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  1. I'm shooting the World Speed Shoot in PASA this year for the first time. I'm looking for a good hotel to stay at... Something on the east side of the range if possible... I'm driving and will leave the range and drive east to I75 and south back to Florida... Thanks!
  2. Hey Zack...  You'll love your new Wiland chassis... I'm very happy with mine.

     

    A little tip for removing or moving the foam pads...  Take a compressed air gun and point it between the tube and the foam...  Spray a little air and you'll see the foam slide right off like magic.

     

    Thanks for all you do for SCSA!

    1. ZackJones

      ZackJones

      Awesome tip! Thank you.

  3. I think things are fine the way they are... Options 3 and 4 are ok as long as you make them optional. I've talked to Troy about a separate Steel Challenge RO program... He is dead set against it... He even wrote an article in the USPSA newsletter saying why he is against it.
  4. I'm not sure how many USPSA shooters and AD's would care if a Steel Challenge match was cancelled...
  5. Why would there be a penalty? As long as you're under a minute you're good to go.
  6. If you want to take a couple of sight pictures or whatever... Tell the RO you'll say 'Ready' when you're ready to shoot... Just don't go over the minute... Lots of shooters around here do that.
  7. Keep them out of the direct sun if possible... Just keeping them in the shade when possible helps a lot.
  8. I don't use it, but I imagine it is a lower power factor than most boxed high power ammo... Get some of the advantages of reloading without reloading.
  9. I don't know... I didn't see any on their web site... They just came out with five different versions of 9mm minor... https://www.eleyammunition.com/minor9_competition_pistol_pcc_rounds/
  10. Don't see them too often down here... Most people seem to use zippered cases or converted baby carts. They seem to offer a greater chance to sweep yourself, but no issues as long as the shooter is careful.
  11. A lot of people down here shoot ELEY's major power factor loaded ammo.
  12. https://nroi.org/miscellaneous/steel-challenge-range-officers/ I found a link to the article I mentioned in an earlier post where Troy McManus discusses requests for separate Steel Challenge (SCSA) Range Officers class... You can read Troy's thoughts in the link above.
  13. He is now full time... Like the automotive industry, he is having trouble getting parts. For those of you waiting for a return email, make sure you are sending it to the correct address... He is usually prompt... Send a follow up email.
  14. https://uspsa.org/viewer/2021-SCSA-Rulebook-March-2021.pdf There's a link to the current SCSA rules... Open it and scroll down to page 48... Appendix "D"... It has all the SCSA Division rules... Maybe the "D" in Appendix "D" stands for divisions...
  15. The second day of the RO class is mostly running shooters on a test stage... I think it's important to run some actual shooters in the RO class before you run shooters in a real match...
  16. They schedule separate RO and CRO classes... And they aren't free... The USPSA gets paid for them...
  17. We shoot a lot of USPSA matches... Several per week... Almost all of or SCSA RO's come from our pool of USPSA RO's and CRO's... Several of us have taken the SC Endorsement... very painless... all online. Troy also mentioned in his article that someone with a primary interest in SC should tell the instructor during the class and he would then take some time to explain some of the differences between SC and USPSA matches... SCSA is certainly the step child in this arrangement...
  18. Troy discussed this in one of his recent NROI articles... He is dead set against it... The timing of his article makes me wonder if it was preemptive for this discussion... I'm not against it, this is just a heads up.
  19. I started having FTF (Failure to Feed) issues with my Wiland 10/22 about a month ago... The extractor pulls the empty case out and the next round slides up and jams between the top of the barrel and the receiver... It's a hard jam... You have to pull the bolt back and release the magazine to clear the rifle... This was using original Ruger clear 10 round rotary mags... I had been using them for about a year with no issues. After the first coupe of jams, I tried my TandemKross DoubleKross practice magazines... They worked flawlessly for the rest of the match... I put three of them together when I first built my Wiland 22... They have all Ruger internals. Bought a couple of Ruger Black 22 rotary magazines... More jams... Revert to my TK DK mags and they work perfectly. Reduced the spring pressure in the new black Ruger mags to 8 flats... The same as my clear ruger mags and my Practice TK mags that run... More jams... TK mags continue to run even though I have never cleaned them in over a year. Bought a new TK DK mag with all TK parts this time... Assembled it with 8 flats spring pressure and it also works perfectly... Shot a practice session with over 200 rounds on the TK mags yesterday... no jams. I have changed many parts on the gun trying to get it to run with the Ruger mags again... It jams every time until I switch to the TK DK magazines, then perfection... Finally a question: @Hoops Do you know what your friend did to solve his problems with Ruger magazines not working and TK magazines working?
  20. Are you saying that the magazine shattered into three pieces when you cleaned the wax ring inside them? Did you use a cotton ball or a Q-Tip or something soft like that to clean them? That's a catastrophic failure for sure... Maybe the ultrasonic cleaner affected the plastic?
  21. The only reason I use the clear magazines is because I like seeing the rounds... I can look in my case and check all six magazines in a second to make sure they're full... Secondary reason would be to see how dirty they are. Do you drill a hole so you can check to make sure the 10th round is loaded? ...or just load each magazine until you can't fit another round in?
  22. Several of you have mentioned polishing your Ruger metal feed lips... I have never polished mine, although I do wipe the carbon off the front of the feed lip every time I reload a magazine... They seem very porous and rough. Are you guys just using a Dremel polishing wheel and buffing them out?
  23. I agree 100% I make a similar mark on the outside of the T-handle... a second mark on the top flat of the nut when it is turned so the the extended part of the rotor stops... and a third mark on the flat where the bolt wants to end up... Makes it much easier for me to know that I got the correct number of turns visually... Without those reference points, I'm not as confident that I got the right number of turns (flats) I never thought about the spring actually bending... I only considered it wearing out... I'll have to check for that when I clean my magazines... At the least,I'll feel confident using the TK green springs if I need to... Good tip... Thanks! I like the TK DoubleKross mags... I use mine for practice... I do wish TandemKross would make a single clear magazine... although being able to see the internal wax ring is both a blessing and a curse...
  24. Part of the reason I went with the Ruger internals was because of the steel feed ramps... I thought they might be superior to the TandemKross plastic feed ramps... Not sure if that turns out to be the case because many here use the TK plastic ramps successfully. Interesting to read that you re-contoured your Ruger feed ramps... I've had two jams this year out of approximately 6,000 match rounds... Both times the bullet seemed to miss the chamber and jam against the top of the receiver... Never really figured out what caused it... Lately I've noticed that there is a sharp point on the front of the feed ramp that seems shiny while all the other areas of the feed ramp are dark (covered in carbon)... It's not actually a point... it's more of a bevel between the front of the magazine and the forward plane of the magazine... I've been thinking about rounding off the edge a bit to see if that helps. Part of me wants to round that edge off a bit, but I'm also hesitant... Two jams out of 6,000 is pretty insignificant in the overall scheme of things.
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