chuckbradley

Dont know a list but I took payment for an order today using paypal.

If they are giving them away then I need to send the box full I paid for back. I have them and Cathy told me to sell them for 8.00 whihc is what they are selling them for. If they are giving them away no need for me to carry them though. I suspect it was a one time favor as opposed to standard policy. If not let me know.

Do you think the first pick is staged? This reminds me of the time an FBI agent who trains their special repsonse team had a squib at the nationals and he turned the gun towards him and looked down the barrel. We all know how that ended dont we?

Do i hear an echo in hear?

I will let you answer that yourself. If extra plates fell then did it operate properly? IF one shooters only has to shoot 4 plates while the other guy shooting had to shoot 6 is that the same problem being presented to each shooter? I am all for props since they add to the fun of shooting but in competition matches they must work properly or not be used.

I understand where Bruce is coming from. He is trying to do his best in his capacity as a director of USPSA. I would like to do a little study. I dont have all the info right now but I beleive if you look at the financial staements you will see that the mission count taken in did not increase in correlation with the mission count fee increase. The fee went up 50% but the income didnt. Why is this? Clubs changed the way they operated. Why do we have so many rogue clubs? I believe the fee increase is to blame. Of course another topic is why salaries have gone up 3-4 fold while the number of mission count processed has dropped and has become more automated than in the past. And yes i have talked with Dave Thomas about this and my Area Director. The answer is not to increase fees or to force membership, this only drives people away. I have one example. I know of one of the biggest, oldest clubs in USPSA who used to shoot 12 sanctioned matches with classifiers a year. After the increase they only did 8 a year. They still hold the other 4 unsanctioned matches and dont pay any mission count so it was a wash in total income. USPSA already has paramaters in place to derive income from non members. Mission count and target royalty. So it isnt like they are doing it completely free. If a non member shoots a match, 3.00 in mission count still goes in. If they shoot one match a month thats 36.00 a year so they dont shoot for free. The answer is to make the membership benefits more desireable to purchase. And maybe that isnt even needed if it was marketed a , not going to say better , little more or different. I personally think membership is a good value. the front sight and a system to keep track of your classifiers and the ability to shoot in larger matches is worth 40.00 a year. Maybe we just need to sell that at the local level and help the non members realize the benefits of membership.

I dont have a problem with a prop such as the star if it presents the same rpoblem to every shooter and it works. Now that being said. The star doesnt work all the time. The plates can get knocked off one pin and be left hanging on the other. The plate can fall knocking other plastes off without being hit by the shooter. The plates can come off and jam the wheel. I have seen all this happen more than once. As far as presenting the same problem. We all know weather can have an affect on the rate of spin. The temperature on the steel and grease and the wind resistance. Although those are things we deal with in the game other factors are the weight of the plates and location of those plates upon the start. If you mark each arm and put the same plate on each arm every time and start with the arms in the same position everytime for the most part it will react equally with the same stimuli from each shooter, of course stimuli will be different for each shooter. I beleive that if it reacts the same for each shoot given the same stimuli then it presents the same rpoblem for each shooter but the prop has to be made precise and be operated precise to achieve these results. Given all these considerations I personally choose to have the opinion that they do not have a place in any match larger than a local match or shall I say in a competition we want to be fair. Now for fun lets bring em out because they are a blast to shoot and give plenty of opputunities to rib and get ribbed by your buddies.

I have a hangover just thinking about it!

Sounds good on the surface but bad idea. I know one club that USPSA would loose because the home club says any match held on their property has to be open to its members whether USPSA members or not. How about another idea, make USPSA membership so desireable everybody will willingly join. This is alomost like governement. Instead of taking the responsibility to insure a desireable product that people will voluntarily participate they legislate mandatory participation. AS it is now I believe you have ti be a member to participate in any match above level 1, including state matches.

