AdamM

We are happy to announce that we now have online pre-registration for our Real Deal Steel matches at Old Bridge. If you are planning to attend this Sunday, please sign-up (and confirm your email), go to Events and Register for this Sunday's match. Pick at least one Division (2nd is optional) and last pick a Squad. Thanks! http://steelscoring.com Six stages are planned for this Sunday, so bring plenty of ammo.

My order of preference would be: iPad, Nexus 7 (or a Samsung device) and Surface last (and unless, for whatever insane reason, you actually like windows 8, stay away from windows devices. The OS sucks and not many apps). I much prefer the iOS to Android, but that is my personal preference. We develop apps for all three platforms.

Yeah and where is the NSA when it comes to recovering Lois Lerners HD for emails while they are at it.

You left out a part. Right above the trigger there is a slot that has a little plate that goes up and down. That is what locks the slide from coming off. You should not see daylight thru the side.

Note that there are some times when the indoor or outdoor ranges are used for competition events, so you couldn't use them at those times, unless you join in on the competitions (which I HIGHLY recommend). Just check the calendar on the website to see those times.

It's actually quite easy to do with a FWD car. All the weight is in the front and the rear is very light, so it's easy to lock up the rears with the parking brake. I did this *once* at 60 mph. Fortunately the car kept going straight.

Yes, it is easy to see. Drain the brake fluid from the master cylinder reservoir by sucking out the fluid with some type of vacuum tool. You will see, at some point, you can only completely drain the front or rear section. They do that so if either the front or rear has a failure and leaks out all the fluid (slow or fast leak), the other section will still have pressure and continue to work. The master cylinder has two sections in it. They are somewhat of a "biasing" system where the front has more pressure than the rear (to keep the rear brakes from locking and spinning the vehicle in emergency stops), but they are also independent for safety. Several years ago, in my 1999 chevy van, I had to brake HARD for a deer that ran across the road. It instantly blew out of the front line. I knew what had happened and just drove it home (another 10 miles) very carefully, using the brakes as little as possible. I was able to slow the truck down for lights, etc. only using the rear brakes, but knew to slow down early as the rear brakes are weak compared to the fronts. The reservoir was completely empty in the front and the rear was full up to the divided section. So I still had brakes, just not very good ones.

Howard is correct. All brake systems, the front brakes are separate from the rears. The master cylinder has two pistons, which separates the front and rear. However the front brakes do most of the work and will probably be the ones to go, leaving the weaker rear brakes. Usually enough for you to stop in a non emergency situation. The big difference between old cars and newer cars is that they used to use a copper/ bronze for the hard lines and they almost never rotted out. Today they use a steel material, lightly coated with some inhibitor, because they are too cheap to use good materials these days and this is what you get.

Can't wait! Thanks Iggy.

"No Dogs In Heaven" An old man and his dog were walking down a hot, dusty road lined with a beautiful white fence on both sides. As they walked along, the old man and his dog became very thirsty and tired. Soon, they came to a gate in the fence where, on the other side, they saw a nice grassy, wooded area surrounding a cool clear pool of fresh water. "Just where a thirsty 'huntin' dog and a man would like to rest!" thought the old man. But there was a sign over the gate that read "No Dogs" so they walked on. Further on, they came upon a man in flowing white robes standing just inside a strong iron gate across a path that led to a beautiful, sunny meadow with a cool clear stream running through it. "'Scuse me Sir," said the old man, "My dog and I have been on this road all day. Mind if we come in and sit in the shade for awhile?" "Of course!" The man said. "Come on in and rest. You look thirsty and tired." The old man said, "We sure are!" and started through the gate with his dog. The gatekeeper stopped him. "Sorry, you can come in but your dog can't come with you. "You see, this is Heaven, and dogs aren't allowed here. He has to stay out here on the road." "What kind of Heaven won't allow dogs?" said the old man. "Well, if he can't come in, then I'll stay out here on the road with him. He's been my faithful companion all his life and I won't desert him now." "Suit yourself," said the gatekeeper, "but I have to warn you, the Devil's on this road and he'll try to sweet talk you into his place. He'll promise you anything, but dogs can't go there either. If you won't leave that dog on the road, you'll spend all Eternity on the road with him. Better if you stay here." "Well, I'm stayin' with my dog," replied the man and he and the dog walked on. Gradually, the fence became more and more faded and rundown until they finally reached a spot where the boards fell away completely leaving a gap. Another man dressed in old, ragged clothes sat just inside the broken fence under a shady tree. "'Scuse me Sir," said the old man, "My dog and I have been on this road all day. Mind if we come in and sit in the shade for awhile?" "Of course!" The man said. "Come on in and rest. There's some cold water here under the tree. Make yourself comfortable." The old man paused, "but what about my dog? Can he can come in, too? The man up the road said dogs weren't allowed here, and they had to stay on the road." The other man answered, "Well, you look pretty tired and thirsty. Would you come in here and rest if you had to leave that dog?" "No sir!" the old man replied, "A glass of cold water and some shade would be mighty fine right about now but I won't come in if my buddy here can't come too. I didn't go to Heaven because my dog couldn't come with me, so I sure as how ain't about to go to Hell without him neither." The man smiled and said, "Welcome to Heaven, and bring your dog!" The old man exclaimed, "You mean this is Heaven? And my dog can come with me? Then why did that fellow down the road say they weren't allowed in Heaven?" The man replied, "That was the Devil and he gets all the souls who are willing to give up a life-long companion for small comfort because they think it will make their lives a little easier." The man continued, "They soon find out their mistake, but, then it's too late. The dogs come here, the fickle people stay there. God wouldn't allow dogs to be banned from Heaven. After all, He created them to be man's companions in life, why would he separate them in death?"

