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  1. Yup. Almost every time I've seen poppers not fall for minor shooters, even light end minor shooters, guys shooting major barely knock it over. This was a defective piece of steel/incorrectly maintained. Also... the whole what was chrono'ed vs. what was shot... there are people running around majors shooting 126 or less probably and drop chrono rounds into the chrono bag so I'm not sure if that argument really holds up.
  2. JJ's post looks reads as such that Nils won but "I" got screwed and should have won. Its really poor taste, so much so that after all the reactions he's trying to redact it. I don't blame him. The issue in this instance has been a problem since I started shooting 10 years ago. 2 RMs, who knows how many BoD members, and 3 administrations later, it still not addressed besides "recommendations" that people check the steel. No one in charge wants to address it, ever.
  3. JJ falls in a long line of people getting popper f*#ked... I've been pro fixing popper f*#kage for a long time... you can call someone out for how they handle something and still support their cause, those 2 are not mutually exclusive.
  4. Yes, getting popper f*#ked sucks. Had it happen to me, so has most everyone I know. None of us went and cried about how we lost by it, and NONE of us after crying about it had to compliment the winner to make sure we weren't taking anything away them by our post. This isn't my opinion, social media today as a whole sees his post as poor taste and he's already making statements retracting he so that goes to show you he too knows it doesn't look good.
  5. Yup, #1 is not an option. #2 is a combo of things I've seen and ideas that CROs, MDs, and RMs, have brought up to me in random conversations. With a handful of calls USPSA could reach out to people who have been running/officiating matches for DECADES to propose ideas on how to fix this. Its never addressed.
  6. Plates cause A LOT of REFs. Especially when someone inadvertently sets them up wrong so they spin vs. fall off.
  7. The REF if the calibration zone is hit will never hold up as people can (and will) argue that partially painted hits were their hits. You can't do an overlay as not all steel is the same. List goes on and on and on. Best solution (without reinventing the wheel)...? When calibration is called... RM gets to play with the steel to figure out if its messed up... decide if something (like a bolt visibly backed out) caused it. Decide if its REF. If nothing is wrong, AT MINIMUM knock the steel over by hand and reset it before shooting it (since sometimes the thing doesn't settle the same after being shot). Go and shoot it again. Calibrate all steel with 120-115pf ammo to give more margin of error for shifting range surface/bolts moving/etc. This would at least give the range staff the ability to decide if something is actually messed that caused the shooter to not knock the steel down vs. just going and shooting it.
  8. The popper didn't go on social media this morning crying about nationals, the competitor did. Not to mention his approach was not to bring awareness to the popper issue, but rather complaining about why he lost, which read as though he was nullifying Nil's win. No, HQ being lazy is the reason popper calibration issues aren't addressed.. and I'm also VERY loud/pro fixing the existing rules. JJ had 74 other reasons (70 charlies, 2 mikes, 2 no shoots) that lost him the match, he chose to write a "poor me" about the popper instead.
  9. The other 2 mikes, 2 no shoots, 5 charlie, 1 delta cost that person the title just as much as getting hosed by a popper.
  10. Target panic. He's anticipating/rushing the shot and likely increasing grip strength with his hand as he pulls the trigger which is what results in low left shots with a right handed shooter.
  11. Match books are usually released 2-3 weeks before nationals. Shooting skills, make sure you're proficient at strong hand only, weak hand only (15-25yds) and make sure you know where your gun hits at 30-50yds. Zebra, tough partials, head shots at 15-25yds. Those are your non typical things that will be tested at nationals.
  12. Each year its different but usually you get something at registration (mag sleeve, belt loop, sometimes a t-shirt). They will more than likely have water (food is usually for purchase/RO staff only). You're going to shoot three 1/2 days so you're not going to be on the range for more than 5ish hours, plan your meals/snacks accordingly. The typically have a banquet at the end where they'll do awards and prize table. Last few years prize table was based on heads up finish/they call names and you go and walk the table. Unless you're finishing top 10 don't expect a gun, top 20 might get you a couple hundred dollars worth of stuff. After that its certs to random things, range bags, etc. I would at minimum get there early enough so you can walk your first day of stages (usually 6-7 stages)... after that you can walk the remaining stages the days you're there/after you shoot the first day. The match book should be able to tell you what stages you start on/walk those. If you're crunched for vacation, figure out what time the ranges closes the day before the match starts, get there a couple hours earlier so you can walk the stages. Chono your ammo at home, I've never seen anyone be able to chrono it before the match and in reality you're kinda screwed anyways since your options are limited/factory ammo is non existent. Practice strong hand and weak hand shooting, 15-25yds, they typically have some kind of standards like this. Stage diagrams will come out before the match so you can see what skills will be tested and then work on what you feel you're lacking. I know this is going to be hard since you've never experienced a major match but at its core, its no different than a club match with the exception of all the nostalgia of it being "nationals" and they enforce all the rules (some clubs are really laxed on calling penalties, DQs, etc. I'm not sure what level shooter you are but if you get away with safety violations at club matches due to lazy ROing you will not at nationals). Nationals is probably going to be 18-22 stages over multiple days, to have a good overall match you need to shoot consistently over the 3 days. Everyone at nationals has bad stage(s) or day(s). The key is to minimize them, not try and hero everything. Figure out a pace for shooting where you do 'well' on every single stage, push on your skill sets, but don't approach each stage with the expectation to got 110% because that is not sustainable for 3 days straight. Don't get upset if you mess up a stage, throw a mike... unless you're doing it ALL the time it doesn't affect you as much as you think. The mental stress will be worse than the points you actually lost.
