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I bought some of the spire point molds to cast 38 and 40 cal pointed bullets.. they seemed to want to feed better but when it came down to it, they were about equal.. the pointed bullets did look a little meaner..
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It's worked pretty well for us.. It works out for the extra prizes that seem to crop up after everyone has "walked the table" and no one is left to walk and what do I do with the rest of this stuff?
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I will suggest that a hybrid method is what I use for major matches we hold at Richmond..
Match prizes are order of finish, by division if the divisions are large enough..
Money Plaques go to Winner in Divisions. Smaller money plaques go to Category winners.
Every competitor has a single raffle ticket and can win prizes from a separate drawing pool. There is no way to get added chances and the raffle is only open to competitors (no way to buy in).. The top prize is usually a gun or valuable prize, every subsequent prize falls in value.. so that the person drawn first gets a chance as the top prize, and then it trickles down as people are drawn and prizes are given out. MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN...
My $.02
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On 12/30/2017 at 6:57 PM, Dirtchevy841 said:
That’s crazy. Cci is all I use.
That was a post I made over 11 years ago.. and was with the pre-Federal/CCI merger. Since they merged companies, I no longer have any issues as stated in a more recent post above.
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Speaking as an MD for both Multigun and Single gun matches.. I've tried a few variants over the years.. I've never tried the one on-one off style and it seems that it would create more problems with what others have said.. too many people on the range, parking headaches, needing to keep 2x as many people fed, hydrated, and if it's hot, under tents or some sort of shade structure.
Multi-day matches where you might shoot 4-6 stages in two half days or a 4-4-2 format over three days seem to work out best. I'm helping coordinate a match that will have a hybrid format.. 4 stages on Friday with AM/PM squads, 4 stages on Sat with AM/PM squads and 2 stages on Sunday doing the 1 on, 1 off format. We figured it was okay to do the one on, one off process on Sunday since everyone is likely to be at the range anyway for side matches and visiting the vendors in between the last two stages. The RM wants a 65 minute per stage time (squads of 12) and with the limited amount of time we could be on the range (Hard 8 am start, hard 5 pm quit), there was no way we were going to get more than 2 - 4 stage relays in within the required time period. We have about a 20 minute window to allow for broken props and stage backup issues. Time will tell if the 65 minute turn around time is adequate or whether we will get the capacity needed to hold the match.
For last year's Golden Bullet Sectional I experimented with small squads and the shooters did not have to reset at all.. just show up, shoot, and scoot. I ran 5-7 person squads in 9 - 30 minute relays (Chrono was it's own stage) and competitors were done with the whole match in 4.5 hours. It was also sort of a hybrid in that I asked for Volunteers to shoot the 8 stages plus chrono on Thurs afternoon. I had 4 staggered 10 person squads shooting 8 stages in an afternoon (1p-finished), Friday and Saturday I had AM and PM relays of 4.5 hours each with a lunch 1/2 hour. Sunday had one final relay that was done by noon. If that format is done again, I will insist that the shooters reset.. I had 3-5 staff on each stage to do reset.. with the 6-7 competitors, there should be no issue having them do reset also (shooter, on deck, and the competitor who just shot are the three who need not immediately reset). We got 343 competitors through in basically 3 1/2 days.. I did not have any time restrictions at my range, we could have shot in the dark if we wanted to (Several bays have flood lights installed). It was a marathon and I and several staff members stayed on the range in our RV's. Many competitors liked the format since they could shoot the entire match and either go home or enjoy a weekend with family in the area. I also felt that since all the competitors had to do was shoot and scoot, that the competition level was actually higher. It wasn't the same as being on the range for 9 hours or more, having to wait large gaps between shooting stages and they were still fairly fresh on the latter stages as they were on the first few.
My single long gun format matches tend to be one day with up to 7 stages.. usually with 12-15 person squads and dedicated RO's. While those tend to be hard on the shooters, it just makes sense to make them single day matches so that if the competitor wishes, they can shoot the whole thing in a day and not have to stay in a hotel and they can designate a representative to pick up any prizes or awards. I usually have a Staff/overflow day on Sat and a general match day on Sunday with awards to follow. The Staff/overflow day can be a bit longer since we usually will iron out any stage issues. Bottlenecks and stage time sinks are not usually an issue since we try to iron out those issues during the build and design process. The Sunday general match usually goes a bit faster since we've sort of figured out the issues on Sat (unless we break props).
