The Hangin' Chad

I have used both powders, you are going to use more grains of the 3N38 but because it is so much finer it requires less case space. My gun has 3 chamber comp with 3 barrel ports, I really liked the 3N38 with a 115 gr. JHP, the gun stayed fairly flat and moderately soft. However, I eventually started experiencing intermittent flame balls that I found distracting and could not get them to go away. At my best guess I thought it was certain lots caused this but I gave up trying to figure it out and switched to Vectan SP2 which feels the same in the gun and requires even less case space. The downside is I can only buy it in a 55 lb. keg out of state. Hope this helps THC

I like the way you look at it Alan Where is the cheese!!! I personally want to be like Smitty FL and shoot a stage with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth while toting that GM card and whooping everybodys a$$. THC

Any time you have a jam like this you have a 99.9% chance that your mag springs are weak. Try replacing those and you will probably be OK. Hope this helps. Let us know how it turns out. THC

My gun smith took a push rod from a small block chevy a piece of 1/4" all thread and an ed brown head and made me a hollow guide rod for my open gun, I really liked it. Then I tried the sprinco, liked that better. THC

Typically, as long as you make sure to insert the allen wrench all the way in the screw head you won't strip out the head, you will just twist and break the allen wrench (trust me, I have experience). The most effective way to get the screws out is to take the gun all apart and clean everything so that it is dry mainly in the area of the back side of the screws inside the dust cover. Now take a propane torch (like the plumbers use) and keep the flame turned down kind of low, carefully apply the heat inside the dust cover to the back side of the screws. What you are trying to do is burn out the loctite. I would start with intervals of about 20 to 30 seconds and go up from there as needed, focus on one screw at a time. If you don't feel comfortable trying it, take it to a gunsmith or find a buddy who has done it before. Hope this helps THC

Jagger Although I'm not familiar with the MCM cases, I see no reason that would keep you from putting in the supercomp extractor and running both the MCM and supercomp cases. THC

Thanks Eric However, I didn't quite make A yet, but the next classifier going in should pull the A card for me. THC

I have to agree with JFlowers interpretation on this. I have attended a State match where (out of 9 or 10 stages) one stage had all white steel, one was all red, one was all blue and one was all green. I didn't here anybody complain. Just my $.02. THC

Measure the rims with your calipers: Rimless is about .386 Rimmed is about .406 You have about a 50/50 chance on it running through your gun, it depends on the condition of the gun and how it is set up and tuned. My open gun will stove pipe on every piece of rimless that comes through it. A buddy of mine only shoots rimless through his gun during practice because he knows that eventually it will jam. However, you can set the gun up for rimless by simply installing a supercomp extractor (and tuning it, the main thing is to get the tension right). Hope this helps. THC

Just pee in the shower, it works for me. THC

All of the above pretty much sums it up for me too, but the top of my list would definitely start with It's the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on THC

Here's my two cents. I ordered mine about one year ago directly from Alan over the phone, I would recommend anyone else to do the same as he can give the very important yet simple info. on how to set this up in your gun. First of all it is extremely important that you get the guide rod that has the correct sub spring tension for your gun. In an open gun I can almost guarantee that if you have the medium or heavy sub spring, you will experience stove pipe jams. The reason for this is the sub spring actually speeds up the slide a little to fast. Also I have a friend with an STI built open gun who just recently installed an older one of these, when you pull the slide back and feel the sub spring tension his is much stronger than mine. And he has had some unexplained stove pipe jams when every thing else on the gun is setup right. I think the package was marked wrong. For the time being he took it out but says he is going to look into getting it replaced. This might explain some of the bad experiences in the past. According to Alan the most favorable setup for an open gun is to use the light or open recoil reducer and an 8lb spring and cut 1 or 2 coils (or none if you prefer), I cut 2 and loved it. It only lasted for about four months before I started to get some failure to feeds, (wish I would have cut just 1). Ireplaced it with a wolf 8lb (because that was all that I had) and cut 2 coils noticing that it had 5 more coils than the sprinco. It worked fine but noticed it was a little heavy, I could probably cut more coils and be safe on the wolf. I did experience some stove pipes at some local club Sunday matches, but every time I did I noticed that my exteactor tension had fell to about 10 or 12 ounces. After replacing my Aftec springs the tension went right back up to 18 ounces and stove pipes disappeared. I also noticed that the head became loose after about a couple of months, but would only turn about 1/8 of a turn or less and never got any looser. I personally wouldn't have a problem if I had to reloctite the head every other month, I'm already doing that now to one of my scope mount screws. I would definitely recommend this product. If you want to use different manufacturer springs for whatever reason, I see no reason why it shouldn't work, how ever you might have to experiment with weights and/if coils to cut. THC

