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2015 Oregon State USPSA Championship May 23-24, 2015 - Bend, OR COSSA Practical Shooters is proud to host the 2015 Oregon State USPSA Championships! This Level 2 match will consist of 8 action-packed stages with a 200 minimum round count all packed into ONE DAY of shooting. Come shoot to be crowned best in the state! More Information Online Registration

Registration will open next week, so there are plenty of slots available. The main match will be on May 24th, 2015. That's Memorial Day weekend. I'm still working out some initial details, but here's the link: https://clubs.practiscore.com/2015-or-state-uspsa-championship/register

Hey, Ryan. My thinking on the classifier was that shooting right to left allows me to shift my body weight to the right the further I get through the string. In theory I would be able to lean out of the box as I'm engaging the last (easiest) target. In practice I don't think it mattered too much I watched your star video again, and have another thought. Compare your starting feet position (after stepping off the barricade) to mine. I stepped to that position (even bobbled my left foot a little) thinking more about the exit than about stability for shooting the star. Since my right foot was back and my left foot was forward and balanced on the fault line, I was able to thrust out of there pretty quickly. Hope to see you in Albany again sometime soon. I won't be there next month, but maybe in January. Also, I'm the MD in Bend. Come out and shoot with us sometime! We're hosting the OR State Championship next May. Cheers

Two possible approaches: Step 1. Shoot the illegal stage. Step 2. Go talk to the MD / Stage Designer about the stage. If you don't know him personally, be polite and offer solutions. If he is your friend, flick him a ton of crap. OR Step 1. Shoot the stage in balls out, Hero-or-Zero mode Step 2. Did you shoot the stage well? If yes, shoot the rest of the match and go on with your life. If no, ARBITRATE and get it tossed out.

Hey, Ryan. I'd echo what everyone else said. I have the benefit of having shot that same match. One thing I did on the star stage was get indexed on the first target way before I hit the box. It shaves off at least .25s. I'm not a great shooter by any means, but maybe some things from my match can help. Cheers

That worked. Thanks!

Thanks! I did not have the .12 apk, so this helps a lot. Actually, can you reupload it please. That file is 25kb and won't open. Thanks!

Agh, upgraded my NST to .13 before I saw the bug report... how do you downgrade to .12?

More practice - his hands will callous up and the tape won't be a problem If not that, then rubbing something over the surface of the tape to knock it down a little also works. My concerns with tape are usually the strength of the adhesive. They usually don't stick to the gun well enough for me.

Oh you'll get a little bit of comp leading even if you spray your comp with case lube before you shoot it. But it won't be bad enough that you have to clean it all the time. I'm on 3,000 rounds of 125gr moly over HS6, and I haven't cleaned my comp yet. When you lube the comp, the new lead tends to not stick too well, and the pressure from the blast actually clears a lot of stuff out. I don't think I've had any new accumulation in the last 1,500 rounds or so.

I use 125gr Bear Creeks in my 9 Major. I spray the comp with case lube before each shooting session, and it is fine. Accuracy is decent but could be better. I know a guy (very good Open shooter) who shoots 147s in his gun. He says that the 125 molys can't stabilize at the higher velocities and, hence, have worse accuracy. I'm going to try 147s to see if the feel is ok or not.

Squad Lists are now online. Get signed up, guys! Match is about half full - so there's still room!

This all happened last time Obama got elected. As I recall, by 6 months things were becoming available again. I personally see no reason why it shouldn't be the same this time around. Of course, I'm an optimist by nature.

Besides what has already been said, the easiest thing for you to work on would be to economize your motion. Newer shooters think that moving-while-shooting is always faster... the truth is that it is sometimes faster depending on your skill level. What's more, moving-while-shooting can actually be a liability if you fall into the mindset that you should always be moving (and thus create excess motion). Case in point. Check out your last shooting position in video one (the spot with the barrel port). For those last five targets, I count three steps taken. You engage the first target, take two steps, engage the next three, then step back (!) to engage the last target through the barrel. From my perspective, all of those could have been engaged from a single spot. It would have been much faster (not to mention more stable) for you to rush to that spot, plant, and shoot away. Another spot I see that could have been beneficial to plant and shoot would be at the second window port. In your run, you got deep into the port to engage the targets. Then you backed out, did an unnecessary reload, and engaged the first target on the left. The more efficient way to run this would have been to plant a couple yards back from the port, engage everything, then pivot left and engage that first target (which would have been visible from the further back position). Then reload while rushing to the last position (as stated above). Once you have a good grasp on economy of motion in your stage breakdowns, then you can start factoring in little bits of moving-while-shooting to lower your times. But to do the latter first is to get the cart before the horse.

