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I don't know if the old thread will be transported over to this forum or not, although I think it probably will be. In the mean time, I thought I'd address a few new points. Ok, you've chosen a handgun, have gotten some training, and are wondering what's next. Almost any factory handgun can be improved upon. Here are a few key common upgrades. 1) Trigger job Almost any factory gun can be improved by a qualified gunsmith working the trigger. Factory pieces are machine made and will invariably have some rough surfaces, sloppy mating, etc. that just goes with mass production done by machines. A gunsmith can hand fit and polish your internal trigger mechanisms, which will result in a smoother and better feeling trigger. Almost any gun will benefit from this, to a greater or lesser degree. In addition the smith can "tune" a trigger more to your liking. Trigger weights can be adjusted up or down, over travel can be adjusted or eliminated (the amount of distance the trigger can still travel backward after firing a shot) as can reset distance (the amount of distance the trigger must move back forward before being ready to fire again). GENERALLY speaking, a lighter trigger is easier to shoot. Remember the intended use for the gun. A 1.5 lb trigger is fine on a target gun, but too light for a defensive carry gun, as it would be too easy to accidentally discharge. A 4.0 lb trigger is about as light as you probably want to go on a carry gun. Less over travel is always better. A shorter reset is always better. Note trigger weight can only be adjusted so much, especially in a revolver where part of the weight comes from the hammer spring. If the hammer spring is too light, it won't cause the hammer to fall hard enough to consistently ignite the ammunition's primer, resulting in a failure to fire. Glock triggers can be VASTLY improved with a Ghost connector and a competent smith's polishing. M&P pistols can also be vastly improved by an Apex kit combined with polishing. 2) Sights The quality of factory sights varies widely. Some are plastic with painted in dots that will fall out under heavy use. Others are steel with tritium vial inserts. Crap sights should obviously be replaced, but sometimes even high quality sights just aren't quite right for an individual shooter. You may prefer a wider or narrower rear sight gap, you may prefer more contrast or different colors, etc. I recently replaced my Sig P220's factory night sights because during the day the milkiness of the front dot made it slower for me to acquire. I went with Trijicon HD (orange), as pictured here: I find the orange dot much faster to acquire, especially with no competing colors on the rear "u" channel sight. At night there are three green dots, like standard night sights. This simple change has improved the speed and accuracy of my follow up shots noticeably. 3) Grips Not all handguns have replaceable grips. Especially with earlier polymer pistols, you can put a sleeve over it but there's no way to make it smaller or really change the shape to better fit your hand. Newer polymers tend to have replaceable back straps so you can at least change the size up or down without resorting to a sleeve. Revolvers really shine in grip selection, though, as there doesn't have to be room for a box magazine. You can go way oversized for target pistols down to really thin stocks for better concealment to anything in between to better fit your hands and goals.

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I'm enjoying Liverpools' success whilst it lasts. Games againts Man U always either make or ruin my week, and luckily today it was the former.

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This isn't a documentary, but it's a very interesting watch/listen. I highly recommend it. I love Neil, the dude is so inspiring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNxnCzz5oQE

I don't know if you guys have watched any of the cinematic videos for LoL, but I think they're awesome. If they made a LoL movie I would love to see it. Here's one:

Love the rat pic, cute. Lol I had to work on a rat back in my vet tech days, she was such a nice little thing. Unfortunately she had a very large mass we removed multiple times. They get a bad image but they make very nice pets. More affectionate than people realize.

You should have AMD Catalyst Control Center installed. If not, download this and run it. It'll scan your system and recommend the best software for you. Once yu've got Catalyst installed, run it and click on "AMD Overdrive". You should get a warning about overclocking, accept it and go further. We're not everclocking at this point, merely using the temp monitoring tools (although you can overclock with this software, it's very safe, won't let you come near voltages or anything). Check out your temps, you should be idling at 40ish. Once you've confirmed that, download this and install it. The aim here is to benchmark your graphics card and keep an eye on the temps. If you don't go over 90, it's all good. If you do, that's where the problem lies, although I highly doubt it. To be honest it happens from time to time that a PC makes you go "huh?". if it's a one off I wouldn't worry about it. If it happens more often, it might be time to look at possible causes.

It could be it is over heating Try turning on Vsync if it is off. That will force the card to operate at 60 FPS if it's operating higher. I have a 7850 also and my card runs way hotter when Vsync is not on (since it runs about 150 FPS). Are you over clocking or doing any other performance enhancements with the card? Turn them off and see. Is there a performance monitor for you card? My ASUS card came with one and will monitor temp/voltage/clocking. Try that if you have it. It should be able to tell you if you go out of spec and that causes the problem. Those would be the obvious. You can also try an application called fraps. Turn that on and it will tell you how many FPS the game is running at. If it's low then what I've said may not apply. Some games also get the CPU to do a lot of work rather than use the GPU engine. They don't optimize the GPU. That could also be causing problems because the CPU is running too hot. Does you CPU have a FAN or just a heat sink (piece on metal without fan) on it? I got Crysis 2 as part of the humble bundle but haven't even downloaded it. I played 1 and 3. Not 2. I'll give it a try if I get a chance on my system and see how it reacts. Patrick

First I'm in love with Crysis 2. It's such a great game. I had trouble with Windows color scheme bull windowing the game. Then when I was able to get to the desktop the warning would disappear (still in game) I finally caught it and turned it off. Overheating may be an issue also depending on your set-up. Video cards get hot as hell especially if your pushing them at max. My old PC would quit the application when the card got too hot. Good luck.