Dan Burwell

Duane, that picture is great. I am going to post the pic here so people won't have to wade through the pop-ups.

I wonder where he called that shot?

Jeffro, How long has she had these symptoms ? And where exactly is her pain down into her arm(down the thumb side or the pinky side)? Does it reach her hand? Just pain or numbness/ loss of sensation? Dan

Try tightening up the the wire where it wraps around the shell plate bolt. Use some pliers to gently decrease the diameter of the loop. It should be very tight around the bolt. good luck, Dan

BerKim, Nothing special to break them in. Many think Wil's recomendation on barrel cleaning is lets say... Extreme. Wil recomends you don't put anything but bullets down your barrel, no brushes no cleaners. Just scrape any residue from the chamber. On his web site he lists his reasoning. Many people do not agree with Wil, saying they do not see the barrel wear he describes. I don't know who's right, I'm just lazy. Enjoy, Dan

Duane, With the Kimber grip safety/ FP safety you cannot "sensitize" like you can a series 70 or series 80 even. the grip safety has to be depressed enough to raise the fp stop. I understand some knowledgable smiths are able to tune this as well but from my understanding this can be hit and miss, as it is hard to get it the raise early but not raise too much. It is a difficult balance that on some guns cannot be achieved. The series 70 and 80 are easy to "sensitize" any smith should be capable and should only charge a few bucks. Dan

Testors acrylic. comes in a mulitiude of colors, but it will come off with solvents. I have had some fluro-green on my front sight for over a year without reapplying. I have tried to bright sights but have never had good results alway wants to peel off after a couple shooting sessions, granted I am painting the whole front sight except the tritium insert. I have used it to "fill in" the dots on other guns and has lasted for years. Enjoy, Dan

VooDoo Most likely material or heat treatment differences. Dan

Things come to you at strange times: I was just making my morning coffee, when I went to go get the sugar from the cabinet. It wasn't there, it was on the counter right in front of where I was making my coffee. I started thinking why didn't i see it right there in front of me? Because I wasn't looking for it Same thing applies to shooting, you have to know what you are looking for in order to see it. I often hear around here "see what you need to see" but if you don't know what you are looking for you'll never see it. So what do you need to see. I think Brian covered this pretty good in his book. With his levels of target focus. One thing I think more people need to see (or look for) is how poorly your sights can be misaligned and still get good hits. If you've never tried this how do you you know what you are looking for during a match? Once I realized this I became much faster. Now I wonder what other things do I need to be looking for before I see them? Dan

Kevin C, You hit it. I too have sutured many a screaming kid and while the new dermabond is nice for simple repairs it doesn't bond the tissue together well. I still prefer sutures on my patients. Being as stubborn as a mule I refuse to go to the ER for any of my own mishaps, I have tried the Super glue trick many times (slow learner I guess ) and have never had good results. It needs reapplied 3-4 times a day depending on movement and hand washing. The risk of infection I am sure is greater, as it is hard to properly debride a wound that has not been "numbed up". And lastly it burns like CRAZY when you apply it. So everyone take it from me don't bother with the super glue, either butterfly and bandaid, go get it repaired, or just leave it alone. Dan

Next time try Bulman Gunleather. He doesn't charge your card until he cuts your leather about 1 week before you get the holster. The time he tells you on the phone is usually longer than it will take to get it. The quality is unbeatable. He has some posts on the Louder Than Words forum. Enjoy, Dan

Keep an eye on gunsamerica they show up quite often. I have a friend who has bought and sold 3-4 on there. Good luck, Dan

Mayo, You always seem to be well informed on all topics IDPA. I was wondering if they were also going to ban holsters with adjustable tension like that one wilson that is currently legal. And was wondering if they were going to change the 1/2 in of ejection port rule. Thanks for your time. Dan

Rhino, That makes my arm sore thinking about that.

Do not go sanding your slide, General rule of homesmithing always sand the cheaper part. Good luck, Dan

For some reason I have an overwhelming urge to buy one of those for my ar which I haven't even shot in 6 months. I guess urge is just because I can and now because it looks good on your gun.

I shot a 4.25" kimber for a couple years in IDPA. I thought the gun was much flatter than 5" guns and faster. But, as soon as i went to the 5" guns my qualifier times dropped signifigantly due to accuracy on the 25yd stage. I did notice the longer sight radius made it much, much easier to make those long shots. Dan

Why not just use the JP adjustable gas block or an adjustable gas tube?

Try this out Brownell's Bench Talk. You don't need the tools that they are describing, you can bend them carefully by hand. Dan

mcoliver, HFC134A propellant is of no danger what so ever to children or adults. That is the same propellant used in the new asthma inhalers. Shoot away. Dan

You only have to fit them if you want your gun to work.

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I bought this grizzly 3103 for gunsmithing and have found it very accurate yes it has backlash but very very little. Here is a SV slide I did it started as a Bald and bare (round top no sight cuts) Now it is fluted, flat-topped,serrated, with bomar sight cuts. I think it turned out pretty good. Yes, I would not hesitate to recomend this machine to anyone looking to getting into gunsmithing and for the price I think it is very tough to beat. But, that is just my 2 cents worth. Dan

So long as the extractor is not shot you can make your old firing pin stop into an oversized fitted one. All you need is a hammer, regular screwdriver, and a file. You need to peen down the edges along the right side of your firing pin stop this will stretch the metal. You'll be surprised how little effort it takes. Once you have peened it down enough that you cannot get it back into the gun get out the file and slowly take off some metal being careful to keep the edges square and parallel until it fits tightly back into the gun. All the work is only done on the right side as you look at the rear of the gun. Then you have a newly fitted FP stop. This will hold for a very very long time. Good Luck, Dan

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