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The USPSA clubs here never took Production seriously. It was considered a training-wheels division. Once you got serious you were to move up to Limited and Open Divisions. When Carry Optics started, the new division brought over many people from Limited and Open rather than Production because of the love of the optic. It will be interesting to see how Limited Optics fits in eventually. Meanwhile, Production traipses on among a few of us who never left 1999. Since the creation of Production, USPSA has not discontinued any division. I expect Production will persist as Revolver does.

The 1992 version of Candyman. The score by Philip Glass is perfect.

The Gentlemen (2020). It has a strong cast of actors who are normally leading men but here are a part of an ensemble of characters. They revolve around the life of a drug dealer--an American expat. The film has some trenchant commentary on the status of the British class system. For instance, the aristocrats do not come off well. England is a small country, and it is one in decline as no one knows what to do with themselves but to fight and do drugs. If you can follow the rap at the end without the captioning on, then you are a better person than I am. The accents are thick and it goes to show that the end of the empire means that the empire comes home to London. Enjoy. It is Guy Ritchie at his vulgar finest.

I had the good fortune to know Terry for a while after he moved his shop to Northern Nevada. I spent time with him and we discussed how the 1911 pistol functions. For instance, Terry was not a fan of tightening the slide to the frame. He said consistent barrel lock-up was the key to accuracy and reliability. He worked on a couple of mine and improved a Hi Power too. He was a talented guy. He was also a source of history about the practical shooting sports in 1960s Southern California--great stories. Terry was a consultant for Colt in the 1980s and helped that company bring forward the Series 80 design, which Terry favored. He did excellent trigger work on a Series 80 I owned at the time. RIP.

A Hall Of Mirrors by Robert Stone. It is Stone's first novel published in 1966. It concerns the doings of a right-wing radio station in mid-1960s New Orleans. Readers use the word "prescient" a lot when describing the story. You will have to read it to see why. Paul Newman, the actor, made a movie of it that was released in 1970. It is called WUSA. It is almost a good movie but is damaged by poorly edited crowd scenes and some outdated cultural depictions of African Americans. It also has a Neil Diamond song in it that sticks out like a sore thumb. Nonetheless, the script, co-written by Robert Stone, brings forward something latent in the novel--how to survive extreme politics. You may not like the answer (drop out and become a drunk), but Newman's portrayal of the lead character, a proto-libertarian, makes it rather compelling. You be the judge.

I went between the two for several years. As stated above, it is trigger time. In the last 2 years though I have decided to focus on IDPA because I can no longer deal with 2 rulebooks. Also, USPSA is more athletic. I am not in the mood anymore for that sort of thing. The price of ammo has something to do with it too. I have dropped from 5000 rounds a year to about 2000. IDPA matches here tend to be lower round count, and I appreciate it more now.

Thank you. It is a good one. I like the advice for training with little or no ammo is available. Also, practicing when no handgun is available...there is always something to improve. The match in GA sounded great. Efficiency rules. And I am impressed the match directors are soliciting feedback from participants.

In our area, Glock pistols, models, 17, 19, 34, dominate SSP. For ESP, 1911 pistols in 9mm Luger are favored. In SSP, the most popular division, there are 1 or 2 Beretta pistols and 1 CZ of some variant. Everyone else uses the Glock.

I attended Rudy's funeral last February. His death is a great loss for those of us in Northern Nevada who are serious about learning to be better marksmen. Rudy is missed!

If you want to do it on your own pistol, have at it. Enjoy. If you are handling someone else's pistol, please do not do it. It is not your property to play with in that way. Doing it does accelerate wear on the pistol. For that matter, dry firing without a snap cap does too. I make it a point to lower the slide gently on an empty chamber on all pistols I handle. I always use a snap cap too when drying firing (except for when field stripping the Glock). Have a nice day.

"60 is the new 40." Yes it is.

Yes. I have completed three matches so far with it at the club level. It is a nice modern SFA pistol, but it is not worth giving up your Glock or M&P. The VP9 will keep up with these pistols but will not displace them. I am kind of a HK nut and like shooting/owning them. But the Glock 17 is the still the King of the Hill. Any modern SFA pistol from a reputable manufacturer is a good choice. They are the best pistols out there.

I saw it too and liked it. It is, btw, a film that cannot be discussed in detail without indulging in spoilers. The film is about the theft of a painting by Goya from a gallery in London. You think it is going one way, and it takes a left turn and goes somewhere else. Rosario Dawson is good in it. It is too bad she had to go to the UK to find finally a decent role for her talents. It is caper film that turns into a psychological thriller. Play along with it, and you will enjoy it too.

Many years ago I walked out of Something To Talk About. It was a Julia Roberts film in which she whined a lot about an unfaithful spouse. She was not winning any hearts and minds on that one, especially mine. More recently I walked out of Zombieland. I do not like the zombie fad to begin with. The film was advertised as a parody. It is, in a way, but it is so amateurishly made and badly acted that I could not sit through it.

