Alan550

Bedford Rifle & Revolver Club, Inc. will be holding the Virginia State Action Pistol Championship (Cardinal Cup) and the Southeast Regional Action Pistol Championship (Overlord Memorial Cup) matches again this year on September 20-21, 2014. The Overlord Memorial Cup is so named because Bedford, VA is the location of the National D-Day Memorial. Bedford lost more men on a per-capita basis than any other city or town in the US on that fateful day in June of 1944. 19 of Bedford's finest gave their lives on June 6th of that year, and our matches are held on the same property where they practiced before shipping off to England for the invasion of France. Hence the name of the match. The range will be available for practice on Thursday & Friday before the match at no charge. Targets will be available at a nominal fee for practice. We were the first in the US to have a Moving Target on rails, so come on out and shoot with us this year, and visit the D-Day Memorial while you're in town! This will be the eleventh year holding these prestigious events. Last year we had shooters from twelve states and Canada competing. There were 23 National Records either set or tied during the events. This makes us the 2nd largest Action Pistol match in the country with only the Bianchi Cup being larger. http://www.bedfordrrc.org/matches/action-pistol-championships

I guess anything's possible, but I'm with you, Cy. I take a few deep breathes, then at the "Standby" command, take about 1/2 another and pretty much hold it during firing! Get kinda red-in-the-face sometimes, but for me that works. Alan~^~

Richard, Going to a heavier (tungsten) guide rod helps some folks in that it makes for more of what we in drag racing refer to as "unsprung weight" which is a good thing, whereas "sprung" weight, weight that moves is a bad thing. With the lighter slide, you've cut down on sprung weight which means less momentum that will have to be overcome in recoil. Probably less muzzle flip too so long as you don't overdo the slide-lightening. You reach a point of negative return if you go too far in that area. Also, much will depend upon the ammo being used. In Bianchi Cup guns with a power factor of ~125-130, we get slide weight down to as little as 9 oz. with 6-7 lb recoil springs, 17 lb mainsprings and putting a tungsten rod under that setup really helps stabilize the gun. YMMV Alan~^~

The "group-tighteners" in question involve some crazy Mexican drink with Tequila in it and salt on the rim! Alan~^~

The modifications you list would move you into Metallic. Alan~^~

450-45X Barricade. I would guess gun problems? Clean otherwise for Bruce! Alan~^~

Doug threw an 8 at the 25 yard line on the mover. Kevin has won more than 50 regional titles in AP and has until now received little to no National recognition. He came in 2nd at the last 2 World matches, including the fiasco at Rockcastle last week, and has been all but ignored by the media. He came within .022" of winning it a few years ago when it took a 1918 to win the Cup. His "8" was so close that he challenged the score. The .40 caliber overlay they used made it into a "10" which would have won it if he'd been shooting that caliber. He shoots a 9x23 and that overlay said "no". The difference in caliber diameter from .356" to .400" is .044". divide it in half for radius and there you have it! Within .022" of winning it then. We gave him Hell about the .022" ever since, and his dedication to practice and sheer will to win finally got him in the winner's circle. I went to the Cup with him on his first trip in 2000 to "show him the ropes" as it were, since I'd been before. He only shot an 1844-107x, coming in 7th in Expert Class and 93rd overall. His background in shooting to that point was Silhouette, so accuracy was his game from the start. Since he travels for a living maintaining automated weather systems across the eastern 2/3 of the country, he got to shoot at the various Regional & State Championship matches as far west as San Antonio, TX. Over time as he improved, he began to win at these smaller venues, finally accumulating 2 boards with the Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals mounted on them that is impressive. He's worked long and hard to get to this point in his shooting career and has had a hard-core dedication to perfection. He even trained with Doug Koenig for a full day a few years back, and the most humorous tale he told of that day was how slow he was going prone. Doug finally told him: "Quit lollygagging and just get down there!" Guess it paid off in the long run. Congratulations fella! You worked hard and it paid off. I can say "I knew you when". Alan~^~

Some red-dot sights have some parallax (image displacement) near the edges of the window, so check for that before assuming it's still accurate away from the center. Alan~^~

At our range, we have turning targets activated by a standard garage door remote that's wired to the AUX output on a CED 8000. That way there's no wire running downrange to the receiver, and it's compact enough for one person to practice without having someone else to run the timer. The remote is attached to the timer with velcro and we use a plug in the earphone jack to silence the beep. The reason for silencing the beep is because of the delay between the beep and the pneumatic turners of about .25-.30 second. I'm not sure if that would be the same on a strobe light, but I doubt it. Alan~^~

Dead Skunk In The Middle of The Road

It's been a pet peeve of mine for a while now, and another post in the USPSA section brought it to mind. At too many ranges running NRA Action Pistol, I hear ROs using USPSA and IDPA commands when they aren't correct for AP. All that our rules specify for verbal commands is "Ready" and "Standby". Not "Is the shooter ready" or just plain old "Shooter ready". The word "shooter" doesn't appear anywhere in the NRA AP Rules. We (they) are referred to as "competitors", not shooters. Actually there is a lot missing from the rule book as far as preparatory commands go. At the Cup (Bianchi) the ROs will say "You may handle your firearms" before the beginning of an event. The next command given is "Ready" followed by "Standby", which is self explanatory. At local, State & Regional matches, I've heard all the above commands given with no consistency among any of the ROs. Once at a match in the deep South, the commands were reversed to "Standby" & "Ready" which were the old AP commands from the last century! So if you have a crew running your matches, try to at least get them to be consistent in the commands and make the correct ones mandatory, please! Alan~^~

That holster when new, comes with two different "bore holder nubs" as you put it. One for 9mm, the other for .40-.45. You may have the wrong one in place. Also, there are 3 screw holes for the length adjustment and only 2 screws. That holster will handle up to a 6" bbl with no problems. Simply use different holes for the slide to engage to lengthen it. Alan~^~

That was during the change over. The older versions of the one you show had no hole in the side plate to use the positive-return mechanism for the slide. The powder bar return was controlled by the springs that are wrapped around the base of the measure. When the powder return bar was added to the machines, they initially used both the springs and the return bar. Now the springs have been eliminated. I much prefer the older design instead of the "clunking" that goes on with the newer setup, but I'm old fashioned anyway! Alan~^~

I beg to differ. I spent over 30 years in the optical industry, and the apparent width of the front sight gets smaller as it gets further away from the viewing point. Consequently, a front sight of .125 may be perfect on a 6" revolver, but would appear too narrow on an 8 3/8" gun for the same amount of light to be visible on each side. Alan~^~

Barrel length/distance between front & rear sights would be needed as well as front sight width to answer your question. Not enough info. Alan~^~

We used to run 15-16 oz. 1911s in NRA Action Pistol (Bianchi Cup) before the rule change, but when you get that low, they ARE high maintenance! They will also spoil you as you already found out!

Nice cage.........No bird!

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Temperature changes?...No problem. Probably not much different from inside your garage. Keep it dry and it'll outlast all of us! Alan~^~

I thought a "crick" was the sound made by a Japanese camera!

Guess I'm stupid.......Didn't realize the XDM was a 1911. Alan~^~

The micro switch on my 1050 quit, or so I thought. Ordered a new one and when I started removing the old one, the motor started again! Check the switches as mentioned above. Alan~^~

I'd be careful about dropping loaded rounds that far into a bin. With that much of a drop, you could set off one of your loaded rounds when the next one comes down the "chute". Alan~^~

Blue Bloods - Tom Selleck, Donnie Walberg.

Funny, you don't look 135 years old!