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The Pelican 0450 is available with a standard set of drawers (one deep, six shallow) or in an open, you-design-the-combination configuration. Although not inexpensive, this could be the ultimate pistol box for travelers.

Recently I mentioned that I had the trigger weight on my IZH-46M air pistol cranked up to the maximum. I did this to practice with a heavy trigger.

Here are two experiments for you.

First, try this:

• Rest your hand on the table, palm down, in a relaxed and slightly arched shape.
• Tap the table with your trigger finger.

That’s mouse-finger tap like you’d use to click a web-link to get here.

Here’s how it’s supposed to work.

There are three parts of our government: the legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch. Each one is intended to keep the other two in check and permit change only when all three are in agreement.

In the sport of Bullseye, a.k.a. Conventional Pistol, dozens of shooters stand side by side firing at targets. Each shooter trusts those on both sides to fire their weapons safely, make them safe when the time is up, and follow the four rules of gun safety at all times.

Here are some scattered notes and comments from today.

I didn’t shoot very well in today’s 2700. All my scores were down at the low-end of where I’ve been shooting. The bad news is this was an Authorized match and the scores count so I’ll be in Outdoor Sharpshooter land for a while. The good news is that’s where I *should* be competing, that’s where I *need* to be working, and doing the things I did today (shooting, not quitting, re-focusing on basics) is what will *eventually* let me learn what I need to know to advance. Patience!

I’ve been shooting Bullseye a little over four years, since early 2005.

The sorting of my large bucket of all 45 ACP brass according to headstamp is done.

Strike #1

After its initial firing (as factory-loaded hardball), 100% of the Aguila brass would not pass through the Martindale gauge. This suggests it has been stretched beyond its ability to recover possibly because of the thinness of the brass or its composition among other reasons.

(Pictured: Jim Henderson and myself)