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back to the original question I would say that if all the targets are visible the entire width of your shooting area then it is not a legal stage, but if by using props (a couple of barrels for instance) you can not see all the targets from one spot in the shooting area then it is good to go. a example would be having one target that is obscured by a barrel that can only be seen from the extreme left of the shooting area and one that can only be seen from the extreme right of the shooting area, all the other targets can be seen anywhere. this fits the rules as you are not required to shoot more than 8 shots without moving and you can't shoot all the targets from one location. I think people get hung up on "Require" which is not the same as "Allow" as long as a stage has a way that the targets could be engaged without shooting more than 8 from 1 location and does not allow you to shoot all the targets from any 1 location then you are good to go. I also agree with Sarge if you take a step you are in a new location. (think about the 3x3 shooting boxes we use all the time a 10' line could have 3 of them lined up in a row that would be 3 locations right) now there is one more item the OP was asking about a level 1 match so there is a freestyle exception and the WSB could direct the shooter to shoot certain targets from certain locations so if the 10' shooting area was split into 3, 3' shooting areas and the WSB said shoot T1-T4 from box A and T5-T8 from box B and T9-T12 from box C that would be allowable. Mike

Mo is right I have taken to many off before and had the pin stick in the breach face (its amazing how far in it go's) that's why I stop at 1.5 to 2 coils now, I only do it because I'm to cheep to buy US name brand primers all the time and it makes just enough difference to let me run the Tula's I bought in bulk. Mike

on a small frame gun a 6" barrel fits in just fine, I haven't tried it on a large frame but I would assume it to be no problem either. Mike

Chuck if I recall correctly all the start positions were pretty simple it was just everything after the beep that was complicated. I like that the rule book gives us standards but also the freedom to be creative, it is one of the things that makes our sport fun. but you will notice that the rule book gives most of the leeway prior to the start signal after that it is up to the shooter, like Sin-ster said we get to mess with your head at make ready after the beep we can only hope you are shooting it the way we thought you would. Mike

13 lb hammer spring cut 1.5 coils off firing pin spring, stock firing pin. sets off cci and wolf primers

Basically the rule book gives the stage designer a lot of leeway, as long as it is spelled out in the stage briefing. some of the things you Can do would make you a very un-popular guy, but legal under the rules. how about this for a start position "holster on ground under table, handgun is field striped in closed ammo can on table, empty magazines berried under the big rock, bullets mixed in bucket of sand" Mike

I haven't played with a long slide G20 yet, but I know that I like the heavier slide of the G20 over the G22 when I shoot them side by side with the same ammo the G22 feels violent to me where as the G20 just cycles smoothly. I even ran my G20 with some 130pf loads for a GSSF match with a new stock recoil spring and it shot great so I wouldn't think 170+ pf would be bad with a heavier slide. I know I'm the odd man out but I like heavy slow slides.

6lb 2 oz with a dot sight (a little more with the scope but haven't weighed it since change). 16" DPMS pencil barreled upper on a Cav arms lower, with a rifle length YHM float tube (I want a carbon fiber tube but I'm to cheep to buy one). probably not the best set up for long range off hand shooting but mot of the stages I get to shoot are close range, the long range stages normally have something (the ground) I can rest on. Mike

You can run a 1911 in all three sports as long as you stay with iron sights (that do not extend in front or behind the slide like the old target rails did) in USPSA you would good for Single Stack or Limited 10 divisions (with appropriate magazines) in IDPA you can compete in CDP or ESP. I would say get the 1911 and start shoting once you shoot for a while you know IF you want to play in a different division and what gear you will want to do it with. Mike

