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Can a factory Glock 17 slide be cut for a red dot to use in CO or does it really require an aftermarket slide?

One thing I don't see anyone here having mentioned is making sure that poppers, especially large poppers, have a solid base under them. I have RO'd stages where the popper basically sunk or dug into the ground over time, which makes it very hard to keep in calibration. By setting up the stage with the popper sitting on a piece of plywood and spiked through the plywood into the ground, the popper stayed level and in calibration far longer and caused less issues.

Mom has had both knees done, individually about 6 months apart. She had a knee done day one, was home day two. Two weeks or so of in home therapy followed by 4 to 6 weeks of visit to rehab therapy. She has no issues now.

The whole "Make Ready" issue can be tough. Especially when shooters are heavily plugged and there is a lot of other conversations around. I try hard to make sure that the shooter is aware that I am communicating with them as opposed to someone else (the the guy slowly walking back uprange from pasting) or an outside conversation. As for Safety DQs, that is a no tolerance issue. We play with toys that can make a silly mistake into a deadly one way too quickly.

We build walls in one of two ways. Wooden frames with T bases, usually made so they unbolt for easy storage. The T bases have holes in them to drive spikes into the ground. PVC frames with open ends of the pipes at the bottom. We drive rebar into the ground and the PVC frame drops down over the rebar.

The MecGar P18 magazines are shorter than the real P18 mags and often have issues if there is a magwell.

Comparing stock Dillon dies to special purpose dies is not an apples to apples comparison. Normal Dillon dies are just that, stock dies designed for automated presses. Lee Factory Crimp, Redding Competition dies, etc are special purpose dies made to meet specific challenges.

Tried Black Bullets Int in my 38 SC Open gun at my Major load. Lots of dark smoke being forced out the comp ports, gun looked like a Locomotive. However they ran fine as a minor load for Steel Challenge.

I will agree that Season Two failed to live up to Season One in many ways. But it was still better than most produced for TV shows

Altered Carbon (Netflix SCiFI/Action original) was a very cool show.

On the importance of hydration ... Several years ago I was shooting the SC State Championship at Mid-Carolina Rifle Club (an old sand pit basically). At about Stage 7 my brain basically shut down. I at least had the sense to tell my squad I was not in any condition to be handling a gun. In all likelihood, I wasn't at Stage 6 or was at least very borderline. Since that time I have forced myself to do a bottle of water a stage in the Carolina's humid summers. I may add a sports drink of some kind and food depending on the length of the match, but the water has become a must.

Glad to here you are okay. I know this was a major issue in another shooting sport and I was part of a group that did a lot of testing. Smooth steel and hang angle were two of the most important things we found to control ricochets.

There is an updated version of that test and the Khantrol Hexmod came in 3rd, but there was only 1% difference between #1 and #3 in physical reduction. The Khan brothers ar big supporters of the shooting sports. I have their brake on all my precision rifles.

MOST and I stress most not All AR10s find into three patterns. AR10, DPMS, and DPMS Gen II. Most parts are either AR10 or DPMS. The Gen II stuff is somewhat newer. Then you run into some very proprietary patterns.

Watch for "Blem" sales. Every blem lower I have ever bought, it took hours to find the blem. Most were simply places where the finish was lighter or darker. I have a PSA Tac-10 lower. No complaints about it.

I would say that USPSA is about middle of the pack when it comes to expense in shooting sports. GSSF and IDPA could be considered less expensive, Skeet/Trap/Clays, 3Gun, PRS, SASS, could be considered more expensive. Not really a big difference from the expense of Golf. Racing is much more expensive.

Does anyone local have a spare cart I can borrow? I am flying in making a gun cart difficult to transport

Mine is similiar to Steelix, with the welded on plates. Given what I hear about new Para's not sure I would go that route.

Any idea on the general round count? Will need to pre-ship ammo for the match to my friends house.

LSnSC, I beat you and Steve when it came to the whole screwing up thing at Woody's Fall Brawl

Dang. I use a Data Book. Watched a guy re-calc with his app for every shot and seemed like a waste of time.

I wasn't meaning to lead you astray Micheal. The Precision Rifle game is NOT a dedicated single loading rifle game. Steve is correct in that. I simply meant that the match at Peacemaker could be shot with a stock Remington 700/Savage 1xx without any real penalty until you can upgrade. Of course you can buy a nice rifle to start but thats typically a large outlay. There is one on the Carolina Shooter Forums now. I did the pieces route. Bought a Remington 700, then the upgrades as I could afford them. But one piece of advice.... save up and buy a scope ONCE. Its half your investment in the rifle.

Micheal, The format at Peacemaker is such that a typical bolt action single loaded is competitive. Its not a speed game, but solely about accuracy.

It was a lot of fun, Steve.

Sounds like a lot of fun, wish I could have made it this year. Would love to see the Sniper match grow into a full Precision Rifle/Sniper match.