Dwight Springthorpe
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Only once did I fail to get back what I lent to other shooters. And he emailed me for my address and mailed the gear back.
Most folks are good folk! It's the other few that seem to give the majority a bad rap.
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Just 'cuz you can have kids, doesn't mean you should.
Mark
If only they could teach this in school...
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The same thing happened to my son while shooting the Nationals in 2009. He was a D shooter, but with only 3 shooters in that group, not even a mention.
I understand the need to limited prizes to classes with only so many people, but a simple recognition during the final ceremony goes a long way to reward the efforts of shooters that did win their class.
The lack of that recognition also goes a long way, by making a very poor impression of the national organization.
I think recognition could be given in these cases, without giving a prize. They do it a the local level.
Just a thought for ways to improve the impression that our younger shooters have of the organization.
Dwight
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Further...why would it matter if they had one foot inside the fault line or on top of it?
The WSB should have stated "both feet" touching the ground outside the fault line.
Failing that, when called upon, the Range Master could have re-written the WSB to clarify it (as long as other shooters hadn't already circumvented and/or could reshoot).
Because with one foot inside the fault line and touching inside would be a proceudural since they did not start outside the fault line as the original WSB stated.
FYI...We already had an entire squad shoot the stage before my squad got there.
But I do understand the WSB was a failure as written...and I will use "both feet touching the ground" on outside starts in the future. Thanks Flex.
But here is the real question...Is the fault line considered part of the shooting area or inside the area, outside, or neutral? As some earlier have posted. I could not find any rule to base the answer on.
10.2.1 - A competitor who fires shots while any part of their body is touching the ground or while stepping on an object which is wholly beyond a shooting box or fault line.
so, the box is part of the shooting area.
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He is just wonderful. Keep up the good work!!!
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Two Delta - it appears that the grease ring is touching the perf (line between scoring zones) on both. That is all that is required.
I see the point. I missed this one.
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Two Delta - it appears that the grease ring is touching the perf (line between scoring zones) on both. That is all that is required.
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Good point
Thanks!
Just to add a little more fun...
Consider a COF where you go prone and place extra mags or moon clips (for those wheelie guns) on the ground as you to get down to shoot. They are no longer in retention devices, 5.2.4 has been violated. The penalty is shooting for fun, not open and not a procedural.
Am I seeing this correctly???
I'd say you are fine there due to 5.5.2:
5.5.2
Spare magazines, speed loading devices or ammunition dropped or discarded by a competitor after the start signal may be retrieved, however, their retrieval is, at all times, subject to all safety rules.
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Just to add a little more fun...
Consider a COF where you go prone and place extra mags or moon clips (for those wheelie guns) on the ground as you to get down to shoot. They are no longer in retention devices, 5.2.4 has been violated. The penalty is shooting for fun, not open and not a procedural.
Am I seeing this correctly???
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Thanks to all. I have a few round that I need to put together and I will see if it works better.
Dwight
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I have a 650XL and I have made several thousand rounds with it. But I have started having issues with my 45ACP rounds. The primers end up going in upside down or sideways. The sideways ones end up getting crushed in the pocket. During my last batch I have 8 out of 500 that were wrong.
I am using Federal primers in new Starline brass.
Can anyone point me to a possible solution?
Thanks!!!
Dwight
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The course was a lot of fun. There were no shots blocking the 4 paper doing just what you suggested.
To ask my question a little better,
If it was a medium course, "does having two ports on the same barricade, create two shooting locations?"
Dwight
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Recently at a level 1, local USPSA pistol match, there was a course that consisted of a multi-port barricade (9 possible openings); 4 paper targets; 2 plate racks of 6 plates each and a 5 plate Texas star with one plate marked as a no-shoot for a total of 24 rounds. The barricade was approximately 4' wide and 4' tall. The COF said that each paper target and each plate rack must be taken from a different port on the barricade, the Texas star did not have to be shot through a port. The ports on the barricade were are different heights and could not be shot from a single stance.
My question is does this satisfy 1.2.1.3 "... must not require more than 8 scoring hit from any single location or view,..." Does a different shooting stance create a different view?
The discussions varied from "#@# NO!" to "Absolutely". Several participates are RO's, so this leads to the question being posted here.
Thanks for your input.
Dwight
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why not just use two mags,use one for barney,drop in front pocket insert full mag,holster and take mag out of pocket insert one bullet put in mag pouch -,,,ready
But if thats your way have at it
bad spelling
Just one thought about "drop in the front pocket". If you do that and are shooting production or single stack, you have an illegal position for a magazine and a trip to the wild side of Open division. I do this same procedure, but I put my extra mag in my back pocket.
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I completed my 6 'C' classes and then moved up to four 'B's. One of my C's is 59+% so it should be a 'B' with the next classifier.
2011: get another 'B' and then an 'A'. I can wait on moving up the 59+%
I am competing against myself, so I win so long as I am having fun.
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We had a bunch of revolver shooters today, so 6 shots per side was easy. If you missed one, oh well.
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Today on CM99-42, it was questioned if a shooter had to reload to reengage the first side of the stage.
Here are the stage procedures:
Upon start signal, from Box A, engage only PP1, PP2,
T1, and T2 from left side of barricade, make a mandatory
reload, and from Box A, engage only PP3, PP4, T3, and T4
from the right side of barricade.
Competitor may begin on either side of the barricade.
So if the shooter does shoot PP1, PP2, T1 and T2 (from the left), reload, properly engages PP3, PP4, T3 and T4 (from the right), does he have to reload to go back and engage PP1, PP2, T1 or T2 from left?
Your opinions are wanted.
Dwight
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John;
I will be there.
Dwight
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This type of "180 trap" can happen at ULASC when the shooter has been moving to the side (left to right). The shooter finishes and is facing 85 degrees to the left and begins unloading
When I have a new shooter (and some experienced ones), I suggest that they turn and face downrange before unloading and temping the 180.
Dwight
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I have a printout of a miniature target taped to my window in my house. Just be sure that there is no ammo around and practice, practice and practice.
Dwight, please don't take offense to this, as it's just a concerned suggestion, but you may want to put that printout on a wall with something solid behind it (ie, brick exterior, chimney, etc). In the unlikely event that you should have an AD while dryfiring at a window, there's very little to stop it.
No offense taken.
There is a reasonable berm just outside the window, so iit can go no further. The window also allows me to see what I might hit, if it went bang. Also my walls are only Sheetrock and vinyl so there is very little there that could stop an AD. Window might be easier to fix than wall....
Thanks Dwight
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Congratulations on the new revolver.
I am hoping to be there for the "Wheel of Fortune" Squad.
See you at Sir Walter.
Dwight
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The old link still works and seems to be showing up-to-date records: Click THIS
Thanks for the link.
But I can not get past the password prompt. And the password has been removed from the Front Sight location on the Nov/Dec issue. Would someone PM me what goes with 'nationals'?
Also, I understand that the web project Phase II will have the Top 20 listings. Does anyone know when PhaseII will be ready?
Thanks, Dwight
Found it!! Thanks
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The old link still works and seems to be showing up-to-date records: Click THIS
Thanks for the link.
But I can not get past the password prompt. And the password has been removed from the Front Sight location on the Nov/Dec issue. Would someone PM me what goes with 'nationals'?
Also, I understand that the web project Phase II will have the Top 20 listings. Does anyone know when PhaseII will be ready?
Thanks, Dwight
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Dryfire!!!
I have a printout of a miniature target taped to my window in my house. Just be sure that there is no ammo around and practice, practice and practice.
Did I mention practice
Dwight
Thanks for the good explainations.
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