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Read the first chapter of Brian's book. From your description you need to change your state of mind when you are shooting.

Did you figure this out?

My memory is a quite a bit different. I asked Peter to come over and once he was there I showed him why. He was across the bay and there was shooting going on so I could not wisper and I could not leave you and go get him. I am pretty sure I did not yell that you were a DQ. I don't think the word DQ came out of my mouth until after I showed him the gun on the table in the holster. I do remember asking you to Stop and that was in a quiet tone.

It had nothing to do with her being a female. I was walking off the stage and I saw her doing something unsafe. Unsafe enough for the rulbook to call for a DQ. I make the assumption that the guys that wrote the book know more than I do so I try to follow the rules. It would not have made a difference to me if the person was male, female, young, old, black, white, or purple. I was leaving the stage and the RM was there so all I did was control the situation by letting her know not to handle her gun until the RM was able to take over. After that I had nothing else to do with it. If I am an ass for doing that so be it. If there was a better way to do it I am open to listen.

I would rather they do what I would do, which is say "hey, dude, put that back on, right now". and then explain the rule. I'm all about safety, but I don't think tattling to the MD over everything is always the most constructive way to handle things. YMMV. I am the out of state guy that called the DQ. We all play a game that can get us hurt or killed if we all don't follow the rules. USPSA has a very good safety record because of the layered set of safety rules. I could have told her to put her belt back on and talked to her about the rule. Just like I could call finger when I see someone moving with their finger on the trigger, or let someone know that they went past 180 after they shot. People do it all the time and by doing it break down the layers of safety that are built into the game. Almost nothing makes an impression on a shooter like getting a DQ. I know, I got one about 20 minutes after I gave one that day. I see it all the time, you warn a shooter about their finger, or the 180, or...... Then you see them at another match and they do the same thing. It was no big deal to them. Some safety geek was just giving them a hard time. If they end up a DQ because they broke a safety rule I don't normally see them do it again. There is method to the USPSA rule book and the track record proves it. My guess is the OP will take some time to go over the rulebook as she won't want some safety geek to DQ her again over a minor safety infraction. She and all of us will be safer because of it. I tend to give the shooter every benefit of the doubt when it comes to a DQ. If I am not 100% sure I don't call it. When I am 100% sure I do. I expect people to RO that way when I run. I would much rather learn at a local match than go to a big match and make the mistake. As to tattling to the RM that is required in the rulebook if you call a DQ. I was 100% sure it was a DQ so I called the DQ. At that point I had to call the RM. I have to wonder how can you be "all about safety" and overlook something that is specifically spelled out in the rulebook? I guess you know more than the guys that wrote it? If you don't think it should be a DQ then get the rule changed. How about moving with your finger on the trigger is that a rule you choose to ignore when you run someone? If I had ignored that one I would have had an AD when I fell and dropped my gun on Saturday. Bet that would have scared the RO running me even more than me falling did.

I looked at the score, for sure not your best stage of the day, sorry. Funny how this stuff goes but I was never worried about the outcome on the way down. I have crashed so many times on the dirt bike I am used to falling and keeping my head together. I did not think I was going to drop the gun until my elbow hit the ground. When I did drop it I had my eye on it and saw that it was pointed in the correct direction. Now once I was in the car and had time to think about all the things that could have gone wrong, that is a different story.

My guess is your view was kind of exciting. I am fine, just a few scrapes and bruise or two. Must have hit my thigh on something as it has a pretty big bruise and was pretty sore on Sunday.

Saturday I was shooting the last stage of the day and it was an old school shoot 3 paper 1 steel from box a run to box b, shoot 3 paper 1 steel from box b run to box c shoot 3 paper 1 steel. There was a small hill between box a and b that I saw but did not pay enough attention to. I shot from box a, and started running to box b. I did not pick my right foot up high enough and it caught on the hill. I stumbled then fell hard. I had the gun pointed in the correct direction, finger off the trigger and all I could think of while going down was to keep it that way and to hold on to it. At the last part of the fall the point of my elbow hit the ground hard and my hand just popped open. At that point the gun was about 4" off the ground and pretty much did a very slow turn to the right and flopped over. The barrel ended up pointing to my right at a 90 degree angle and the grip was facing away from me. It was pointed down range and did not go off. I got up, the RO cleared and bagged the gun and I was a DQ with a few scrapes and bruses. Nice to learn this lesson without shooting anyone, or getting hurt in the fall. The lessons for me are to pay more attention to the ground between point a and point b when I am going to be running and to pick my feet up more when I run.

