Ed K
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I can't say
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Needless to say......
oops.
Mods, is this a thread drift?
What say you.
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I'm in Nashville, working at the CMA Fan Fair. I went walking around this evening. Stopped by Ernest Tubbs Record shop. Elvis Costello was looking at old LP records. Pretty cool.
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When you calculate the results for upload, remember to claculate "final, by division". If you don't, EZWinscore will laugh at you.
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I hate painting! Why? I'm not good at it, I don't have the patience, I suck at it, the prep, the clean up, paint in my hair, paint on my clothes, the list goes on.
Today (day 4) I'm still painting my kitchen. It's not a big kitchen! All because the in-laws are coming to visit. The last time they came, I had to paint the guest room.
I had paint on me before I even picked up a brush. My yellow lab now is Forest Green, satin finish from leaning on the friggin trim.
Here's an idea. I'm going to pray to my higher power that the next time he does a mass update on the female species, insert a gene, or an instinct, that makes the love painting. Not the Georgia O'Keefe or Grandma Moses painting, but picking up a pail of flippin Dutch Boy and going to town.
If your wife/gf enjoys painting, good for you. Maybe God has already started beta testing. Mine? At the mere mention of picking up a roller she runs off, grabs her purse, and heads out the door. Where's she going? To her girlfriends house to paint their nails!
End of rant. I already see another trip to Menard's, and a 2nd coat in my future. And I have to clean up my keyboard.
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Situation as is; no DQ.
Competitor tries to catch gun before it hits the ground, or pick it up after it hits the ground; DQ shooter. 10.5.14.
Either way, RO gets a good counseling session. When I run a shooter, if at all possible, I'll stand just short of an arms length away. I don't sweep the timer up from below my waist, I push it out from my shoulder. The worst that has happened is that I pinged the timer off of a shooters earmuff prior to the beep. I've gotten the "stink eye" from a shooter when that happens. LOL
I too use the rules forum as dry RO practice.
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I start my EMT Basic in a few weeks. I'm taking it at our Vocational/Technical college. Another resource could be your local ambulance service. They may conduct classes. After completion of the 12 week program, I will need to get national certification.
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Flex....
Remember the unofficial bounce test. Jump up & down a few times, if your gun fell out then it was an unsafe holster.
But....... in this instance I'm assuming the shooter has made ready. He may already have received the "standby" command. That would include taking the lock off a race type holster. Any nudge in a forward/up direction could cause the problem as described in the original post.
I remember my 1st Safariland 012. It took me months before I became comfortable enough to actually use it in a match.
As far as the MD DQing the shooter, the situation should have been brought to the RM. Even in a Level I match, according to the rulebook, both are mandatory positions. (Appendix A1).
Maybe this is a thread drift but, at some local matches both positions (MD & RM) are held by 1 person. My opinion is these positions should never be combined. A CRO should be more than capable to handle the job of RM. If no CRO is available then let it fall to the most seasoned RO. Let the MD do the admin work.
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The competitor was not the cause of the loaded gun dropping. The RO was the factor here. I say no DQ. I would have taken that decision to Arbitration.
Now a follow up "what if" question.
The RO causes a loaded hangun to fall. What if the competitor attemped to catch it on it's way to the ground?
10.5.3 If at any time during the course of fire, or while loading, reloading or
unloading, a competitor drops his handgun or causes it to fall, loaded
or not. Note that a competitor who, for any reason during a course of
fire, safely and intentionally places the handgun on the ground or other
stable object will not be disqualified provided:
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Sure, come & shoot with us.
Partner up with an experienced shooter, be safe & have fun.
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As Dave said, come to our Wednesday evening league. I live in Rochester and you're welcome to ride with me to the match.
Don't come & watch, come & shoot. We'll find a rig for you to use.
Feel free to PM me as you get closer to your trip. I'll send you my phone number.
On a side note. If you visit the vendor area of Brian's forum, and purchase something. You can ship it to me for pick up when you get here. As long as it is export legal of course.
Ed
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Sounds like Tyler will have some serious competition in a couple of years. Now get her out to the Wed. league with the .22.
Way to go.
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mmmmmmmm, porkchops
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I feel for you. My Lab ate my GPS, binoculars, the kitchen floor, and the insoles of my wife's shoes when she was a pup.
Send Amidon an email about rotweiler stipling and magwell flairing in production. See if he'll issue a special production mod.
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Now I really feel old. I've been doing this to long.
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okay, so if there are 4 stages and they are all "classifiers" then my friends and I should be all good?
If you mean to run them all in 1 night, you can't do it. The club may only submit 1 classifier to USPSA per month. Because I shoot in the frozen north, we are allowed to submit our max of 12 per year in a shorter time.
