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LEO showed up to the match a bit late, first match and missed the briefings. once on stage asked where to clear duty gun.. and i guess change something. (not my squad). and gets DQed. I thought I recalled some allowed for this type of situation this but cant find it. anyone know?

personally: too old? not yet at 59.. but slow improvements from experience are diminished by slowing reflexes, pain in the feet and knees, diminishing endurance, diminishing eyesight / visual focus. in general: too old? no as long as your are safe and can do your part. once you are too old to paste and tear down then its time to move on to other games.

most of our bays are sandy.. I typically use the same starter mag all year.. and it gets cleaned every time it hits the ground. all match mag get cleaned between matches, disassembled and allowed to rest until the Friday night.

After 6 years of matches with irons, 10ish matches of dot and now back to irons i seem to be able to track the front sight much better now than before working with a dot.. I think the dot taught me to stay target focused while softly tracking the sights / dot.

Well, carry optics put a huge dent in limited.. leaving only the serious fans.. and LO is killing off the last hold outs. 100% of the limited guys I shot against are all at least trying the dot with mixed results. This trial period may kick back a few into irons, but will certainly hurt the local numbers long term. IMO limited will be like single stack and production. a few fans who prep for a major for a while, but then flip back to a dot once the major season is past. I can see chatting up the old limited guys for a match now and then to get out the irons now and then.

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hmm... I'm rather glad I'm in the dark. At this point it seems the BOD is worried about someone making uspsa look bad (or being critical), but from where I sit in my dark room its the BOD that has that rep... overly heavy handed. I rather liked YML.. and the open book way he was doing things. very refreshing. I'de like to hear his side of the story. Ill go back to u my locals now.. having a blast.. and sans the back office drama.

collect 9mm brass and trade for 40 brass with guys getting out of limited. ive picked up some good deals on brass projectiles and powder during the downsizing

I love 40.. I'm picking up brass and projectiles now on sale from shooters moving to other divisions for 1/2 the price .. cutting my cost to reload to sub 9mm. just saying.

the muzzle support fixes this issue

for my tso40 I ran 1.135 for 180 and 200gr blues.

Last year I had Jeff Abernathy at TommyGunsUSA make me a 9mm 6" upper to pair with its 40sw big brother. Its a caspian 6" slide with 6" kkm bushing barrel.. a few cuts here and there - many of which caspian does in house - and it handles fantastic.. 42oz with aluminum cheely l2 frame and brass magwell. definitely not nose heavy.

for a range toy imo the TS2 Orange. I wouldn't suggest using a competition guns for home defense. If you have that in mind then the DWX.

I ran a TSO in uspsa for a few years.. and as I began to speed up and really push the gun harder I learned the hard way that my hand is just a bit small for the frame and my trigger finger's reach a bit short. This resulted in my pairs spreading out considerably as I pushed the gun hard. I then tried and switched over to 2011's starting with an Atlas Nemesis 2011 with a PT evo grip with short trigger.. and a year later to a 6" lightened 2011 with an aluminum cheely L2 grip with short trigger. both of these are amazing shooters for aimed shots, but also at speed... and it seems to me the pairs hold tight at speed. I tribute this to the grip frame and trigger fitting my hand and being well balanced to the load, recoil spring and my grip pressure. I also found safeties, mag release buttons, thumb rests and sights that I really really like. So with this in mind.. For a range toy I'de lean to the TS2 orange.. better trigger out of the box - looks like a soft shooter. not very practical. For home defense / pseudo practical and great shooter Ide lean towards the DWX. a much better all-around pistol. If you plan on potentially racing either it really depends on how well your hand fits the frames and your trigger finger fits the trigger... and can your thumbs manage the safety and mag release buttons. It wouldn't matter much at the beginning, but as you get faster little things start to matter more. Then down the road as you start to tweek the little things you may discover the 2011's modular design / standards allows for more options and variety. Tweeking gets pretty spendy - especially if you discover your base gun never fit you well.

