Turtle
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I run 4.0g of Titegroup behind a MG 124JHP out of my G34. It seems to be as accurate as I am.
R-Bros, What sort of PF is this load making?
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Awesome pictures Chris!
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Midsouth Shooters Supply has CCI small rifle in stock for $26.42/1000.
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Many thanks to all of the people who worked tirelessly to make this match happen. I thought the stages offered a pretty good ballance of challenging the shooters with speed,accuracy, and tactics. I had a great time and my traveling partner helped make it so, and to think I almost had to do that long trip alone...
I had some serious trouble on stage 11 and dumped about 84 match points and my very best stage got thrown out. So, I didn't finish nearly to where I wanted to but just getting to shoot with Max, K.C., Chris, Travis, Gilbert and the rest of squad 91 made it OK.
Thanks again to all the match staff and match sponsors for all you do for the sport. Congrats to the winners and to the rest of us, better shooting next time...
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Wow, first time I picked up the gun since the Nationals last year...and it showed. I had some uncharacteristic gun problems on a couple of stages too (3 jams on one stage alone), not cool man, not cool. The Match was great and it was wonderful seeing everybody on the range. A huge thanks to all the staff for making this happen. It's hard enough to just have a match, there is so much that goes on behind the scenes, but to have a great match, that's something special! Thanks again to everybody, and please don't let me forget to thank the sponsors as well.
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To answer your question, NO.Is there reason to switch if my gun is running fine and making minimum power factor? -
Thanks Steve, congratulations to you too. Will you be making the trip down to F-burg for the Area 8 this year. Hope to see you there.
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Got home around 7:30, I forgot how bad the traffic can be on I-70 eastbound on Sunday afternoon. The match was a lot of fun and we had a great time. I always enjoy shooting at the Pitcairn-Monroeville club; it was good to see everybody there. Thanks to all who worked hard to pull off a successful Major Match! I'm glad I was able to sneak in the match at the last minute by the grace of my sponsors: Rudy, Ron, and Megan...hehehe.
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I'm in! I'll be shooting with Ron on Sunday. See you all on the range.
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Another great match in the history books. Thanks to all the match staff, you did a wonderful job. Our squad ran very smoothly through all 12 stages and the weather was amazing. It was a small miracle that I even got to shoot (thanks Cindy!).
I shot a decent match and felt good about every stage except the one I "zeroed". Not that I felt good about all the results, it's just that I saw everything and knew what was happening and why. I just shot stage 8 (Men in black) too fast for my current level of focus, being tired after lunch. I shot it at a cadence that would have been fine for my normal "sharp" level of focus...big mistake. I should have just called each and every shot no matter how slow it seemed to me at the time.
One thing I was reflecting on during the long drive home was how things in USPSA have evolved over the years. The people who you see at the matches; some who you've seen for years and some who you just don't see any more. The skill level of the shooters (speed and accuracy) and how some of the winners faces have changed and some haven't. Also, the gamesmanship that I saw so much in my earlier years of shooting I just don't see that much any more. I'm not judging any of this as good or bad, just reflecting on what I've seen over the years...
It was good to see everyone on the range and thanks again to the Area 6 staff for a great match!
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Looking forward to coming, it's always a great match. I may even get to fire my IPSC pistol, for the first time since last fall, before I come. Wouldn't that be great?!?!
See you all there.
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The journey has ended with an increase in knowledge. I actually did find part of the answer (the "who", not the "what") on my own, prior to Flex's post (#53).
I look forward to the next trip.
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I happen to know for a fact that the Israelis are not the only ones that use a condition three carry. No I can't tell you...you know what I would have to do.
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Perhaps a doublestack metal frame built for the 9/40, smaller dimension, different "feel" than others.
Non-working grip safety model.
This actually sounds like a good idea. After all, the 9/38 mags do have those indentations on the sides to facilitate function in a wide body grip that was originally designed as a"high cap .45".
Never mind, that would be a grip/mag issue and the issue at hand is the frame....
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Way to go, GM is right around the corner.
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I agree Yamil. By the way, I love the avatar, awesome picture!
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I find most people who's goal is to WIN don't keep or display plaques where they lost. (Losing = not 1st place). I do it in very select occasions. For example, I have a plaque next to my door from the match I lost by about .1 match points - to remind me that every point counts. I don't keep the majority and I know quite a lot of shooters who feel the same way.
