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My #1 carry gun is a Kimber Ultra CDP II. My competition gun is . . . the same gun, in Single Stack and once in L10. One of these days I intend to get a 5", steel-framed Kimber for SS competition.

I'm usually there early to help set up. I can look at the description just like the next guy and see that what we're doing is what's described. I'm also generally the least experienced guy there at setup time. So I rely heavily on the other guys to know what they're doing. But if I see something I believe is wrong, I will point it out and won't shut up about it until either it's fixed or someone convinces me it's correct. That's about what we do. On most stages, someone just steps off distances. But on classifiers, the tape measure comes out.

When I was in junior high, in the early eighties, a friend my own age was just finishing up his collection of state police shoulder patches that he'd been working on for years. He had at least one from every state. Most just sent them to him when he wrote them a letter explaining what he was doing and why he wanted it. Some wouldn't give or sell one to a civillian, so he'd find the company that made the patches and get one from them. He had all fifty states, several variations on many of them, and lots of major sheriff departments and police departments. Mostly filled two 4'x8' sheets of plywood. It was quite a display. The guy always wanted to be a cop. As kids, we called him "Deputy Dan." He was a police officer in San Angelo, TX for a while. Last I heard, he was a captain in the Border Patrol.

My Ultra CDP now wears Crimson Trace Lasergrips.

That's pretty cool. Let us know how well the thing works.

Shot this today with Lea County Action Shooters in Hobbs, NM. Production Unclassified (I'm D class in Single Stack.) Still shooting factory .40 but being scored minor due to Production rules. 14 A 8 B 2 C (That sounds wrong, like it should be 8 C and 2 B. But that's what I have written down, and it works out the same.) 0 M 0 NS 100 points 39.35 seconds for the slowest time posted in this thread (as usual). 2.5413 Hit Factor 43.0000% according to classifiercalc.com. This is my first C class score. May not sound like much of an accomplishment, but I've been shooting this stuff for nearly a year and all the rest of my scores are D class (after thinking I was a pretty good shot when I started).

Good question. I just moved. Placed a new pin, but can't delete the old one.

I shot this today with Lea County Action Shooters in Hobbs, NM. Production Division (Shooting Major power factor Winchester USA .40, but being scored minor because of Production rules) 1 Alpha 3 Charlies 2 Steel 6.98 Seconds (for the slowest time posted) According to classifiercalc.com, that's 33.7098%. I'm Unlcassified in Production (D Class in Single Stack). This is actually my highest classifier percentage yet.

Today, for the first time, I hit all five plates with only five shots.

I was about to ask the same thing when I saw this post.

If I can hit all five plates without reloading, I feel like I've done pretty well. (I usually shoot Single Stack.)

I'm still fairly new to this sport. But it's my understanding that, if done correctly, you can turn faster than you can draw. So when it's done properly, before you can point the pistol at anything other than the ground, you should already be facing more or less toward the targets. I don't think I've ever been asked. I have told ROs, on certain stages, I'm going to do this then I'm going to do this. Especially when my plan is a little different from what others have been doing and if I see potential for the RO to be caught off guard and not know where I'm going or get in my way. Telling him which way I'm going to turn is probably a good idea. I'll try to remember to do that.

I didn't mean I wanted something quite that small in a 40. I'm just saying that that's what I'd like to have in a 9, a pistol that's more compact than you could ever make a 40.

I'm jealous. I've seen pocket guns go from .25 to .32 and .380. About the time I started wondering just how small you could make a 9mm, I saw a magazine article on the Rohrbaugh. I've wanted one ever since, but it's not in the budget anytime soon. I see this as a serious step forward in concealed carry weapons. In most 9mm frame sizes you can get .40. So unless recoil is a problem, I believe more is better. But this is where I think a 9 could really stand out, in a pistol that a 40 just would not physically fit into, about the size of some of the smaller .380s. I often carry a NAA Pug .22 Mag in a pocket holster when it's not possible to carry something bigger, or as a backup to a larger weapon. It's pretty warm most of the time and it's difficult to dress around most pistols for concealed carry except in winter.

