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AT and his wife Barbara LOVED Tuscon, and he was very happy there. He was a great guy - had to watch him a little at the New Year's Eve parties... he sure knew how to tie one on. Nice to remember him.

I think low voting turnout is a sign that: 1) there may be more members than active members 2) problems with USPSA may be overblown on the internet 3) for most people shooting local matches, things are going fine and the things that are really problematic to some people have less of an effect on day to day life of the average USPSA shooter So no problem. Organizations should always work to improve at all times. None is perfect and perfection is a worthy goal. It is also helpful to remember all the things the USPSA community (members who run/shoot matches every day and send in scores, etc) does RIGHT and keep it all in perspective.

I shoot a right handed AR left handed. Don't notice the gas. Ambi safety or disengage with the base of index finger.

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I broke a yellow and they sent me a grayish black a few months ago.

No First of all that makes no sense but if you want to do it by the book then 5.1.9 says the backup gun is not in use, therefore is not in a course of fire. The correct action is for a range official to retrieve the dropped gun and have the competitor clear it on the safe area. If it is in safe condition then re-bag and move on. I personally would have one RO tell the competitor to ULSC, holster current handgun, and start next shooter while another remediates the dropped gun. Then allow competitor to shoot once backup gun secure.

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All I can tell you, as a lefty, is it's a personal decision. Do what you feel most comfortable but by all means try everything and experiment. I started shooting with an XD and switched out the mag release (free with Internet instruction..). Everything was fine until I got a 2011. I toyed around with switching it around - which DOES require additional parts/cost but while I was testing it out I got used to using my index finger. I have switched even the XDs back to the original side so I hit it with my index finger on all firearms. (Edited to add: aftermarket extended mag release that is) Could easily have gone the other way but since my thumb is a little shorter, I have to shift the grip around a little more to hit the mag release on the right and I got used to the ease of using the index finger of the strong hand. Take the journey yourself and see what you feel most comfortable with. No wrong answer.

Hard to beat the retention on a Guga Ribas. I don't see too many race holsters in 3 gun but always wondered why not.

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I get your point about it not mattering but once you make it an optional thing, it becomes subjective. Did it affect your run? Was it a distraction? These aren't measurable. Also how you did on that run gets played into the decision subtly - which then makes it an unequal experience for the other shooters. This is why all reshoot rules are mandatory - using the word MUST. No other way to equitably determine without introducing subjective factors. Reshoot.

I use CCI SRP for 9mm minor, 9mm major, 40 minor, 40 major, and .223.

Makes a huge difference

Looks to me like the declaration took place during the registration process electronically where the competitor selected minor from the options presented, and confirmed it when he signed into the match. The logic is flawed. If he had not declared at that time there would be no "error" to correct.

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have you looked at the setup that inline fabrication sells? Not sure how they do it but I'm sure whatever it is it works. http://inlinefabrication.com/products/skylighttm-led-lighting-kit-for-the-dillon-650 Or is that what you are talking about? It wasn't clear to me

Left index finger. I used to put an extended mag release in on the right side, and use thumb but after I got a 2011 gun I got into the habit of always using index finger.

So will she make sandwiches if anyone DQ's her? Some of us would like to get in on this.

I really don't see why not. It makes power factor and there is no mag capacity advantage over 40. Pretty sure that sums it up.

In the instructions for the 650 PRESS and the 550 CASEFEEDER are the caliber conversion charts. They list the same part number for the purple casefeed adaptor for 40 S&W for both machines, and so I'm pretty sure they are the same all around based on that. Edited to add I don't see an arm/bushing on the 550

Bought an old one on this forum, it failed and I sent it back to C-more this summer. It came back in < a week (new or refurb) and works great. Just to throw it out there. C-more did right by me on a non-original owner model.

Prod Optic/LOP ready?

Does the length change when you do resize after trimming though? If not where does the brass go when it's compressed? May be not enough to matter?

6 stages + classifier, 180 + round count per Ricky.

http://www.carbonarms.us/12G-Dummy-rounds.html Just don't get them mixed up. E.g. Shoot another brand.