bonedaddy

Paul, I can really identify with your approach to shooting and life. If we do the BEST we can do, we've done ALL we can do. I think the long term enjoyment is found when we keep improving on what defines our best. -Sam

Paul, do you remember a song by Paul Overstreet that hit the country music charts a few years back, "There, but for the grace of God, go I"? The first time I remember hearing it on the radio, I was driving across the vast emptyness of the country in live in, going to my "good" job in a new company-provided truck. I just sat there mesmerized, listening intently, staring down the road. When the song was over, i realized that my hands were shaking on the wheel and my eyes had filled with tears. Not one of my "John Wayne" moments at all, I'm sure glad I was by myself. I'd better shut up now, you guy's will think I'm a real wuss. -Sam

Sarge, the few words of your post really jumped out at me. I guess it's because this Friday will mark 20 years of marrage for my wife and I. The odds were against us from the very start. They're still against us. Everyday is still on the razors edge. Back to back, we both have to face the the stresses that would rip us apart. Looking back over the years, I realize just how easily everything could have fallen apart, so many times. There are so many things in all of our lives that could have turned out different......... But, for whatever reason they didn't. I look back at my early adulthood when I could have easily ended up in prison, and a near fatal scooter crash, that by all rights, should have left me dead or paralized. All this time knowing I don't have any right to live like I live today. I wonder " Why me?" But then, "why not me?" I know that all things end at sometime. We divorce, we get sick, our kids grow up,....... most certainly, we change. I guess my point in all of this is that a divorce or two doesn't make you a loser. It just makes you a human, Bro. Just a sad, happy, frustrated, confused, human........ like the rest of us.

Geeeez!!!! I was hoping it was something starring David Carridine, along the lines of "can you snatch the open blaster from my hand Brasshopper"? Maybe Lenny Magill will come up with a real IPSC action drama...............

Yep, and that's exactly the time that the huge bull elk we've been tracking will step out in the open. (Edited by bonedaddy at 6:31 pm on July 13, 2002)

Nice to meet you Tele! But no, I'm not bonedaddy anywhere other than here. Pirate's Den, eh? Sounds like a cool place too. Avast ye scurvy dogs! What's this? Another bonedaddy? Harrr...

C'mon, it sounds like they're interviewing him for the high school yearbook. Well, I'm off to the newsstand to check out those aspirations. hehehe.... But seriously, Congrats Kyle! And I hope the article does justice to a really fine shooter. -sam

Billman, do you really have to "settle" on something? Be a man of the world and sample the pleasures of as many beautiful and exotic weapons as you can!

I got to squad with Bill too! We had a great time at the Mile-Hi Showdown in Denver. Over lunch, I discovered that we really have a great deal in common. I think the real reason I go to matches is that I get to hang out with people like Bill. It isn't just the shooting, it's the cameraderie and personal interaction in the context of shooting, that makes it fun. The shooting is merely a point of focus for our insights and attitudes. It was a real good day! -sam

Yeah, you're right Nik...... I guess I ain't Micheal Jordan. (Actually, I just wanted to say it before one of the other wise guys did) -sam

Safariland inner and outer belt, 012 Safariland holster. STI short-heavy dustcover .40 w/Nowlin bull barrel. 771 mag holders Dillon XL-650 Clear non-scrip shooting glasses foam earplugs, rescued from the dryer baseball cap, from local feed store breifs (not boxers) Hoppes #9 - stirred, not shaken (it bruises the ammonia) Brian Enos' "far-superior" slide-glide

Chriss, I look at this crazy world from my vantage point, (which is basically in the middle of nowhere) and I don't know whether to laugh or cry sometimes. Imagine, someone so caught up in all of life's hustle and bustle that they actually want 24-7 contact with the outside world! Are we really that scared of being alone with our thoughts? Is this our Brave New World?? .... in stereo??? -sam

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...lephone_tooth_4 I always kinda liked agent 86's shoe phone, but this is way, way, out there.

In the twenties there was a nifty little invention called radio. It was going to change everything too. "It seems that stocks have reached a permanently high plateau." —Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929 Got Gold?

Enron, Global Crossing, MCI-Worldcom, Arthur Andersen, ect, ect. What all these business had in common was a management team that was willing to use "creative accounting" methods to drive stock prices up. Of course, they also got to pull down those mega-buck salaries and exercise those massive stock options in the process. Shareholders were robbed of their money and their dreams. Pretty much, legally. Remember, the new standard of law since Slick Willie is, "it depends on what the meaning of IS is". And in the eyes of Wall Street, sheep exist to get sheared. It will be very surprising if anyone goes to jail over this. Because, under our system of capital punishment, if you can steal enough CAPITAL, you ain't gonna' get NO PUNISHMENT!

http://www.brianenos.com/Qstore/c000001.htm Here's a link to the book or just click on the >back to brianenos.com link at the top of this page. This book costs about the same as a box of store bought ammo. The information it contains is priceless.

