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    Chris Davies

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  1. I agree fully with Rob. Alot of shooters throwing out ideas of what the program should support but noone is volunteering time and resources to do it as Peter did. I have been buying Palm IIIxe's from Ebay at .01-10.00 each. For the Area 3 match I bought 10 additional units (we now have 20 IIIxe's). Of those units only one looked as if it had been used very much. I also bought a like new Tungsten E for $40. I'm fairly certain our club will be able to use the palms and enjoy the advantages of using the palm scoring system the club owns for many years to come. Peter has stood behind his product and has supplied us with software upgrades on a regular basis. Any problems I have had with the system has been handled quickly (via email or phone). When we were getting ready to do the Sectional match we had an issue with our system. The problem was totally self induced and not a issue with the Palm scoring system. In a panick I called Peter on his cell phone. I caught him on the interstate traveling to a match. He stopped on the side of the interstate and talked me through my issue. Within a half hour the system was back up and ready to run. Gurantee we won't do an upgrade to our computer system the night before we leave to do a match again.
  2. We have 4 stages and 30-50 shooters for a local match.
  3. Jim The shooters are entered in EZwin score. We build the stages in the palms. We squad the shooters and finalize the stages the last 10 minutes of the registration period. At 9am. we sync the palms and down load the info to the palms and then start the match at 9:10. We have final scores 5-10 minutes after the match is over. She takes a load off the stats people. Noone has to take the paper score sheets home and spends an hour or two entering scores and making phone calls when a score doesn't add up or can't read something on the score sheets. Steel and Disapearing targets are identified in the palms. It knows that the DS targets have no penalty misses. In the palms steel has to be scored first and the disapearing targets last. Another note. The palm won't let you enter to many or to little hits on a target or stage.
  4. Jim We have found the best way for local matches is to have a time period for registration. We register from 8am-9am and the first shot is 9:15. If you are late or didn't call someone on the range to tell them you are coming you aren't in the match for the day. This also helps get people to the match early to help setup. We do throw in 10 walkon entries for the guy that shows up 5-10 minutes late. Peter By the way, I like the no zeros on the screen. Look forward to geting the updated version for that. Chris
  5. I'm not a frequent poster on the forums..normally just lurk around. With this one I thought I might add my 2 cents worth. Before sticking my foot in my mouth I did a little research on this to find out what happened and who was involved. Part of what happened might have been my fault. At a break in the action (lunchtime) I went out and downloaded the scores from the palms at each stage. When I did this I also checked batteries...would hate to have a battery die you know. When I did this I neglected to put the palm back on the stage number that it was being used at. When the RO's came back to the stage (not knowing that I had pulled scores) they pulled up the shooter and started scoring. Not until they got to the end of scoring the stage when the target count didn't add up did they become aware there was an issue. I also understand that they did everything humanly possible to keep the competitior from having to reshoot. Sometimes just can't avoid it. I have had to reshoot for less reasons. Reshoots are just part of our sport. After researching this a little I found out who was running the palm. It was one of our locals and a person that is very familiar with the palms. He scores on them very frequently and is very good with them. So the conclusion I have come to was it was an honest mistake. I would like to say that I am so perfect that I have never made a mistake before. Maybe there are some of our shooters that are that perfect but it sure isn't me. This RO had been on that range for 7 days setting up and running this match in 105+ heat indexes. I'm sure that didn't have any bearing on this. Oh did I mention he was trying to make a living at the same time. Looking at how the palms performed on the range during the match. The mistake referenced here and one missing score sheet were the only issues with the system and the hard working, dedicated and over heated RO's that were working this match. I would say that is a very low number for a 4 day match, 12 stages and 230+ shooters. 3 weeks before the Area match we did the GP/Iowa sectional championship on the palm system. There wasn't a single hickup at that match and everyone at that matched loved the system. Oh and some of the same RO's were working that match in the heat also. I want to thank everyone that came to the match and I want to give a special thanks to all of the dedicated staff (RO's and setup crew) that stuck it out in that heat and put on a very good match. Chris Davies Match Director Area #3 Championship
  6. I have called S&W twice trying to find out what parts I need and the part # to take the mag disconnect out. Both times I called they didn't seem to know what I was talking about. So I did what every other tinkerer would do and took it apart. I took out the original spring and mag disconnect part and replaced both with a cut down spring to hold the sear disconnect in place. Seems to work great. Going to the range in the next few days to try it. The spring I used was out of a ball point pen (it was handy at the time) Will probably find a better suited spring in the future.
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