I haven't tried cleats for USPSA yet. What kind of surface are you guys using them for? My local range is made up of fairly loose gravel. How would cleats operate on that surface?

Supposing your barrel is a bit big, then you may be undersizing your bullets. Try some that are un-sized (gasp!). I know it seems weird, but I've shot over 30k un-sized 9mm bullets from a Lee round-nose mold, and they worked fine. Lead bullets that are too fat will shoot fine as long as you can chamber them. It's when they are too small that problems arise. Also start water-quenching... really no reason not to. I would definitely try a slower powder too. In my experience, powder speed plays a big part of leading / non-leading. Unique or Power Pistol should give you a good comparison. Finally, how much is "horrific" leading? If you can go through 300 rounds without losing accuracy, then maybe it's not so bad. I used to get leading in my 9mm because I used a cheap, quick tumble lube. But it wasn't so bad that it affected accuracy. Every 600-800 rounds, I would run one mag of FMJ bullets through it, and VOILA, the barrel was clean!

I started in 2010 as a Production shooter. I worked the fundamentals and made my gains in all the areas where they came easy. In 2012, I made Master and realized that from there on the gains would be harder to come by. Sure, there was still a LOT to improve on, but the amount of work it would require was growing. So I decided to try a change of pace. I've been the owner of an Open gun for 1 month now. And it's totally kicking my butt. I might be getting to the point where I can shoot equivalent scores to my Production gun. But it's like learning a whole new game. The draw and reload motions are different. The visual game is different. The mental planning and attitude towards stages are different. I'm totally hooked on the Open gun, but I know it's going to take me the rest of the year to get as good with my STI as I was with my CZ.

I have used both Racers and Racemasters extensively. Racers can wear down pretty quickly. If you have a plastic one in your primary reload position and practice / dryfire a lot - it will probably wear down. I had to have mine replaced because it was starting to develop some wobble in its mounting. So my solution - Racemaster in the first position. Racers in all other positions. You can get a group discount through speedshooters. They will allow you to mix and match which pouches you want and still give you the 10% off.

I've broken two TRSs in the two years of shooting my CZ (weekly dryfire and 20k live per year). The first was factory. The second was the CZC improved. I've just taken to buying a bunch of them and expecting to replace them. I bought factory since it didn't seem to make much difference either way. I've also broken a slidestop and an extractor... definitely recommend carrying an extra of those.

Stages are approved and available for viewing online! Check them out here: http://oregonshooting.com/cps

This may be true to some, but it is not a universal rule. I've shot close to 40,000 cast lead bullets in the last two years and use an FCD regularly. There is more to the equation than just the FCD. To the OP, first thing I would do is check your crimp, it could be too tight and is tearing up the plating. Second thing I would change is your powder. Switch to something slower (power pistol, wsf, etc.) You are probably pushing the bullet too fast and the rifling is tearing up the plating (hence the bad accuracy).

Lead is great, but you have to treat it right. - Try case checking them in your barrel instead of a case gauge. Lead can vary more than FMJ in diameter, but as long as it goes into you chamber, the bullet will shoot fine... if they still don't chamber well, try shortening your OAL (decrease your powder charge accordingly). - Bell the case mouth more so that the bullet can ease into the brass without getting torn up. - You must seat and crimp in different stations to save yourself a lot of hassle. - Shoot out 50 of them then pull out your barrel and check for leading. If you are leading, you will probably have to go to a slower powder. - Likewise if you are getting terrible accuracy out of them, go to a slower powder. - Get some lead removing soap and be sure to use it after handling them. Don't eat / drink / rub your eyes, etc until after you have washed all the residue off.

Have gone through about 25,000 Tula small pistol primers. In my experience they: - are harder to seat than softer brands - cannot be trusted 100% in striker fired pistols (even with a plus power striker spring) - require at least a 15lb mainspring and an extended firing pin to set off reliably But if you get them seated and hit them hard enough, they go bang every time.

Have used them interchangeably in minor (Fed SPP and SMPP). Didn't see any PF difference.

2013 Oregon State Championships May 25-26 Bend, OR For the second year running, the COSSA Range in Bend will be hosting the Oregon State USPSA Championships. We've got a one-day match with 8 action-packed stages running a 197 round count (and a decided absence of 35 yard standards this time ) Some things to watch out for: Division winners get an awesome personalized plaque After the match we have a CASH PRIZE man-on-man shoot off Side Match, Raffle, Silent Auction, and more! Come have some fun in the beautiful, high desert sun. More information: http://www.oregonshooting.com/cps