<< Bullet stays in the magazine but has usually advanced a touch>> As the slide goes forward it is not picking up the bullet. So to me the bullet is not sitting high enough in the mag or the mag not high enough in the gun when the slide comes forward. Feed lips too tight so the bullet can't come up high enough. The next time you drop the slide the bullet is a little farther forward, so it's higher, and the slide catches it. This should be specific mags not all of them. Does the problem happen on all mags about 10% of the time or 10% of the total so it could be one or two mags. Mag not sitting high enough in the gun, EGW mag release should solve that. To load .40 1.19+- you need to be running 10mm mags as at some point the .40 mags won't load as the bullet will be hitting the front of the mag. I run 10mm mags so I can use the same load for the limited gun and the SS.

One word can make a big difference I mix the mobile1 synthetic ATF and 5W 30 about 50/50 I can wipe my gun down with a rag and it comes perfectly clean. The ATF has more cleaning stuff in it, the oil is a bit slicker. I am about 2 years into my 2 quarts and I think it will be a long time before I have to buy more.

I recently bought a CR speed product and I needed some parts because I made a mistake in the item I bought. I sent an email to them asking if I could buy the parts to fix my mistake, they sent an email back asking for my address so they could just ship them to me. What a nice way to do business. I have found this type of service in several shooting related companies and it is just so nice I had to say something.

Why? Come on if you make a statement like "Use Mobile1 you regret it." you need to fill us in on why?

I must be sick as that sounds like a lot of fun.

Less recoil may not make you a better shot but I think it helps me call my shots. I practice a lot with a 22 and it is so simple to call shots with, the 9 is a little harder, and the .40 is quite a bit harder than the 9. The .45 and the .40 are pretty close, I think the .45 is, if anything, a little easer to call the shots with than the .40. I may just need to get some more training on recoil control. Major or Minor you need to get most all of the points to do well. If I can save 1 second on a 25 second 160 point stage I can drop +- 5 more points and be around the same hit factor. When I buy a good 1911 used and go to sell it I hardly ever lose anything. So the cost of the gun is not part of my thought process when I choose to shoot a division. The cost of bullets is. The cost delta from a 124g 9mm to a 180g .40 (35%) or 230g .45 (53%) is quite a bit. So if I shoot the same amount of money in my 9mm I get a lot more practice time. If I shoot the same number of bullets I save cash. I enjoy shooting a 1911 because I love the trigger. Can't get that in a production gun. I know I can shoot the stage I posted above quite a bit faster with the minor gun than the major gun. How much faster I am not sure as I did not shoot it both ways, but I am sure it would be at least a couple of seconds. I think everyone should shoot what they think is the best for them. For me it looks like the 9mm is a better choice now YMMV.

Notes: H5 only available from one spot. H9 not available until very close to wall. H11 not available until 2 or 3 steps after the spot you shoot H9-H10 H12 is available from the spot you shoot H9-H10 but it's kind of far off Start is with gun unloaded on table (TTTT) 8 round neutrality is there but as long as you can see the target from more than one position you can have as many as you want visable from one spot. The stage we shot Saturday was a good example. Unloaded table start so the major gun starts with 8, minor starts with 10. The stage met the 8 round rule as several of the targets were available from multiple places. 10 round stage plan: H1, H2, move in and shoot H4, H3 step around the wall while reloading then H5, H6, H7, H8 At best this is 1.5 steps. Reload while moving to H9 - H10 two steps H11, move in to shoot H12 & two steel Reload while moving to shoot H14, two steel, then H13 8 round stage plan???: H1, H2, move in and shoot H4, H3 step around the wall while doing a slide lock reload then H5, H6, H7, H8 At best this is 1.5 steps. Slide lock Reload while moving to H9 - H10 (H9 not visable until you were very close) take H12 then H11 Slide lock reload take 2 steel then H14, 2 steel, H13 This plan has you doing the same number of reloads but all three are from slide lock, two of those slide lock reloads in less than 2 steps. I am sure there is a better 8 round plan but I didn't walk it thinking about 8 rounds. Toss in a makeup shot anywhere in that 8 round plan and you are standing and reloading. With the 10 round gun you have at least one makeup available in every set of shots. I am seeing a lot of stages like this where the guy that designed it was thinking 10 round reloads, not 8. With so many production shooters and not as many SS shooters this is getting to be pretty common. Limited shooters tend to think in 19's or 20's for reload spots so that is not much help for people that have to think in 8's but it works for people that think in 10's most of the time.

I will add my vote to the have someone check the gun idea. I have a Colt Rail gun I use for carry and at 25 yards it is well within 2" off a rest. It doesn't take much of a trigger control issue to start tossing mikes at 15 to 20 yards. If the gun is not accurate at 25 yards it should be a pretty simple fix. The gun can make weight with a Dawson Ice magwell, and the aluminum MSH and grips that are not too heavy. I had to take some weight off a set of G10 grips to get the gun under weight. Apples to Apples my STI Trojan is only .3 of an ounce lighter.

