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AFDavis11

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  1. I am .4 % away from B. Maybe I'll see you guys in '08.
  2. Rockin Match! I hope to attend again and I'm bringing a bud (Lim10) with me. I'll probably get squaded with the Mossbacks again if I'm really lucky. I really hope they serve fried chicken again on match day! That was sooooo cool.
  3. Ofcourse Mike, your right. But as a revolver shooter for years having felt like I was being "kept down by the man", I'm all for a change that makes our Division as easy (or easier) to move up than before. Maybe making it easier to make GM in revolver would do incredible things for our Division; like let it survive. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out.
  4. Congrats, thats a great accomplishment! Looks like their could be more soon. I'm still trying to grasp the fuzzy math behind the percentages. One day I'm sure it'll all make sense why the A shooters have higher percentages than the Master shooters...
  5. Brilliant! Additionally, I would find it fascinating to know how Mike "drives" the gun. Watching J. Rod and D. Carden at the SummerBlast was amazing; so many ways to do the same thing. Watching Rudy W. shoot Open revolver was heart stopping; I turned to hear who was using an fully automatic gun on the stage behind me. When I saw him with a revolver my mind took a long time to process what I was seeing and hearing.
  6. I think I should have every right to expect a motorized cylinder installed in the next decade. :-) A lot of the "advancements" in competition guns are limited to the venue its used in and the rules governing its competition. I think 8 and even 10 shot revolvers with Ti cylinders would get built if there were no restriction on rounds in the gun. I think if you simply had an Open Revolver Division you'd start seeing guys with Open Revolvers and likely thier advancements would be different (better?) than the Open auto guys version. Its also a "support" issue. "Open" the rules and the guns will follow.
  7. Well, you've got a good point. I started in Lim-10 but left because my equipment sucked. I jumped into Production, even though I thought the rules were stupid, and I enjoyed it a lot. It felt very "stock car" racy. Even playing field, and enjoyed it a lot. Turned out I was mostly wrong (some of the rules still suck a little). I avoided revolver for a while (at the high end), because there actually is an equipment race. It just isn't purchased, its crafted in your own home. Tuning a revolver is much more important than you guys give it credit. I have a box/stock N frame in the safe with a 15 pound trigger. It seems to me neither the rules nor the economics, support advancements for revolver. The subset of revolver shooters, shooting USPSA, is probably a tenth of a percent of total sales. Does the future look any better? I don't see any demographics expert suggesting that revolver shooters want high tech advancements. Thats like titanium wheeled horse buggies. I see it as we are such a small demographic that anyone spending research money on technical advancements would be throwing away good money. The next technical advancement I see is a spring loaded cylinder that ejects the moonclips automatically.
  8. Thanx, that works! And thanx for all the advice and help on Sunday. I learned more about shooting a revolver from you in a few hours than I've picked up all year. I think my games getting better.
  9. Bob, Patrick and I both want to go but their website is down. I'm trying to find the range now. I'll let you know if I can find directions, if so, I will be there. Alan
  10. Yea, that did it...I dremeled the sucker into oblivion and it finally pushed far enough to release the cylinder. Now atleast it functions, well good enough to see that now it catches extracting moonclips on the way out of the cylinder. Maybe I'll dremel it down until it looks like a factory release..... LOL... I think this is another live and learn moment for me.....
  11. I bought an after market Cylinder Release and it doesn't work. Won't open the cylinder. Does EVERYTHING with a revolver have to be so stinking difficult! Harrg! I can't even begin to imagine the simple stupid thing I must be overlooking thats making it not work. Screw it on and it moves but won't release the cylinder. I put the original back on and wham!, everything is fine again. I can't see any thing different on the underside of either part (replacement or factory). Any ideas?
  12. I need a targeting education too, reloading might help a little. You guys know of a school now?
  13. I will, as long as you keep posting!
  14. You might look at Nill grips. I think there was a thread on someone building his own from some kind of epoxy, that might be an option too. You'll get some better advice soon.
