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1. The Czechmate is NOT a cheaper alternative to a 2011! It costs $3,300.00, about the price of a good semi-custom 2011. 2. The DW Havoc, (also made by CZ), which is based on a Caspian frame, is about $4,300.00. For that, you can get a full custom SV. 3. Works for Graiffel? Like I said, it's the Indian, not the arrow. I'd be willing to bet that Eric could shoot Open with a Single Stack .45, and still beat the majority of us. Same goes for the majority of the top GM's.

While tables can have different shapes and sizes, the standard height of a dining table is pretty consistent. To function well, it has to be high enough so that there is enough clearance space above the knees of those who gather round to eat or chat. To be able to dine comfortably the table should not be too high. For that reason most dining tables are 28" to 30" high.

Sure! You got about $4K you can loan me?

KC did well at Area 5 last year with his Glock. (He won Open, but I don't recall where he was in the combined.) I shot on the squad behind KC, along with Shane Coley and Matt Sweeney, and trust me, KC was MOVING, and the gun was not a problem. As with most things, it's the Indian, not the arrow.

In 5 years of shooting USPSA, and 4 as an RO, I think I've seen a slide racker on a Limited gun exactly once. Why? I don't know. Perhaps they are more prevalant in Open because having the optic makes grabbing the slide to rack it much harder. Generally speaking though, nobody uses them in Limited.

I'm pretty sure that is unenforcable, if such a requirement even exists.

.40 S&W really isn't going to give you enough gas for a comp to be effective anyway. I actually ran a Glock 22 with a Lone Wolf barrel and Carver comp for the first 6 months I shot Open. I don't think the comp really mattered unless I was running really light 135 gr bullets at high velocity. If you're using 155, 165 or 180 gr bullets, you might as well just shoot a stock barrel. Just my $0.02, from someone who's been there and done that.

You're always better off shooting 9mm. You lose too much in capacity when you go to .40. You need to replace the barrel with a threaded one anyway to attach the comp, so no sense in worrying about the pressures of major 9. A good replacement barrel should a fully supported chamber and be ok with 9 Major pressures. I've seen people use an M&P or Springfield XD. I think the Glocks tend to have more parts made for them to be turned into Open guns.

Yes, they did. What SVI calls an "Infinity IMM" currently would not be legal in IPSC Modified division anyway. It wouldn't fit in the box.

But most people aren't aware of that.

YEP! Should be an official ruling, otherwise it's not really a rule, is it? It's just a non-binding opinion.

That's what I'm using. Lone Wolf G24 slide & barrel on a G22 frame. Pretty much the only things that AREN'T legal for Limited are: Optics Compensators or barrel ports 170mm mags Everything else is now ok, including slide rackers and thumb rests.

Mine is 1.5#. If you have good trigger-finger discipline, then low trigger wieghts are irrelevant, as long as the gun is safe and doesn't double.

Same could be said for my expensive 2011 mags with Grams internals and Dawson base pads. That's why they make a tuning kit for them. I've had CMC 10rnd mags that wouldn't drop free. After a few whacks with a rubber mallet while lying on a flat surface, they always go back to working. I like the CMC mags because they have a large basepad that is easy to grab, and it cushions the mag better when you drop them.

Didn't Blake Miguez get dinged at World Shoot a few years ago for holding a towel in his hand during the walk through? I believe the IPSC rule is true.

Just remember, the dot may be easier to see, but you have to be much faster in general to be competitive in Open. If you're not only having problems seeing, but are getting old and slow, don't expect that using a dot is going to make you a Grand Master anytime soon.

You pretty much are going to need to use a race style holster, since I don't know of a full coverage holster that will fit it. The favorites tend to be: Double Alpha Race Master Ghost CR Speed Safariland

Neither are things like playing billiards or a guitar, but there ARE people who DO just have a natural talent for it, It takes them little effort to attain a level of skill that others would take a long time to attain, even if they practiced relentlessly. Things like better eye/hand coordination, muscle control, etc. all play into it. What? that's crazy talk. It's all about how hard you work. Anyone can become an acclaimed professional guitarist. The ones who don't make it are just lazy. I guess I'm just lazy. I've been playing for 30 years, and I STILL don't have any platinum selling records to show for it.

Neither are things like playing billiards or a guitar, but there ARE people who DO just have a natural talent for it, It takes them little effort to attain a level of skill that others would take a long time to attain, even if they practiced relentlessly. Things like better eye/hand coordination, muscle control, etc. all play into it.

I think most people are missing the meaning of "natural talent." True, most shooters in USPSA fall into C class, but do all of those people have "natural talent?" I'd say no. I'd be willing to bet that most shooters in C class don't practice and train regularly. That's why they are still C class. I think the average shooter, with practice, can probably reach B. Someone with a little more natural talent can probably reach A with a little bit practice. Prabably higher if they really apply themselves. Someone with A LOT of natural talent can probably reach A with little practice, and M or GM if they apply themselves.

BINGO!! In Production you are supposed to be able to use "off the shelf", (PRODUCTION!!), guns and ammo. Pretty much every gun on the Prod. list is available in 9mm, and commercial 9mm ammo generally makes minor PF easily.

My open gun is right around 1.5#.

Per current edition of the USPSA rulebook: So, it sounds to me like the final decison is made at the national level. Not sure who actually makes the decision though. It also sounds like your current scores would have to reflect that you should be moved down. (Classifier scores that are consistently 5% below your current class, or lower.) If you still have valid scores in the rotation, I would guess that would disqualify you from moving down.

always pointed straight downrange? if so, that is pretty unusual. almost everyone turns the gun slightly to the support hand side to line up the magwell with the incoming magazine. If you are not paying attention, it is easy to break the 180 when reloading and moving towards your weak side. My solution to this problem is to pay attention. I do reloads in both directions in dry-fire, and I pay acute attention to where the muzzle is pointed so that I know how it feels and looks. In a match, all i have to do is the same as in practice. Always pointed DOWNRANGE. Where did I ever say "straight downrange?" If you do it right, you don't need to turn the muzzle toward your weak hand side to insert the mag. Your wrist ROTATES! Simply rotate your wrist, not the axis of muzzle. The muzzle IS the axis of roatation. Rotate your wrist so your palm is flat facing up, as opposed to rotating the axis of the muzzle so that your palm is pointing at your face.

If you have to shift the gun in your hand so that you are pointing the muzzle at the 180, then you: 1. Need an extended mag release. 2. Are simply doing it wrong. My finger hits the mag release when the gun is still pointing downrage at the targets, and then I rotate my wrist to expose the magwell. (The muzzle is the axis of rotation) The muzzle is ALWAYS pointed downrange.