Vlad
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But that is part of my whole point. All the breakdown of divisions and overly complicated rules is watering down the game IMO.
What does that mean? Watering it down how? Personally, I think production and L10 are HARDER then the other divisions, in that it is harder for me to get the same HF. Maybe there are some people who shoot in production because they think the rest of the competitors are somewhat "weaker" and they have a better shot at prizes. But if it is all about the shooting that doesnt matter. If we compete against ourselves you can get better in any division. How is production or single stack (with which I have a beef, but not this one) watering down the sport, when the present even harder challenges due to equipement restrictions and magazine size? How is making something harder watering down the sport?
I don't mean to paint you with this brush, but most of the time people who complain about to many divisions really complain that the prize table or the prize money gets split more so they get less of it while winning the class/division combo they feel comfortable in. I'm not really impressed by that argument.
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Unfortunatly the "two divisions" aproach means that you want a game which can be shot ONLY by people who already own equipment specialized for USPSA. You will pretty much have Open guns and Limited guns, none of which are going to be owned by the average Joe.
Actually, I think that is false thinking. I've won with super basic equiptment against A and B class open shooters, and so does Dave Sevigny. High zoot equiptment doesn't win matches period. Hell, I've been shooting a SS lately and with decent stage design it isn't slower at all. I have lots of high zoot equiptment too, and it doesn't make me faster, or shoot straighter. Hundreds of thousands of rounds downrange tells me I can't shoot significantly faster/straighter with $3000 limited gun than a stock 1911.
I disagree. Equipment makes a difference. How much of a difference is dependent on the shooter but declaring that it doesn't is a bit of an overstatment. Capacity makes a difference or we would all be shooting single stacks. Sevigny won L10 with a glock, but capacity wasn't an issue. Last I checked the Limited folks where still winning with high capacity guns, with long tuned magazines and all the high speed low drag gear.
Open guns are open guns. Good luck winning in open without an open gun.
I would much rather USPSA re-think the all inclusive approach. If you wanted a Production class, have GLOCK, Springfield, CZ and others who want to, pay for the USPSA exposure and sanctioning of approved production guns. Have a $300-500 gun for the class, no mods period.Thats again a way of telling new shooters to take a hike. YOUR gun is no good in our game. You have to hope that whatever gun we picked fits your hands. You have to hope trigger length is good for your. And if it is perfect for the next guy over and it sucks for you .. oh well .. Life is hard, get a helmet. Oh, and you are going to have buy our ammunition too, because if all things need to be equal and "production" no more of that cheating 127pf ammo you load at home.
Sorry man, that way maddness creeps. That, and no new shooters, which means death of the game.
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If you want a rubber covered light the StreamLight Scorpion is a kickass light. I carry mine in my pocket every day. I've killed the first one in about years of everyday use and I bought a second one. Only then I found out that Streamlight would have fixed it for free. Now I can't find the old one though I'm sure I didnt throw it out. Grrr.
I've tried a few other lights but given its compactness, throw, battery use, and clean lines, I always come back to the Scorpion. The Inova T3 might be something I'll try next.
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The truth is that Amex is more customer focused. Which double sucks for merchants, because not only do they get screwed when Amex backs up they customer, they get screwed again when they stop taking Amex because customers gets pissed when their favorite card is no longer accepted.
I will disclose that my Amex is my favorite card and that their service has always exedeed my expectations, from the US to Eastern Europe. I use it for so many things that it is not unusual for my personal card to have $2000 charged to it every month. I also admit that I pick merchants which take Amex over those who don't, all other things being equal.
I feel Brian's pain because this is far from the first time I've heard people complain about the very same thing. It is one of these odd things where I can understand both sides of the issue. If I may suggest, change your account name with Amex, or get a second one. I buy software online via third party distributors and it seems that you can add a message to your account name on the bill. For example I get items listed as "Distributor Name (Software Name)" which let me know who the hell they are and why the charge me.
