Yep, thank the beard for turning a world class event into the county fair. Mike & Mike would be puking their guts out seeing what this sh&t show has become. And yes, I shot the challenge from 84 thru around 2001.
western states match in reno, back in like 1990. match hotel, guys in room next to me dry firing. one guy (a pistolsmith whose name i will not disclose) lit one off in the room. into the headboard of the bed. propped up pillows the next day.
kinda what i used to do many moons ago when i actually practiced the match. made a graphic layout of the stages at the time (1999), laid out the marked rope and would place a stage down, shoot it for score, then reset to the next stage. would shoot the match cold, twice each day.
98S_C Layout.pdf
in my case, i always preferred to run the entire match, all stages, cold. but i ran them twice b4 changing the stage. if i had an issue with a stage, when i was done shooting the match, i would practice on that age till i ran out of ammo.