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Open-handed block is fine ........ then grasp the wrist of the strong hand and strike the elbow. This can be followed by a roundhouse kick to the throat or if you prefer, a groin kick. Hmmm. Never mind. I never should have read that Texas Ninja thread. Tls I wish I could have taken that R.O. class. We didn't get to hit anyone in the class I took. Join Today. You too could be a proud member of the NROI ........ Ninja Range Officers Institute Tony "Miyagi" Shores - Charter Member In all seriousness, .... it is difficult to give a shooter the room to manuever and stay out of his way, and still be in a position to physically restrain him if he violates the 180 while running the COF. Where you should be in such a position is during the start and end of the course. If the shooter experiences brain fade while making ready or showing clear/holster you should be in a position to protect the gallery. If someone swings their muzzle toward me or the crowd it will probably happen too fast for him to react to a voice command. Using an open hand to block further movement is appropriate. Grabbing the shooter? Don't think so. It may only make a bad situation worse.

Okay TL, you don't like the guy...... I get it. I just never took him that seriously. I thought he was good for a laugh. Sorry man, didn't mean to strike a nerve. Now, back to your regularly scheduled thread. What were we talking about? Oh yeah. "300" T

True. But there are times when a little insanity is good therapy. Been to bike week in Daytona 3 times. With the folks I traveled with it was total debauchery. What happens in Daytona, stays in Daytona "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" was like bike week on steriods (among other things). I wouldn't advocate the life style but I thought the book was the funniest thing I've ever read. No possible way to translate it to a movie, even for Depp. Tls

I keep Ricky Bobby, Tommy Boy, Wedding Crashers, Space Balls, 40yo Virgin and 200 others on tap to keep me.... centered. Comedies are my daily perscription. Being known for having a "man crush" and with a tag line like "High Lady" how else can I cope? How else can you cope? Add Hunter S Thompson to your list of teachings to live by.

Open-handed block is fine ........ then grasp the wrist of the strong hand and strike the elbow. This can be followed by a roundhouse kick to the throat or if you prefer, a groin kick. Hmmm. Never mind. I never should have read that Texas Ninja thread. Tls

DP It is amazing how emotionally invested we can get in a good movie. I remember watching "Pearl Harbor" at the theater. About 5 minutes into the attack scene I was about to tear the arm rest off the seat I was in. My pulse was racing and I wanted a weapon in my hand so bad I could taste it. I wanted to get in the fight. Dont gut anybody. Maybe its time to sit down and watch a good comedy. Tony

Marshall County Alabama. Walk into sheriffs office and submit an application form along with photo ID. Immediate NCIC check and license is issued on the spot if no criminal history. Cost is $10 per year. Entire process in less than five minutes. Renewal requires an update of the NCIC check, pay the money and new license is issued. Takes about 2 minutes. Alabama is a "may issue" state they are not required to issue a permit. Some other states balk at recognizing an Alabama permit because they complain that there should be stiffer requirements. The reply? We are bound by the Constitution of the United States. It is not optional. If an individual has no criminal history, we simply have no right to refuse a person that wants to exercise constitutional guarantees. "Sweet Home Alabama" Tony

Just out of curiosity, are these P9-18's single action or LDA's? Your post doesn't say, but if they are LDA's they would be legal for production where minor would be the rule and not the exception. If they are single action, Limited or L10 would be your only reasonable choices. It might be fun if you are a "points" shooter. Tony

Anyone who wears the uniform - from any branch of service in USA - should be respected, some are in the firing line, some are in training, support roles, some in logistics, some in engineering and supplies. Everyone of them contributes, the person in the front line wouldn't stand a chance without the support of the entire service behind him/her. Whether someone serves in the front should not determine the AMOUNT of respect that they receive. They ALL deserve ALL the respect. That's this US citizens opinion. Amen I feel confident that our front line troops, as a group, have marksmanship skills that would be the envy of most any army in the world. Some one had to teach them that. No one is born knowing how to handle a weapon. Do we honor the trooper and disrespect the trainers? Tls

