BillChunn

Just started SC about 6 months ago in PCCO division as that used my existing carbine from USPSA competition. Load is Blue Bullets truncated cone 147's over 3.1 grains of VV N320 at 1.15 OAL. That combination made minor comfortably in the 16"' carbine so started using it in SC. Came across this topic and ordered some Bayou Bullets 105 gn FP and worked up a load that would cycle the carbine without changing out the recoil spring. 2.4 grains of VV N320 and seated the bullet into the case to a point where the "funnel" portion of the bullet just met the top of the case. IIRC the OAL was 1.08. Was very, very soft but have not loaded any more to test for accuracy. Will let you know when the weather warms up a bit and can spend some time on the outdoor range. BC

Two incidents at our club during matches: 1 - Shot himself in the leg during the draw from a Serpa holster. For those not familiar with the Serpa, there is a "unlock" button on the holster to draw the gun. It lines up with the trigger. He pushed the button and kept the pressure on as the gun came out and his finger hits the trigger.... hard. .40 round went into the thigh, then out of the thigh and into the calf. Came to rest just below the skin after breaking the fibula bone. He was lucky that the ER was less than 2 miles from the range and we had a physician's assistant shooting the match. She took care of everything, including chasing the guy away that insisted he had a medical background and demanded she put a tourniquet on him. When she asked what type of medical training he had, he said "I sell durable medical equipment". When the EMT's arrived, they look over the situation and told her "Great job. There's nothing for us to do except load him up and drive." Serpa holsters are no longer allowed at the club for USPSA competition. 2 - Racegun went off during the draw. Round went into the dirt just to the right of the shooter's foot (it missed). He was so shaken up that after the "Stop" command followed by "Unload and Show Clear", he didn't. He shot the ground AGAIN about 2" to the right of the first bullet impact as he was trying to re-holster. Non-standard command of "WHOA" quickly followed.... BC

NRR 26 Specs link BC

Walker's Game Ear Silencer Earbuds Rechargeable - R600 These come with their own recharging case which will charge the earbuds about 6 times before it needs to be connected back to a power source. Very comfortable with 3 different size inserts. Comes with two replacement ear "hooks" (left and right). Bluetooth interface connects to an app on your phone to adjust settings (volume, auto-off, mode, etc.). When interfaced to your phone, you can hear incoming calls. Very handy when the phone is in your range bag and someone is calling. Much better version than the one that uses hearing aid batteries (have used both). BC

Thanks George.... much appreciated. Just to be perfectly clear regarding what George stated in his last sentence: 8.1.1.6 Sweeping or pointing the muzzle of a firearm at any part of any person’s body during the course of fire. If the firearm is in a case and not in the competitor’s hands, sweeping does not apply. Reaching forward of the muzzle of a cased firearm to close the case is not a sweeping infraction, provided the competitor’s hands are completely clear of the firearm itself. So if they come to the line with an unzipped case (they took the cased rifle to the safe area, unzipped it and put the chamber flag in, then didn't zip the case closed) then arrived on their first stage, should the RO instruct them to return to the Safe Area and zip the case? Cheers, BC

Similar... For PCC, started out with 6 Glock mags, 10 in each and reloaded after each string. For me, it was a distraction. Switched to my ultra-dependable Glock 31 rounder with MBX extension on it and load 37 rounds. On the last run, I release the mag, check that there's more than enough rounds left in it, re-seat it and run the last string. Not changing magazines keeps me further in the "zone". Shot my best times in that division using this method. On the 10/22 for RFRO, same thing. Three TandemKross DoubleCross magazines, each loaded with 10 rounds each. Since they are a standard Ruger magazine (just two of them mated at the bottom) the process is to flip one over between strings 1-2 and 3-4. Replace the magazine after runs 2 and 4. They only provide the outside "shell" pieces so each one requires the internals of two standard Ruger magazines. Finding it more dependable than the Ruger 25 rounders. BC

