Creeker, SASS #43022

@Buckshot Bear A Green dot is exactly that. Exactly the same as a red reflex sight; but green. To my eyes, red dots seem to blossom and scatter - whereas the green holds together better. A lot of folks share this tendency. I currently have a couple red dots that I don't care for - my next will definitely be green. On my firearms with fiber optics - I always have green installed.

I am planning my "Green Dot" purchase for my Platypus. My gun has a RMR footprint. I have narrowed it down to either the Holosun 507 Competition or The Gideon Granite Green Dot Competition. The Holosun is (IMO) the best choice for a reflex sight but kind of expensive. The Gideon has fantastic reviews at a more budget friendly price.

Our gun shop has arrangements with a number of our older customers, that their families are aware of, to liquidate their collections upon their death. These include method of liquidation (if still available), disbursement of funds, costs and our percentages for service. Hopefully make everyone's life easier in a difficult time.

A fair number of clubs have moved away from stories altogether. Let's face the truth - a match is already a lot of hours standing around for just a few seconds of shooting. No matter how well written; The Posse Marshal reading a story every stage adds even more time to the day. Whether that time is well spent or wasted is determined by YOUR customers. For monthlies - I rarely include a story. For annuals - I always do, as I believe the effort adds more than it costs. BUT my "stories" are simply scene setters or ambiance creators - self limited to three lines - not paragraphs or pages. Just enough to convey a feeling or explain "why" we are doing what we are doing. If you insist on writing multiple paragraphs of story - your shooters will simply skip that component. Also write your stages so they are completely independent of the story being read. Story and stage instruction each stand alone. So any shooter or Posse that decides NOT to read the story is still receiving the same match instructions as those that do. An example - let's say the shooter begins inside a jail cell. A three line stage "story": "You are innocent; but... If you stay in the Eldorado jail, you definitely hang tomorrow. If you grab a gun and shoot your way out, you probably die tonight." The stage instruction: When ready, shooter says, "Let's get this over with" At the Beep - Exit the cell and retrieve your rifle from the vertical rack. Engage rifle targets blah, blah, blah. Yes, you "could" write... "The angled shaft of sunlight pours in thru the barred window and fills the Eldorado jail cell with a heat that rivals Hell. The floor is stained from years of unwashed bodies sitting exactly where you are; men fearfully dripping sweat while awaiting their fates. The stench of their bodily odors fills your nose and mouth like a physical presence. Moving to the window affords no solace as the still air and proximity to the privy bucket only serve as reminders of years of bodily fluids left evacuated in this spot. It almost explains why so many men are grateful when shackled and walked out to accept the hangman's smooth rope noose around their neck - comforted that they never will return to this place. The Eldorado jail is a horrible place for anyone to find themselves - worse yet when you're innocent... You have to escape." Imagine that 12 times over the course of a match. 🤔

Firstly - Thank you, Yul. I appreciate the compliment. Accurate representation of the stage layout will ALWAYS be preferred by your shooters over fancy graphics. I have seen plenty of stage writers get so enamored with being cute that they forget their 1st job is to clearly convey information. And when making shoot books for 100's of shooters - the expense of color realism vs. black and white can become prohibitive. All that being said - stages can be done in Word, Publisher or a variety of other graphics formats with simple representative symbols up to photo realistic images. Here's an example or two of what I can do and have done. The Escondidos Stage was done in Publisher. The Creeker Stage was done using transparent AI components and JPEG background assembly

I wouldn't think it necessary to throw them away. Depending on exactly "how short" the 357 mag cases are... 38 Special? 38 Short Colt? Someone would make use of them.

There again; depends on your age - part of the country you grew up in and your sub cultures. I grew up in Michigan, graduated high school in 1984 - played football and owned a Chevy Nova, went deer hunting in the fall and rode motorcycles in the spring and summer. Other than Kokomo, the Beach Boys were before my time (I know a lot of their music from car culture, but not from being a fan) - but I know Queen songs and KISS, I know every word to American Pie - I know Garth Brooks and I know the songs that we sung in the church I grew up attending. The odds of someone who is 20 years my senior or junior; who grew up in Miami or Seattle having the same experiences or gravitating toward the same touchstones would be slim.

The more homogeneous your group is; be it neighborhood, country or culture - the more likely they will have shared experiences and shared touchstones. The same applies to governmental regulation or direction - a restrictive or dominant environment will create unified experiences and more likely shared expression. The U.S. with our diversity in religions, heritages, experiences, backgrounds and our American traditions of deliberate non conformity; we are less likely to have a singular shared touchstone that encompasses all of our varied groups. As was mentioned above - the folks at the Beach Boys concert, stomping our feet to We will rock you or or singing Friends in low places; these groups share a like experience - but these are only smaller sub cultures of a whole. I don't believe here in the U.S., that any singular musical experience unifies in the way that other cultures have experienced. And I don't think that's a bad thing.

