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True, although you have to make sure you keep the phillips-head tension screw on the lock in proper adjustment. I let mine get a little too loose, and walking from one stage to the next at the Summer Blast, my shooting bag bumped the gun, and PLOP--my 625 fell right into the Pennsylvania mud. I called the RO over and we got it handled, but I had to really work to keep my composure, as this occurred immediately after I had screwed up the first stage by mistakenly shooting the same target from two different ports, leaving another target unscathed and unengaged. This single brain malfunction would turn out to cost me the match. On the bright side, in dropping my gun I discovered my latest million-dollar product idea: "Sight Brown."

My first competition revolver holster was a brown 002. I still have it and use it for a back-up holster, it's usually in the trunk of my car just in case. I switched to a CR Speed early last year, and once I got it adjusted properly, it's been just fine. Sam has a CR Speed also (generously given to him by Airedale), and he likes it a lot--says he no longer worries about the gun falling out on the ground. (That never actually happened, he just worried about it.) I picked up a kydex 5" N-frame holster at a gun show for $15 (I have no idea who made it) that I use on the rare occasions when I'm shooting a revolver in Production, and it works surprisingly well.

In theory, it might be possible for the measure to throw a light charge for various reasons, but I don't think there's any way it could throw a heavy charge. A powder measure meters powder by volume.

Virgil Tripp might be a great guy, but (1) some users have reported cracking of the Cobra magazines around the top, and (2) his website indicates he is no longer doing gunsmithing work anymore, just plating.

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Now it's 61 to 4. Even better.

Smitty, you're getting good advice here, but before you actually sign anything, be sure to consult with a smart land use attorney in the area. I can immediately think of a dozen potential legal issues that your project could raise. A good lawyer can help insulate you from the possibility of expensive problems in the future.

I tend to agree with Waltermitty. If you can drive the Honda at all, a set of all-season radials with good tread will work. I've always lived in climates that receive a fair bit of snow, and I haven't seen a set of snow tires on a car in a long time.

OK fellas, the annual USPSA Board of Directors' meeting is this weekend (Oct. 21-22), and item number three on the agenda is "2008 USPSA Rules approval." So it's time to put this topic back on the front burner! I would respectfully request that the BOD adopt the changes to the revolver equipment rules as proposed above. Looks like our "final vote" on the poll here is 56 YES and 4 NO (remember, RGS said we should change his vote to a yes after we slightly re-drafted the language early on), so we have a very solid consensus behind this. Thanks again to everyone who provided input, and thanks in advance to the BOD members for their careful consideration of this proposal.

Thanks Steve! I am proud of Sam's progress--this was the year Sam went from being "the kid who shoots revolver" to a full-fledged competitive shooter in his own right. Thanks again to all you guys who have treated Sam so great along the way. It mean a lot to both of us. Me?--Now that I've been back in the game for a couple years after my 9-year sabbatical, I'm starting to feel like I'm getting warmed up again. In fact, I think from this point on, I will no longer refer to myself as a "new guy."

Many of us have jobs or professions that require us to plan major trips well ahead. Amending and procrastinating would not be a good option here. I'm hoping the selections will be published shortly after the BOD's annual meeting this weekend.

I'll have to try that.....I have some of that blue loc-tite left over after setting my main spring tension with the strain screw You guys love to drive me insane.....

Not sure about some sort of modified mounting system, Dave, but I can tell you the actual Millett sight itself will hold up fine for pin loads. I put Milletts on all my bowling pin revolvers and shot them for years with thousands of 240 p.f. +/- pin loads (255 SWCs at 950 fps in my 25-2s, and 230-gr. "Lincoln Logs" at 1050 fps in my 27). I still own those guns, and all still have the same Millett rear sights mounted on them. In fact, Sam shoots my original 25-2 (the one I bought well-used at Riley's in Hooksett, NH back in '87) as his main IPSC gun. A little dab of blue loc-tite on the mounting screw is all it's ever needed.

Hold the phone again. They might have dropped it in the flat-front version, but it's still available in the round-front: http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/Pro...VER+REAR+SIGHTS http://www.millettsights.com/online/pages/p13.php For the older guns, I guess we'll have to drill and countersink a hole in the sight. Or find one of the older drilled Milletts at a gun show.

According to the website, Sammy's still a C. They haven't caught up with him yet.

Thanks Glenn......my brain's frickin' fried today.....I fixed it in the post above. Anyway, Millett is still a viable option for those who like it.

Yeah, but were there snakes on the plane??

John, how the hell did we all miss this??? I looked right at it the other morning, never dawned me that you got promoted. Guess you were already a "master" in all our hearts already!

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Hold the phone. If the front edge of the rear sight is straight across (like on a 25-2), order 601-502-384. You'll have to drill the hole, as pskys2 notes above, but that's no big deal. If it's rounded (like on most 625s), order 601-503-364. Both are in stock in Montezuma and ready to roll.

Actually, if it turns out Nemo simply needs some ligaments released in his wrist, a fiber cut-off wheel will do the trick nicely, and with the right amount of pressure, will cauterize as you go. Polish off the bone burrs with a fine sanding drum and a cratex tip, close with some red loc-tite, he should be good to go.

(I gotta stop being so pushy with my viewpoints.....sorry guys, it's kind of an occupational hazard.....) Nemo, it will get better. Here's another idea.....Dillon 1050. Aren't they supposed to be way easier on the arms to operate? Everything, including the priming operation is down on the downstroke. I keep thinking I need one every time I load a few hundred rounds on one of my SDBs and my right arm feels twingy.

Did you know there are still some practicing chiropractors out there who don't even hold a high school diploma? In years past, chiropractic schools admitted students who had literally flunked out of high school. Today, it's a little different. In order to be admitted into the chiropractic programs (A.S.C.T., C.C.A. and C.O.A.) at the Palmer School in Davenport (still the nation's largest chiropractic school) you need to have the following incredibly rigorous academic credentials: High school diploma or equivalent with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00. Minimum one year of high school English composition with a grade average of C. Minimum one year of high school general math with a grade average of C. Minimum one year of high school general science with a grade average of C.* Minimum one year of high school biology with a grade point average of C, taken within the last five years prior to enrollment, or concurrent enrollment in Fundamentals of Biology* and Anatomy and Physiology I*. (*Does not apply to C.O.A. program.) [source: http://www.palmer.edu/PCC_Academics/CT/AssocApplication.htm] That's who's going to be wrenching on your neck, telling you they can cure everything from colds to cancer. Sorry, but I'll pass.

The placebo effect is an extremely powerful thing!

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