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Bedazzled box?

Today was the first day I could shoot at our range after I took the training class. I've shot at an indoor range and did some work yesterday at my rural property, but was mostly helping my son shoot and didn't do a lot of serious shooting myself. So, today I spent 2 hours at the range and did some serious drills on the timer. I'm a little slower out of the holster now. That's a result of a few things, one is I'm concentrating more on my grip, so I'm thinking less about the draw stroke. As the new grip becomes more intuitive, this will be less of an issue. I've changed my draw stroke to get my left hand on the gun earlier, which results in a better grip but is slightly slower as it changes the path of the gun to be less efficient from a pure speed standpoint but lets me get on the sights faster. I'm basically relearning to draw, so while I'm not quite starting from scratch I'm close. As a result, my first shot times are about 0.1-0.2 seconds slower for "A" box hits then with my old draw. Average first shot time: P226: 1.69 seconds P229: 1.71 seconds P220: 1.76 seconds Compare to draw and fire one shot, where I'm not thinking so much about the grip because followup shots aren't going to make recoil control an issue, I'm 0.27 seconds slower for the first shot on multistrings. I'm sure as I get it more ingrained, this quarter second will go away. So, here's the average on my 7 yard Bill drills today (draw from the holster, fire 6 rounds) first shot to last shot: P226: 1.69-3.63 P229: 1.71- 3.84 P220: 1.76-3.61 Now what the numbers hide on average is consistency. I started out trying a different grip (using the index finger on my off hand to hook the trigger guard and try to control recoil). The result was it was harder to keep correct lateral pressure on the heels of my palms. My P229, for example, shooting that way had end times of 4.05, 4.40, and 4.30. Shooting with the index finger under the trigger guard had end times of 3.88, 3.90, and 3.25 (getting into it) and 3.11 (too fast, strung way left, ended up putting a shot in the "C" zone, my only non A or B hit of the day. The P226 was also about .30 seconds different. I didn't try it with the P220. When I do everything right, the results are much tighter than my groups before. I had one flier, but this is the result: The lateral pressure on the palms of the hands has definitely tightened up my left/right spread. The trick is remembering to do it. The grip is more complicated than the 70/30 method I was using. This "crush" grip requires pulling with one hand, pushing with the other, and squeezing the palms on both. That's why my first shot is now slower but my split times are faster. I can follow the sight easier and am back on target. Shooting my P220, every shot I strung out of the "A" zone was high. The shots looked like a zipper. I just wasn't waiting quite long enough to let the front sight settle back into the notch and shot before I had the gun completely out of recoil. In an actual shooting, not a bad thing as first shot started high in the chest and they worked into the neck or head by #6. Very little left/right movement. Even though the times may not reflect the difference, the P220 is still the gun I'm most competent with. I'm going to send my P226 out to a well known gunsmith for a trigger job. The trigger is about 3 lbs heavier than my other Sigs, and it doesn't have the short reset trigger. I think if I can get those issues taken care of then I'll be able to shoot it as well as the P220. In the end, when I remember to do everything he told me to do, my groups are tighter, the fliers tend to to up instead of low/left, and my split times are better. If I forget to do one part of the grip, it goes to shit and everything opens up. I've got the push/pull down because its how I learned to shoot when Weaver was the stance of the day and I fell back into it easily. The lateral pressure is still taking some time, as is the new draw stroke. All in all, the effort is paying off big, though.

Yup. That's my dad. Reminds me of the old joke, "I shot my first turkey today. Scared the shit out of everyone in the frozen foods aisle, but I got it!"

That may be what you thought. What you actually said was "Reapers or Cerberus?" and I said I didn't care. Well, that's because you listened to Jason's words and not his brain waves. Simple mistake.

This was actually yesterday, but no reception to upload then. We went down to my rural property and had a grill n shoot day. It was a lot of fun.

You can kick Jason in the nuts for choosing Collectors last night. It's ok, everyone wanted to.

