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Day 18! Nothing significant about the number, other than I'm itching to get my PIN and hoping that my fingerprints were OK. 3 more days, and I can officially bug them to make sure my app has been entered into the system.

I'm going stir crazy here!

At least I got the chance to put in a full day at the range yesterday, putting all my guns to some good use. : The new mojo sights for my 91/30 made me especially happy. That and the fact that I got to test the Hornady XTP rounds and that they go through my PA63 like butter has made them my definite carry load. Some mighty fine ammo, that Hornady - the polish on that brass is as slick as cow snot! Now all I gotta do is find a supplier. Everyone seems to be out of 9x18 XTP these days.

In a related note, I wonder if the number of smileys used in a waiting room post is proportional to the length of wait...

So if I didn't do an online application, there's no way to check the status of my application on the website?

Well, here I am! Just mailed all my forms this morning. Considering it has all of 20 blocks to go to get to the DPS headquarters here in Austin, perhaps it'll cut out some of that mail transition time. If they get it down to 60 days, it means I should receive my CHL somewhere around May 8th (with 2 days of mail transit included). We'll see if that actually happens. :)