Excuse me David What you point out makes sense. But whether or not it is true, I really don't know. I personally have experienced the interpretation of the words change when the attourney's get involved. It does amaze me that out of that long post (I appologize for the length, I didn't realize how much content was there) you pin point in on something like that. Please tell me you do realize that the post was intended to show other ways of how easily your credit card info. could be stolen. I personally received this email from a police officer, and I was very glad this person sent this to me. Please excuse the ---- out of me for trying to help you out. THC

I received this in an email a while back, appearently, this came from some branch of Florida law enforcement. Notice how none of this is internet related. CREDIT CARDS SCENE 1 A friend went to the local gym and placed his belongings in the locker. After the workout and a shower, he came out, saw the locker open, and thought to himself, "Funny, I thought I locked the locker. Hmmmmm." He dressed and just flipped the wallet to make sure all was in order. Everything looked okay - all cards were in place. A few weeks later his credit card bill came - a whooping bill of $14,000! He called the credit card company and started yelling at them, saying that he did not make the transactions. Customer care personnel verified that there was no mistake in the system and asked if his card had been stolen. "No," he said, but then took out his wallet, pulled out the credit card, and yep - you guessed it - a switch had been made. An expired similar credit card from the same bank was in the wallet. The thief broke into his locker at the gym and switched cards. Verdict: The credit card issuer said since he did not report the card missing earlier, he would have to pay the amount owed to them. How much did he have to pay for items he did not buy? $9,000! Why were there no calls made to verify the amount swiped? Small amounts rarely trigger a "warning bell" with some credit card companies. It just so happens that all the small amounts added up to big one! SCENE 2 A man at a local restaurant paid for his meal with his credit card. The bill for the meal came, he signed it, and the waitress folded the receipt and passed the credit card along. Usually, he would just take it and place it in his wallet or pocket. Funny enough, though, he actually took a look at the card and, lo and behold, it was the expired card of another person. He called the waitress and she looked perplexed. She took it back, apologized, and hurried back to the counter under the watchful eye of the man. All the waitress did while walking to the counter was wave the wrong expired card to the counter cashier, and the counter cashier immediately looked down and took out the real card. No exchange of words --- nothing! She took it and came back to the man with an apology. Verdict: Make sure the credit cards in your wallet at yours. Check the name on the card every time you sign for something and/or the card is taken away for even a short period of time. Many people just take back the credit card without even looking at it, thinking that it has to be theirs. FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, DEVELOP THE HABIT OF CHECKING YOUR CREDIT CARD EACH TIME IT IS RETURNED TO YOU AFTER A TRANSACTION! SCENE 3 Yesterday I went into a pizza restaurant to pick up an order that I had called in. I paid by using my Visa Check Card which, of course, is linked directly to my checking account. The young man behind the counter took my card, swiped it, then laid it flat on the counter as he waited for the approval, which is pretty standard procedure. While he waited, he picked up his cell phone and started dialing. I noticed the phone because it is the same model I have, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Then I heard a click that sounded like my phone sounds when I take a picture. He then gave me back my card but kept the phone in his hand as if he was still pressing buttons. Meanwhile, I'm thinking: I wonder what he is taking a picture of, oblivious to what was really going on. It then dawned on me: the only thing there was my credit card, so now I'm paying close attention to what he is doing. He set his phone on the counter, leaving it open. About five seconds later, I heard the chime that tells you that the picture has been saved. Now I'm standing there struggling with the fact that this boy just took a picture of my credit card. Yes, he played it off well, because had we not had the same kind of phone, I probably would never have known what happened. Needless to say, I immediately canceled that card as I was walking out of the pizza parlor. All I am saying is, be aware of your surroundings at all times. Whenever you are using your credit cards, take caution and don't be careless. Notice who is standing near you and what they are doing when you use your card. Be aware of phones because many have a camera phone these days. When you are in a restaurant and the waiter/waitress brings your card and receipt for you to sign, make sure you scratch the number off. Some restaurants are using only the last four digits, but a lot of them are still putting the whole thing on there. I have already been a victim of credit card fraud and, believe me, it is not fun. The truth is that they can get you even when you are careful, but don't make it easy for them. FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN THINK OF. LET'S GET THE WORD OUT

