glockrocker

It's been several years since I have been to a match. Life has happened and it's been a rocky road, but I'm back. Today I will be shooting again. I'm excited. I had lost that excitement. It feels good to have it back. I like! glockrocker

I voted 9mm because that is what I currently use. However, that being said I had problems with steel at my last match. I use 125 gr precisions with enough tg to make 135 pf. I hit a steel target 4 times and no go. Another shooter using 147 gr 9mm at 139 pf knocked it down. Problem is I don't like the feel of heavier bullets. Can't really nail down why, but I "feel" slower and slightly sluggish with the heavier bullets. It took some time for me to get the perfect bullet weight and power factor figured to suit my personal preference and now I'm not knocking down steel with it. If I could develop a .40 cal load that felt as quick as my 125gr/135pf load I would switch in a heartbeat if it knocked down the steel better. Downside is the cost of components jumps a bunch from 9mm to .40 and for me that is a big factor. I have never been involved any sport/hobby that had so many catch 22's. "This is defiantly the best way to do that, unless of course you are dealing with the thing, in which case that is not the way to do this." I guess experimentation is the only way to figure it out. Try different loads until you find the one that works best for you. One trap to avoid is trying to develop the "softest" load possible. I shoot WAY better with 135 pf loads than I do with 125 pf.

I bought the M&P15T. For what you get the price is pretty good. Don't pay MSRP of course. I think I paid right at $1200 for mine new. You get rails, folding battle sights, adjustable stock, and chrome lined barrel. It has run perfectly from day one with all the factory internals. I put an SJC comp on it and it shoots awesome. I won my first and only rifle match with it in Tulsa last fall: Oklahoma Pratical Rifle. I like the folding sights as they are pretty versatile. I have my dot scope positioned so I can see the battle sights for close work through the scope and fold them down out of the way for distance or put the dot on top of the front post works pretty well too. If your looking to buy a complete rifle over the counter you can't go wrong with an M&P (IMO).

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It's your vacuum cleaner....

Keep em' on hallowed ground. Someone else who is purchasing a gun can get enjoyment from what they purchase whether or not they buy yours or someone else's. So I don't think your reasoning for selling it (so someone else can enjoy it) jives. Maybe that reason would jive if you were giving it away to someone who could not otherwise afford it. I have sold guns and regretted it. It is not a good feeling. The fact that you are asking for opinions on the subject means that you are not sure. If you are not sure you will probably end up regretting it. The only guns I have sold that I have not regretted selling are guns that I had for a very short period of time i.e. bought it and didn't like it so sold it right away. I once gave a shotgun away to a friend that could not afford it. I sometimes wish I still had the gun for sentimental reasons, but do not regret doing it because I know how much it means to him. It's kind of weird how personal/sentimental guns can be as opposed to other types of possessions.

This is Dillon country. On a quiet night you can hear a Hornady rust.

I have tried the little $39.00 model that they have. It was given to me and it is worthless. The model at the top of the list for $179.99 looks more like one of the cleaners sold by the high dollar companies though. I wonder if it works as well? I know you usually get what you pay for, but one thing I can't understand is why the name brand ultrasonic cleaners are so expensive to begin with. There just doesn't appear to be much to them. I know most of them are marketed to various medical professions which probably explains it, but still....

I fired a few minor loads through one of LWD steel comps using Precision Bullets. Leaded up the comp pretty bad. I asked LWD about cleaning the comp and they suggested using an ultrasonic cleaner. I don't have one so have not been able to try it, but that is what they suggested and sounded pretty confident about it. I would be interested to know if that would work for sure. Anyone tried? It is hard to get those things clean and if an ultrasonic cleaner would work on that I imaging it would work on just about anything. If they weren't so expensive I would try one to see.

Flex is referring to a model with 3 pins in the frame vs. an older model with only two. Here is a pic of a 3 pin gun:

I just explain that it is a balance of speed and accuracy. The person with the fastest time may not win due to poor hits and the person with the best hits may not win because of poor time. The winners are the one's who can balance the two. I have never tried to explain the specific scoring method without a target or pen and paper in hand. The hit factor formula is easy enough to get across to someone if they can see it on paper while looking at a target or a sketch of a target.

You can reposition a stock trigger only by making internal modifications. No external mods are allowed. If there is any question on your part whether or not the external modification prohibitions apply only to recoil controlling mods, consider this....I have an email from John Amidon (dated 12-16-2007) in which he states that he considers a trimmed (yet still functioning) trigger safety on a Glock "an external modification and there fore not allowed" in Production Division. The 2008 rulebook states on page 75 "Unless specifically authorized, modifications are prohibited."

Yeah, she'll be pissed. Mine hated the beginning, hated what happened in the middle, and said the ending sucked. Definitely not for someone who likes "feel good" movies. I thought it was cool though. They did a good job of making New York City look deserted and there is a cool chase scene between a Shelby GT500 and a herd of deer....

It was "28 days later" meets "Old Yeller". I liked it.

Does this happen frequently? One or more of the safeties not functioning? I'm curious how big of a problem this is. I wonder if there are people knowingly shooting glocks with a defeated safety or is there a general sense of surprise when this happens?