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Anyone have any Youtube links from today yet? jg

Pacific Raceways is one of the great underrated road courses in the US, in my opinion. That section through the forest between 3 and 6 is like nothing else in America. Back to your regularly scheduled thread.

A little advice from a guy in a similar situation. A couple years ago, I was building my own camera motion gear to do shoots with for my "real" job as an automotive journalist. Some dudes saw me shooting with one of my rigs, one thing let to another, and we've had two years of $100,000ish gross sales and products all over the world. My wife and dad now work part time when they aren't teaching school and being an old-retired guy respectively. Forget about patents. Unless it's something SOOOO revolutionary that you could argue couldn't have been created organically by someone else, then pursue one, but understand it's a long and expensive process. And your patent is only as good as you're willing to defend it. And that means money. We went the customer service route Marketing and selling directly to our "peers" in the industry and providing unparalleled customer service and communication. Instead of underpromising and over delivering, we have a policy of over promising AND over delivering even on that. Sent someone a regular product a day early? What's wrong with slipping in an Amazon card for $10? I had a guy who was always asking tech questions about an upcoming product. i sent him a huge box of prototype parts, along with a ton of loose parts. Together we came up with an excellent solution. Don't underestimate the good fortune of being in the market you're selling to. And people will respect you for selling. Sure, some B Shooter is going to want you to "sponsor" him, but try and avoid that. I've gotten around that by only providing product to legitimate media outlets (hard media and internet media) with good penetration. And if I have one I can't sell for cosmetic reasons, it becomes mine until a school or community center calls, looking for a handout for their film program. Then I lose mine. Bottom line, if you can control every stage of production, marketing and sales—or at least sub them out in a very limited way—do it. Especially if you intend to keep your "day job." As soon as you decide to quit that job, though, all bets are off. Shoot for the moon, because that's all you have left. jg

Paul, if you were at 10.9gn then it sounds like I'm on the right track at 10.2gn and about 60fps too slow. The problem with getting other bullets is, well, getting other bullets. I normally use 124s and I have enough of those already loaded for another year of major matches with no worries in the tech shed. But a good deal came along on these 115s, and these days it's a little hard to be too picky. They'll probably just get used for local matches, but I'd at least like to have them shooting somewhere close to legal.

Recently switched from a 550 to a 650 and just recently started loading my own 38 Super. I've had no issues with my .40 loads on the press. Once I got the formula down they come out clean and chrono very consistently. But I've having fits with my 115gn 38 super loads. I've never loaded 38S before, so I don't know if there's some esoteric factor I'm overlooking. But I'm up to 10.2gn of VV 3N38 in a 1.245" cartridge with 115gn Ranier hollow points and WSR primers and they're still only at about 1380fps (need 1435 for major, of course). What should I be looking at? That seems like a heavy charge compared to some other data I've seen. Thanks.

I've been trying to match a few of the cuts on one of my less-modoford frames to one of my more-modded frames. I like a lof o the undercutting and shaping, and I'm doing a fine job keeping it pretty similar, but I'm also gripping as I'm going and making some changes and adjustments. For some of thee adjustments I'd like to make, additional material would be required. For example, when shaping the bottom of the trigger guard, I wish it was 1/16 - 1/8 of an inch thicker than stock to start with. Then I think i would really end up with the design I am looking for. So, has a material or process been discovered that bonds well with the existing frame and is nearly as sculptable once in place? And forms a permanent bond with he STI plastic, so it's safe? I have spools of ABS and PLA plastic for my 3d printers. I wonder if just melting some of that would allow you to apply it with a syringe to STI plastic that had been softened slightly with a heat gun? Or maybe I would end up with a gun that shoots around corners. Maybe that would help my shooting :] Thanks for the input. Or for direction to the dozens of threads I probably missed JG Pasterjak Palm Coast, FL A49619

I have two Para P16/40s—one for Limited and one Open gun (which is for sale, but the way... gratuitous plug). Both have always eaten whatever I fed them, especially the open gun. Whenever I did have issues it was pretty much always magazine related (dirty, burr on the follower, etc.). I have a 550 and used to load, but time is too hard to come by these days. I just order from Precision Delta and call it a day. jgp

Ugh. I hate threads like this because they always cost me money. I got back into USPSA with an XDm 5.25 in Production which I liked a lot. Then I came across a great deal on a Para Limited gun and have fallen in love with the class. Then I got a chance to shoot a friend's Edge and was VERY impressed. Similar to the Para, but ergonomically better for my particular hand size and shape. Then I read this thread and now I'm combing the classifieds and looking at websites. Please direct me to a thread about saving money, exercising and eating healthy. jgp