Genghis

This thread needs to be moved to the Classifieds . . .

I think their newest model has an integrated 1050 - just pour primers, casings, bullets, and powder into the respective hoppers, and hot lead comes out the other side.

Someone needs to let Homeland Security know about this. Maybe some of the taxpayers' money can be put to a good cause.

I compiled a list of factory .38 Super loads that made Major a while back: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...25&hl=super

Shoot limited if you want to work on sight alignment and reloads. Shoot Open if you'd rather concentrate on trigger control, and not have to worry about as many details.

So far I've shot mine in three USSPA matches with no gun hiccups. I'm very happy except for one thing. The hammer, grip safety, thumb safety, and slide release tend to start rusting very quickly. You'd think that STI would put a better finish on a duty gun. I haven't measured the trigger pull, but it's crisp and not too stiff.

Learning to shoot the wrong way will make it much harder to unlearn and relearn the right way later on. He needs a gun that fits his hand so he can learn things right from the beginning. If at all possible, he should learn the proper techniques without the time pressure and stress of a practical shooting match, BEFORE trying to do it all right under pressure.

Good points. I'd bet that the spin of the bullet would impart a significant opposite spin on the shooter, too.

Action/Reaction: It'd push you back from the recoil, plus start you spinning backwards from the comp. You'd have to learn to twist the gun around and shoot it upside down, and time the shot so it's in the exact opposite direction of the first shot, to counter the motion. Or redesign the gun from the ground up.

I heard that the American Rifleman had an article, maybe in the 60s, in which they fired a bullet into a dummy on a fairly frictionless track. I think the idea was to see whether they movies get it right - someone flying wildly back when hit with a bullet. IIRC, it's momentum that is transferred. So a half-ounce bullet hitting a 200 lb man at 1000 fps would work out like this: momentum of 1/2 ounce at 1000 fps = momentum of 200 lbs at 6.4 fps With regard to the bullet circling the moon and hitting you, it would have to be at exactly the right velocity. Too fast and it has escape velocity, breaking orbit and flying into space. Too slow and it gradually loses altitude then hits the surface of the moon.

+1 on the Glock advice. I bought a G35 a little more than a year ago, after having problems with a Para during matches. I've probably shot it in 2 - 3 matches a month on the average, and had one (1) failure that was the gun's fault. Buying a Glock let me worry about my shooting, instead of speeding up my time clearing jams and expanding my four-letter vocabulary. I've had almost as much luck with STI's. If you're interested in a 1911, you can't go wrong with one of them. Of course they're a LITTLE more expensive than a Glock.

I'd be very hesitant to call the EPA in. They might close the range, or require the lead to be cleaned up. If your financing requires a personal guarantee, it might be possible to give that person a right to take the land if the club defaults and leaves him holding the bag. Require the lender to notify him of any default, and give him a set period to cure the default, take possession, and assume the note. There are many options for structuring the business. Would it be possible to structure it as a for-profit business? If not, it should be a nonprofit corporation or similar entity that provides liability protection. Also, don't forget to have an NRA range consultant come out and give you his advice, BEFORE buying the land. And you can get the NRA's range manual for about $50. It's a huge three ring binder, well worth it. Finally, remember that selling life memberships will cut off any revenue from that member and leave you with the ongoing costs of serving that member. One prominent gun rights organization ran into financial problems because they failed to account for the costs of serving their life members (such as sending the magazines). Not legal advice . . .

Ken told me in person that it would be held Nov 30th thru Dec 3rd. I've seen a forwarded e-mail from him saying the same thing. Should be a lot cooler than summertime in Louisiana.

I wonder which images in the daydream he's shooting at!

"In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give up earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose, that in any situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly." - Thomas Jefferson "The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be." - Socrates "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." - Winston Churchill, commenting on Chamberlain’s signing the Munich pact with Hitler, quoted at http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/18/opinion/18FRIE.html

Civilians are allowed the privilege of owning fully automatic arms, but only if they live in a state where it is legal, pay a $200 transfer tax, and pass a background check. Civilians are not allowed to own any fully automatic firearms that were manufactured after May 19, 1986. That's why you see astronomical prices for these guns - the supply is ever-dwindling. So if Steyr starts making a new one, the average Joe will never get to have one.

