HoMiE
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There are no photochromatic lenses that will work with auto glass and in my experience photochromatic don’t get dark enough when it’s sunny and then if you go indoors they are stay too dark. I now have 3 lenses, dark, Amber prism for overcast, and clear for low light or dark shady lighting.
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47 minutes ago, StealthyBlagga said:
It seems the AR versions of trigger don’t have nearly enough engagement of the disconnector so the sear doesn’t catch on hammer hooks.
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6 hours ago, AHI said:
Who maid your case gauge?
The reason I ask I have a Wilson that ammo passes ammo that fails in a JP.
Not all case gauges are created the same.
Case gauges are usually made to what the max saami spec is while a chamber may be cut to minimum saami spec. And then your reloading dies maybe cut somewhere in between and thus the issue that you are experiencing. You could use that cerrosafe alloy and cast your chamber to find the exact dimensions and find a suitable reloading die or have one made.
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I have a rifle that won’t take my reloads either. Had to use the RCBS small base dies which size cases slightly smaller than typical dies and then rounds will chamber.
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I’ve only broken a blitzkrieg buffer.
I carry spare firing pin but have never broken one. Also carry spare extractor and springs.
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3 hours ago, NickBlasta said:
5.2.4 tells you what you can use to carry magazines. You can use your pouches /after the start signal/ (which means it's still relevant) if allowed by the WSB. So you can have a "mags staged on barrel" stage where one can stow magazines after the buzzer, meaning 5.2.4 is relevant. 5.2.4.1 lets you use pockets. 5.2.4.2 allows you to use your hand. So you have three places you can put a magazine and the holster is not one. This is unrelated to where the gear is placed, if you stuffed a magazine down the back of your shirt you would still go to open even though the magazine is at the small of your back.
This is the difference letter of law vs spirit of law. People have become so ingrained in Production that you can’t do something unless it says you can do it that they take every situation literal. That’s how we got another rule that says you can take a Barney mag from front pocket, you can’t do that after the buzzer however. I’ve had someone try to bump me to open for doing that in the past as well.
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8 minutes ago, NickBlasta said:
Because you are only authorized to use specific things to retain magazines, your pouches (or pockets) and your hand. A holster is neither, it would be the same as balancing the magazine on the brim of your hat or sticking it in your armpit. Where it is in relation to the hips isn't relevant in this instance
Since the OP had 2 scenarios were the divisions also have restrictions put in place by appendix E3, the location of storing comes into play. Again, the storing of magazines in retention devices is only applicable if starting from that position before buzzer. Say if I dropped a mag and picked it up and held in hand or out in pocket, I would still need to make sure it goes behind hips. Shouldn’t make a difference if the stage makes you start with all your mags on table or elsewhere.
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6 hours ago, Acer2428 said:
Third'd.
I got into PCC comp as training to run a rifle, which runs (generally) 30 rd mags. I run larger ones now to stay competitive.
I’d vote against putting mag limit in pcc. Reloading with a pcc is not that same as reloading With a rifle mag. Mandatory reloads in classifiers are going to make you have to practice reloads anyway.
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1 hour ago, motosapiens said:
or a pocket behind your hips,..... not sure why a holster is different than a pocket.
As long as it was behind the hips, I don’t see what the problem was. I have grabbed mags and stuck them in between my belt and body before. I think the mags must be in retention applies to when mags are in retention devices before the buzzer. Different situation if you have to have all mags on table and grab them after start.
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Just now, nasty618 said:
Doesnt say anything about which apparel item it must be. What if i place the mag in the pocket of my button up shirt?
Then it would be forward of your hip bones if those divisions have equipment requirements.
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So I do some drills occasionally for practice and to work on standard type shooting fundamentals. It occurred to me that I could just make the various strings stages and set them up using the PractiScore app on my phone. I entered the string descriptions as the stage briefing and it makes practice so much easier and I don’t have to worry about forgetting to bring scoresheets or have them blow away in the wind. When I got out and do the drill another day I just clone the match and enter that days score. Easy peasy.
Here are are some of the drills I do
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Instant feedback with a dot. PCC red dot not really going to help pistol skills, it will probably raise your classification higher than you current pistol ability.
