MasterLefty

Ron, check your PM's. Kenny

Yes. But only the extractor, firing pin, and firing pin stop. Kenny

I going to have to talk to Wayne when he gets back from D.C. Rhodesian walls are a blast. Kenny

Inner belt attaches on the weak side hip. Outer belt in the back. I throw the loop away and never uncover the hooks. Man I love velcro . Kenny

How did you get there with 4.1 gr? I had to throw 5.2 gr of 452AA to get a 200gr H&G 68 to run major. Kenny

I believe that Plaxco was the first to port his pin gun. In 1984, the devel follower was the hot ticket. 8+1 in your 45. (Caused a lot of crying by some at the 85 Nationals.) In 1985, TGO and Brian started running the 38 supers. I don't remember if they ran them at the Nats that year, but TGO won the '86 nationals shooting a Super. We were playing with full length guide rods in 1986, but I'm not sure when it started. My '86 gun had a 2 piece Wilson, but others in my club were playing with the Bertwoswuitch (sp) full length. My '85 gun was a model 10 S&W with a Mark II Aimpoint. I tried using a Mark III on a Clark mount on my 1911 in '86, but couldn't get use to the sight plane. During this time, the popular holster was the Davis (however, I ran a Dan Blocker). Kenny

Jake, Master has been around for a long time. Shoot, the unclassifieds use to have to compete in A Class. Kenny

Are you talking about the mouse in your pocket.??? I've been running vermillon lenses since '90. Kenny

I'm going to throw the mix off. VV N350 behind a 115 gr JHP. Running in a Springfield P9, sprung right, and it will sing like a open gun. Kenny

Patrick, Run it in open. (I voted for limited though, limited choices.) I have never competed, in limited, with a major gun. The most it ever hurt would have been 8 places. The key items are: Make your shots, don't miss (wish I could do it without misses) Recovery is faster than with major, and if it is tuned right you can run it like an open gun. Watch your squad competition crash and burn trying to keep pace (at least until they learn that you're minor, that was lots of fun when I was C Class.) I ran a Browning GP Competition for 4 years in the 80's. Wonderful little gun. Here is a picture on the old workhorse, without comp. Kenny

I ran a Browning GP Competition in the mid 80's. The pf was 170 back then and a Hi Power could survive major, when it was raised to 175 the HP was prone to cracking the frame around the barrel lug. Mine has a crack in the ejection port, but this is from 100 grainer running 1300 fps. I didn't discover this until after I had it plated. The photo below shows how to solve the hammer bite problem. Kenny

Attila, How familar are you with the Caspian? Caspians point a little different than Paras or STIs. Unless your body knows the frame, it will take a little while for muscle memory to learn the frame. It you are use to open sights, you will need to retrain the body adjust to the higher sight plane of the scope. As I heard Bob L say once, after about 5000 dryfires the CMore is no problem. Kenny

By problems, what do you mean? Like, leaving the safety laying on the table after picking it up or the safety not disengaging? Kenny

The area code has changed. His number is (325) 655-2809. Kenny

The question was asked about the USPSA use of said rules. In this regard the question has been answered. The rules quoted in the original post do not apply to USPSA. I drifted the thread to look at the IPSC side of the rules. To these means I will end my comments to 8.7??? Kenny

This is kind of like the old squib warnings. Are your fellow competitors going to holler out, "Bob, that's the third one today!" so that the RO will know? (maybe some will, but that's not the point.) To my eariler post of a 10.6 unsportsmanlike, yes it is a little harsh but I was trying to strive for a point. The rules state when to apply the warning and procedural, but they do not address how to apply the penalty after the fact. The warnings are to be written on the score sheets, but how are downstream ROs to know that a warning has already been issued. If I do not consent to the application of the penalty, even though I know the rules, am I being unsportsmanlike by not following the rules? Again, I was just trying to get everyone thinking about an omission I see in the rules. I think that Troy is playing it smart staying out of my question, but this is an item that should be submitted to the rules committe for future review. ( I had better start writing said letter.) Kenny

The information is checked at every stage. For the remainer of this post, I am only referencing the IPSC rules and please note that they do not apply to USPSA. I think that it would be very good practice to note the warnings on the sheet, currently the rules state that they must be written on the score sheet, 9.7.1. While the equipment list is not a required document (within the rulebook), I believe that it would be difficult to apply penalties, such as outlined in 8.7.1 and etc, without the ROs knowing up front that you have already received a warning. I state this because of the last sentence in 9.7.4 The signed score sheet is deemed to be a definitive document and, with the exception of the mutual consent of the competitor and the signatory Range Officer, or due to an arbitration decision, the score sheet will only be changed to correct arithmetical errors or to add procedural penalties under Rule 8.6.2. Penalties cannot be applied after the fact unless the are with the consent of the competitor or they have been called for interference or assistance. I guess that if someone refuses to have a procedural applied for 8.7.1, 8.7.1, 9.1.1 and maybe 10.2.6 then the RM may choose that they instead will receive a penalty under section 10.6 (Troy, would this out of line.) Kenny

Corel is an excellent choice. I know that at least from v9 and on you can publish straight to pdf without having to go through Adobe. Corel will also handle your match book design and construction, as well as your score sheets. I build everything in CAD, analyzing target position, potential pass throughs, and how it will fit the bay. Just drop the dxf file into Corel to make it pretty and you are ready to go. Three years ago, I took four people and we dropped 12 stages in the bays at the Shootout Range and built Area 4 in three days. Preplanning and accurate plot plans eliminated the "move it a little to the left, now let me check it from over here... darn passthrough" Kenny

Here's a crazy thought.If you have frames or complete guns, have a random drawing for the guns before you go to the prize table. You win a gun, then you do not get a trip to the table. After all of the guns have been handed out, then everyone remaining visits the table in order of finish. Space City tried that little variation a few years ago. They would place 4 or 5 items on the table and call a name. You got to choose between only those. When my name was called, there were 4 fiber optic front sights and a mag brush. I run open, so guess which item I picked. Kenny

mas, Did you tape the entire lens or just a small portion? I have tried the entire lense routine, and you get a massive headache. I use one of the post-it note transparent flags. Place high on the lens, adjusting so that the only your sights are blurred. Your remaining vision is clear. Kenny

Jake, The unit itself is braded together and cannot be taken apart.At the 2002 Nationals, Dave was having units shipped to Bend daily. One shipment had an assembly error. (Light spring, heavy parts) The parts were scrapped. While you could break the unit and salvage a couple of pieces, it was cheaper to start over. I think they found out when someone bought one, installed it in his gun, and it broke the next afternoon. Lesson: Don't change major parts just before or during a match. Talking with Dave and Don, the inital test showed that the units worked through 80K. I had one shear at 20K, in 2003, Chris exchanged it out at the match. Talking with Hicks, TJ changes his out around 40K.

Been there, done that. The fun was when I switched to a 14+1 HiPower in the mid 80's. I still counted to six, but twice.I selected open. I shoot Limited (minor) maybe once a year with 2001 being the last time. However, I would like to see the U.S. recognize modified. Kenny

It's still called msconfig in XP. Kenny

Benny builds a good pistol. However, when Liota gets her new limited gun she will own the two "Prettiest" guns that Benny has ever built. Kenny

According to their site, you can transfer music from your current CD's. Also you can transfer music from Media Player, if it is saved on your computer as unprotected format. My wife has been looking and comparing between sattelite radio and an Ipod for me as a christmas present. Kenny