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I've learned to cut my own hair. Other than that we've been pretty good.
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3 hours ago, deerslayer said:
I am right eye dominant and shoot long guns right handed and handguns left handed and have never felt a need to change anything. I shoot everything with both eyes open. I often hear shooters given advice that a switch to the opposite side is necessary and I feel that this advice is terrible for most people. However, eye dominance can pose a significant issue is when one is shooting long guns with both eyes open and a change may help.
I'm oposite as far as eye dominance left eye dominant right handed. I've shot my whole life cross dominant with a handgun, and left handed with a rifle or bow. Never had any issues. In my case my right eye is significantly worse than my left.
I also coached shooting for years and found those that had cross dominance issues that shot poorly their eyes are nearly the same vision wise. This causes visual confusion and they need to train to get the dominant eye behind the sights. Particularly with a handgun. Once they did that they did just fine.
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76 Jeep CJ5 304 V8 3 speed. Lots of fun, lots of trouble.
Mostly utilitarian stuff for years after that.
Now 64 Buick Skylark low mile original car thats super fun.
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24 minutes ago, robtattoo said:
I make a couple of gallons every year.
Happy to post the instructions, if anyone's interested!
I'm interested I made maple syrup as a kid...I'm interested to see if the process is similar.
Thanks!
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Welcome to the area. A.J. is right about the Ridge, its a good place. Let us know when you get settled.
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I buy my small wooden boxes then enjoy smoking the cigars out of them before putting them to productive use.....
Seriously good luck with your project. Making a good square box takes patience and the sliding top adds difficulty. My dad did it with a dado and a table saw with a home made fence that gave him the finger joint spacing reliably. Not fancy tools, but they got the job done.
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Powder and primers are the only things I would be concered about. Keep them dry in the house and go for it.
Corrosion on your press might be a bigger potential problem but is easily resolved with a bit of light oil, or something like boeshield.
Remember if you're out there in cold weather to use common sense with heaters etc.
Good luck!
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I've found that lasers arent very good training tools. The brain focuses on keeping the dot still and you wind up not using the sights. The effect is like a high power scope, it magnifies any movement and you wind up chasing it. Visually its confusing.
Randys advice is spot on, the only thing I would add is turn the laser off. Get the fundamentals down pat without it. Use the sights like you do with your other pistols.
If you want an electronic training tool try the Mantis X. I find it very useful.
Good luck!
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These are awsome weapons and extremely well made. Remove the grips id you are comfortabke with that and hise it out very well with gun scruber or similar solvent. If it was carried but not well maintained a really good cleaning is all that should be needed.
It sounds like your return to battery issues are solved so I'd not polish anything.
Lube it well with a quality light oil and shoot it.
The two clicks you are feeling on reset should go away with the thourough cleaning and use.
The rexoil spring is a great idea, they were rarely replaced and it is a wear item.
Good luck. Its an awsome gun.
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I have a friend with one of these that has more than 260k mi on it. His is a 2012 and a bit worn paint & interior but mechanically its great. Maintenance is the key.
Enjoy
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4 hours ago, lock n' load said:
Update #2
I sent my gun back to RIA two weeks ago to have them check the gun out. I explained what it was doing and they sent me a return label to ship the gun back. The gun was only gone two weeks and I got it back yesterday which was pretty quick to me. They indicated that they tuned, cleaned, lubed and tested the gun. They never indicated what they tuned. I fired another 100 rounds through it and again had a failure to go into battery on the last round. This happened with the stock magazine that came with the gun. Now I am looking a several options. Option A: start replacing parts with aftermarket parts (extractor, recoil spring, etc) and have it tuned by a gunsmith to see if that fixes the issue. Option B: trade the gun for an American-made 1911. I think trying to upgrade parts will end up costing as much if not more than buying a better gun. I've read good reviews about RIA guns and I still want to think they make good guns. Maybe I just got a lemon. I think they have a good customer service system with how quickly they handled my situation but unfortunately, it didn't seem to work for me.