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Unfortunatly the "two divisions" aproach means that you want a game which can be shot ONLY by people who already own equipment specialized for USPSA. You will pretty much have Open guns and Limited guns, none of which are going to be owned by the average Joe.
You can decided that you dont want the average Joe to shoot with you, but that is a self defeating business plan. I enjoy the shooting sport for to reasons 1) They are FUN, and 2) By attracting new shooters, they attract new gun owners, thus making it possible for all of us to own guns. Any shooting sport that fails on EITHER of those two points, is a economic "parasite", and I don't mean that in the insulting way, more in the biological meaning of the word.
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I played with one at the gun shop, but I didnt fire it. My obervations:
-Fits my hand well, CZ like
-Though thicker then a Glock it feels thinner because of the more oval shape
-Magwell seems narrow, though I'm sure it isn't. I had a harder time reloading it then my CZ or a Glock, but it isnt bad. I think the piece of plastic on the rear of the magwell, sticking down some, should have been beveled. The magwell is beveled but not enough.
-The mags are a bit funny shaped at the top, which may account for my reloading problem.
-slide release is HEAVY
-sigths would need replacing
-the trigger felt gritty on the example I played with, but I suspect it would clean up.
Overall I like more then I dislike it. I may get one after I get to shoot it.
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Yeah the more I read, the more I'm sure that the Savage barrels HATE light bullets. I know some people have had luck with them but it seems that 168s are the minimum. I'm trying 175s next.
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I've always thought of the TX* (I love that abrev) makes a great simulation of two types of moving targets, one being human heads bobbing and weaving trying to avoid gunfire, the other being headlights of a car trying to run me down. Both react to your shots, good shots making a difference, bad ones making the problem worse.
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It's not currently on the list.
And, if they follow the guidelines... 2,000, available for one year
What guideline is that?
The (USPSA) Red rule book didn't have a "gun list", it just had rules and criteria. The 2,000 and available for one year was the rule there.
When we went to the Green (current) rule book, my area Director and the head of NROI informaed me that the above criteria would be used to decide if a gun made it onto the "list" or not.
Did they change the fact that we automaticaly inherit additions from IPSC? Because if we still take their list then all that it needs to happen is for a gun to make it on that list, and then the USPSA 2000 count is meaningless, not to mention the fact that it doesnt match the rule book.
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What we do localy is use 6x8 sections of wood fence from he local home superstore. They get attached to eachother with long deck screws and/or supported with 90degree braces made out of 2x4's. They are light enough to be moved by one strong person or comfortably by 2 people, you can cut ports in them of any shape you want, you can attach push open port covers, eye hooks, or whatever you want for your activators. They stack nicely (vertically) and they last a while in bad weather (cause they are you know .. fence). A battery powered drill and saw are all you need to modify them to your needs.
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Yes you can. Please dont. Background sounds on websites are really annoying .
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When I used to smoke, I smoked AFTER running a stage. Do by honest I can not tell if it made much of a difference either way. I think the reality of it is that a LOT of shooters don't even breathe during a stage. I know that on short and medium stages I dont. Heck .. even 10-15 seconds while moving at full speed and shooting at things, its like 5 to 6 breaths at a normal pace which is not a length of time during which you will notice holding your breath nevermind actually changing the oxygenation of your blood stream. May or may not be the right thing to do.
I'm however glad quit (using the patch) which I've done partially because breathing does make a LARGE difference in rifle shooting and I wanted to get better and partially because I got to the point where smoking was no longer fun. Also, I think it is more polite towards your squad mates.
Vlad
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As a (state) government employee, I agree with the original statement. It is if ever more frustrating to those of us who see it from the inside and have to do our job, and that of those who don't do theirs. My buddy Raz-0 (who happens to be my office mate) says you can devide most of the people in our organization as those who bust their ass to get stuff done, those who do just enough to keep their job, and those who do negative work and make it hard for everyone one else to do their job just so they don't look as bad. He is not wrong.
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I bough a number of thing from them, including my first Mauser K98k a few years back. Painless and always as advertised.
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It's not currently on the list.
And, if they follow the guidelines... 2,000, available for one year
What guideline is that?