He's full of shit. He knew the gun was in there. As soon as I got to the point he says he was startled so he put it in the glovebox I know he's full of shit. I like: "Josey-Davis says he was going below the speed limit." to imply it was a bad stop. Then later in the story: "issued him a citation for his registration -- which had expired that morning". Well, if your registration is expired, it doesn't really matter how fast you were going. You were stopped for expired registration, not speeding. Deeper in the article, I'm right on both the reason for the stop and the level of bullshit. Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said Josey-Davis was stopped by police for driving a vehicle with an expired registration. He said that during the stop, Josey-Davis "gave four significantly different versions of the circumstances surrounding his illegal possession of the handgun. Let's actually look at his bullshit account: "While unloading his 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun inside his car, his 6-year-old sister wandered into the family's garage, startling Josey-Davis." Then let's look at the law: "Carey said he was charged with "having a handgun in the glove compartment of his vehicle" – and that the law stipulates drivers can only transport a gun, unloaded, in the trunk. (Josey-Davis' attorney, though, clarified that his client was specifically charged over the permit issue.)" Well, no shit, that's how you have to carry it if you don't have a permit. If you have a permit, you can carry in the passenger compartment. Same thing. However, if he's unloading the pistol while in the passenger seat, he's either already transported it home illegally and is unloading it now or he's preparing to leave and since you can't put it in the trunk from the passenger compartment, already intends to carry illegally. The whole story is made up whole cloth, guarantee. There was no unloading and being startled. It takes 2 seconds to unload a gun, at very least the magazine would be out. The law itself is stupid, IMO, I don't see an issue with someone without a criminal record carrying in their car. However this guy OBVIOUSLY lied, Christie wants to score some points with gun owners for his presidential bid, and this is the result. Liars profit in politics, and both of them qualified. The whole idea of a governor or president pardoning people is bullshit IMO. We aren't feudal serfs with an overlord at the manner. This simply negates checks and balances when a judge and/or jury can be overwritten for political (or even less savory) reasons by the wave of a magic pardon wand by an elected asshole.

Whippet good?

That's kind of what I figure, as well.

Skyrim has never overheated my Xbox. Fallout did get choppy after awhile on the PS3, though. I always figured it was poor coding, artifacts left in the memory that slowly filled up over time.

Destiny is MP only though, correct? There's no limit to how much inventory you can have in any of the Fallout games. Or if there is, I've yet to reach it.

Other than better graphics, what does the new console offer for a single player game that wouldn't be possible on the last gen? (Haven't done any research on the topic at all)

This is actually a random video, but it's pretty funny. Can you believe that's Willie Nelson?

I think it involves a Barry White album.

Drifter's going to the federal pen for tax evasion!

Yup. Cheaper commercial chocolates that are shiny will generally have paraffin wax or carnuba wax. They are edible, but not digestable. The purpose is to make it shine and to resist melting in your hand. There is some way to "temper" chocolate to have a glaze without wax, but its a bitch to do in large batches at a low cost. http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/12/the-food-lab-best-way-to-temper-chocolate.html It CAN be done at home in small batches if you are dedicated. Or you can just use wax.

Making cake balls. My wife and son decided to make cake balls, but I'm the designated chocolate dipper. (one bag of chocolate chips to half a block of paraffin wax, melt in double boiler) Pro tip: These are too big, especially the ones on the left. They got lazy and made a few big balls instead of many smaller ones. These are very difficult to get to hold together long enough to let the excess drip off before putting on the wax paper.

Just say no to multiplayer. How much fun is it going to be watching your buddies local-source their groceries, toss dumpsters for recyclables, and do all the other hippy/homeless/warrior shit you do in Fallout? If I ever pick up a next gen console or newer PC, this will be on my shortlist.

Official detective coat rack.

Think of all the maple syrup and baby moose you can buy with that kind of money. That's what Canadians like, right?

I thought it was one really big soul.

Wow, can I relate to that. I've got the exact same issue, but much worse than you have it as I have one more guy then you who does it one more time a day then any of your guys do it. I refer to that as the "Mt. Everest Jumper Guy". I got so frustrated with a One Upper years ago that I snapped and told him "If someone told you that they climbed Mt. Everest, you'd say you climbed it to but you jumped when you got to the top so you went higher then he did."

Shut up. You're just jealous of my new found wealth. How can it be a scam when it has a link to verify it and it specifically says its legitimate? LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT!!!!

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