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1. As a new shooter I agree the course designs with the retreating are intimidating. What works for me is talking to people during the walkthrough to get their advice on the safest way to do things vs. the fastest way. When walking a stage and everyone talking about a "180 trap" it feels counter productive to me. I have more of an issue with the intentional "180 traps" in course design. Should there really be gotcha's in a sport where safety is paramount? That being said I get people want a competitive environment and interesting course design. I have been shooting for a few months so I don't have a comparison, but to me its about who are you designing the stages for? Is it for competitive shooters or the more casual participant? 2. We fly through taping and call it out to the scorer. We do have shooters who want to approve and those who don't care as much. It is definitely to make sure we get out of there by 2PM when its 100 outside.

I wouldn't hold your breath, but you never know.

They are just jealous, and probably asking you to record their run as well.

I have not come across someone actively using one, which is usually not a great sign.

I agree, they should have their own unique setup. I think it would be more interesting for those participating and the spectators. You can keep a similar theme as the pistol matches but extend a few things out to push people to balance speed vs. accuracy.

I like the idea of a trial period for 2 years. You could set a simple guideline where if participation goes up by XX% then it stays. Then those that want the rule to stay can try and recruit people into the sport more (a good idea generally) or convince those in our locals to give it try again.

It looked like in the video the final combo was the flattest.

It is just preference and practice. I think lower makes it easier when first transitioning from irons, but with enough dry fire it doesn't matter all that much long term.

It comes down to quality control which is what you pay for. I'm sure every manufacturer runs into issues from time to time. Those I have met with an Atlas tend to enjoy them but they were not using a Chaos. I think with the semi-custom manufacturers you have to have an open gun, similar to a car company having a Formula 1 car. It pushes the envelope and the tech trickles down to your other products.

5 MOA seems to be the preference of everyone I chat with. However, I use a 2.5 DPP and love it. Everyone seems to have their preference, and then it comes down to practice.

Federal Syntech, Atlanta Arms

People are pretty good about telling you what they want by their actions. Everyone going to CO, it probably because shooting optics are fun and you don't have to reload as much. You are not going to add optics to production but you can increase the rounds. Just let people use 140mm mags (which most get from the factory) and have fun. The point of all of this is to make it easy and fun to participate. Anytime you are doing something that do not meet those goals then it should be examined.