It doesnt get any better than this with Brian and Bruce. I never mastered 50 yards, Standard shooting. One year I would do ok, next year trash them. I always shot too fast. I guess it was the pressure. I could shoot 10/10 head shots at 40 yards but when the target got bigger so did my groups. Also is there anything to your zero changing from shooting 2 handed, strong hand, weakhand and prone. I have been told especially prone with the gun resting on the ground that this changes the recoil of the gun and thus the location of the barrel when the bullet exits. Same thing would apply with different strengths of grips. IS there any truth to this. You guys would know.

Dave- Like I said he is a hell of a businessman. And i would have probably done the same thing. Some like to make it out that it was done out of a strong belief in being a tactical purist instead of a marketing strategy which is what I have a rpoblem with. I just like to look at things as they realy are not like it was meant to be portrayed. It just doesnt make sense that those beliefs, that were so strong to cause a man to turn his back on what he helped to create, werent strong enough to keep him from manufacturing, marketing , selling, profiting and using to compete the very same things that he felt so strongly against. This is not said to diminish Bill but to show the error in the logic he was just a tactical purist from the beginning. Duane- The interview in the late 80's or early 90's, and timing matters here, was when the wide body frames starting taking hold with the Para and P9 guns(and forgot caspian). The trip/mccormick frame was being designed and patented at that same time also. Soembody else can provide the specific dates on these since it was just before i got in the game. Mark- I wasnt at the meeting. I heard about it at the Nationals that year and did talk with Andy about it later although not in depth. I was standing outside the match registration at the hotel and was led to believe the meeting had just taken place. My understanding is they wanted limited to go to 10 rounds. It wasnt about open. Later on we got a seperate division known as Limited 10. Maybe they did want a new division and it got miscommunicated , the 10 round limit was the main point of it all either way. At first there was allot of bitterness but in the long run IDPA has actually helped IPSC grow. It brought new shooters in that were too intimidated by the percieved expense and level of competition USPSA had to offer. Yes there was allot of IPSC bashing at IDPA matches, at least locally, but I think all that did was spark interest with the new shooters in the forbiden fruit, IPSC. Once into shooting competition they evolved over to IPSC, or at least allot of them have, helping USPSA. I think that may be why the article was done to offer that Olive branch and confrim that the 2 sports now help each other in one way or another. I no longer think USPSA is threatned by IDPA like I did when it first started up. The thing I loved second to family was being threatened. I was bitter but am no longer. I hope the relations between the two groups continues to improve.

I've heard from numerous people the idea that Bill Wilson was a gamey SOB equipment-wise in the day, and so his comments today on not liking the equipment race back then are thus disingenuous. That's simply not true. I remember reading an interview with Wilson in American Handgunner back in the late '80s/early '90s. At the time all I knew about Bill Wilson was the fact his company was famous for developing compguns (the AccuComp LE, anyone?) so I figured as I started reading that he would be heavily pro-compgun. I was surprised to find (yes, even back then) that he stated in no uncertain terms he didn't like the equipment race, he preferred "real guns." And yes, I'm sure Wilson used some gamey equipment in the day. What a lot of people don't seem to remember, if they ever knew, is there was a time that Bill Wilson was one of the best IPSC shooters on Earth. In the very early '90s, Robbie and Brian were of course in a class by themselves - but Bill Wilson was arguably the best of everyone else. When you're a top shooter, I would theorize that sometimes you do things equipment-wise that are necessary to stay a top shooter that you might not particularly like or approve of. I can respect that. What I respect is somebody whose actions mirror what they believe even if it means loosing a trophy or market share. Of course in Bills case maybe what he believed changed as the market share changed. Its hard to deny the events that led to the creation of IDPA. It wasnt just bill who demanded that USPSA change to a 10 round limit it was a group of single stack gun builders who had been put out of the IPSC market by the wide bodies. They came to Andy Hollar as a group. It is evident it wasnt about real guns but to make the single stack guns marketable again. Now maybe to sell the idea of IDPA the talk of the "real" guns was built into the marketing of the new organization. I am convinced the whole intent was to create a market for the single stack guns and to spite USPSA for not caving to the demands. My dad always told me that if you follow the dollar you will find the truth.

