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37. steel1212 A57351 _ M _ 86.76 _86.76 45. TGO, HM . L684 _ _ GM 100.00 100.00 59. want2race A56938 _ M _ 84.67 _85.36 61. webbo . . A57133 _ GM_ 96.23 _96.23 And though he got very close to 85%, but a Master in Singlestack because he's a Grand Master in Production: 69. eerw. . . A4469_ _ M _ 74.61 _83.22 Those are all the Masters and Grand Masters I've found. I'm working on a full list of members with USPSA membership numbers and SS classifications. Some of those numbers take a bit of investigative work to dig up. This is in no way meant to userp Nemo's job of keeping the official roll of this esteemed group, just sort of a supplement to his list. Ah, that would be me.

I didn't post there because I didn't want to bring it back to page one. Good idea, you would not want to wind up in Box's chair would ya I've never fired a 2011, or any gun with a dot sight, or, as far as I can remember, any handgun with a comp. Had I posted over there, it would have been only to ridicule them and their toy guns. I refrained from doing so because I felt that thread was better left burried.

Yeah, reading through this thread (I'm on page 118) I saw numerous references to that other group and had to go find it. It was waaaay back there. I didn't post there because I didn't want to bring it back to page one.

Yeah, both Wilson and McCormick make base pads for full-size mags to make them stop at the right place when using them in the compact frames. I'm going to get some. (The McCormicks are about half the price of the Wilsons, BTW.) Better solution is for me to get a full-size 1911 for competition. But since I carry the little Ultra CDP, and I use the 8-rounders for spare mags, I still need some of those doo-hickeys for them.

By shoving it in an officer size frame. I broke an ejector that way. Same Here. When I got my little Kimber, I didn't know nothin' about nothin' with regard to 1911s. (Still don't know much.) Even then, with 8-round mags, I saw that "The mag can be pushed in far enough to hit this thing here during a slide-lock reload." I was careful with it for a while. But I eventually got it. On a positive note, I've fired several hundred rounds through it since I broke the ejector and I've never had a failure to eject. I talked to Dennis at Kimber and he told me he ran one like that for a couple years before he got around to fixing it.

I guess this was the same laundromat?

I havent quit. I once realized that I didn't have enough ammo to finish a match. I was asking around to see if anyone had some extra .40 I could buy from them. A friend said he had some reloads that wouldn't feed in his gun (wrong OAL or something) and said that if my gun would feed them, I could have them, "Please, use 'em up." He just wanted his brass back. I said, "This gun will feed anything." Well, it didn't feed that stuff too well. I had to manually cycle every 3rd or 4th round, but I finished the match.

I want a Springfield M1A with iron sights that have no glass to break and no batteries to die. I just haven't decided if I want the Standard, the Scout Squad, or the National Match. I thought about the 45-70, but it's too slow to reload...Even the trapdoor model. actually, i think a 45-70 guide gun (or any lever gun with a loading port on the right side) can actually be very fast to reload. carry your rounds loose in a side pocket or loading bag and whenever you've got a lull between strings/stages/zombie waves, you just stuff a few more down the side. loading a 405 gr hardcast lead bullet to around 1500 fps you get very manageable recoil and more then sufficient stopping power (for zombies or whitetail if you're harvesting dinner in between fighting off the hordes). As soon as the .45-70 was mentioned I thought of that Marlin lever-action that they call a guide gun, not some old single-shot buffalo gun. I've wanted the Marlin since I first saw it, as sort of a "tactical" big-bore lever gun, for when the zombies get really big. I wouldn't want that to be my only gun though. Cool concept, but ammo availability et cetera, as has been discussed, and I'll take a semi-auto .308. Wouldn't turn my nose up at a .223 AR, but given my choice, I'd take the .308.

By shoving it in an officer size frame. I broke an ejector that way.

I don't even have a real "range bag." I poor-boy it with an old duffel bag. But when I was younger, I did a lot of camping and backpacking. When a pack or bag needed cleaning, I took it in the back yard and turned the garden hose on it. Used a little dish soap when necessary. After it dried thoroughly, I'd spray it with some of that silicon spray that's meant to waterproof boots. That process, about once a year, through some fairly hard use, kept my gear looking good for years. I'd think the same would work for range bags. YMMV.

