Vlad

"Being Bobby Brown" ... First time I heard about this train wreck I though my buddy was raving about the absurd. It took me 2 weeks to realize that he as refering to a real show and not a fiction of his sick mind. I think my brain refused to accept proof of that the death cold of the Universe is near.

Well Sir, I venture to guess that most serious shooters are members here.

And if the system is broken, or maybe corupt then what? I have my suggestion and I'll contact my area director. What is yours?

Sorry, nope, no way. If you want to compare this to the SCOTUS, then I remind you that we debate their decission for months, pass laws that work around them, and argue endlessly about the type of judges we send the bench. My concern goes deeper then this particular case and at the core of it is that I think that the production divion is being badly mishandled by the IPSC and that it is heading for a crash. I think that blind acceptance of this kind of issues only makes it worse. Miss JG can be forgiving, and also she may not have an option because she also has to represent her sponsors. I dont have that problem. In the end, if we do not examine what the IPSC and USPSA leaderships are doing, then sooner or later we wont be shooting the same game. Vlad

Also, if anyone who saw the gun in real life could help, are the grips sunk under the level the of the frame. Cause I want those grips if the do. In fact I really want grips with that profile. I own every set that CZ sells in the US, and non look like that. Let me put it this way, I couldnt care less that the arbitration decide something. Even if that makes is IPSC "law", I disagree with pleanty of laws and lobby against them. People are allowed to disagree with think for themselves and request changes. Otherwise we dont get progress. I'm sure Adam Tyc is a great shooter, but I am really concerned that Mr Pinto lists his gun as a CZ85 (or at least the model he has inspected) when the pictures clearly show a CZ-SP01. And do those who think these are sour grapes about Glocks and Sevigny, at least from my position, I shoot CZ's, dont like Glocks, never met Dave S and last I know Angus was coming in second place. Vlad

Looking at the close up pictures, that just looks dremmeled. However we covered that to death. Looking at that picture however it seems that the grips are sunk BELOW the level of the frame. Can you guys that seen them tell me if that looked that way to you or only in the picture. I want those grips if they are reall. Vlad

I shot a 77.6 while C. It counted. I think the 15 above rule is being ignored, while the 15 below is being used. I think thats part of the upward bias of the classification system. BTW, I think its fine that way. You classification represents your best game, but you may not bring it out every match. I sure as heck dont.

In 40 and .45 Speer brass is a tool of the devil with their cupped shape. In 9mm I'm using a large pile of Speer nickle plated brass and it works like a charm, no indent or other such oddness.

The match I shot last weekend here in NJ was beyond hot. We had one person get close to heat stroke and he had to be moved the club house and cooled down. Most people where is some state of unwell. I drank gallons of water but that only helps to keep me hydrated it doesn't do enough to keep me cool because with high humidity sweat doesnt work. You still sweat like mad but evaporation doesnt happen so cooling doesnt happen. Bleah.

OK, is Nederlands beter, oder in die Deutsche sprache, parlez vous francais, spanish might also be an option. GA = General Assembly <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Clearly, however my lack of understanding concerns which particular GA decission you are refering and what "Does anyone what your RD will decide?" means. Also keep in mind the the USPSA rule book is not directly affected by GA votes.

why speculate. lets just look at what everyone shoots in limited. in limited you have the same option jim is suggesting. how many limited minors do you see? at the nationals, about 10 out of 240 chose minor. it sure looks like if people have the option, they prefer major scoring over increased capacity. personally, i think major scoring is a bit overrated...after all, an A hit is 5 points no matter what. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And you may be right. I do think there are a couple of differences however. With flush magazine rules the production capacity is generally not large enough to finish most stages, at least the longer USPSA kind ones. You are generally going to need a reload. Let me put it this way .. 17rd 9mm Glock scored minor or 15rd .40 Glock scored major? Thats a tougher choice in my opinion. You may need to do an extra reload on some really long stages using the .40 but the scoring advantage might be meaningfull overall. The second reason, that most limited/standard guns cost $2000 and are LARGE. The average shooter showing up for the first time shooting production is much more likely to shoot a 15rd 9mm or a 13 round .40. IF you allow full size mags in production and want to make it friendly to newcomers then I think allowing the guys shooting major to be scored major would be a nice move. Most new shooters who shoot .40 or .45 in production do shoot factory ammo which very different from the usual 147gr slow moving 9mm 132 PF load that I shoot. Personally I say keep the 10rd limit. This is an exercise in how we could do it differently if we want to.

I'm sorry .. what? English is not my first language either so can you rephrase that.

Assuming that your vehicle gets 15mpg and that a match is 300 miles away (about as far as I would consider going for a really good match) and using a $.70 price increase as a baseline that adds $28 to the round trip. I dont know about you, but if there is a match worth getting up at the crack of dawn and getting my butt sore for 300 miles, eat bad food on the interstate, haul around gear worth $2000 or more, shoot ammo worth a pile, pay match fees, snacks, drinks, etc, then the additional $28 is not stopping me. I think gas would have to hit $5 or more before I dramatically change how I drive, though I do drive a fairly efficient car so that math may be different for other people. I am also blessed that I live in an area where I can shoot pretty much every weekend day and between USPSA and various flavors of Steel I would have to decide which match to skip, all within 1h of my house.

