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He is a certified RM.

An amazing match, unreal weather. I heard people say it looked easy before they shot it. Once they were done they realized it was pretty darn hard. Lots of speed changes, lots of targets, lots of tight positions, lots of fun! This is my 5th Florida Open. This year there wasn't a shot I felt like I could not make before the match, but I found a way to gather 6 mikes in 11 stages anyway. The flavor has changed from year to year. I like this years flavor. I would name it deceptively hard.

Yes, that was a brain fart.

If a shot had gone off at the highest point it would have gone out of the back of our bay and over the berm of the bay on the other side.

So a revolver guy does a reload and points the gun over the top and past 180 by a ton and pretty much within a few feet of your head. You call stop and DQ the guy. The RM gives him the DQ using 10.5.2. I don't like to DQ the guy but I really don't like guns pointed in the direction of my head. A while later the RM comes back and says it's OK to do that because 10.5.3.6 says there is an exception when the revolver has the cylinder open and empty. At the time I take him for his word as there is a stage to run and he knows the rules better than I do. I think I am an idiot for not knowing about that exception. On the way home my friend and I look at the rule-book and we think that only applies to 10.5.3 when you drop the gun, he applied it to 10.5.2. Too late to argue but it kind of makes me a bit upset that he thinks someone can point a gun in the direction of my head and it's OK.

If you are sure it was a double and not a really quick trigger pull he needs to fix it before he shoots with it in the match. 5.1.6 Handguns must be serviceable and safe. Range Officers may demand examination of a competitor’s handgun or related equipment, at any time, to check they are functioning safely. If any such item is declared unserviceable or unsafe by a Range Officer, it must be withdrawn from the match until the item is repaired to the satisfaction of the Range Master.

I have not seen it happen in a USPSA match.

The least expensive way to shoot Single Stack is 9mm. It is one division you shoot minor and come out OK. You get two extra rounds so you can have more flexibility in your stage plans and have a makeup shot or two if you need them. 9mm is less expensive to load just for bullet cost if nothing else. Using Montana Gold for example a case of 180g .40 and 124g 9mm cost about the same but you get 3750 9mm and 2500 .40. I think it's 2000 .45. Shooting a 1911 in 9mm is a lot of fun and very easy to shoot. For you, the least expensive thing would be to shoot L10 or fit the bushing barrel and make sure your TRP will make weight. From memory they are pretty heavy.

Don't waist your logic, you only get so much of it.

Been this way for a long time 8.1.2.5 When applicable, the grip safety may be disabled provided that the primary safety as described in 8.1.2.4 is operable. Production division handguns are explicitly excluded from this rule. Edit to add: The primary safety on a 1911 is the thumb safety.

8.7.2 Competitors are prohibited from using any guns or gun replicas as sighting aids while conducting their inspection (“walkthrough”) of a course of fire. Violations will The way I was taught is you can't hold anything, that could be a sighting aid, in your hand and sight targets. Bottle of water, magazine, etc. Not the way I read it but.......... Who is to say a bottle of water is not a gun replica?

Not the way I would call it but..... 9.1.3 Prematurely Patched Targets - If a target is prematurely patched or taped, which prevents a Range Official from determining the actual score, the Range Officer must order the competitor to reshoot the course of fire. However, if following the scoring of a target by any assigned Range Officer, the target is patched or taped by anyone other than a Range Officer, the score will stand as called regardless of the competitor's opportunity to see the target in question and the competitor will not be permitted to appeal the score as called. Reviewing previous score sheets is prohibited; targets must be scored as is, using the actual target as the basis for the scoring call.

So strange. I use mine a lot and I have had it for close to a year and unless I let the battery get really low it has been flawless.

On the equipment side, some guy named Nils shoots limited pretty well without a race holster etc.

Production works as it is. The saying "Don't fix it if its not broke" comes to mind. You can shoot a .40 or .45 loaded to minor and do just fine as there is no penalty for round count. .45 loaded to minor PF is a blast to shoot. 9mm keeps the cost down for folks that shoot production. If you could shoot major why would anyone shoot minor? You don't see a whole lot of folks shooting Limited Minor.