Please pick apart or comment all you like. This has been an informative thread. I'm sure I'm missing something here
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It seems there might be a conflict with the Rocky Mountain Regional.. though I have yet to see anything in writing about it either on BE.com or on the ICORE page.. Also there is talk about Fallon hosting the match, when details become apparent, Richmond might not host it after all.. at this point, it's on the Richmond Calendar, but don't schedule days off or travel plans until I get word from the higher ups at ICORE.org.
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Well darn.. if that's the case then I guess we won't be hosting it.. that's the only date we have available. I made my plans last year.
I didn't see their announcement here or I wouldn't have posted.
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I'll share that sometimes Midway USA has primers on closeout for a better deal than Powder Valley... though you'll have to snag them before I do..
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That's a pretty nice score..
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The Richmond Hot Wheels are hosting the 2018 ICORE NW Regional. We are proposing 8 stages (which includes a classifier) to happen on July 21st, 2018. Practiscore link available HERE. This will be a one day match. If you have an RV or trailer, you can stay on the range (no hookups besides basic power unfortunately). I will at a later time post information about a match hotel and other details will be emailed to you once you register on Practiscore via the email address you provide when you sign up.
Th hosting venue is Richmond Rod & Gun Club and they are located at 3155 Goodrick Ave, Richmond, CA 94801. Correspondence can be emailed to richmond hot wheels at gmail dot come (compress all that together with no spaces to email the MD for questions).
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Added: April 28-29: 2018 California Action Shotgun Challenge - Richmond, CA
Added: June 23-24: 2018 Bay Area Rifle Championship - Richmond, CA
JANUARY
January 13-14 - The 2018 IPSC WS -Shotgun Prep Match- Atlanta Ga
LINK: https://practiscore.com/smd-offers-the-2018-ips-ws-prep-match-atlanta-ga/register
FEBRUARY
3-4: 3GN Regional – February 3-4 – Frostproof, FL – Universal Shooting Academy
February 24-25 - The 2018 IPSC WS -Shotgun Prep Match- College Station Texas
LINK: https://practiscore.com/the-2018-ipsc-ws-shotgun-prep-match-atlanta-presented-by-smd-clone/register
MARCH
2-4: Rock Hard – Rockcastle Shooting Center, KY
17-18: 3GN Regional – March 16-17 – St George, Utah – Southern Practical Shooters
17-18: Missouri 3 Gun Championship - Lead Farm 3 gun Range, Versailles MO
23-25: X-Treme Bullets Texas 3 Gun Championship March 23-25, 2018
23-25: Superstition Mountain Mystery 3 Gun 2018 at Rio Salado Sportsman's Club, Mesa AZ
March 23-25, 2018
APRIL
7-8: Hi-Lux PCC Championship, Rockcastle Shooting Center, KY
13-14 : The Empire Strikes Back ! ( for any one) ,Canada,England,NZ,South Africa v USA :$25000 Vortex prize table https://practiscore.com/3gn-uk-sups-colonial-3-gun-match/register
20-22: Vortex Shooters Source 3 Gun – Triple C Range – Cresson, Texas
Web-http://northtexasmultigun.com/vortex-shooters-source-3-gun/
Enos Thread - http://forums.brianenos.com/topic/254673-2018-vortex-shooters-source-3-gun/
18-22: USPSA Multigun Nationals, Pro Gun Club, NV
27-29: JP ENTERPRISE PCC Championship will be April 27th- 29th at Silver Creek Conservation Club. Sellersburg, IN
It will be a level 2 USPSA PCC only.