If you are just shooting USPSA the thred must be about USPSA Division rules and not IPSC. Why bother about high caps anyway? USPSA has different rules as IPSC has. That OK. "Local"rules are allowed. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ... Ok, I wont take the bait and start a USPSA vs IPSC fight. Just remeber that about half of the IPSC memebership shoots under those "local" rules you refer to. Lets however answer your questions: a ) As a USPSA member Jim is a IPSC member. He can speculate to his heart content about the IPSC rules. Hell he can do it if he was a member of the Icecream Polishing Society of Canada. Its a free world and asking questions and having disussions its how the world move forward. Maybe his idea sucks, maybe it doesnt. If you think it sucks attack his idea not his motives. b ) The question is VERY valid in USPSA. It is not secret that a number of people would like to see USPSA production go to hi-cap rules. It is doubtfull that it will because it would screw to many people and the majority think the 10 round limit is good idea in this case. BUT if that does change, having the discussion about minor/major ahead of time opens up avenues of thought and possibilities not had before. PS: this Smilley is a pain in my butt cause it makes it hard to make lists

I sure as heck hope you meant MINOR not MAJOR cause if it makes MAJOR I'm not putting it in my AR .

Loaded models do come with ambi's but that doesnt mean that the previous owner didnt replace it.

Or get some goats. Frankly I hate mowing the lawn, so now I have another excuse to give my wife .. Sorry hun .. its 'spensive Lucy!

Why should the rest of World do what the US wants them to do. Why ain't the US take a look over the fence and see how others do it and maybe think about doiing it different. What I do read between the lines is how to get even with a gun with less rounds. Pff, in 1993 no US shooter did not care they had High Cap gun while the others had none. Now it is different, the others have High Caps and the US 10 rounds max and suddenly rules have to be changed? Make no sense to me babe. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Moderators: I dont know if this is too close to the line. Feel free to nuke my post if you think it outside the bounds. It is not my intention to start a fight. Huh .. thats a strange tone. No US shooters that I know tell international shooters what to do. Some of us may disagree but generally shrug. Please dont make this a fight where an honest question was asked. I LOVE the way way US production is done, the 10rd limit allows a lot more guns to play, and hence reduces the price of admition for new shooters who can be competitive with whatever gun they may have. Currently the IPSC production division seems to be heading towards huge guns (no box to contain them) with the goal of max capacity. As such the birth of production race guns is upon us with guns from Tanfoglio, CZ, and SIG as the first few. Sooner or later the average semiautomatic someone may own as a new shooter will be about as usefull as a stick as far as the production division is concerned. Welcome to the new equipment race. You can disagree with me and maybe you are right, I dont shoot IPSC, so what do I know. However if I am right, allowing minor/major in IPSC production means you now have to choose between high capacity or Major powerfactor. I suspect people will go for the capacity, but at those who cant afford the super wiz bang "production" race guns will be able to bring their 13 round .40's or .45's and not feel completely left out. This is of course completely unimportant in USPSA production as the problem is solved by the 10rd limit. I suspect part of the problem is that in most of the world firearm ownership has a different aspect then in the US and hence the different prespectives on the issue and on how important it is for the average Joe to walk in on at a match and not feel like they dont belong. I think Jim had a speculative question. More of an intelectual "what if". No one told anyone what to do.

I have been working in this myself. I generally put down one knee. Also when I run across ports just a tad lower then my head, I bend from my back and not from my knees. I've been trying to break myself of these habits and I found that for me, a wider stance helps with bending my knees easier. For the really low ports I also found that a viet crouch type possition is easier to get in and out of then most other things. By crouching all the way down I dont have to keep to much muscle tention in my legs while shooting and I am fairly stable. Its not as fast to get out of as a half crouch but it is a lot faster then kneeling. I think you need to experiment and see what works for you.

Then perhaps it DID have the ILS system but when he changed to the new mainspring housing he used the old ILS mainspring?

Actually I dont think that the auto industry is selling their product at a record low price. I think the opposite is true. Markups on vehicles is CRAZY and getting higher every year as far as I can tell. I'm quite amused when a vehicle gets $4000 more expensive from one year to the next, when nothing was changed on it. As for Oil .. I dont know what to think. Maybe the Peak Oil guys are right. But on the other hand, what I dont understand is if the oil companies and I presume the worlds governements are aware of the coming social colapse that would result from oil shortages, why would either of them behave like they do? Seriously? They both seem to encourage growth of usage vs. even a hint of catastrophe. I gotta believe that they are not ALL phsycotic folks wishing to see the end of civilization, and frankly I think they could make MORE money by creating an early scarcity and making everyone compete for their product while its still easy to get. In other words the opposite of what they are doing. I dont know.

Those evil guns are making teenagers do stupid things. Oh wait. No they dont. Teenagers are idiots, I sure as hell was.

Yes you are reading it right. Spend the $50. If you dont like it you are only out $50. Me, I like mine. Plus I'm a thrifty .. which is a nice way to say that the wife would smack me if I spent $1000 on a scope I'm going to bang around.

We do this all the time for our indoor "practice" matches. We get anywhere up to 40 people (mostly around 25) and we shoot 4 stages. What we do is split everyone into 2 squads and set up two stages. Each squad is assigned to a stage. A shooter from one squad shoots, then a shooter from the other squad shoots the other stage. Then we all walk up and score and tape and the like. We repeat till the squads finish their stages and then we switch around so the both squads get to shoot both stages. And we all done we take down the stages and build 2 new ones and do it all over. We normally run 4 stages with 25-30 people in about 3 to 4 hours. It sounds a bit long, but a lot of the time is spent with people shooting the .... stuff. We used our indoor matches to also introduce new shooters to the sport so some time is spent on coaching and explaining the game. Works for us.

DVRs are the gift of greek gods. I really like his shows too specially compared with G&A TV which is the biggest waste of time.