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    RTS 2

    in Open Pistols

    Posted

    C-more is the gold standard?  It was the only standard, unless you wanted a Tasco or Aimpoint tube.  The adjustments were terrible.

    And any company can make mistakes - 4 times?  If you don't hire electrical engineers, I guess.

    TKW holsters

    in Gear & Accessories

    Posted

    I have holsters made by Doug - like everyone else previously mentioned, the quality is excellent, it fits well, the draw is smooth and consistent.

    He has been shooting competitively for a long time, and knows what competitors are looking for.

    One of the best made....

    Open / L-10 Nats Banter

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted · Edited by joer

    A view of the Nationals from a old timer

    Thanks to the RO`s and Staff,but where is the customer service, we pay alot of money to shoot and RO`s expense comes from that and we all volunteer to be there.

    We are told to tape and set steel plus set the moving targets,come on what else should we do,score and RO our self,(oh my god) if you said any thing,like are we at boot camp or what F###,you were told to shut up and you will be DQ,NICE but no thanks.

    This is wrong, we shouldn`t be taping targets,if you tape a target out of turn( a reshoot ),well if it was done with a miss or a no shoot,oh you are looked on as a cheater group or if you had a burning run and it gets tape,the RO won`t beleave the taper,so now it`s again,reshoot,as for steel setting and clam type movers,it`s not the same person setting,so it will and has not responded at the same timing,not fair,as some else said in this forum,charge more and pay some one to do that job.

    Where was a sighting range,oh ya, the chronograph area,well a steel target at 20 yds away,one person at a time with some one to watch you,with all the empty ranges there you would think we could be use one!!

    Here a good one for the chroney boys,what tool do you have that measures the chronograph that you use,I had to walk away holding my shorts---(165.2) holy moly,if my bullet didn`t weight 124.5 I would have not made it,funny when I left home the same load was at 169 to171 with the same model of chronograph and when I came home it was the same when I left,what`s up with this,in the manual it reads +or- .03% so why can`t the chrony boys give you that .03%,I know a few persons that when home not making it and when they tested the same rounds home it made it just fine,not a good system used.

    I could go on and on,I thought range was a great place and the rain was cool too, shooting in it was a really great test.

    We need to look at the way we do things and get back to the FUN and Excitment of what love doing and stop treating our shooters like dung.

    zman

    zman,

    If you haven't noticed this is a sport run by volunteers. there would not be any major matches without volunteers manning them. Believe me I would love to have dedicated tapers and steel setters but the cost would be outrageous. RO's are only reimbursed a portion of their expenses and at a lot of matches not at all. You know this reminds me of a competitor at this past nationals that when I said this was a volunteer sport responded with "I paid USPSA 500.00 to shoot not paint" When I told him that I don't get paid at all, his response was "thats your problem". Its disheartening to hear this when your working from 7:00am to 8:00pm running shooters for six days in the either the hot sun or pouring rain. Thank God its a very small percentage that act this way. The 98% that make up the rest are good people that appreciated our commitment to the sport.

    As for pre-pasted targets:

    Rule 9.1.3 Prematurely Patched Targets - If a target is prematurely patched or taped, prior to a Range Official determining the actual score, the Range Officer must order the competitor to reshoot the course of fire. However, if following the scoring of a target by any assigned Range Officer, the target is patched or taped by anyone other than a Range Officer, the score will stand as called regardless of the competitor’s opportunity to see the target in question and the competitor will not be permitted to appeal the score as called.

    Zman, if you think you can do it better than the rest of us. By all means be our guest, we're always looking for volunteers!!!

    ~John

    I had the same experience at the chrono - I do have a different model chrono - but I was at 169 consistently at home, and I checked my loads when I got back , almost exactly the same -169.5.. Yet I was 166 at the Nationals.

    I guess I don't see how the cost for tapers would be outrageous - 2 people per stage, dedicated - 36 people per day, even at $100 per, that is $10K for one match. 250 paid shooters? $40 per shooter - on top of the $275 fee? Doesn't sound outrageous to me.

    Open / L-10 Nats Banter

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    I don't understand something - I have talked to people who shoot overseas, and there, they have people who tape targets, and set steel. How much could it be, to hire two people per stage, to do that? $30 additional? It doesn't seem right to have competitors touch targets, and set steel, some of which gets set differently for each competitor. Some RO's say up front that they will set all the steel. Other's don't. I also don't get why on some stages, the last shooter is told he has to set all the steel and paint?

    Also, is seems as if the match was not advertised locally....Every restaurant that we went in, no one even had a clue that a US Nationals was being held, less than 5 miles away. At one place, my friend struck up a conversation with a guy who noticed our shooting shirts. The next day, he showed up with his two sons and wife. He was interested in shooting with his sons. It seems that it would be a good way to grow the sport.

    Why are JHP bullets popular

    in 10mm/40 Caliber

    Posted

    Couple of reasons that I know of personally.

    The closed base keeps the comp clean, that is a good thing. That is open gun specific.

    Biggest reason is accuracy. The bullet is more stable with the mass towards the rear of the bullet. I tried fmj and jhp in another caliber, thinking I could save money on the fmj and get the SAME PERFORMANCE (ie. ACCURACY).

    JHP load was on top of each other at 35yds....perfect. :goof:

    FMJ load was a circular group, 3-4inches at 35yds. Nothing changed except the bullet design. Not so perfect... <_<

    With my current .40 STI my FMJ loads group around 1.5inches at 25yds, so I have seen no need to try more expensive JHPs in .40 since it more than covers the accuracy I need for IPSC. I can stay in the A zone at 50yds all day long if I dont screw up, so I dont need them.

    Hope that helps a little......

    DougC

    2007 LIMITED NATIONALS - match underway

    in USPSA Nationals

    Posted

    So has anyone taken notice of that 6" slide atop TJ's gun other than TGO? Do I see a new trend in the coming limited season.

    6" slides in Limited have been around for years. It's a trend alright. I blame the evil temptations of Benny Hill for this situation :D

    Exept in this case, it is not Benny - Al Zitta of ZM Weapons crafted TJ's 6" slide....it is about a week old.....

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