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hehehe. oops, double tap.

My pretty for 16 years and three awesome boys. Oldest shot his first match this weekend with his new SP01. My heart sings.

LIMITED 10 OVERALL RESULTS 1 Burrell, Mike F42936 GM Limited 10 Major N N 1459.1463 100.00% 2 Dickerson, Kenny TY44332 B Limited 10 Major N N 1327.3547 90.97% 3 Savage-M, Peter U Limited 10 Major N Y 1247.0943 85.47% Awesome match this year, better than last year! Thanks to Frank and all the staff. It was colder than we expected, my five pairs of shorts were not used much. I walked right by a target on the Appliance stage and took two mikes and a procedural. That sucked. The catfish were biting on chicken livers though, and I was happy with my finish. It only took us 33 hours to drive down this year vice 37 last year. It's all good. I think I'll have a go at Limited next year. Thanks gang, V7

I was wondering the same thing. Long drive from Nova Scotia!

Wow, you should come this summer and shoot the Canadian Nationals in Vancouver 1-5 Aug then a quick jaunt down the coast to the Area 1 Champs in Washington State. Two level three matches in two weeks. (1-12 Aug) That's a brilliant vacation.

Any idea who will be the distributor/dealer(s) here in Canada? www.freedomventures.ca These guys are the Canadian Distributors. Sean will have a list of Canadian dealers.

I have 9 mags for my edge .40, I carry 5 on the belt and one in the gun. We're all limited to 10 rounds up here and I have used all six mags on at least one occasion. Nice to have a few extras for practice too.

Woo hoo! Can't wait. Application is gone, ATF form 6 received... Yeah baby! 37 hours non-stop drive door to door last year, wonder if we'll beat it this year? I think there are 5 coming from Nova Scotia this year. See you there. Pete

mmm. Should be driving back from Florida open around that time... Ms Goloski, any chance of some USPSA matches coming back to S&W? Easy road trip for us bluenosers. regards, Pete

I like to think of both my training regimen and participation in matches as "practice" For me, when I can consistently nail down a nice clean run across 5 plates or poppers to my satisfaction when I am alone and relaxed I feel I had a good practice session. When I can run across the same 5 plates at a match with the mental pressure of my squad and some top shooters watching and my drive to win and not screw up, I feel I am practicing. The more matches I shoot, the better I get at performing under mental duress or "match conditions" Practice your skills, but practice your performance as well. A shooter who practices all the time and shoots two matches a year will be defeated by an equally skilled shooter who shoots a match every two weeks.

My wife and I were talking a while back about her working and the kids, etc. and she says to me: "I measure success by what I had to give up to achieve it." For a second I thought she meant the more she sacrificed, the greater her perception of the success she achieved. Then I realized I was wrong.

CDN$4.55 a gallon here in Nova Scotia

One of my helo pilot buddies has: ROTRHED

Either way works for me, but seeing as I'm coming from Canada it would be awesome if the Florida State Champs were on the proceeding/next weekend...two awesome matches in one trip! Of course if the UN sends me to Africa in December as planned, it will be a moot point... DVC Pete

Greetings fellas! Seems to me all the greats have these (and no doubt other) traits in common. They all have: 1. ...some natural athletic ability; 2. ...the ability to compartmentalize the pressure, internal and external, to perform; 3. ...the ability to self-analyse and correct performance errors - quickly; 4. ...the drive, and the means, to succeed; and 5. ...a personality that allows them to examine the perspectives of others and accept or reject them based on their merits, not their source. What a privilege to participate in such a great discussion! Good shooting all! Pete limited 10 A

I got caught with this once. From then on I vowed I would never put an empty mag in a mag pouch ever again. Even when I dry fire with empty mags it crosses my mind that they don't belong in there empty. I generally download all my mags after I shoot a stage, clean those that need it and put them all in my bag. Why hump the extra weight around while ROing, etc? V7

This is going to be a great match! This club put on a superb Level 3 last year and it looks like this one will be even better. If you're going to shoot a match in Canada this summer this should be the one. See you there!

Here is the website of IPSC New Brunswick, the hosts of the 2005 Canadian Nationals. www.ipscnb.ca/nationals2005/ Questions can be sent by e-mail the head shed at: Executive@ipscnb.ca or snail mail: IPSC New Brunswick 517 Beaverbrook Court, Suite 216 Fredericton, NB E3B 1X6 Hope to see lots of you guys there! Cheers, Pete Editted to add the IPSC Canada website - it has some pics and video of some of our past Nationals. www.ipsc-canada.org Great fun. DVC - Pete

Nice slide show of a DIY trigger job on a DA CZ: http://home.kc.rr.com/bsmith1952/img/Guns/...ail/detail.html

I think Sam is on to your problem. I just did this on a friend's new 75B 9mm, on my old-stlye 75 9mm and my 75B SA .40 I have found that the large flat surface on the underside of the slide (area directly under the firing pin running back to back of slide) tends to come from the factory with a rough machined surface. The friction between this surface and the next round tends to pull the next round in the mag forward as the top round is being chambered. This problem usually manifests itself in stovepipe FTF where the nose of this bullet pushes the nose of the the feeding round up. In your case this round may be interfering with your ejecting brass. This problem can also cause mags which do not drop free. (and when removed, reveal a round half-way out along the mag lips and thus rubbing on the front of the frame) Polish this area with 320 grit wet sandpaper and oil, then 600 grit wet sandpaper and oil until it is silky smooth and your problem may go away. Remember to flush and clean your slide thoroughly. Good shooting. PS http://p201.ezboard.com/fczechpistols82792...picID=209.topic

Howdy folks! I run a Gold Cup NM in .45 and it has eaten FOUR RMs in about 17K rounds of 188PF. The failures were either the little punched-in flange at the end of the plunger breaking off, or the flange on the body of the RM breaking off. I haven't had the problem you describe here, but the RMs breaking was distressing. I just replaced the RM every time, and not the spring. Eventually we found that the stock spring that comes with the RM was well worn out, ie considerably shorter than a NIB spring. AFAIK STI has beefed up the RMs to prevent breakage. If you haven't changed the spring, you might want to check it. Best regards from the Great White North! DVC V7 Editted to add it was a heavy RM like yours!

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