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Lighten up, Francis. Nobody has said it's not legal. Looks like everybody in the thread is in agreement. AD

Pushed out a very nice SSR/MM time using a 40 year old Smith & Wesson 15-3 last year. Went for ESR/MM this year with the GP-100 using the same combination as listed in the previous message. .357Mag/158g. Hard on the hands but nailed it on the first try. At least that box is checked now! Woo-Hoo! Back to CDP with the Glocks for me. AD

You know, I really do try to stay out of these bizarre arguments. If the shooter is out of cover, PE. That's an obvious call. Blow past a target? PE. COF failure, right? Shoot extra rounds/not enough rounds in a Limited Vickers stage? PE. Deal with it. What's a Tribal Rule that comes into play here? You're either IN cover or you're not. Local Tribal Rules allowing shooters to attend matches more than once without paying the IDPA membership? Not a big deal for most of the civilized world. A Tribal Rule that let's 40S&W shoot in CDP is obviously a violation or a local outlaw match. The reason people think they're getting "Tribal Rules" on calls, especially cover PE's is because of the way it's called at a person's local range. If it's called "tight", then there's usually no problem at a higher tier match. If the cover calls are sloppy and loose in a local match, you can bet those shooters MAY get called more than others. I've seen it happen with some of our guys. The scope of differences can't be that large from range to range. What's there to call on the FFR? The shooter is either moving forward in the stage or they are not. Shooter moves out before the slide closes? PE. How hard is that to call? I just don't see where all the big problems are coming up. Most people don't like the FFR. It's the rule now. Deal with it until we get it changed! AD (not affiliated, sponsored, "Liked" or even talked about all that much with anything having to do with IDPA HQ, World Peace or Whale saving)

Nope. Read the rule. 3.9.1 If the shooter runs the firearm empty behind cover, the shooter MAY NOT ADVANCE IN THE STAGE, (move towards the next shooting position) until the weapon is deemed loaded. I think this is what is making this such a crisis for everybody. You can't ADVANCE in the stage with all of the previously stated gyrations and pivots and slides. You can do the "hokey-pokey" as long as one foot is planted and you don't ADVANCE IN THE STAGE. AD

A great thread, guys. Thanks. I've got a "rental" 5 year old who really likes picking up brass at the range and he's thinking that the .22 sitting back at my house may have his name on it in the very near future. AD

We've been heavily testing the Uberscoremaster software both on iPhones, iPads and normal computer access and it's working quite well at this time. Having the match scoring finished about one minute after the last shooter handed his scoresheet over impressed a lot of my guys. I run it on an iPad while my "scoring stunt double" uses some type of iPhone and they appear to work seamlessly together. Well worth taking a look if Beach Bunny falls by the wayside. AD

Just the answer I was looking for. Thanks. AD

Me too! AD

Nope, just local club matches with friends I've made over the years. Those are still fun. As for traveling to sanctioned matches and spending a lot of money to experience unconsistent and even incompetent officicating? No thanks. I'm done with that. OK, I can see that. It makes sense. AD

For a guy who has been telling anybody that would listen how you're leaving IDPA, IDPA is bad, I'll never shoot it again, I'm out of here, you sure do shoot a lot of IDPA for some reason. Self abuse by caliber? AD

Yep, that puppy works just fine. AD (and doubles as a nice CDP gun too!)

You know, I've been reading your rantings about MM SO's for over a year now. Did one of them kick your dog or something? Marry your daughter? What is the problem?? You get MM SO's because they have volunteered to do it. Nobody forced them. They're trying to help out the game. They're involved. If you've got a problem with MM SO's and it really, really bothers you, shoot something else. You're obviously not happy with the current state of affairs. I just had to go back and delete about 80% of this message as I was getting carried away a bit so I'll end it now. Also, please let us all know of which SO shot his first match on Monday, got his SO on Wednesday and wound up at a major match on Saturday. I do believe you've taken a few liberties with your time lines. AD ,

I believe I've had to use the third mag twice in SSP. Both times due to an apparent malfunction which required dumping the mag and grabbing a new one. AD

I shoot our weekly stages in whatever I'm wearing that day. You know, my daily concealed or open carry clothes, as determined by where I'm at! What a concept. With that said, earlier in this thread somebody mentioned a guy showing up in a sport coat. I think I'll try that some night, just for grins. Coat and tie. What I lose in "tactical time" I'll make up for with style and class! AD

Nice job! My first two times out I was the bottom guy and it wasn't even close!! Congrats. AD

Lee, Yep, that's why I'm shooting IDPA a lot. Run with some scenarios and good practice with the daily carry gun that I can't get at a local square range. Don't worry about the 1911 crowd as you'll be shooting in SSP or ESP with that gun. AD

Hokey Smokes, Batman! Remind me not to shoot at your place and embarass myself!! Nice job! AD

Bingo! AD

Actually, at this point in time I do. My daily carry is OWB with a cover garment as needed. It generally shoots in CDP. Although buying a dedicated IDPA gun would be easy, I'm just not so sure I want to do that as I really don't need another gun and currently, I'm in IDPA for good, weekly practice with the carry gun. I'm sure that down the road I'll get tired of having the dedicated box guns beating up my times week after week, but for now I'll stick with the daily carry and be happy that all the targets get clobbered on schedule. AD

You can either turn it off in Skype proper or open your browser, click on Tools, Add-Ons. Scroll down to Skype Technologies SA. Then DISABLE "Skype Click to Call". All done! AD