M1911

Yup.

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That's why we secure the box to the table.

So what? There are only three times when someone can remove a gun from the holster: 2.2.4 Handling a firearm except at the firing line. There are only three instances in which a firearm may be removed from the holster: 2.2.4.1 With verbal instruction from a SO. 2.2.4.2 While engaging targets in a CoF under the direct supervision and visual contact of a SO. 2.2.4.3 When in a designated “Safe Area”. a) He did not have verbal instruction to do so from an SO, so 2.2.4.1 does not apply. He was not engaging targets in a CoF, so 2.2.4.2 does not apply. c) He was not in a designated safe area, so 2.2.4.3 does not apply. This is an immediate and mandatory DQ. No ifs and or buts about it. Keeping your gun in your holster is one of the primary safety rules of IDPA. Violating that rule must be handled with a DQ.

Thanks for correcting me, this is the trouble I get into shooting both IDPA and USPSA. Had a match this weekend where the gun started in a box and the stage description did not say anything about chamber empty. I considered this a dangerous situation as it seemed too easy for someone to accidentally hit the trigger while extracting the gun. The MD then said load it but don't rack it. I believe what I was thinking when I posted before is USPSA where it is only capacity+1 when holstered. Again thanks for the correction. I've competed in (and been an SO for) many matches with a fully loaded gun starting in the box. I've never seen anyone accidentally hit the trigger while extracting the gun. If you can draw a loaded gun from your holster while keeping your booger hook off the bang switch, you can do the same while withdrawing a gun from a box. The main problem I've seen for box or table starts (loaded or unloaded) with new shooters is that in their zeal to get ready, they take out their gun and put it on the table or in the box without being prompted by an SO, while people are still downrange. I've seen this happen on multiple occasions.

Personally, I prefer a narrow, red fiber optic front site. And .115 is way too small for the rear notch for my taste.

As an SO, I could the rounds fired before a reload. I regularly give PEs to people who started with only 10 rounds in the gun, when they should have had 11. In SSP, if your magazine capacity is 10 or more, you must load to 10+1, unless the stage instructions direct otherwise.

The text that I see on the web site says: "modified smooth faced trigger." Sounds to me like that is an externally visible modification -- the stock 34 does not come with a smooth faced trigger. So my guess is that it would not be legal for IDPA SSP.

He is in CA. He can only buy guns which have been safety tested and placed on the state's approved handgun roster. It's a bunch of BS gun control crap done in the name of "consumer protection." We have similar crap here in MA.

As much as I hate it, it looks to me like a PE for not slicing the pie on the port.

They aren't as close as they look. The wide angle lens distorts distances.

Yup.

Last year, I shot the classifier in SSP in April. I did horribly - MM, though I kept my classification as SS. The fact that my front sight came adrift during Stage 3 didn't help (I hadn't used threadlocker on the Glock's front sight screw -- bad idea). I practiced hard over the summer. I fixed the sights, did a trigger job. In August shot the regional sanctioned match. I was #1 SS and beat all the Experts. So, yea, I guess that was sandbagging.

The shooter that I DQ'ed thought his gun was clear. It was near the end of the day on a low-light stage. We were both tired. He stowed his flashlight, thinking that he had removed and stowed his magazine. He cycled the slide, but since the magazine was still in the gun, it loaded a fresh round. He pointed the gun at the back stop, pulled the trigger, and bang. I was tired and saw what I was expecting to see. Or didn't see what I didn't expect. I learned from that experience and so did he. As an SO, you really, really have to be on your toes during unload and show clear on a low-light stage. People are not used to handling their flashlight. It disrupts their routine and they do stupid things. You have to be switched on and focus.

That's what I would have thought...I guess because it was a local match though they felt they would overlook it. He was one of the match directors for the club...still is I believe... They shouldn't have. I have DQ'ed someone for a discharge during unload and show clear. It was just a club match, but the rules are the same. That rule is there for a reason. A discharge during unload and show clear is serious business and the best way to get the shooters attention that they need to straighten up is a DQ. That MD was not doing that shooter, the other shooters, or the sport itself any favors, IMO. The rule in question reads: There is no gray area here. The rule is clear -- mandatory DQ.

That's a mandatory DQ, per rule 2.2.3.5.

If you see someone without their eye pro, tell them to put on their eye protection.

This. No PE and a reshoot.

I shoot a Glock 34. With my eyes, I'll take every little bit of sight radius that I can get. Get the 5".

Yes, it's a DQ.

You really want to shoot a Glock with the crappy stock sights? I can tell you that with my 50+ year-old-eyes, the stock Glock sights are just about unusable.

I see them at every IDPA match in my area. I'm an SO and classified expert in three divisions. Of the group of SOs at my club, I'd guess that 75% are expert or master.

More than just kinda stupid. They are a special kind of stupid.

Whatever it was, it is fricking ridiculous. You should be able to put whatever post and notch sites you want on your SSP gun, even if that requires milling the slide to do so.