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They do, however according to the website it’s only available in North America. I’m not sure if that affects its eligibility for IPSC. https://waltherarms.com/shop/tungsten-guide-rod-rsa-50n I’m not sure how easy it is to change the recoil spring on that rod, typically Walther recoil springs are over-strength for 125-135PF.

I used a 200-600mm lens and set my sensor to APS-C mode - which makes the lens effectively 840mm - to get my shot.

This is the best I got in South Dakota, it was very cloudy unfortunately.

I thought It was 1998, USPSA did not adopt the new IPSC rulebook that year.

Link to the current IPSC Handgun Rulebook : https://www.ipsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IPSC-Handgun-Competition-Rules-Jan-2024-Edition-Final-27-Dec-2023.pdf

It might be referring to the stippling on the pedal surface:

Its possible it got shut down or died due to lack of interest.

I can’t find a website for IPSC Japan, only an email address: jpn@ipsc.org

They should just state it has to be rubber, plastic or aluminium. Why make it out of anything else ?

Yes, see Appendix D4 and D4a. The only exception is if the base pads add significant weight to the magazine(18.2), that’s probably not the case as most pads are aluminum. Rulebook: https://www.ipsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IPSC-Handgun-Competition-Rules-Jan-2024-Edition-Final-27-Dec-2023.pdf

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Not everyone that cares is able to shoot outside of L1. People have jobs, families, responsibilities, other things that take up their time. Maybe the only opportunity they have to shoot is at a local club. They might still be a competitor that wants to improve, but are limited with their options. They want to know how they are doing, we shouldn’t be taking that knowledge from them. Instead, we should be providing them with a viable method of determining their skill level.

I’d suggest some mechanism to adjust downward (if required) at year-end only. Bumping someone down a class in the middle of a season could provide incentives for sandbagging. I would suggest that ranking can go UP through the year and optionally a DOWN adjustment just before Jan 1st. Perhaps there could be two measurements on your site, the CURRENT ranking and a HISTORIC HIGH ranking to recognize a high watermark for the competitor; only the CURRENT ranking would be used by the system.

219,211 classifier scores were submitted in 2023 (per the DME report). Obviously there is a demand for a ranking system of some kind. The problem is the current system is not fit for this purpose.