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Ok, this was a first for me...I had a full blown custom Open Gun built and did it 99% via email. I contacted Gary after running across his website GANS GUNS while looking for slide cut ideas. Anyway, after poking around for while I decided to send him an email to see what he would suggest. After 5-6 emails, I decided to go for it. With Gary, you can provide anything from just the frame to all the parts you want. I chose the latter sending him everything except the barrel and comp. I will have to say this transaction was the smoothest custom gun deal I have done. I sent him all the parts FedEX Next Day and received a complete gun back in 3 weeks! As you can see it was not just a fit the slide and barrel and send it off deal. I told Gary I wanted a lighter and quicker handling gun than a TruBor. We decided on a clasic barrel with a coned comp of his design. It is a KKM 1-32 twist .38 Super. The slide has been lightened to 10.2 oz with the slide racker installed. All accessories are Ed Brown with an Allchin mount with a C-More on top. I have only put 350 rounds through it but as far as I can tell it is exactly what I wanted. Slide/Frame fit is as good as any of my SV's. The trigger is a real crisp 2 lbs. This was top notch job and I highly recommend Gary as his work is outstanding and he listens to what you want and builds to suit. As a side benefit he sent me an email every day or two with pictures of the progress on the build. Nice touch.

I LIKE that SH!T!!! Awsome...

I have Chrono duty this year and I will only "miss" for a small fee

I would bet your problem is the sharp edges on the followers when new from STI. Take the mags apart and chamfer all the edges on the tops of the followers and your problems will go away. I have many of the magazines and it is a quick fix. Lee

Set the scanner so it is always on and hanging off the edge of the table. Set your scoresheets in a pile below, pick one up and drag it past the scanner. All you have to do then is enter the hits and grab the next one. Get it setup for a fluid motion and I assure you if you have more than 20 shooters it will make a big difference. Alos, be sure to use the + and * shortcut keys if you don't already. They help alot as well. Lee Neel

I agree with the n+1 for major matches but I have found even the "cheap" $35 scanners to be very reliable. As to "too much effort and too many walk-ons." for local match...I have found the speed gained by the labels in scoring to far outweigh the pre-work required. To get around the hassles of walk up shooters I created a dummy match with 100 shooters all named Shooter: ____________. I then print the labels and head to the match. I hand out the appropriate labels to the shooters by shooter number on the sign up list. I then enter the shooters into EZWinscore and use the scanner to get them entered very quickly. I do agree that major matches will benefit the most though, not only in speed but in accuracy also. With the full barcode labels the scan takes the scorekeeper to the correct shooter and stage. Now if all the people keeping score on the stages would add up the hits it would go even faster! I am glad to have come up with the idea and thank Rob Boudrie for all the work getting the programming done.

JDBraddy, I own 4 SV's currently and LOVE them all. I also love fine Swiss watches and compare them in quality all the time. My suggestions are: Get the slide slide cuts you want. This is a true custom pistol and it should look like it! My latest two are exactly like I wanted. I got blued carbon steel frames as I like the look and the fit just seems a little tighter than an all stainless gun. My other two are stainless guns and look like: Stainless is good but as these guns are VERY tight, use more lube than you think you have to. (Yes, I have galled the rails slightly on one previous SV.) Stay away from the Scotts Grip type, get a stippled grip. The Scotts grip is great until the texture starts to wear off and it will. Sooner if you get another solvent on it. Get yourself 4/5 SV mags and the put Grams springs and followers. They will generally all hold 20 and be reloadable. You will beed to remove the slide stop catch off to make sure it doesn't lock the slide back with 1 round still in the mags though. Nothing wrong with the SV springs and followers really, just my suggestions. You can PM me if you have any specific questions...

If IDPA is your game you have, Collin County IDPA , DAPS , Cross Timbers IDPA.

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I am one of those "It's a game kinda guys" so I wear what works best for the game. The best is a Dale Hunnicutt Shooting Vest. http://www.competitiveconcealment.com/ Not cheap but what is in this game?

Rush | Red Barchetta in my truck, very loud and crystal clear from my Boston Acoustic Pro60's!

Come on Mr. Carmoney, left him go...my son (14) is attending as I felt this event is a very important scientific research vacation. We will be discussing mass and velocity all week! (I agree it was a poor decision by USPSA though...)

I loaded a few rounds for a shooting buddy of mine who gave me all the components. He gave me some brass in a coffee can, Winchester Primers in a white Winchester box and a sqaure can of Herco. I didn't much pay attention to it until I had to figure out how to open the can. It had a pop-in pop-top to open it. Looked inside and everything looked good, smelled good so I loaded them up. When I was done, I looked down at the can and it had 11-28-69 written on the can! I asked my buddy and he said it sure did come from 1969! Next time I saw him he was shooting those rounds just fine. I thought my IMR 4895 from 1985 was old.

