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I mean, this one might have reached its full potential anyways. Why not just lock it up? What else is there to be said?

For the fall on the hammer test, just hit the hammer with an actual hammer. Hold the gun and straight up use a hammer to hit the hammer.

The victim here wasn’t shooting. It wasn’t his gun. He was a “bystander”. Are you going to show up at matches or ranges where a similar gun is or might be used?

was the hammer cocked? Does anyone know?

Really?

Didn’t realize what this was about originally.

Didn’t realize what this was about originally.

So, I want to be careful on how and what I say. For a couple of reasons. First, it's easy to criticize when you're spectating. Meaning not out there working. Monday morning quarterback. Second, it's difficult to get across true thoughts and feelings thru text. Lastly, I'm still new and inexperienced with USPSA and nats. This was my 4th year and my 2nd Nats. That may be why I feel the way I do about things. I may not know any better? Saying all that, I'll give my thoughts. I think Nationals should be a bigger deal than any other match. That means stage design/quality, prizes, trophies, atmosphere. It's easy to say "XYZ needs to be better at Nats" but not offer how or why. I'm worried I may be guilty of this a little. Some just want to be critical to be critical. I'm trying not to do that. So, back to what I was saying. If you're gonna offer trophies and prizes, I'd like to see them be a big deal. What's a "big deal"? Yeah, that's based on opinions. Look at the prizes and the trophies given out over all the national matches. Were they equal in quality or value? If not, why? Are some divisions looked at more favorably or as more important than the others? Why? I think most would agree that match quality, stage design is most important for any match. Prizes are cool but we all know that any prizes won is won at a deficit, but we see a lot of shooters enjoy getting something really big/expensive. Nobody cares about winning a cleaning kit but just about everyone wants to win a gun! Trophies are another interesting issue. A lot of people say they don't care and maybe they don't, but a lot of people do! If you win a trophy that says you were the best shooter at the national level, wouldn't you want it to be an indication of that achievement? I thought the match itself was good! I had a great time. I'm not dissing the prizes table or the trophies either. Just thinking out loud.

So, for me, it's a weird situation. No, the prize table doesn't affect my decision to shoot or not. I'll try to say this as neutral as possible. In some things, the effort put out, speaks volumes. If there's little effort that means it doesn't matter(to that person). If it doesn't matter, then why do it? I think Nationals should be a big deal. In my mind a big deal should appear and look as if it was a big deal.

"Sponsorship" is an interesting topic. It means many different things and might also mean nothing at all. I know of at least one person that was 100% not sponsored by anyone, in any way.

Well,..... While what I want to say is not terribly rude or critical, if I say it, it will probably get this thread locked up. So,....

Christian got a Honcho. Race gun might have just got more expensive stuff from the sponsors of that match. There was a lot of stuff, lots of guns, on the table at Factory gun. The bullets was the best/most money for me. It's 100% something I'd use. I skimmed the table but that looked to be the most valuable thing. I saw on the CO table.

Yup!

I was asking? I got a $1,000 Blue bullets cert! Which I'm pretty stoked about!

Hmmm. Think maybe race gun had a better prize table than factory?

Yeah. "universal" really isn't universal. Very good way to actually ruin sights(the ones being installed). I've got the same one that was linked. It's ok but can ruin sights by being just a little off on the angle of force and still forcing the sight in the dovetail. If that happens, the softer part (sight) can be bent/mared. Just go slow and try to avoid this.

That stinks man. I liked those. Yes. Henning Walgren posted and said he liked the new classifiers. Jake commented that it won't be one.

Fixed time will not be one. They've already said it won't.

Stage 2 was easy ofnyounhad the right plan. I did not. Shoot two targets from the start stick. Then go to one side and shoot everything you see except the furthest target (which will be the first target as you come in on the opposite side). Hwansik posted this and I think it was the best plan. It eliminated skipping over tragets on the left and rgith side of the stage. Stage 3 was an awesome stage with tons of options. I would love to have both of them back.

You'd be surprised on how much time is not gained by simply moving from point A to point B faster than the next guy.

I doubt it. At least for not limited.

Nils.took 4th place shooting minor. With his plastic gun

Ha ha. That's funny. Nils is a freaking beast. Very impressive!

I'm very impressed with Mason Lane. He won shooting a 320 in .40. He also got 2nd in production. Another great shooter!

What a difference a year makes. Didn't mean to derail this thread.