Howard

Might be worth a look see, where are they located? I could not find that on quickly looking at the web page.

Got the same canned response today, but do you realize that you will be receiving a knock on your door from the state police for posting it here? Didn't you read the bottom of the email that clearly states, "Privacy Notice: This e-mail address, e-mail message, and any attachment to this email message contains information that is privileged and confidential from the State of New Jersey, Office of the Governor." What a joke!

Well I have a 686+ 4" and love it. Most accurate gun I have shot. Feels like you are shooting a .22 when you use it with 38 special, feels like a cannon when you load it up with .357 magnum

All good and helpful points. My biggest problems are waiting for the perfect sight picture and then looking where the shot went before taking the next shot. I know I have a lot to learn being new to this.

The way I see it my 146.08 beats all of you, I got more shooting time for my money

A class is in the future. As for dry firing, a couple of times a week. I never found much value in it before as I was just holding the gun and pulling the trigger and the sights never move like they do with real ammo. But now I have started doing it with drawing from a holster and aiming at multiple targets and reloading and it seems to be helping quite a bit.

Thanks Vlad. It just so happens that I stumbled onto brianenos.com today. I was going through a bunch of posts which led me to powerfactorshow.com, where I have been busy watching lots of helpful videos.

Yea, I know be more accurate and shot faster and don't make dumb mistakes. Thanks. Now for those that really want to help, here is the situation. I am a fairly new shooter and have practiced at the range for accuracy taking as long as needed to make a shot. Obviously I am finding that does not work very well in competition, but I have a hard time not taking time to line things up "perfectly" and when I try to go fast the accuracy goes to hell too. I participated in the USPSA match at Shongum in August and did less than stellar. My percent of points was 86% without penalties and only 76% with penalties, but my hit factor was only 2.27. Yesterday I tried it again and did somewhat better, I had no penalties so my percent of points was 93% but my hit factor only improved to 2.50. So, what if any suggestions can you pro's make to help me increase my speed. Thanks.

I keep mine in my wallet, but saw a commercial the other night that got me thinking. Geiko has been doing commercials where the pig hands the cop his phone for a traffic stop and says he has a digital insurance ID card and says to the cop "Pretty neat, eh?" The cop says maybe, and accepts it. So, would it be acceptable to have a picture of your FID on your smart phone????

oops, my bad

But maybe there should be, I took this down the shore a year ago:

If I recall even you had one little ooops moment today.

Yea I guess. Not that I am an expert nor have I been to all that many matches, but I have never seen failures to the magnitude that I saw today at any other matches. It was just very strange.

Here are two crappy videos I shot with my old Nikon D5000 dslr of people shooting steel at today's match. Polish star: Standard def http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbinster/9696811446/ High def http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbinster/9696811446/?likes_hd=0 Steel plates: Standard def http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbinster/9696823570/ High def http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbinster/9696823570/?likes_hd=0

I was at the Shongum USPSA match today and have never seen so many malfunctions - failures to feed, failures to eject, etc... In my squad I think more than half the people had them today, could not believe the number. I was lucky and had none, but I have never seen so many.

Its obvious these things need to be regulated. State issued permits to operate, state issued permits to purchase (only good for 90 days) and state mandated training. The state should control the sale, operation and possession of all toys. Its for the good of the children!

"Empty shell casings are considered ammunition in Washington, D.C." I knew DC was a swamp full of total idiots, but this has got to take the cake. How is a spent casing any different than any other small piece of metal, like say a penny? Each is just about as dangerous as the other.

I had an issue with my Generac that the hour meter was not working. I called them and told them of the problems, and no questions asked they immediately shipped me a new one. I think that was good service and support.

Wow, one of the IDPA matches I went to had scores up in three hours.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the positive feedback. I just wish my index finger worked as well on the trigger of a gun as it does on the shutter button on the camera. I went to Old Bridge this weekend and actually thought I did half-way decent. That was compared to those that were in my squad. Then I saw some of the times that a few board members posted and got so depressed I had to go depress the shutter button to feel better.

New Jersey, the Gateway state - gateway from oppression to Free America.

I don't get it. Aren't you more likely in a panic situation to forget to rack the slide than forget to take off the safety? I think the G23 is a great HD gun, because it is so reliable, but not for the reasons you are going with. My G22 is my gun of choice for HD, but mine is loaded and racked waiting in my biometric with backup keypad and backup backup key lock. BTW, a 1911 is on the other level in my home office just in case.

When and where do results get posted ????