Having helped RO at two staff reset matches we had our 5 man staff arranged into 3 assistant ROs that would reset targets with each assigned to a zone, a scorer and a tablet guy. The scorer and tablet guys were not needed to reset. At the last one our turn around time per shooter from range is clear to all ROs back and the next shooter being called to the start position was 35-38 seconds unless there was discussion on a perf hit.. and thats with a stomp box and two movers. running the shooters is no-less difficult/work than resetting... and the CRO gets the pleasure of DQing people / calling the RM to dispute things etc. I'de much rather be an indian.

time to update this thread a bit.. Im a minor to major and back to minor fanboy... because - aint no limited major shooters around any more at my locals. they have all gone CO or Open.. and all the new guys coming in are shooting minor or CO... so I compete fine shooting 9. shooting my gun in 9 is just way easier.. and the sights seem to behave better and the gun recoils less. and on a long course is nice to have a few extra rounds to throw as instinctive make ups without doing math or think. imo 9 is more fun to shoot. ------- Ill likely swing back to major as the sectionals get closer... but for locals why not.

I'm fighting plantar factitious right now.. c. 3 months and its really messed up my game. Good news is I know what helps and what doesnt. first: I was using merrill moab trail shoes that have great arch support.. and it that arch support that pushed on the most painful part of my heel where the plantar connects. I tried the gel inserts and didn't help. neither did stretching, hand massaging, baseball.. One of the ranges I shoot has deep gravel on most of the bays.. and it seems that really hurts. maybe 1 stage before the pain starts... It got bad enough I has to scale back on RO'ing and resetting so I could get off my feet. So on my list of things not to do: no Merrill Moabs. no gravel bays. second: Things that help I got a Renpho foot massager off ebay that does the roller action on your soles. 30-45 minutes first thing in AM and again in the evening while resting got rid of the morning pain after 2-3 weeks. I also got one on the impact massagers. also helps.. and then one of my kids got me a pair of fuzzy crocks for Christmas. and they really cup your heel and I haven't taken them off since - inside, outside. And at matches I sit down more often. Now i can shoot 4-5 stages pain free. my the last stages and during tear down Im feeling it - but not like it was. Not sure about what to do for match shoes.. I really like my moabs. I dont think crocks are a good idea for uspsa.

damn.. that would simplify things.

Not to get all chatty on this.. but Limited Optics makes sense to help save limited guns... and a lot of folks love 2011s but dont want to shoot open. Carry optics is bloated. Carry optics as is killed limited and production. neither is good for the game. now bump production to 15 rounds and cut CO to 15 rounds to separate CO from LO. This should bring new life back to limited major, and production.

Recycle the good ones.. but change up the start positions.. dont be afraid to retrograde a stage add one "all mags from table" stage per match.. (ok, for a few matches) and give good speech about needing more volunteers ask for volunteers. host an RO class if you haven't lately. Seems like ROs are the volunteering types but may need a little push.

Well.. compared to your locals its usually ALL really good stages with plenty of gimmicks to make it interesting, everything tweaked and polished, and as a result more challenging. All the serious shooters in the area will be there... so its like a homecoming.. and its a chance to see how you stack up again the folks in your division and class and against some of the big dogs. 220 seems a bit much though. I design stages for my local matches.. and one rule I follow is to keep things easy to set up and tear down because Ill likely be there doing the work - sometimes solo. So, a bit lazy/practical. Good Level 2 stages usually aren't lazy.

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Ill speak for Chris.. RE Is there enough time to prepare for each stage in a staff reset match? sure.. if shooting in the AM, then walk stages the day before. or if shooting in the afternoon, then during the morning session. either way find an empty bay and ask the RO if you can walk the stage. Do not activate anything. Once a squad starts to show up get off the stage immediately. You can also watch other shooters run their plans.. and borrow the best. anyway you slice it it doesn't have anything to do with how the stages are reset.

well.. NO one working there does it for money... we do it because without us it wouldn't happen - and we benefit from the other sections in our area doing the same allowing us to just shoot. It is a great deal IMO. well worth the little bit of extra effort. and the entry fees haven't gone up for staff reset. free entry + c. $120-$180 is plenty to work for 2 days. hell, I sacrifice a full day of work once a month to set up for my local for a $15 credit I didnt need.. lol. Its just what you do - rain, shine, heat, suck it up buttercup. Its the MD's that REALLY put in the time that deserve the praise.

4 minimum.. and you get a breaks during squad walkthoughs..