AGYoung The only problem with having people hold targets for you is................................. they leak when you hit them. THC

once with the sling shot twice with the crossbow once with the 357 mag twice with the rocket launcher.........................along with an airplane and the truck THC

Don't close it...please? I just purchased one and stuck it in my open gun. So far I love it, but I've only put 3 to 4 hundred rounds through it so far. Let me get a couple thousand through it and I'll post my results. THC

I was for 11 yrs. THC

JL Could you post a picture of it? THC

Schmitz I don't doubt that you've seen some OKO's give other people trouble. It sounds like you got lucky with your Cmore, and if you tell me that you've seen OKO's give people more trouble than Cmore's, I won't beleive you. I do have a friend that has recently became a STI dealer, he filled me in on the history of the OKO. According to him the first generation of OKO's were not very good, he said when he started shooting open (many moons ago) he chose to try an OKO. Unfortunately he was shooting a stage and the sight just blew up, the sight just simply went from one piece to several pieces on the ground. he stated that they have fixed many problems since then, and that today's product is a very nice unit and that he is trying to push this product on his custom guns. I can't count how many times I have seen a competitor throw 6 rds at each target and look up and say "the dot died", look at the gun and it's a Cmore. Over 50% of the people I know that shoot Cmore say that they don't get true linear movement when zeroing, adjust windage to center, adjust elev and windage is off and vise versa, basically a viscious circle, no thanks. If you think about it, you're are bending plastic to make these adjustments, duh. I've have also seen too many posts on here on how to fix the intermittent dot on a Cmore. I beleive that there is a much lower % chance of me losing my dot on an OKO than a Cmore, but, lets look at it htis way, let's say it is a 50/50 chance between the two, atleast OKO was smart enough to give you an aux set of fixed sights to use inthis situation and quite possibly keep you in the race for the win. I'm just trying to give you all of the info I came up with before I bought my sight. THC

I like zero for forty and 38Super. Get them from www.rozedist.com, this is actually zero's dealer branch. I've used MG in forty and liked them, I would definitely use them as my first choice as a backup in both calibers if I had a problem getting zero. I have a local guy in FL that I use if I want to get MG, he gets a good case price. THC

I already posted in the other thread before I saw this one, so here it is again. I went with the OKO 4moa sight and I love it. It has aux sights in case the dot decides to take a nap, water / shock resistant and it looks much more durable than a Cmore. THC

For the sight, I went with the OKO 4 moa, and I love it. It has aux sights incase the dot decides to take a nap. It looks much more durable than a C-more. THC

Sounds like simple principles of mechanics. Make since to me. I'm ordering one right now, besides, its only the price of shipping to experiment if unhappy. THC

I,ve seen several lefty's use the standard mag release and use their trigger finger to dump the mag, they like mainly because they definitely get the finger off of the trigger when doing a mag change. It's really shooter preference as to which mag release you prefer (standard or left hand), as for resale value, a replacement is only $30.00 so I wouldn't worry about it. I've shot both .125 & .090 Caspian fiber optic, I love the .090. In my opinion the difference is like night and day, it is definitely the shiznitty for the long hard shot, and I think you will find on the close up target you will increase your A hits with the same speed. Thats my $.02 worth. THC