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I respectfully disagree. Chris I do understand your view. I have competed in many different sports and learning the rules is a continual process. You may be the exception with regard to USPSA rule book and I think that admirable, but it is the exception. Look at your own club and think about it. Do all the shooters at your club know the rule book completely?

As stated before I'm not going to specifics but there is alot wrong here. Again enforce the rules which If they know enough to know is uspsa then they need to take 20 min and read the rule book. The whole "just show up"mentality helps no one. You don't show up to a pick up basketball game and not know the basic rules. We run at full speed with loaded guns, Jesus I don't think it is too much to ask to read a rule book even the boring parts of match admin. If one can't be bothered with that then please stay home. My USPSA # is FY29937 which I got sometime in 1996. Let's see we are somewhere in the 80000's now with not that many active in the sport. But we will assume all are shooting currently. Eighteen years and 50000 new members is about 2778 new members a year which probably less than half are still shooting. Sounds like we are doing a great job of growing the sport. I have seen too many new shooters come one time and not come back because all they are told is to "Make Ready". I've seen too many experienced shooters with attitude towards new shooters. If this sport is to grow we need shooters and clubs who will explain rules and safety to the new guys. And when the new guy puts a loaded gun in a holster with the safety off will instruct the guy to remedy the problem, tell the rule which prohibits this and that it results in a match DQ, but for today you are learning. Put more simply the RO should know if the guy is new and should never have let him holster an unsafe firearm!

Unless you are using a Glock with an aftermarket trigger set for lighter pull. If so stick with SP. Yes, this I learned the hard way.

A new shooter cannot be expected to know the rules before he shoots. When I started USPSA many years back we had what I don't see much of these days, a new shooter pre match briefing where the rules were discussed and the major important safety rules explained along with the applicable penalties up to and including DQ. The new shooter was then placed in a squad of experienced shooters and certified ROs who then mentored the shooter through his first match. Imagine, shooters actually helping a new guy learn the basics so he has a great time and most likely will return. DQ a new shooter at his first match because the jerk wads at the club were to high and mighty to help a new guy! Sounds like we may be going the way of another dumb _ _ _ organization.

If you get a chance post review after a few hundred rounds. Pic would be great. Thanks

Thanks for posting.

Welcome to the forum. Lots of good info here and plenty of folks happy to help with questions. Good luck with the job situation, been there a couple of times.

Hey I had just finished cleaning a few guns, the solvent was a little strong.

Forgetting and discovering are interrelated. By forgetting (letting go of our conditioned thoughts and habitual reactive patterns), we come to discover what we really are. What are you? Find out by forgetting everything you have remembered. (Don't forget to remember, to forget.) be Which just reminded me to read again a great shooting book I think was called "The Zen of Shooting" by benos

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I got plenty of information for my original question. The topic kind of drifted just a bit so I would agree for the topic to be closed. Thanks again to all who provided some excellent info and answered my questions.

Thanks again for the excellent information and spirited discussion. I think the first thing I need to do is find someone here in East Tennessee that has an SV and try to get a little trigger time.

I once thought of owning a vette. that was a long time ago before the word practical meant much to me. I did own a corvette and yes it was when the skull was still full of mush.

After a 14 month wait you should have plenty of ammo. Have fun.

I've been shooting open 38 super for a long time. Once I got my load squared away I never changed it and have always used Winchester Small Rifle primers. Never had any problems related to primers.

It's obvious we love our pistols whatever the brand. Love Glocks......hate Glocks. Mclearn....Cheely. STI.....SVI. So many guns....so little time. My problem is I can't bring myself to sell any of the ones I have.

SV-Cop and Rep70, those are 2 very nice pistols!

Really good looking shooter.

Thanks again guys for great information and the different opinions.

I've never shot or held an SV so I am limited in what I know about them. My 2 open pistols were built by 2 excellent gunsmiths and perform great. Part of my hesitation is ordering a pistol from a "factory" versus a gunsmith. Are SV's comparable to the better gunsmiths?

Thanks everyone for the input. I am going to submit and get a quote.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with the new division. I stayed in a little town in France a few years back, Colmar. Wonderful place and great food.

I have a question for SVI shooters. SVI has a good website with plenty of pictures with different designs. I was working with the Gunbuilder site and checking the different options for each type of pistol. The site says you have to submit your design and get a quote. I then found a comment that the price for the base pistol is $3400 plus your options. It looks like the price for a limited 5.4 inch Sight Tracker could bust $4000 easily. Has anyone here purchased an SVI in the last year and if you don't mind, some idea of the cost. Thanks

I would be glad to but I have been watching on ATT Uverse. Watched 4 to 5 episodes at a sitting until completing the entire series.

I so hope you correct!