Mr Glack

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Welcome to NROI and thank you for being a contributing volunteer for the sport! It started out as a personal volunteering requirement, but it has opened up a lot more aspects of the sport for me. Now I can't imagine NOT having done it.

It's a great idea. I've been pointing friends at it for a quick explanation of what I'm up to and why.

Glock ... when I'm not turning a wheel ... It's so reliable for me, and parts accessories are easy to find. I'm not a fast shooter so reliability is something within my control and means a lot to me not to loose time fussing with an equipment issue. Has all the capacity I need since I've been spending most of time in L6 these days, a 17 round mag is a ton!

I'm missing something I think. There's a fault line and someone goes past it intentionally to improve a score. What was the stage designer's problem using fault lines? +1 I count more good than bad with them.

I load N340 w 115 or 124 in 9x19 and get low variability on chrono with it. My loads are just under 100% of the available volume after seating the 124 gr bullet. I think this helps give consistent velocity. Clean burning too. Meters great in the 550B. I don't load 9mm to save money. I'm fine with a few extra bucks for good quality.

One of the photos looks like an old barn. Is it going to be restored and/or used as part of the range?

Thank goodness USPSA/IPSC is an inclusive sport. For me "practical" means shooting what I own; and improving my personal best. It's what attracted me to the sport in the first place. I started out in production and moved to revolvers and am working on improving my single stack shooting. Our club has dedicated matches for concealed carry (primarily production) and single stack! Even if these aren't the most popular divisions that doesn't mean you can't enjoy competing in them!! Have fun! Go out and enjoy whatever you own!!!

Missed this one earlier. For this case in point. If the No.1 shooter trades 1 second for 10 points (subtracts 1 second but incurs an extra penalty of 10) the hit factor improves. If however the last shooter does the same thing hit factor goes down. Depending on the balance of total time taken for the stage v the total points available (including penalties) the relative value of time v accuracy will vary. In this case Harmon would do well to trade 10 points for a savings of 1 second while Glenn would not. If on the other hand the reverse is done (increase time by 1 second in order to improve points by 10) Harmon's HF goes down while Glenn's improves. Just an observation. I think this is a tempting game to play, but convoluted thinking. The personal right answer is probably to improve both without sacrificing either.

You should check technique. Wife and I alternate guns for matches. She will have issues where I don't and vice versa. Same ammo (my reloads) doesn't seem to matter. With minimal gunsmithing Revolvers and Glocks are high on my list but I've competed with each and had issues with all except the Glocks (although my wife will). I've had mechanical issues with S&W and GP100 too! Before anyone says anything ... I can't win with the GP100, I know, I just love shooting it Besides, I'm into it for fun and "practical." I own it so I shoot it. There's a lot of good guns listed on this thread. I would recommend you spend a lot of time at the range with any gun you decide to carry. Gunsmith it if you need to / want to. If you can't get it to work for you, move on. Change technique (grip, stance etc.). This is where competition can be helpful for you. The stages tease out potential problems in situations you would not necessary discover in normal practice. For me, I have no problem with loosing a match with a gun I own and want to work with. The competition aspects of IPSC shooting helps me to be my personal best with that particular gun. Our club puts on special matches for ccw (Thank You). As you can also see from this thread, different people come up with different good answers for themselves. You're carrying it for a good reason. You owe it to yourself to come up with the most workable answer for yourself personally.

The 6th live one hits the ground with the moon clip during a change. I'm ashamed to be seen with a wheel gun when that happens. You'd think a man of my age could count to six by now.

Outstanding! Made my day. Thanks for sharing it.

Hmmm, time travel in a stage? That could be a problem. If the timer runs backwards, then the HF will be negative and you will give up more stage points the better you do. They may need to re-think this one... Anyone who's been there already care to share how the time travel thing works? And, how was the weather?

Welcome to a new dimension in shooting! Tons of information on this forum. Also check out the new competitor information via USPSA Home Page. See if a local club puts on a new competitor clinic. Good way to work into it safely. Unless you have money to waste, study first and go slow with the new gear. This is a fun sport. Do not forget to have fun! Enjoy the company of your fellow competitors! Safety First!! If you are serious about speed, don't worry about it at this point. Work on fundamentals and mechanics first. Practice and discipline will take you there the right way. You will find this forum can introduce you to many avenues of practice that can be used to build up speed with discipline. Speed with bad habits are blind alleys.