  13. I was there, shot this stage. It was put down exactly as the stage diagram in the match book. It was a textbook RO sitting on the 180 watching you draw the gun stage. Every Area 8 I shot they make it a habit of putting ROs on 180s like this... its never an issue and the RO is always well up range of where the shots go That target was the first one you shot off the draw so the risk of swinging the gun over towards the RO was not something that you'd like do as you were going to transition to the right after that stack. That RO was a good 10-12ft away from the target and with the angle you were shooting at you'd have to probably point the gun a 25-30* 'back' to sweep the RO... so he wasn't in the line of fire by any means. Its no different than any other major where you shoot/run along a 180 and an RO is watching you. With that being said... that's a ballsy place to stand and something I avoid even when not ROing/at club matches. You are essentially down range of the muzzle, even if its within the rules as being 'safe'.
  14. Ya I couldn't either. You'd lose if someone on the arb committee said you took what was not a 1911 (2011 wide body) and made it into one which doesn't follow the intent of the division or the rule of it needing to be a '1911'... yes, I know 'intent' isn't a word in USPSA but after following how SS came to be there's a lot of it in how rules now exist. Like... you can't lighten the slide, but cosmetic modifications intended to lighten the slide (tri-top) are allowed.
  15. Makes sense. Thank you for clarify that, learn something new everyday.
  16. Can you email Troy and ask? I recall it being stated this is not legal but I cannot find the documentation. It would be interesting to see what the reply is since, in reality... an 43oz bushing barrel 2011 with that grip would be no different than the STI Staccato R (or w/e).
  17. Got it, and yes that make sense, II was just curious what the 'by the book' way to rule it would be. So, (2) stacking and (2) failure to reload before engaging since we're assuming the shooter did intentionally stack on T3 would be the 'right' call?
  18. Does it have to be consecutive shot? If the shooter shot T1, T2, T1, T2 (instead of T1, T1, T2, T2) would it not be stacking? Would it then just be a penalty for not shooting them after reloading? I guess I misunderstood stacking, I thought it was shooting more than the required number in efforts to save the shot after a reload, not consecutive.
  19. Because T3 was engaged twice before the mandatory reload... or am I missing something?
  20. You are correct I did but either way isn't this still a stacking on T3? Shooter put (2) shots on T1, T2, and T3 BEFORE the mandatory reload (mandated after engaging T1-T5). T3 (like T1 and T2) cannot be reengaged until a reload is performed upon shooting all 5 targets. Or am I missing something. What makes T3 different than T1 and T2?
  21. You're right, he shot T5, T4, T3 after the reload but why wouldn't he get the 3rd stacking? The shooter did not reload after engaging all (5) targets before he engage T3 again. Wouldn't this be a stacking penalty since in essence he's still shooting the first array?
  22. By the same logic... is it a DQ if after the make ready command, a 1911 shooter (with gun in holster) cocks hammer on an unloaded gun, turns on safety, and proceeds to dry fire draw (basically skipping lifting the gun all the way out, racking slide, safety on, putting back into the holster)?
  23. Most importantly... 5 penalties = zeroed stage so you really don't have to worry about the rest since they're irrelevant... cue 'its just a club match' ... move on to next shooter.
  24. (5) total, (3) for stacking, (2) for shooting before mandatory reload. The shooter NEVER did the mandatory reload. T1 T1 = stack penalty T2 T2 = stack penalty T3 Reload (irrelevant) T3 = stack penalty T4 T5 Removes mag and doesn't reload (not performing reload after engaging T1-T5) T4 = penalty for not reloading before engaging T5 = Penalty for not reloading before engaging You can reload whenever you want... as long as you reload after shooting T1-T5, that's the only reload that matters.
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