It's a Japanese Samurai sword.

The matches are on Sunday.

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We are happy to announce that our Steel Scoring iPad app is now available for download from the App Store. It can be used for Steel Challenge events or for less strict Steel events where you have your own divisions, stages, runs and more. It can also score Knockdown Steel events! It is very flexible and easy to use. Best of all it’s free, thanks to our sponsors! It is also the first app to work directly with the Double-Alpha Shotmaxx Timer (iPad 2 or newer required), so times can be transmitted directly into the app. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/steel-scoring/id733091767?ls=1&mt=8 We will be developing a website for registration and squadding over the next several months, so stay tuned for that! We’d like to hear your feedback? Thanks. Cheers, Adam. P.S. We just learned that the “latest” Dropbox API we are using is not working properly for first generation iPads (iOS 5) and is not communicating with their servers for Backup, Restore & Sync. We have reverted to an earlier version of the API and resubmitted today. You can still use it to check it out on your first gen iPads, but the Dropbox functionality will not work properly.

Might be a good excuse to have another Classifier event. If it's too icy, we can shoot classifiers from the fixed positions.

Actually I think you are much better off using the barrel if you can remove it and check. I have a Dillion chamber check for 45 ACP and I found while the rounds might feel just fine in that, it may not fit in the actual barrel. The reason is that the chamber check blocks do not have rifling in them. Different manufacturers start the rifling at different places and may have a easy or sharp start, closer to the chamber or further. When I first started, I found that the rounds were getting stuck in the rifling and was hard to "unload" the gun when you had to "unload and show clear" to get that last chambered round out. The bullet itself had a tiny bit too much OAL and wedged in the rifling. After I shortened it slightly, it was perfect.

Perhaps time to move to Winchesters and a slightly stronger firing spring? I've mangled several dozen in my 650 and they have never gone off.

Make sure that where the bullet brass is chambered is clean of debris and is lubricated. If I start to get some FTF or FTE's, I put a tiny bit of oil on the feed ramp and in the chamber and that seems to solve that problem. Also if you had ever used any cheap bullets (such as the Thunderbolts) make sure there is no lead build up right where the bullet head is chambered. Mine got badly leaded with those in less than 150 rounds.

The only issue I had with my Buckmark is when I tried Remington thunderbolts. Leaded up the rifling right where the bullet gets loaded. First time thought it was a fluke, second time was the last straw. They do seem to work ok in my MP 15/22, go figure? I have almost no issues with the CCI's in the BM.

Here's another funny one. QuadSki: http://www.bestofvids.com/video/quadski-45-mph-on-land-and-water/ Looks like it can barely turn on water like a real jetski, but I have to say it is pretty creative idea. Also, you'd really have to wash this thing down really well after riding it in salt water.

That thing looks very cool, but I'd bet those tires would be terrible after running in mud. You'd have to somehow wash them out or the wheels would be so out of balance, you'd barely be able to go fast after some mudding.

Nope. Only CJ.

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Sweet deal and nice score Alec! I'm actually running on my generator as I type this message. For whatever reason, the power went out about 8:05p and my automatic standby generator kicked in. Gotta love it!

The great thing about honda generator is that they are usually much quieter. Do they give the output decibels? You will absolutely want the quietest one you can get, even if it costs a bit more.