Classic_jon

http://ctidpa.com/calendar.php First Sunday of the month in Cresson.

I have actually been having good results with N32C (tinstar) at 4.2gr with the 160gr Bayou RN in my 686. It shoots uber soft. Don't have it here in front of me but it is seated pretty short at 1.4ish

Dardick revolver It uses "trounds" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardick_tround

If you over or under-crimp Berrys they will tumble. I fond this out the hard way when I first started reloading.... had a loose die that was not crimping correctly and then a friend loaded up some that had so much crimp they had a "muffin top" when I pulled the bullet. If you load a bullet and then pull it is there a "crimp line" where the lead is pushed in? Also if you shoot Berry's too fast, or with too much crimp, you can strip the plating off and at that point accuracy goes out the window. If they are tumbling that is something you may want to check.

Were those doubles called when someone was shooting an open gun with a comp and red dot? There is also the law of averages and the skill levels of the shooters involved as well. Last thursday when scoring at an IDPA match I called three doubles. Two were obvious and one I had to look at for a second. This also leads into the fact that the scorekeeper *should* be watching the targets so they can see if this happens and not standing there talking to the peanut gallery.

Have someone film you and watch it later. I caught quite a few things doing that.

I was thinking along those lines I looked at the picture and said "I recognize him...I think he was on top shot as an expert." :-)

Similar moment here. I have been learning a lot shooting my 686 revolver. My transition times between targets has come way down and my splits are actually shorter than with my semi auto. All of that is because I am "seeing the sights" when I shoot and the shots are going where I put the sights. I recently compared a video of me shooting a similar stage with the revolver 8 months ago to two weeks ago and the differences are pretty astonishing. Sight pictures and transitions make a big difference and I think the revolver is helping to teach me that! :-D

When does a shooter every use all 11 rounds before getting to cover? Never. <joke> All they have to do is round dump ;-D

I think a lot of people are making a big deal over nothing.... I am shooting a revolver and overall I *like* being able to reload "on the way TO cover"... Too many people are looking at the "negatives" instead of the positives.... If you plan it correctly AND the stages are designed per the rules, a flat footed reload overall should be the exception and not the rule. I have seen so much fuss about the "flat footed part" that it seems like people are flat out ignoring the "reload on the way to cover" part.... As for safety officers being responsible for safety... o.O um yeah... isn't that what they are there for even under the old rules? Also the range commands changed to say "IF CLEAR" and several other things that put some of the safety burden back on the shooter.

Really , the reason i consider this over photo sensing is the able to use it in any lighting condition as opposed to the current chronos out there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Understood and I see your point, and it is a valid one. If they could get the cost comparative to the cheap electric eyes then I would be all over it for exactly the reasons you list above! :-) From a manufacturers and price point to the consumer point of view the second you go away from cheap electric eyes then you get into $$. If you can sell 5 of the ones that use the cheap electric eye and know that they are durable, work, and will keep your support/RMA calls down then that is the way they will go. For a laser type setup it will not be as durable, will require calibration, will drive support calls, and will require more RMA work... so they just don't offer them "mainstream"... for the most part. As an example http://www.williamson-labs.com/chronograph_lt.htm and (this one is actually kind of neat ) http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1011161

I am making an educated guess here that there are three things involved. 1)cost 2)Safety/regulatory 3)Accuracy 1) Cost Making an array or making a laser beam "sweep" like a bar code scanner does is expensive and requires calibration from time to time to keep it working correctly. The technology in this has come a long way but there is a reason good bar code scanners are still in the 100+ dollar range each. 2)Safety/regulatory If you put a "laser" in something it has to comply with all of the safety and regulations necessary because it can blind someone. Basically, it has to have the warning stickers and all of that stuff...which raises #1, costs. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/laserhazards/ and http://www.lasercompliance.com/faq.htm 3) Accuracy A "laser eye" would not do much better than a regular "photosensor" as they operate on similar principles. For the use in a Chronograph all the photo-sensor is doing is detecting the "passage" of the object and recording the time it takes to go past two set distance points. Would a laser be more accurate? Yes, but at that point you are talking .1 or less difference in accuracy for a lot more cost. Another aside is that a "laser" would use more power than a standard photo-sensor but that is minor in what we are talking about. Again, I am making educated guesses here but it sounds logical to me.