I think it's a lack of practice. I can (and I'm sure most can) feel when the slide doesn't go forward. Usually once per match, I see a new guy do that. Slide locks back and you think he's going to reload. Instead, he carefully aligns the sights on the target . . . and squeeeeeezes the trigger . . . and then lowers the gun to look at it and see what's wrong. Everyone but him saw it go to slide lock. So he inserts a fresh mag. This blows 3 or 4 or 5 seconds. Then he hurries the shot and misses that one. I still make a lot of newbie mistakes. I think I only did that one once, and it's been a while. What really kills me is seeing someone go to slide lock on the last shot at one position, run to the next position with an empty gun (no one says anything because we're all sure he knows, but), then try to shoot at a target, then the moment of confusion, then reload.

Ok, getting sort of back on topic . . . what was the topic again? Oh yeah, classifier scores delayed due to Nationals. I've looked at the classifier scores today of a couple of people who I know were at Nationals. I don't see it showing up as a classifier.

Yeah, I like those. The Covert series are really cool pistols. I sold a few, including an Ultra like yours, when I was working in a gun store. I tell ya, it was really hard to take a paycheck home when you spent all day handling the goodies. It was always "I need one of those," and "I'd like to have one of these," and "How much do I need to put down on this to put it on layaway? Can you just take it out of my check?"

Thanks for your perspective on that. I read a lot more than I post on here and I've read A LOT of your posts. If I just click on something and I'm just scrolling through it to see if something catches my eye, I almost always stop and read what you have to say because you make a lot of danged sense.

I've added Crimson Trace Lasergrips to my Kimber Ultra CDP II. (I bought it before Kimber offered them on the Ultra CDP.) I take them off to shoot SS in matches. One MD where I normally shoot has said he'd allow it as long as I turned them off and no one saw a red dot, lol. I think to be perfectly legal, they have to be removed. (Although I've been meaning to email DNROI about whether just turning them off would be ok. I think I already know the answer.) I'm working on getting a full-size 1911 to shoot SS for next year anyway. Won't be an issue then. Finishing out this season shooting Production, so I'm not using it for competition at the moment.

Thank you. Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. - Han Solo (probably would have carried a 1911 in this galaxy)

It also needs to be requested by the MD. I never requested it for our A5, but it was counted there, so I guess Areas go anyway??? JT I deliberately didn't list the other 'requirements'. IIRC, there is (or was) supposed to be 3 GMs in the division, their scores had to be be GM-level, and the Form C match app marked as requesting that the final score be used as a classification. The last Form C I saw didn't even have that option listed any longer so it may be a default now. Dunno. I've seen instances where there were fewer than 3 and it counted, and I've seen less-than-GM performances still be counted. As this point, I've given up trying to predict what will be counted or why. Getting off topic . . . I've been wondering about that. I was recently looking at the results of the Western States Single Stack Championship from early this year. Now, there aren't many places outside of the Singlestack Nationals where you can expect to see three or more SS GMs. (There just aren't many GMs in SS.) The WSSSC was not used as a classifier, though there were three GMs there. What exactly does it mean by GM-level scores? Does that mean a GM has to win and GM #2 and #3 have to be within 95% of his score? At the 2010 WSSSC: 1. BUTLER, TARAN L2354 GM MAJOR 1193.0115 100.00% 2. LEATHAM, ROB L684 GM minor 1191.0696 99.84% 3. VOIGT, MICHAEL RD4 GM MAJOR 1141.7305 95.70% Seems to qualify by any definition. There were multiple shooters who placed 1st or 2nd in their classes and shot into the next class, but were not bumped up in class. SHELBY, GLENN TY56885 M MAJOR 1136.6862 95.28% 1st Master LIN, MIKE TY49831 A MAJOR 1081.2908 90.64% 1st A MILINAZZO, JARED TY55626 A MAJOR 1044.4446 87.55% 2nd A NEAL, BRADLEY L2052 B minor 898.7229 75.33% 1st B ANTRIM, JON A55152 C MAJOR 840.2873 70.43% 1st C BAKKE, BRIAN A57645 C MAJOR 803.9424 67.39% 2nd C LIM, ALEX A64045 D MAJOR 690.7863 57.90% 1st D NEWTON, DANIEL TY63687 D MAJOR 623.7140 52.28% 2nd D Being as (I think) this was a Level II match, they couldn't bump Glenn Shelby to GM. But from everything I've seen previously, it looks like the rest of those guys I listed should have been bumped up a class. Maybe since TGO didn't win, it was just so strange that none of it could be considered valid. EDIT: Or maybe because so many people finished in the next higher class (some almost two classes higher) that someone decided that 100% wasn't really where 100% should be - not GM type scores. Or maybe the MD just didn't fill out the form to make this match count for classifiers? Maybe he didn't expect to have three GMs show up?

