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No shoots, or hard cover that is truly hard (think steel plate), where there is a chance to shoot hard cover go a long way to solving the "is it a hit" question. Last stage I ran at the Florida Open there were no-shoots on most every piece of hard cover you could shoot through, and hit a target. Made the calls quick and consistent. Before we took off to score the stage we would just take a quick look at the no-shoots to see if any were hit.

<<is discouraged.>> says this is a rule with no teeth. Just a suggestion.

Which one made the call, the scoring or clock RO? If it was the guy on the clock, you seem to think he has a clue so why do you doubt his call? I look at the gun as hard as anyone but there are time when I can see both the gun and the targets. What did the hole look like?

Assuming they were available before you shot the popper to activate the door you are good to go.

They need to change the wording on that rule. It confuses a lot of folks.

Yes the gun is loaded, No it's not a DQ., Yes it is a bad habit.

Started with a 550, liked it loaded on it for about a year. Got a deal on a 650 with a case feeder, sold the 550 and bought a bullet feeder for the 650. I liked the 650 and loaded a lot of really good ammo on it. Bought a SDB to load a little large primer .45. Found a deal on a used 1050 bought it, really liked it, bought another used 1050, sold the 650. They all worked, they all load good ammo. Of the group the 550 was the slowest followed by the SDB. The 650 and 1050 are about the same speed, I just like the feel of the 1050 better and I don't get held up with screwed up primer pockets anymore. Now having 2 1050's with bullet feeders, one set up in 9mm, the other in .40, and one SDB set up for .45. This is a nice solution for my reloading problem. I also know if I ever want to sell any of them I will get my money out of them. Having it to do all over again I would follow the same path. I learned a lot from each machine.

Ok we agree on "if you broke it you bought it". At an L2 I spend a fair amount of time on a stage looking for places people will break 90. I find reference points for example if he is standing here and the gun points past X he broke it. At an L1 I don't spend that much time looking at each stage for reference points, as I am not going to run 400 people through it. I can't call it as close as I don't have the stage down as well. So I guess I call L1's softer.

Brand new guy, goes 91 at an L1 and you are sure of it. Do you call it? Guy goes 91 and you are sure of it at an L2+ Do you call it?

Can you point me to that in the rule book. I have heard people say that before but I looked and did not find it. To me, if they break it, and I am 100%, they go home, if not I keep my mouth shut. If it's a L1 I might go talk to the shooter after the match but thats about it. 8.6.1 No assistance of any kind can be given to a competitor during a course of fire, except that any Range Officer assigned to a stage may issue safety warnings to a competitor at any time. Such warnings will not be grounds for the competitor to be awarded a reshoot. At L1 matches with newer shooters, I will often say "muzzle" or "finger". I am sure I have prevented some DQs by doing so. That is the "customer service" and "growing the sport" that too many people ignore and just want to drop the hammer. Yes a new shooter gets a much "softer" version of some of the rules. I still don't talk to them during the COF. I do try to spend a lot of time with them before they run a stage to point out the danger points where they could get in trouble. The best way I have found to do this is helping them with their stage plan.

Can you point me to that in the rule book. I have heard people say that before but I looked and did not find it. To me, if they break it, and I am 100%, they go home, if not I keep my mouth shut. If it's a L1 I might go talk to the shooter after the match but thats about it. 8.6.1 No assistance of any kind can be given to a competitor during a course of fire, except that any Range Officer assigned to a stage may issue safety warnings to a competitor at any time. Such warnings will not be grounds for the competitor to be awarded a reshoot. Thanks,

Can you point me to that in the rule book. I have heard people say that before but I looked and did not find it. To me, if they break it, and I am 100%, they go home, if not I keep my mouth shut. If it's a L1 I might go talk to the shooter after the match but thats about it.

I try not to think in the terms slow and fast. I try (notice it's try) to let the sights control my speed. See what I need to see, call the shot, go to the next target.

I do know that "Muzzle!" is not a USPSA call but an IDPA call. I mean as in "they did not even say anything during or after". As for not shooting there or changing squad, it is not always the option. Matches are not always easy to find and squads can't usually be left once you've started to shoot. It's not really about me, or you, but about overall safety. I hate to say it, but it's not an if, it's a when something really bad is going to happen and the farther in the future, the better. I feel that my idea of being able to clearly identify the sheriff in town would certainly help. I see it a lot, something happens, someone doesn't like it, we need a new rule. In my opinion we have plenty of rules. If these guys followed rules you wouldn't have an issue, so what makes you think they will follow a new rule? The MD at the local club needs to know what is going on as it's their butt on the line. I guess I am lucky to shoot at a couple of clubs that have enough shooters that know which end is up.

Part of the game is the rules. Production and Single Stack work as they are. No need to make a bunch of folks change their stuff.

Wouldn't that make it harder to push the slide back? Are you trying to have less spring and use the no radius FPS to slow the slide down?

I shoot an STI 9mm 1911 and what I find is when I have the gun shooting as flat as possible the ejection is about 2.5' to 3' out and 2.5' to 3' back. Currently I have a 9.5lbs recoil spring in it. I have tried as low as 8 and as high as 14. Be sure to test the recoil springs. I use a full length guide rod and a scale. Put the spring over the guide rod, and press it down on the scale until it is close to collapsed. I have gotten some springs marked 9 lbs that went a lot closer to 12 and visa versa.

I sent 9 back and kept the 7 with the best feed lip measurements. I shot a match yesterday and had zero malfunctions as well.

Nice to hear.

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So I called Dawson to talk about the mags. I have an RMA for the ones that don't work. Amazing Customer Service, what a concept!