d_striker

Good question. I've never seen PCC without some sort of handguard/forestock. What does such a thing look like?

Like many on here, I've always thought that the Hodgdon burn rate chart was incorrect in its listing of HS6 being faster than Autocomp and CFE. It's easy to assume that since the charge weights of HS6 are much higher than AC and CFE, it had to be slower. I spoke with Chris Hodgdon recently about this. He told me that the burn rate charts ARE correct. He said that HS6 was developed in the 1960's and is much older "technology" than AC and CFE. HS6 does not burn as efficiently as CFE. So while CFE takes less powder to make the same PF as HS6, it actually is slightly slower burning. CFE was developed using modern technology and burns very efficiently. Another interesting fact he shared with me is that CFE and AC are different powders. He said while the burn rate is very close, they are definitely different powders. CFE is not simply AC with the special copper fouling coating. Like many, I always thought they were the same powders. Just thought I would share.

The WSB could simply say "holding PCC by handguard in either hand." Then it is up to the competitor to carry it in their weak hand if they choose to.

No. Because you can never start a COF by touching your pistol or ammo. It's not really a parallel as it's a different set of rules.

Can't do what? "Trail Carry" explicitly or using ambiguous carry terms that not everyone might understand or agree upon?

I tried putting in different start positions for PCC at the local level and the butt hurt just wasn't worth it in the end. A lot of PCC shooters' minds explode if they are not able to start with both hands on their rifles. The one I tried was "holding PCC in one hand only by the handguard, muzzle pointed downrange, with both wrists below belt at their respective sides." I thought it was a fairly practical start position.

I used to shoot 115's but then switched to 124's in 9 major. I'm shooting about 2 IPSC matches per year and would rather just load one bullet year round. I had a slight preference to the dot movement of the 115's but it wasn't drastic. If I didn't have to load for IPSC, though, I would probably just shoot 115's.

No worries. I should have been more explicit. Obviously you can't look ANYWHERE as I stated. For instance, you can't look behind you and still be in compliance. But it appears that you can look directly left or right as long as it's within 90 degrees of the median intercept of the backstop. Under the previous rules, this was not allowed.

Facing Downrange-Not facing uprange. Any position facing side berms or backstop within 90 degrees of the median intercept of the backstop. So anything that is not uprange is considered to be downrange? We can now look anywhere and it is considered facing downrange.

Facing Downrange-Not facing uprange. Any position facing side berms or backstop within 90 degrees of the median intercept of the backstop. So anything that is not uprange is considered to be downrange? We can now look anywhere and it is considered facing downrange.

The best way to check for temp sensitivity is to do it yourself. Put 10 rounds in a ziplock bag and put in a cooler of ice on your way to the range. Then heat up 10 rounds. In the summer, I simply put 10 rounds in a plastic ammo box and let sit in the sun for a bit until the brass is hot to the touch. Chrono both and you'll see how temp sensitive that powder is. If it's cold out, I'll heat up the ammo on the car defroster. I do this before settling on any powder as temp sensitivity is too much of a variable for me to deal with at majors. We spend thousands of dollars traveling to matches. It's not worth it to stress about potentially going minor at a major. Here was my latest test I did a few weeks ago.

They are both about the same. Brazos sits a little further back but again, it's not enough for me to notice when shooting.

I don't have popples so I can't tell you if a blast shield is necessary or not. All I get is oil/slide glide that gets flung on the lens from the slide cuts on the front of the slide. I have another gun that uses the Atlas mount with blast shield. I get the same amount of grime on both so not sure how much the blast shield helps.

Romeo3 uses the same mounting pattern as RTS2 but the R3 has a longer footprint. So if the mount is designed for an RTS2 and it has a blast shield, the R3 won't fit. If the RTS2 mount does not have a blast shield, like the Brazos Slipstream, the R3 will fit but the front will overhang a little bit. The R3 is great. I've got over 50k on one with no issues.

What bullet weight?

I've done it that way years ago with an oversized home cast pure lead bullet. Clean bore out, load bullet with no crimp, and .3gr powder. Shot into a laundry basket full of towels. Worked great.

I'm not going to insert myself too much into this discussion but I will mention something about "natural talent." Of course "talent" helps...But it only takes you so far. Per Lanny Basham, someone who has more "talent" may pick up a skill faster or in less reps than someone with less "talent." Which only means that someone that has less "talent" must perform more reps and practice harder if their goal is to make GM. I've also heard time and time again from the top shooters in the world that they hate it when people say they are "gifted" or "talented" because it discounts all of the hard work, practice, discipline, sacrifice, and dedication it took to get them where they are.

Nowhere in 8.2.2 does it refer to this as "regular" start position. The stages that I'm referring to at A2 did have a specified start position....It was listed as "regular start position." Reaching and assuming that this means 8.2.2 is not explicit which is what start positions should be.

Is it? I simply hit ctrl-f and searched for "regular." I did not see anything defined as "regular" start position. I hope I didn't imply that every stage needs to have the same start position. That would be stupid. My observation was simply that multiple stages that simply used "regular start position" were being enforced differently depending on the stage RO's. Some defined it as facing downrange, while some did not.

I guess I should have specified L4 and above.

Yeah...There were a lot of stages at A2 that listed "regular start position" in the WSB. There was a bit of variation from stage to stage about what "regular start position" meant. One RO even stated that "regular start position" was defined in the rule book.

Pretty much. For the past 20 years, everybody knew if Eric was shooting in their division, they were competing for second place. The guy hasn't lost a single match in almost 20 years.

I placed my order about a month ago. Shay happened to have a gun that was already half built that happened to be what I was looking for which is what Glockman75 posted in his OP. He said it might be around two months. Who knows though. Seemed like they got pretty busy right after Nationals.

You crushed it this year. I currently have a pretty much identical build going right now with Shay. Can you share your 9 major load?

I decided to email Chris Hodgdon about this. He said that CFE Pistol and Autocomp are absolutely different powders even though they are similar in burn rate. He said that the data between these two powders is not interchangeable. I also asked him about the burn rate charts listing HS-6 as faster than Autocomp and CFE Pistol. He said that these charts are correct. CFE Pistol is formulated using newer technology and is much more efficient. So although it takes less CFE per given velocity than HS6, it is still actually slower burning.