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Dean, OUTSTANDING!!!!!

Nice job on the scores!

Any scores yet?

I agree with Jim! Shot it, worked it , no problems! Fun time! Congrats to all. Can't wait for next year.

We paint hands on the same color shirts in an array to make people actually look at what they are shooting at!!

Called Vortex. They will not be out until Late May.

Voodoo Tactical.Does everything you want it to do and more! Very well made and a good price. Try it, you will like it!

I wonder to this day what they must have thought. Maybe it's best I don't know!

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!

That is my point exactly! you KNOW that you have missed the steel, so why would you not re-engage it before moving on? I don't listen for the steel to be hit. I can tell if I've hit it by the sight picture. But my point is,if you don't get that sight picture,you should shoot again.

Thanks Steve I understand if you miss a PP,continue on with the COF, the penalty for that. In my case, you have missed the PP, continued on, then went back to knock it down. What then?

That is my point exactly! you KNOW that you have missed the steel, so why would you not re-engage it before moving on?

I agree,the rule book does say engage.But, in this game that we play called IDPA,we are supposed to be in a gun fight. IDPA is all about using cover because the "bad guys", the targets, are shooting back at us! So if you know you have missed a "bad guy" piece of steel,I think I would make sure that guy was dead before I exposed myself to shoot the next target. I wish the rule book would address this.

In my opinion you should get a penalty. When you shoot a paper target, you assume that you have neutralized it. When you miss a steel target and it does not fall,you know you have not neutralized it! If you continue on to the next target, you are exposing yourself to a threat you have not neutralized. That means to me you are not using cover. I know this problem can be avoided by not placing the steel in that position but at our club ,we like to mix it up! We go back and forth on this every time we do it. Thanks for your opinion.

At our club,when we mix steel with paper, the question of priority and penalty or not come up. Example. Stage procedure calls for the shooter to engage from cover of wall,T1,PP1,PP2,and T2, in that order. Shooter puts two rds. on T1,shoots at both PP's but does not knock them down,puts two on T2. Then goes back to knock down the two PP's they missed. Should there be a penalty because the shooter exposed themselves to threats that they obviously did not neutralize?

If you want to see something really comical,watch a USPSA shooter spend most of there time at a IDPA match picking dropped mags up and trying to store them. Now, that's funny!!!

The gloves seem to pad the part of my hands that contact the back strap of the pistol and the bottom of the mag when I reload. OUCH!!!!

As far as I know, it is not specifically called out as being illegal in the IDPA rule book. I have always been lead to believe that it is up to the individual club, it may be veiwed as a safety issue, or the MD. I would ask the MD. Some people may consider gloves to be a "competetive advantage". I don't think they are. When it was cold, I've worn "Mechanix" gloves to shoot. I think you should be fine since it is a medical issue. Trust me! I would not wear them if I did not half to! I am having fits getting used to them! But that's the way it is! Thanks for the feed back.

I had carpal tunnel surgery on my wrists. Because of scar tissue, I now have PAIN in my hands when I shoot! Wearing gloves helps. Is this legal in IDPA? Thanks

You drop a mag during a course of fire. You pick it up and fire a shot before you store it. 3 second penalty! You drop a mag,you pick it up and store it before you fire the next shot, no penalty! That is the way I remember it. Page 39,IDPA rule book says if you "dislodge" a mag, 3 second penalty! Does that mean that even if you pick it up, it is still a penalty? Sounds it. I have a big match that I am going to be a S0 and I want to be sure! Thanks

The only problem with that Duane is, the original question is flawed. There is no way we can answer that question. I have never seen a "club" hold a timer. Only individuals. I have never heard of, nor attended a meeting with other RO's on how "we" would collectively decide on, for a particular instance. So in essense, this questions is a lot about "what you would do, as an RO." I have been a RO or SO at many big matches, USPSA nationals,area matches and a lot of IDPA big matches. Every morning before the match started,the RO's or SO's would meet to discuss how to handle things that may or may not happen, or to discuss things that had already happened just to be consistent with each other.

Thank you for giving me the answer I wanted to hear! AS a long time RO and SO,it has always been my policy to enforce safety rules. When I give the safety course, I make it very clear the rules have to be enforced because of the nature of the game. At our next club meeting,I will refer the members to this thread. I think that will clear the air on what to do about new shooter DQ's.

We are trying to attract new shooters. A discussion came up about DQing a first time shooter. The feeling was that if we DQ the person, they might not come back. I give the safety course to new shooters.I explain right up front that the safety rules will be enforced! What are your feelings? Thanks

Talked to the guy , I think his name is Craig, who is involved with the cadet program. He told me it would be in October. That was the only time they could use the range.

Oh, I don't think there's enough reason to change, but plenty of folks may want to stick with one gun/cartridge, and for them it makes sense. Yeah...on the slide cycling time, if you can tell the difference from .06 to .062 you should start winning some championships soon G-Man, Just because you cannot tell the difference in slide speed, doesn't mean that MemphisMechanic can't. Oops, I forgot, you know everything! Sorry!