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    US Nationals 2010

    in USPSA Nationals

    Posted

    ...Now admittedly that was true for McManus. I know he spent a good portion of the second match just lounging around not working, but that may have been on Doctor's orders.

    What did he do? Did he fall out of a golf cart while heckling shooters?

    15 round magazines in Production

    in USPSA/IPSC Shooting

    Posted

    When new people show up to our matches, even if they have enough mags to shoot production, I usually encourage them to shoot Limited Minor. It allows them to focus more on the safety than on worrying about reloads. Even people who are decent shooters will not likely do well at their first couple USPSA matches until they really learn the game and what is efficient in this game. By the time they are hooked enough to be concerned with their placement, they are hooked enough to buy a couple more mags to shoot Production.

    My youngest son's first match

    in What I Like

    Posted

    Wow! Todd, I was completely impressed with your safe and skilled handling of the gun at all times!

    Equally impressive was the fact that you clearly had a plan for each stage and worked your plans.

    I look forward to seeing more video of your progress, as I'm sure it will be fast and impressive.

    light strikes and dead trigger

    in S&W (M&P, etc)

    Posted

    I'm still trying to figure out the lack of reset on one of mine, so no help there.

    I have had light strikes on 2 or 3 of my M&Ps and have switched to extra power striker springs on ALL of them. I've never had another light strike after switching to the extra power striker springs. I honestly don't notice any difference in the trigger with them, either (I do have the Apex sears in them).

    Holster falls off with gun in it after Make Ready - DQ?

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    One of the reasons that we do not get DQ'd when we do a MR, place the gun in the holster, and the muzzle is pointing at our foot/body (i.e. sweeping ourselves) is that a loaded gun, on safety, and in the holster is considered to be in a safe condition (if memory serves).

    The only reason we don't get a DQ for sweeping ourselves when holstering and drawing the gun is the exception granted in:

    10.5.5 Allowing the muzzle of a handgun to point at any part of the competitor's body during a course of fire (i.e. sweeping).

    10.5.5.1 Exception – A match disqualification is not applicable for sweeping of the lower extremities (below the belt) while drawing or re-holstering of the handgun, provided that the competitor's fingers are clearly outside of the trigger guard. This exception is only for holstered handguns. Sweeping does not apply to a handgun holstered in compliance with Rules 5.2.1 and 5.2.7

    ...and, a ruling dated 8-17-10, NROI decided that you cannot sweep yourself while the gun is in the holster. From: http://www.uspsa.org...ils.php?indx=46

    Question: If someone adjust their holster after make ready command and puts their hand under the bottom of the holster where the hand is exposed to the muzzle considered sweeping?

    Answer: No, 10.5.5 reads Allowing the muzzle of a handgun to point at any part of the competitor's body during a course of fire (i.e. sweeping). The definition in the appendix of sweeping is, Pointing the muzzle of a firearm at any part of any person's body. This rule has never been about a holstered gun with the trigger unexposed, to be considered part of sweeping. Though the rule and definition do not explain this as clearly as should be, 10.5.5.1 will read "Sweeping does not apply to a handgun holstered in compliance with Rules 5.2.1 and 5.2.7".

    REF?

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    What really troubles me is the rulebook. I have a hard time finding stuff in it.

    If you download it from: http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-rules.php

    (Right click on the first link and "Save target As...")

    You can search it rather easily. I did a search for "hard cover" and it was one of the first matches.

    I still don't understand why you are shooting the barrels. Are there fish in them?

    Nationals rule knowledge

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted · Edited by High Lord Gomer

    I learned a lot from those events. I did have to go back and reread parts of the rulebook to see if things had been done correctly.

    Herein lies my problem with eyewitness testimony at trials. Boz and I saw the same thing, or at least watched the same stage. What Boz saw was that the shooter stopped shooting, holstered his hot gun and then took a couple steps back and away from the RO. What I saw was that the shooter shot the COF, pulled the mag as he was looking towards the target to his left and then started to move towards the target to engage it at which point the RO yelled "Hey!" and something else I didn't hear. The shooter stepped back, jacked the round out, showed the chamber, dropped the hammer, holstered quickly and started to walk away at which point the RO told him he needed to remain under his control at all times and made him come back and go through UASC again.

