bigdawgbeav

those layouts are nice.. share Roundabout is wrong. Was going to try and contact the creator, but no contact info on the site.

Allow me (and I hate when people pull the "its just a local match BS). If you are not painting after every shooter you are not following the rules. That's fine, but don't call your match a Steel Challenge Match and submit the scores.

I cannot speak to the Jard trigger, but I have the Tandemkross trigger in mine and have had no issues.

If you have taken the time to laser-level your stages in their bays then it would be a good idea to make sure that the sticks for that stage are all wrapped up together. This way you aren't hunting for the right height sticks on setup day.

There is no valid reason to have a WSB for Steel Challenge. OK, MAYBE for Showdown and Outer Limits with the boxes. But if you are at a L2 or higher match the competitors should already know this. It's 5 plates, shoot them in any order you choose, shoot the one with the red stick last, repeat 4 more times (3 if OL). It's Steel Challenge, not rocket science. There are no poppers, no "best x hits on paper", no ports, no leaning around walls, no activators, no mandatory reloads, no need to walk through the stage, etc. When I saw that in the rule book I just shook my head and more-or-less ignored it. It should be removed in subsequent publications.

New shooter or not, he should have been more familiar with his own equipment. That's not to say an experienced shooter also couldn't have a slip like that as well. Anything can happen at anytime. In my eyes there shouldn't be a next time as this should have been a HUGE lesson about safety. Hopefully he will practice on how to safely lower the hammer whether its the pinch method or the thumb-roll. Don't get me wrong, I love when new shooters come out. But they are responsible for how their equipment functions and how to safely shoot.

As long as there are no other violations, this shouldn't be an issue. Yes, prior to Make Ready the shooter should have staged mags as long as they didn't have to go into the same compartment as the firearm. Personally I would have mentioned to the shooter (after the CoF) that it would be better to stage prior to loading the chamber. Reduces the risk of bad things happening. I actually did this myself this past weekend. After Make Ready I was loaded and at low-ready but there was a timer issue. So I put my RFPO down on my case, pointing downrange, to free my hands to fix the issue. After correcting the issue I picked up the pistol and got in position again. Now, had I AD'd when picking back up, then that's on me.

I'm running the Everglades 115 v2 for the most part. Still sitting on a couple thousand 100gr. Berry's as well. There really is not much of a difference. It all depends on the recoil setup. I also tried the Everglades .380 heads, but I'm not a fan of having an OAL that tiny.

money... I got the Berry's when i had some gift certificates. They are great but I can get the same performance at a reduced cost elsewhere.

i was loading these under 3.0gr of Clays and running at about 1.11 OAL. I was looking at right around 100pf. Really soft and worked great in both my PCCs. I'm now running Everglades 115s over 2.9-ish and they are right in the same area.

Why?

Some rules changes for 2024: https://uspsa.org/viewer/SCSA-Rules-Change-Log.pdf My highlights: 8.1.8 - clarified the holstered handgun and shooting PCC or rimfire that we discussed here on the forum 10.1.4.2 - clarified coaching and when the penalty is applied, this was always a question I had especially for the one doing the coaching.

yup.. you are right... duh. My bad

as someone that shoots both the Ruger and the ARV, I can say I like them both. The Ruger can be lightened up and there are aftermarket triggers available. CMC just released a drop in system at 3.5lbs. The Ruger has eaten everything I have thrown at it. I also have an ARV and love the reliability. I'm running mine lightweight and it feels great. Plus can you beat 35-round mags for $15?

damn... that's tall