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I think you may have answered your own question... if you choose to come back to the activator then that will be when you finish the COF. Only when RIC is declared is the COF finished, and at that point if you haven't activated the target you will receive the penalties mentioned.

On a similar note, during a practice session this weekend we were doing an unloaded table start with mags on table. When the shooter reached to grasp the first mag and gun (open gun with slide racker) the gun was bumped first and spun. It spun on the racker 90 degrees, basically pointing right on the 180. If, during a match, the gun had broken 180 though not being in hand and still unloaded, DQ?

That is the best path to avoid a DQ.

print, scan, email... not ideal, but then you don't have to access any pdf software either.

Thank you! I'm going to remove the barrels from my stage design...

Sorry, I can't access the rulebook here @ work, so I'm throwing this out to the BEnoverse... Can poppers be hidden behind barrels, with basically the "head" visible to be engaged? Or does the entire calibration zone need to be available?

Run, Forrest, Run!

First attempt 2 weeks ago... 55.80 raw + 10.9 penalty = 66.70 adjusted Second attempt yesterday... 60.51 raw + 10.4 penalty = 70.91 adjusted Mid-percentage C Production shooter. I scored the assessment as B = +0.2s, C = +0.2s, D = +0.4s, Miss = +1.5s My first impression is to do more dryfire draws and reloads to bring those splits down, target transitioning, and o'course getting better hits... that pretty much covers it all I suppose. I created an Excel spreadsheet that will score everything either major or minor, but I'm not allowed to attach it to a post. If anyone would like it I'd be happy to email it if you want to PM me.

Agreed... this is my first hand experience with the Miculeks @ Area 5 this past June. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=_vR6u09jnrg

Find out what type of e-readers your local library supports... those are ALL free.

Correct, all USPSA Ranges in AZ use this disclaimer as well. It's automatically included in the "combined division" file report generated by EZWin. Chris can't take all the credit...

Does a miss count as 1.5 second penalty? 5 points for no score and 10 point penalty...

"Six-one" Apparently the short version of "6 in one hand, half dozen the other"... "supposably"

Staple 6-8" paper plates to cross member or target stand uprights. Cheap and easy...

Great idea, thank you. I'll give that a mention if the shooter hasn't competed in USPSA previously. Though wouldn't it be more advantageous to be scored major in limited 6? Can 7 shot moon clips be only loaded with 6 to avoid the bump? And though we don't have "the box" at our local matches, I'm assuming most revolvers wouldn't actually qualify for Production?

Thank you very much, I obviously glossed right over that information late last night.

sure? International ruling for IPSC Revo Standard is, that it´s allowed to use 7 or even 8-shot Revos. You can load 7 or 8 but you have to reload after six shots fired. If you shoot more before reloading, you´ll get a procedural for each shot. Appendix D5: APPENDIX D5 Revolver Standard Division 1. Minimum power factor for Major 170 2. Minimum power factor for Minor 125 3. Minimum bullet weight No 4. Minimum bullet caliber / cartridge case length 9mm (0.354”) / 19mm (0.748”) 5. Minimum bullet caliber for Major No 6. Minimum trigger pull (see Appendix F2) No 7. Maximum handgun size No 8. Maximum magazine length Not applicable 9. Maximum ammunition capacity No, see below. 10. Max. distance of handgun and speed loaders from torso 50mm 11. Rule 5.2.3.1 applies Yes 12. Restriction on position of holster and other equipment No 13. Optical/electronic sights permitted No 14. Compensators, sound and/or flash suppressors permitted No 15. Ports permitted No Special conditions: 16. No limit on cylinder capacity, however, a maximum of 6 rounds to be fired before reloading. Violations will incur one procedural penalty per occurrence. 17. Any complete revolver (or a revolver assembled from components), produced by an OFM and available to the general public (except prototypes) is permitted. 18. Modifications such as weights or other devices to control and/or to reduce recoil are prohibited. 19. Modifications which are permitted are limited to: 19.1. Replacement of, or modification to, sights, hammers and cylinder releases; 19.2. Replacement barrels, provided the barrel length, weight and profile are the same as the OFM standard; 19.3. Cosmetic enhancements which do not give a competitive advantage (e.g. plating, checkering of frames, custom grips); 19.4. Chamfering and/or modifications to the cylinder to accept “Moon Clips”. 19.5. Replacement springs, trigger stops and other modifications to enhance the operation of the trigger. 20. "Self-loading" revolvers with retractable slides are prohibited in this Division. This rules information is incorrect, probably pre-2008 rule book? PF numbers are incorrect, and the per shot procedural for more than 6 no longer is in Appendix D6. What is the penalty for using the 7th or 8th round in the >6 revolvers?

We have a new shooter with a 7-shot revolver hoping to shoot our match this Sunday. Where in the rule book does it state that firing the 7th shot moves the shooter to Open? Appendix D6 mentions only a mandatory reload after the 6th shot. The old rule book also had a condition for any shot over 6 was a procedural per shot fired, but that apparently no longer exists.

That seems pretty safe. There's even an argument to be made that if you shoot the same classifier annually, you have a great baseline to compare your performance to. But I really don't want to see any given classifier more often than once a year. If the same classifier is shot within one year it only replaces the score if higher and it is currently being used to calculate your overall percentage. If it is lower it will be tossed.

What's the point? If they have any new shooters which are USPSA members, they'll never be classified as any score will only be replaced by another and never reach the minimum required to be classified. It does their shooters an absolute disservice. I'd be quite angry actually that I'm a dues paying member and never getting any new classifier on record.

Spanky...I read 1.1.5.1 with 3 "ANDs". If you break up the sentence into three phrases referring to Level I matches, it seems you can specify where and when you can engage the steel arrays (phrase two of the sentence). Level I matches may use shooting boxes and specify where or when specific target arrays may be engaged, and may specify mandatory reloads in short and medium courses only (not in a long course). Or in other words... Level I matches may use shooting boxes and Level I matches may specify where or when specific target arrays may be engaged, and Level I matches may specify mandatory reloads in short and medium courses only (not in a long course). Then the WSB could/should state "...all steel must be engaged through barrels, 1 procedural per shot fired for not shooting steel through barrels." That's how I interpreted it originally, did not want to turn into subjective grammar discussion. Next time I run a match I plan to state WSB as above. Thanks for hashing this over.

Great idea! Thanks for the rule clarification also. Guess I'm only reading what I want to see...

On second thought shooting boxes make no difference, as the shooter isn't forced to shoot thru the ports. I think the rule Spanky cites does actually allow for me to specify having to shoot thru ports to engage the end arrays. "specify where or when specific target arrays may be engaged"

So if I put a shooting box in front of the ports as separate shooting areas w/o being able to see them from anywhere else, I should be good to go?