I'm far less experienced at this than these other guys, so my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it. I agree with Bart about the .45 being more popular. It is the traditional caliber for a 1911. (Yes, I know the history and that it's not the original caliber.) I think most of the people shooting .40 in Singlestack are doing so because they shoot other divisions where .40 has a real advantage and they're already set up for reloading .40. It's probably a tiny bit cheaper to reload the .40 also. On the other side, you may, or may not, have to spend a little more time experimenting with different brand magazines and/or sending it back and forth to the gunsmith to get the .40 to run properly. 1911's can sometimes be a little finicky when new. The .45 may show slightly less of this tendency than other calibers in the 1911 platform - depending on who you ask. Some will say they like the feel of the .40 better. I understand that lighter and faster feels different from slower and heavier, even if they make the same power factor. I still wonder if a 200 grain .40 caliber bullet at 875 feet per second would feel any different than a 200 grain .45 caliber bullet at 875 feet per second from similar pistols (numbers just hypothetical examples for same weight and same velocity with only the bullet diameter being different). .40 S&W and .45 ACP are both GREAT pistol calibers. I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about which one is better. Just pick one and go.

Congrats, from a lowly D Singlestack shooter.

+1 to all that. I have a 3" Kimber. It's fun and I have shot it in competition. But to be competitive in Singlestack Division, you (and I) really need a 5" 1911. Look at the STI Spartan. You can get it and a magwell for well under your $800 budget. Maybe with money left over for a different front sight of your choice or a trigger job (but probably not both, unless you find a real good bargain). EDIT: Also, I think your Kimber has the Lasergrips. They're only legel in Open Division, not really where you want to play with a 3" singlestack. A local Match Director may allow it in Singlestack Division if you just turn them off. I wouldn't try that at a major match though and would switch to regular grips before showing up.

I'm honored to be accepted into this noble order and will endeavor to live up to the standards set forth. Thanks. It's the second rig I've had Kirkpatrick build for me. The first was for a Smith & Wesson Performance Center Shorty Forty for which no one seemed to make a holster. I visited Kirkpatrick's shop when I was in Laredo and they agreed to custom make a holster for it. (I was driving a truck back and forth, Dallas to Laredo, so I was there almost every other day. I left my pistol with them and they had the holster done when I made my next trip down.) Inexpensive, compared to other custom holster makers, but very high quality. I saw the light about the Smith. Nice gun, but I realized that the double-stack was not really my thing for a carry gun. I also came to realize that Jeff Cooper was right when he said the DA/SA was a solution to a nonexistant problem. When I got my little compact Kimber, first order of business was to order a holster from Kirkpatrick, and matching belt and mag pouches while I was at it.

Sunday the 10th I shot in Breckenridge, TX with Ridge Runners Gun Club. My score from the LCAS match on the 2nd did show up. Not sure why yours didn't. . . . Now, looking at the match results. There's one less name on the classifier stage than on the other stages. Yours is not there. Maybe a case of a missing score sheet? Maybe it just didn't get entered for some reason. I'd contact Matt. They can submit a corrected entry, assuming the score sheet didn't get lost or something. EDIT: Missing score sheet wouldn't completely explain it since LCAS uses one sheet for all stages. If it was missing, they wouldn't have your results for the other stages. Talk to Matt. If you get match announcements, you've got his email. If not, let me know and I'll give it to you. Maybe that stage didn't get recorded for some strange reason? Maybe illegible writing on the sheet? Maybe just a brain fart when they were entering the stuff into the computer. Who knows?

$200???? I shipped my ammo via UPS, and it only cost me $21 to ship 600 rounds of .40 from Ohio to Vegas. It looks like GamingGoddess is shipping all the way from Afghanistan. I don't remember the timing for certain, but I think she was in the US at that time.

I don't guess I have anything tecnically "missing." There's one that I shot on Sunday, the 10th. I told the MD that if he got those in Monday morning, they just might get on this month's update. It's not there. No great big surprise. Anything turned in by the 10th is supposed to get figured that month. Someone (I think it was Val) told me over the phone that the ones turned in by the 12th or 13th usually get run that month (no promises there though, obviously). So my "missing" classifier will get run on next month's update. If I don't shoot anything else, it'll raise my average in Production from 30.09 to 30.10, so, it's not like it really matters to me right now. Cool, maybe there's hope for me. Edited because ima45dv8 beat me to the 10th of the month cutoff explaination.