I took the level 1 RO course a few months ago. My understanding was that under normal circumstances, you should never touch the shooter. Voice commands are always the preferred method to control the shooter. However, if the shooter has broken the 180 and is turning the gun toward spectators, it is perfectly permissible to use your hands to block further movement. Tony

Wow, that is almost identical to my Limited gun. The only difference is the dust cover. I think I will name it "The Force". When I carry it, the force will be with me. Tony

I wholeheartedly agree with Tightloop.........oh crap, did I say that out loud? Tls

Jay, (a.k.a. Glider) I was under the impression that was already the case. Several of my classifiers are based on scores from national, area and sectional matches. I think the only requirement is 3 GM's in your division? Not sure. Tony

First of all, there are quite a few classifiers that require movement. Some of them have fairly high round counts and substantial movement. It really comes down to who is picking them out and why. Speed shoots are easier to set up, easier to reset, take less time to move squads through. As for strong/weak hand, I tend to agree. You will not be forced to shoot weak hand often but it does happen. I remember a stage where you were hand cuffed with a chain connecting the cuffs. The chain was threaded through a steel ring that was bolted to the table. You had to shoot around a barrier and the chains would not allow you to engage the targets any way other than strong / weak hand. I have always been surprised by how closely my classification matched up with my scores in major matches. In big matches with a lot of top shooters in attendance, I am usually within a couple of percent of my classification. I don't practice the classifiers and I treat them the same as any other stage. For me at least, the classification system has been a pretty accurate gage of how I stack up against the big dogs. I have no complaints. Tony

Spent a lot of vacation time in the Rockies in years gone by. Did a lot of skiing, backpacking, mountaineering there. I also spent a week touring the state on my Harley a couple of years ago. One of my fondest memories was cruising the big bike along the Powdre River. Spectacularly beautiful and scenic state. Lovely place to visit, I just don't know if I would want to live there. Winters can get unbelievably cold, especially in the higher elevations. Snow loses it's charm when you are up to your neck in it for a couple of months. Maybe you Michigan types would like it but my southern blood is just too thin. The only real problem I have with Colorado is that it's full of Bronco fans. Tony "The Rocky Mountains is God's greatest sculpturin, I'm a mountain man and I'll die a Mountain man" Del Gue - "Jeremiah Johnson"

I only became an RO a few months ago and I did it because I wanted to be able to help my local club. We have a healthy turn out every month and always seem to have a bunch of newbies to run. There aren't always enough RO's to run as many squads as are needed. I won't lecture you about the virtues of volunteerism and the greater good. 600 other people will be happy to do that. I'm sure you went to the effort and expense of becoming an RO for all the right reasons. There aren't a lot of perks for being an RO but there are a few from time to time. Match directors like to show their appreciation for your work as best they can. Some matches are set up such that RO's shoot free or for a discounted entry fee. I have seen matches that had a separate prize table for the RO's Then there is the biggie. Special Parking Privileges. Tls

The way powders are drying up you may be using it for everything soon.

+6,457,862 to that Jim It's usually the driver, I think the gun only makes a difference in as much as the guy (or chick) behind it is comfortable in their ability to use said piece of crap. [in my best Joe Pesci voice] Okay, okay, okay. Can we agree to rephrase the question? In the past when you have been beaten by superior shooters, what was the crappiest handgun used to do it?

