beltjones

That would make sense for the first popper, but the stage description says all of them are disappearing.

Based on what interpretation of what rule?

Here are the stages for the upcoming nationals in Southern Utah. http://uspsa.org/new_nationals/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/14_USPSA_Nationals_Stages.pdf I direct your attention to stage 22, which specifies that PP1-PP5 (sic - only 4 PPs on the stage) will not be visible at rest. The "rest" being referred to is the swinging hardcover that is activated by PP1. So my question is, if these are disappearing targets, do you have to shoot at them? I thought there was a rule that said that all moving/ disappearing targets have to be activated before the end of a stage, but the actual rule reads a little bit differently. It reads: 9.9.3 Moving scoring targets will always incur failure to shoot at and miss penalties if a competitor fails to activate the mechanism which initiates the target movement. This includes no-shoot targets that must be activated when in front of scoring targets to expose them, penalties are based on number of shots required for the scoring target(s) behind the no-shoot. Ok, but this isn't a moving target, these are fixed steel targets that are obstructed by swinging hard cover, so I wouldn't think the first sentence would apply. The second sentence adds no-shoots that have to be activated in order to expose targets, but again, the steel is already exposed (at least one piece is). So what do you guys think? Does 9.9.3 apply to this stage?

I think the CZs and the Tanfos have been allowed in Production for a long time. I don't think it was a recent thing that they were accepted into the division, I just think that Dave stopped shooting a Glock at about the same time Mink and Stoeger became the dominant Production shooters, and they both shoot heavy DA/SA guns. Oh yeah, and ze' Eric.

Have you called Brandon? He could probably answer that question in about 25 seconds.

so does that apply to dq's as well? If not, why? I think it does not. The DQ would stand. The reason is that DQs are not stage-specific actions like equipment violations. In other words, I can declare "Production" and walk around all day with 17 rounds in each mag and not get bumped to Open, as long as I download them all to 10 rounds before the buzzer. If a safety issue occurs and a competitor is DQed, the fact that a stage is thrown out or a reshoot is ordered does not change the fact that a safety issue occurred. However, if a stage is thrown out or a reshoot is ordered, then it DOES change the fact that a competitive advantage was achieved, as long as it was exclusive to that stage.

I have to say this was a first-rate match. As much as I like field courses, the mix of short, medium, and long courses at this match was pretty refreshing. The match staff was friendly and professional, and from my perspective, the match went off without a hitch. That only happens when an incredible amount of pre-work goes into organizing everything, so a big "thank you" to Troy and his staff. Great job!

I have a finely tuned ear for improper range commands and I'm overly sensitive to ROs who are jerks, and I encountered neither at this match. There was one RO who yelled at the squad in front of us to help paste and set steel, but most of them weren't helping at all, so I put his actions under the "buy that guy a beer" category, not the "dick" category.

The rain wasn't an issue on Saturday, and the road was mostly dry... But in other parts it was flooded, I think due to irrigation of the adjacent corn fields. Good lord that was a lot of water. Do they just divert the Arkansas river into the cornfields?

1. My SVI mags are easier to reload with 21 rounds when the followers have been trimmed of the little tab that actuates the slide stop. 2. On occasion the follower can slip over the slide stop tab, which means the mag won't drop free when reloading. On the rare occasion that I run the gun dry, I'd rather have the mag drop free and have to rack the slide than have to strip the mag (usually with another mag in my hand) and then release the slide with the slide stop.

I'll be interested to hear what they say.

The triggers were the same SVI style flat tri-glide triggers. I'm sure they could each be set up to perform any way you would want. The Akai gun had a Phoenix Trinity aggressive texture steel grip, and the SVI gun had an aggressive micropockets steel grip. They're both good as far as I'm concerned. I know certain inconsequential gun builders will deride what Shay and SVI do, but that's kind of like me making fun of Blake's hair cut because I can't beat him at a match. Anyone will tell you that SVI makes excellent guns, and anyone will notice how many elite GMs choose to use Shay's guns to win big matches. Watch how long either of them will stay on the classifieds when they are for sale. Those things should tell you all you need to know.

I have an SVI and a gun built by Shay, and another Akai on order. I shot my SVI back to back against a nearly-identical Akai with the same ammo. Both were 5.4" Hybrids with butler cuts and steel grips. The Akai gun was stroked, and it was noticeably flatter. I would put zero stock in the analysis of someone who has never even shot a stroked gun, like in the video above. I would put more stock in the performance of people who shoot stroked guns, like Lesgar, Shane, etc. Both will have superb after-sale support. I've driven my SVI out to the factory a couple of times to have some mods made (thumb shield, eg), and Brandon and Tiffany are class acts who work extremely hard and produce excellent pistols. Shay has helped me with some magazines that needed tuning, and he was quick, thorough, and a pleasure to deal with. If money is truly no object then do what I did - order one of each and let one of them be your back up gun. Either way I strongly, strongly doubt you will be sorry with your purchase decision.

Well it looks like I'm S.O.L. As far as I can tell there wasn't any information posted about when squadding would open up - the MD just sent out emails to people as he approved them to squad. I got an email on June 16th asking me to squad - problem was I was on my honeymoon and had crappy access to email and the internet. If I had known this would happen I would have had a buddy help me while I was out of town. In any case, even with crappy wifi I was able to see the email and attempt to squad on the 16th, but even then it appeared that every squad was full. Looking on the practiscore squadding page it looks like a bunch of spots are reserved. What's up with that? Now if I could just get Ken Nelson to email me back...

Welcome! I hope to see you out at a match sometime!

That's an interesting point about having my SVI stroked. My concern is that I don't know if Brandon would be interested in doing that, or if he even has the time. He has always been really responsive with anything I've ever asked of him, but I try not to bug him too much. The other part of the problem is that even if it only took a week, that would be a week where I couldn't go to the range or even dryfire my precious, and that would be too long. In the meantime, I need a back up gun, and hopefully one that resembles my match gun. So Shay is building me a Stroked 5.4" with a steel grip, and I'll simply test it out against the SVI, and the one that shoots the best will be my match gun, and the other will be the back up. I have to say though, if the difference is as striking as it was when I shot the stroked gun at MS Classic, it's going to be an easy decision to retire the SVI to the range bag. Just FYI, both the Infinity and the Akai I shot at MS Classic had 12lb recoil springs. That's an important consideration, and I should have put that info in the first post.

How so?

Maybe Shay will stroke your pistol...... Or build me a new one...

Nope. Sorry.

This past weekend at MS Classic I had the opportunity to shoot a 5.4", Butler cut, steel grip, stroked Akai sight tracker back-to-back against my 5.4", Butler cut, steel grip SVI Sight tracker using the same ammo. The stroked gun shot flatter, and noticeably so.

Lesgar is freaky fast, not sure the camera man could keep up with him. At GA state last year he almost outran me while I was ROing. Right, he's fast, but he's not a big dude like Tony.

^^^Look for videos of Lesgar shooting Limited.

How do you know how many guns Akai makes that are stroked? Are you going off the "standard" build options and assuming he doesn't or won't customize them per customer request?

^^^With regard to the above, I highly recommend you don't take the advice of anyone with fewer than 1000 posts here on Enos. How else can you be sure they are sufficiently experienced?

Now that is what I call transparency!