I remember in the 70's gas "shortage" that all of the gas was allocated to stations based on where they were in relation to a big city. We lived on the edge of town in Richmond, Va. and would drive about 10 miles out and go to this little station that literally was SWIMMING in gas because they told him he HAD to take it even though he didn't sell anywhere near that much. We would load up the Van with Jerry cans, drive out and fill up the 42gal tank (My Dad hated to stop for gas on road trips and got the biggest tank they made on it. LOL!) AND the Jerry cans, drive back, put enough gas in the other car to get it there and drive it out and fill it up and the used cans too. After a little bit other people found him and started buying gas there but he never had the *crazy* lines like there were in town.

The usual plastic suspects are what I see most. Glock, S&W M&P, and XDm

From the IDPA forum in 2012 http://idpaforum.yuku.com/topic/8308/Red-dots-on-guns?page=7 Edit to add: Until the compact red dots become "common" on carry guns, I seriously doubt it will happen.

I agree Steve. Overall I though it was a good test but could use some tweaking. With it being 100 questions and answering some similar questions that they covered most of the things you could run into well. I was in one of the first "waves" of testing and there were two questions that I disagreed with the reasoning on a bit. I saw what they were getting at but I also felt that technically two of the answers were "correct." Overall though I think they did a good job and showing you what questions you missed at the end was a good touch to help people learn. On a side note, I have been shooting my revolver and I *really* like being able to reload "on the way to cover." ;-D

For IDPA you normally will need an on the waistband holster, three magazines, carriers for two mags, and some kind of concealment garment like a vest or jacket. www.comp-tac.com is a good one if you want to buy direct from them but there are many others like bladetec etc.

In the night shoot my club had I ran a TLR-1 HP on my carbine and have to say it works great. It is a *very* focused beam and with it mounted at the 9:00 position on my rail I was able to toggle it on with my thumb and use it as a thumb rest. It may only be 200lumens but with as focused as the hot spot is I see no issues with using it out to 200 yards. Make sure it is the HP model for the focused beam! http://www.streamlight.com/product/product.aspx?pid=251 I also have an X300 (regular, not ultra) for my pistol and it works well at shorter ranges. It has a nice hot spot but also illuminates out to the sides. For a shotgun I would think something like the X300 would work well there too but I have no experience there. For scoring, I bought one of the cheap plastic ball cap clip on lights from Cabellas that has a bunch of green LED's and tilted them to aim down with the hinge. Being able to tilt it down was a big help and kept the light out of peoples eyes. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunting/Lights/Headlamps|/pc/104791680/c/104743080/sc/104379480/Cabelas-Adjustable-Angle-Clip-Lights/1199597.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse.cmd%3FN%3D1100172%26WTz_l%3DSBC%253BBRprd1222216&WTz_l=SBC%3BBRprd1222216%3Bcat104379480

At one match with a lot of new shooters, I broke out the blaze orange vest. ;-P

I have buberized comp III's and Jet loaders and with my hand size (I am 6' 3") I like the Comp III's better but both work well.

I had a similar problem on mine and had to "tune" the EZ loader by filing down the tabs a little bit at a time. It was a lot of take it out, file a *little*, put it back in, test, rinse , lather repeat. You have to do it a LITTLE at a time and *be patient.* If you file off too much, you get to buy a new EZ loader and start over. As MarkCO said above, there can be other solutions and causes as well, but I would start with a little filing and see if it makes a difference.

How about an ultrasonic cleaner with a nonreactive cleaner/soap? Works wonders on my slides and small parts. Just dry it out well before reassembly, lube what needs to be lubed, and party on. I love my ultrasonic cleaners!

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I have found out the hard way that 1911's are very mag dependent and that if you get a good quality 1911 from any manufacturer and the mag malfunctions then the 1911 in question will malfunction. My Springfield Range Officer has run with no issues that were not induced by the mags since I received it. I bought some used 47D mags from a friend and found out why they malfed in his 1911... the springs were bad.... I replaced the springs and then found out he had beaten up the sides of the mags and that was causing them to not drop free. i spen several hours and time with a vice and a rubber mallet and knocked them back into shape but I know that over time they will go out of spec again because they were out of spec at one point. I bought three Wilson ETM mags and had Zero issues out of the mags since going to the Wilson ETM's I have no complaints about my Springfield RO at all and the gun itself has functioned flawlessly.

Could you post the rule in question and if it is from the "new rules" or the old ones? The reason I am saying this is that in IDPA there is not a "180 rule" in the current rulebook. That could make all the difference as well as the context of where you saw it in the "official rules" or if you saw that in the "new rules" that are currently under review and comment.