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I have been using EzWin Score or its predessors for about 10 years and never really tried the Form letter feature. Just figured I'd see if it was something that made confirmation letters a little easier to generate. It is not a big deal for me if it doesn't work, just sort of caught me off guard. I did email Roger immediately and he did not know anything to suggest either, I did not excatly have an abundance of information to pass on. I just always thought that if one could generate the letters and email from the program it would be great. You guys have done a ton of work and I'm sure it is a never ending battle, thanks for the work, the program and if you get something figured out I'd like to know.

I just installed EzWin Score 3.0 after scoring the Single Stack Nationals on 2.29. Wanted some time to make sure I was comfortable with it before I used it at a big match. Anyway, installed it and every except the Form Letter feature works. It won't even start up. Deleted program and reinstalled, still does not work. Any suggestions or hints? It still works in 2.29 (which is located in a different directory). Bill Davis

For the record, I was out of the state and out of the country for two weeks following the match and was not able to receive or answer emails. Second, even the original score sheet would probably not help if the wrong label was put on a score sheet and then signed by the shooter. Most signatures are not readable. Score sheets are verfied by others in the stats room and compared to the Verifcation Sheets put out by EzWin Score. It will list the shooter number, name and the details of the hits and all penalties. The odds that the correct score sheet was credited to the wrong shooter is pretty small; plus there are measures written into EzWin Score to prevent the overwriting of a score sheet. The correct measures to take are for the shooter(s) to actually verify that the sheet in front of him/her is theirs, that the hits add up, that a time is given. We had at least 18 scores sheets that had to be given back to the RM to go back and get the correct information or award a re-shoot due to shooters signing scores sheets with incorrect or missing information. The other step that prevents this is the one hour of posting; that many shooters seem to ignore or skip. People are invovled in this sport and that means errors can and do happen and can pass through all the measures intended to keep them from happening. It takes a joint effort to make the match error free.

Round Count is 225.

I questioned several of the people in the know on this topic and why we could not must do away with the provisional status. Their answers made sense. During the PS we can play with the rules until we get them right. Once it has full status the rules are locked in place for 2-3 years. I for one would rather have them get it right and then play without changes. While I don't really see a need for L10, I say live and let live.

Actually, the Springers are sort of a contingency prize for the class winners, who (last year) actually won a SA GI. By shooting a Springfield, they could then swap it for a custom built gun, 1 was Heinie, 1 by Heinie employee (Matt Davis), one by Yost-Bonitz, 1 by Dave Williams (SA Custom) and I can't remember the others. The GIs were then given out by raffle tickets that were passed out earlier. Something like 15-18 guns were distributed. I believe it will be the same this year, but have not heard the details, so if it isn't NEVER MIND.

When we do the stage design for the Single Stack Nationals we do our best to negate the advantage that a .40 would have over a .45; at least for rounds per aray and reloads. Robbie has frequently won using the .45.

If the Single STack Nationals are any indication, the SSD is doing fairly well. While it may be strugglinlg at the club level, which I believe may be due to the fact that the classifiers don't count yet, it is alive and well. The National match was set up for 250 shooter over two days, with the staff shooting the day before the match. The dates of the match are April 27-28. By the third week of January Saturday was sold out, by the Valentines day Friday was sold out and we are looking at allowing some shooter who are on the waiting list (over 50 at this time) to possible shoot through with the staff. I don't recall another large match being sold out more than two months in advance!

The 2007 match is now full and we have an overflow. A waiting list is forming and will be filled if and when cancellations occur. Thanks for supporting the match.

There are only about 20 spots left in the match. Then the waiting list begins.

The match is filling up very fast. As of Jan 26th Saturday is full and all shooters that have registration forms in will be given the opportunity to shoot on Friday. Shooters who have sent in applications for Saturday that we cannot put into Saturday match will be notified by regular mail with a return receipt required. The letter will have my email address and phone number listed, it will be up to you to call me, or email me and let me know if you want to be put on the Friday schedule. It will be a first come, first serve type of situation; so don't wait too long. I will also do my best to give you the squadding requests, but that, too, is getting harder and harder and the match fills up. The fact that the match is filling up four months before it is set to take place ought to tell you about the quality of this match and the viability of the Provisional Single Stack Division. p.s. -- please do not call me and ask me to hold you a spot while you get your application(s) in. I cannot do that, it is not fair to those who do things in a timely manner.