Just my 2 cents worth here... I was a gunsmith for many years and what you are describing sounds to me like the rim of the cartridge is not under the extractor. This holds the slide out of battery, and you wont be able to extract the cartridge as the rim isnt under the hook of the extractor.
Shoot the gun again, and if/when it happens being very careful about muzzle disipline and finger OFF the trigger push the rear of the slide forward firmly, or strije it with the heal of your hand. If the slide moves forward with an audible click and can be fired this is what is happening. Let RIA know and they can fix it easily enough.
Also try to grip the gun very firmly. That may help with feeding. The 1911 doesn't tollerate limp wristing very well. If possible have an experienced shooter try the gun as well.
It's a learning process...
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I am right where I should be on this Thanksgiving. With my family at home. We have much to be thankful for.
I also want to take a moment to be thankful for this wonderful country we live in and those in our military past and present that sacrifice for all of us.
Thank you to you all!
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They are used for carving. Ive seen them used for sculpting bears & such.
I wonder if a cordless version could be mounted as a bayonet?
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Yes 175, 180 was harder to reach with the powders then. Better choices now. Still 175 in a 4" barrel was as you say nothing to sneeze at. Much easier to make with a 45ACP in a commander but the capacity reduction sucked.
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It was all lead bullet, but made major with a 155gr. No not powder puff
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I have or have had several 40's with 10k plus round count. I still have an early S&W 40 SS frame that easily has 30k on it with zero issues and an early sig alloy frame that is at 15k ish. Both were used hard in IPSC limited matches for years. Both show slight wear on rails, but nothing more than a bit of burnishing, no battering or damage.
Slide velocities are higher than 9mm but keep a fresh recoil spring in them as regular maintenance and this won't be a problem.
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Yep thats how they are.
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Welcome. There is a turkey shoot up on the plateau above Dayton on rt 30. Im not sure when but they advertise it in the Sequachie Shopper paper.
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I have a wonderful wife... she just informed me that were going up to Old Pogue Distillery in Maysvill, KY to pick up my case of 6 bottles in mid October. Its hard to come by and one of my favorites. I'll post pics when we get back.
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I'm curious what this cost you? I have a Duramax diesel pushing 250k that I'd like to test.
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Mo-Mo's in Dayton...
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Theres not much that can't be done by a careful amateur gunsmith particularly on the 1911. Not many special tools needed for the basics. That said beware of the fact that you will ruin some parts along the way and that can be expensive! The other big concern is safety. This is most common with trigger work, but can also involve barrel lockup etc.
In the end you pay a gunsmith tor his knowledge more than anything else.
One last thing if you do try your hand at this if you screw something up please don't ever sell ou give it to someone else. Be honest with yourself about your abilities and quality if work. An old gunsmith that taught me lived by the rule "Learn from and OWN your mistakes but NEVER pass them on". After many years he had quite a few mistakes he still had that were used as reminders and lessons!
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I know several families with downs or autistic kids. Its not easy for them. I've learned that the best thing is to treat them with simple courtesy and offer to hold the door etc. Acting agitated only makes things worse.
I now have several young friends that are always happy to see me. The love these kids are capable of expressing is the only contagious thing about them!
Their parents are remarkably courageous on a daily basis. It is hard work, sometimes it isn't pretty. Give them a break and dont make a spectacle of things, again common courtesy goes a looooooong way.
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Thats fantastic. Glad you got it working!
Eye Dominance Test
in Training Discussions
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Small bore 4 position 50ft
Most of the guys shot anysight and it was always interesting to put a blinder on them and see the results. Those with good eyesight sometimes shot irons better than optics.
The real problems showed up when there was a big difference in eyesight between left & right eyes then they had to switch sides, or when the sight was very close to the same between eyes and they saw double thats where the blinder helps.
Closing one eye is tough when shooting for an hour or more to get through the course of fire.
Handguns are easier to deal with generaly I agree.