I love moving targets. My favorites are clam shells and drop turners but swingers and sliders are great. We had a local guy make a target that when activated swung and bobbed at the same time. That was a challenge. I just dont like the texas star. Too many problems. The hanging plate on one pin, the plate that falls and knocks the next one or two off the rack, the one plate that comes of and lodges itself against the frame. Like I said its good for fun at a local match but has no place in a Big Match. As for presenting the same problem to each shooter. If you mark the plates and start with it in the same position everytime it would be better but it still doesnt fix the other problems I wrote about. My favorite movers were at the Texas Limited match in Grham. I thinkit was 2 miner carts , one on each side, activated by 2 poppers. Opposite sides at that. They came at you but disappeared. Couldnt let them go becuase it was 40 points of the stage. That was a good match, all kinds of props. It was back in 98 or 99 I think. One stage was a swimmng pool and you were in a boat in the pool. Texas comes up with some cool stages.

Again, there are very specific skills/timing/lead/coordination involved in successfully shooting a spinning target like we saw on Stage 18 (I think it was 18) at the '05 Nationals. People are making a big mistake if they assume those who can clean the spinners are just lucky. I know certain shooters who are very good at stars and spinners, but who are definitely not at the GM level overall. I certainly see nothing wrong with a stage that happens to test those particular skills, even if it's not "GM-friendly"! I also see nothing wrong with 50-yard standards and memory stages, as they too test different, yet potentially valuable, sets of skills. Gotta wonder if terms like "Bubblegum stage" sometimes really means "type of stage I'm just not real good at shooting"...... I never said I couldnt shoot them. I dont like them as a target because they dont present each shooter with the same problem and they give so many problems that are not being officiated properly. So many times you see an edge hit knock one where its hanging by one pin and the shooter shoots it again. As soon as that plate was hit and it didnt fall, by the rules it is a range malfunction and a reshoot is required. For local matches its fun to shoot and make fun of each other when we screw it up. Maybe a moderator needs to break this off to a new thread since it isnt really relevant to the original post.

Respectfully, jkelly Not sure if he ever competed shooting a polymer high cap. I think he quit shooting competitively before they came out. I was referring to the time he tried to market a high cap polymer frame which i believe was a bul 5 frame from Israel. They just didnt gain the acceptance of the shooters and STI still dominated. So when I said compete I meant in business. I'm not so sure Ron doesn't hate them for the exact same reason..... I hate them also. The biggest reason is that they dont provide each shooter with the same problem. I have seen them get an edge shot and leave the plate hanging on one pin. Is that a hit or miss. Rules say a plate must fall when hit so its really a range malfunction. I have seen(and this was on some cheap homemade copies) the plates come off and jam up the wheel. I saw one guy keep shooting one and it just kept getting wedged tighter althought he plate was still standing facing the shooter. The ro should have stopped him but didnt. There should be a ton of reshoots with these. Its just not a good target. It may be fun at a local match but has no place in a major much less a nationals. Same goes for the spinners. We are supposed to be testing skill not luck.

You mean like when they say something bad by starting it out like "I think the world of that boy, but..." followed by "bless his heart!" Nolan You mean like this. Bill did have allot of good things to contribute to USPSA but I think the article danced around the truth a bit and put a positive spin on it. The article implied he was against the arms race but at the same time it shows pictures of him pushing the edge with his comped, weighted, 38 super(higher capacity) pistol. He was one of the drivers of the arms race but when another company hit a grand slam with the polymer high cap gun that absolutely took over the sport and left him in the cold then he wanted to resort to the simpler guns. Of course after an attempt to compete with a high cap polymer frame himslef. When USPSA wouldnt buckle to demands to limit round count to 10 is when he started IDPA. I believe that meeting was during a nationals in Fredericksburg, VA. It was all about creating a market for single stack guns. He he is one hell of a business man, without question. Thats my opinion on the matter and is only used as an example to what Nolan was talking about.