Unless you get permission (in writing) from your SC to run a special classifier match. This consists of 4 - 6 classifier stages. Your club may do this twice per year, with advance permission.
Here's a link for you.
http://www.uspsa.org/classifiers/NCCB_4ed_2008.pdf
Hope this helps.
Ed
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9.1.2 Touching Targets – While scoring is in progress competitors or their
delegate must not touch, gauge or otherwise interfere with any target
without the authorization of the Range Officer. Should a Range Officer
deem that a competitor or their delegate has influenced or affected the
scoring process due to such interference, the Range Officer may:
9.1.2.1 Score the affected target as a missed target; or
9.1.2.2 Impose penalties for any affected no-shoots.
As far as the unsportsmanlike conduct, Rule 10.6, the competitor knowingly cheated. But you'd have to do something pretty overt to get this called.
If I were the MD/RM of a local "league match", and found out about a competitor trying to take advantage of scoring mikes........ Well as George Jones says, "We would have a counseling session".
If you have to cheat at this game in order to win, why are you even playing?
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Bravo Zulu SEAL team. Next time I get to Little Jim Bridge, the 1st rounds on me.
Go Navy!
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I run a Glock.
It runs 100%
"pride of ugliness".
There's gotta be a T-shirt is here somewhere.
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+1
I needed that too.
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LP, thank you for your service to our country. I only spent 10 years in.
I have never been called a "range nazi". I take offense to that statement. But i will take your critique in stride. I guess what I was trying to explain was that I have never been subjected to intentional disrespect by a competitor, while RO'ing.
I do understand that our adreniline is still up there after completing a COF. The reason that I ask you to remove your hand is to make entirely sure, to the best of my ability, that you are leaving the COF with a securely holstered gun. Just remove it long enough so I can take a look. No, there's nothing in the book that say's you have to. It is not illegal for a competitor to walk around with his/her hand resting on the butt of a handgun.
If I see that something is wrong with your equipment, I'll let you know. I am in a position to see potential problems with your holster, better than you are. That way we can get your gun bagged before it falls in the dirt on your way back to sign your scoresheet, or it falls out after the LAMR on the next stage.
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I agree with a statement made above. I will wait until your hand is clear of the gun before I issue the Range is Clear command. I don't believe that it needs to be spelled out in the rule book. I am responsible for the safety of not only the competitors, but the spectators, and 2nd RO/scorekeeper. It is MY bay.
I have never run a shooter that has left their hand on a gun by intent, waiting for the final command. If that ever does happen, I'll ask them to please remove their hand before I declare the range clear. If they want to be an asshat about it, I'll also remind them about unsportsmanlike conduct, and I think we should have a chat with the RM after I score the targets.
On a side note, the rule book was written and is updated for a reason. They are the rules. It is not a suggestion book. I also believe that if you read between the lines in the book, you'll find alot ways to handle situations and questions that may arise by using "common sense".
That is my 2 cents.
Now back to your regular scheduled program.
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In Minnesota people won't move over to let you merge.
Another issue here are cars that STOP near the bottom of the on ramp & wait for a hole in traffic. My dad always said that on ramps were the place to get near or up to freeway speed. Off ramps are the place to slow. Not a half mile before the exit.
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Darn Glock!
in Humor
I was looking through my Glock parts bins this AM, when I came across a new Vanek trigger. I thought I'd finally install it in my G-35.
The workbench was messy so I started reorganizing my toolboxes. Well I wanted to listen to some music and found out that I didn't have an outlet where I wanted one.
Decided to install a new outlet. Then I noticed that the junction box to the new outlet was outdated. Decided to install a new junction box. I also saw that the wiring to the main panel is old. When I looked closer, all of the wiring in the basement is old. (The house was built in 1937) So next I'm going to rewire the basement. Probably add a couple more 20amp circuits while I'm at it.
Do I see 200amp, 3 phase in my future?
Oh by the way, never did get to the Glock. Now I have a 2 day electrical project ahead.
DAMN GLOCK!
I hate painting! 
The non-timer RO (clip-board)
in USPSA/IPSC Rules
Posted
All of the above +
Additional duties should include;
Looking at the scoresheet as to what division the competitor is shooting. Does his/her gun fall into division rules. Count rounds prior to mag change in Prod., SS, L-10.
Letting the next couple of shooters know they're due up soon.
Helping to listen for squibs, other gun malfs.
Helping to ensure that the range is clear prior to starting the next shooter. If I have a stage with multiple barricades or other vision barriers, I work with the RO to make sure nobody is still down range.
Making sure that any props, reactive targets, etc. are re-set the same for every shooter.
Lots of other little things that could either cause a safety problem, or screw up a shooters run.