Nope, I'm a charter member of the "VAST RIGHT WING CONSIPRACY" that Hillary so deftly exposed during the last administration. Opposite of what you may hear about us in the media, we love our government and our constitution. And I categorically deny that we had anything at all to do with it. But, maybe it's a good time to take another look at TWA flight 800. A lot of eyewitnesses originally reported seeing a missle streaking toward that plane. I wouldn't be surpried to find out that Osama & Company had a little something to do with that one too. Oh yeah, that happen on the Clinton's watch, and everyone knows they never tried to cover anything up.

X-dawg! Man, you came to the right place. And we are glad you did! The results you have described sound very much like you are allowing the movement of your trigger finger to disturb the aim of your pistol. Unless we have trained our hand to move the trigger finger with out moving the rest of the fingers, the aim almost cetainly will be disturbed. If you really want to see a good example of this phenomon, try moving your ring finger while you keep the rest of your fingers completely still. The fingers of our hands are trained to work in concert with each other almost from birth. When you curl the index finger inward upon the trigger, the other fingers want to naturally curl in with it and the gun points low and left. I don't know what kind of gun you are using, but the longer and heavier the trigger pull, the more pronounced the problem will become. To gain control of bullet placement, the movement of the trigger finger must be totally isolated. And it must press directly to the rear. Like Phil recommended, this is an area where dry-fire will work wonders. Practice with an empty brass case balanced on the front sight. If you are doing everything correctly, the case will remain in place. I met a guy last week who was having the very same problem. I wanted to help, but I was only passing through on my lunch break and shouldn't have even been at the range. I felt bad about not helping a fellow shooter. Maybe this is a chance to restore my karma. I hope it helps. -Sam

Who knows? Maybe JMB failed as an interior decorator and then became a prolific gun desiginer. (stranger things have happened) Anyway, I can't keep bustin' your chops about the Glocks, 'cause my STI is half plastic too, hehe!

Jester, ditto on what everyone said so far. How much practice is enough? That depends on how important shooting is to you. Before you can say how much is enough, you need to decide what you will have to give up in order to become as good as you want to be. If you are a young, single, guy with a good job and no serious relationships that require your attention, your time is more your own. If you are a single parent holding down two jobs, then it has to be different. I am a husband, a father, and a son to my aging mother. I have a job to do, and bills to pay, and friends that sometimes need to talk. The shooting is my own selfish indulgence, and it's what I do when all my other responsibilities are satisfied. My life is so richly blessed in so many ways that I really don't know what else to ask for. I guess I'm saying that I could never become a good enough shooter to make me happy. But, by keeping my commitments in perspective, I'm happy. And so I shoot. Please, take time to think about this. -Sam

Double D, my wife backed the jeep over my range bag and bent 50 or so of my original pre-ban hi-cap tubes. But, lucky for me I can still get parts to rebuild them from Brownell's. (that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.) :

Kyle, you're scaring me! Forget all about the concept of a thumb safety, OK? It's not for use on microwavable, dishwasher safe firearms. I get this terrible mental image of a tactical tupperware technician, in a fit of John Browning envy, trying activate the safety with his thumb and ending up with the muzzle of his prized plastic pistol pointed precariously at his pompadour. -Sam http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/mica/cavy.gif

Hello Chapman and WELCOME to the forum!!!! If the action you describe is the only problem you're having, I'm thinkin' you're probably OK with the safety. The safety sear stop surface cams up to engage the lower part of the sear and prevent movement when the gun is cocked. If the gun isn't cocked, you can still hear a click on some guns because the safety is hitting against the bottom edge of the sear, instead of engaging it on the flat. There is a detent on the front of the safety lever that helps hold it in the down position, with a little help from it's friend, the safety lock plunger. In some cases the detent may need to be deepened a little to help hold the lever down. But basically, I only worry about the safety working when the gun is cocked. Then it has to work perfectly or there is just no end to the mischief you can get into. Be careful! If you have any doubts at all, get thee to a gunnery. -Sam

can i get a barrel sleeve made out of this stuff?

Jon, one source I talked to is KKM Precision in Carson City NV. (775)-246-5444. The shop is in the process of moving right now and barrels are probably two months out. (I mentioned that I saw the ad in theMarchApril issue of Front Sight.) I've been contemplating a Tungsten sleeved barrel ever since shooting one a couple of years ago. Another source I heard about is well known gunmaker Johnny Lim. Tungsten is a major pain to machine. It dulls the best carbide cutters fast. Sleeving a barrel with a tungsten cylinder is a painstaking job best reserved for a real pro, in my opinion. If only a mild demand develops for these barrles, long lead times could become the norm. I'm really thinking this one over carefully. It's all about recoil management. And it isn't exactly like my bull barrel .40 cal STI at 165 PF is beating me to death. What I will spend on a tunsten barrel alone, and I do my own fitting, is as much as a new CZ-75 production gun. Tungsten is really "gee whizz" cool stuff, I just don't know if I want to invest that much time and money yet. Lemme know what you find out and what you're thinking. Anyone else? -Sam