Thanks for the insight Bob. Some folks seem to be misinterpreting my comments about pressure and flattening of primers. I feel like I need to clarify. When pressures are excessive, primers can flatten out to the point that there is only hairline separation between the primer and the case head. In that case, the primer has no round surfaces left and has been swaged into an absolutely flat surface against the breechface. I never saw that with this powder. There is some flattening of primers with almost any full power load. What I was seeing with the 4756 was normal flattening. I only mentioned it because it was a departure from the pristine round primers that come out of the N105 loads. Except for the firing pin indention, N105 casings have primers that look just as they did before firing. I have no quarrel with 4756 based on pressure. My only complaint is that if you get much past 165 pf, dot movement is all over the place. Tony

I am avoiding 7625 based on Bob Londrigan's advice that it runs pressures up too high in a Pro Sx. Bear in mind that this is a shorty and takes a little more powder to get the velocities that you would see in a 5" gun. That puts you on thin ice with faster powders. Maybe 4756 would work better with a lighter bullet? I didn't know that N350 was in short supply. I'm beginning to wonder if any VV powders will be around in the future. Makes me wonder if I should even bother with 3N38. That was going to be my next experiment. Tony P.S. Primers did not show excessive pressure, just signs of more pressure than I normally see with N105

As most Open shooters know, supplies of N105 (which was my preferred powder) have all but dried up. I am forced to find a suitable substitute and upon Bob's recommendation, my first alternate to try is 4756. I went to the range today with loads starting at 8.5 grains up thru 9.0. It was very warm and extraordinarily humid. (Think Burma) The first 10 shot string of 8.5 came in at roughly 168 power factor and the recoil was milder than expected. My first thought was "This stuff isn't too bad". The next string at 8.6 jumped up to about 170 pf. Interestingly, 8.7 stayed at about the same pf, actually dropping a few fps. 8.8 pushed up to roughly 173 pf and that's as far as I went in this session. All groups had very consistent velocity in the 10 shots strings. Only once did it deviate more than about 20 - 25 fps. The function of the gun and recoil impulse was pretty snappy compared to N105. You could really feel that this was a faster powder. Instead of a push, recoil was more of an sharp bump. Not harder, just quicker. Primers were a bit flatter than I am used to with some minor cratering. Not excessive by any means but clearly operating at a higher pressure. Dot jump / movement is definately greater. It's going to take a lot of work to get used to it. I thought that maybe pushing up a few tenths might provide more gas for the comp and smooth things out. However, at 173 pf there was no sign of that. Bottom line: this powder is only going to be happy in my gun at the bare edge of major power factor. Probably ok for practice or a club match but to use it in a chrono match is to risk going minor. Especially if it is temperature sensative. I will mark this one down as usable but no where near ideal........ Keep looking. Tony Edited to note: bullets are Zero 125 JHP.

I've noticed a new trend low in marketing. Once upon a time various retailers and restaurants ran contests to boost sales. Look under the cap to Win, etc. etc. Obviously the idea being that customers that want to play the game are attracted to your business. No one in their right minds would expect to beat the astronomical odds and actually win anything significant. However, no harm in trying. Now a new twist has been added. There is harm in trying. These contests now ask you to log onto the game official website to play. Before playing the game you will be asked to register. Give them your mailing address and e-mail address. I wonder what they want that for? Sadly, its seems that most of this crap is taylored to target youth. Kids lack the market savvy and experience to realize that they are just being used. In a world where any individual's contact info has monetary value, corporations will stop at nothing to harvest it. Does this sicken anyone else or is it just me? Tls

Find someone that has bullets but needs a few primers or some powder. Barter for enough bullets to get you by until that shipment arrives. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then find someone whose life gives them vodka, and have a party. I think I read that somewhere. Tls

Never had any issues with powder and primers being stored in a hot humid shed. Never really had a problem leaving powder in the powder measure. The one exception to that has been with Titegroup. I left it in an RCBS powder measure and it practically welded itself to the interior of the hopper. Never seen anything like it. I couldn't even scrape it off with a screw driver blade. Tony

Clearly, much is expected from Alabama and new coach Nick Saban. I truly hope that he brings Alabama football back to the top. Why would a die hard Auburn fan say such a thing? Because I want to beat them when they are on top of the world. Nothing like a little good old fashion hatred in the morning. It goes well with my coffee. "Kick em when theyre up Kick em when theyre down Kick em when theyre up Kick em all around" - Don Henley, "Dirty Laundry" War Eagle!