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NOPE, I will be there, but my shooting skills have deteriorated in the past 20 months due to not shooting, on top of that, I lost some skin from the webbing of my strong hand last Friday, so there will be NO practicing this week either, but I will be there so shoot anyway. I figure I am a mid-level B shooter at this time. I am going to have to work my way back up to my A classification 20 months?!!! I was depressed about not shooting since last January. I feel much better now.

I used the MG 200 and 180 FMJ's for years but shoot hp's almost exclusively now. With lead bullets, a lot of the smoke produced is from bullet lube being burned, along with powder gases and residue. There is also a bit of lead that gets vaporized by the heat and erodes the base of the bullet during firing. Even when the bullet lube is removed from the equation, a jacketed bullet with an exposed base still can generate a lot of smoke. I wasn't too aware of the smoke when shooting because my attention was on other things (hopefully). I never noticed it until I watched video of a couple of my matches. I was really surprised by the quantitiy when I saw it on film, especially the Titegroup loads. I decided right then that I simply didn't want to continue breathing it. If and when you choose to avoide the exposed base bullets, you still have to decide the totally enclosed vs. hollow points issue. I generally go with the hollow points because testing has shown that they do tend to be more accurate in my guns. The draw back to the hollow points is that they do have exposed lead and it is easier to contaminate your hands, clothes, loading bench etc than with a fully enclosed jacket. Depending on the specific bullet, the exposed lead in a hollow point may be recessed into the cavity of the jacket and it may not. Its really a trade off, but with proper precautions in handling there should be little to worry about as far as lead contamination. I will wash my hands more often to squeeze a little extra accuracy. Tls

Excellent movie. I will probably see it again. I do think the "shaky camera syndrome" during the battle scenes was overdone. The acting and charachter development was first class. Chris Pine makes the young Kirk instantly likeable. This film's a winner. I watched the original series on TV when I was 13 years old. I bought my ticket to the movie with a senior discount. Star Trek never gets old. I wish the same was true for the fans. LOL.

Alan, I got to this thread a little late so it looks like all your questions have been answered. Gman Bart is right (he usually is). I load 5.1 of N320 with jacketed bullets at 1.175" The OAL is shorter in your loads but the powder charge is reduced enough to compensate. Granted, the profile of the bullet you are using might be slightly different but I would not be afraid of the loads you put together. N320 is never a mistake. It is an excellent powder for .40 caliber competition ammo. The only time I wouldn't use it would be for a high velocity defense load. For that I would choose something slower. The only downside is price, and to lesser degree, availability. Tls

Man, that's some snow. But.... Not our fault you chose to live at Ice Station Zebra.

I went to the range today just to see if anyone was crazy enough to show up. I found a pad lock on the gate and not a soul in sight. That seemed to confirm what my wife said when I left the house. "You're Nuts". Just so you all know, I went ahead and shot the match.......I won. Note to rangemaster: I'll be turning in my score sheets later. Now, I know you northern types, (a.k.a. yankees) think this is a pitiful excuse for snow. When I hear that, I am reminded of the match I shot in Michigan when the temps were close to 100 degrees. The locals were all about to melt and asked me what I thought of the weather. I said I thought it felt pretty good,.......it was a relief to come up north for a while and take a break from the heat. Tls

Unemployed Engineer / Mechanical designer.

Why worry with all the math? Fire one through the chrono and see what it reads.

Dan, I really think you have your head in the right place with the physical training. So many of our fellow shooters don't seem to appreciate the importance of it. Movement plays such a large role in this sport, fitness is paramount. I worked out hard for several years and could see real improvement. Unfortunately, life threw me a curve that took me out of the gym for a while. Before I could blink, 20 lbs of fat wrapped itself around my body. Keep working at it. Perserverence is everything.

I'm jealous on several levels. Great new lens All that .223 to shoot up.