Exaggerating? Maybe a little; but not much. In my opinion, (worth exactly what anyone paid for it), Kel-Tec does not make a quality firearm and if anyone has a "reliable" one with more than 500 rounds thru it - they own the exception, not the rule. And remember what I said, Kel-Tec has some clever ideas and designs - it is their build effort, materials quality and refinement that is highly suspect. Go to a shop that has Kel-Tec in stock (not mine, because I try very hard to avoid them), and critically touch their plastics - compare the texture and stiffness to a quality polymer. Look at the assembly process - how many pieces are held together by roll pins and exposed nuts. These things are indicative of a corporate mindset; if they are so willing to cut corners and cheap out on the surfaces the consumer touches, handles and looks at - how much quality are they placing inside the firearm on the pieces you don't touch? The Kel-Tec 380 being copied by Ruger is a perfect example; a clever design and AFTER Ruger modified the design (added a safety and better method of disassembly), improved the materials and improved the quality control; it made a decent little pistol. And Ruger has listened to the market by continuing to evolve the firearm with improved sights, double stack mag, etc. Kel-Tec has history of dumping guns on the market - and when their warts are exposed; either continuing the same path or just moving on to their next "splash" to keep their name relevant. I have handled more than a few Kel-Tec firearms, some I really wanted to like. I would not spend my money on one.

Kel-Tec makes a lot of innovative firearms. And if they were made by anyone other than Kel-Tec, I would be interested. It amazes me - it is almost like two completely separate entities; one side comes up with really neat ideas and then the other side says, "We will make it - but only if we can do it for under $26.00 in materials by using recycled extruded plastic and bolts that we picked up at Home Depot."

Living in Las Vegas (counterfeit passing capital of the US). Casinos are cash eating machines and no one questions having and exchanging 20k in hundred dollar bills. Combine that with a career based in retail and the pawn industry - I have seen and handled more fake bills than I care to remember. I have seen everything from super bills from N.Korea that were nearly perfect and indistinguishable from real to color copies from the local Kinkos all the way to black and white printed off someones home printer. Biggest thing is simply try not to take them - you don't get compensated when the Secret Service shows up to collect them. Check all the anti counterfeiting traits on the bills themselves (and know what they SHOULD look like), plastic denomination strips, watermarks, color shifting ink, check serial numbers if you are receiving multiple bills of the same denomination (believe it or not - they often all sport the same serial), use the pens, the magnetic ink checkers and every tool you can afford to have at your disposal. And like most retailers - push your customers toward plastic and electronic payment types to minimize your exposure.

The day we are observing is to remember those who have fallen. But I look at it as more than that - it is also to remember WHY they fell (without getting cynical; at least the WHY they were told) To protect their country from encroachment. To defend their homes and families from harm and evil. To ensure freedom and liberty for themselves and future generations. These men who made the ultimate sacrifice FOR US - did not do it for fame or glory; but because it was the RIGHT thing to do and sadly - doing the right thing is sometimes painful. But it is NOT a day of dour sadness - it is a day to lift up their memories; tell their stories, not of their deaths - but of their lives. Their lives of sunny days with their best girl beside them - acting like fools with their buddies at the lake with sandwiches and a cold drink. This is why we observe/ celebrate as we do - we do these things to honor those who never got to do them again. Those who proudly and bravely gave up their future sunny days and joy - so we could keep ours. Their sacrifices make Memorial Day a happy day - and I will not besmirch their memories by not treating it as such. And I guarantee, if they were still here - they would be the first grabbing the charcoal and hitching up the boat.

I'm with Bull on this. I would absolutely love the opportunity to sit down and talk cowboy. The steakhouse there at Railroad Pass is surprisingly good. Sadly, tomorrow around noon I have to transport a young lady that works for me up to the VA for an extended procedure (supposed to be done around 5-6pm - but medical is medical and I don't know when I would honestly be available). But next time; please let us know and I'll make sure I'm there.

Between his forgetfulness, lack of coordination and projectile diarrhea... I just try to be nice to him. 🤣

Just because I am a pedantic jerk. Bubble Jet ink cartridges on Amazon $74.99 - 4000 page yield. That equates out to $0.018/ page. Those page yield numbers are based on 250 words per page. Meaning every word costs $0.000072 So using the appropriate additional number of words to ensure clarity (be that perhaps 10 or 20) could add anywhere from $0.00072 to an entire $0.00144 to each page of the stage instructions. I think the cost is insignificant to ensure that a shooter that spends thousands of dollars to attend a major match or even the shooter that drops fifteen at their local monthly actually shoots the same match as the shooters on the other posses. So, yes, ink is cheap. 🤪 But, I have a laser printer.