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    Jerks serting hotel alarm clocks

    in What I Hate

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    I stay at the same hotel every week Monday through Friday and almost always the same room. This is a quiet suburbian motel with some highway traffic but mostly a working customer, such as electricians and roofers in town for a contract.

    Every Monday when I check in, I notice the clock is not how or where I left it the previous Friday. Usually it is something very noticable such as unplugged or on the floor but frequently, the alarm will be set to something weird like 5:05pm and the alarm will be going off.

    Of course this also happens with the coffee maker. I have found it under the bed twice in the past few months.

    I am pretty sure it is the maid service being weird.

    SS

    Replacement for Clays

    in 44/45 Caliber

    Posted

    700x is all I can find locally. Not a bad price from several different suppliers. I am going to pick up 8lbs. Monday or Tuesday. I can't find Federal primers anywhere. I am down to 3k for Large pistol, and 5 k for small pistol. Having to pay $40+ for 1k here.

    I lucked into a couple 1# cans of Clays last weekend but paid $28/per. Any pistol powder has been an infrequent find but I see rifle powder more frequently recently than it has been. Primers are running $38 - $40/1k here also but seem to be more readily available than they were just weeks ago.

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    LGS with a surprise

    in What I Like

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    Shot poorly at a local match at a range tonight and to make myself feel better I went out to their shop and wandered around looking for something I could not do without. I noticed they had quite a selection of primers on their shelfs and while I have scrounged some primers, I have had a tough time finding pisol powder. I off-hand asked if they had anything in pisol powder as none was apparent. The owner asked me what I was looking for and I told him, almost anything that will fit in a 40 or 45. As you guys know, powder is hard enough to find, I am willing to try anything that will fit in a case. He indicated he had some that had just came in and asked me what I wanted again. I told him that I would take anything from Bullseye on up. He snickered and sent his help downstairs to bring up a brand new case of Clay's 1# jugs.

    I am still emotionally dancing a jig, hell, I can shoot another match next week but finding powder.. WOOOT!!

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    Your first IDPA match gun

    in IDPA Shooting

    Posted · Edited by Systemstooge

    Member since 04/11, first match and every match for the first few years was with a Kimber CDP Pro. Just picked up a G35 to put a change in my game. I have changed holsters, mag pouches and played with the ballistics of my reloading more than anything and have a stack of holsters I have used but I always seem to come back to my carry rig, a Don Hume OWB.

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    When do you let go...

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

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    When told to be quiet - Oh hell no.

    If I believe I understand the requirements, and what is being delivered does not meet those requirements, either explain to me what I am misunderstanding or I am going to push until ether someone reacts, the requirements change or explains to me what I am missing.

    I have faced similar issues several times and the few times I remember not pursuing the issue, it has in some manner come back to bite ME.

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    Na Na Na Na Naaaaa NAAAAAAA!

    in What I Like

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    Did some air soft training in the basement and sharped my ice tools, oh ya and froze the high yesterday was -7 and its even colder today! Have fun in your sun!

    Difficult to beat Billings for cold

    I had a friend ask me to move to North Dakota earlier this year for a job. I was just thinking of him freezing his x^$&$^ off up there. I should probably call to see if he's stuck to a flagpole somewhere.

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    Double Alpha pouches illegal for IDPA

    in IDPA Shooting

    Posted

    without a doubt, a full-sized 1911 is a common carry gun. Not the MOST common by any means, but not at all unusual.

    However, carrying one in a skeleltonized Drop-offset race holster is pretty uncommon for concealed carry, and so are adjustable wheel mag pouches. I love those mag pouches and I have some on my production rig, but i wouldn't carry them for everyday use (of course I wouldn't carry ANY extra magazines for everyday use).

    To me, the idpa restrictions on equipment make a fair amount of sense, it's the other pretend-tacticool rules that drove me away.

    I believe this hits the nail dead center. I am not the most experienced of shooters so take this with all the salt required, I believe they are attempting to keep IDPA from turning into an equipment race.

    SS

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