Combat Auto

Vlad, How did I wind up in Open Division? I'm shooting a 1911 with a 10 round stick...I know I checked the correct box on my registration (at least I think I did :-)) for Limited 10...Can you place me in the correct division so I can see how I am doing against my "equepment-peers"?

No, English teacher - can't you tell by my spelling ;-).

Great post---crickets is what I hear also.

BTW, Every trooper, cop, etc., needs to ask themselves, (if) push came to shove - would you follow ethically unlawful orders - or refuse based on principles...OK, this sargent did his job reasonably (in above video), but one could argue that he followed an unlawful order (where was Kaleda out of order?)...(If) the big push comes (some day) for confiscation, it would come down to every cop, atf agent, and possibly military person, who will decide the outcome...So many Sherif's Out West have spoke out that they will not follow such an (illegal) order...It would be great to hear the views of police, etc. in our comunity along these lines...The video is a reminder of this issue - which should be discussed on the NJGF.

I think it is strange that a "gun-forum" dosn't "support" active interaction about police "issues"...I for one, would appreciate learning from police, but at the same time, questioning their policies and practices should be encouraged. Afterall, they are public (servants)...As long as it is done respectively - the forum should support it...Police are a govenment agancy - and any government agancy should be question, analysied, have open interactive dialog (in a respectful maner), over and over again...Of course, any police person on the forum can choose or not choose to be part of the discussion.

Gold is retesting the low from mid-april at this time...(IF) it holds, it (might) be a good long entry - "double bottom"....No guarentees of course with trading/investing.

PS, and there are probably less then 7 truly core attributes I look for in a pistol (match barrel, appropriate sights for the APP, reliability, etc. However, a heavy trigger is NOT one of them (will not help you stay on target - especially under stress)...Train your mind/finger to manage your trigger - not a mechanical action.

DA is almost a wasted first round IMHO unless you are standing belly to belly with the perp...1911 is a great platform for carry - cocked and locked, make sure the thumb safty operation is ingrained in your head over and over and then some more...A heavy gun has the advantage of helping you with recoil on multiple rounds - so all steal is good...Your looking to save $$$ so just train with the 1911 until you are profecient...It is all desire...Optimize your skills to what you now own...The rest is personal taste/opinion.

Thanks - that brush is now on order...Thanks for the tidbit on USPSA training too - got a nice laugh out of that! :-)

Oh yea, the fight like train argument looses some punch when folks walk each stage for 10-15 mins before a start :-)...Good new was, we had much less of that today then last month...And there are other glaring incongruities...But it is all good, and orders of magnitude more realistic then deep-breadth bullseye shooting,

It isn't the cost per se - but the failures/jams from the dirt...But even better then Maksim's argument is the "fight like train" argument which I am a big believer in...So clean them it is.

Good advise - have to get in this habbit

You hooked me up brother - lots of choices - Thanks!

Great day for shooting - fun match and CJR&P-USPSA and we got done at a reasonable time... I do hate dropping my expensive 10 round Tripp mags into the dirt, not because it will damage them, but sand gets in them and it may have caused the one feeding failure I had today...I see some shooter with this canvus(?) bag hanging from the hip. I think these are for collecting amo, but they should work great for dumping empty mags in...Does anyone know what they are called or have a link? Thanks,

Mr Vlad G., I hope it isn't cancelled, but if it is, what is the latest you will let us know? Thanks

I'm in --- already pre-registered...

Thanks for the info! Do you have to "hand-fit" anything? Had to send my XDm-C back to SA...Shot firt 150 rounds fine; next 50 nothing but out of batteries and failures to feed...Not especially accurate either...The SA rep didn't even give me a chance to "complain" - the return label was off to me in a jiffy (so +1 for SA!)...My first ever firearm return, and I have a decent set these days. 2-4 weeks est, turn around....If she is fixed up nice, will go for the home trigger-job next.

H.E. makes good points...For me anyway, I do not have the paitions to be a precision shooter/sniper type - looking for "Battle-Sight" accuaracy...BUT, all the theory and ballistic information is great to have - makes you a better overall shooter...(Hum, just like all that stuff I learned in higher-education that I never used on the job, but the "contextual-knowledge" makes me a better PRO overall.)

NICE! Thanks!

Thanks for the Advise everyone...Shot 120 rounds of 223 yesterday of my C-15...She ran flawlessly - no failures...Easy to zero at 50 yards - in fact I had to do it twice :-) because the Red dot came loose,..Will be putting on some non-perminant lock-tight today. Guess I'll have to zero her again after mucking with it. Pencil barrel gets plenty hot BTW..Have to do alot more shooting at greater distance...But very happy with the C-15 (hey if you like "carbine" you gatta like "carbon" - lighter is better for a 223 556 anyway ;-)...

Watch this BEFORE you decide to buy a SG for HD (esp. if your O'Lady will shoot it). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia4csoQLvGY

We should create a stiky: "How to select a 1911" because we have this same question just about every week...So much so, that even the 1911 fan that I am, it has become "boring" (Oh, OK - one Last time ;-), get a Kimber - excelent price vs. performance).

It came with a chinsy Red Dot (my very first! :-))...My goals are shotting along the lines of "Battle accuracy"...So, I agree the 50 yards gives a great battle sight zero....Thanks for your post!

That is quite a calculator - so the 50 zero, puts you up 2" @100, up 1.6 @ 200, -1 at 250 and minus 5 at 300.... The 100 zero drops to -5.5 at 250, and -11! @ 300... I'm going with the 50 zero - much more "versatile". Thanks again!

Thanks - matches the 50 zero closly from the "Calculator" see below.