[First LNL Failure]

Cleaning the built up crud out of the hole the primer falls down solved the primer pull-back issue for me, at least in the short term.

[Failure to tape is an FTDR?]

Airgunning is not allowed . Period.

PP1-B-j on page 16 of the rulebook.

[Failure to tape is an FTDR?]

The general attitude of this match is why USPSA shooters badmouth IDPA. Thankfully none of the IDPA matches I've attended throughout the northeast have any of this kind of attitude.

The procedural for messing up the stickers isn't unreasonable, IMO, but most of the rest is ridiculous. The 1st offense FTDR, 2nd offense DQ for airgunning or sight pictures directly contravenes the rulebook.

[Top Shot Season 2 - Episode 6]

Given the experience of some pretty high level IPSC shooters on Top Shot,and considering the risk of elimination that does not depend on shooting skill, the risk to professional and personal reputation, and the hugh time commitment, I have to applaud those who are willing to take this on, and don't at all blame those that don't.

I think I remember reading/hearing somewhere that that's why Matt Burkett didn't do it. Too much time and reputational risk, especially the first season, having no idea what the producers would do. I'm guessing Taran made the same decision, possibly with input from Matt.

[Is USPSA about accuracy?]

Weren't they all 3 Open shooters?

Send some Production/Limited shooters and they will probably fair a little better.

Probably why Blake did so well, was looking for the sight, not a dot.

Chris Tilley is also a GM in limited, and shot 90% in limited nationals last year and 87% the year before.

Let us all be honest here, we are watching Survivor Cake decorating with weapons and not a shooting competition. Set up a muti-discipline shooting contest, out right shooting, USPSA, Bianchi, Bullseye, High-Power, Multi-Gun, Sporting Clay match. two stages of each, have everyone shoot them all and score the match, see who comes out on top then. Not saying it would be one of ours, but at least it would be a realistic contest.

I shot a match like this but limited to action pistol that was a memorial for a popular shooter who shot all the disciplines who died suddenly of a heart attack. Stages were, IDPA low light standards, regular IDPA stage, USPSA field course, steel challenge (smoke and hope), and 30 knockdown steel. It was a blast, and it's running again this year. I'm also kicking around the idea of a match like you describe inspired by the complaining about top shot a local forum. 22LR bullseye, centerfire pistol steel challenge stage, rimfire rifle steel stage, highpower rifle national match course (though with any sights), and a round of trap.

[Top Shot Season 2 - Episode 6]

Taran would be my write in candidate, especially if they let him rant about the selection of movies available in the house.

[New M&P 9 Pro]

If only for Production, they have factory 10-rounders at Midway for $29!

One caveat with the 10 rounders. You'll have to modify the follower for it to be loadable with 10 rounds and the slide closed. They redesigned the follower at some point, and the new ones suck in the 10 rounders.

[Top Shot Season 2 - Episode 6]

No doubt in my mind someone like Jerry Miculek would dominate this thing, but make him shoot a slingshot or skip stones across a pond at targets, there is going to be someone better/luckier.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Jerry was a GM at skipping rocks.

[I lost my Card]

Yeah, it just let me do it as well, and I'm not an RO either. Perhaps a bug in the website. It says on the previous page that it's restricted to those types.

[I lost my Card]

If you just want your number in the mean time, go the www.uspsa.org

Select "Club Support"

Select "Lookup by name" ( should be in bottom right )

Type in name, hit enter.

Only club contacts, RMs, and RMIs can do that.

[I lost my Card]

If you knew your number, I was just going to suggest you get practicing. If you move up in class, you get a new card.

[Daylight Saving Time]

I like having daylight shifted to after work. I hate the transition too though. I think the east coast should stay on UTC-4 year round.

[STUPID QUESTION TIME:]

For the major IDPA matches I've worked/shot around New England, all the scores are entered in the computer by two people, and the software kicks out any that don't match for verification. For any thing bigger than a club match, I'd expect this.