Results for the first 5 months in RFRO with Volquartsen 10/22 Ultralite. Aguila Super Extra - Jammed on the third round with FtF. Winchester Super X Power Points - These are hollow points and the nose is flat and ever so slightly shorter than their round nose ammunition. Will not feed the 1st round. Winchester Super X Round Nose - Runs well. CCI Mini-Mag - Also runs well. Rifle seems to like the higher speed ammunition, so sticking with what works. Ordered 2 cases of Winchester Super X round nose. Shot 5 stages on Saturday with no failures (other than the trigger operator).... BC

The reason for this post is this seems to be a slightly gray area. Competitor comes to the line with a cased rimfire rifle or a PCC and the case is zipped closed. They place the cased gun on the table / barrel next to the shooting box. It is understood that 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 deal with casing / uncasing and they state: 5.1.2 "When casing or uncasing any firearm at the firing position, the muzzle of the firearm must always be pointed downrange." 5.1.3 "The on-deck competitor, if shooting a Rimfire Rifle or PCC, may unbag or remove their firearm from the 3-gun cart or case into a side berm or staging area provided the bay being used has sufficient side-berm space to permit this practice. Once the firearm is removed from the case or cart the muzzle must remain pointed reasonably vertical (up or down), at all times, with a chamber flag inserted, until the Make Ready command is issued." Appendix G / Glossary Gun Case/Bag A carrying device that does not allow access to, or manipulation of, the trigger while fully encasing the firearm. Handling (As in “handling a firearm”) The act of manipulating, holding, or gripping a firearm while the trigger is functionally accessible. Note exceptions for casing/uncasing PCC and rimfire. Appendix H7 - Rimfire Pistol Division 11 Handling requirements: Handgun to be transported in closed case or holstered at all times until the Make Ready command is given. Appendix H8 - Rimfire Rifle Division 11 Handling requirements: Rifle to be transported in a closed case, scabbard, or “3-gun” cart. Chamber flag must be used regardless of method of transport. Appendix H9 - Pistol Caliber Carbine Division 13 Handling requirements: Rifle to be transported in a closed case, scabbard, or “3-gun” cart. Chamber flags must be used regardless of method of transport. Exactly when can the competitor unzip their rimfire rifle / PCC case? It is clearly described in Appendix H7 for rimfire pistol as the Make Ready command, but what is meant by "Note exceptions for casing/uncasing PCC and rimfire." Is unzipping the case considered "handling" the firearm and the competitor must wait until until the "Make Ready" command which is the start of the course of fire? If they do unzip before "Make Ready" is that 8.1.1.1 Unsafe Gun Handling and a trip to the Dairy Queen? What if they come to the line with an unzipped case? Regards, BC

I also was SCSA certified today (10/11/19) and found a different problem. For the question regarding "All SCSA Stages are all set so that the tops of the plates are level from plate to plate when viewed from the shooting box", the correct answer was "False" as Pendulum immediately jumps to mind. I checked "False". The scoring and review indicated that was wrong and the correct answer was "False". WTF?? Did a screen shot of the green check marked "False" answer and the "you are wrong" review and sent it to Troy. Hopefully it gets addressed before that one "wrong" answer flunks someone out. Cheers, BC

First off, I'd like to THANK YOU for all the work that has been done and support offered for PractiScore. It really is a great application and has taken away the drudge-work from the stats folks. I know. So does my wife. We go back to the days of EZ-WinScore (there was NOTHING easy about it) where we entered and verified 7-8 stages for 100 competitor local matches. For those of you that don't know about EZ-WinScore, that's 700 to 800 pieces of paper where each had to be 1) checked at the range for accurate totals 2) manually entered into the computer and finally 3) verified that the data entered versus the paper scoresheet were all correct. We use Amazon Fire tablets (which is probably running their Fire OS, the dumbed down version of Android) and I'm still waiting on the timer delivery, so I have no actual "first hand" knowledge. Does the Fire tablet software have the same "beep" button on it that was shown in the above video? The original discussion was a set of hearing protection with a built in timer beep. Another post requested a handheld size device that does everything when interfaced to the "beeping" hearing protection.... From what is shown in the video and what appears in your blog, we are there NOW. Certainly hope AMG-Labs can start building these things a bit faster.... Cheers, BC

