Howard

Welcome from another Morris County member.

Congrats on the new Kimber. I second the suggestion to get some Wilson Combat magazines. They work much better in my Kimber Eclipse Custom II. I also agree that the Kimber in .45 cal is much easier to shoot than the G22 .40 cal which I also have. The heavy gun absorbs the recoil so much better. Enjoy it. Kimber makes a nice .22 cal conversion kit for the gun, I took my wife out with it this morning.

Put mine in 6/13, approved 6/14 -- sure beats the 18 days I waited last time.

Was out mowing the lawn an hour ago and my cell rang that my nics was back. One day! Sure beats the 18 days I waited for the last one.

Just got the EXACT same canned response - at least he is on our side!!!

I find it Ironic that you think this is Ironic! These are NJ politicians - this is the norm.

How many NICS do they run a day? How many people will be answering the phones? How often will you get a busy signal or put on hold for three hours???? Inquiring minds want to know.

Midway sets that up very quickly and you should be good to go tomorrow I would think.

Every once in a while I like to use the blank sheet so I am not concentrating on my "score". Basically I take the first shot aiming at the center, or what ever I choose to aim for and then follow up by aiming at that hole. So, there is something to aim at just not a bullseye. I generally only load about three rounds in a magazine and then take stock of what I am doing. I do like your idea of the dummy rounds in a bunch of mags, that way I won't know which one is loaded with which rounds - good idea. The funny thing is that when I dry fire at home I hold the gun rock steady, I can balance a penny or empty .22 round on the front sight and it won't move when I fire. At the range I notice that the gun is not steady and have not been able to figure out why. Maybe its just cause I know its going to go bang, but I am not sure.

I only use UPS for shipping, I use these postal service boxes because they are free -- I'm Cheap!!!

I normally do use a target but today took the "blank" paper as I wanted to concentrate on basics and not explicitly be too concerned on where the shots were hitting. I have used dummy rounds for dry fire and loading and ejecting but not sure how not to know they are in the mag when I load it myself. I guess I could ask someone else at the range to load them for me. I agree with the concept, and often will load my revolver with a mix of .38spl and .357 mag to introduce some surprise. I have a .22LR kit for the 1911, but it just doesn't seem right in such a heavy gun - it has almost no recoil.

Thanks I have seen the chart, but really the problem is they are just all over the place with no real consistency. Point of aim was the center of the top half of the postal box. I think besides my weak hand grip I am doing just what I do in golf - peaking to see where the shot is going. My other problem is that I really need to admit to myself that it is time to get some progressive lenses. I was wearing my driving glasses so I could see the target at 15 yards, which makes it hard to see the sights well. Typically I just wear plain safety glasses, but that does not work very well at 15 yards as the target is far from clear. Troy is that offer just on the weekend or during the week? My weekends are fairly tied up for the next two weeks.

I'm trying to improve my shooting, but have to admit that I have not made a lot of forward progress lately. I have spent lots of time dry firing and am "perfect" there The problem is when I put ammo in the gun. The picture below was at the range this morning firing my Kimber .45 cal. The shots in the bottom circle which is about 4" where all the shots I fired at 7 yards, not bad but not great. All the others were at 15 yards. A few were really bad - like the low left one that you would assume was part of the 7 yard group but was not. I think my problem might be that I am loosening up with my weak hand, I caught that a few times. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Just what we need more pencil pushing government workers with guns

So I had to debate what to do, today (Thursday) was the first day I could run my NICS. My choice was do it today or wait for "instant" on Monday. But I imagine Monday will be filled with lots of busy signals and a royal mess. So, do you think I will get the one I filed this morning back before or after the "Instant" system starts on Monday?

Its time for term limits! All politicians should be strictly limited to two terms: the first is in office, and the second is in jail!

done, thanks.

So if they build a crazy wall around the bottom of the island what happens when the water rises in the rivers further north and floods down - doesn't that just keep the water in and create a worse flood that then can only be pumped out????

The advice you got on learning first is spot on. I just came back from Bermuda where I rented a motor scooter - yea I know you are laughing. But the closest thing I ever did to it was riding a moped once about 25 years ago. Supposedly they must train you by law before they let you out, but that is a joke. I went very slowly around a 50 foot circle three times shaking the whole way at maybe five miles an hour and passed. Took it very slow and easy till I got my "sea legs" By the end of a day and a half I had toured about every spot on the 22 mile island having put over 85 miles on the scooter. By the time I was done I was fairly good at leaning into my turns and dealing with rush hour traffic. Safety is task #1 !!!

Well I just let UPS deliver them as scheduled and they sat at my door step until my daughter got there around 7pm. They were still there and there was no problem.

Thanks. Off to Bermuda for the rest of the week, so I will attack this when I get back. What performance difference can I expect from the two Samsung drives you suggested. I am Running a ASUS P6X58D which has six 3GB/sec Sata ports AND two 6GB/Sec Sata ports. The processor is an Intel i7-930 at 2.8ghz. I use the SSD just for the operating system and software, all data is on four internal 2TB hard drives. Thanks

Murphdog - I have system up now, via installing another old hard drive and placing a one month old image of the SSD on that drive. I never was able to boot it in safe mode, not even safe mode with the command prompt. I think it had something to do with the file KDCOM.dll but not really sure. I ran all the Hirens diagnostics and it showed no hardware issues. As for memory yes the system has always handled the 24 gigs that I have in it. They are two banks of triple channel ram. When I was mucking around I reseated all the boards and blew out the dust and must not have had some of the memory seated fully. Reseated it and it sees the full 24 gigs now. The question now is what SSD to get. The stuff I was looking at seems to suggest either Intel or Samsung. Probably looking at 180-250 gig. Any suggestion on a particular model to go for would be welcomed.

I thought that might be it too. I had a friend email me a copy of that file from his system and it was the exact same size and time stamp as mine. Under the mini XP from Hirens I tried to replace it but could not get permission to change or delete it.. Was kind of surprised that XP did that.

Yea good point. Got it in an email and was just trying to help. As they say in NJ forgta bout it,

Here's the latest NJ State Police Initiative (Radio Station 101.5 confirmed this info). Starting July 28 , New Jersey will launch a 30-day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that 9 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets. One million dollars will go to pay state troopers over-time. There will be 50 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the 9 main intersections and highways as follows: I-295 North and South, I-95 Jersey Turnpike North and South, I-80 East and West, I-287 North and South, mi I-78 East and West, I-195 East and West, I-280 East and West, Route 130 - North and South, Garden State Parkway - North and South 5 MPH above the limit can justify a ticket and every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 to 20 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Crown Victoria cruisers and are bringing in all of their part-timers on full time. If you work in NJ, NY, DE or CT, you will probably be on one of these highways. So, please be on guard and drive safely! Starting August 15 , the price of a violation to show your driver's license, registration or insurance card at the time you are stopped, increased from $44.00 to $173.00. (Keep these documents in your car). And the fine for not having all three documents is $519.00! The fine for hand-held cell phone use while driving will be going up to $180.00, Please forward this to people in NJ or any one using the NJ Highways, and let them know of this latest Police Initiative.