, but my Para tube with the Grams kit will hold 18+1 of .45ACP. It's been 100% reliable since I got past some minor "tuning" issues (like trimming molding flash from the follower and making sure I have a tube that was not deformed). The fit is too tight to allow a reliable reload with it loaded fully unless the slide is locked back, but it will work nicely for reloads with 17 loaded. Of course, since I only have one "big stick," reloads with it are not an issue since it's the mag I usually use at load and make ready. My brother had a bunch of them (gamer!) that work 100% in his guns and just about everyone else's who has used them.