Sounds interesting.

I started with a Safariland 012 wrapping my P14.45. It works great. It's a little bit of work to slide it onto a CR Speed belt, but it can be done. It mounts with Velcro inside the loop, and with a screw. Wrapping a Wal Mart bag around the tongue of the belt helps a lot, so the Velcro doesn't touch til you remove the bag. I shoot the same gun in IDPA, using a Fobus holster. It's a carry holster rather than a race holster, but I have no complaints about it. Last year I bought an Open gun that came with a CR Speed World Shoot holster. I like the lock on it better than the screw knob on the 012, because you can see if it's locked and because it seems crisper. It clamps onto the belt rather than a combo Velcro/Clamp, so it's easier to mount than the 012. The muzzle of the gun has a little "play" in both race holsters. Both can be adjusted to fit my Open gun or the Para.

Merlin, is that new 625 feeling lonely and jealous?

Never wakeboard on a sheet of plywood. The large surface area DOES pop a big guy up onto the top of the water even with a rowboat and 18 hp motor, and you CAN stand on the plywood for a while, but when you fall off there's an excellent chance you'll end up with a wicked looking scrape from the edge of the board. Only did it once (drive the boat for a guy on a sheet of plywood, that is).

Good info, BigDave. I'll bet Merlin could tell us more about this, if he wouldn't get himself in trouble.

The answer may depend on which state he's in. Any knowledgeable lawyer can give some general info, but there may be some quirks in the state law. If you'll have your friend contact me, I'll talk to him by phone or e-mail without charging him.

Some of these vehicle stories remind me of some stupid stuff we did as teenagers (and if the truth be told, a little beyond that point). Growing up in Kansas, we had snow every winter, but no mountains, making it hard to ski. So we tried numerous ways to combine snow and water skiing, by pulling a snow skier behind cars. We started with some plastic kiddie skis, about as long as your foot. These didn't stand up to the abuse, so we made another pair using strips of metal about a foot and a half long, with board on top for stiffening and to hold the foot straps. Eventually we discovered that cowboy boots worked just as well. We started out in parking lots, and found that it worked better on sidestreets with packed snow or ice. We didn't always have tow ropes, so sometimes we would just hold on to the back bumper and slide along on our boots. The least stupid method of skiing we used was with a water ski tow rope, attached to the trailer hitch, skiing in the ditches on snowboards as the car went down the road. I remember one year I came back home from college for Christmas. One of those nights I got a call from one of the guys. The 10 o'clock weather report showed snow a couple hundred miles West, on the other side of the state. So we drove there that night, arriving around 6 a.m. We had a great time skiing on a road that went around a lake, dodging the storm sewer drains. I couldn't get the hang of it until my friend swerved into a field and started doing donuts with me at the end of the rope. I HAD to hold on, or fly into the trees, so I managed to hold on. One spinoff of these experiments was called "Trunk Surfing." One of the guys had a car we called a "converted," made by cutting the roof off a '65 Ford LTD with a power saw. Just like a convertible, but not capable of being converted back, thus the name. We found a snowy parking lot and tied ropes through the rear speaker cutouts. Two of us stood on the trunk, holding onto the ropes while the driver did donuts. This activity ended when one guy fell off and looked up to see the spinning tire coming right at his head. The last time we skied on cowboy boots, we turned it into a competition to see who would go fastest. Starting around 30 mph, with two dumb *sses holding on to the back bumper, we ran the length of the side street (about a half mile). Then we turned around and came the other way, five mph faster. When we got to 60 mph, the other guy bowed out and got in the car. My last run was by myself, sliding at 65 mph on an icy road on cowboy boots, hanging on for dear life. I don't want to think what would have happened if my boot had hit a patch of dry pavement. Anyone adding a poll to this thread so we can vote on the stupidest activity? [edited for clarity]

I guess the hog would rather be hunted by an Open shooter than a 3-gunner.

[Hog cautiously inches past wall of mud, thinks he's clear, then two eyes open, embedded in mud. Knife appears, then arm, and a figure pulls away from the mud wall.] Hog: EEEEeeeeiiii! [silence] [sound of bacon frying]