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Mr. B

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About Mr. B

  • Birthday 12/17/1970

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Cocoa, Fl.
  • Interests
    IDPA, GSSF, Steel Challenge, and beginning to play with USPSA
  • Real Name
    Scott Bowlby

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  1. As far as I'm concerned, it is THE match to attend if you can only fit one major match in for the summer. (like me) I can't wait to see what the new stages will be. I kinda hope there is another version of Drop Dead Red, and even though I like the Baseball stage, I'm hoping it gets changed up a little if it stays.
  2. I had a great time! The stages were awesome and the staff was unbelievably great at keeping things moving but still having fun. This was my first Monster Match, but Mayan gods willing, it won't be my last.
  3. Lol, yes, Bob, that's the one. Also, one RO has a dandy time yelling cover before you even get close to a doorway, in anticipation of you possibly breaking cover when you get there I guess. (Kinda like getting a Nobel Peace prize for all the good things people think you are going to do...) I like that club for the most part, though, so I don't let it get to me normally. They have a very fun Action Steel match, and their USPSA matches are decent. I just use their IDPA matches as practice anyway, so if I get dinged on a procedural I don't think is correct, I just re-calculate my score to see what it would have been without it and use that to judge my personal performance. The only other thing that kind of annoys me is how often certain folks are allowed 'doubles'. One group I saw had four or five shooters, including two RO's, asking for doubles (or triples) on every target. 6 hits on paper when there should be 10 (classifier) was suddenly 9 hits. One shooter had 8 hits, 6 hits, and 7 hits on paper for stage 3 and asked for three doubles and a triple. I didn't say anything, cause if they want to grand-bag a classifier, the only person being cheated is the one who asked for it. I just hope those folks aren't doing that during a normal match.
  4. Mr. B

