Below are the 5 most recent journal entries recorded in roadrash1970's LiveJournal:

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
12:07 pm	The 20 Page Challenge The 20 Page Challenge, I challenge The Government of the United States to enact Health Care Reform in 20 pages or less. Why the 20 page limit? Depending on what font you choose, The Constitution of the United States, which founded and has guided our country for the last 220+ years will print on 20 pages of 8.5 x 11 paper. So, we should hold our elected officials to only enacting legislation, especially laws which apply to and effect all US Citizens to less than 20 pages in length. If there is a valid reason that a document needs to be greater than 20 pages, short of founding a Nation, I've not heard it. 20 pages is also a reasonable size that can be read in English by a voting age High School Graduate in less than a 24 hour period. (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
8:41 am	Writer's Block: Top Dog What kind of dog (counting mixes and mutts) gets your vote as the champion of dogs? View 500 Answers A Great Dane of course (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
10:57 am	I want my Country back I've been thinking about this quote from a Russian Author: "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." I think he got that one wrong!, so I'm rewriting it to read: "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by the way it treats its Veterans." Current Mood: crushed (Comment on this)
Monday, March 10th, 2008
11:41 am	Writer's Block: I'm Ashamed of... What are you ashamed of? View 500 Answers  I am ashamed of the way our government and our country treats our veterans (especially the homeless ones) and how some treat even our active duty men and women.  Places like Cambridge MA and Berkeley CA come to mind.  Our Vets and our Active military do not make our govermnets foreign policy, they are ordered to carry it out.  When politicians debate what to give "illegal" individuals in our country and abandon those who have sacrificed for our protection, we as a country are on the wrong road.   Until every US veteran and US Citizen who do not choose to be on the streets has a suitable home and shelter, then you can not talk about what if anything should be given to someone who is in this country illegally.      Current Mood: worried (Comment on this)
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
11:45 am	1911 Race Gun/Comp? Good Morning All, Here is my problem... I've got a Colt 1911 thats about 15 years old, Its got a lot of work done to it, sights, mag well, extended everything, trigger job, etc etc etc. I would like to turn this pistol into more of a "Race Gun" for competition. (pins, steel, IDPA, ISPC) Not sure which yet, since there aren't to many clubs here in the Northeast that offer this. Basically the pistol isn't quite tight enough for "Bullseye" shooting, so I'm leaning towards one of the other diciplines. There in lies the problem... The gun is 90% of the way there, less a Compensator and C-More sight, my only problem is muzzle flip and recoil on follow up shots. These styles of shooting rely heavily on follow up shots and speed and with the ammo I shot today (Federal 230gr JHP Hi-Shok's, 12.00 per 50) its just not possible to keep it on target and get multiple shots off quickly. This past weekend we went to the range to try out two different types of ammo, Balisticlean 185gr FMJ (which btw is junk, couldn't hold a 4" group at 10 yards) and Federal 185gr SWC Match which had VERY LOW recoil, fed well, and was pretty accurate, with one MAJOR drawback..... Its 29.00 per 50. Way to expensive to shot on a regular basis. Here is my dilema... Does anyone think a Compensator will bring the recoil/muzzle flip down to say the levels of target loads while still shooting the relatively hot Federal Hi-Shok's? They feed well, hold very tight groups and are pretty cheap. I've made about all the progress I think possible with Grip/stance in order to keep the muzzel down and get follow up shots off quicker, but there has to be something else I can do because IMO its still unmanageable for any type of speed event. Thoughts, Opinions, recomendations, experiences? All are appreciated. Thanks Current Mood: optimistic (3 Comments |Comment on this)