[Shooters using guns not allowed]

We have also bent the rules and let new shooters with 3 mags load to capacity while shooting Production. They get the trigger time and learn how the game is played. The next time they come back they have the added mags and pouches so that they can shoot for a legal Production score. We need to get them hooked on the sport first and get them comfortable before we start strictly enforcing the rules. We always tell them to take their time and shoot safely, and we also tell them that at this stage they are not going to be real competitive so watch how others shoot the course and ask questions. Once you learn the basics you can start to work on your speed and accuracy.

Why not just have them shoot for a legal score in limited?

[IDPA Postal Match update]

How did Gregg Kratochvil shoot an 18 round stage with a revolver in under 5 seconds?

[Top Shot 2 - ep.1]

I think anyone preparing for the show should have trained with a variety of box stock guns. If I were going to be on the show, I would've put out a call to my local shooting friends to loan me all kinds of stuff to practice with. Picking up an unknown gun and doing OK with it is a skill that's rarely or never tested in traditional competition settings.

[TGO does MODIFIED]

Basically, a Modified gun is an open gun that fits in a 225mm x 150mm x 45mm box. Also, you have to shoot 40 for major like limited/standard.

[Suppressed Saiga]

How much of the remaining sound was the sonic crack? I know an FFL/SOT who suppressed an old single shot 20 gauge. Run wet with subsonic shells, the sound of the pellets impacting the berm is almost louder than the report. I think he wrote an article for Small Arms Review about it.

ETA: link to thread on another forum: http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/44184-Prototype-Supressed-Shotgun

[My Limited M&P .40 project]

I'm thinking about building something similar, just wondering, what benefit does the Tungsten guide rod add to the package?

More weight on the front of the gun. Some people like the feel, some don't.

If I ever leave MA or our laws get fixed, I'm going to do a project like this. The only thing I might do different is removing the logos completely rather than partially with the slide cuts.

Nice Gun.

[What is your production platform?]

Stock M&P 9Pro

Comptac holster and single mag pouches

147gr Precision bullet

134PF worth of Solo 1000 (3.7gr with my current lot)

Wolf SPP

Mixed range brass

After trying a friend's M&P with the full Apex kit, I'll be getting one for this season.

[Teaching Young Children]

I'm not a parent, but the first resource I always point parents who ask about kids and guns to is Kathy Jackson's http://corneredcat.com/.

[Adding additional parts to production trigger group.]

Did anyone ever ask DNROI about this?

[Three gun shotgun needs]

I just saw a used 930 with 28" barrel for $375. I almost bought it to buy one of the 24" not ported barrels, but I'm waiting to see what happens with the forthcoming competition model.

[New SSR power factor]

He is allowed to do this according to the rules (if this 105 PF thing is true):

Chronograph three (3) rounds at a distance of ten (10) feet using a

gun of MAXIMUM barrel length for the DIVISION of the same

gun type.

As for loading dutch, what if he got a "hot one" that snuck through the press and just happened to come up while he was engaging the popper?

I never said he couldn't load down according to the rule you cite.

And I said seriously consider in my post for a reason. It set off my "Is assessed for any attempt to circumvent or compromise the spirit or rationale of any stage by the use of inappropriate devices, equipment or techniques." spidey sense. Usually I'm the last person to get pissy at 'gamers' (I proudly consider myself one), but I was in a bad mood and this felt like it crossed some sort of line. Thinking about it further, I can't really support a penalty from the rulebook. The time and effort spent managing multiple loads is probably counter-productive anyway. Also, you pretty much have to use them for the whole stage any time there's steel. It's not like you're going to get a speedloader full of ammo in the gun in the right chambers to time where it's going to get used like you can with a magazine, at least without wasting far more time than you save.

Re calibration loads, IDPA doesn't have any popper calibration or challenge rule. That's a separate issue that's probably worth its own thread.

[New SSR power factor]

I was thinking about setting a load up to 108pf out of the 4" and then run the 2.5" 66 or 686 should put me (legal) at about an 80pf and have some 125pf loads for poppers.

If you do that in a match I'm running (run multiple ammo types so you can shoot a weaker load), I'll give serious consideration to giving you an FTDR. That said, IDPA has no popper calibration rule. I generally set them as light as possible.