As the production class grows and the stage designs lean more and more to 10 rounds. This is making SS Minor an OK option. 8 kind of sucks on a lot of stages when they are clearly designed to be shot in 10's. Unloaded table starts with multiple sets of 8 rounds after them just suck. I have seen stages where there were 3 or 4 slide lock reloads for an 8 round gun. Make up a shot and you add a standing reload. At area 6 there were at least 5 stages where having 10 rounds let you shoot a stage in a much better way. At the SC Sectional at least half of them broke down better in 10's. You either saved a reload at a place where you only had 1 step or got to shoot the targets in a better place. The all steel stage at Area 6 was a bonus for minor. When you are shooting 8 and have to make up a shot life gets very complicated in a hurry. Some of the advantages are many more options for your stage plan, make up shots, less recoil, and less cost. The disadvantage is points. I think it is a fair trade but YMMV. The idea of looking at the stages, then making up your mind is probalby a good one.

Don't care about the last stage. Don't care about the next stage. Don't care about the guy that shoots before you. Don't care about the guy running the clock.

I have a blast shooting hand thrown clays with my Governor. Can't let them get too far out but at 15-20 feet you can smoke them. It is a lot of fun you can have in a small field as none of the shot goes more than about 30 yards. Try to toss it with your strong hand, draw and fire before it gets too far away. I keep it on my tractor to shoot rodents when I am mowing the field. Again after about 20' it is useless with #8 shot so I keep a couple of 45 ACP's in it. The accuracy with the 45 ACP is not all that bad. Around 3" at 10 yards off hand double action. It is simpler to hit the running rodents with the shot shell than the .45. I am a 1911 snob but this thing has its uses.

once I found the ammo it likes to eat, and I keep it a bit wet, it runs very well.

This is a great post so pulling it back to the top seems like a good idea. Over the last couple of weeks I have spent a lot of time with my 22 1911 conversion doing live fire drills. My goal was to learn to shoot on the move. Notice I said learn as up to now I have done very little of it. I do 555 round sessions with the 22 followed by 100+- in my 9mm or .40 1911. I start each gun's session shooting 6 shots @ 2" circles @ 10 yards until I can put all 6 in the black. This gets my sight focus and trigger control tuned up. Next it has been various 8-10 round stages set up where moving and shooting are the best way to get through the stage fast. I always shoot it the old way, standing still, to get a base line then switch to moving and shooting. The goal is all A's every time, not speed. The focus is on letting the sights control my speed. I am 6%+- slower with the 9mm and about 8% slower with the .40 than the .22. The cool part is I can switch and I don't have to think about running it any different. I just let my sights control my speed. Most, if not all, of the time difference is in my splits. I have done 4 of these sessions and what I found is an improvement on my moving and shooting but the biggest gain has been in shot calling. If I don't call my shots when I am moving and shooting I can't get to my goal of all A's. The 22 is very simple to call shots with due to the lack of recoil. When I switch to the 9mm or the .40 I have to focus a lot more on calling my shots at first because the gun is moving more but because I have spent so much time with the .22 I know what to look for. I guess my point is that the .22 seems to be a good tool to help me learn to call my shots. With less recoil going on it is simpler to do, then once I see it I can transfer the skill to the 9mm and .40.

I don't care what they say, especialy if they are shooting SS and I can beat them with my wife's gun as a friend calls it. Lots of advantages, less recoil, more rounds, less money to shoot it a lot. The only down side is the points. And if you shoot mostly A's that is not a big deal.

I will download som .40's and see if that helps me. I bet it does shoot pretty soft with that big heavy bullet and very little powder.

I do struggle with having my expectations getting in the way of my match performance. I don't think that is all of the issue. I think this problem is different as when I practice I have the same issue with the .40 as when I shoot a match. I use a drill I learned from Manny Bragg at the start and end of each practice session. I set a target at 10 yards with 2" circles painted on it. I draw and shoot 6 rounds in 5 seconds at at one of the 2" circles. It is rare that I can put all 6 in the 2" with the .40 even if I shut off the timer. With the 9mm, after warming up, I can put all 6 in 2" most of the time, and a lot of the time it looks like one big hole. I have well over 20k rounds down range on the 9mm and less than 5k with the .40. I think I can spend some more time with the .40 and get better with it and I will do that. Until I can shoot the .40 very close to the 9mm in practice I am going to shoot the 9mm in matches.

<<major can feel violent at times>> Yep especialy next to 9mm. It's a 180g JHP Montana gold over 4.8 of Tightgroup. 168 - 170 PF depending on how hot it is. What is your .40 minor load?