Seth
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Take it from one who knows!
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Excellent! I had Matt do some bluing work on a slide a while back and the results were top shelf. Every full custom of his I've touched has been outstanding as well.
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Great gun. I put about 15k rounds through mine before I foolishly traded it away. It was dead nuts reliable.
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Except had you been running a USPSA stage, the RO would have seen clear and you would have dry fired. You self RO'd all the way to the end....
Again with those pesky rules...
8.3.6 "If You Are Finished, Unload And Show Clear" If the competitor hasfinished shooting, he must lower his handgun and present it for inspection
by the Range Officer with the muzzle pointed down range, magazine
removed, slide locked or held open, and chamber empty.
And yes, I realize it was a fun shoot, non sanctioned. The point is that the rules exist to prevent accidents. If followed there can be no accident because the pistol is presented empty, inspected by the shooter and RO and then dry fired and left inert.
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Again... this is simple. Go race ANYTHING. There's a tech inpection. Always.
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Why would they do that? The process is simple, redundant, and successfully prevents failures....... This is the perfect case. The shooter failed to clear the gun, got ahead of the RO and the rote application of "If clear, hammer down, holster" proved that the gun was hot. The shooter recognized the failure and fixed it. Its so ingrained that the we naturally do it.
You are an IDPA shooter, right? I don't see any room for deviation in their rules either:
C 18. Range Commands to be used in IDPA shall be:
H. Unload and Show Clear. I. Slide Down or Cylinder Closed.
J. Hammer Down.
K. Holster.
L. Range Is Safe.
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As explained in the story, I got ahead of the RO.
These days, When I am running shooters, in the stage briefing, I specifically make it a point that they cannot get ahead of me. I have also changed the command to 'Show ME clear', instead of 'Show Clear'.
I state to the shooter when he or she indicates they have finished the stage, "I see clear. Do you see clear?" and I wait for their confirmation they see a clear chamber. And then follow with, "Slide forward, hammer down, holster." Then, "We're clear. Bay is safe."
So much for the USPSA rulebook.
I don't shoot USPSA. And if it ensures safety of all present, then it should be allowed.
No. Safety comes from consistency. The rules in USPSA aren't written to allow for your interpretation. They're specific to prevent mistakes. If you follow the rules, the gun is empty, confirmed empty both visually and by dry fire.
8.3.6 “If You Are Finished, Unload And Show Clear” – If the competitor hasfinished shooting, he must lower his handgun and present it for inspection
by the Range Officer with the muzzle pointed down range, magazine
removed, slide locked or held open, and chamber empty.
Revolvers must be presented with the cylinder swung out and empty.
8.3.7 “If Clear, Hammer Down, Holster” – After issuance of this command,
the competitor is prohibited from firing (see Rule 10.4.3). While continuing
to point the handgun safely downrange, the competitor must
perform a final safety check of the handgun as follows:
8.3.7.1 Self-loaders – release the slide and pull the trigger (without
touching the hammer or decocker, if any).
8.3.7.2 Revolvers – close the empty cylinder (without touching the
hammer, if any).
8.3.7.3 If the gun proves to be clear, the competitor must holster his
handgun.
8.3.7.4 If the gun does not prove to be clear, the Range Officer will
resume the commands from Rule 8.3.6 (also see Rule 10.4.3).
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Yeah... nothing worse than national champs!!!
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In my opinion it does everything better and at least as fast. There are LOTS of threads about it, but a 6" with a lightened slide and 5" recoil system avoids the sluggishness that was a complaint a long time ago. Combine that with 20% more sight radius and its a no lose.
My 5" and 6" guns are basically identical. Same grip, weight, sights, trigger, magwell, ignition parts... even the same pistolsmith. From behind the gun it looks and feels identical, until you pull the trigger. The 6" gun is just as fast on the clock, shoots flatter and has less felt recoil.
