oldcurmudgeon

I want to get a modified choke tube for my Winchester SX2, but don't want to order the wrong thing. I see Cabela's lists tubes for "Winchester/Weatherby/Mossberg." Are these the same or is the SX2 something special?> (I searched the forums, but didn't find an answer) Thanks

Carl distributed a copy of the IPSC A4 target. I made a .pdf file of it, just in case anybody needs that format. Target.pdf

I have a 25' travel trailer that I pull with my 3/4 ton Suburban. I used to have a half-ton with a higher rear end and it just doesn't cut it in the mountains. Just about everything in life is a trade off. Last year I took our trailer to the Area 1 match near Puyallup, Wash., the Idaho Glock Championship and a couple of matches at Albany, Oregon. Except for Idaho, I was able to park on the range. My 25-gallon fresh-water tank and 40-gallon wastewater tanks were more than adequate. I have a Honda generator so power is never a problem. (My idea of roughing it these days is having to use the generator to power the satellite TV receiver.) The best part was the camaraderie at the Area 1 match at the Paul Bunyan club in Puyallup. I met a great bunch of new friends. My wife and I drove from Oregon to Phoenix for the Río Salado Area 2 match and did NOT pull the trailer (we're retired so time isn't an issue). I think we saved money by staying in motels, but I'm not sure. RV parks aren't cheap these days, although you can spend the night in the parking lot of most, but not all, Wal-Marts while on the road. Comfort and cost increase with size. Mobility and gas mileage of the tow vehicle decrease as the size of the RV increases. The larger the vehicle, the more attention you have to pay to such details as changing lanes on the highway, access to fuel pumps, campground spaces and going down roads where there's no place at the end to turn around. Motor homes, unless you pull a vehicle or have a mobile friend, are a problem since you cannot easily move to go the store, match stages, etc. Truck-mounted campers have the same problem. I wouldn't purchase a trailer just for matches, but ours is used for other purposes as well. Good luck

When this method is followed, every shooter contributes equally to setup and tear down and there's no problem with helpers and non-helpers. Moreover, it allows those of us who are still super-seniors after 1 January to contribute equally to the task.

Drawing for slots today, no?

I cannot find in the 2008 rules a definition of "ricochet" but the word appears on 9.5.5 in terms of scoring. Before assuming that "We all know what ricochets are, consider the following. The case it point: Last Saturday, I shot a match where plastic barrels were used as hard cover. One shot grazed the barrel and was slightly deflected and tumbled - but hit the scoring area of the target and was clearly the hole caused by a single, intact bullet. The RO claimed it was a "ricochet" and shouldn't count. I pointed out 9.1.6.3 9.1.6.3 If a bullet strikes partially within hard cover, and continues on to strike the scoring area of a paper target, the hit on that paper target will count for score or penalty, as the case may be. Arguably, any bullet striking "partially within hard cover" will be deflected to some extent if that hard cover is any more substantial than paper. Are those to be considered ricochets? We get into other murky areas. On a stage I RO'ed, one shooter had some handloaded tumbling jacketed bullets that left no grease mark. Should these be counted as misses under 9.5.5? I like Troy's statement as to intent, but being anal retentive, I'd like to see it stated more clearly. Additionally, as a former editor of the written word, I'm bothered by "...unless there is visible evidence"within the remnants of the hole (e.g. a grease mark or a “crown” etc." Evidence of what? Might it be better if it said "evidence of passage of an intact bullet?"

Note that ther above post apparently does NOT refer to the Tri-County Gun Club at Sherwood, Oregon where we have three-gun matches, but not as described above.

Just to keep things simple for newcomers, I would avoid adding yet another meaning of the word "standard" since we already have "standard exercises" and"standard division."

It seems that in Range Commands, "Load and make ready" has changed to simply "Make ready." (8.3.1) I didn't see this change mentioned in the "differences" document. Or did I miss something?

Well, it's actually spelled grammar.

Aw, shucks. I thought I'd be fired, though, that morning I left my gun in the hotel room and had to run back for it. A great bunch of folks we had, indeed.

I put together a quick and dirty web site with some snapshots of the match See:http://www.duckswild.com/riosalado/ Time to hit the sack.

I booked this for my wife and myself (since we're building Best Western points). I think it's called Superstition Springs, however.