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  1. Not in my one experience with a stock 1. In general I think given Tanfo's sort of random luck of the draw quality and obvious lack of inspection before shipment it would be hard to find somebody that could be top notch on dealing with gun issues , like Ruger for example, and still stay in business. I do like the guns when you get a good one though.
  2. Don't forget to practice the safety stuff that used to be ingrained habit, reloads moving to weak side, general 180 awareness, etc.
  3. Custom doesn’t mean good or even decent sometimes. The worst gun I ever bought was a custom gun and the worst joke of a gun I have ever seen was as well. In both cases it was hell to get the builders to do what was right. In general I think you are right though, just need to be careful and do your research.
  4. Probably everyone has their own definition. To me a track meet stage is when you are basically running from close easy target to close easy target and never or almost never needing front sight focus. Otherwise a physical stage is one where your squad looks at it and folks say holy s#!t that is a lot of running, not sure what yardage that would be. I think that few, if any, get heartburn from having one stage of a particular flavor at a match as long as there is some balance overall and that the stage isn't extreme enough to weigh disproportionately in the overall score. The worst (just opinion) stage I ever shot was one that utilized a drop turner that some few could make a 15 yard dash and get to in time and the large majority lost several seconds waiting for its final presentation at the starting position, there was also a final 25-30 yard dash for no apparent reason to get to the last array.
  5. There is nothing about concealment for the pcc folks yet but they do have a tiger team working on specifics for their attire.
  6. As just a shooter I'd also rather have a physical stage. To me memory stages are a lot like being at work. If a major involves somebody chasing after dozens of shooters on a track meet stage, or it is a local on a hot arse day, I think the griping is an earned privilege.
  7. It had better be because you are trying to cut down on the number of people who volunteer to run the timers .
  8. I don't think most folks have a problem with movement that suits a purpose. Running for the sake of running isn't what a lot of people are looking for at a shooting match.
  9. No debate. And Ben Stoeger could probably still beat a lot of pcc and open guys shooting iron sights and low capacity. For fair competition between people at an equal skill level I still very much prefer what I consider to be a balanced match. My favorite match director often makes the point that you need to guard against the tendency to build stages that favor what you are best at.
  10. Yea, and the fat gm likely looked at all the running and knew that he didn't have any chance against faster folks at his shooting skill level that he could normally beat or compete with.
  11. Like many things it depends a great deal on who designs the stages, in this case it can also depend on the size of the shooting bays. I tend to agree with you on what I would call a well balanced match with a good test of the different shooting skills. There are some matches that are well known as track meet matches.
  12. That, followed by limited, is where I came from. Never liked the feel of the skinny mags and I always feel safer going double action 1st round off of the draw, those are not big things though just reasons why I prefer my CZ's & Tanfo's (when you get one that ain't crapola) . For me in will be limited 10 minor, but I get what you are saying.
  13. "And the glory of the earth is less than it was" - Author forgotten
  14. Score is not meaningful unless the playing field is level.
  15. Can't remember that ever happening but if it did weird people like myself would probably consider it a fun and sort of unique challenge. I do remember one fast and close very high hit factor 8-8-8-8 where it was about two steps between reloads and it seemed like the low cap guys enjoyed it. Just different mindsets I guess, you enjoy trying to develop and utilize the skill or you don't. I think I've got a Riley Gaines way of looking at scores rather than a Lia Thomas way of looking at them, probably another old fart thing.
  16. That concern is among the multitude of things I never understood. If I have to do a standing reload because of the course design then everyone else in my division does as well and I always found it fun when you could hit a slick reload as well as a reward for that practice time at home.
  17. I guess maybe it is purely an age thing. The added challenges of iron sights and low capacity that made the game more fun for some of the old farts like myself just don't blow the skirts up for new shooters.
  18. That is strange for me to read. I have always felt like locally we are very happy to see police participate in the shooting sports and very welcoming to them. Perhaps it is a part of the country thing or perhaps the 'always one in every crowd' thing messes with perception?
  19. Yep. DA/SA guns without a decocker starting with bullet in chamber and hammer down are perfectly fine. You can point your gun down and verify dot is turned on or whatever , aiming at a target is considered to be a rehearsal and they don't like that. Goes back to some folks considering the game to being self defense training I believe.
  20. I enjoy both sports, and agree that there are more things I would change about IDPA rules than UPSA, but I don't think it is good to throw rocks from a glass house.
  21. I had intended for my comment to be taken as a joke as well, I had assumed you were kidding
  22. Signs of the times I guess. Warming here and just signed up for my first 2024 match. 9 shooters on my squad so far, 8 divisions .
  23. Something you never hear while standing in line at the salad bar .
  24. And putting in a bit of thought on the rule concepts. As written above "my tactical chub means I could probably run a drop offset" , so now we have different holster requirements based on sex and appetite discipline.
  25. Not at all, I just figured it would piss off the few of us that liked shooting production and had the belts & mags already set up as well as a long term affinity for limited round count and the more challenging accuracy needs & stage planning.
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