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Appropriate age all depends on the kid. The president of one of my clubs has a 10 year old son that shoots USPSA regularly. His safety is impeccable, and his speed and accuracy are better every month. I think your plan sounds good. Get the safety stuff and fundamentals ingrained at home, everything else can be learned as you go.

Thanks to both of you, this is exactly what i was looking for. I see what you're talking about stance wise. I've gotten conflicting info on rolling the shoulders and bringing the head down vs head up. The weight on heels thing is definitely something that needs fixed though. That reload was a brain fart, I meant to load before that position. I thought about it, but I dont have the confidence shooting on the move yet. I also considered taking the 3 targets on the left before the wall and cutting that corner off. I didnt simply because shooting on the run is more fun. Yeah, thats one of those stages that I'd like a few cracks at.wow, talk about obvious in retrospect re running in a straight line That was one of those stages where i ever really found a plan i was happy with. The other thing i noticed was i i came in to the last position slowly like i was going to shoot in, but i didnt. Gotta either shoot in the way in, or come in hard. I need to build a little more confidence on the shooting part so I can really focus on the movement issues. Hopefully stance improvement and some more regular practice will do that. Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk

Looking for some tips on where to focus my practice. I know I dropped too many points and had a reload brain fart on the first stage shown.

I think it's discussed in the book somewhere. IIRC it was the idea that if you pull the trigger each time, you'll make a crappy trigger press just to beat the beep.

The 'tacticool' AIWB is perfectly legal in USPSA too, it's just not common, because most USPSA shooters are there for the game. I know there are some people who'd rather shoot IDPA philosophy wise, but shoot USPSA because their actual carry gear is legal there and not in IDPA.

You can buy just 100 primers? That's like going to a fast food place and buying one french fry.

Big +1. It takes guts to put your self out there like this.

They're currently waiting on another shipment to come from Italy (expected early May), but B&P slugs are awesome. They go in the same hole at 25y from my 930 and recoil less than birdshot. Thread here: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=138237

If AIWB is so horribly dangerous, why is it perfectly legal in USPSA? (outside of Production and Single Stack)

Glad you're OK. Barrel obstruction seems like the only thing that could possibly cause that much damage, since you obviously can't fit a double charge in a 223 case.

CHA-LEE, have you auditioned for the show? I'd love to see you try out your strategy.

I agree. Not wanting to shoot the rifle during practice, "Hey Diddle Diddle, right down the middle", and my favorite..."I'm a good shot". He needed to go 4 for 4 to not get voted into the elimination challenge. Yup. Eliminating William at this point is good strategy. There's only one more team challenge. Why not get rid of one of the better shooters if you can.

Another benefit of a dedicated timer is that you can use it without looking at the screen due to the real buttons. I think an app is worth a try as a practice tool, but if I'm running shooters in a match, I need a real timer.

Thanks for the pictures. If you could post a side by side of the loading ports, that would be awesome.

They're talking about varying pressure in the same problematic gun. I can't really speak to that issue one way or the other. The early unlocking problem has only been reported in the 9mm guns. The common theory is that when they designed the compact, they changed the geometry of the locking surfaces. They then changed the full size barrels also for manufacturing commonality reasons. It seems to be a tolerance stacking issue with the new design in the full sized guns. That's why some are OK and some aren't.

We had an argument about this recently at an IDPA match. The guy on the side of waiting for an acknowledgement was an IDPA SOI.

I'm in a similar situation to the OP, shot an SSP classifier in 112.26 recently. I've been working reloads and movement a lot in practice lately. That's helped a ton in matches, but not so much on the classifier. I need to work on draw speed and consistency for a bit now. I think if I build confidence in my draw in practice, it'll help me relax, which should improve the times a bit. The other thing I need to work on is accuracy when shooting from cover. The fact that I was down only 3 or 4 on the right target while being down 10+ on the middle and left suggests that the lean is what's throwing me off. If I pick up the headshot on stage 1, shave a few tenths of each draw, and clean up the points on stage 3, I'm there.

Where are you getting all that steel for $3k with money left for everything else?

David pretty much summed it up. I only think the lottery needs to come in for the matches where they get more apps than slots as soon as registration opens. The limited space matches I've worked and/or shot are: IDPA indoor nationals. This match falls in to the category where I think a lottery would be good. One of the recent matches, the sign up website crashed and it was a huge mess. This year they did priority registration for previous shooters and very few if any new shooters got in. A bunch of people got pissed off about it. IDPA New England Regionals: I work this match, so I haven't needed to get a slot. If I remember right, it sold out long before the match, but there were open slots for quite a while. First come first serve works fine when it takes a week or two or more to fill. Might become an issue later. BUAS USPSA club matches: I worked them this year but only as an RO, so I don't know the background details. I know last year there was plenty of time before they were full. If a match sells out in minutes, these are the possible choices I see: 1. Uncontrolled total luck as described by David above 2. Controlled total luck, ie a lottery 3. Match directors picking who they invite 4. Combo of 3 and 4 as I describe above (priority for past shooters) 5. Raise prices until the match just barely sells out 6. Do 5 more directly and have a Dutch auction for the slots.

I think a lottery is the best solution to the too many shooters not enough slots problem. The race method is problematic, both online and by mail. Both have a lot of risk involved(computer / server issues, vagaries of teh post office), and online requires everyone to be at a computer at a certain time. If I were running a major, this is what I would try. I've never run anything but a club match, so maybe there are problems I'll miss, but here goes: When the application goes up/ dates are announced, set a date about 3 weeks from then. People can sign up either online, or by mail, as long as it's before the deadline. Online will include CC info, paper includes a check. On the deadline day, the staff enters all of the paper apps in the system and then runs a lotto for slots. Returning shooters either get slots first, or get an extra chance in the lottery for each previous match shot. Draw however many slots are available. Hit those CCs/cash those checks. The lotto will also sort people on the waitlist. When someone cancels, call down the waitlist until someone accepts and immediately cash their check / hit their card and refund the canceler less a small fee. I'd allow people to list others they want to shoot with and accomodate as many as possible in the squads and do the rest randomly.

I think I read somewhere that Jerry runs a really heavy rebound spring for similar reasons. With a lighter one, the trigger doesn't reset fast enough. I have my M&P 9mm set up the same way. I use the Apex competition kit, except with the stock trigger return spring because the comp one makes the reset too weak.

I'll probably start to carpool more often, especially to the farther matches.

Jay covered this in my RO class. He said something like: I've never DQ'd a shooter for breaking the 180. However, I've DQ'd plenty for breaking the 190, 205, 270 . . .

You mentioned IDPA. There are currently no divisions in IDPA that allow red dots.

Whenever I've said that, what I meant was 'I'm pretty sure you broke the 180, but I didn't see it clearly enough to DQ you'. The difference between the 180 and the other things you mentioned is that the 180 is a safety issue. I know as a shooter I'd rather get a friendly warning than not know I was pushing a little too hard until I did something dangerous.