I don't frequent this as often as I used to and stumbled into this discussion. We had posted something un Pistol Match. As of today (1/26) it is safe to say that Saturday is full, that is 125 shooters and Friday has about 20 shooters registered, and the promise of about 20 more from sponsors, etc. We are currently running 12 squads each day with 10 shooters per squad. I believe we are talking about 14-16 stages and over 200 rounds of classic IPSC.

2007 Single Stack Upate: I have just received anothe packet of registrations an Saturday is more than half full. Requests for squadding of any larger goups is going to be difficult from this point forward. If you are planning to shoot, get your applications in quickly. We are anticipating that Saturday will be full by the end of January. Friday is still wide open. Bill

Yes, Match hotel is Holiday Inn Holiday Inn 201 S. 3RD ST. QUINCY, IL 62301 1 800 315 2605 Hotel Front Desk: 1-217-2222666 Hotel Fax: 1-217-2223238

I may have worded it poorly but we had to pay the same as joining the 1911 society for not being a member. So we joined. I don't see a difference. In previous years, it was the 1911 society match. You had to be a member of 1911. No problem. Now it is USPSA and you have to be a member of USPSA. Still no problem. What I am saying is it should be one or the other with the required membership of whichever is running it. Not both or having to pay extra if not a member of one or the other. Or having to join either. I know it's a small amount of money that doesn't amount to much in the overall costs of attending a match of this size, but it still irritates me. Approximate $130 entry fee of which $100 paid for a flashlight? Really nice flashlight but ............... And apparently Sam38 paid for his but didn't get it....... As for the problem with the "dictatorship". He who founds it makes the rules whether we like it or not. Pretty much the way IDPA is run too. I have enjoyed the stages and people involved with the match in the past. I don't think the USPSA should have been involved until the provisional SS division is permanent and the shooters are accurately classified. As far as the wannabes, complainers, and range lawyers go, some of them are at every shooting match, no matter who sponsors it. Craig Craig, you miss understand. $100 of your registration does not pay for the SureFire light, but neither does SureFire donate those. The 1911 Society spent a chunk of money for those lights as incentive to get people to come in and register the night prior to shooting and at the match hotel where everything was set up, not show up on the day of the match when other tasks need to be done, and then try and register. It was documented on the website, letters were sent to all competitors, it was posted on the USPSA site, emails were sent to all shooters. Sam was more than 10 minutes late, a lot more. Do the match, 275 flashlights, with laser etching at $100 each. Now do the other match, take the 1911 Society's membership cost and multiple that by 200 shooters and you will see the cost of the give away isn't even close to being covered by those fees. I guess one suggestion is sell the give away gift, and you will offset the price of the 1911 Society. I work the match, seldom get to shoot it (twice in 11 years of working it), and it will cost me a couple of hundred dollars for that privilege. It is a great match, the best match you will shoot for the cost -- bar none. We are still working (negotiating) for the match hotel. Last year it was the Holiday Inn. I'll talk with Dick and see what the status is.

For what it is worth, no one had to join the the 1911 Society to shoot the match. There does appear to be some real disinformation out there. Everyone who shot the match and registered at the match hotel, recieved a SureFire light -- who do you think paid for those? The 1911 Society, that was, in round numbers $100 per shooter. The other comment about it not being as nice a match since the USPSA got involved -- same staff, same ROs, same stage designers, same caterers, same range. Prize distribution has been the same for that the last two years and before that we drew for many of the prizes and received many complaints about that method. We have had no arbitrations in the past, no rule disputes because we are basically a benevolent dicatorship, Dick is the dictator. As for Mr Elderton and his holsters, wouldn't be the first time we had issues with some of his antics. In truth we really ran it as really big club match and that translated into some abuse. Now, with the Level 3 status we eliminated most of that abuse. My worry about our affiliation with the USPSA is that all the wannabes, and complainers and damn range lawyers are going to show up. I've worked 11 of these matches and when my schedule gets too full, this is the only match I won't cut out, and I don't even get to shoot it.

Springfield Armory Single Stack Classic /USPSA National Championship April 27th - April 28th (April 29th is for weather make-up if needed.) P.A.S.A. Park, - Barry, IL 250 Competitors (125 Each Day) Stages: 14-16 Challenging Courses Entry Fee: $135.00 for Current 1911 Society Members $150.00 for Non-Members $190.00 Non-USPSA Member (Includes 1st year membership.) (Entryfee includes lunch.) Entries Accepted on a first come, first serve basis! Entry Deadline: April 10th, 2007 http://www.1911society.org/entryform.htm

If you change the link and stop to take out the play, be advised: the link controls the movement of the barrel as it goes in and out of lockup. The change would cause it to "push up" into the slide cuts earlier in the lockup motion. It might be no problem or it might cause interference and round over the edges of the upper barrel lugs. That destroys a barrel. If it shoots well, I vote for the camp whose philosophy is don't try to fix something that's already working.... Gentlemen, thanks for the information. I did replace the slide stop with an EGW and it helped considerable. I am getting very light rub marks on the slide stop pin with the lower lugs would make contact. Gun shoot very good, goes bang every time I pull the trigger. I also should mention that I won the gun at the Single Stack Nationals, that is what allows me to make all these changes. Having a riot doing the work and learning a great deal about the complex interaction of the system.