I know it's not legal, but it seems pretty common at local matches in this area, especially when they're trying to help new shooters. I've been shooting pistol matches for not quite a year. Though I knew a couple of the guys from matches at another club, it was my first time at this club. And with my slow speed and hacked-together Production gear (I usually shoot Single Stack), I probably struck him as even more of a newbie than I am. He was trying to be helpful. And I did get a reshoot.

At a local match today, I was taking aim at a target. The RO thought I was trying to lean around a barricade to shoot a swinger before I activated it. I was not trying to shoot the swinger, but another target further down range. It was an unorthodox position to shoot that particular target from, but legal. I'm slow as molasses anyway, so there was plenty of time for the RO to chat, lol. He's saying, "Don't shoot that one! No! You can't shoot that one yet." I paused and turned my head partially towards him, abandoning my sight picture, and tell him that I'm not trying to shoot the swinger. I ended up not shooting that target from that position and moved on. After my run, I was offered a reshoot. I took the reshoot and maybe did slightly better the second time. (Not positive because the first run wasn't scored.) I knew what he was trying to warn me about and I knew I wasn't doing anything wrong. I probably should have just kept doing what I was doing and if he thought I did something wrong, he could penalize me afterward. Were I a little more experienced, I might have done just that. But, no biggie. Another example, also today, the shoe was on the other foot. I somehow ended up with the timer. I am not a certified RO, but I have run a timer a couple times when it was the RO's turn to shoot. I was figuring out how to operate an unfamiliar timer rather than thinking through what I'm supposed to do. I thought I did well. I managed to stay close to the shooter but stay out of his way and watch for safety issues and fault lines and stuff like that. After the run, the shooter, who is a member here, quietly pointed out that I forgot to say "Standby." I pretty sure he would have been justified in asking for a reshoot and I probably should have offered one. But he had a pretty good run and nothing more was said about it.

I shot Production today in Levelland, TX. I believe I zeroed this one. 3 Alphas -> 15 points. 7 Charlies -> 21 points. 2 Mikes -> -20 points 2 No Shoots -> -20 points. Is that right? I hit the no-shoot twice (the same no-shoot) and get double the maximum points for each, two times five for ten points each. Plus since those two shots did not hit the targets they were supposed to, I also get to misses at double the maximum points for each, another two times five for ten points each. Forty points worth of penalties.

Sorry. I suck at typing too. That was 9.30 seconds. 29 / 9.3 = 3.1183

Slow as usual. Shot this one today with Lea County Action Shooters in Hobbs, NM. Shooting my 3" Kimber Ultra CDP II that I usually shoot in SS, along with my usual leather carry gear. Just for the heck of it and to get classifier scores in another division, I entered Limited 10 today, Unclassified. (I'm D Class in SS.) Major with Winchester USA 230gr from Wally-World. Left to Right. 29 points in 9.30 seconds for a 3.1183 Hit Factor. 25.5599% according to classifiercalc.com.

Another happy Kirkpatrick customer. I've bought two belt/holster/magpouch(es) rigs from them, the most recent being for my Kimber Ultra CDP II. The Kimber with the Kirkpatrick leather is currently my daily carry rig and my competition rig.

We shot this today with Lea County Action Shooters in Hobbs, NM. I shot Production Division. (I'm unclassified in Production. First time. I'm a D Class shooter in Single Stack.) 10 A 2 C 56 points. 33.29 seconds. 1.6822 Hit Factor. 21.3098% according to classifiercalc.com.

Sure it does --- 10.2.3 sets a limit and applies it squarely to two particular situations..... 10.2.4 defines a different situation, and makes it clear that no limit applies. It might appear to be inconsistent, but I'm betting there was a precedent/issue --- and I'm betting it relates to fixed time courses of fire..... I don't think it makes sense to apply more penalties than there are targets...using the same logic of 10.2.3 There is a limit. You can't score less than zero on any stage. Saying you can't have more penalties than targets, and determining which targets are being shot at when, could make it very difficult to judge and leave too much room for arbitration.

Congrats on winning High Over All!

They're up now: http://www.leaactionshooters.com/results/May09.htm

I think they could have been shot without getting in the barrel, but it would have been much more difficult. It would have required some scrambling around on the knees to see all the targets and then shooting from a position with little or no support. The only single place where you could see all the targets at once was from leaning up inside the barrel.