28-29: Southern Illinois PCC championship Newman's Gun Club 5704 Valier Lake Road
Sesser, IL 62884 website soon NGC Action Shooting on FB
28-29: 2018 California Action Shotgun Challenge - Richmond Hotshots range - Richmond Rod & Gun Club, 3155 Goodrick Ave, Richmond, CA Registration via Practiscore HERE
MAY
5-6: Gadsden Shotgun Championship, MO
5-6: 2018 3GN Ohio State Championship Match May 5-6, 2018 8 Stage Match Prize table + cash payout $150 Covington, OH
18-20: Babes with Bullets 3 Gun Challenge, Shootout Lane, LA
19: Lead Farm 3 Man 3Gun - Lead Farm 3 Gun Range, Versailles MO - May 19
Cash payout to top 10% Basic rules here mo3gc.com will be tweaked to fit the 3 man format.
19-20: He-Man 3-Gun Nationals - NRA Whittington Center Raton, NM - May 19-20, 2018
26-27: 3GN Regional – May 26-27 – Talladega, AL – Civilian Marksmanship Park
JUNE
7-10: Safariland Expedition Multigun
9th-10th Mid-Atlantic, York PA
22-24: Nordic Vortex Tri-Gun - Forest Lake Sportsmen's Club, MN - June 22-24, 2018
http://nordicvortextrigun.com/
23-24: 2018 Bay Area Rifle Championship - Richmond Hotshots range - Richmond Rod & Gun Club, 3155 Goodrick Ave, Richmond, CA Registration via Practiscore HERE
30-1: Nightforce 2-Rifle Match - NRA Whittington Center Raton, NM - Tentative Date June 30-July 1, 2018
JULY
14-15 Trijicon, Inc. Trijicon 3 Man 3 Gun Championship, Topton Fish & Game Association, PA
AUGUST
3-5 : The Wyoming Governor's Match built by SMD - UML Rule 2 Gun and 3 Gun Division INFO HERE
9-12: JP Rocky Mountain 3-Gun - NRA Whittington Center Raton, NM - August 9 - 12, 2018
? Rockcastle Pro-Am
SEPTEMBER
7th-9th Generation III Gun
15-16: Fort Sill Multi Gun Championship 15-16 September 2018 Fort Sill Army Base, Oklahoma!
22-23: 3GN Regional – September 22-23 – Forest Lake, MN - Forest Lake Sportsmen's Club
OCTOBER
18-20: Blue Ridge Mountain 3 Gun Championship, Rockcastle Shooting Center,KY
NOVEMBER
9-11: 3GN Nationals Regional – November 9-11 – Clinton, SC – Clinton House Plantation
Nov 15-18 Fort Benning Multi-Gun Challenge
DECEMBER
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On 12/21/2017 at 1:27 PM, dwfish said:
I use win, primers ONLY and they works great. A buddy used the loader for his 38 super and he put CCI s in and you could not even feel them seat. Was so smooth.
You could call Dillon and they will give you an alignment tool FREE.
Check the size of seater you are using and check the timeing, AND just look and see if the primer seater is aligned with the shell plate .
Blessings
Oddly enough, that necro-post was with primers from that time period (2006).. I've tried CCI primers lately and had no issues with them..
I know a few people who I've suggested they try the Fiocchi primers on their 650's only to have them tell me they are having the same feeding issues I used to have with CCI primers.. I have no issues in either my 20 year old 650 or my 2016 created 650. it wasn't an alignment issue at all, they would not feed in the primer assembly, the primers were just a tad tall. it wasn't that they would not seat at the time, they just would not feed and would bind the machine. I've not had this issue since Federal and CCI became the same company.
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At Richmond, we have so few ICORE matches (at least in the coming year) that we will allow semi-auto shooters in addition to offer an additional weekend for the PCC shooters to play. Since ICORE is such an accuracy dependent sport, they soon find out that any advantage they had in speed negates their platform if they can't get good A zone hits.. so it actually helps them to improve their accuracy game for other sports and injects a bit more money into the coffers.. It also makes things a bit more fun since we can use certain targets in ICORE that are not legal in IDPA or USPSA.. so we have that going for us too. This only applies to club matches.
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Had a great match at the ICORE SW regional.. Definitely a great new venue and despite the sand condition, well, this range has a lot of potential.. I enjoyed my brief stay and look forward to more matches at this range!