If you have been shooting IDPA I can understand the confusion. IDPA is basically scored time plus (every bad hit or other infraction adds to your total time)USPSA is scored by hit factor which is points earned minus penalties divided by your time (bascaly how many points you earn per second). In USPSA the A zone is always worth 5 points the B and C zones are worth 3points minor and 4 points major the D zone is 1 point minor and 2 points major. so you can see the scoring bias towards major power factor. all divisions other than production allow you to choose weather you will run major or minor ammo but you will be shooting together in the same division. hope this helps Mike

shouldn't make any more difference than the difference in slide velocity, so I would bet on a few FPS probably inside the ED of the load, but I have not done any testing to verify. Mike

you could use spray on sight black, you would need to re-apply it regularly as it rubs right off but it gives the best mat black sight picture available and is super quick and easy. Mike

it sounds like you may need "hotter" ammo the factory 38 super is all pretty tame by open gun standards according to their web site it runs just under 158 PF out of a 5" barrel, it sounds like you have a V12 barrel and with all those holes bleeding gas off the velocity from your gun will be much lower. another thing working against you with factory ammo is that they normally run slower powders that will be more affected by the short effective barrel length. Open guns in general are very finicky about ammo and finding a factory load that will give satisfactory results in one is a long shot. hand loading is probably the answer for your problems and I hope that was something you were planning on. Mike

In my experience with level 2 and 3 matches, they are just longer (more stages) and may have newer/nicer props than our regular monthly matches. At a sectional you will probably run into some people you have not met before and many that you have. Other than that all matches are just a group of stages that you shoot one at a time don't get worked up about it. Mike

Can you say great L10 Gun!

I think you mean Single Stack division in USPSA. also CDP is a IDPA division and 45acp only now for your question yes the pre-travel will be lots less, I don't know about the reset. as a single action 9mm in uspsa you will be stuck shooting limited or limited 10 in minor. with mag extensions you should be able to get about 23rd in your mads so you would have a small capacity advantage over the guys shooting 40 in major but probably not enough to make up for the lost points. that said I have shot a minor gun in limited and had lots of fun. and to be fully correct you could also run open either minor or major. all depends on what you want to do. Mike

there should be no problem shooting 357 at a uspsa match other than the cost. you can all ways shoot revolver at a match but you may also be the only revolver shooter at the match. (last I heard the area 1 match of 300+ shooters is up to 9 in revolver division) I just have fun and try to beat as many bottom feeders as I can. Mike

cleaned it up and added a coil to the rebound slide spring, refit a longer strain screw and all is much better now. I'm a little confused adding to the rebound spring makes sense as it drives the trigger forward and raises the hammer, but adding to the main spring tension with the longer strain screw would work against you as it makes it harder for the rebound spring to raise the hammer. I would think that the return spring by its self would have done the trick for you, and that adding the longer strain screw just raised the overall pull weight without making the return any better. Mike

I think clays is the way to go for revolvers, I shot just 3 matches in a row without even running a brush through the cylinder, running bear creek mollys. If I was running plated or jacketed bullets I don't think it would ever need to be cleaned, as it is I only cleaned it out of guilt, all the reloads were still smooth. Mike

There is no rule against wearing a pouch but I would think that trying to get the ejected brass to land in one would be very slow. as for competition moon clipps are faster by a bunch and you get all your brass back,on the other hand speed loaders can be fun and picking up the brass is not that big a deal as it is in nice little piles of 6 not sprayed over the range like a auto. Mike

I'm not a big fan of S&B but I am too lazy to sort it out, just have to push harder to make sure the primers get seated. other than that I run everything until it splits. Match ammo gets moonclipped and checked in the cylinder but that is about it. Mike

As long as the chamber is supported and not super loose you should be able to shoot the same ammo that you would use the same ammo as a oppen build on the same gun. Small grame glocks are built in 357sig that runs upward of 175 power factor with factory ammo, the only difference between 9 major and 357sig as far as the gun is concerned is chamber presure. Mike

On a slightly different note on a multiple string stage I like to use the range comand Make Ready between strings it keeps it consistent with every other string in a match and puts the shooter back into a situation covered in the rule book. also if you dont like moving with a loaded gun in your holster I see no reason not to move to your next starting location with your gun in you hand before Making Ready for your next string. I would tell the RO before I did it but I cant think of a ruel that would stop you from doing it. Mike

The way I interpret it, it is the point of the hip like you are saying the area I think some people push the rule is by not drawing the line strait through both hip points but angled back towards their spine. The way I check mine is I put the tip of my finger on the point of my hip and point my finger towards the other hip point if my gear is behind my finger I'm good to go

you could put a slide ride dot on the G35 and just shoot it with a regular barrel and 40sw ammo, like a limited gun with a slide mounted dot, one of the guys I shoot with made Master shooting a set up like. then the build only cost the price of the dot.