10/22 build: ModShot Stock Tactical Innovations Elite22LC Receiver and Pike Arms bolt Volquartsen Ultralite carbon fiber barrel and TG2000 trigger Smoke Composites grip Sig Romeo3XL Weight 3.1 lbs with optic and shortened rear stock BC

Well not quite there just yet, but AMG-Lab has a timer that Bluetooth interfaces to the PractiScore tablet. The Commander model is setup to "talk" to a specific tablet using the Bluetooth interface. For scoring, the person on the tablet just has to glance at the time on the timer and see that it matches the time on the tablet. The tablet programming automatically advances to the next run once it finds a pause in the signals coming from the timer. The tablet is also programmed to show the splits for a given run. That's a nice touch. The other advance for this device is that it detects pressure changes, not sound, to record the times and that sensitivity has 10 settings. The down side (at the moment) is that they are flooded with orders. Delivery is 30 - 60 days with a price of $158 plus shipping. BC

Just received the Sig Romeo 3XL. The glass is 35mm across with 3 MOA dot (adjustable intensity) which I prefer for those 10" plates. Built this from scratch and focused on light weight. Tactical Innovations Elite22LC receiver (left charging handle and bolt), ModShot stock, Volquartsen UltraLight barrel and TG2000 trigger group, Smoke Composites carbon fiber grip. Total weight (unloaded) 3.6 pounds. Will report back as it was just mounted yesterday (Friday) and going to a match on Monday. BC

Sunday is now sold out. Saturday only has 4 slots left as of 8:45 AM Tuesday. Registration closes tomorrow, Wednesday June 12th at 8:30 PM. There will be no extension. We are not allowing walk-up entries as there are 15+ scoring devices that must be correctly populated to meet Mike Foley's paperless match requirements. Regards, Bill Chunn Statistics / Scoring - 2019 Michigan Sectional Championship

Kevin, Michael Scheid is the MD this year and hopefully he has gotten back to you by today (Tuesday) but if not here is what I know. The hotel is the Days Inn and Suites by Wyndham in Rochester Hills. Address is 1919 Star Batt Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309, about 8 miles from the range. We have a block of rooms booked so no need to book one on your own. The deal is the same as last year, double occupancy and if you prefer a room on your own, just pay for other half. You are working on Stage 4 (link) as the appointed CRO with Matt K. (CRO), Jim H. (RO) and Brett S. (RO) who are all NROI certified and DSC club members. Again, thanks for helping out (again) and as always your expert critique on the stages and our oversights are always welcome. This is the 27th year we have been doing this USPSA thing and a few of us old guys are stepping back and letting the young blood run things. As you well know, that involves a learning curve so your advice will be well received. Again, thanks. Bill

Final week for registration and we are down to 14 slots left 3 slots on Saturday 11 on Sunday Match update: There are now 10 stages and chronograph 277 rounds Matchbook and stages are up on PractiScore Scroll down to the middle of the page for the Match documents https://practiscore.com/2019-michigan-sectional/register

Has anybody found a magwell for the Lead Star lower? Preferrable in carbon fiber to keep the weight down. Thanks, BC

Another vote for Smoke Composites. Running a front handgrip on the hand guard, I prefer that the M-Lok cuts on the bottom to be close to the mag well. John made sure that I got the 10" PCC version of the hand guard even though it was not on the website (it is now!!). Have ordered the grip, buttstock, cheek riser, spacer tube, buffer plate and the enhanced buttplate upgrade. Everything fit perfectly and ordered another stock and buttplate upgrade for the backup PCC. Knocking 20% off cinched the deal!

2019 Michigan Sectional Championship Registration opens on: January 01, 2019 @11:00 AM Registration closes on: June 07, 2019 @ 5:30 PM Times are local to America/Detroit time zone. Match starts: June 14, 2019 @ 8:00 AM · Match ends: June 16, 2019 @ 5:00 PM Location: Detroit Sportsman’s Congress, 49800 Dequindre Road, Utica, MI 48317 Competitors will shoot Match on Saturday / Sunday June 15-16, 2019 Staff will shoot the Match on Friday June 14, 2019 9 stages+Chrono 250+ rounds Match Fee - $170.00 On May 1st 2019 registration will be increased to $190 One Match t-shirt included with fee – Please enter size on registration form Lunch will be provided at no additional charge Refunds will be provided until 11:59 PM on April 30th 2019 with a $7 processing fee. There will be no refund after that. Sanctioned - USPSA Level 2 Match - USPSA MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED Squadding - First Entered (and paid) will be the first to Squad using PractiScore (<-- click) on-line Squadding Scoring - USPSA Hit Factor Scoring Awards - Trophy’s awarded at end of match for top placements