QUOTE(Merlin Orr @ Jul 4 2007, 10:39 PM) Protect the kids.... physically and emotionally...as well as you can. Try not to hate ..... it takes a very real toll on a person. Absolutely true...she wanted to leave so seeeeeeeee ya....I don't hate my ex, I just do not care. I could care a little less but that would have me actually having to try to care less which she doesn't deserve.

Well seems like you already know the kids are #1. My ex took off with my kids and was going to Georgia to see some "friends". I hopped on a plane and beat her there. She coughed up one kid real quick as he was only 13 months old and was cramping her style. 22 months, 44 flights to Atlanta, 1000's of calls to the lawyer (yes, they charge for those), 3 court appearance, and $50k later, I got my daughter. That was 13 years ago. Worth every penny. She has bothered to see the kids exactly 2 times since. Real quality parent. As someone else said...don't give an inch on anything. After an attempt to steal your kids she is the enemy. Lastly, remember, no matter how good looking she is, someone, somewhere is tired of her sh!t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, me and my son were #3 and #4 on the list and we are rolling to Tulsa! Now I just have to fill out the school form stating why my son will be out of school for a week in September... Reason for Absence: Pistol Shooting Tournament? I don't think our uppity school district will like that one. Reason for Absence: Father/Son Bonding Vacation. Sounds good to me.

They are very much like Precisions/MB's. I have loaded about 20k of them and they work just fine. The price is right too!

Well, it seems like a long wait but I guess it has really only been a few months. Today I received the twins (SV Limited guns) for me and my 14 year old son. The specs: SV Full length wide dust cover/slide. Carbon Steel frame deep blued (I just like the two tone approach) Stainless Steel Slide 3 Xcelerator Flutes in the front Panel Cut in the rear with fine serrations AET Barrels (non-Sight-Tracker, I didn't like it as much as a classic LTD gun) Stainless MS Housing Small SV Mag Release button TriGlide 2lb crisp clean breaking triggers Black Stippled Grips Mine is the red trigger/magwell and my sons in the blue trigger magwell setup exactly as ordered. Here is a crappy 5MP picture...I don't know if the camera is junk or I was just shaking too much from the excitement but here you go...I hope I can get them broken in before Area 4!!!

I am not good enough to go but I don't even know where the heck Bali is...

After six years, the Texas State IDPA Championship Match returns to North Texas! Collin County IDPA will host the 2007 Texas State IDPA Championship Match on June 2nd, 2007, at the Jacob's Plain Gun Club in Greenville, Texas. This is an IDPA-sanctioned match; All IDPA Equipment and Competition Rules will apply. This match is open to all currently-classified IDPA members with a classification of Marksman or above. The match will consist of twelve challenging stages. Trophies will be awarded to the top third of finishers in all IDPA divisions and classifications. The match fee includes lunch and all range fees. The minimum round count for this match will be 198 rounds. Match Sponsor List: We are still actively soliciting sponsors and prizes for this match. However, here's how the prize table is shaping up so far: Eleven (Yes, 11!) Springfield Armory pistols to be given away * One Smith & Wesson M&P pistol to be given away Gun springs from I.S.M.I. Hard cast bullets from The BulletWorks 1911 hammer and sear sets from STI International Coated bullets from Precision Bullets Brass from Starline Gun cleaning kits from Otis Products 1911 parts from SVI BMCS Bomar rear & Dawson front 1911 sight & installation from Williams Gun Repair JP AR-15 trigger and installation from Williams Gun Repair Smith and Alexander magazine wells & 1911 parts Canyon Creek trigger job with the raffle gun Certificates for holsters from Comp-Tac Two $50 discount certificates on the prize table from Sportsman's Warehouse, Lewisville, Tx. + Glock trigger job from Shooter's Edge Guns Competition shot timers from CED Home defense supplies from Threat Response Systems Certificate for a Glock grip reduction from GripReductions.com * An additional Springfield XD pistol will be raffled (includes trigger job & grip tape) + Sportsman's Warehouse is also giving a $10 discount coupon to every shooter! This match is filling up fast so all you Enoverser's take a look. Just by entering you have at the least a 1 in 14.5 chance of winning a gun! Visit www.ccidpa.org and send your application in today. It will be a great match!

Louisiana State IDPA Championship (I won CDP MA) Mountain Valley IDPA Regional (I sucked ESP MA) Double Tap Championship (Worked and got 2nd LTD B ) Badlands IDPA Regional (Shooting) Arkansas Regional (Shooting) Texas State IDPA Championship (Working and shooting) A4 (Shooting) Limited Nationals (2 people in front of me on the wait list...I think I am going) Lee

Oh..I see the problem....his stance is all jacked up. I am sure he wouldn't have had the pistol fly off the freaking range if he would just get a little weight (pun intended) on the balls of his feet. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Awsome photos and only 27 seconds to download. Gotta love Verizon FIOS!

Oops....right. Always buy from Brian whenever possible. He is cheaper than Brownells unless you have an account anyway.

While the CMC mags are cheaper, to reduce frustration and wasted money go to Brownells and get (5) 965-047-480. They are expensive but they just plain work.