Yep points are important, but you cant give up speed to get the points either. You have to find the balance between the two. Jake, I lost an Area 5 match to Brian once by .1146 of a point. And yes there was a questionable shot I was scored a c on when I thought it was an a. I was in business so I didnt want to make anybody mad so I didnt question it, after all whats one point? Well I learned my lesson big time that day. 1 ENOS, BRIAN A387 G L 1148.9212 100.000 2 BRADLEY, CHUCK TY25460 G L 1148.8066 99.990 3 HAWKINS, TONY A23221 M L 1101.9812 95.914 At the limited nationals in Pittsburgh there was a stage where i smoked the time. Figured I had a stage win. Jerry Barnharts wife was keeping track of the scores. She said Jerry beat me on the stage by fractions of a point. I beat him by .75 on time how could that be? He had more points than I did. He dropped like 2 points and I dropped around 7. I tried to get the stage results from the web page but the results are not there. It was stage 14 at the 2000 nationals. Ok now we know points are important lets talk about the extra shots. Its something thats inside you that makes you feel uneasy about a shot that makes you want to make it up. Personally I try not to second guess myself and not take many extra shots unless they are planned. Yes sometimes extra shots are planned on swingers or long targets. I figured for the most part I would not take extra shots unless I was positive it was a miss. You will find that alot of the make up shots arent even needed. They were wasted time. I figured that over the long run I would come out ahead by not taking the extra shots and saving the time. Sometimes it paid off and sometimes it didnt. Different shooters have different strategies. I may be wrong but my take on Robbie is that he takes very few extra shots. He doesnt shoot fast but he doesnt waste anytime doing everything else. He doesnt have any uncontrolled double taps, he lets the sights settle on the second shot and almost always has really good points. The points will take you a long way. He usually doesnt turn up the speed until he has to. When he starts running on the edge is when you will see him have the rare mistake or turn in some unbelievable scores.

The 8 round is close to flush with the 21", the 10 round a 26" barrel.

Yes , what you said. If your shotgun doesnt already have an extension, thus a threaded collar, then you will need to buy a collar that accpets the tube. You will also need a clamp which I have been trying to get DMW to make and says he is working on since Benelli doenst seem to want to sell them anymore. I have the tubes in stock but the collars are on backorder right now, about 2 weeks DMW tells me.

She is one nice Lady, only met her once at a nationals in Vegas. She was freindly and outgoing. She started the conversation about her son who was a shooter. You could sense the pride she had of her son. This was a random meeting in an elevator when Taran was just starting to rise to the top. She saw my gun bag and shooting shirt and I guess that sparked her conversation. I am sorry for what this family is having to deal with. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

I definitely recommend a glock 34 to start with. I started my boys at age 12 with glock 34. The oldest is 15 now and shooting custom Bedells. Ryan had just tuned 13 in this video last Fall at the Area 5. He got to shoot with Julie so she got some video and put it on her web page. Check out the video. http://www.juliegoloski.com/juliegoloski_0...rbradley_a5.wmv

p/s I have attached a picture of him shooting weak-handed last weekend at our classifier match Jack, the kid has good forum! Whats with all the mittens and clothes? Arent you way down south where it doesnt get cold?

Yea, I heard this place called Shooters Connection has the official USPSA gauge made by EGW.

Doesnt seem like STI mags if they swell. Soemthing has got to be wrong. Are you using the grams 11 coil s/f kit? Is it possible you got 38 super mags? The new STi mags will hold 20 with the grams s/f and a plus 1 Dawson or 2.5 or 4mm Grams. Cant say the 4mm pads are totally legal. Even Bevin qualifies the legality of those pads by saying you have to measure each indiviual mag since there can be variance in the dimensions of the mags. Since the 4mm pad takes up all the extra room alloted by the new measurement there is no leeway for a mag a littel long. So be sure to measure each mag with a 4mm pad to make sure it fits.

I have a dvr so I went back and watched it again. It was a great perfromance. None of that crap where they try to hit every note on the scale with each word. I even thought i might have to check out some of their music. I wouldnt doubt she doesnt go out on her own in the near future.