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I don't see the California Prop 65 stickers on it so there goes a lot of your market right there.
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Name calling is going to get this thread closed.
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On 11/13/2019 at 2:01 PM, kurtm said:
Secondly the joy of "shotgun" started its demize in 3-gun about the time we got away from the idea of testing it's social use! It has morphed into "Tactical bird and rabbit hunting" or "Combat 5 stand" when we started using bird shot instead of buckshot, and started changing targets to pipes, clays, tiny plates etc, and growing round count to idiotic levels which emphasized loading it began to drag it all down.
Amen!
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34 minutes ago, Icecoast said:
I figured these two combined would be my best option but was trying to get out of buying $20 basepads for $10 magazines.
Yeah, I try not to think about the $$$ I spend on stuff like that because I really DON'T want try to make sense of it
Apex makes some pads that are a little heavier and don't quite cost $20 each ($15 maybe?)
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Your own quote contains this rule:
" R. Aftermarket magazine base pads may be used provided they do not make the magazine weight more than 1.00 oz. over the same capacity factory magazine."
So if someone makes a basepad for the magpul mags you'd be fine so long as you don't weigh more than 1 oz over the same capacity factory setup when you are done.
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39 minutes ago, Igloodude said:
This may be a dumb question (so, I'll ask it
) but in a circumstance where accuracy is that much more important, is cocking the hammer an option? I have a 625 with a very smooth double-action pull and a crisp featherweight single-action pull, and I have enough thumb to get the hammer down fairly quickly if needed. That said, I'm a D-level shooter that just shot my 625 in a bunch of classifiers last weekend for the first time.
My wife used to do this (until she voluntarily had a gunsmith despur the hammer) and it helped her out at first. She doesn't have a lot of hand strength and that double action pull took some getting used to even on midrange or small targets. Finally she graduated to pretty much only using it on further targets and we started to notice that she did worse on those targets when she thumb cocked the hammer. All in all I think it was a convenient crutch in the beginning that became a liability later on.
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1 hour ago, Arlin said:
Don't forget about Rule 5.4 E. You can be disqualified for discharging your firearm at anything other than a target. Just throwing two shots downrange would follow this as far as I am concerned.
So you are saying you'd count the berm as "anything other than a target"? Hopefully all of our shots are impacting a berm so I'm not seeing the logic here.
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From the Hate Forum rules:
"• If your hate rant has to do with shooting then it needs to be directed towards yourself."
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1 hour ago, hyasuma said:
hmmmm
As I've already stated, drop the politics. Yes, someone brought it up. No, we arent going to continue down that path.
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Lets keep the politics out of this so the topic can stay open.
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I bought a Hornady 38 special size die and my bulged 38 Short Colt brass was cured.
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6 hours ago, rowdyb said:
In the pcc match one stage was prone on strong side, the other was prone on weak side. You could not be flat on your belly like normal prone or procedural. Shoot over the top and ftdr. The stick we shot under was about 10" off the ground. And yes, you also could not get any lateral movement due to the limitations of the cover lines.
Picture yourself standing, put the pcc on the top of your shoulder and then take aim straight into the sky. Now do that on your side and shoot. That was how most people ended up.
Let alone the utter BS of shooting targets where the SO called your hits (silently!!!!) on a non reactive, non restoreable target and you had no idea your score until you stood up. Extremely poor.
For some people taking the ftdr or the pe was much better score than struggling to do it right. Which means the stage is even more dumb, if a ftdr yields you a better score....
...and this was a "national" match? Wow.
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13 hours ago, ysrracer said:
I finally cracked my neighbor's wifi,
Yeah, I completely misread that as "wife" instead of "wifi"
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John will be missed.
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My least favorite aspect of Bug-R is:
QuoteE. Be loaded to the division capacity of no more than 5 rounds in the cylinder.
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2 hours ago, swordfish said:
It's not ICORE.
Well that changes things as far as scoring. Still sounds fun.
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The concept is really similar to the all steel stage we've run at the Arizona State match for a few years and, from what I could tell while running the stage, most seemed to enjoy it. With ICORE being straight time I'm not sure you could call a target that nets you -40 seconds a "bonus target". Now if we did stage points... well that's a gripe for another thread. Either way I've shot a version of that stage (if not that exact stage) at your match and it was fun.
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10 hours ago, eggman said:
Anything by Jon R. Lansdale who wrote the Hap & Leonard books but his other books are great .
Joe R. Lansdale is a great writer. I was bumbed when they cancelled the Hap & Leonard television series.
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38 minutes ago, Alaskan454 said:
Unless you were working as staff, you had to shoot one per day.
That sounds reasonable.
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19 hours ago, pskys2 said:
I've never bought the practice run is an advantage.
A practice run sure could help with max traps, swingers and other moving targets.
1 hour ago, Alaskan454 said:What we did at my regional match this year was allow a second gun at half price but only one was declared for prize table since you walked in the order of finish. You also had to shoot your prize table entry first on every stage. No "practice" so to speak.
That's starting to sound more reasonable though I'd rather not squad with anyone shooting two guns. Maybe I've just been burned by some slackers who didn't want to help but I've had bad experiences with these two gun shooters. -
Even if the second gun is in a different division you already had a practice run and shouldn't be competing for prizes and/or placement with those who didn't get to practice the stages. How much or how little you paid the match organizers isn't relevant here; it's all about being fair to all competitors not who paid what.
In the event that someone does shoot two guns it should definitely be on a different day. I've been squaded with too many two gun wonders who spend all of their time dicking around with their gear and no time helping on the stage. No thanks.
All in all at "real matches" I'd rather everyone compete once for prizes/placement because taking a practice run at the event isn't my idea of fair. -
2 hours ago, Sarge said:
Or dry cleaning bags. They get wet inside and start clinging to targets. Also with dry cleaning bags you run the risk of other calamities. I got a box one winter from a dry cleaner and never opened it until summer time when it rained. Both sides were emblazoned with full color Christmas wreaths!
Match Theme: Christmas in July
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2 hours ago, Sarge said:
I always used the same until a match this year where they bought bags from uline. They were thicker and a shooter could just pull it up while another pasted then just drop it. I now think that’s the way to go.
I'm not sure if they were from uline but I've been at matches that had "nice bags" that were thicker and it was a lot easier (and faster) to reset a stage than with the cheap garbage bag covers.
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