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I got a Venom for my bowling pin gun, but then had trouble finding an adapter in stock anywhere to fit it to my Novak sight cut. One of their reps spent half a day looking but found one for me. They got a friend for life.

Camillus has always made high quality pocket knives. My Grandfather carried the same Camillus pocket knife for more than 40 yrs. It's now part of my own collection. As a collector's item, prob'ly not worth a fortune, but as a quality pocket knife to hand down to a grandson and teach him proper and responsible knife use and care and sharpening, etc., Priceless.

So what I'm hearing here is, "It's not the competition that I shoot, so it can't be any good." Thanks for the input.

We are each given a measure of life. Not everyone gets the same amount. So the key is not the length of the life but the breadth. Sounds like she LIVED her life instead of just watching it pass by. But your memories will always bring her back. Don't be sad that she's gone. We all go. Be happy that she shared her life with you.

This is why I don't buy guns, or anything else for that matter, off Gunbroker, Kens, ebay, Craig's List or anywhere I can't go see the item in person.

Seems to be a lot of threads on this lately and one issue that isn't covered in any of them is the take up tabs on the trigger. I have seen a lot of shooters and smiths that adjust those tabs to the point that the trigger is not allowing the sear full travel. This shortens the sear engagement for a short pull but can cause the sear to start "falling off" the hammer after a while if you go too far. This is the easy but wrong way of getting a shorter trigger. I usually set the trigger tabs so I have just enough take up to feel the trigger hit the sear. (0.0100-0.0125") This allows the sear to fully engage the hammer and I have never had a hammer follow problem like this.

You have learned much, young Padewan. Now, go forth and apply what you have learned and enjoy the wealth of knowledge you have accumulated. Learned a long time ago not to buy cheap crap. It always costs you more in the end. Pay a little more for top quality and you will not be disappointed.

Stop watching the sights, it is not telling you anything more than you already know. If the sights are returning to the original point of aim, that's all you need to know. I don't care if the sights go up and do a figure 8 as long as they return to original point of aim. From the time the gun goes "BANG" til you're ready for it to go "BANG" again, the sights are meaningless.

It's been gone a while, but I just got it back.

I generally shoot pain lead or plated bullets for practice and save the good stuff for the match.

Put simply, if you can see the sights aligned on the target that's all you need. Plain black, 3 dot, white outline or fiber optic makes no real difference. fiber optic just makes the sights easier to see in difficult situations, same with 3 dot or white outline. but if you can see them quickly, the alignment is the same. Practicing your index and keeping the index through target transitions will help more than anything. Keeping the index as you go from one target to the next means when your eyes lock the target and you bring the gun between your eyes and the target, the sights should be in alignment when the gun stops. Then it only takes a millisecond to confirm alignment before you squeeze the trigger.

What I have found is that I can transition faster with a lighter gun and don't have as much tendency to overswing past the target. But a heavier gun is more stable and my sights don't dance as much on more difficult shots.

Exactly. The basic skills are there, now apply them to whatever you're shooting.

Awesome! And was there anything you DIDN'T like about it?

Pistol Drag Racing I have been disappointed by the lack of any type of “Head to Head” competition in the shooting sports world. Because of this I have been percolating in my brain a new shooting sport. Consider it a cross between pistol shooting and NHRA Drag racing. Essentially, two competitors line up side by side facing a rack of six 8” steel plates on each side and a pair of pepper poppers that fall overlapping. Sound familiar? It should. It’s the Champion’s Challenge from the Steel Challenge. But I have added a few tweaks to turn it into a stand-alone sport. First it would be an Elimination Ladder setup. Competitors would have up to 4 qualifying runs attempting to make the top 16. (Or perhaps top 32 if there are enough competitors to warrant) Second, the start would not be a beep from a timer. It would be an NHRA style “Christmas Tree”. Rounds would be timed from the green light to the fall of the popper. Round times would only count to give lane choice in the next round and for Records. The Christmas Tree would be operated by a Range Officer as follows: When a competitor enters his shooting box his pistol must be holstered and ready. The RO will flip that competitor’s “Pre-stage” switch to “ON”, lighting the amber Pre-Stage light on the Christmas tree for that lane. The opposing Competitor then has 10 seconds to Pre-stage by entering the box. At that point, if a competitor leaves the shooting box, for any reason, it will be considered backing out of the lights and will forfeit the round. Once both competitors have Pre-Staged and both lights are on, they will have 10 seconds to Stage. When the competitor raises his/her hands over their shoulders in “Surrender Position”, they will be considered ready for start and "Staged”. The RO will flip the switch to turn on the staged light on that lane. The opposing competitor then has 10 seconds to Stage. If a competitor lowers his hands after the “Staged” light is on, it will be considered backing out of the lights and the round is forfeit. Once both lanes have lit “Stage” lights, the RO will press the “Start” button for the Christmas tree within 5 seconds and begin the start sequence on the tree. At the lighting of the 3 Amber lights the competitor may begin their draw. The Green Light will be lit 0.4 seconds after the amber and start the timer. If the timer detects a shot from either lane before the green light is lit, it will be considered a jumped start, a red light will be lit instead of the green for that lane and the competitor will be disqualified. The Pepper Popper stop plate falling will activate a momentary switch to stop the timer for its lane. All 6 plates must be shot and fall in linear order. If a competitor misses a plate and shoots the next plate in the order before felling the missed plate, it will be considered crossing the line and the competitor will be disqualified. All plates on the racks must be felled before continuing to the Pepper Popper. The winner will be determined by which lane’s popper is knocked down first. Competitors will be allowed 10 rounds of ammunition in their pistol. Reloads will not be allowed. If a competitor misses enough targets that he/she runs out of ammunition before completing the course of fire, it will be considered “smoking the tires” and must wait until their opponent finishes the course of fire. If BOTH competitors run out of ammo before completing the course of fire (pedal fest) the competitor who progressed furthest through the plate rack will be declared the winner but forfeits lane choice in the next round. If both competitors progress to the same plate being knocked down before smoking the tires, then the lowest time to the last shot will determine a winner but lane choice will still be forfeit. First round Elimination Ladders will be arranged by competitor’s single best qualifying run. Top Qualifier will face the #16 qualifier in the first round. #2 will face #15, #3 vs #14, #4 vs #13, etc. Winners of first round eliminations will progress to the second round with the low Elapsed Time determining lane choice in the match ups. The winner of the first match up will face the winner of the second match up. Winner of the third will face the winner of the fourth. Fifth vs Sixth, etc. Elimination will continue until there are two competitors in the Final Round and the winner of the final round match up will be declared the Match Champion. Several classes may be set up as follows: Top Fuel Dragster . . . . . . Unlimited, Optics and Compensators allowed Pro Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limited Optics allowed, No compensators/porting Pro Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . No optics, no comps, must be a production pistol. Accurizing and trigger tuning allowed Sportsman . . . . . . . . . . . . Box stock production guns only I think this would not only be an exciting sport for the competitors but an excellent spectator sport as well. Thoughts? Opinions? Criticism?

