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  1. Here's me doing one with #6 and a cylinder barrel. I almost screwed up getting it over. I started out good, but them I tried to muscle it and went against the momentum. I got it on my last shell. I now have a SG with a choke which will help but I think I'm going to step up to some size of buckshot for the spinners. It will probably depend on the shot plan of the round.

    go to 1:55 My link

    Nice videos!

    May I ask what comp. you are using?

    Your gun does not seem to move at all.

    Thanks

  2. How the hell can I compete with a Saiga shooter that can with very little practice

    load eight rds. in two seconds.

    Results attached are a shotgun only match from this weekend. Each Stage was around 20 rounds required. There were some areas with a lot of standing reloads required. All of our open shooters (except for Kelly who was stuffing his tube by hand) were using Saiga-12s.

    Saigas required a dedicated educated user to learn the quirks of their particular gun, and stay on top of preventative maintenance more than any other shotgun I've ever used. You also do need to practice reloading A LOT or you're going to mess it up.

    You're also assuming all Saiga shooters want to dump a couple grand into what should be a $400 gun. I'm never going to put more than $500 into one after shooting one to death in less than 10,000 rounds. Like most combloc guns they are made to be disposable.

    Rifleman,

    Watched the video of the match on another thread. Great match!

    Being from upper N.Y. State,I only get out that way when I shoot Mystery Mountain every couple of years.

    From what I have personally seen, the only Saiga's that run are the ones that have been sent away and cost a bunch.

    The shooters that have them do not seem to have put the time into the game. By the way they shoot some stages it is obvious that they are depending on equipment more than stage thought. Not all, but most of the ones I have seen.

    I think stage design has a lot to do with how much advantage a Saiga has over a tube loader.

    Even when a non tricked out Saiga that is malfunctioning and is in the hands of a so so shooter, their time on a high round count stage is better than mine. They are in open so it does not effect me but it would if they are put in tactical with me.

    Put a running Saiga in the hands of a experienced shooter, shooting against a equally experienced tube shooter and I would bet the Saiga would trash the tube guy

    I will admit that shooting a running Saiga has got to be a blast!! Maybe someday.

  3. I'm an above average tube loader.Takes me eight to ten seconds to reload eight rds.

    That is after a lot of practice.I am faster than most people I shoot against.

    At big matches, I hold my own.

    Everyone knows that reloading is everything in a shotgun stage.

    How the hell can I compete with a Saiga shooter that can with very little practice

    load eight rds. in two seconds.

    Even the big boys take six or seven seconds to load eight.

    That is a difference of four or five seconds each reload!

  4. Any time you see this many penalties in a match, you know that something is wrong!

    Stages had WAY too many gray area cover calls.

    There is NEVER any consistency in stages with iffy

    cover calls.This has been a IDPA problem from day one but can and should be avoided in a big match

    with good stage design.

    Stages were designed so everybody did the same thing.There was no thought process except to try not to get cover calls.

    Chrono was a joke!!! In order to be consistent they MUST have artificial light and in a box. The gun MUST be shot from a gun rest so the bullet passes over the sensors in the exact same spot every time!!! At this match,the chrono was just hanging out there in the changing environment, the gun being fired standing from behind, going who knows where through the sensors. The perfect way to have inconsistent readings. I feel sorry for the people who DQ'd at the chrono. We will never know if they really made it or not!

    I would think anyone entering a big match would make sure their ammo was making the power factor, at least that is what I do.

    Because the SO would not activate the double swinger on stage one, the first shooter had no idea what to expect. The rest of the squad, mostly CDP, knew that the swinger first appeared with both targets together so they fired their last five shots getting shoot thou's on both targets.They needed three scoring hits on each.

    Saved a reload and did not get a penalty for only firing five shots.

    Afternoon shooters were not to watch people shooting stages. If they did, they would receive penalties.I saw people in fancy shirts watching most of the stages. Especially the double swinger! No penalties!

    Just my thoughts.

  5. Another guy only ...

    When cinching down the legstraps of your skydiving rig, make sure none of your 'package' is caught under the straps. It will be painfully obvious of your error on canopy deployment.

    Every male jumper I know has done this, once. One did it twice but I think he enjoyed it.

    I can top that!!

    In skydiving,your 1000th jump is a very big deal.You try yo make it something different.

    I picked my best buddies and talked them into jumping nude. Eight of us.We jumped at 10,500,

    did some relative work,then some after stars.Tracked away and opened at 2000 feet.Leg straps

    caught my balls so bad I thought I was going to die!!! Landed a long way from the drop zone

    and could not get up!Some people,not skydivers,saw me land and came over to see if I was hurt.

    There I was laying there in a fetal position nude! GREAT!

    Years later I look at that recorded jump in my log book and cringe!

    TOP THAT!

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