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I totally agree when it is being done this way where you know why and what happens when using payment options up front.Keep in mind that the merchant is being charged to process the transaction and this cuts into the profit margin. They could always mark up their merchandise and then offer cash or check discounts, same end result.But what if you paid a partial amount for the agreed price and then ask you later that you have to pay surcharge fee for the remaining balance if you use a credit card that has not been brought up as part of the terms and agreement when you agreed to purchase the gun prior to the sale? I think this is my main question in this kind of transaction.
Did you mention you wanted to pay with a CC?
I have been in the situation of breaking out the plastic and being advised of an additional charge more than once and had to weigh out the cost versus convenience in each situation. Never had any hard feeling towards the merchant. I have always known of the charge to the merchant when using a CC and kept that in mind when bargaining for the best deal.
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My answer is 6-8 slices. Four slices is not egalitarian enough. How many slices per pie did you get on your pies table my good friend, Mr. Alamo Shooter?
WtF?
This may shed some light on AlamoShooter"s "Pies Table". http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...p;hl=pies+table
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Keep in mind that the merchant is being charged to process the transaction and this cuts into the profit margin. They could always mark up their merchandise and then offer cash or check discounts, same end result.
Here is some interesting material on the subject. http://www.gofso.com/Premium/LE/06_le_ic/f...-merchants.html
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but if your 4 feet tall the barrel wouldnt be low cover it would be vertical cover so I stand by my original statement.
Actually you would have to be 33.5 inches tall or less for it to be vertical cover......but if so, guess I couldn't argue with you
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OK guys stop all the gaming
More than 50% of the shooter’s upper torso must be behind cover
while engaging threat targets and/or reloading. For low cover, one
knee must be on the ground and for vertical cover such as a
wall/barricade, 100% of the shooter’s legs and feet must be behind
cover.
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Thanks Bruce.. where would I find that? Will there be a 2008 Multigun book?
http://www.uspsa.org/rules/Interpretations...tigun_rules.pdf
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This bothers me greatly. I am a police officer and my departments firearms instructer. I have never even thought about asking to carry "hot" at a match or carry a 2nd gun. I carry a back-up gun on duty, but not at the matches. When I run the department shoots I run a cold range and load them as the come to the line. Most of the fulltime guys I know consider their guns a tool and a bother to have on. Some of the reserve/aux. guys I know carry and show off their guns more. When you first get that badge and ID and can carry it's a thrill. After a while it wears off and becomes routine. You even forget it's there. Sometimes people forget that we cops are mostly normal people and even we have a few yahoo's among us. There have been a few training accidents where the person in charge forgot to have all "real" guns checked at the door.
I am also an officer and my departments firearms instructor. I totally disagree with a cold range. How are your trainings conducted out of the class room at your department. I bet its on a hot range. All of ours are hot except when there is a reason to be cold (dry practice training). All guns are always loaded that is the first rule of gun safety. If we can't trust people to walk around with loaded guns at the match they should not be at the match. The cold range system of IDPA and USPSA is one of my largest pet peeves with these sports. Just make the rules so that no one can handle their firearm when not on the firing line. I tolerate this rule because I enjoy shooting both sports. But I hate it.
Pat
Here's one of the reasons we are cold.
That video only proves my point he thought he had a cold gun and it was hot. Treat all guns as if they are loaded and that will not happen. (hmm sounds like a safety rule imagine that)
Pat
The only point that video proves is that he is an idiot.
A loaded pistol or even a loaded magazine should have never been included in their display items. Their duty pistols should have stayed hot and holstered.
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A little about John.......
Expert: John Ritenour has been target shooting for the past nine years. He qualified as a double expert in the United States Marine Corps with the Beretta M92 pistol and the M16 rifle. In addition, he completed long range shooting with a Ruger M77 7mm customized rifle, and he taught one-on-one classes in handguns after entering the civilian arena.
.....qualified as a "double expert" no less......
Oh...and dont miss the rest of the series...another dozen or so gems... http://www.expertvillage.com/interviews/be...et-shooting.htm
This is good stuff
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5.1.9 makes it illegal to have a competitor use more than one handgun in a stage.
True, but they could ignore that at a Level I match. I've seen it done before....have a revolver staged with six rounds in it and you have to engage three paper before you could switch to your own gun....that sort of thing.
That is not one of the Level I exemptions.
