Bill

My production gun is a SP01 that I have been shooting for a while & really like it. For the last few weeks I have been shooting a GP6 and have found it very nice indeed as someone said the frame is a bit slippery but we have cured that with some grip tape, just need an extended mag button & thats on order! While its not a SP01 for a poly frame gun it comes pretty close, Very nice SA trigger, smooth DA pretty good sights out of the box (apart from the white dots) I intend to shoot the GP6 for a while & see how it stacks up, so far pretty good! Bill

West Coast Bullets makes a round nose 200 grain plated bullet in 45. I use them in IDPA loaded to 130 power factor. Bill Nesbitt

I let my wife read my copy. It is heavily highlighted so it is easier for her. Of course, she is smarter than me and understands it quicker than I did. Bill Nesbitt

I thought that back in the 1980's and early 1990's they awarded Top Stock which was always won by Tommy Campbell and Top Revolver which was always won by Jerry Michulek. This might have been the same thing as Top Senior or Top Law Enforcement and doesn't apply to what you are doing. Bill Nesbitt

I just made the flats on the hex nut different colors with magic marker and fingernail polish. That way I know if the setting isn't right I just turn a full turn in the correct direction then weigh again. Red is 4.0 grains of Bullseye for example. It is easy to get close then tweak a little if needed. Bill Nesbitt

I know some top IDPA shooters who use hi-cap mags and down load them to 10 rounds. They say the 10 round mags slow down slide speed. We only use hi-caps when we have them. 10 rounders are only for practice. Bill Nesbitt

I am one who believes in the FTDR "when it is used correctly". It actually gives the shooter MORE leaway in how to shoot the stage. There aren't as many rules to break that way. For those of you who have been given FTDR just because you are an IPSC shooter or have seen large numbers of FTDR given out, would you share SO names and club names? The rules say that very few FTDR or penalties should be given out if the stage is correctly designed. If we can learn who these bad people are, then we can send their Area Coordinator around to chat with them. HQ wants people to have a good time at IDPA matches. Bill Nesbitt

I think you will see some gun movement even on the best shooters when they drop the hammer on an empty chamber unexpectedly. They are not flinching but preparing for the recoil. This is what Ron mentioned about timing. When you are "one with the gun" you expect recoil. You may see it on an auto if the slide doesn't lock back on the last shot. Also, this is not being a smart a$$. Plan your stage and your reloads and if all goes well you will know when you have fired 6. I have gone click, click a few times myself. Bill Nesbitt

I think it might depend on how tall your rear sight is. Somebody was talking the other day at a match that their Wilson mags wouldn't fit the IDPA box. The McCormick pads with the angle on the front would fit with his gun. Bill Nesbitt

A teenage boy lives next door to where I work. He & his buds shoveled all the snow off our driveway. It was to make a 5 foot high pile of snow that they could snowboard off of. They put another pile of snow half way down the hill for a jump. They probably hated it that school wasn't closed again today. I don't mind snow as long as the 4WD works. It's also good to have a range in the back yard. We'll pick up the brass next spring. Bill Nesbitt

phara, Thanks. I was actually second in Revolver. Alex Zimmerman was Champion and I was first Master. I am still pretty happy with that. Bill Nesbitt

Go to the IPSC & USPSA Questions forum here at be.com. There is a thread about revolvers in IPSC. Sorry I don't know how to make a link. Bill Nesbitt

I know that all the divisions are only competing against others in the same division. However, I also like to see how I did against everybody. I only shoot USPSA at one club right now. I mostly shoot IDPA because that is what is available locally. It seems to me that, when shooting a revolver, it is a little easier to keep up with everybody in IDPA than it is in IPSC. It all comes down to stage design. At the USPSA club where I shoot, one match was revolver neutral and I did pretty good in overall standings. Another match was 8 round neutral and I shot to my ability but the time put me much lower in overall standings. I guess the question is: What are we shooting for? Is it High Revolver? Or is it how good did we do against everybody? We can't make everybody happy all of the time. Somebody is always going to be in first place and the rest will have to practice. Or buy a new gun. Bill Nesbitt

xcount, Group hugs of 6 only. No group hugs of 8. Bill Nesbitt

Revolver shooters will want to look at this thread if they shoot any IPSC or USPSA. Bill Nesbitt

