kellyn

Why does asking questions about how to improve our sport always get called whining? I do my whining and crying in my beer that night after I shot the match. This is supposed to be civilized discussion. Respectfully Yours, The Mayor That's not a jab at you.. it's just "why worry about it?" It's an outdoor sport, there will be variables, there will always be variables.. sometimes for you, sometimes against you One time at Ironman.. we were shooting Stage 11.. almost everyone got through it.. then Bagakis shot.. it poured buckets on him.. I'm sure it cost him some serious points I think the same match.. TMC was shooting stage 6 ,, shooting under a car? A whirlwind came up.. you could no longer see TMC or the RO.. and no way could he shoot at anything.. and it was a small bay But it's not just wind or rain, all kinds of factors.. you can't mitigate them all For me the most fun stages are the 200-400 yard stages.. I wouldn't travel to short matches. Weather is just a part of it ETA - I have heard the occasional match rumor where squads were moved around.. so they wouldn't be affected by odd weather.. that is another thing entirely.. Our squad including the guy that took second place in TO shot stage 8 in pouring rain at the recent FB3G. None of our squad finished higher than 60% or so. It could have been the difference between winning and losing for the 2nd place guy. That evening we found out that the MD had called a cease fire due to the rain while we were shooting. Our RO's never got the message. Shituff happens the guy that got 2nd place never complained nor did anyone on our squad but it sure would have been nice to see the match winner and 2nd place shooter go heads up in the same match conditions. Same goes for Mr. Andersen. He shot that same match in one day in the sun a few days prior to the actual match. He eventually won by 6 match points or so. Wouldn't it have been a better competition if the winner and runner up shot the stages together? I'm not slighting anyone here but there are disparities. We don't get to choose when we shoot each stage. Its luck of the draw. I'm sure Mr. Andersen would have rather shot in two days instead of rushing through 9 stages in one day. One of the top Open division shooters recently told me that he makes sure to shoot with the other top guys in his division rather than squadding up with his buddies from TO simply because he wants to make sure the top guys shoot the same match. He definitely didn't want to win because he got lucky on the stage assignments. It sounded like a great idea and a very noble move. Other than the Texas stadium idea which doubds awesome the best suggestion sounds like having multiple long range stages spread out over the match, heck I am no MD which is why I keep asking these dumb questions but that would also seem to make the match flow more smoothly. You could shoot the stages in those awesome zones like IPSC does or like Larry did at FNH. Since it sounds like you are calling me out, I shot Stage 8 in less than ideal conditions as well. No rain but nearly dark and foggy so much so that the 300 yard targets were difficult to see - I believe I was the 3rd or 4th to last shooter on Day 1. I chose to shoot in near dark and fog as opposed to the forecast rain, probably a good call. Had I shot it in the rain, would that have stripped me of 34 match points knocking Rustin into 1st? Maybe. We will never know. Of course, I also won 2 stages on Day 2. Had I shot that in better conditions could I have won 3 or even 4 of those? Maybe. We will never know. But it the nature of the beast. Have I lost matches because I shot in worse conditions than the winner? Maybe. We will never know. Shooting outdoors will always bring these inconsistencies to the table. The best solution is to have super squads wherein all the top shooters compete together in roughly the same conditions similiar to the aformentioned Highpower matches wherein all the Master and High Master shoot on the line at the same time. Of course that invariably leads to complaints about super squads.

Does USPSA really even want Eric as a member???

I typically pack ammo that will not be readily obtainable at or near the match sight. This means slugs and rifle ammo are first. Second is pistol ammo. Then I purchase shotgun ammo on the way to the match at the nearest Walmart, Cabelas, Bass Pro etc. I don't ship shotgun ammo as it is readily obtainable. But I do scope out the area near the airport and the match to make sure that I will have backup ammo sources. I pack all 3 gun and magazines in a Pelican case and use a 5.11 Mission rolling duffle as my second piece of luggage which also carries my ammo. Then I fly with my Eberlestock Gunslinger as a carry on and rely on it as my shooter bag/weapons carrying bag at the match. I try to put anything heavy in the Eberlestock for the flight. Driving certainly allows you to bring more stuff but you definitely learn to shed unessentials when flying. BUT I don't think one could fly to IronMan using this system given the amount of ammo required. That would be a match where I would consider shipping ammo.

That was a great match, particularly well run especially for the first time. Great location, great ROs, great scoring, great prize table and great stages. I must say that Jim believes in AIMING. That match contained some of the more challenging target presentations: the infamous stage 9, stage 8, and of course the plate rack/USPSA poppers at 35 (or was it 50?) yards. I think we only got to hose 4 pistol paper and 2 rifle targets in the whole match! It was great how everyone pulled together to make it happen in some fairly difficult conditions. Spartan, indeed! Is it just me or has the pistol shooting in 3 gun become really challenging in the past year?

My first question would be: why a piston gun?

Iron sight answers Hope this helps Patrick Pat, you are my hero. And I used a same plane rear aperture. I am a "flipper" as I did flick the aperture on the clock depending on target presentations. My rear sight diameters were slightly smaller than those of a stock A2 sight, especially the ghost ring (0-200) aperture.

