Combat Auto

I just watched about 1/2 of it...A real shocker to learn that during the Catrina aftermath the Cops took everyones guns away. They went house to house like storm troopers...Just when they needed them most...What a discrace to thier badges, and the constitution.

Wow..Yep, much of the wives tales about 1911 reliability dirty or not is just that wives tales. With a caveat or two: Get the best mags you can find, wilson, MCM, Tripp, etc.; and keep on top of the recoil and mag springs changes. Then they are as reliable as any Semi-plastic.

Nuclear, Bravo, Bravo, Bravo! What a great match! You folks hit it out of the Park! Plenty of variation and challange btwn the stages...I like those what say 65 foot shots. And stage 5 with the plate rack was unbelievably fun. The match is run so effeciently, I still have 1/2 day to go. Keep up the great work! C.A. PS Great match, Great People, Great weather, dosn't get any better!

What about a compromise - put one BIG FAT plate out at 70 feet, say on 3 of the 5 stages? Not very tough to hit a Full size ISPSA plate at 70 feet.

I like shooting with a variety of shooters at different levels...The ones better, give me some goals...The ones less expierence give me an opertunity to help...All around good stuff. My issue with the USPSA matches which I've gone to about 6 or so is that they are so long. Not that I mind being out there on a fine day for shooting, butjust hard to devote a full day to it cause of other obligations. 4 at least by time one gets home. What time do the Standard Monthly Steel matches end?

Great - everyone loves surprises!

Thanks for the post...I did my first last month and it was loads of fun and great comradari with fellow shooters... One question, this is not a complaint, but more curiousity. I am guessing the steel-plate-clustors are 30-40 feet from the shooter. So, why arn't there any long shots involved? Say 60-70 feet, maybe one per stage or maybe 2or 3 for the whole match? Thanks.

Have a PX4 45 cal...OK gun, there are much better options IMHO out there...It was my first pistol purchase 16 months ago. I do not like the SA/DA trigger; I do not like the FAT grip for my medium hands; I do not like decocker. It has a 4 inch barrel so it isn't especially accurate out at 25 yards and beyond. (I think of it as a 50 FOOT and in gun). I've switch to 1911's a while back that resolved all the dislikes above. And now I shoot very, vey, well out to 100 feet/33.3 yards and am expanding to 50 yards. -I am into the sport/marksmanship part of shooting more than anything...I was making 90 foot head shots regularly yesterday. You will likely not be able to do it with a PX4 (you can but it will be quite a challange). So it depends what you want the gun for. Your results may vary. (if you are just using it for HD it is OK assuming you don't mind the fat grip).

I decided to go with a outside enclosed yard...Initially she will get aboyt 2/3 of 100x100 to roam...And later some more in the front via special enclosed pathways... I think this is the best solution, to maintain her free spirit, and manage risk... I have a great handyman that will do this. He does fences so this is not much of a streatch to make it cat-proof. He put a great, aluminam pull down lader to the attack for me after the Big Sandy Storm last year and does great work. (I figured I needed an escape hatch :-). I am very happy about this decision; implimentation is relatively easy. Thanks for the help folks!

Here is an interesting link...Likely this is what I will do - hire a handy man to cat-proof the back and side on my house: http://www.instructables.com/id/Catproof-Your-Yard/

just ordered a replica ww1 turnbull Hand fitted/tack-driver: http://www.turnbullmfg.com/store.asp?pid=37325&catid=19872

yep, I've posted this before..The police are the agents of the state. In the Tri-State area, don't expect them to be on your side if the SHTF, or the Libs come to take your guns, or any other scenario you care to come up with...Perhapes, in some places out west it may be different based on some of the statements by various sherrifs. Any liberty loving Officer would have let this go. (PC Disclaimer: Nothing I said above implies, or should be interpreted as contrary, to the fact that I support the Police).

No offense taken. And no horder (I have 1 cat that is it)...I appreciate your input.