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Why? Declaring ammo power factor is part of the game... more than that, its part of the scoring and a integral part of determining the speed and difficulty a problem can be solved. Hiding from the chrono in any way is disengenuous if you ask me. Frankly, I find it somewhat suspect that anyone would take issue with a chrono. Makes it seem like you have something to hide.
There's tech inspections in club level racing in all sorts of different sports. Its part of the gig.
Harsh? Perhaps, but if you wanna beat me, you gotta do it fair and square.
So, while I don't have a problem with it, I do think there are other, better ways that chrono could be handled at Level I matches.
Make it something like a charity event. Put down $5 at the chrono station. Guess what your PF is for the current weather conditions. Match gets to keep the number of dollars difference between the measured PF and and shooter's guess. Of course, encourage shooters to donate the money anyway. :-)
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I'm pretty sure I made a Lambo payment for Edward. I feel no guilt.
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Steve,
I'm on your side... but I'm still not giving them any more of my money!
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Gonna need some more parts....
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You're not supposed to look AT the 6", you're supposed to look DOWN it. And it does everything better than the 5.
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If you DECLARED major and submitted your scores to be counted (particularly the classifers) you should expect the possibility of being called on it. I think its a marvelous idea and completely fair. The local MD here did it off the clock and I watched several shooters go minor.
Then there were guys like me that shot a 181pf .40.
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I am NOT a hater. I simply refuse to be disappointed again by my childhood heros.
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Precisely....
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Virgil put a product out that was heavily tested. I know. I broke LOTS of them. The problems he has encountered have been issues of vendors not holding tolerance and parts not being perfect. Understand that Virgil don't tolerate that, which is why he's pulled the part and isn't selling more of them.
Blasting the man ain't right though. He's an innovator and one of the best gunsmiths on the planet. While others are fussing with tuned mags and long loads, the guns he's built for me run 100% out of ugliest mags with a shortest factory ammo money can buy. He's honest, reliable and a joy to deal with. I've spent THOUSANDS of dollars... I'm no fanboy. If the results weren't there, I'd have never gone back for another pistol.
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I've spoken to Virgil and they're working on retooling and bringing the entire process in house. I don't expect to see any new pieces for a few months.
As for falling apart at 700 rounds and being a waste , I don't believe a word of it. Virgil would stand behind his product absolutely. If you didn't call him, you failed.
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Steve, Like chris VH was the music of my childhood. Eddie was my first and biggest guitar hero. At 9 years old I had a VH guitar and knew all the songs. 1984 was released the next year.
Van Hagar was excellent in my opinion. 5150 and OU812 still stack up as two of my favorites of all time. I also had the the privilege of seeing them live multiple times during this era. Then came carnal knowlege.
But then it nosed dived something terrible and never came back in my opinion. The debacle of the reunion tour was heart wrenching. They were absolutely horrid. It ruined them for me and made it clear that another idol had fallen.
Purely my opinion of course.
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My immediate reaction was that it sounded just like VH and it was neither fresh nor matured.
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I sure would like to say I was wrong. But the new album is the old stuff with new words. The reincarnated van Halen never fails to fail.
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Put it in backwards and if it drops freely to the bottom its good. If the casehead doesn't hit the end, its practice ammo.
Tell me why I need a six inch please
in 1911-style Pistols
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Has NOTHING to do with that... Its all about what your eyes see.
20% more sight radius means that the the differentiation of the front sight in the rear notch provides far greater detail. It also pushes the front sight out further to help far sighted folks get a more crisp sight picture. The bonus is that it can provide a softer felt recoil.
As for the acceptance at a national level, Todd Jarrett has shot his pretty much exclusively when he's shooting L10/ Limited. Same for TGO. I shot Todds on his range for a while and was so amazed at the difference in shot calling that everything else was icing. Almost immediately after shooting his I ordered mine. With both a 5" and a 6", I can pick and choose. I shoot the 6" EVERY time. They're both full custom guns... hell the 5" is way fancier... but the 6" is better.
The difference is incremental, not overwhelming. Its not as if a 6" gun is going to take a B Granny and make them a GM Granny. That is on you.