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It is a good idea to store all components out of reach and only have those on the bench that you are using with the current ammo you are loading. Imagine loading your rifle ammo with pistol powder
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as John from expertvillage will show here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCh-tWuN8YY...feature=related
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Here is an online calculator but you will need to know the bullets BC (some Sierra pistol bullets are listed in the dropdown menu).
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You post this in the "What I Hate" forum and then ask for private rebuttal? If you want a discusion why not keep both sides of the issue in public?
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I wonder what sort of facial expression the RO and spectators will have
Before or after the fire dept gets there?
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I have shot MG 115 JHPs, MG 121 IFPs and Zero 125 JHPs in my 9mm open gun. The MG 121 IFP is far more accurate than the other two in my gun.
I have shot Montana Gold before and like them as well. What is this IFP you mentioned? On their (MG's) site, they have it, but only in 9mm..."International Full Pro"...what is it? Why not in other cals?
Thanks
They designed them for IPSC Open division rules (not USPSA)
APPENDIX D1
Open Division
3 Minimum bullet weight 120 grain for Major
US APPENDIX D6
US Open Division
3 Minimum bullet weight 112 grain for Major
Looks like they just filled in the hollow point of a 115jhp to meet the bullet wieght criteria for IPSC Open.
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If the angle of the shoulder on each of the brass is different enough that you can see it you may have problems other than just needing to full length size. I would recommend consulting an experienced rifle reloader that is local and have him look at what you have and possibly school you on all of the aspects of loading for a rifle. There are worse things that can happen besides a round not chambering if you don't have a good grasp on all of the details.
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Okay. I'm stupid. Where the hell did I get a pin from USPSA from?
Rich
Front Sight mailing label.
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It would appear that if you do not have a light rail (in order to fall under that lenght limit) then you would be limited to a frame that duplicates the original as designed by John M. Browning. See red text below.
APPENDIX D 6
Special conditions:
16. Only 1911 production type pistols. Must be available to the general public and have their
basis in the original 1911 service pistol as designed by John M. Browning. Pistols made
from components that duplicate the factory originals are acceptable. Factory upgrade’s
such as external extractors, firing pin blocks and other factory installed safety features are
permitted. Pistols with factory installed light rail attachments may be used if the dustcover
is no longer than 3.25 inches when measured from the rear of the slide stop pin to the front
of the dustcover
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My JP has an 18 inch match barrel, and I assume it is a 1 in 9 twist.
The barrel should be marked on the bottom just past the gas block, probably a single digit. Mine is "8" and likes 69g SMK with 26.3g Varget.
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condoor.......if you will post your location you might get offers to meet at the range and chrono loads until you can purchase one.
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Not enough info for a valid appraisal. But with steel prices what they are I would not expect them to loose much value if any until they start to show wear.
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I guess my initial thought is that - mathematically - it implicitly penalizes anyone who wasn't in the same division as the stage winner, by "collapsing" the relative differences between scores.
Let's say that you and I are both shooting Open - you shoot 90% of the stage winner, and I shoot 65% of the stage winner. let's assume the stage winner is also shooting Open. To keep things simple, lets say it is a 100-point stage. So, you get 90 points, I get 65, for a "gap" of 25 match points.
Now, let's say we have the same situation, except you and I are shooting Limited, and the Limited stage winner only shoots 80% of the Open stage winner.
In the current system, our scores are "normalized" against our own division-specific stage winner, so you'd get 90 points, I'd get 65, still 25 points behind.
In the proposed system, we'd get a "depreciated" score. The Limited stage winner would get 80 points, you'd get 72, and I'd get 52... now, only 20 points behind you.
Now imagine how this could work in a high round count shotgun stage. It would be conceivable that the stage winner in any division requiring hand feeding could finish as low as 40-60% of the Open division stage winner. The difference would be 2- 3 times as much as pointed out in the above scenario
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Does the first shot of the day shoot high also? Or is it possibly the first shot after letting a round cook in the warm/hot chamber while inspecting targets etc.
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Number Puzzler
in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum
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That's easy. In the step where you first pick a number there are five numbers of each color. Then skip to the houses with numbers where the colors mean nothing but each house has one of each of the numbers of the original colors. Those two steps alone tell the number you picked. And the doors at the end.......the first door you pick will always be the "your number" and the other two doors any random number.