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Arvin,
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Without the Hydration pack installed you can get 2 hard open gun cases, 4 dillon boxes of ammo, filled 6 mag pouch, over head hearing protection, knee pads, and oakley eyeglass case in the main compartment comfortably. Middle compartment carries gloves, tool and parts kit, and small 1st aid kit. Front pocket holds match score sheets. Side pockets hold mag brush, hammer, arredondo punch, video camera, cigar tubes, monocular, pro-grip.
With hydration pack installed remove 1 hard open gun case. I don't normally run the Hydration pack at Richmond, but it's an option I like to have.
Straps are totally comfortable.
You'll have to deal with the occasional "are you going camping?" or "when are you leaving for Iraq?" comment, but no one's laughing at you when it's keeping your back cool because you have the hydration pack half filled with ice and it's over 100 degrees at the Silver Buckle in Ridgecrest.
Alvin
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... and a jet pack.
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WOW I really like that quote!!!!
Me too!
Totally why I plagiarized ... er I mean ... stole it!
Thanks
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its a level one match we just let the cheaters run on by.....
"Let's face it, our sport is not for everyone. It is sometimes easier to make excuses than it is to make ready."
The story contains:
1) A competitor willing to participate in the shenanigans that will get him thrown into open class.
2) This competitor is hated by everyone so much that they would rather throw him into open than let him fix whatever it is and stay in production.
3) This person then has the audacity to declare major which you cannot disprove because you have no chrono.
The choices are:
1) Stay and fight with a guy who will never change and you cannot fix that probably won't last long in the sport anyway.
2) Let it go, focus on what you need to do to accomplish the goal you set out for that day, and LMR.
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its not my fault he got bumped to open.
It's not the shooter's fault you don't have a chrono.
It's a Level 1 match.
Let it go.
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Declare major, use hi-cap mags now ... what's the difference?
It's a production gun shooting in open class ... that's punishment enough.
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the "shooter's bubble" is not the "be all, end all" of shooting
Niether are cones ... they're just tools that work today to help us establish frames of reference that eventually melt away to leave behind a single shot efficient from beginning to end done over and over again.
Isn't it ironic that in our quest for completion we end up dividing stuff?How many times have I taken something apart to see how it works and not been able to put it back together agian?
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I noticed that I'd have a feeling of the target being "there" and my sights "here".
I know this feeling.
I shot my first match in a year's time this past Feburary. For the last two months I've been consistenly having my a$$ handed to me in the overall standings. I could see the gun, see the target, see the gun go off not aligned to the target, see the gun go off AGAIN not aligned to the same target, try a make up shot and see the gun AGAIN go off not aligned to that same F*(&^ing target. It was frustrating and hurt the feelings of my fragile big ego.
My friends told me to relax and they were right.
I don't know if it's insecurity or laziness but at my worst I always seem to stray away from the fundamentals.
I wish they made a "hydroxycut" for shooting like they do for losing weight. Pop a pill and get instant results in 2 weeks. Chasing the trick of the day makes you feel like you are doing something but in the end you realize (hopefully) that you spent way too much time watching QVC and wonder how you will pay the credit card bill.
So I went to my shooting logs and started reading all the notes I kept. Shot groups, timing drills, and started to trust myself and let the shots, arrays, and stages play out like I know they should.
It's a rough road back ... I'm on my way ... but enough about me.
As far as the bubble is concerned, rather than points on a sphere surrounding me, I envision cones projecting from the end of my gun to the targets. The further and tighter the shot the more narrow the funnel of the cone. So on your sphere, rather than points, they would look like circles varying in size depending on the type of shot. If the gun is in the circle it goes off. There's no added gain to tune to a smaller circle than necessary which would be less efficient. I think of it as a cone (connecting the tip of the gun to the acceptable hit area) since for that shot that is where I want my focus (on the target), but I have to do other things so I want to pull my awareness back (from the target) and extend another larger cone around the shooting cone to include the array. If I'm really feeling good the awareness is pulled back to include the whole stage. Maybe in the sphere case it would be extending a larger awareness sphere to include the whole array then if you're really feeling good being able to extend the sphere to include the whole stage. If the line between focus and awareness starts to breakdown then focus must rule and awareness has to be divided into smaller pieces.
