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I shoot a Glock 17, the front sight only goes in one way. One screw, in and out, no adjustments, takes all of a couple of minutes to change.

Are modifications or changes to your sights OK after a match has started? Suppose a match has a low or no light stage, can I take my front fiber optic sight off the gun and put a night sight on just for the low light stage. Then after I have completed the low light stage, put my fiber optic back on for the other stages?

I agree it doesn't really say exactly how many for the 9mm. My forensic research found a picture of it: http://www.dawsonprecision.com/CategoryPro...TS:DP+Base+Pads The DP catalogue has the same wording. Couldn't really find anything else on the web. Glock Talk search engine is temporarily not working due to new website. Call DP, I'm sure they will tell you. Sorry I couldn't help more.

link won't work and I can't figure out the part #

Which DP part # are you looking at ? Some extensions don't add any extra rounds. They are only used to extend the grip on small carry guns so that your fingers aren't hanging off in the air.

I have been shooting IPSC and IDPA for a few years now and am curious as to what other shooters think of the IDPA vs IPSC way of scoring a match.

I just had a delivery from Atlanta Arms: 9mm 147gr JHP reloads $167 + 15 shipping for a case of 1,000.

Thank You to the last 2 posts. That is all I was trying to say. And, as far as the wide hip deal... I assume that is why "footnote 2" to this rule exempts women from meeting this 3/4" requirement. Women typically have wider hips in relation to their waist so the gun sits out further from their body. But what if you are not a women and have a build like this... that is gender discrimination and leads me back to why I feel the holster rules need a lot of work in order to be practical.

And again, that is not what the rule says (see rule above), but your interpretation. Your interpretation is very logical and makes sense, but it is your interpretation. I have stood on a COF and a range officer has stood there and looked at my holster and said that as long as any part of the gun is within 3/4" I am ok. Now this is his interpretation, is very logical and makes sense, but not what the rule says. And because this specific rule is vague you have everyone applying it differently. If you are going to have a 3/4" rule for the location of the gun in relation to the body, why in the world are there 2 more rules - the "daylight" rule and the "offset belt loop" rule.

Exactly.

Without touching the gun or the body. Is the "Without touching the gun or the body." your interpretation ? Please let me know if I am missing some official rules interpretations. The rule says: I. Must hold the firearm positioned on the body so an object of ¾”width cannot pass between the shooter’s body and the inside of the firearm when the shooter is standing straight and upright.² ² NOTE: Female shooters are exempt from this test. I have had other RO's offer their own interpration of the above which is different than what you think it means, hence my original comments on the rule.

There was a thread on holster requirements a month ago. I also was trying to determine if my Fobus holster was OK or not. After a lot of conflicting responses I sent IDPA an email (below) and no one has ever replied to me. I personally found the rules, vague, contardictory and subjective. *********************************************** My email to IDPA : 1-25-07 I just started shooting IDPA and am confused as to the holster requirements. I have received conflicting opinions from people that shoot IDPA. I have a Fobus for my Glock 17 and am simply trying to determine if it is OK for IDPA. First of all, the Fobus has two ways to mount on a belt. One set of slots is offset +- 1/4" from the back of the holster. The other inner slot is outside the holster but right up against the back of the holster. The wording of the rules is confusing. Section F. says, "you can have no offset backpieces and/or belt slots." Then proceeds to show two holster pictures both with offset belt slots one being legal and the other not being legal. The bigger offset being not legal. In my opinion, any belt loop that is mounted outside the holster is by function and design, "offset." If I mount the belt through the slot closest to my body I think I pass the “daylight rule” Yet another rule says: "I. Must hold the firearm positioned on the body so an object of ¾”width cannot pass between the shooter’s body and the inside of the firearm when the shooter is standing straight and upright." This seems like a very subjective and difficult rule when you consider that clothes alone can easily have .75” of play in them. One person told me that as long as any part of the firearm was within .75” it was OK, and another person thought that no part of the firearm could allow an object of .75” to pass through. This seems rather absurd because I know that I could easily slide a .75” wood dowel through anyone’s firearm and body. Any advice or interpretation would be appreciated. ****************************************

7-Upuzzler It says to start with a 3 or 4 digit number. It doesn't require but suggests to use different digits. If you use the same digits to start i.e. 222 or 5555 this will not work because when you perform the first reorder and subtract you will have 0 as an answer. Years ago when I was an auditor and had to run long adding machine tapes to verify totals in computer print outs or manual spreadsheets, if you adding machine total did not tie out to whatever the total was that you were trying to verify, the first thing that you would do would be to calculate the difference and if the difference was divisible by 9 odds were you transposed a number when you entered into the adding machine. A transposition or even multiple transpositions in a series of additions is always divisible by 9. 69+72+73=214 96+72+73=241 difference =27 which is divisible by 9 69+27+37=133 difference=81 which is divisible by 9

I just installed front and rear green/green meprolights on my G17. I am very unimpressed with the light intensity. After looking at other peoples pictures of Meps and Triicon etc on line I was expecting them to be much brighter. Pictures that were posted on line by other setups had these glowing in daylight. Mine show absolutely nothing in daylight and in the darkness are barely illumintated. Do you think that there is something wrong with mine? ... or is that all there is.