You are stating a lot of obvious stuff, and we are getting off on a tanget...Let me clarify, I never leave my Cat out when I am not home. The discussion should focus on building a Safe Outdoor cat habitate....Let me add: part time, cat comes in before dark, no water or food deprivation, no hawk attacks, no zombies, I give her suntaning lotion ;-), i take so much care of her it is unbelievable. Some of my nighborrs thing I am looni :-0. I am probably the BEST Cat owner you might find... So please, help me build a cat escape proof enclousure :-).

Good Qs...I'll have to ask them about leg getting cought....Never had issue with birds here, and there are plenty of trees or the deck which she can hide under...Remember, non of us can avoid all risk unless we want to stay in a paded room 24X7 and have our best friend test our food before we eat it ;-). Of course, if one has a super-duper Good Looking wife, you may not be able to trust your best friend either ;-).

http://www.purrfectfence.com/kit_instructions.asp What do folks think of this?

Thanks 45, Those are helpful ideas indeed!

OMGosh, All these horror stories of cat's getting hurt isn't what I am asking help on....We all know there is risk out there. Let's make believe I started the thread this way: "I have an indoor cat, but would like to creat a safe outdoor habitate for her. The Vet said freash air and more excercise will do her good". If I solve the safe habitate issue, I likely will solve the roaming free issue (or at least it will help dramatically).

Thanks EWC, that is in line with what i need...I'd really appreciate the number if you see him again. I took her to the vet yesterday, because she was degrading fast and I felt the bump...They shaved her back near her tail and there were four teeth punctures/abscess they had to drain. Gave her a 2 week antiboiotic shot...Today, micicle cure, she looks funny with her new haircut but her personality returned with her energy, and she is already hounding me intensly to let her out. Outdoor habiate issue aside, she isn't going out for a few days. It will be interesting to see how she takes it (or I take it :-)).

BTW, After often wondering about why any person/group would be so hard-bent on telling others how to live; I finally figured out after all the discussion above, why the Elite-Far-Left think they should control every part of our lives for "our-own-good": They think we are their PETS! :-).

I don't think there is a cat owner on the planet who feels thier cat is thier property... They are very intellegent, very independend, free spirits. :-) This is not as black and white as you portray. Ristricting her liberty, which she has become acustom to over many years, is a big step. (It is likely different for a house cat that has never tasted the outdoors perhapes, I wouldn't know).

Vlad, I am not sure. My cat truly loves and enjoys the outdoors and doing a little wandering. This is their nature of course, and keeping them in the house is somewhat like keeping them in a cadge at least at some level...Nevertheless, I realize that if not now, as she gets older I have no choice but to keep her in more and more. She has gone from being out 14 hours a day at first, to 7 now, in the 6 years I've had her. After last weeks incident I am going to reduce it to 4 hours in AM which is her high-energy time. So getting back to an outdoor safe habitate. That could be the perfect solution for her (and me ;-))....I have adecent size yard. I am thinking of expanding my deck quite a bit. So I am looking at either a cat proof fence (no easy task) for a big chunk of my property; Or expanding my deck and putting an heavy, wide, mesh screening so she can sun bath. It would have to have a "roof" so she can't climb out. And I guess several gates so I can throw the snow that I suffled off it.

Your story is fantastic. And I am hopeful. But there is one thing the a Cat can't get indoors. The freedom to roam as her will allows (risk noted).

Another metaphore :-), I told my Cat to run, and not fight unless she has absolutly no choice. Of course she dosn't listen to me and believes in "Stand-Your-Ground". -She probably thinks I am too "Left" on matters of Cat self-defense.

There is a wierd analogy along these lines... Isn't keeping a pet that has lived its life in freedom locked in a house when it wants to go out, similiar to what the "Nany-Staters" want to do with the rest of us (metophorically speaking)? IE for "your" safty, no guns, no pocket knives, no large cokes, bicycle helments, manditory healthcare, etc.