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There is a fine line between protecting investment and preventing progress. As far as I'm concerned this is a volunteer hobbie played with devices of a technological nature. If you do not expect advances and changes, then it will hurt more when it happens. I think any organization should make sure that no equipment that was complient yesterday becomes non-compliant tomorow without a long lead, but we should not be in the business of protecting people investments by guaranteeing that their old equipment will remain competitive for ever by legislating against progress.
Yeah, it stinks when you are the guy the bought a top of the line laptop the day before the new model was announced, but does anyone honestly think that the shooting sports were better off when the only guns available where hand build items which took forever to be delivered?
I love my 1911 but I think the continuing efforts to build ever more narrow sports and/or divisions around the old workhorse is a misguided (if well intentioned) effort. It is one thing to dress up as a cowboy and shoot old six guns, while re-enacting some movie version of the past, but it is a completly different ball game for organizations claiming to be "practical" to keep on trying to draw narrow boxes in which only a certain design is competitive by definition. I have no problem with defining the game in practical terms and then seeing whats popular and I have a serious problem with deciding what your favorite toy is and then dictating what is practical around it.
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Wait .. Who says Zombies are not a realistic scenario ?? Just wonder around a collage campus around 4 in the morning and then tell me that zombies are the stuff of legends. That and the evil squirrels, but I'm afraid to talk about them. They might be reading this
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Maybe .. I'll just start taking three shots at hard targets just as insurance .. Wait .. thats not the right answer. I hope some of those guys post here to explain it
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Merlin...wtf? Did you miss the turn for the humor forum?
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Thanx, I'll try all of the above. I know the white block is in place, but now that I think about it I dont remember how much I tightened blue wing nut.
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For my 9mm minor load I've decide to try 124s instead of 147 for a bit. While I was reseting dies anyway, I took my 550 apart and cleaned it which it really needed. I took almost everything apart, including the powder mesure, cleaned everything and put it back together.
Last nite I tried the first 100 rounds of this new load. The first 10 rounds went over the chrono and looked good. The rest where shot at our local 4 stage practice match. About 5 of those rounds where underpowered. They had enough powder to make the bullet leave the barrel, but not enough to fully cycle the gun. I've loaded over 10,000 rounds on this press and I've NEVER seen this problem until now. It is quite possible I screwed up something when I took it apart. Does anyone have any ideas where I should start looking?
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I'd nod to Vlad as he seems to have experience with the wines.
Oh I know next to nothing about wines. I do like port (which is not quite wine) so I did some reaserch. Thanx to Al Gore, its amazing what you can learn about obscure topics (like the history of port) by asking the internet.
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Tawny ports are wonderfull indeed. Just make sure you get a 10year or older bottle, Portugues. The "real" ports all come from a fairly small area of Portugal, and unlike champane, it does make a difference. A lot of the American tawny ports are actually a blend of ruby and white, while real tawny port is ruby port aged for 10+ years in wood barrels and the color naturally lightens. You will find tawny labeled as 10, 20, 30, 40 years old, and it doesnt really mean what its age is what is on the bottle, it means that the port "council" has decided that it taste as if it was at least that old. Its odd, but in reallity tawny ports with age labels are at least 10 years old , the rest of the date is about flavor.
You should try a bottle rated at 20 years or so, its isa good price to flavor compromise, as the 40s can ran $100+ per bottle.
And yes .. port and chocolate are yummy. So are port and berries.
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Thats was funny. I was RO'ing Jim and it was amuzing as I'm following him along and I'm hearing "WTH is he doing??" behind me. Not to mention that I was trying to figure out how many procedurals he was picking up while trying to figure out if the rules allowed for "style" points.
I can see both sides of the assault course vs "hard" course argument. I think some of it that people like to shoot, so shooting more is what they want. After all this is an expensive game if you look at the price per second spent shooting, and then you add to it the fact that the goal is to go faster and pay even more per second.
Hey Jim ... I think my stages are going to be "hard" at our matches from now on. Just for a change of pace