ATLDave

I run a weekly indoor match that does NOT have the angles flexibility you have; we cannot shoot the walls. That means that, other than standards/classifier type stages, very few stages from big matches can be translated. So we have to come up with an average of 3 stages per week, 50 weeks per year. And we frequently get favorable comments from serious shooters about the quality of our stages, especially given our geometric limitations. There are lots of ways to design stages, but the method that works for me is to pick one or two or maybe three concepts to build the stage around. The concept could be a particular shot, an activator array, a choice for the shooter, an overall direction of movement, a big transition.... almost anything. Design/build the portion of the stage that embodies that concept. That's the heart of the stage. Then fill in the rest around it, based on available resources and desired stage size and time. This approach generally ensures that there's something interesting (at least to the designer) on every stage. It also helps when you're building a stage and realize that you've designed a shoot-through or RO trap or something that you don't want/can't have: you just sacrifice other elements of the stage to make the concept work. Make the heart of the stage as good as you can make it. Then fill in the rest. And I second getting as many people involved in stage design as possible. Different folks definitely have different styles. That's good.

I hear you, although the angle on this one makes it a bit tricky. Suffice it to say, I hammered for quite a while... enough that I had to get pliers to eventually remove the pin punch when I gave up.

I have roll pin punches. The problem is that I have a roll pin that is not moveable with the proper-sized punch. I just need to get the replacement pins, and drill out the old one.

I'm having a heck of a time getting the roll pin holding the right-side (left-handed) safety off my limited. I think I'm going to have to drill it out to ever be able to disassemble the frame. Anybody have the measurements of the roll pin so I can get some replacements? Thanks.

The horizontal pin at the front of my rear sight (on a Limited) has suddenly started to walk left. Any ideas on how to fix this?

^^^ This is my biggest concern with PPC. From any angle where I can see someone's pistol, I can see whether it is holstered or not. Flags are only visible from certain angles. And making "sweeping" calls on someone who isn't the shooter and isn't being RO'd is going to cause LOTS of arguments. IMO, the rule should be all-bagged until at the line. That would be consistent with how we treat handguns. Why would longarms be any different?

Higher resolution versions of his old take-down/reassembly videos!!!

We use 2x2's held down with sandbags.

Sounds like a few good dry fire sessions would probably fix the issue. I shoot production and so it's just get the Stock 2 out the holster. I suspect that's exactly what you would find. You may need to play around with the precise positioning and alignment of the holster so that the slot is in line with a natural arm motion for you. If my DAA magnetic gets knocked cattywumpus, then I'll start having a lot of resistance on draws and reholstering. But when it's correctly adjusted, and now that I've got the move ingrained, I feel it's better and faster than with my old low-cut bladetech.

You know how you have to draw from the DAA pretty much in line with the slot in order for the draw to be clean and smooth? Reholstering is the same way. I found it quite annoying for the first month or so, then spent a little time working on it, and now I think it's no big deal. You just can't slop it in like with some Bladetech rig.

I know I wish the locals would have put me through a chrono before I shot my first major. I was nervous enough without the fear of what the chrono (and all related testing/enforcement) would bring. I certainly was aware of PF before I shot my first local match, and was kind of surprised not to have to chrono at every match. I think CHA-LEE did any newish shooters in the match a huge favor. Either they failed chrono, and know they need to change ammo, or they passed and will feel less stress when they go to a major for the first time. And posting scores "as declared" certainly takes away any harshness of result for people who genuinely-but-erroneously thought their ammo would make PF.

We use 2x2's with sandbags at the ends/joints. Helps to have some of the 2x2's fitted with folding hinges for the corners of likely shooting positions.

Gun case, spare magazine Ammo Timer (sometimes a spare 9v battery) Eye pro Plugs and electronic muffs Pro-grip Large ziploc containing: USPSA rulebook (for fending off arguments, not making them) Bandaids Spare contacts and eye drops Pasters Maglula Sharpie Masking tape and/or staple gun Work gloves Multi-tool thing Set of folding metric hex wrenches For larger matches, a tightly-packed box of spares including extractor and extractor spring firing pin fiber optic rod recoil springs hammer spring pin punches spring guide rod

I have seen more than one shooter finish the stage safely and well enough to salvage some match points after falling, sometimes pretty spectacularly. OK, a competitor falls while you're running the timer. You have doubt in your mind. But they haven't swept themselves, haven't broken the 180, haven't AD'ed, have their finger outside the trigger guard. You stop them. Are you going to give them a re-shoot for RO interference and prejudice the other competitors who maybe ran that part of the course a little slower to avoid falling? Or are you going to hand a bunch of FTE's and mikes on them because you stopped them before they finished the COF? Or maybe you're going to send them to the queen of dairy despite having committed no DQ-able infraction?

As others have said, nope. In addition to the differences lesm listed, the trigger guard is rounded on the match, so holsters for the Stock 2/Limited generally don't work with the Match and vice-versa.

FWIW, a competitor on my squad on that stage also had stacking penalties called between strings. Right or wrong, it appears they were administering it consistently for all shooters.

EAA: Terrible grammar in Tanfo' advertising since the first Bush administration.

Henning also sells Wolf recoil springs for Tanfo's and has specific guidance on what weight to use for various power factors.

Some of us conjectured that the 108.6 PF ammo came when someone used their 147 powder load under a 115 or 124 bullet.

Because even sympathy for the oppressed reaches a point of exhaustion eventually?

The only reason I'm not completely on the "kill L10" bandwagon is because some people live in states with ridiculous laws. Because aside from that, there's just no reason at all for the division, and the shooting population seems to agree.

Here's the registration count for the Area 6 USPSA championship that will be shot this weekend:

L10 is great if you want to finish first in a division of one entrant at club matches.

That wouldn't make any sense to me (someone with no particular knowledge or standing). It says the last 6 REQUIRED shots must be taken WHO. The shots you didn't take because your gun blew up were still REQUIRED... that's why you're taking mikes on those. You didn't take those shots in violation of the WSB, so no extra penalties. At least that's how it seems to be. I could be wrong.

CHA-LEE, I don't really express an opinion about whether having such a requirement/stage is good or bad. I'm just agreeing with others that it has been done before (by the same MD) at a high-level match, and didn't seem to pose inordinate problems. As for the WSB being "vague," I don't know if that's the best word. It does require thinking through (or having someone explain) the full ramifications of the very short language, but it seems like there's really only one interpretation that completely squares with the language. It may be less than fully explanatory, but I'm not sure I see vagueness in it. Or maybe I'm using a more narrow/specific definition of "vague" than you are.