I have a CB. And I'm a professional. What your friend does is amateur, I don't care how many miles he has. And I have seen trucks run side by side for miles it's not because they're playing childish games, though usually almost as bad. It's usually because one truck caught the other as it came down an on ramp and both trucks have governors set at the same speed. In those cases the truck that came down the ramp SHOULD back off and let the other truck go but again childish games comes into play and neither wants to give in. I've been in that situation and if it was me merging, I back off for a few seconds and let him go. He gave me the courtesy of moving over to let me merge, I return the favor and don't leave him hanging in the left lane. Your friend is a childish narcissist and won't be driving long if he keeps playing that game. Remember, Cops monitor the CB too.

I don't know of ANY truck drivers that do that. If your friend does it, he's an amateur and has no business being a PROFESSIONAL driver.

As a truck driver I see this every day and it is not the worst offense by FAR. But yes it IS annoying.

Not really. Once you get used to the dot, you develop a sort of different "mode" of shooting. Much like when I was doing a lot of revolver shooting and taking my revolvers and pistols to the range. Pick up a revolver and you go into revolver mode. Pick up a 1911 and you go into pistol mode. Now it Dot mode and Iron mode. I think the biggest problem people run into is worrying about it. Just forget all the other BS. When the dot is where you want it, squeeze the trigger. Was at the range earlier today, shooting with iron sights on one 1911, dot on another and a CZ75 TS with iron. All in all the groups were pretty much the same. Except the CZ which had grips loosening and was hard to keep a consistent grip with.

This. That tab rides inside the slide and is what keeps the SS from slipping out. The plungers do nothing to hold the SS IN. Just keeps it from bouncing up under recoil and locking the slide back when you don't want it to. If the gun has 10k rnds through it, it may have worn and broken off short enough that it is no longer held captive by the slide. If you are reloading and accidently push on the right side end of the SS, the slide should still be holding it captive if that tab is still there. Re-install the SS and see if you can push it out with the slide in battery.

I only drink when I'm thirsty. Drinking makes me thirsty. Therefore.....

There's a "spike" in Corona virus cases, because there's a spike in testing. If we gave more I.Q. Tests, there'd be a "spike" in morons.

And I'm betting when a newb asks a question that's been asked a thousand times, you tell him about the "SEARCH" function.

Never knew you were a Buckeye. I drive through the Dayton area just about every day. And, yeah, Park Layne is a good place to be FROM. But at least you didn't grow up in Meigs county. That's not something I even admit to most of the time. I tell people I'm from Lima or Columbus.

Matt Wolff takes the Rocket Mortgage Classic by 3 strokes with a -19 for three rounds in a spectacular game of golf. What was his secret? “I have to give credit to the ice cream truck that was circling the property,” said Wolff, who was 19-under 197 after three rounds. “I’m not joking, actually.” “I heard the ice cream truck and I’m like, ‘I have a good feeling about this,‘ ” Wolff recalled. “Just had that little like ice cream truck song in my head. I think that helped me just not think about the speed or the line or anything, just keep my head free.” This is a perfect example of not "thinking" about what you're doing and just do it. The ice cream truck song playing through his head kept him relaxed, happy and not thinking about the mechanics of what he was doing. This allowed him to just DO what he knows. Same applies to shooting and any other sport. Stop thinking about what and how and all the other crap and just DO it.