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It would seem that you are aware of arbitrary judgement DQ calls. As listed above, Rule 8.1.1.6 says if the gun is in a case then sweeping yourself by fully unzipping the case does not apply. Yet, you note you don't unzip the case fully past the muzzle (and I do the same). I guess both of us are guarding ourselves from rookie ROs who do not know all rules and procedures. As an example... I shot a SCSA six stage club match today with GM RFRO shooter on my squad who also shot a major Sectional a bit south of there 2 days before. He had to reshoot a number of strings on several stages because the timer didn't pick up his CCI Standard Velocity rounds. The reason was because the RO was holding the timer over his head and behind the shooter. The GM explained where the timer should be held. The RO decided he knew better and ignored the advice (and this GM ROs three or four club matches a month, with a heavy RFRO crowd, and knows what he's doing). Inexperienced RO convinced of his "vast knowledge", and status. That happens. Is that why you don't fully unzip your gun case when Rule 8.1.1.6 clearly says you can? How much "defensive shooting" do we have to do to accommodate ROs who don't know the Rules. Or to guard ourselves against what could be accurately described as "arbitrary & capricious rules"?

Your comment "to simply avoid sweeping yourself whenever it is reasonably possible" .... and... "If you just never sweep yourself when it is avoidable"... shows the kind of mindset that says it's OK to sweep yourself here, with a loaded gun in your hand, but not here with an unloaded gun that isn't in your hand. I'm sure that's comforting to the shooter who the RO said swept themselves by inadvertently passing their hand in front of an empty gun on a table, while watching shooters sweep themselves as they holster a loaded gun that is in their hand. What is Sweeping? Who goes to Dairy Queen, and who gets to finish the match for score? By your twisted logic, all a shooter would have to say is "It wasn't reasonably possible to avoid sweeping myself and it wasn't avoidable." That solves it all! Which, IMHO, makes all "sweeping DQ calls" far more subjective than objective.

I have no disagreement with the holstering rules. My disagreement is with the "sweeping" call on an unloaded gun, not in a shooter's hand, and laying as an inanimate metal/steel/polymer object on a table. Perhaps you could display some commonsense and write up something about the gun on the table... using a level of commonsense that I have yet to see in your previous posts... and maybe see if we could get the Rules changed.

You have got to be kidding! You mean it's OK to sweep yourself if you're holstering a loaded handgun that is in your hand, while at any other time & circumstance it's an immediate DQ. Yet, with that allowed, you can get DQed for nothing more than putting a magazine in front of the muzzle of an unloaded handgun laying on a bench? At what point does commonsense need to rear its head? Did USPSA import a bunch of Washington D.C. Bureaucrats to write this stuff? Or, are some Rules... and your apparent justification of them... just plain dumb?

Actually, egd5 raised a good... dare I say it... commonsense point. It takes a finger to pull a trigger. That finger is attached to a hand. If the hand/finger is not contacting the gun... especially when it has already been RO checked to assure it is unloaded... how is the trigger on the gun going to be pulled? A gun in hand, moving and sweeping the shooter or others --- yes! An inanimate, unloaded gun, laying on a table? What? Are we talking about the old movie "The Exorcist"? Or a recent episode of the "X-Files"? When you actually look closely... and think about it... 50% OF USPSA shooters could be called for sweeping themselves when holstering after the Make Ready command. Watch! If you look close you can see the gun actually sweeping a butt or a foot. And, that's a loaded gun in hand. I realize that commonsense isn't an overly popular subject. But, at some point it truly does need to rear its Ugly Head.

Thank you for that. I now see the difference. The term "trigger is accessible" clarifies it.

When the Make Ready command is given... according to the above... you are in the COF. OK, so at the Make Ready a shooter unzips their case and their hand crosses the muzzle without their touching the gun. Since the Make Ready has been given the shooter is in the COF at that time. But they don't sweep themselves by the quoted Rule. Yet, a gun laying on the table, already removed from the bag, and without the shooter touching or moving the gun, does result in a sweep. Are not these two situations so similar, for all practical purposes regarding safety, that to make one a DQ and the other not a DQ is somewhat contradictory and a bit confusing? I understand the Rule. I just fail to see the practical value... or commonsense... of one circumstance being a DQ and the other not.

No idea. But I would suspect in today's market the price would come down a few hundred dollars, at least. You might do some online price checking.