Maybe if WE all take responsibility for our own part in this crisis things will improve. It is always easier to blame someone else. Okay, Gino maybe Larry is right. This whole global recession thing happened because you bought that F350. Don't let it happen again. If I agree to take some responsibility do you think maybe I could have my job back?

I understand what happened to you. It is an all too familiar story. Bad choices? You are not one of the ministers of finance that made a fortune packaging subprime mortgages into bad investments. It was not your greed that took down the whole banking system and the stock market. The government has thrown $750,000,000,000 at them to get them to start acting like banks again. In the mean time the rest of us have to sell our guns to buy groceries. True, maybe you could have saved more, but that wasn't what "done you in". Let go of the guilt. It's not your fault. Tony

I feel your pain.

I have never left them in my bag, but have made about every other mistake you can make with a magazine. The most embarrasing went something like this: I normally come to the line with my belt full and mags topped off. I keep a special mag in my back pocket just for the "Barney Bullets". At the "make ready" command I chambered my "Barney Bullet" then stuck the special mag back in my pocket. At that moment I would normally load a full mag, then holster. Somehow I managed to leave off that last step and started the stage with one round and no mag in the gun. It didn't take long to run the gun dry.

Pretty fancy flying. Way to go crew !!!!!

Thanks for the warning but I didn't write it. I just did a little cut and paste from Wikipedia. Bama fans have been known to be a little touchy about their team. However, I refuse to rewrite the encyclopedia just to it to make it more palatable to the bammers. Anybody that wants to fight over something like that needs to get a life.

Now I can say "I knew him when".

Excellent movie. Pushing 80 and still a bad a$$. The charachter reminded me of my grandfather. Same generation. Same ways. Didn't mind telling you what he thought. Salt-of-the-earth guy under a gruf exterior, but don't get on the bad side of his temper. Grandpa once knocked out an employee with an empty coke bottle. Unfortunately, the guy was driving Grandpa's pick-up truck at the time he was rendered unconscious. I would love to drive that Gran Torino. Sweet ride.

From Wikipedia: Officially the NCAA does not officially name a National Champion for their Football Bowl Subdivision "FBS" (formerly known as Division I-A). They rely on outside organizations to name a National Champion. Currently that organization is the Bowl Championship Series. The team with the most BCS National Titles is Louisiana State University (LSU) with two. The BCS has been around for 10 years, so if that is what you would consider "modern era" that is your easy answer. Other than that, really the only thing you can do is look at All Time National Championships. Before the BCS, there were a plethora of National polls and rankings, so there was no clear national champion every single year before 1998. As for all time champions... Alabama claims the most all-time with 12. Notre Dame and Michigan both claim 11 and Ohio State, Oklahoma, Southern Cal all claim 7. So there you have it. War Eagle. Tony

I voted 3000-6000, but upon further review, I think that may be a little light. I don't really keep records, but my best estimate puts it somewhere around 7000-8000. 18 club matches, 1 area match 4 sectionals 1 Seminar with Manny Numerous trips to range for drills, sighting in, load development. Also several hundred rounds of .223 shooting rifle stages. Tony

Man,... I still can't get into their website. Can anybody post an application?

I can tell you Randal's after match plans in one word. "Beer".

I can't seem to get 1911ssc.org to work The site seems to be down and has been for several days. I tried several links and get server not found errors. Do they have a problem or do I?

My best time? One shot draw, A zone hits is .8 seconds. I thought that was pretty good as I could do it consistantly after a little practice. That is not "from the hip" but aiming as I would do in a match. I suspect the RO would have a heart attack if you shot from the hip in a match.

I hear you Duane, but in a fire I would be more concerned about the primers than the powder. However, the powder will burn fast and hot. Years ago, I saw the result when a local gun shop burned down. The fire department wouldn't go near it. They just evacuated the area and let it burn. The heat that was generated was phenomenal. It melted the globes of street lamps hundreds of feet away. Granted, a handloader wouldn't have as much flammable material on hand as a dealer (probably), but it's still not something I would take lightly.