Other than that, frankly, it's no ones business what a competitor does with the plaque they were given. I don't see how it's disrespectful at all - it isn't insulting the match, staff, or competition. It is solely based as a representation of your performance. I bet 99% of us throw the stuff away we get in the sponsor bag when we register for the match too, but I don't see anyone screaming "foul" over that. By that logic, isn't that disrespecting our match sponsors?
I think many of us feel the same way Jake, but I also think that it was the way that it was done that was the issue. If the parking lot was littered with the registration brochures then that would be a problem, wouldn't it? But discretely putting them in your hotel room waste basket is different.
And just to put another slant on it... Maybe they weren't thrown away at all...Maybe someone left their stuff in the awards room and went to the prize area - intending to return for their plaque... Maybe it was picked up by the hotel staff before they returned... I put mine down once or twice while talking and grazing at the snacks. I could have forgotten it had my husband not picked it up for me.It amazes me how quickly evil intent is assigned to what most of the time is innocent action.
Very true, we should not assume malice, but it's amazing how often we do.
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I had a great time catching up with old friends and meeting some new ones. The shooting challenges were fun, not the very best I've seen, but still fun. As for the lack of running and gunning (which I too was disappointed by), I've also heard many people complain about those type of stages as feats of physical ability and not shooting ability. I think the shooting tests in this match were pretty solid and would like to thank everyone who took the time and energy to design and set-up the stages. If you weren't happy with the stages (not that there's anything wrong with that) then maybe you could design one for next years match and hopefully it will be used (seriously, no sarcasm intended).
The shooting in the mud and rain is no big deal and as some people stated earlier, it's just another challenge to overcome (another distraction from the shooting) and in some respects that makes it more fun. It's everything else besides shooting that makes it miserable; The fact that the RO's have to walk up nose to nose with the target to score it thru the bag, taping targets in the pouring rain, all your gear getting soaked, dropping mags in deep smelly mud, the (some times long) delays due to rain induced reshoots, shooting in the dark and being blided by your muzzle blast, etc., etc.. As shred so aptly put it, many of us can pinpoint the few bad things that happened that knocked us down in place and kept us from reaching our goal (man how I wanted to finish top 20!!!).
All in all it was a good experience and I'm glad I went. Hopefully all the controllable issues that people have brought up will be addressed and hopefully we'll have some better weather next time so as to increase the overall fun factor. If anyone from USPSA and USSA is listening, thank you for all the hard work you put in to make a match of this caliber happen! Congrats to the winners, nicely done.
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I'll be trying out a Camelbak Motherlode at the O-L10 match. Should be a good test for it...
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Definitely agree, one of my favorites too.
"What is that now? Twelve hands in a row? Holliday, son of a bitch, nobody's that lucky.
Why Ike, whatever do you mean? Maybe poker's just not your game Ike. I know! Let's have a spelling contest!"
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Oh man, I just looked up the totals from Summer Blast just to see where Clint and I stood. Five for me to his one....
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Generally speaking I would have to agree with most of the above posts. I will say that if I can save a position plus a weird setup by taking an "easy" shot off the draw before I move then I'll do it. You kinda have to do the math by doing a realistic timed walk-thru both ways. Then you'll see which way is faster. As you progress you can do this in your head by breaking down the target sequence and add up your draws, splits, transitions, and reloads and see which way is faster. It's good to know how fast you can set up on a given target in a given position too. As an example, I'm always faster getting a shot off setting up to the left side of a wall not the right. I don't know exactly why but I found that out one day in practice. Like everyone else said, there are a lot of variables to the situation so you need to know what your limits are. Sometimes you can save a funny setup and a position by taking some far shots, generally that is going to be a tactic that will lend itself to the Open gunners. Many times the best way to shoot a stage (especially if you're first and you didn't get to pre-walk the stage before the match) is straight-up; meaning shoot it from left to right (or right to left) and just be smooth and call your shots. You might find a short cut hear or there but all will be lost if you eat a miss on a funky set-up or end up firing extra shots.
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I was wondering when that was going to come up Dave. I'll have to think about it....
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I didn't see your post until now, otherwise I would have probably went with the Falcon II. I ended up getting a Camelbak motherlode. It works just fine but is a little cramped; either that or I have too much crap....
Thanks for the info.
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I found the sheep twitching on the sidelines (can you say false start?!) distracting. I could get some really fast reactions but as a whole I'd always have one penalty. I altered my focus a bit and was able to overcome my previously uncontrollable urge to jump the gun...
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Good exercise, thanks for posting.