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Hey, Paulieworld, The Swamp Fox was in Nevada, for a fun week. First on the agenda was Front Sight, a world class shooting school. I took the two day defensive handgun course. But first, I got into Las Vegas about 12:30 local time 19 October, about a half hour ahead of schedule which is always nice. After collecting my luggage, and rental car I drove to Pahrump about an hour away, I got to tell you, if you ever get to Vegas you MUST take a ride out into the country side. It is absolutely beautiful, there are some mountains, although not really big mountains, and it is a stark beauty. It’s a place like this where one can see what is meant by the stanza “Purple Mountains Majesty”. The landscape is sort of like Iceland, but different, if you know what I mean. There is that monochromatic look, in Iceland it is a yellow, and gray, well varying shades of yellow, and gray, Nevada is a tan and seems to be more uniform. However I could be wrong I was trying to take it in while driving. On the way to Pahrump along Highway 160 there were signs telling one to be aware of the wild horses and burros that may be in the road, I bet that would mess up your day, if you hit one of those bad boys. Also, there is a lot of open range, and signs that warn of it. The speed limit is 70 in some places but most people seemed to be going about 75 or 80, I went about 70. If anyone travels a lot especially to other states, if you rent a car, take my advice get a GPS. Man, are those things invaluable, no need for a map, never stop for directions. It will take you turn by turn to your destination right on the money, well, they say within 25 feet plus or minus, but hey, if you can’t find where you are going if you are within 25 feet, you shouldn’t be out wandering around outside by yourself. Further, one can program it for shortest route, no highway, or whatever, and even if you miss a turn it will still get you where you want to go.

Hi, the Swamp Fox again, I mentioned that there are three types of malfunctions, but I only described the first type. I apologize for this. So, let me start this post with that. The other two types of malfunctions are what the instructors called High Brass; commonly know as a stove pipe. For those of you who may not know what this is, it is when a spent shell fails to eject properly and is caught in the ejector port causing the gun to not chamber another round as it prevents the slide from returning to battery, or to the proper position for firing. One must then looks at the gun to identify the malfunction, and lifting the muzzle up slightly tap the bottom of the magazine, roll the gun to the right as one racks the slide to eject the spent shell, and any round in the chamber to make sure one has a round properly seated in the chamber. Type three is what is called Low Brass; where a spent shell fails to eject even though the ejection sequence went as planned. This allows a shell to attempt to seat in behind the spent shell. In this case one lifts the gun to identify the malfunction, locks the slide back, strips the magazine from the gun, and racks the slide 3 times, to remove the contents of the chamber, do not lose contact with the slide during this procedure. The one inserts a fresh magazine and racks the slide again to chamber a round. Sorry for the omission of this in the last post