Monthly Archives: October 2009

3.51 seconds!

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October 31, 2009

I have GOT to stop shooting no-shoots!
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Match Status update

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October 31, 2009

The short version? I have no idea where I’m sitting in the standings right now. I feel okay about yesterday’s runs, but I also feel like I left too many points on the board in terms of points down. I only had one “bad” stage, but it was a doozy with a hostage shot...
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Indiana IDPA State Championship starts today!

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October 30, 2009

Getting ready to head out to the range for the start of the IDPA state match. Today the staff and Safety Officers are shooting the match, as well as a few paid participants. Blogging will necessarily be light today as I’m not going to have a whole lot of free time once the match...
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Rain, rain, go away

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October 29, 2009

And don’t come back until Sunday! Right now, the weather for the IDPA State Championship is looking like rain and mid 60′s on Friday…which is when the match staff gets to shoot.  Saturday, for the actual main match shooters is looking like about the same, but sans rain.  So if you’re coming on Friday...
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Revolver Practice

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October 29, 2009

One of the advantages of shooting a revolver competitively is that with a little imagination and enough snap caps, a shooter can simulate entire courses of fire in the comfort of their own home. Of course, we can’t simulate recoil, but for a major IDPA match for example, you can practice everything but managing...
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Coffee terminal ballistics

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October 29, 2009
Coffee terminal ballistics

Reader Wayne was kind enough to do some terminal ballistics testing of common caffeine based projectiles in ballistic gel. As you can see, while the uncapped mug leaves a larger wound channel, the capped/paper cup is able to penetrate deeper, making it the preferable choice for self defense.
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Little blue bags and money

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October 29, 2009

Wilson Combat’s 6.8 SPC rifle is now available.
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A little about the .25 ACP

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October 29, 2009

Probably the most common comment I’ve received in light of recent situations (aside from “glad you’re okay”) has been “ditch that .25 and get a “real gun”.  I’m not going to argue that the .25 is lacking in the terminal punch category, however I want to debunk a couple of common arguments I’ve heard...
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Indiana IDPA State Championship 2009

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October 28, 2009

That’s right, the IDPA State Championship starts just two days from now, with the first round of shooters kicking things off on Friday the 30th, with the match concluding on Saturday, October 31st. Right now, the weather looks like it’s going to be a factor for all of our shooters, with rain in the...
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Automatics for the people

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October 28, 2009

And silencers, SBRs, AOWs, etc. NFA transfers are up up up. For the record, I’d rather see NFA deregulated (especially the nonsense about short barreled rifles and shotguns) than have nationwide open carry. I want them both, but if I have to pick I’m picking tossing NFA.
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