To echo the above post, it depends on why you want to play the game. If you are playing because you want to go to Nationals and make a good showing, in other words, really be in the game, then I would consider, as others have said, the Glock or M&P. They are proven winners that will give you a lot of satisfactory service. In contrast, if you want some quality trigger time with the pistol that you really carry for personal protection, then a DA/SA by Beretta, Sig, or HK is fine. You will learn to shoot it more effectively by playing IDPA. The classifier especially makes you "aim small, shoot small" from the DA mode. I have used all three of these brand name service pistols in IDPA and have enjoyed doing so. I am currently using a HK P30 in 9x19. Sorry, I do not see the point in running a .40, even if it is loaded to minor Power Factor. The nine rules, and for good reason: It is the best compromise among power, performance, cost, availability, and reliability.

Examples include: Your credit card company: You call to ask a question about your account, and you get a sales pitch for "credit insurance" or some other money and time waster. Barnes & Noble: Every time I buy a book or DVD, please stop asking me to join your stupid members' club. Claim Jumper Restaurant: Instead of providing table service, the server is pre-occupied with selling me yet another members' club deal that gets me "discounts" at Landry's Restaurants. I don't think so. REI: This company has been doing it for decades. I have a membership from 1984 (purchased before I was hip to this nonsense). REI sells itself as some type of special co-oop that puts its "members" first. Give me a break. REI is merely another big box retailer with the usual ugliness big box retailers exhibit. The cable company: Call to ask about a service outage and you get a pitch to upgrade your channel package. Because the significant other makes this call, and she is an easy touch, we now have every channel on the planet, and sometimes there is still nothing to watch. And so it goes.

I would like to see Modern Striker Fired pistols (Glock, M&P, XD) in their own division while TDA pistols have their own division as well.

Welcome.

I have a 13 year old VW Golf I purchased new in 1999. I am now on the fourth water pump for the car's engine. There is a joke among current VW owners: The engine light comes on, it will cost you a grand to have it turned off. It is true. I miss the air-cooled VW cars of my youth. I owned two, and although they were clunky to drive, they never over-heated. Yes, there were frequent repairs, but the repairs did not cost me a lot of money. Yes, I know a newer Honda or Toyota would be more reliable, but these cars are too small for me. German and American cars have always fit me better. Now, why at my age, mid 50s, am I still driving compact cars? Reason: I grew up in the 1970s, witnessed the lines at gas stations in 1973 and 1979, and I never got over it. Since that time I have been a loyal buyer of compact cars that get higher gas mileage. It is an old habit that dies hard. I drive my cars until they drop. I have maintained the Golf, so it will be around for a while. Yet, next time out, I want a FWD car with an air-cooled motor. I know it will not happen though, and I hate that result. CLOSED

I have noticed the Condition 2 carry, and it bothers me. I wince when I see it. I was taught that even when a 1911 pistol has a firing pin block (for instance, Series 80 parts), it is still carried only in Condition 1 or Condition 3. To see otherwise is to witness improper gun handling. Of course, I am accustomed to seeing improper gun handling in movies and TV shows, but it does not make it any easier to watch. As to the quality of the show as a mystery or crime drama, as a person on another forum put it, Longmire is Murder She Wrote with big hats. It is standard fare for a TV whodunit.

What does shooting a "clean match" mean?

Zip gun. Pen knife. Scalpel. Straight razor. Sharpened #2 pencil.

LOL Wait, what? You re-oil your standard finish Glocks after every 100 rounds? Tell me I misread that... Back on topic, I have never seen this finish on a Glock. Looks ok, wouldnt buy one myself as I prefer the "all black" but it sounds like its durable anyway... There is no LOL about it. I reapply the recommended six drops after about 100 rounds of shooting. A Glock pistol needs little oil, but it does need some. Redlining it at the range makes things dry out. It is especially needed where the trigger bar meets the connector. With the EXO Glock, I still will do this one application (because there is no EXO coating in this spot), yet I will not do the other five drops. To make a plug for a product, FP-10 seems to lasts longer though on the connector.

I have been shooting one in matches for a few months now. To answer your question: It is not tougher than the original Glock Coating. Yet, it does not show holster wear as the original one does. It is said EXO/FailZero does not need lubrication, but I still apply the six drops of oil as specified in the owner's manual. When shooting a couple hundred rounds though I do not worry about re-applying the oil at around 100 rounds as I do with a pistol that has the original finish. It is odd that the Glock 17 EXO did not come with an explanation or instruction page for the FailZero coating. I only had the normal owner's manual in the box. I do not know if this lack is an oversight or if it is merely an indication that the coating is the same as the original finish and should be cared for as such. Let your best Glock sensibilities guide you.

Thank you. I figured this reply was the answer.