Howard

Sign up online is what I have been told, the line can get very long to do it in person the day of the match. This is a fairly simple match, no running or hiding under cover and no need to draw from a holster. If you have never done any competition and have a Glock this is a great place to try - you won't regret it. Also if you have never shot competition it is very different than bulls eye shooting. You don't need perfect shots, and tight double tap shots are not needed either. Speed is more important than accuracy - to a point. You can't miss everything fast enough to win but the second ring on the target is no more points than the first. And for the steel plates it does not matter if you hit the outer part or dead center. Go for it!

While what he is suggesting in the video might be very good information for real-world gun fights, I think it sub-optimal for gun games like USPSA or IDPA. I don't like his idea of pushing the gun towards your thumb with your weak hand. This will likely offer new shooters an opportunity to end up sweeping their hand with the gun. I also don't like rotating my hand on the grip because it takes time to rotate it back and reacquire the correct shooting grip. I also don't like the idea of taking the time to grab the new mag before you eject the old one, I would only do that when you have to do a reload with retention. Again I am talking about speed for gun games, not best practice when the targets might be shooting back at you.

I hear you, but having the right tool is just as important as training. Do you really want to be swinging a heavy 34" baseball bat if the right bat for you is a light 31"? You might be able to train with the big heavy one, but you might never be able to get the bat around quick enough to make good contact. If one gun was right for all shooters, well there would be fewer different size and shape guns. Sometimes we are better off owning up to a mistake and correcting in. Not saying the Beretta is a mistake per se, but it just might not be the optimal gun for you or for what you want to use it for. If you want to try the CZ you are welcome to come by RTSP and try mine.

The Beretta has a huge grip. I have a 92FS and had the same problem as you. The oversized mag release "might" be a solution, just check the rules for the game you are playing as it might not be legal or might force you into a different class. My solution was to switch to a CZ-75b which has much thinner grips so you don't have to change your grip. An added benefit to the CZ is that when you smack the magazine in the slide goes forward without the need to rack the gun - that saves you time on reloads. Just for these reasons the 92FS now sits lonely in my safe.

Glad all is ok, that must have been one heck of a fire to put off that much heat to melt the siding from a distance.

That is a very good suggestion. I did the exact opposite when I had permits and got a gun with large mags. They let me have the gun right away and kept the mags till they could get them neutered. I already had some compliant mags for that gun so that worked out well.

How about the Spartan group at RTSP in Randolph NJ. http://rtsponline.com/spartangroup/unarmed-combat-level-i/

Thanks on both accounts! Here are two more of the pup:

I'm not really evil, I am a cute puppy:

To be honest I really don't know. For our last two we just went to puppyfinder.com an probably just got lucky.

Spotted this Husky bait while out taking these picture of the dogs. They love to chase these guys: The 16 week old pup can sure hold her own, here is one of her taking down the three year old:

I like the snow shot, but haven't you let the dog play in snow in the last three years

Here is a more "normal" shot

Its a Innotek collar for our electric fence. We have a wire in the ground around the perimeter of the property and this gives them an "electrical correction" if they try to stay. Actually they hear an audible beeping before they get a correction.

Sasha (left) and Roxy Roo. Sasha is really a very gentle friendly puppy, but boy does she look evil in this shot:

Static or Knockdown? I was super impressed when a not to be named person used a .22 for Knockdown at OB!

governor's office 609-292-6000 Just call and tell them you are against S993 the 10 round magazine bill. They don't (actually won't) take your name or number, they claim they are just tallying calls. Call early and call often

What do you expect this is just another example of "common sense" gun laws. We all know that a hollow point .22LR is so much more deadly than a round nose .45 acp round

No idea, but you could try some water proof caulking to stop the leak till you find the right O-ring.

Obviously there is less recoil with 9mm than .40 cal. I don't notice any difference in accuracy. I have a KKM 9mm conversion barrel for my Gen4 G22 and you should be away that in a Gen4 Glock you will want to get a G19 recoil spring to use with the conversion in your G23. If you don't do this you will end up with lots of stove pipes and other ejection / extraction failures as the .40cal recoil spring is too strong for 9mm. Once I went to the G17 spring in my G22 I have yet to have a single issue when using 9mm.

Well yea, but with digital photography it is not that bad. Remember with shooting its much more operating costs than capital costs. Sure guns are not cheap, but its the ammo that will drive you to the poor house. In digital photography the capital cost is high, but the operating cost is almost nothing. While camera bodies decline in value, lenses either maintain their value or actually go up in value over time.

Digital Grin is another good board, but I wanted to provide a novice friendly place for someone just starting out and without Nikon gear. Nikon Cafe has a very good buy sell board too. Another great forum is fredmiranda.com

I am not that familiar with Panasonic cameras, but yes the longer the lens the more reach. Long fast lenses get very expensive very quickly. A great forum where you can get many answers and learn a lot is http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/forum.php

What camera do you have and what lens are you using? Is you problem locking focus on the object or just that it is too small due to lack of magnification

What exactly is a butterfly bush? Is that its real name, or is it called something else?