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I like earplugs better, especially when shooting rifles, since they don't interfere with a good cheek weld.   However, wearing earplugs at public ranges doesn't allow you to hear range commands very well, let alone the smack talk your shooting buddies are saying about your groups (wait...maybe that's a good thing).   Plus, ear muffs help mitigate the effects of bone conduction a little better. From what I've read, repeated exposure to loud sounds with only ear plugs can still cause hearing damage as the bones around the ears transmit sound. Wearing muffs can reduce that, but I'm not sure how much of real risk that poses.

Bought the DVD, so he could pause/slo-mo on the good parts.

  I think she rides the short bus to school

  I feel the same way about rails on 1911's as many people do about putting an SKS or Mosin in a black plastic stock. Only, my opinion of both make me a hypocrite, because I don't like how rails look on a 1911, but I don't mind seeing an old rifle get modernized furniture.   edit: Plus, I'm even more hypocritical than you think...I have a several guns with tacky rails. One, my bedside G17, even has a light attached to it.

  you can pick up a [url="http://www.midwayusa.com/product/531741/shooting-chrony-f1-chronograph"]cheap chrony[/url] at MidwayUSA for under $80 (but it won't work indoors in dim lighting and fluorescent lights give the cheap ones fits, even with light difussers).

  You have mighty high expectations for 9mm SD ammo. Methinks you'd be hard pressed to "need" to take a 100yd shot in self-defense. :)

I couldn't bear to have spend my hard-earned money on a 1911 with a tacky rail, but I could overlook FCS on a beauty like this. Of course for that money, I could find one without them.

  ^^^THIS^^^   I can't stand rails, loaded chamber indicators, front serrations, or wrap around grips on 1911's. Of the bunch, the rail is much worse than front serrations. I do like checkered mainspring housing and front strap, Novak sights, and extended beavertails, though.

I've been cheering for Carl this season for being a lil bada$$ and taking things like a man (or in the case of his mom, better than a man...compared to his dad). The more I think about that, the more it kind of makes me feel sorry for him. He's making cold, calculating decisions that he shouldn't have to make at his age. Sure it will make him tough, but it's just as apt to make him a monster.

  All season I've been whining about their marksmanship too. They can't hit the broad side of a barn with a shoulder fired rifle.   Yet last season when they are overrun at the farm and escaping, they're all capable of one-handed head shots from moving vehicles with handguns. WTF?!!

IMO, both sets have HUGE advantages over the other.   Hornady pros: -bullet seating tube to guide bullets into die -locking rings are excellent -decapper has a longer carbide insert that sizes more smoothly -more accurate fine-tuning of the seating/crimp/etc.   Hornady cons: -locking rings don't fit a 4-hole Lee turret (they're too wide to get adjusted correctly) -need extra station to flare the case mouth and doesn't accept powder measure   Lee pros: -powder thru die is a MUST have for turrets/progressives -they work just fine   Lee cons: -they just work "fine", nothing great about them -very hard to fine-tune the seating/crimping   I'm using the best of both worlds: I use a Hornady decapping die, Lee powder-thru/flare die, Hornady bullet seating die, and Lee Factory Crimp die in my Lee 4-hole turret press. I use a Hornady decapping die, Dillon powder-thru/flare die, Dillon powder-check die, Hornady bullet seating die, and Lee Factory Crimp die in my Dillon 650.   ...hope that helps

  I totally expected Rick's group to have locked the doors out in front of them and be locking doors behind them to trap them down there with the walkers. That would have been so cool.       Come on, man. It's better than those episodes of Dancing With The Stars you watch with the old lady. .  

Congrats on defecting, it's not always easy to escape...and welcome.

I agree with your point, but in most cases the average person isn't shackled to a computer or free to stand in a line at Walmart every morning. We are stuck doing without, waiting this craziness out, or paying too much.

i freakin hate CTD too, but was willing to hope that was a typo and they meant $16.69/box. So, I checked their other 9mm ammo prices and saw this: http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/AMM-4700 Charging $69.59 for Tula!! Screw these guys and any jacka$$ that buys anything from them, allowing them to stay in business.

He can't shave, that's his self-defense beard.

I tried this suggestion and I switched from corn cob to walnut about the same time. It cut down my tumbling time by half or more. The dryer sheets soak up almost all the dust, especially if you have a little car polish in the mix as well. The polish seems to help the dust stick to the dryer sheets even better.

very cool! I already laugh everytime I hear somebody say "I'll have a Coke" and they don't know why. I especially love the last photo.

That Andy Stanford book is so good I bought another copy so I could read it a 3rd time.

You're a grown man, you can wear whatever you want out in public...even if it's wrong. But NO, it doesn't match. When in doubt, women are always right.

I can't imagine we're the only ones "special" enough to "get it", can you?

They aren't "really" necessary, but I always use one. I like that it frees up my seating die to only seat the bullets instead of crimping as the bullet seats. I also like the longer crimp it applies.

      I know, right? I didn't even know I had it until I saw those pics. The people messing up floor tiles like that should be executed. You gotta stare at those damn things forever!

I bet once you get going, it'll all come back to you. Good luck. Keep in mind that Glock barrels don't fully support the cartridge, so you'll get bulges near the extractor groove that weaken the cases. You'll get fewer reloads out of each piece of brass than you remember. As this bulge is mostly straightened back out and reused the case gets longer and the brass gets thinner and more prone to a kaboom.

When you look up "official" load data, keep in mind the amount of trouble it takes to collect the stats, especially for the powder mfg. They try to use a gun that will simulate what their customers' experience will be and fuss over dozens of combos of length and charge weight before they publish a recommendation for each bullet type. They only publish the bullet brand for purposes of full disclosure. If 1.100 will cycle in your gun, go with their starting weight of 6.7 gr. Make 10 rounds with that charge, add 0.10 gr and make 10 more, and so on until you have 5 or 6 test batches. Shoot the first 5 of each load offhand to ensure they will cycle the action and eject properly. Then, use a shooting rest for the other 5 rounds to measure group sizes. Assuming they all cycle, choose the batch with the smallest group size, unless it's the last batch with the heaviest charge. If it is, you may wanna try a couple more weights up to the max load, but be careful. If you shoot 9mm in multiple guns it's not always that easy. Accuracy and reliable cycling can vary from gun to gun. Some guns are finicky and some guns shoot differently due to barrel length or some other factor. It's not uncommon to have to reload different loads for different guns. What kind of gun are you reloading for? It actually matters, if you want the best loads possible. If you just want an overall plinker, don't worry about it.