Try Hornady 155 grain AMAX bullets which is what my DSA FAL seems to like. Or Sierra 150 grain Match Kings. Mine has a standard DSA barrel and shoots around 1 MOA (5 shot groups), sometimes better. I always found the trigger to be the FAL's weakpoint, not the accuracy. I don't think they will ever be AR10 or supermatch M1A accurate although they are sure easier to scope than an M1A! I've seen some accurate FALS and some not so accurate FALs. In my experience, most shoot around 1.5 to 2 MOA. Also in my experience, they shoot significantly better with match bullets. I agree with the observation that one .75 inch 3 shot group does not an accurate rifle make!

2700 fps out of my JP 18 in.

I thought that having more than one sight put you into Open. I could well be wrong because not all competitions follow the same rules. More than one OPTICAL sight puts you in open. Most matches allow an unlimited # of iron sights in any division.

No doubt! I had to vote for Andy Horner with Travis and Kurt duking it out for 2nd.

The dominant Tac Optics sighting system remains the low powered variable. And I'm seeing more and more Swaro 1-6Xs at every major match but there are a HOST of good options. Sorry to those that love them, but the offset iron systems just don't seem to to make the cut against optics. The Dueck system appears to be the best set of offset irons but I still think that they are slower than simply shooting through your primary scope at its low setting. It seems to me that offset irons have three issues which offset dots don't have. First, they have short sight radius, although the Dueck gets all it can. Second, and more importantly, the rear sight seems to be too far from the eye which makes sight alignment more difficult. I think you look at the sight more than you can look through the sight. Finally, using them requires sight alignment unlike the dot/optic which is more "point and click." Barry sure runs his set up well though. But you simply don't see offset irons on many of the other winner's rifles. So if you want a Vortex, I would roll with a Razor or Viper. I would much prefer either to your current setup of an Eotech with magnifier.

It hurt. I at least take out Miculek, Cooley and Voigt.

What is this rifle for?

Not even in the same league!

At least I know you will have a zeroed rifle!

I can comment that I've broken two and I did not even shoot them that much.

I'm going to give you contradictory advice. You need to push yourself BUT don't push yourself over the ledge. know your skill set and avoid low percentage (for you) shots. Just because you see Taran mow down 6 half inch plates at 25 yards while running and looking the other way does not mean you should attempt to do so. I agree with the comments about knowing when to cut your losses. Having trouble with the 350 yard plate? Move on. I know it is EASY to get into a personal jihad against one pesky plate but you are there to shoot a match not that one plate. Cut your losses as opposed to shooting 30 rd at one plate. And of course, safety first. Muzzle and trigger finger awareness are the most two important thing to worry about. Fun is second in importance. and have a zeroed rifle!

This question again? Arent there 5,000,000,000 threads on this? You cannot possibly do well in three gun unless you have a Geisselle trigger that JP installs with platinum JP trigger pins and you need both a Swaro 1-6X and Leupold 1-8X in gold plated Warne mounts to even be in the top half of a club match. As for the Geisselle trigger being better than the JP? Perhaps. But my JP (installed in 2004 with no issues and A LOT of rounds over it) has done me pretty well.

If a match can score 3 guys wailing away at 50 clays at the same time, I think it is possible to score 1 dude wailing away at one clay at a time. I will bring up whatever charges that I see fit against you later. When are you back in AZ????

Daniel does not get to trounce on everybody in IPSC rifle. Unlike in American 3 gun, he does not have a 10-15% cushion which makes whether he is shooting major or minor irrelevant. In fact, the Americans (including myself and Daniel) got trounced pretty well when we last faced the Europeans. In retrospect, I would have given almost anything to have been shooting a .30 Gremlin at the Euro rifle Championships. There is A LOT more paper in IPSC and those paper targets go out to 300 meters unlike in the U.S. where paper pretty much stops at 100 or even 50 yards and steel takes over. Team America will have a real advantage if we have reliable major pf rifles with a reliable ammo resource when the World Shoot comes around. That being said, I am adamantly opposed to having major/minor in outlaw 3 gun. The last thing this sport needs is making rifles shooting super expensive ammo a necessity.

Eric, Eric, Eric (if that is your real name). I don't counsel anyone. My job is accusing people of stuff. And the STC makes a great example of how we CAN score flying clays. The ROs have to keep track of clay flying everywhere with 3 shooters going at it.

How is it that entire shooting sports (skeet, trap and sporting clays) revolve around busting aerial clay targets but we feel that they are too difficult or inconsistent to score? If flying clay is good enough for the Olympics, I think we can manage to score them them too. I am all for flying clay target presentations. We push the other 2 gun to their limits and potential, why not so with the shotgun. Plus flying clay are more fun to shoot than simply knocking over pepper poppers.

Where this can make a huge difference is if we ever have an IPSC World Rifle Shoot. Consistently shooting major pf will then become a BIG DEAL, even if it only gets you 2-3% better scores.

Sure it's adequate for BUIS BUT if you've gone to BUIS in a 3 gun match, you've already lost. I would definitely not use such a setup for Tac Iron. The ideal Tac Iron setup remains the same: high quality rear sight with an extended sight radius skinny front sight ideally mounted directly behind the comp on a 20 or even 22 inch barrel. I like the JP Lyman front sight with a post myself.

The poll does not allow for those who dabble in multiple divisions. But I will put on my Nostrodomus hat and say "What is the AR15 and Tac Optics."