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I love Solo 1000 for my minor 40 loads in my S&W 610.. 3.8-4 gr with a Bear creek 140 RN.. soft shooting and keeps the gun cooler than if I were using Titegroup. I have about 5 lbs left myself..
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I used to load Bear creek 140's with a nice healthy charge of Power Pistol.. As I recall, it made something like 1300 fps at the chrono station.. it was somewhere in the range of 8.5 gr.. I had to use 10 mm data and back off a cpl grains since I was using 40 brass.. this was shot out of a 6.5" - 610.. it put steel down with authority and was pretty loud. I did not get any leading while using the bear creeks. I had to use Fed #100 SPP's.
Herco is my go to powder for my 929 and 147 gr RN coated bullets.. My load for 147's is 3.5 gr of Herco.
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The Richmond Hot Wheels are proud to announce that we will be hosting the ICORE NW Regional on July 29, 2017. We will have 8 stages and might have Chrono if we can get organized enough. The Practiscore link is here: 2017 ICORE NW Reg
$80 to enter until June 15th, after June 15th it will be $100 (including day of match if slots are left).. Limited to 96 competitors and we will have Dedicated RO's and Electronic scoring (with paper backup).
Divisions are the usual 4.. Open, Limited, Limited 6, and Classic. Registration is open.
Match Hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott. Click on the Reservation link: Reservation
There will be Trophies, Money Plaques, and I'll see what else I can gather up..
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On 12/28/2016 at 0:02 PM, HMFIC03 said:
Edit: Added APR: Bay Area Rifle Championship, Richmond Rod & Gun Club, Richmond CA.
Added Sept: California Action Shotgun Challenge, Richmond Rod & Gun Club, Richmond, CA.
TBD: APR: Blue Grass Sportsman League Shotgun Championship, Wilmore KY
TBD: MAY or JUN: K&M 3 Gun Shoot Out, K&M Shooting Complex, Finger TN
TBD: JUN?: MGM Ironman 3Gun, Parma Rod and Gun club, Parma, ID1yr offTBD: SEP?: FNH 3-Gun Championship, Glengary, WV
TBD: SEP: Lucus Oil Outdoor line – Pistol Caliber Carbine World Championship somewhere in CO?
TBD: GA State 3GUN Match – A3G -Seekins Precision? Covington, GA
TBD: Michigan State 3GUN Match, MI
TBD: OCT?: Fallen Brethren 3Gun Challenge, Somewhere in TX
TBD: DEC? Ft Benning Multigun Challenge, Columbus, GA
FEBRUARY
FEB 4-5: 3GN SE Regional - Universal Shooting Academy, Frostproof, FL
MARCH
MAR 3-4: Rock Hard 2017, Rockcastle Shooting Center, KY
MAR 3-4: 3GN Western Regional, CCC Shooting Complex, College Station, TX
MAR 10-11: Starlight 3Gun @ Copperhead Creek in Marble Falls, TX
MAR 18: Rockcastle - Run "n Gun 5k, Rockcastle Shooting Center, KY
MAR 18-19: Missouri State 3GUN Championship - Versailles, MO
MAR 24-26: SMM3-GUN, hosted by Patriot Ordnance Factory at Rio Salado, Mesa, AZ
MAR 26: 2017 Mississippi Two Gun State Championship, Coast Rifle and Pistol Club, Biloxi, MS
MAR 31-APR2: X-Treame Bullets Texas 3-Gun Championship
APRIL
APR 8-9: 3GN Northern Regional - Forest Lake Sportsman Club, St. Paul, MN
APR 14-16: USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals - Pro Gun Club, Boulder City, NV
APR 21-23: Vortex Presents Shooters Source 3 Gun Championship, hosted by North Texas Multigun at Triple C Range, Cresson, TX
APR 29-30: Bay Area Rifle Championship, Hosted by the Richmond Hot Shots at the Richmond Rod & Gun Club, Richmond, CA
MAY
MAY 6-7: 3GN Eastern Regional @ Clinton House Range, Clinton, SC
MAY 19-21: Babes with Bullets 3 Gun Challenge, Shootout Lane, Princeton, LA
MAY 20-21 : He-Man 3-Gun Nationals, NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM `
MAY 20: We Defy Run-n-Gun; Cresson TX
JUNE
JUN 3-4: 3GN Southern Regional - CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park, Taladega, AL
JUN 3-4 Cedar Valley Multi-Gun Salt Lake City, Utah
JUN 10: Samson 3Man 3Gun, Rockcastle Shooting Center, KY
JUN 22-25: Expedition Multigun, Pro Gun Club, Las Vegas NV
JUN 23-25: Nordic Components & Vortex Optics Tri-Gun, presented by the Minnesota 3Gun Group @ Forest Lake Sportmen's Club, MN
JULY
JULY 8-9: Nightforce Precision/Tactical 2 Rifle Match, Johnson3gun, NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM
JUL 15-16: Colorado 3 Gun Championships presented by Burris Optics, Colorado Springs, CO
JUL 15-16: Trijicon 3 man 3 Gun, Topton, PA
AUGUST
AUG 5: All Shotgun Team (2-person) Match, Stage Zero Shooting Supply, Clinton House, SC
AUG 3-6: Magpul Wyoming Governor's Cup 2-Gun Challenge, Otto Road Shooting Range, Cheyenne, WY
AUG 10-13: JP Enterprises' Rocky Mountain 3-Gun, NRA Whittington Center, Raton, NM
AUG 18-19: 2017 Pro-Am Championship Rockcastle Shooting Center ,KY
AUG 28: 2017 Mississippi CQB Rifle Championship, Coast Rifle and Pistol Club, Biloxi, MS
SEPTEMBER
SEP 2-3 3GN Long Range TWO PERSON TEAM MATCH, Clinton House SC
SEP 9: Pikes Peak Shotgun Challenge, Colorado Springs, CO
SEP 8-10: - Generation III Gun, Osage Beach, MO
SEP 9-10: California Action Shotgun Challenge, Richmond, CA
SEP 15-17: Southington Hunt Club Top Shot Challenge, Garrettsville, OH
SEP 21-24 JP Enterprises Resurgence 3-Gun Logan, NM
OCTOBER
OCT 5-7: A Girl with Gun Shooting League Presents the Brownells Fall Festival at Rockcastle Shooting Center, Park City, KY
OCT 19-21: Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun, Rockcastle Shooting Center, Park City, KY
OCT 30: 2017 Mississippi 3gun State Championship, Coast Rifle and Pistol Club, Biloxi, MS
NOVEMBER
NOV 10-11: 3GN Nationals, VIR ranges, Alton, VA
DECEMBER
DEC (TBD): Hard as Hell Mulitgun - SUPS, St. George, UT
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2017 Norcal Section Golden Bullet Championship - June 2-4, 2017 - $150
8 Stages + Chrono, Practiscore opens up on Jan 1, 2017 - 9 am. USPSA Pistol, all divisions allowed.
Level II pending..
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2017 USPSA Golden Bullet Norcal Sectional - Richmond, CA - June 2-4, 2017
Recognizing all divisions.. $150 per competitor.. 8 stages + Chrono, 175+ rounds.
Registration opens up January 1st, 2017 @ 9 am on Practiscore. Check out the Registration page for details. This one usually sells out.
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I suspect Rifles will either go featureless and use 10 rd mags or they will be full feature and manual action. Alternatively.. they haven't targeted scatterguns yet so I figure we will shoot stages a majority of the time pistol/scattergun with a sprinkling of rifle shooting... though at my annual Rifle match, I'll likely suggest ppl use 10 round mags.. (Garand is okay at 8 rd en bloc)..
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I shoot a 135 Bear creek with 3.3 gr and get about 132 pf from a G34 with a Lone Wolf Barrel. If I were to use a 147 I would start at 2.8 and work my way to 3.4..
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I've gone sort of a different route.. it was easier and faster to simple create a drop box acct and drop the practiscore file there.. then download the drop box app to the nook, and then log into drop box and download direct from there. It works pretty well for me..
Sort of a moot point since we will soon be switching over to ipad 2's..
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If you like sci-fi.. watching or re-watching Babylon 5 is one I like to do now and then..
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