Carmoney

Yeah well, I stand by my earlier comments. I've seen a bunch of wallowed-out holes on guns where people tried to drill 'em that way. Ignore my warnings at your own peril!

I noticed that too, and quickly notified the new owner of the site. He indicated he would get his webmaster on it.

Nub shot great and cleaned up at the prize table, grabbing an STI frame for his Top C Open victory, as well as qualifying for STI contingency money! Won't be long before old man Tappe can't even begin to keep up with either of the boys.

There seems to be something of a concerted effort to get our sport favorable exposure to the public through positive news coverage recently. The USPSA site now has links to several news segments featuring shooters. This is a great idea--anytime we can show the public that firearms can be used in a safe and fun manner, we all benefit.

Chuck, I can't think of anybody who makes a front revo sight taller than . 300", maybe it would be easier to go with a shorter rear blade? Also, as an FYI to others who may be tuned in here, the damage sustained to Chuck's sight base was caused by attempting to drill the sight through the holes in the sight base with the sight installed in the gun. This should never be attempted, as it will nearly always cause damage to the gun--at the very least, the holes in the base will be enlarged, causing the pin to fit sloppily. After fitting the sight to the notch, the hole location should be marked and the sight removed before drilling the hole. It's much more difficult and time-consuming, but it's the right way to do it.

I understand that completely, Ken. What I don't understand is why anyone would shoot .38 Short Colts out of a .38 Super!

Everybody seems to be ignoring this excellent post, but it is the best advice in this thread so far.

Right now I'm shooting a 6.5" 25-2 for USPSA and a 6.5" 27-7 8-shot for steel and ICORE. I just thought it would be fun to mess around with the longer barrels this year and see if the extra sight radius created any improvement.

Hard to believe my young shooting protege is all grown up.....and now a full-fledged Hollywood star to boot! And I especially like those red shooting glasses--they make you look like a religious cult leader. Seriously, congrats Doug. This kind of positive P.R. is exactly what we need in this sport--big kudos to whoever it was that tipped off the media. Good luck at the Steel Challenge, Bro! (Off-color PM regarding "fully loaded for the competition" inbound.)

You're pretty old to be switching teams at this point, anyway.

Man among men? Bon-vivant? Transcends categories? If I didn't know better, I would think this was Sweeney's way of coming out of the closet.

I'm betting they use a device called a "scale."

Sweeney was sporting a single-stack 1911 when I talked to him a few months ago. Happy Birthday, Patrick!

OK, I confess I don't understand........what is the point of shooting .38 Short Colts from a .38 Super revolver? And why would one pay a substantial premium for a 627-4 .38 Super and then shoot ammo through it that could just as easily be used in a regular 627-5 PC .357?

USPSA? Revolver? 8 shot 38? What am I not getting? You don't shoot a 165 PF in ICORE. CIPS is a non-affiliated combat pistol shooting club with its own renegade rules.

USPSA? Revolver? 8 shot 38? What am I not getting? You don't shoot a 165 PF in ICORE. CIPS is a non-affiliated combat pistol shooting club with its own renegade rules.

When I click on a box on a computer screen, I take the extra split second of time needed to ensure that my click hits in the center of the box......the virtual A-zone, as it were.

It's probably not gunk in the primer pockets. Your press (or possibly your technique in running the press) is simply not getting the primers seated adequately.

Short shorts... the history of the world is replete with fashion hiccups. Ah, shooting in short shorts ain't nothing..... ....compared to this!

If you can find an FFL holder on both ends of the transfer, the gun can be shipped via the U.S. Mail, which will be quite a bit cheaper than using Fedex or UPS (which both insist that you use their most expensive overnight service for shipping a handgun). The other thing to know is that faxed or emailed FFLs are now acceptable under the BATF rules, you don't need to have a signed copy in hand anymore.

I feel pretty certain the sandbagging you noticed did not occur in Revolver Division. If anything, Revolver Division has suffered from some fairly severe class "inflation" over the past couple years. It used to be very difficult to make Master in USPSA Revolver a few years back, but these days a new Revolver GM gets made every other month. I don't think too many people are intentionally grandbagging it, I think it's mainly just a result of USPSA assigning high hit factors on some of the newer classifiers that are unrealistically low. While our numbers are growing, I really believe most of us view ourselves as shooting against the pack on a heads-up basis. Trying to sandbag yourself into B or C class doesn't really get you anywhere in our division, at Nationals or anyplace else. Or so it seems to me.

Many shooters don't use their thumbs to push the rod, particularly those who keep the gun in the strong hand during the reload. I use the palm of my hand to catch the extractor rod on the way back, although I wouldn't call it a slap.

Dave, I have looked at the Production rules, and it appears to me that to be legal for Production, a revolver's hammer and trigger can have no externally visible modifications. This prohibits Carmonized hammers, Randy hammers, and bobbed hammers. Narrowing, smoothing, or contouring a trigger are also prohibited. Furthermore, the hammer block must remain in place in order to keep the gun Production legal. It's not too late for me to keep your new 627 legal for Production division. I'll drop you a PM and we can talk it over.

The end of the extractor rod tends to be very sharp, it can function like an "apple corer" on the soft flesh of your palm. Just run a file straight across the end of the rod to flatten off that sharp edge a little, and it should stop being a problem.

We sure need at least one more wheelgunner shooting this match......c'mon, somebody!