I understand that the lock up takes place between the lugs and the pin. I was just hoping that could be fixed by something than a new barrel. I guess I should have known, the fit of the hood is quite sloppy, but the gun is accurate. Thanks for the reply

I've got an SA GI that I am wanting to build into a custom gun. As would be expected there is slight movement when you push down on the chambere/Hood when the gun is in battery. When I "miked" the slide stop pin it measures -- .197; while the bottom hole of the link is at .207. I have yet to check the barrel in the slide and the slide on the frame without the slide pin inserted. Will be doing that when I get home. As a quick question: should there be that much difference between the pin and the link hole? Would replacing the slide stop help with the slight movement in the barrel? I was thinking about replacing the factrory barrel, but this should 2" groups at 25 yards. But the incorrect fit does bug me. Bill

Dick Hienie makes one; however it required milling the frame. He sells the kits and there should be several compotent gunsmiths who can do the work. I don't believe that Dick is currently taking any new work. Check it on his website. Look at the package and it should be the Tactical/Carry package that has this installed, just so you can see it. I have one and it works very well. But it is pricey. Bill

There has been a common theme in these posts, that the Single Stack Society approached the USPSA to get USPSA sanctioning. The Singe Stack Class is now is its 12th year, and we have never been interested in USPSA sanctioning. If the USPSA approached the 1911 Society that means merging the rules may take one route; if the 1911 Society approached the USPSA then another route would be called for. It is also my understanding that this is not really a rule change n the middle of the match; rather a misunderstanding of rules, the provisions and such. As we can all atest (at least those of us who have been shooting for a few years), rule changes seem to almost always lad to equipment changes and the movemenet of the division away from its intended purpose. I would site Ron Avery's article in the latest issue of The Front Sight. As I understand it now (before the match has taken place) we have holster issues, type of gun issues (ligth rails) and caliber issues; questions about prize table or thereof. In 11 years none of these has been an issue for the 1911 Society. The first year it becomes something of a sanctioned match, we have issue before the first shot is fired. Maybe the issue is not the USPSA or the 1991 Society; maybe we all just need to look in the mirror. Bill

As someone who has been involved in the Single Stack Classic for 11 of the 12 years and who has handled registration and Stats for those years I can tell you that this year we have gained many shooters that we have not seen in the past, many with very low USPSA numbers. About 20% of the shooters for this years match were not USPSA members, but are now. We also have not seen some of our "regular" shooters, and I suspect that is due to the USPSA being involved. So, Gary, it is doing waht you intended. Thanks for your work. The overwhelming response from the past 12 years has been that the SSC is a GREAT match, and in all that time we have never had an arbitration. We have sought over those years to make it a shooting match, not an equipment race. The unfortunate part of these discussions is that they overlook that all of the USPSA divisions have evolved into something their creator did not envision (or maybe intend, how else do you explain the "newer" divisions). The other simple fact is that this match has been successful for 12 years without be affiliated with the USPSA. Staffed by some of the best people you will meet. We would (will) have this match every year with or without the USPSA. We are recruiting the ROs, taking care of registration, Stats, and everything else. Think of it as NASCAR versus IRL versis F1. This is where everyone has the "same" equipment and the shooter makes the difference. I understand the analogy breaks down because there will some shooting minor, some in .40 and others in .45. Each has an advantage as well as disadvantage. I believe if we could have figured a way out, we would have said .45 only with 8 round mags. There were most likley too many complaints because other owned something that would not be "legal." As for me, I can't decide whether to shoot my Springfield Trophy in .45 or my custom Heinie Colt in 9x23. Whatever, it will be the most enjoyable match I shoot this year, as well as work. Bill

The Single Stack Nationals is full on Saturday, we still have spots left on Friday.

Steve, Yes, once they get processed through Heinie's office and get mailed to me (in Seattle), I put you in the match an you will get an email confirmation within a day or two of my receiving it, and snail mail with a week or two.