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An older NROI blog post (from 2020) said the opposite. According the DNROI, the instructors have changed their thinking on this situation and the most recent article that you referenced is now their current guidance. Loaded can mean: 1. empty chamber, loaded magazine inserted 2. chamber loaded, no magazine inserted 3. chamber loaded, loaded magazine inserted

Changing Division rules is a long process. The Board will use 2024 to gather member feedback. The earliest any change could take effect would be January of 2025.

The questions that will be put to the membership have not yet been determined. Feel free to post your proposed questions here. I'll make sure the Rules Committee has a chance to review them. It's likely that it would be easier to allow optics or irons than to add a new Division. But that would be a Board decision.

The stage I worked at Iron Sights Nationals was a fixed-time stage...with turning targets, so no timer was used at all. That worked very well and allowed us to run four shooters at a time and get through entire squads in about 12 minutes. With other fixed-time stages the second beep can be an issue, as you note. It is certainly a best practice, basically mandatory, for the RO to be near the shooter for the second beep. However, even if the RO does his/her job correctly, it can still be hard to hear the second beep, particularly if a shot is fired at the exact moment of the second beep. One thing that mitigates problems with not hearing the second beep is that the penalty for overtime shots is just 5 points (it's the only 5-point procedural in USPSA), so if you shoot alphas with your overtime shots we basically just take away the alphas. On turning-target fixed-time stages, like the one I worked at Nationals, there are no overtime penalties. I have heard that AMG is working on a speaker/bullhorn type of device that can be used in conjunction with their timer for fixed-time stages.

https://practiscore.com/results/new/220816?q_result=0&q_division=0&q_individual=0

I pay $3 per participant when I run one classifier and $1.50 per participant when I have no classifier. A screenshot of my August payment is attached...$306 for 102 participants, including five who were not USPSA members. https://practiscore.com/results/new/215678

You sure about that? I pay activity and classifier fees for every participant, whether they are members or not.

The lines are actually boxes...."...from within the shooting area..."

Do you also hate "anywhere" start positions? It's a game. Unspecified hand position is good because most people don't practice it and mess it up. Once people get good at it, stage designers will come up with something new...like hands touching ears or ear-pro.

Unless you ask ROs to overlay hits when you're already getting the higher scoring call (a close alpha/charlie, and you get the alpha), then you're only ever going to see/confirm mistakes that go against you. I suspect both types of error occur with the same frequency...possibly even more that favor the shooter (because ROs know it's less likely to result in some type of dispute, including some that could cause delays on the stage). The ratio of shooters asking for an overlay on a call that went in their favor vs. not in their favor is like 1:1000. It happens, but only very rarely.

Surprised to see you still in the betting game...

What two procedurals would you assess?

The Glock C models were prohibited based on the Division appendices, not the definition of compensator.

Are you talking about USPSA? 21.3 Aftermarket slides and barrels SLIDES: You may replace the slide with an OFM or aftermarket slide. BARRELS: You may replace the barrel with an OFM or aftermarket barrel.

NROI wrote a blog post about this last year. https://nroi.org/stage-design/start-position-equity/#more-2511

No. By the time you're ready to tear down the stage all scores will have been approved. Once a score is approved it can only be changed for a few specific reasons. 9.7.4 - When a score has been affirmed by both the competitor and Range Officer, the score (whether on paper or electronic device) is considered conclusive evidence that the time, scores and penalties as recorded are accurate and uncontested. The score (whether on paper or electronic device) is deemed to be definitive. It may only be changed to add penalties under Rule 8.6.2, or to correct arithmetical errors, or by mutual consent of the competitor and the originating Range Officer, or due to an arbitration decision. Changes are defined as modifications to the score sheet after both parties have signed off on the score sheet.

This is what prevents you from using a regular thumb rest (one that is not attached to the take down lever). This also prevents installing anything that can be used as a slide racking device.

No, slide racking devices are specifically prohibited. See Appendix D7, 22.

Was a time entered? It doesn't really matter since the stage score will be a zero either way, but it's easier, and more correct, to enter such a stage as a DNF (Did Not Fire) in Practiscore. If you don't enter DNF in the tablet you have to enter something that isn't accurate, usually 0.01 seconds. 9.10.3 - A competitor who reacts to a start signal but for any reason does not fire a shot or continue the attempt at the course of fire and fails to have an official time recorded on the timing device operated by the Range Officer will be given a zero time and zero score for that course of fire. This constitutes a “Did Not Fire”, or DNF for the stage.

Also 9.10.3.

Start sticks also eliminate the age-old problem of fault lines having multiple sets of marks and some squads using the wrong ones.

You guys might have a point that someone who hasn't shot in a while could be out of touch with the rules (though it's still possible to RO a lot and not shoot). But the person's class has zero to do with it. Last I checked the DNROI is B class.

Lots of MDs are now using "wrists below belt" as the standard start position as it's easier to consistently enforce than "hanging naturally at sides." I've noticed a lot of people even gaming "wrists below belt" with the weak hand, as you noted, at the midline and sometimes not below the belt (it's often hard for the RO to see)...so I've started using "hands touching ears or earpro," which is very easy to see and enforce consistently.

A lot of people use the word "standing" in their WSBs...and that word is actually defined in the glossary of the rule book. "Standing - The competitor's body is fully erect with both feet planted firmly on the ground or other designated position." If that's in a WSB, then you really shouldn't be bending your knees. I never use it in our WSBs because not everyone is aware so it's not really fair for some squads to enforce it while most others wouldn't. If the WSB just said facing downrange with hands relaxed at sides, I don't see how bending your knees could be forbidden.

You'll have to post exactly what the WSB said before we can clarify/comment.