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Blade-tech w/o the DOH bracket. I like it very much. Not sure how to improve it. They are handmade and very high quality.
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We start at 9 at the club's in our area. The reasons are that range rules prohibit shots before 9 a.m. due to good neighbor policies, and local noise ordinances also prohibit earlier shooting.
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I am not one who worries a lot about how long the match takes. If I don't have all day I stay home. I enjoy the range, the company the shooting, setting up, tearing down, waiting for stats. I enjoy it all. It is a fun time for me. I do not induce stress into the day by rushing. I have plenty of stress and rush and deadlines elsewhere in my life. There are people all over the world who wish they could spend all day with a gun strapped to their hip on a gun range. We are blessed. I don't get the dissatisfaction with a day at the range.
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I see your point. I agree with you. There is a line. And, as I said, you must be fast and accurate. But, in my experience, accuracy is more fundamental than speed.
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Sounds like IDPA backup gun division, something that already exists but is RARELY used.
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I am a lowly B shooter who will make A with the next classification cycle so I don't know much. What I do know is that you must be fast to be near or at the top. HOWEVER, you also must be accurate. between the two, I see more fast shooters being beaten by slightly slower shooters than I see accurate shooters being beaten by slightly faster shooters. Here is an example of what I see locally. 160-point stage. Fast shooter runs it in 15.34, 132 pts. with a Mike/no-shoot. Accurate shooter runs it in 17.56, clean, with 153 pts.
Fast shooter = 7.3011 hf. Accurate shooter = 8.7129. In a six-stage match, the fast shooter will beat the accurate shooter on two stages by a small margin but the accurate shooter will be on top by larger margins in four of the six. This is a year-round cycle, 2-4 matches a month, year in and year out. I shoot with the same guys and there are several who fall into both categories. At the end of the day, it is target shooting and you need to score points to win. There are also a handful of local guys who are Damn fast and Damn accurate. Guess what ... they win ALL THE TIME.
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PF is 130. I have never understood this talk of CZ pistols needing short oal in 9mm. Every one I have seen was rather long in the throat.
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CZ SP 01 SHADOW
Bear Creek 135gr.
4.1-4.2gr. wst
1.150 oal
CCI SP
mixed brass
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First IDPA match was 2003, shooting a S&W M19-3 2.5-inch 357 with medium handloads and my 175gr lswc cast bullets. Shot that for a year, regularly taking most accurate shooter of the match with it.
Switched to a S&W 66-2 3-inch 357 magnum shooting the same load and also lighter 38 special loads. Shot that for a year.
Then started shooting CDP with a couple 3-inch 1911s, a Kimber and a Colt. Shot those for another year.
Mind you, I was regularly carrying all of those pistols as daily CCW.
Met some guys at the matches were told me that I was accurate but slow (they were right) and that I needed to shoot USPSA to get faster.
I said okay, and started shooting Limited 10 with my Les Baer PMII. I was IMMEDIATELY HOOKED. I then moved to SS, This year I am shooting production and building a Limited gun for future use. I never looked back!
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This topic has been discussed a lot and opinions vary. When I shoot SS I shoot major. But I have a shooting buddy who shoots minor and he had beat me plenty of times. I think it comes down to stage design in the area where you shoot. If most of the stages consist of shoot 3 or 4 targets and move to next target array, or shoot 3 or 4 steel targets and 1 or 2 paper and move to next array, then major is going to be more competitive because the minor gun will need to do the same reloads as the major gun. The couple of makeup shoots have not proven to be a real benefit as far as I can tell.
Now, if the stage designers in your area are more creative and are making you shoot 1 or 2 targets then move, or a mix of steel and paper that is 1 to 4 shots then move, now the minor gun can have an advantage because you won't need to reload on every move where as the major guns will have to do a few more reloads. If you are shooting competitive raw points with in minor against the major guns, then minor can give you an edge.
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Hearsay: Out-of-court statement offered for the truth of the matter asserted.
Just thought I would provide that so people can understand what it really means.
Plenty of exceptions to the hearsay rule, of course.
Just having some fun. LOL.
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You did not call the shot. You think you did but you did not.
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I have Megar 19 & 17, CZ 17 & 18, and use them all. I use CR SPEED mag pouches. All work fine.
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You need to relieve yourself of the idea the slow movement is necessary to safety. Muzzle and finger awareness are what you need. Practice maintaining them at speed. You will prove to yourself they are as safe st speed as they are in slow motion. BOOM. problem solved and you can now run-n-gun. :-)
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I would be more concerned with making sure he holsters that gun before starting to turn around.
BOOM! +1
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What is the start position called for in the WSB?
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Taking a quick look at the next stage is not necessarily a big deal. I do it. I challenge anybody to accuse me of not working the stage with my crew. I R.O., design stages, build stages, donate props to the club, show up for clean up day and prop. construction days, serve as MD ... If I want to peep my head over to the next bay for two minutes to see the stage I will and do. I DO NOT get on the stage to airgun or for any reason. I stay at the rear of the bay and look. In my opinion, where the new shooter went wrong was interfering with the squad that currently was operating on the bay. That is a no-no.
Looking at the stage, big deal. Hell, you can do that on your way to and from the rest room, stats shack, or hot dog vendor. People should lighten up on that one.
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I have a 6-inch 45 I shot in bullseye matches and am currently building a 6-inch 40 for limited. I like them.
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Per my understanding of the rules, if the CRO on the stage made a scoring call and the shooter disputed it and asked that the target be pulled for the RM to score, then there is no role for the MD to play in this situation. He was simply out of line to even interject anything at all and it can fairly be understood as an attempt to influence a match official in the proper disposition of their duties, namely the RM in scoring the target. This is why the MD is not allowed to play any role in administering the match after it has begun.
As for slowing matches down, first, as has been pointed out, there is no need for pulling a target to create a delay. Second, if it does create a delay, so what? The rules require time to adhere to. That is not a delay in the match, that IS the match. If you don't like the time required to run a match by the rules, don't participate.
When I RO, I could care less how long it takes to do anything that is required under the rules to be done. Anyone who decides it is taking too long for them can leave. I am not going to take shortcuts, pressure competitors to accept a call they can dispute under the rules, or anything else. I have a limited role to play. I play my role. Sounds like the MD needs to learn some basic lessons about his role. SC should be able to teach him ...
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YAY! Bring that program to California, Please!
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I am all about growing the sport. But I have no interest in shooting with people who do not want to play by the rules. People who leave because others are serious about the game and the rules cannot get off the range fast enough for me. GO! This sport is not for you. This is USPSA. We have rules. It is FREESTYLE not FREE FOR ALL.
To be honest, I see some new people at matches who in my opinion are not ready for this game. They don't have the understanding of their gun and how to manipulate it to be safe. They are not leaving due to course design rule that they have no clue about. They are leaving b/c they are in over their heads.
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And just because you didn't help setup doesn't mean that you have any less right to a legal stage to shoot if it is being advertised as a sanctioned USPSA match ... Either follow the rules or take the USPSA sign down ....
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What is the OP's home club and where is it located?
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Fixed. Love adjustable sights but for matches, fixed. I arrived at this decision the hard way. Many failed sights during matches.
New rule 3.3.1 for 2014 rulebook.
in USPSA/IPSC Rules
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People who are saying parts kits are not legal in CA are wrong. Penal code sec. 32310 does not restrict the transfer of parts kits nor the maintenance of legally owned mags of greater than 10 round capacity. The recently passed and signed AB 48 adds sec. 32311 which makes modifying mags with parts kits illegal as of 1/1/2014. However, 32311 does not state that parts kits are illegal to maintain existing mags.