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I would ask What’s the average target distance going to be and then adjust my zero for that distance. With a 100 yd zero, your typical uspsa target distance holder overs are about the same, you would be almost 4” high at 50yds. Out to 200 yds you’re going to have to hold more than 18”.
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3 minutes ago, ChuckS said:
2.3.1.1 b. The declaration of a Forbidden Action cannot be used as a means of compelling or limiting competitor movement within a course of fire (e.g., to prevent a shooter from “cutting the corner” on an L-shaped shooting area). Except as provided in Rule 1.1.5.1, a course designer wishing to compel, or limit competitor movement must do so using target placement, vision barriers, physical barriers or off-limits lines.
That said, all barriers go to the ground (unless stated in the WSB), so what should be done if someone does the under the wall roll?
Current rule book has no penalty that you can just assign or give out. Most shooters understand the rule from ground to infinity, therefore you can’t go under or over wall. Course designer could build the wall so it was not advantageous to go under or could use off-limit line behind area of wall so now you could apply a procedural for going into the off-limit area. That seems like it would suffice not abusing the forbidden action at level 1 match. As for using your foot to hang off wall, since that wire to keep pigeons isn’t allowed, you’d have to build it so they can’t or grease it up so they won’t do that.
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12 minutes ago, DKorn said:
So am I allowed to duck underneath walls?
There is no rule that says you can’t. The rules simply state the walls that are 5’9” or higher are meant to go from ground to infinity. So if a competitor where to do that for whatever reason, you’d have to deem it a forbidden action and say you can’t do it and give a reshoot. If you don’t want someone to go under or be able to use the lower edge of a wall for support, then don’t build it that way.
This came up last year too.
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3 hours ago, Sarge said:
I can read the rule you quoted all day but can’t find where the solid plane only pertains to shooting.
So, here’s the thing. I’m not trying to argue but I am saying the rule should actually say what you imply it is saying so everybody can be on the same page. I hav talked with some RM’s who say it was fine while other RM’s say they would not allow it. THAT is the problem.
USPSA rule book is based on the premise of freestyle. Most of the rules are things you can’t do. If it doesn’t say you can’t, then you can, plain and simple. You can’t give out procedurals because that wasn’t the intent of your stage design. If you don’t want people hanging off walls to shoot, simply move the wall away from fault line or use a wall that goes completely to ground.
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9 hours ago, Lucreau said:
Which raises the question I asked already. Does it give significant advantage. And if it’s written that the walls go to floor, how are you going to get your foot under a wall that is supposed to meet the floor.
Ground to infinity only applies to shoots.
2.2.3.4 All such barriers are considered to represent a solid plane and are considered hard cover unless designated as soft cover (see 9.1.6). Shots cannot be fired though the barrier except at designated shooting ports or other designated openings. Any hits that result from full diameter shots fired through a barrier except through a designated port or opening will not count for score and if a steel target is knocked down it will be considered REF and a reshoot will be ordered.
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9 hours ago, Sarge said:
Can you reference that rule please? I can’t seem to find it. Thanks!
1.1.5 Freestyle – USPSA matches are freestyle. Competitors must be permitted to solve the challenge presented in a freestyle manner, and to shoot targets on an “as and when visible” basis. Courses of fire must not require mandatory reloads nor dictate a shooting position, location or stance, except as specified below. However, conditions may be created, and barriers or other physical limitations may be constructed, to compel a competitor into shooting positions, locations or stances.
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38 minutes ago, Lucreau said:
Yeah, why have written rules
That rules only applies for vision and shooting, not for using as support.
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1 minute ago, Lucreau said:
Although walls go completely to floor, and from what I’ve gathered in this thread, gaining significant advantage from it?
If you don’t want a competitor to be able to use wall then build it go to the ground.
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Most of the sections I have shoot will hold points or qualifier matches then award slots based on the participation slots received from USPSA. Ask your section coordinator about policy.
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Maybe it has to do with JHPs fragmenting more. Never been to indoor range where I couldn’t t shoot a particular ammo.
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1 minute ago, ChuckS said:
I'm going. It will rain.
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4 hours ago, rowdyb said:
I know him in real life and have shot together for a few years. He's got heat handled.
Seems like every National or Area event has some weather issues, wouldn’t doubt if UT has a heat wave that week.
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