Thinking about your bubble some more, I bet you're not shooting open. Which is why the sphere works better (radius = distance from your eye to the front sight). I'm shooting open so my radius = distance from gun to target, hence the cones.
Also, since you're running the sphere maybe you don't extend an awareness bubble around it, maybe you just add more circles for the other targets and the circles move into place as you get to the engagement points of the targets in the stage.
I'll have to think about that some more ... anyway ...
Welcome back to both of us!
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How many of the USPSA competitors out there realize just how skilled they are with firearms in relation to non-competitors?
It's my experience that those heading to the top are too focused on their own game to notice.
Which reminds me of a story ...
One day it was announced by the Master Joshu that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state. Much impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him."We have heard that you are enlightened. Is this true?" his fellow students inquired.
"It is," Kyogen answered.
"Tell us," said a friend, "how do you feel?"
"As miserable as ever," replied the enlightened Kyoge.
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I think ... you either hit your target or you miss your target.
If your target is the A-zone and you miss, you're lucky if you get a C or D.
If your target is paper and you hit, you're lucky if you get an A.
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WHAT IS YOUR MAIN GOAL IN THIS SPORT?
To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
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Has anyone heard of a proposed date for 2008 Open Nationals?
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Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder!
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Results are up at the following link:
Thanks to the Sage Pistol League for another fine experience.
ParaJoe, good to see you again.
Cesar, good to meet you.
Nick, good luck at USPSA camp.
Finaly a BIG THANK YOU to the Tilley's who let me borrow a shooting belt complete with holster and mag pouches to substitute for my own which I smartly left in San Jose for the weekend. I was prepared to go at it with low ready and no score. They saved my bacon.
Ya'll come up for the Golden Bullet if you can.
We'll do the work
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Yes, it's the Big Butt with some modification ... I actually whittled more of it away today. It came with the gun when I got it.
Edit: I got the gun from a shooting buddy ... not a store.
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Any Exercises For Isolating Trigger Finger Movement?
Shoot a revolver.
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It's not one of the options you listed, but if you like the Limcat style try this one:
It is also available from Shooters Connection.
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I now hear that 7625 will not yield high fps and that there are better powders for 45 acp. Any help here?
From the IMR Website:
http://www.imrpowder.com/data/handgun/45acp.php
IMR HANDGUN DATANEVER Exceed the Loads Listed Here
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45 A.C.P.
CASE: REMINGTON
BBL: 5.0"
PR: REMINGTON 2 1/2
TWIST: 1:16" TRIM: .893"
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BULLET
POWDER GR VEL CUP
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185 GR. REM MC HP DIA: .451" COL: 1.210"
SR 7625 6.9 890 18,000 CUP
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200 GR. SPR JHP DIA: .451" COL: 1.170"
SR 7625 6.4 825 17,200 CUP
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200 GR. HDY LSWC DIA: .452" COL: 1.170"
SR 7625 6.5 900 18,000 CUP
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230 GR. REM LRN DIA: .451" COL: 1.270"
SR 7625 6.2 825 17,700 CUP
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230 GR. REM MC DIA: .451" COL: 1.260"
SR 7625 6.0 745 17,400 CUP
Send mail to help@imrpowder.com with questions or comments.
IMR Phone 913-362-9455 Fax 913-362-1307
Copyright © 2005 IMR All rights reserved.
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... is there one Platronics model you prefer?
The Voyager 510 seems to be pretty popular. It has amplification and a noise cancelling microphone. The button on the side allows you to answer calls without having to work the phone.
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Check your grip ... it might be loosening as the shot string gets longer ... might be why the problem seems to occur more on 4+ target arrays ... might be why slowing down doesn't help.
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When I first started shooting I was told by many experienced shooters "if it dosen't say you can't do it " you can do it any way you want to as long as it is safe.
+1
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Damn.......I bet that cost us about 2 million bucks.
I'm sure they'll let her pay it off in monthly installments.
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I would just say, we can probably get the "Princess" visor for anyone who is brave enough to be grouped with us Ladies.
I keep asking Lily how I can get on the Ladies Super Squad ... maybe this is the ticket!
Click on the link below for an album of the match:
Hurry Less, Do More
in Little things I've Noticed
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If I don't hurry, the more I can do correctly in a given amount of time, but if I don't maintain at least a sense of urgency, that given amount of time becomes much longer than it should.