2019 Michigan Sectional Championship Registration opens on: January 01, 2019 @11:00 AM Registration closes on: June 07, 2019 @ 5:30 PM Times are local to America/Detroit time zone. Match starts: June 14, 2019 @ 8:00 AM · Match ends: June 16, 2019 @ 5:00 PM Location: Detroit Sportsman’s Congress, 49800 Dequindre Road, Utica, MI 48317 Competitors will shoot Match on Saturday / Sunday June 15-16, 2019 Staff will shoot the Match on Friday June 14, 2019 9 stages+Chrono 250+ rounds Match Fee - $170.00 On May 1st 2019 registration will be increased to $190 One Match t-shirt included with fee – Please enter size on registration form Lunch will be provided at no additional charge Refunds will be provided until 11:59 PM on April 30th 2019 with a $7 processing fee. There will be no refund after that. Sanctioned - USPSA Level 2 Match - USPSA MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED Squadding - First Entered (and paid) will be the first to Squad using PractiScore on-line Squadding Scoring - USPSA Hit Factor Scoring Awards - Trophy’s awarded at end of match for top placements

As long as the RO staff picked up everyone's dropped magazine and counted the rounds that remained, then that would be equally applying the rules to all competitors. If they didn't do that, then the CRO has some explaining to do.... specifically why he chose the OP to count his remaining rounds in the dropped magazine. BC

Anybody have a link to this ANG timer? BC

After talking to one of the ROs on the stage, the exact shooting location was really small, in the back corner of the free fire zone, defined by two fault lines set at less than 90 degrees. All the shooters had to engage the Max Trap along with three other static targets from this exact same position. As the match progressed, Friday that position was fine. Saturday, the "hole" dug by the competitors repeatedly stopping at that point got a little deeper. By Sunday it was noticeable. It was lower than what had been setup and checked on Friday. So yes, it was the CRO's fault for NOT filling in the hole after each squad ran the stage. We had a similar situation on the stage that I ran.... start position was seated on a bar stool, loaded gun on the barrel in front of you, hands on the barrel marks. Almost everyone took off to the right side, digging a hole on left side of the bar stool. Filled it in after every squad and smacked it down with the shovel.... put the bar stool back in place, which was marked with anchored sticks. We all have to remember that this is still a VOLUNTEER sport. If a volunteer is not doing what they are supposed to be doing, a little coaching by demonstrated examples goes a long way to keeping that person on the staff side of the equation. YMMV.... Regards, BC

Correct... The WSB did not indicate it was a disappearing target and so the scoring tablet was not setup as such. It was never intended as a disappearing target. The person that stapled the No Shoot up and the CRO that checked the stage before competition began were the two failure points.

Lesson learned .... Set the No Shoot on the Max Trap (or Clam Shell) so 100% of the upper "A" zone is visible when it is at rest. Appendix B for Metric targets states "At least 25% of the lower A-zone, or the entire upper A -zone, must remain visible around hardcover or overlapping no-shoots". At a Level 2 charity match this past weekend, a shooter looked at the setup on Saturday, made a comment about it being an illegal target then shot the stage on Sunday. Since he didn't do too well on that stage (compared to the others in the Super Squad) he contested the target and had the CRO call the Range Master. End result.... stage 1 is thrown out of the match..... Since this was the first stage after the chronograph, there became a pile up of squads on Stage 2. The flow of the match was destroyed by simply placing the No Shoot 1/4 inch too high. Too bad all the shenanigans didn't get him the top spot.... guess that was just karma kicking in.... But the ripple effect across the match scores was noticed. One guy in Single Stack lost first place due to the stage being thrown out. Oh well...will know next time. Correct No Shoot placement shown in the photo below.