    Vest

    I have been using a 'cut-off' BDU shirt I bought from a surplus store for $5 for two years now. Works like a charm, plus the big pockets are great for retaining partial mags quickly.
  5. I have lots of friends I like to shoot with, but I always try to squad with a few people who shoot better than me. Most times that isn't an issue cause I'm not very good, but there had been a few times where I have ended up being the "big fish in a small squad" and those times I always seem to think I've done ok until I see the match scores later. It will invariably turn out that I might have led the squad, but I ranked several spots lower than I usually do when I shoot against my betters.
  6. Thanks to everyone for assuring me that I wasn't alone in thinking the situation a little weird. As far as the "rule is a rule" mentality, Graham, I can understand that I guess, but the way the RO handled it seemed poorly done in my opinion. Oh well. We all have our bad days, maybe that was one of his. Oh BTW, on the flip side of the coin, I think loading to division capacity in a classifier is a rule that should be adhered to. The gun draws, shoots, and recoils different with 17 rounds in it vs. 10. I perfectly understand RO's who insist on sticking with that rule, since it can change a person's hits or splits (albeit only slightly). All my mags were division capacity except the downloaded start one.
  7. Shot a classifier today at a club I don't shoot at as often as some others. At my regular club, during a classifier we try to get folks to have quite a few magazines available for the various starts on the strings of fire. I have found that having 5 mags is handy for each stage, with each mag loaded to division capacity. That way I can just quickly strip a few rounds out for the downloaded starts. Its faster, and when several shooters do this all that saved time adds up to an easier day for everyone, especially the RO's. So today, I step to the line to shoot stage 2, with my usual accoutrements for a classifier, meaning 5 mags. Three on the belt and two shoved in the small pockets on the front of my 511 pants. All of the pouches were stowed behind the seam on the pants leg, like they are supposed to me. On the Load and Make ready command, I didn't think anything of pulling a mag from one of the pockets and loading the weapon. As soon as I holstered, the RO says to me "I'm gonna tell you right now that if you start shooting with that extra mag on your belt we're gonna have a problem." First off, the phrase "I'm gonna tell you right now" instantly annoys me. It raises my hackles just from the confrontational way it is phrased and presented. However, I know some folks think using that phrase is somehow clever or cute, so I try to overlook it when I can. I took a mag off my belt and shoved it in my pocket to make the RO happy, and lightly said something like, "Well, just trying to save some time between strings, it is just a classifier course today." The RO responded with "Well, we don't want you folks to get into the habit of having too many mags on your belt." 'We'? Who is 'we'? And since 'we' is so concerned about how many mags are on my belt during a course of fire that holds NO tactical advantage for additional mag placement, why isn't 'we' concerned about 'us folks' shooting with no cover garment, or performing standing reloads without heading for cover, or using shooting boxes and fault lines? I guess 'we' assumes that 'us folks' can handle the mental challenge of unlearning those bad habits that are written into the classifier course of fire, but oh no, having a 3rd mag on your belt after the buzzer will be permanently burned into your memory and haunt you with FTDR penalties for the rest of your shooting life.. I could understand an RO reminding me of the 'mags on belt' rule before or after the course of fire, just to make sure I know that it is another of the 'classifier only' anomalies that aren't used in regular matches. That's fine. But to have an RO act as if he wanted to issue a FTDR or DQ over something that was intended to make his day shorter and easier seems a little over the top. I still did reasonably well for that stage, but I was thinking more about the irony of being admonished for trying to be considerate than the course of fire. It probably slowed me down a few seconds. I forgot what I was supposed to do for string one (advancing while shooting) for a second, while I regathered myself. Anyway, my question is, should I just bring a box of ammo and load my two mags as needed for each string and forget about trying to streamline the process? Seems kinda silly to me considering all the other rules that are bent and/or broken during a classifier, but what is your opinion?
  8. Had a good time shooting today with the Open crowd. I think I did ok for being a C shooter using a Limited gun. Hopefully I will improve on my scores tomorrow morning.
  9. I got out here this evening, plan to watch a bit in the morning and then I shoot Sat Pm and Sunday Am. For those guys who have already seen/shot the stages, were there any major changes from the proposed stages?
  10. My understanding is that the introduction of the so-called safe-action Glock changed SSP dramatically. The SSP division was intended for double-action pistols with much heavier trigger-pulls than the single-action pistols in ESP (or CDP). IDPA was created in 1996 or so. The Glock pistol was already well introduced by that time. I can't see how they could have changed anything in SSP, since they were there the whole time.
  11. I always have an extra pistol with the same action and caliber. Usually I have a second gun that is a dedicated competition gun (for example I have a G34 and a G17 that are identically equipped). I also leave my carry gun in the truck, a G26, which in a pinch I can cannibalize if both other guns are being used (sometimes my son shoots with me and uses one of the competition guns). So in reality, I have two backup guns on hand most times. I also keep extra holsters, eyes, ears, belts, and mag pouches in the truck for equipment failures or to loan out to other shooters.
  12. A big help is to learn the very unique squadding method GSSF uses. It works good if everyone actually uses it right, but it completely blows when folks try to modify it to 'make it faster' or just don't understand it. Remember that GSSF is geared toward new shooters. Some are very new. They need a lot instruction to remain safe. A lot of times you have to break it down to little steps for them.
  13. I have extra rods, a lighter, clippers, an extra front sight, an extra recoil spring assembly, other small parts, and a spare gun. Also, in my truck I keep a lot of extra ammo, just in case someone runs low.
  14. Looking at the DMG rules, it specifically puts the 30 caliber carbine in the pistol caliber carbine categories. "6. Stock Pistol Caliber Carbine (SPCC) Firearms permitted for this division must be: D. Rifle: 9 x 19 mm or larger pistol caliber (including .30 carbine) with iron sights only." "6. Enhanced Pistol Caliber Carbine (EPCC) Firearms permitted for this division must be: G. Rifle: 9 x 19 mm or larger pistol caliber (including .30 carbine) with iron or single optic sights. The use of an inline optical magnifier is legal." I think if they were going to consider the 30 a rifle cartridge, they would not include it in those categories.
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