Doubt that. People considering a $6000 pistol aren't suddenly going to decide to but a $3000 pistol. On their best day, STI is not going to build a comparable pistol to an SV or an Akai, Brazos, etc. I agree, they are two different markets. When I was in the market for a 3 gun AR STI had one at a reasonable price, with some nice features, and more than acceptable performance. I would not have spent $3000 + on a JP etc but @$1100 it fit my need. I think these guns fit in the same spot. Not a stock edge, not a full on custom limited or open build but a gun someone can go compete with at a reasonable price. I think it is a good move for STI.

Great match, spend almost all your practice time on partial targets at 15 - 20 yards. If you are comfortable with those it will make the match a lot more fun.

Yes, that is my argument. And broken is not necessarily unsafe... I see your point, but the broken condition may be cause by a broken piece. You really can't expect or foresee a piece to break during a match. Even if you were to use a new gun at every match, a piece may still break. That's why we have some rules such as "never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy." A broken gun will still be safe as long as we follow the 4 golden rules of firearm safety. Yes and I understand your argument, Several people, including me, just don't agree that is the way the rule is written. The simple version of Ready to Fire is the gun can go bang. It did, so it was ready to fire. In most cases in the rule book, if they want to make something more complicated that the simple reading they define that way. I find no definition to push me to go past the simple definition of Ready to Fire. Take movement for example. The simple definition is not good enough so they define movement.

Sure

We all have our opinion. There are distinct commands with specified time limits in one situation and none in the other. There is no correlation. Again, I am happy to agree to disagree. This horse has been dead for a while.

There is no definition in the rule book because I don't believe that the rule book believes in defining every single word that is used to define other words... Please read my whole post!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't RE-defined anything...I showed you the definition of what the word "ready" means. Ready is ready...it is a common word commonly understood by most everybody else and defined by Webster...AS I SHOWED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please refer to the link!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The fact that the gun fired, yes, I will agree that it was capable of being fired, but it does not mean it was ever in the state of being "ready" to fire...IT FIRED...skipping the "ready to fire" part !!!!!!! It's like going from "are you ready" to the "start signal"...skipping the "stand by" part... Guess we just need to agree to disagree.

It's not in the rule book because one would expect everyone to know the meaning of the word that is being used to define another action...in this case - "ready". I guess you want me to define all the words in the paragraph then??? Since you do not know the meaning of the simple word of "ready", let me point you to Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ready If you will notice, all the definition says it is "available" for immediate use...or something like that The gun that fired was not available for immediate use...it discharged without being available... Should i give you the definition of "available" also? OK: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/available It says "ready" for use... If the gun went off, it was never in a state of "ready", was it? and it was not available for use, prior to the first shot, was it? Definition: Loading ............................ The insertion of ammunition into a firearm. Loading is completed when ammunition is inserted and firearm is in battery, (slide forward or cylinder closed), and ready to fire. I don't see anywhere in the rule book defining the word "insertion"!!!!! I don't see anywhere in the rule book defining the word "into"!!!!! I don't see anywhere in the rule book defining the word "forward"!!!!! You redefined "ready to fire" as sitting there ready to fire. As the slide closes and the gun goes into battery it is ready to fire demonstrated by the fact that it did fire. I was just wondering if you found a definition I didn't.

I just bought one as well. Now I need to find a couple more magazines. Anybody found any?

For me, the 2011 size grip works better. I have bought grips from http://dsperman.com/ to make my single stack feel very close to my 2011 grips. Someone with smaller hands might like the thinner single stack grip.

Wut? Purely for the sake of my curiosity, what mechanical change after the slide is forward is necessary before the gun is considered "ready to fire"? (Kinda prima facie evidence that it was ready to fire in that it DID fire, you'd think. How is actually firing evidence that it wasn't ready to fire?) Ready to fire means the gun is in a state where it is ready or waiting to be manipulated to be fired...the gun was never at this state of being "ready"...it went from loading directly to "fire"...it was never at the state of being "ready" to be fired... Capable of firing does not mean ready to fire...Just because it fired means it was capable of firing...it does not mean that it was at a state where it was ready to be fired... Can you point me to that definition of Ready to Fire in the rule book?