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Since you’re in Ohio, here are some actual numbers for major matches in Limited: 2022 Buckeye Blast Championship 31/230 or 13.5% 3rd overall after CO and Open 2023 Buckeye Blast Championship 36/271 or 13.3% 3rd overall after CO and Open (based on current registrations)

Maybe we should just stop keeping score and everyone should get a participation trophy for trying their best.

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Happy to announce that Red Feather Outfitters will be supporting the Buckeye Blast as a Division sponsor. Red Feather Outfitters is an online retailer and also an onsite retail store at the Cardinal Shooting Center. https://www.redfeatheroutfitters.com/ Please visit Red Feather Outfitters for your shooting and equipment needs.

Happy to announce that Midwest Shooting Center will be supporting the Buckeye Blast as a multi-divisional sponsor! Please consider visiting and supporting MSC! http://midwestshootingcenter.com/lima/

I suggest investing in a certified mag gauge. https://www.egwguns.com/uspsa-mag-gauge

The match will be split into two zones of 6 stops each. Competitors will shoot one zone each half-day. One zone will have 7 stages and the other zone will have 6 stages + Chrono.

2023 Ohio State Buckeye Blast Registration | PractiScore Dates: May 4 - May 7, 2023 Location: Cardinal Shooting Center, Marengo, Ohio (near Columbus) The Cardinal Center Price: $200 (Active Duty Military and Juniors $100) No refunds after April 1st, at midnight EST. Refunds for credit card payments will have $10 deducted to cover Stripe fees. 13 Stages + Chrono 1/2 Day Format (Friday PM/Saturday AM or Saturday PM/Sunday AM) Friday PM: 1PM Saturday AM: 8AM Saturday PM: 1PM Sunday AM: 8 AM Great Food: Southern Bobby-Q Catering | White Plains MD | Facebook This Match will be STAFF RESET! Note: This will also be the location of the 2023 Carry Optics Nationals (June 23-25, 2023) and 2023 Iron Sight Nationals (October 6-8, 2023)

That is unfortunate. You’ve potentially denied competitors the opportunity to shoot challenging and fun stages simply because of your bias and your personal belief a stage is too hard. If the stage is compliant with the rules, the MD should not restrict competitors the opportunity to experience the challenge. The only way people get better is to challenge their capabilities, which should happen in both practice and matches. As an MD, I’ve run stages such as challenging fixed time stages that local competitors said they never knew were permitted. Those same competitors thanked me for exposing them to the additional challenge when they returned from an Area Match that included a fixed time stage. We only get better when we push our limits. It would be like saying a golf course designer should never design a course unless they themselves can shoot par on that course. I’ve met some great stage designers who aren’t great shooters. One is not dependent on the other.

Shooting clean and shooting clean at super fast speeds aren’t the same thing. Some stages may require more technical marksmanship versus speed shooting. Simply because a target is challenging, requiring the competitor to slow down to get their hits, doesn’t mean the course of fire is excessively hard. I’ve seen numerous times when a competitor, even the best, fail to respect the target resulting in a miss and/or a penalty. The competitors were more than capable of making the shot and shooting clean; however, failing to respect the specific difficulty of that specific target resulted in an unfavorable result. The fact that a competitor doesn’t slow down to make the shot isn’t the fault of the Match Director or Stage Designer. As long is the target presentation is within the limitations set forth in our rules, the targets are fair game. This sport is about speed, accuracy, and power. Sometimes accuracy is much more important than speed. Sometimes the opposite is true and sometimes a stage is more balanced. The best advice I ever received from a GM and that I frequently pass along is to respect every target for the shooting challenge it presents.

CMP (a very nice range) has a total of 15 pistol bays. Cardinal Shooting Center has 22 pistol bays (including 10 that are 50+ yards deep), plus another 8-10 small bays for function fire, vendors, etc.

Cardinal Shooting Center also has an on-site retail establishment including guns, ammo, equipment and supplies. https://www.redfeatheroutfitters.com/

A few very minor modifications to this stage could have made it much more interesting and eliminate the location/view debate.

Correct. The range will have 20-21 bays available for the match.

Once again - the rules are your friend. According to C2, calibration ammo should be between 115 and 125 PF. Generally speaking, most RM’s will tend to be closer to the lower end of the range. Thus, steel is generally calibrated closer to 115 or below. Accordingly, a competitor with ammo slightly below the PF floor of 125 should have no issues with properly calibrated steel.

Suggestion: If the manufacturers specifications fall below 135 then it should not be considered valid for this program. So if a competitor decides to use Federal Syntech ammo and properly declare match ammo, and properly follow the rules including providing a sample and being checked via Chrono, they should have different criteria than someone who loads their own ammo down in the basement on their Dillon 750? That is completely not reasonable. Now, if one thinks minor should have a floor of 135PF for all competitors, that could be a valid discussion. Also, one of the principles of our rule set is competitor equity. In short, all rules should apply equally to all competitors. Anyone who chooses to use match ammo is required to follow the exact same rules regardless of your name or sponsor. If you don’t want to worry about Chrono on match day, use match ammo and follow the proper procedure. Otherwise quit trying to stir up a controversy where none exists.

and declared PF has to be ten points over the 125 PF minimum. Except that is not what the actual rules say. If we just allow any variation of the rules that someone wants, we no longer have a sport governed by a rule set. All rules were followed to the letter. If you don’t like the current rules, contact your Area Director. Otherwise, this is a bunch of complaining and whining about nothing.

I encourage everyone to read the Competition Rules Appendix C3 in detail. A lot of the comments in this thread are not supported by the actual rules.

All competitor’s Chrono results are available on PractiScore for anyone who cares to take a look. This provides full transparency regarding all competitor scores for all stages.

The range will have 21 bays available for the match, which do not include any of the concrete sidewall bays used for public (non-USPSA) shooting.

Best bet would be to attend local matches. Many in Ohio to be found. When local ranges hold classifier matches, they are typically early in the season.

You’re right - I stand corrected. Making sure your mags fit the gauge is still important to do before arriving at a match.

A little bit of a tangent and just as a friendly reminder - the mag size limit is 140mm not 141mm. The size of the mag gauge being 141.25mm allows for some manufacturing variances over the 140mm. However, having mags too close to the limit may cause a competitor’s mag not fitting the mag gauge and getting a bump to open. Be careful and check your mags with an authorized mag gauge in advance.

For future purposes it sounds like a better positioned target would have minimized this issue.