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I love my lined shower cap. Got it at a kmart i do believe for a buck. the lined shower cap is worth the extra 25 cents. I remember laughing and having some fun with a pal that used one the first day of a wet nationals. My cmore looked like a sunset thus the joke was on me as he cleaned his dry cmore. I had a lined shower cap by the next rainy day of shooting. Hurry because they may be out of blue. Racing faded red works well also.

I wonder who will be desiging the stages this year? Correct me if I'm wrong but Russell is not doing the stage design. It could be very interesting.

Thank you everyone for a great match. The Stages were awsome to say the least. I only wish that we could have Ray oversee and pick the setup crew to put stages like this for Nationals ... from design to ground. Nationals deserve the best stages. I just hope at least some of the Stages at Nationals next year can be of this quality. It realy would make the next champion do some thinking outside the box. USPSA Champion should be challenged in this way to say he or she is the best. The Nationals deserve stages that are so imaginative it is just simply not only amazing but inspiring to us stage designer wannabe's to see the different combinations and variety of ways to shoot them. Don't get me wrong the National stages were good this year but linear and limited. Nothing requiring this degree of imagination. Ray and his crew have ways of truly making your mind frey at the variety of ways to shoot. Only one way will be the fastest for a particular shooters strengths. It's not only fun to shoot but it is just darn fun to watch. Nationals need a series of high quality stages like this. The best deserve the best and it would take a great shooter with a lot of imagination to find the best way through it's tangled web of combinations.

Trapping a handgun outside the course of fire Created: 9/14/11 Effective:9/21/11 Rule Number:10.5.14 App 3 Question: If my handgun becomes dislodged outside the course of fire, can I trap it so it does not fall to the ground without being disqualified? Answer: If a competitor's gun is partially dislodged from his holster while outside a COF, and the competitor "traps" the gun in the holster (trigger not exposed), he may do so without penalty. The competitor should immediately proceed to a safety area and address any necessary equipment issues. If the competitor's gun has left the holster (trigger is exposed), the gun must be treated as dropped. Even if the competitor is able to "trap" the gun before it falls to the ground, he must safely and securely lower the gun to the ground in accordance with 10.5.3.1 and call for an RO to safely retrieve it as per 10.5.14. Note that drawing and/or handling a firearm outside a safety area remain prohibited actions subject to DQ per 10.5.1 http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-NROI-ruling-details.php?indx=50 The ruling will be in effect for the Limited and Production of the back to back nationals but not to the open,limited 10 and Revolver?

Rick Hebert Firearms out of Parker Colorado has built several guns for me. http://rickhebert.com/welcome.html I have had good experience with his work and recommend highly.

+1! ++1 PASA plus Ray and the great staff of seasoned veteran workers that flock to his side to make those stages from paper to ground a reality is simply amazing. POLO has a hard act to follow. I would vote PASA but more so for Ray because when he designes the stages I know it will be a WOW experience to shoot.

Buggins purchased at the local k-mart is what worked last year for me. Deet-free Vanilla Mint & Rose Don't forget the Tick spray on the ankles. The little buggers are famous at PASA just like the Gnats but at least they don't fly in your nose and eyes at the make ready. Buggins is simply amazing as you just forget about them other than watching the poor folk swatting helplessly. It does make everything kinda smell vanilla minty. Rain doesn't seem to slow the gnats down much at all in case you were wondering. If they are out of Buggins at K-mart just ask around and bum some off the first RO you see. They all know. There are some other products but Vanilla is the key Shoot

We have a lot of SS shooters and miscellaneous division shooters that remain loyal to SS. Friends here in the St. Louis region that will have no chance at a slot. 4 slot's mo and 4 slot's IL . I am telling those that ask that where they may have heard in the past it was not an issue to wait this year will be dependent upon a short window. An extra day or not decision will be very tough. I think getting the applications out quickly will be the key. I plan on handing out the applications and telling them now or never. This is going to be a great match to participate in no matter what division or even discipline you shoot in the rest of the year.