Hi, my name's Bill and I shoot revolver. Group says in unison, hi Bill. I'm not sure shooting a revolver is quite that bad but it does seem like we are ignored a lot. Vince stole my idea. I suggest other clubs step up to bat like ChuckD's club did. Have all your stages be revolver neutral. Would anyone like to have a State, Section or Area match be revolver neutral for all stages? Advertise it as revolver neutral and see what happens. Yes it will be a little harder in course design. It doesn't have to be shoot 6 , run over here and shoot 6 more then run over there to shoot 6 more. Variety can be put in a stage design that still will allow hicaps to have fun. I think it would be interesting to see what shakes out. There are some pretty tricky revolver shooters out there. Will all you flatgunners out there give us a chance to strut our stuff? You aren't afraid of us are you?? Bill Nesbitt A-4429 (Edited by BILL at 8:23 am on Jan. 26, 2003)

Bill, Congratulations. Don't forget SSR. CDP is the sticking point for me. I can't seem to be able to control a 1911 trigger after Glocks & Revolvers. Bill Nesbitt

The "Shoot the Moon" clip holders for full moon clips are allowed. You aren't allowed to use the plain metal clips for speedloaders. The reason is because the speedloader can turn sideways in the clip and fall out. The clip holders with a post of some type are allowed because the clip won't get pushed out & be lost. Bill Nesbitt

For some of our stages, we put steel behind a wood wall but in front of the target. That made the wall real hard cover. The steel has a hole in it. We put a bolt through the steel then put a coil spring between the wall and the steel hard cover. The spring makes it ring like a bell when hit. When you hear the sound of the gong you know you hit the hard cover instead of the target behind it. We have a rule for hard cover at some of our matches. If the bullet gets through it then I guess it isn't hard cover. Bill Nesbitt

I think you just need copies of your old scoresheets or the club president to verify that you shot it. I'm pretty sure of some folks who got 4-gun that didn't do it in 90 days. Of course if you can do it on demand then you really are an Expert. Bill Nesbitt

Fossil, I've been taking pain meds. S'pose that has anything to do with it??? I was hoping the meds would help me design some cool new stages but nothing yet. Maybe I should mix with alcohol???? Bill Nesbitt

What is the purpose of the classifiers? I feel it is to put shooters in a class with like skilled shooters. Everybody is only off one class. Nobody can have a classification that is grossly above or below their skill "WITH ONE GUN" Some of you think that everybody ought to have only one classification. OK you open only shooters. Grab a revolver and see what you do. Or how about a Sig in Production. I was looking at the top 20 per class. There are GM's that only have a 30% in other divisions. If anything needs to be done it is only design more classifiers. Some of the ones we have now have been around for 15 years. Oh, and somebody set up 8 or 10 classifiers for Jerry M. to shoot to get Revolver straightened out. He is unclassified. He only has 3 classifiers listed. A 100% for his match win at the Nationals along with a 78% and a 82%. The percentages should be taken from revolver shooters not some other division. Bill Nesbitt (Edited by BILL at 5:52 pm on Jan. 19, 2003)

Now I know why everybody keeps missing those $%%$@#$%% CROWS. They think they will have to eat them. Bill Nesbitt

It appears so far that "Local" means you can drive, shoot & get home in the same day. What about your family duties? Honey-dos or whatever. Do things like that interfere with shooting? My wife shoots with me & we go to all matches together. Kid is grown & married. Ask to see our Grandbaby pictures. Bill Nesbitt

There are several threads going about getting more people involved in the shooting sports. My question is: how far will you drive to a shooting match? Does it make a difference what kind of match it is? ie USPSA, IDPA, 3-gun etc. Does the quality of the match make a difference? Some people are talking about local matches. What is a local match to you? For instance; I drive up to one & a half hours for all my "local" matches. I can shoot 1 or 2 matches every weekend with this cut off point. Does distance make a difference in getting new people in to shoot? An odd thing I have noticed is there seem to be fewer shooters near larger cities where a club in the middle of nowhere has better attendance. Just some more questions to be answered about how to get more people interested in the shooting sports. Bill Nesbitt (Edited by BILL at 2:59 pm on Jan. 18, 2003)