    Two different people at the same event see two different things. It happens routinely. Either way though it was RO interference.

    Boz, hope I got what you saw down right. Sorry if not.

    What I saw and heard was very close to what Rick saw and heard. The shooter appeared to be finished, stopped moving, and had the mag about halfway out when the RO came up to just behind/beside him and got all or at least part way through "If you are finished unload and show clear". At that point the shooter moved rather quickly to the left and back somewhat to go look at the far left rearmost target. The RO said either "Hey" and something else. I think it was "Hey, get back here." The shooter stopped, looked back at the RO and said, "I'm not finished", then moved a little farther to look at the target. He then came back to the RO and was told again, "If you are finished unload and show clear." The shooter did what apparently is his usual half-second ULASC followed by a quick reholster and started walking off. The RO then had him come back and do it again. They went around and scored the targets. After they were finished (I believe there were a couple misses and/or no shoots hit) the shooter asked for a reshoot due to interference. The CRO said No. Part of his justification was that they had already read the time out loud and scored the targets. An RM was called and a reshoot was granted.

    Did he do that to try to get a reshoot? I don't read minds. I did see him do something very simlar on at least one other stage. The first time it was a terrible run, the second was a great time with all but 2 or 3 As. On that one the RO moved backward with him and didn't say anything else until the shooter obviously stopped and looked back at the RO at which point she said again, "If you are finished unload and show clear." It may be part of his normal process to replay the stage in his head and that is what caused him to leave to check a target.

    What did I learn?

    1. The first RO should have done exactly what the second one did. The shooter never left the shooting area and never did anything approaching unsafe.

    2. The rulebook doesn't clearly address the situation where a shooter thinks they have been interfed with, just when the RO thinks they have interfered. If the RO offers a reshoot the competitor has to accept or decline before hearing the time and score.

    8.6.4 In the event that inadvertent contact from the Range Officer or another external influence has interfered with the competitor during a course of fire, the Range Officer may offer the competitor a reshoot of the course of fire. The competitor must accept or decline the offer prior to seeing either the time or the score from the initial attempt. However, in the event that the competitor commits a safety infraction during any such interference, the provisions of Section 10.3 may still apply.
    I agree with the RM's decision. IMO, In the absence of clear direction from the rulebook, interference is grounds for a reshoot and a competitor should be able to request that if they think there was interference with their run. Is it worth adding this to the rulebook? I think so. I think I'll add the following to the thread for suggestions for the BOD meeting:
    8.6.4.1 If a competitor believes that there was interference during the course of fire and the RO does not offer a reshoot, the competitior must request a reshoot prior to seeing the time or the score from the initial attempt.

    Dillon Let Me Down..Again

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted · Edited by High Lord Gomer

    I fought my primer ssytem doing similar things for the first couple years I had mine. I finally started swapping parts with my local dealer until we figured out that the threaded inserts in the primer tube housing weren't straight and when tightened cause the primer bar to bind. Dillon replaced that and it has worked perfectly ever since.

    ETA: I got over-enthusiastic with trying different bends on the actuator rod and broke two of them. (I don't learn too quickly).

    Anti-reloader conversion

    in Miscellaneous BEginners

    Posted

    We adjust the volume to give us the weight that we want, but (on a 550, anyway) adjusting the bolt on the powder measure changes the volume of the cavity that is filled by the powder and then moved over and dropped into the case. We don't weigh each charge, we expect that the same volume for each charge will weigh the same amount assuming that the powder is consistent and uniform.

    If you set your press to give you the desired volume that weighs 4.0 grains when Powder A is run through it, if you don't change anything else, and simply switch powders you will get the same volume of the new Powder B but likely a different weight.

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