2 cents Changing from high mount to 90 degree take's some getting use to. I can see exactly what people in this thread find problematic. Positive Going from open to iron sights and then back again is not an issue with 90 degree. If you shoot steel matches with a minor and then ipsc major the 90 degree does not require sight in. Hosing close head shot A's does not require thinking ... ie aim high etc. It is flat . I'm a righty with left eye dominance so open is my favorite but I have noticed both eyes open is not an issue except once in a while around a baracade (for me left side)or weak hand that it take's some getting use to and requires a iron sight type effort (squint) or I'll get a left eye full of custom gun work mount. I hate cross dominance. oh well. Single stack, production and limited are also just too much fun thus with a 90 degree mount I no longer even hesitate to grab whatever and compete. POA is the same so it's much more natural transition . With a high mount it was a problem for me. It took a lot of effort but more so to go from iron back to open. ie after single stack classic etc. I tried a 90 degree mount as a backup and found that going back and forth from 90 to high is a nightmare. Just like jumping back and forth from iron to open use to be. Thus I have 90 on my backup and primary open guns and don't need to sight in major to minor and I'm more confident about shooting both iron or dot in same weekend if need be. Thus I love 90 and will never go back. learning to love curve is a little rough if you have a love now of the high mount. I'd never have changed if all I shoot was open major and never shot iron.

What are the chances the 2 day format might be extended to a 3 day and an additional 100 or so shooters be added if there appears to be record number of shooters applying. I'm just anticipating a lot of interest compared to previous years with the anniversary etc. Even now a lot of my friends are finding little or no opportunity for the few slots available in our area. At a couple local match's this past weekend there was a little panic for some very good shooters that have shot it year after year in the past.

2 cents: The 90 degree mount makes it almost a seamless fun transition. open to iron

Looks like at least in 2011 staff shoots the 12th then work the next two days up to 200 shooters. I just didn't figure they would do the slots this year and wondered how it might affect the staff shooting the match. My understanding is it will be made almost impossible even with an earned spot to shoot/work the match after this year. Only one shooter even bothered to shoot the extremely limited RO match at the back to back Nationals. I just feel the terrific people that shoot and work SS nationals is what shooting at it's best is all about. It's also a great way to break things and game up the stages to find the issues early if you know what I mean.

What about CRO's and RO's that shoot SS. From my understanding you won't be able to do both after this year? I hope this isn't the case. It's almost a tradition to put up or have the rebuild performed (open/lim etc)while dragging out the old SS once a year. It will be sad to see the staff that love SS change so dramatically.

2 cents: Another prize table . There were plenty of helpers turned away. I wanted to help work the prize table as well as a few of my friends. I also shot open/lim10 and worked LPR . I was signed up to help but was turned away as not needed. That said for the prize table wannabe crew even though being all dressed up for the occasion in spiffy shirts after a frantic last stage and a quick shower we were turned away because there was just too much help for a single table. I had looked forward to picking up my gun at the the nationals prize table for years but gave up on ever getting to it for a trinket. My idea for the future would be for 2 prize tables. For lack of a better word the also shot group. There was plenty of help willing and able to make it happen. I would have liked a token prize but waiting for that long was very painful. The prizes for that second table were already separated out. We all knew what awaited us. Not scraps but you know the drill .. the lower level prizes. It would have made this thread much more up beat as well as gotten us maybe next year group a trinket for their efforts.

I would put airsoft right with 22lr. Both will murder your first couple stages if not careful. That said both are fun and help channel pre-match tension but grip technique is easy to lax up on and get sloppy when recoil moves sights and your rhythm is light speed. I like airsoft for draw speed times. (including off table, turn and draw etc) things that translate well. Movement and first entry A zone shot times. It's fun but the price you pay is the 1st stage when your adrenalin is churning and you have used improper technique but got away with it. Delusional is how I would compare airsoft speed to a real stage speed. Reality check can be harsh. But it is a hoot. I have airsoft and 22lr conversions for every gun. I set up stages and work on technique paying maximum attention to detail but have been burned many times trying to translate into the real deal.