Mooney

I have been lucky enough to be one of the test-users for 10mmDave, and I love his design. I thought I would have liked more angle, but the amount he builds into the holders is enough to hold them out for easy grabbing, even past my Dun-lop . The single-high setup allows for ease of bending at the waist whether loades or not (I have a short, wide torso) and my old North Mountain kept jabbing me incessantly in the ribs. I asked Dave to "tighten up" the position of the moon holders for me and my 8-moon holder is maybe 2.5" longer than my NM was. It's also a lot easier to drop prone with Dave's than the NM (use the front moons first so you don't mash your clips!) as it is nearly flat to the belt. If anyone is going to Area 7 this weekend and wants to see one in person, I'll be at Chrono (unless making up a stage or eating ) all weekend and will bring my belt with me.

I've been called "Captain Obvious", plain old "Captain", and "CAPtain GILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!" (In your best Captain Caveman voice)- I used to have anything and everything you would EVER need in my old Jeep Cherokee, like Cpt. Caveman had in his club. Hatchet, yup. Crazy Glue, yup. Blue plastic tub to use as a kitchen sink, yup. Duct tape, several colors. The list could go on forever...

Nope, no typo. I actually had just talked to my doc and had my levels done a couple weeks ago. I was really, completely, totally fragged after those matches. One of the reasons I WENT to the doc was that I thought I may have a real bad case. Couldn't think (worse than usual), speak, eat, sleep, smile, anything! Heck, I even went out and shot a bottom feeder for a little while (shoulda been a sign right there...). I'm kinda "fuzzy", so I'm sure that the wicking effect had some part in the levels, but the range was so bad it was foggy...so I'm sure the inhalation factor was the worst. In all seriousness though, L.P. sucked, and the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health was quite curious as to why my numbers were so high. They didn't appreciate the response of: "I know what it was, and have taken steps to prevent it from happening again...". Any of the times I was asked.

Ack. I had a massive response typed and it disappeared. I had lead poisoning from shooting several matches in a short period of time at a major manufacturer's indoor ranges. It seems that someone had closed the vents due to inclement weather for the first time in about 70 years (according to sources at the plant) and never re-opened them. My levels three weeks after the match were in the 240 range...doc was NOT happy. Things to mitigate your lead counts (some you have already done): Shoot indoors on a very limited basis (and wear a respirator if you have to shoot inside) Wash hands and body well after shooting, touching dirty brass, etc. DON'T have your lead checked within a week of shooting. One match can raise my levels from 4 to over 40. Change from open base (or lead) bullets to CMJ or JHP. The closed base design really does a lot to mitigate the foul smoke, which is the fastest way for lead to get into your body. Wear gloves to reload, moon, de-moon, clean, etc. Any time you're touching a cartridge or portion thereof, wear Nitriles. Don't eat, smoke, drink, or so much as wipe your brow with leaded hands. That's what rags and towels are made for. Don't forget primers contain lead too. They are harder to line up with gloves on, but too bad. Lose your clothes as soon as you get inside (or change at the range if you can). Lose the shoes before you go inside, put them in a shoe-basket or the closet. That way you don't track your lead and all the other people's lead into your home. The Chelation process sucks. I had to take a pill regimen (based on kg of body weight) of "Chemet". Something like 20 pills three times a day for a couple days, then 15, 10, 5. If you have to pay for your meds yourself, you're better off stopping shooting altogether, at least for a bit. I had to pay $65 for this top-tier medicine, and my insurer picked up the other $2,135. Chelation strips out all the metal from your body and passes it out the back door. You lose iron, magnesium, etc. as well as the bad things. You have to take some serious doses of the good metals (supplements) and mega-doses of vitamin C. When you lose your metals, your immune system becomes seriously weakened. Since I work as a grocery thrower (I drive a reefer truck of food and deliver to restaurants), I deal with raw food and the assorted nasties that go with it. I was lucky and didn't get sick! Your body will also try to digest other metals, like rings, watches, bracelets, dog tags, etc... so you don't get to wear any of those either (if you do and/or like to...). By shooting outdoors only (and indoors something like once a year, max), shooting mostly closed-based bullets (JHPs), using nitrile gloves any time I handle anything ammo related (including dirty guns), washing well, losing the shooting clothes pretty much at the door, and watching how soon after shooting I get checked, I am typically around a "4" on my count now. Since my doc doesn't shoot and he tests out to a "9", I think it's working for me.

I just use three brushes (.480 brushes!) for my 625... In and out real quick-like, and nice thick brushes for those oversize holes...

...IMHO, someone gets to shoot the next match for free....

Yep, thanks to the staff we saw and got to shake hands with and all the behind the scenes crew we didn't meet that made this match happen. For a match that included only 3 moving targets, and not a lot of no-shoots, there were plenty of opportunities (which I took full advantage of) to mess up. Mostly fundamentals, some plain bad luck. A really fun match for sure, made me think of the way that USPSA must have been before my time (and all the fun-but-carnival-like gadgetry we get to shoot at now. As to the infamous stage 6, the is the SECOND TIME IN A ROW that the stage I shot what I consider the best of my match (down one point in 6.something in revolver) was thrown out (the other was stage 1 of LPR Nationals last year) and the SECOND TIME IN A ROW that it has dropped me overall in the results. Sure, my division is looked at like a joke by some, but I love it and it's very discouraging when you only get to go to a couple big matches in a 12 month period and the results are FUBARed by "poor" stage briefings that were previously approved by the NROI. Sure, I ended up only .01% out of 3rd in my division, but when the first results were posted I WAS third. WTF. There's always next year.

woops...clicked then didn't click right box.... played with one (bent spring), and had RGS play with a couple (believe bent and MAY have filed...). Still like the ones he did best, can't beat experience, and I don't have time right now to screw mine up . Thanks RGS!

The mall ninjas came knocking and asking for Great Knowledge. You sent them packing with your mad spin-art skills.

Aw hell, of COURSE you can borrow my stuff any time. Just let me at that 6" bottom blaster... wait, that just ain't right.... I meant bottom FEEDER..... I have an issue of my own now.... I really liked shooting that little local match yesterday in L-10. With the model 60. With a mix of magnums, +P, and +P+. I am starting to be able to bend my knuckles now! Heck, without Gary, my revo would probably still have a 40 lb. trigger. Didn't know how nice it could be until I was taken under his wing. Still miss the competition even though I get to squad with Gary all the time.

Condolences as well from the Northeast. Sorry to hear of your loss.

I heard that the National Wetaher Service is investigating whether the speed of his cylinder affects wind currents....

As great as the Harvard matches are, they tend to run a bit long for me. I love it when I can get there, but the nature of my employment requries me to be up at 0230 to lift ~18000+ pounds and walk about 20 miles a day. Harvard tends to beat me down a little much for Mondays. I'm going to try to get up there this year, but there's now a mini-Mooney in the family, so we'll see how many times I'm allowed to escape this year at all

Mooney's gonna. May not be a master, but I'll do my best . I wish that we'd get overall match results (even "unofficial") put together for us from the area matches though. I like to see how I do against the other divisions too. It's a pain putting all the info together oneself afterward.