  15. I'll be there, and I'm bringing two friends... :-) Its my mission to bring a new shooter every month! Or are you talking about Beth? :-)
  16. I have a friend that is waaaaay into the sport after one shoot and has been asking a million questions. Last week, along with 60 other questions was: "How do you get revolver ammo to a match when you fly?" I have to admit I have no idea. How do you? You obviously won't get primer ignition from any Factory stuff you buy. Can you fly with ammo or do you retune your hammer for factory loads?
  17. I was wondering if I could trouble you guys for laymans terms of how to swap out front sights on 625 and other Smiths. Seems I'm not quite getting it. Do you simply hammer out the pin and lift the front sight off or is there another easier method. Are there any simple tools I should use to blow out that pin (I've tried a few things). From my searches I think the fact that one gun is a 325 might make a difference, it seems to have a hollow pin, if that makes any sense. I've read the threads after a search but they don't equate to any reality I can fathom. I've read that there is another pin somewhere but don't know where... I've have managed to remove the pin and sight on my Model 66, but I don't think I did it the correct (smart) way. Thanx
  18. Do you like that thumb latch release? Do you reload "same hand" style?
  19. Dan, It was a pleasure meeting you too...hopefully we'll meet again. Its neat having a tightknit group. Guys, Thanx, lots of info to digest. Much appreciated.
  20. I'd like to get better, but I have to admit at this point I'm not sure how. I have been trying to push speed a little lately and I'm seeing my scores go down (seemingly). So I assume the first thing everyone will say, and rather flippantly I would assume is, "Practice". Ok, so first question is "Practice what?" Reloading seems like an easy answer, grip, draw . . . ok anything else? Here are a few areas of my game that I'm not all that happy with. I'm not sure, or settled yet on a reloading method. How did you guys decide what was best? Sometimes when I reload I feel like I get a little "lost". One, I find myself looking for the next moonclip. Do you guys pull from a specific order on your belt? Second, my eyes return to the array of targets and I'm not sure where I was. I find this happens less when I reload keeping the gun in my strong hand (no idea why). I find the hand switch method faster, yet maybe overall it may be more important NOT to use that method. I find myself taking my time and hitting targets well and sometimes I run at the targets like a banshy and do ok too. Any thoughts on which approach is better. I know its a stupid question but can you answer this . . . do you feel like your hurrying when you run a stage or do you feel like your moving smoothly and trying to use economy of motion? My thoughts at this point are to keep running like a madman at the stages and see what happens for the rest of the year.... Did any of you practice pulling the trigger faster on targets. I don't know whether there really is time to be gained actually shooting the targets or whether time benefits are more achievable moving between arrays. In other words, when you started out what did you focus on more? I have a static range to practice at so no drawing, moving, weaving allowed. Would pulling the trigger faster with live rounds make sense, say at some distance? Do you guys feel that in general the key to improving (in USPSA) is speed. I.E. is my interpretation of speed being important accurate for a revolver shooter. Sometimes it hits me that slowing down and hitting 6 steel targets is probably A LOT better than an attack run and one reload. I have JM's video and some things seem odd to me...maybe its just cuz I'm new; like for instance, his view that the cylinder HAS to be turning before you get on target. Does anybody actually do that? Besides the fact that I would be DQ'd in a match for touching my trigger on the move does anyone really make an attempt to get their cylinder moving before they are on target as a method of saving time? He says "Don't ever run at the trigger", so do you guys pull smoothly or attack (or run smoothly really fast? LOL). Well, you get the drift of the thread . . . how did you get better? Both specifically with a revolver and in general? At the SummerBlast I wasn't able to watch most of you guys shoot so I haven't much reference. I only get to shoot with one other revolver guy on occasion.
  21. I would imagine that 13 and 14 would be real heavy compared to what I use. I am a complete noob and can screw up anything. I was able to follow Mike's advice and play with the springs already in the gun, after bobbing the hammer, and get incredible results. He is right about balance though. I trimmed the return spring very little and bent the main spring, then backed out the main spring screw a tad and added a touch of locktite and blam. Guns been running for a long time and just perfect. I think the spot to watch out for is the return spring, once cut you can't put any back. Also, you may want to see the silly thread I started on Hammer Throw testing . . . that helped me make adjustments right at the bench. I think I only removed one coil on the spring though so I'm sure there is more to the process than my "amature version", but its sure helps.
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