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Isn't that like asking for hot pictures of your great99grandmother?

You went the whole three minutes?

Well -- THAT was 30 seconds wasted. Isn't youtube great? Rampant self-absorption desperately seeking relevance.

Asking if you're "too old/slow for IDPA" is like asking if you're too old/slow for sex. If someone says, "yes, you're too old," are you going to quit? Sure, stage times might be a little longer, and techniques that work for younger guys might not work for you, but hey . . . get in the game and fight the good fight. It's like the old bull and the young bull on a hillside. Young bull says, "Hey, there's a bunch of cattle over there. Let's run down the hill, jump the creek, push over the fence and get us one!" Old bull says, "Junior, let's walk down the hill, wade the creek, climb through the fence, and get 'em all." There's guys that shoot action pistol sports at a pace that you could time with a calendar, but you can generally cover both hits on their targets with one paster. That's fine for them, so that's what they do. The fact that you're out there shooting and willing to work at it makes you an example worth following.

Chuck Norris didn't change history. He's just letting it continue until his curiosity is satisfied.

Until you are on-deck, help paste, reset, brass. When you are the on-deck, don't go forward -- move up closer to the line, relax, get in the zone, be ready to step up to the line when called. After your run, go with the scorer to see where your hits were, and what your misses were like (don't forget your mags). Oh, and not only don't paste the targets -- don't touch the targets until the scorer has scored them. After scoring your run (depending on the policy at your club) deal with your brass. Then clean/recharge your mags and take care of your gear. Finally, jot down notes on what you need to work on (what kind of shooting skill did your misses on the stage show you needed to work on). That should take you about as much time as it takes the shooter after you to make his run and get the stage reset. Then it's back to pasting, resetting, etc. As has been said -- good on ya for having it in your head to be support the squad instead of being a free rider.

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I would also speculate that getting the heavier bullet up to the same velocity as the lighter one would generate a stronger recoil impulse, thereby causing more/faster rise in the gun during the time the bullet is in the barrel.

If you mountain bike quite a bit, you should probably be already familiar with the issues of hydration and electrolyte balance. Stretch properly, keep hydrated, and keep up with the electrolytes (bananas for potassium, sports drinks such as Gatorade or Powerade for electrolytes and simple sugars, etc.), and you shouldn't be cramping, unless there is some other issue.

+1 Life would be so much simpler if we just got out of Darwin's way.

So someone didn't start exactly how XX other competitors started -- where's the problem? Did it meet the letter of the WSB? If so, what was 'intended' by the stage designer is irrelevant. Did the person writing the WSB have a problem with it? Tuck it into the Lessons Learned Locker and move on. Hopefully fretting about another shooter's 'gaming' didn't upset someone's day. If so, time to get some Sgt. Rock's Skin Thickener and move on.

Thumbs. Reasoning. Religion. Trade. Written language.

But if you don't go online and take their survey, how in the heck are they supposed to peddle your information as a targeted and verified online customer to other merchants?

A friend of mine stands them on end and purposely sprays the the mouths of the cases. He believes that the machine runs better with a little lube in the mouth of the case so the powder die doesn't bind after belling. He's run 100k+ w/o any primer issues. My preference is to spray the sides only. I use disposable tin-foil pans that we seem to accumulate from takeout. Two of them stacked is pretty rigid. I fill the tray, lay them all on their sides and then spray a lot of One Shot. Next I roll them side-to-side a couple of times to coat. This ends up about the right amount for one dump into a Dillon hopper. I have used One-shot with the Zip-loc bag method,and have also with brass standing on end so I could be sure to get lube inside the neck. Never a misfire of a primer either way. I was always careful to make sure the lube had dried completely if I sprayed it inside. Wonder how the guy got lube into the primer -- WAYYY too much lube, or spraying the lube into primed brass?

When I first saw the title to this thread, I had a brief inspiration for the, "You know you're a shooter when . . ." thread. But back the point. Case lube helps prevent fatigue. Of the brass, of the dies, but also OF ME. Spending just a few minutes of prepping the cases with lube makes a huge difference in how much effort it takes to resize the cases and expand the necks.

4-die pistol sets separate the bullet seating and the crimping into two stations. A better approach, but not the only one -- 3 die sets combine bullet seating and crimping into one die. If you used the seating/crimping die from a 3-die set, you could put the powder check between the expander/charging station and the seat/crimp station (3rd position on a 550 toolhead).

Think I said that severalpages ago, eliminate SSP, change it to Compact pistol put a 1" strip of wood in the box, and have a lower weight limit The current SSP full size guns would move to ESP Would you hold the power factor at 105,000, or drop it to around 90,000 to accomodate the .380s?

IBTL. Besides all the good it does for education (where's the 'sarc' emoticon when you need it?), playing the lottery is great for the, 'How cool could I be if I won?' dreams. Me -- first thing I'd do, before I cashed it in or told anyone I'd won, would be call everyone I know or am even distantly related to, and ask them if I could borrow $100.

Can't say I've polished the inside. I did use a long screw and a couple of rubber washers to chuck up the powder drop/expander plug in a drill to polish the outside -- made a noticeable difference in pulling the casing off the expander on the upstroke. For inside the plug, I'd use polishing compound (maybe even toothpaste) on a strip of cloth (like old towel). Take a drill bit in a variable-speed drill at low speed, and let the cloth snag and wrap around the bit, then tear it off where you need to for it to fit in the expander. I'd be surprised if someone else here hasn't already done this one, though.

Any possibility of an oversized bullet jamming at the throat? Glad there's no medical-text photos to go along with this.

??? For some reason, when I hear 'appendix carry', I think a of a holster on the weak side of centerline, far enough over that the grip is concealed behind an open jacket (not quite crossdraw, but not far from it). From your comment, it sounds like appendix carry is right behind the belt buckle. Which is it?

I could see draws from appendix carry allowed if there was a requirment for a quarter turn or a clear area to the shooter's weak side for safety. It would be problematic for both the shooter to not sweep himself, and for the SO to keep an eye on the muzzle during the draw. Most appendix carry I've seen haven't had the muzzle tipped much more toward the rear than a typical "4 o'clock" carry.

Very interesting ideas -- care to share any examples of the scenarios?

If we REALLY wanted to train shooters to 'react' to slide lock, there'd be some effective way to deal with round-dumping. I love blind stages, wish there could be more of them. But as soon as the first shooter is on his run, target spacing and number aren't that hard to puzzle out.

They should schedule their emergencies, like everyone else.