The Dillon is out in the garage. Bench on concrete floor. I've spent hours accounting for lost primers. Reload in batches of 100 (based on primer box count) so I feel pretty accountable when I'm tracking down the "live ones." Clean up with a cheap old broom instead of a vacuum. And, the bench chair doesn't have rollers. I'm not feeling so deprived now, just smarter than I knew. My better half was asking about the vacuum v live one... or Why the broom? Thanks for the answer... the easy way.

I use cleaning/antifogging safety glass wipes. As pointed out elsewhere there are various out there. Chills makes a good observation here. Keeping a gap for air flow really helps prevent the problem. Tight fitting safety glasses aggravate the situation. Also I've found hat brims can be repositioned a bit to help keep the air flowing behind my glasses.

Missoula is a little shy of 3200 ft altitude ... a bit up there from Coeur d'Alene (at 2150 ft) but hardly a record for even the lower 48!

Sorry Lee, but I'm going to have to disagree on both counts. The old "cup and saucer hold" my dad learned at the patrol academy is way outmoded. And the best revolver shooters all shoot with a very hard grip. Jim, it should not hurt. You should be able to shoot hundreds of major-power rounds at a session and stay comfortable. If you have Miculek grips (or any other wood grips) on the gun, I would counsel you to replace them with rubber Hogues. Otherwise, work with your grip until you find a pain-free hold that still controls the gun. Here's a couple pics taken a couple years ago of what I consider excellent technique from a shooter young enough that he hasn't developed too many bad habits: Wheels rock! These pics look about right. Wood looks better, but I have Hogues on both of my wheels and have never experienced discomfort with them. I'm going to try getting my right hand a bit higher on the grip after reading some of the other posts and looking at these JPGs.

Thanks for the link. When I voted it was running about 78,000 to 25,000 "NO" don't relate it to gun control. Cause for hope?

She didn't sweep the camera person when she tabled the 1911 either.

Thanks for the link Shred. That put it together for me! I'm convinced.

Several RO's (including myself) have noticed this same thing over the past couple of weeks (sun angle this time of year?). Unless the powder goes all the way down range to the target. I'm convinced this is the bullet. I just posted under little things I've noticed so I won't recant the whole story. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...mp;#entry543130 I think an RO has a better chance of seeing it than the shooter especially with a slight angle off the direct LOS. Sun has to be right. Jacketed bullet. and a .45 (large and slow). In my case the flight path was contrasted against hard cover. Wish I had a helmet cam running when it happened! The photos in this thread are great.

Funny you should say that. At our last match two of the RO's noticed that on one target the angle of the shot and the sun lighting up jacketed .45s you could actually see the bullet as a line going down range! The shooter would not notice this because of the focus and moving on to the next target apparently. Your point. This past weekend I was ROing for a new competitor clinic and caught this exact same effect. The sun had come out and the shot was lined up similar to the match discussed above. I was looking over the shooter's right shoulder at his trigger finger, but this put my eyes almost on a line to this particular target. Slightly peripheral. It was a lower half hard cover target and he put it in the black by about an inch. The flight path (glinting from the jacket) showed up great against the black hard cover background! I saw the round go down and make the hole! No s__t! I see Shred has some video that might be the same deal. Made my day at the range!

If you can't find the stick ons at a local drug store. You can get the stick on reading lenses from http://www.safetyglassesusa.com. Same manufacturer as described earlier. It's a very large site ... considering they pretty much only do safety glasses. When you get there search on "stick on prescription" should pull up a selection for you. This allows you to use your favorite shooting glasses and add the bifocal. You can also locate it to suit your taste and even have on one lense and not the other. Personally I have used prescription progressives and don't get much help and pretty much buy a good pair of bifocal (built in) safety glasses (tinted) from this web site. They have plenty of those too.

Voted with the highest ranking. The weird part is that I normally avoid that sort of thing like the plague. Guess I found my comfort zone.