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You guys are not helping my tax refund last very long.

Hahaha!, I shot this gun last night. Thanks for letting me shoot it man. What a freakin' tack driver! I thought light 45 loads would be somewhat of a compromise to 9mm. NO WAY. This was just plain awesome. Excellent gun for steel. Now I really, really, want one! The M&P was sweet too.

Haha, I wish man. Gotta be continuous from the day it expired.

The best part is she has to pay him back for the ammo! LOL!

To add to this what about if you stay at a friends or relatives house say before a match or you are living there temporarily. Can you have your guns at a temporary residence?

I think it's just a Giants fan ready to shoot the ball in case The Patriots needed a game winning field goal, hence his location.

It happens. Within the first 10 minutes of practice my Kimber lost some bluing on the tip. Leather is not any better. If anything i wears more since it makes more contact with the holster usually.

Probably anywhere from 500-1000. Depends if I'm doing a lot of matches.

That's weird I just heard on the radio by anti-gun folk that NICS checks are on the rise and the average number of guns per household/owner has gone up. Weird.

I don't know if you guys get that USPSA magazine, I think Frontsight. This shooter had a load light enough to put the bullet just to the tip of the barrel where it was actually sticking almost all the way out and it cycled another round. Thankfully he caught it, but man what are the odds?

Are there any dangers in loading a round too light? I know the risks in exceeding the max load, but there really isn't a minimum load listed in load data I've seen. Is there a point where it becomes unsafe? I want to make some very light 45ACP rounds. I'm using around 5.3/5.4gr Accurate #2 behind a 200gr bullet. Would cutting a whole gr be too much? Also, what pound recoil spring should I get for my 1911 if I shoot light loads? Thanks for your help.

Just got these. What a HUGE difference they make to your firearm/1911. The thin profiles really are thin. If you like a nice narrow, tight grip on your gun these are it. If you have bigger hands I'd say they may be too thin and to stick with the standard profile. I just need the low profile bushings and I'm set. Hope you enjoy the vid. Stock VS Slim

It would be a great time. I tried looking it up but can't seem to find the info. Do you shoot the 9-12th? Or do you just shoot one day like in OBRPC? How many stages and what's the round count appx?

You mean the cut out at the front of the slide or is this a special slide for tac teams?

I see your knives and raise you knives and guns! The funny thing is the guns are legal in NJ the knives are not. Gotta love the law!

I started off with a Lee Pro 1000. I got it for around $160 or so from Cabelas while they had a promo. It's a great press, but as others have said with progressive you do have to focus on more and as a new reloader I struggled a bit in the beginning. But after I figured it out it was pretty much smooth sailing. Personally I prefer to reload in high volume so a progressive is a must for me.

One of these days I'd love to compete in a major match like this. Don't really feel I'm ready. All the best to those of you who shoot it!

I have the 92G. It's super reliable. The thing is definitely a workhorse. There's actually a big competitive following for it too as there are tons of competitive mods/packages for the 92 series. Like the others said try both and see which one you like better. You can't really go wrong either way.

"I'm just tryin' to help the kids..." Hahaha! That was great. Funny thing is is that that's pretty much what happened to him.

I use paper plates mostly. I've shot a 6" desert plates at 25yards, but that is not a typical distance. That's just for fun and see if I can do it. The bigger regular plates I use from 7-25yds. If it were a full size silouette style target I'd probably shoot at no less than 10-15 yards.

Great post Maksim. I have a new knife company started by myself and a friend of mine. All of our sales have been exclusively through the internet. All of our publicity and marketing has been done through internet forums and good ol' e-mail. We've never met any of our parts manufacturers, business partners, knife grinders in person. All of it has been done via internet and phone, but the relationships have been solid just as if we met in person. We're credible based on our actions and the way we present ourselves "digitally". It's becoming more and more real. Now this is not to say a guy like Ed Brown can't thrive without it. Hey, if you're good at what you do then that's that and there are plenty of people who do well without social media. But it's a powerful tool and certainly not child's play.

I'm kinda all over the place. Started with 115gr 9mm. Then 124gr. Now 147gr. The heavier the bullet the less power you can/should use and can get some soft shooting loads. It's not really one is more accurate than the other, but rather sometimes the heavier bullet can be made to have less muzzle rise and softer recoil making YOU more accurate. For 45ACP I've mainly used 200gr. I want to try some 250gr though and see if I feel a difference with less powder. I think what I ultimately want to do is commit to one bullet weight, shape, and then just change the charge for different types of shooting. I'm tired of messing with my dies and ordering different reload components.

So I told my buddy the other day I was considering getting a 1911 in 9mm. He says save your money and just load lighter 45ACP "cheater loads" and get a lighter recoil spring. 4gr of Clays behind a 200gr bullet is what he used before and he said it's pretty much like a 9mm. That way I can keep using my Kimber for just about all shooting applications: Major Ltd 10 and Single Stack USPSA, and light loads for static steel and knockdown steel, Pro Am type matches. My original plan was the 9mm 1911 would be for steel competitions and the 45ACP for USPSA/IPSC. But if I follow his suggestion I could shoot it all with one gun which I'd actually kinda prefer. I wish they had a 9mm slide that'd work for a 45ACP. So for those of you who load both would you say a light 45ACP load is comparable to some degree to 9mm? I could answer the question myself but I won't be near my press for a while and kinda hesitant to underload 45ACP.

Well some of you guys might write it off as whining, but I think he's being honest about his experience. Arrogance doesn't go a long way with me. Most of us on this forum really praise any company that supports its customer base and gives great customer support. So how come all the sudden this doesn't apply to higher end makers like Ed Brown? Unless you think this gun in the video is outright lying, I think it should be considered. The other point is I feel lots of "old school" people really are NOTgrasping the fact that social media is in fact an extremely powerful tool . Why do you think companies like Nike, Honda, Walmart, Target, etc. have facebook pages? It's one of their most powerful marketing tools. Glock, Ruger, other big gun makers have youtube channels as well. If you write off social media/internet I think it's foolish for your business. Yes, I get it, he's sold out and OK he might remain sold out. But to just write off and dismiss an entire community that only continues to grow is stupid in my honest opinion. If anything it's just the wrong vibe to be giving off. Personally this story would steer me away from his products.

You never know. I have heard Glocks were not well received at all when they were first introduced. Now look at them.