How would that differ from a shooter unbagging... but not touching the gun itself... who sweeps when they unzip the bag? The gun wasn't being touched. Just magazines placed on the table?

If you're looking for a good Single Stack 1911, take a look at the Ruger Custom Shop Doug Koenig 9mm and .45. I've shot both. Excellent guns.

I have heard of shooters being DQed for fully unzipping their case and having their hand cross the muzzle (while the case was laying on the bench with the muzzle pointing downrange) and while their other hand was not touching the gun. If this is... as has been indicated above... not a DQ offense... maybe some RO education is in order.

Sounds like a reasonable COF selection to me if you want to run an all PCC match.

Have you ever tried a FO front with a white outlined rear sight? I have, and it seems to center the FO dot quickly. Your eyes may vary.

I'm running one on a .22 rifle for Steel Challenge RFRO (upper A Class). I love it! I've only had it on for a few matches but in those I did best three of my peak Classifier times. The big window and bright.... very adjustable... dot are a major plus IMHO.

Yes, but in the "practice load' box.

"Use The Force, Luke!" That's actually not a snarky statement. If you have drilled & trained, then at the BEEP, let it flow without distraction. Be the bullet.

That is not the first cracked STI frame I've seen. I also know a couple of shooters who are still awaiting resolution... including one who was only using his 9mm gun for Minor in Steel Challenge, and couldn't have had more than 4K rounds through it.

Dry fire is an excellent way to establish draw stroke, grip, foot position, sight alignment and trigger press. It's valuable. But it doesn't take into account recoil control, reacquiring sights, or where the heck the rounds actually hit. Holes in the target are what counts in a match. Don't abandon dry fire. But, don't neglect live fire. They work together.

+1! I shoot IDPA nowdays because when using my EDC gun & carry gear it is better practice than standing on a square range and leisurely sending rounds down range --- draw from concealment, multiple targets, movement, reload with carry gear, gun handling under a level of stress that doesn't exist in a gun range rental stall. In younger years, when Bill Wilson ran things, I did shoot it as a "game" (Master in SSP & Bug, EX in ALL others). Travelled to six or seven states... got a pile of trophies, including one from the first World Championship. My EDC gear is not competitive. But, I don't care. Every round I fire from my carry gun in a match will be a positive if I ever have to use it "For Real". That's enough for me to shoot a few club matches a year.

Every round you fire in an IDPA match with your normal EDC gun... and normal EDC carry mode... will pay big dividends if you ever have to use that gear for real. The "Real World" isn't quite like drawing a tricked-out match gun from beneath a crafted competition vest. If you do shoot your EDC gear, and worry about "being competitive"... your priorities are stuck in the wrong place. IDPA isn't perfect SD practice, but it beats the heck out of standing on a square range.

Which company makes this new powder? And how are they contacted?

You're right. I have a ROMEO1 and the new ROMEO1PRO. Love them both. The 1PRO is a 3 MOA dot, but to me it is as bright as a 6 MOA. I have the 1PRO on a PCC with a rail mount at the moment. The shield is a nice touch, and the sight is as easy to use as the original ROMEO1. I give it a BIG +1.

Saw a RO DQ the Match Director once.

At any ICORE/IDPA/USPSA match you attend, once the tear-down is done there are usually a lot of shot up targets that they are going to burn, and they will often give them to you. There may be a lot of paster covered holes, and a few fresh ones from the last shooter, but they are usable. I take a razor knife and cut out the A/D-0 zone, flip the target on it's face, and then tape a piece of brown or white paper over the hole on the back of the target. There's no holes in that. Tape any on the front that remain, and you have a target. The only holes that need pasting after you use them are those out of the A/D-0 zone. When the center gets too shot up, pull that piece of paper and replace it. I have some targets that have gone several hundred rounds on my backyard range before they hit my burn box. It's a real cheap way to practice on the same targets you'll see in a match.

Holes in the target count in a match. Dry fire "clicks" may help... but you really need to see holes in a target. As for the buzzer causing some level of decrease in your performance due to foot faults/fumbling.... I would humbly suggest you start in a match by not worrying about your speed... forget speed...just concentrate on "slow & smooth" execution. Repetition will build speed if you focus on smooth actions. It takes time. But focus is a key. Don't go faster than you can. It seldom works. But after going slow for awhile you will find yourself automatically going faster and smoother. Repetition, with the proper repetitions, does help make things smooth & quicker.