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    Correct DQ call?

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    "Scorekeeper" isn't a job title. The person with the scoring device is also a Range Officer. They have duties during the course of fire and should be watching the shooter. In addition to being another set of eyes on the shooter, they are responsible for keeping track of target engagement and looking for foot faults. The timer RO is primarily responsible for watching the firearm.

     

    Split scoring, common at level 1 matches, is best handled by designating a 3rd range officer that can follow the shooter down range with the timer RO. This provides the second set of eyes on the shooter.

    9 or 45 - not sure which way to go

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    If you're only shooting Revo at local matches, I really enjoy my 625. At majors I shoot my 8 shot. There is an advantage with the 8. At the local level, there's not often someone classified close enough to you that the advantage matters in Revo.

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Grip Panel Legality

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    Gray area - the rules in D5 define the spirit of the rule, which leaves it open for interpretation. 
     
    Common sense would be that if it's not one of the "bullseye ledges" or something that can be held with support-hand thumb in a meaningful way (subjective again), it should be legal. If it looks like an abomination and not a 1911 (subjective again), it's not. Hence the gray area until/unless there is an official ruling...
    Rules do not have a "Spirit"

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Driving spikes

    in Pre-match

    Posted

    Pat we’ve got a guy who has one and it is beyond unreal how well it works.  I considered buying one because it was so impressive. You do have to have some fab skills or a fab guy to fabricate the driving but but it’s an incredible time saver. 
    Is his cordless? Would you get 5 typical stages out of a couple batteries?

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Driving spikes

    in Pre-match

    Posted

    Has anyone ever used a cordless demo hammer or rotary hammer to drive spikes for fault lines or wall stands. 

    Something like this.

    https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-20-Volt-Max-1-in-SDS-Plus-Cordless-Rotary-Hammer-2-Batteries-and-Charge-Included/1001431230

    with this 

    https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-5-8-in-and-3-4-in-Hammer-Steel-SDS-MAX-Ground-Rod-Driver-HS1924/301380083

     

    Im looking for ways to both speed things up and to not be so worn out after setup.

    Did you end up going in this direction? I'm thinking about it at our club. How long do the batteries last?

     

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    Pat Jones

    Firestone CO

    USPSA #A79592

     

     

     

    Popper calibration check is hugely flawed

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted



    how about you just set up the damn steel properly and maintain it throughout the match. it's not like it's hard to do.


    No, it's pretty easy, but some folks refuse to do it. That can lead to unequal stage presentation to some shooters. That in turn makes people come here and discuss changing the rulebook.

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Popper calibration check is hugely flawed

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted



    ...The only fixes that keeps the same rules is to either drop the calibration ammo PF or raise Minor PF.  Of those two, raising Minor (Heresy!) would be more effective as if we lower calibration PF much, it becomes an endless stream of reshoots from poppers falling over in the wind.


    I'd have no problem with that as long as major goes up too. It's not really worth the extra point right now....


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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Popper calibration check is hugely flawed

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted



    If you cannot put a popper down that is by the rules calibrated you are cheating with low power ammo


    I load to 135 power factor and have proved it on various chronographs at matches. I find it offensive that you would imply that a malfunctioning popper proves I'm cheating.

    As described in several posts, ROs with good sense can prevent a shooter from having their match ruined by malfunctioning props. You sir, and your attitude, are the problem with popper calibration.

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Popper calibration check is hugely flawed

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    I agree with you about the knuckle procedure and why it is used.
    What I am saying is that shooters are using below sub minor ammo.  Poppers are supposed to be set
    to fall at 115. The knuckle test is way below the 115 set up. So the cheaters get away with it for the sake of keeping the match flowing.
    You seem awfully hung up on "proving" power factor. I suggest you offer to run chrono at your next local. Poppers don't "prove" power factor, chrono does.

    Are you worried someone else will win the free RV?

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Popper calibration check is hugely flawed

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    Most USPSA competitors have high cap mags and many shoot major, therefore they don't see a real problem with the status quo. If you shoot a low cap division where all your shoots are already spoken for you feel different about it.

     

    I have been affected by malfunctioning poppers at a major. Thankfully I had extra ammo in my stage plan, that's not common shooting when Revo. The popper was corrected for the next shooter.

     

    I believe a hit in or above the calibration zone that doesn't fall should be a reshoot, same as plates. A reshoot takes less time than calling the rangemaster for calibration, so it should actually speed up matches.

     

    Poppers "recognize" power factor, they are not intended to test it. People often confuse the 2. A complicated mover stage that is activated by a popper that misbehaves can ruin someone's whole match if they don't have the ammo in the stage plan to make it up. These problems only matter to a small subset of USPSA shooters, so we can expect that things will not change.

     

    Given the status quo, it falls to the stage ROs to keep on top of their steel. Most do, but s#!t still happens, and it can affect the match outcome of people that have worked hard and traveled far. And that sucks.

     

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    Pat Jones

    Firestone CO

    USPSA #A79592

     

     

     

     

    New to USPSA revolver—tips and resources for a newcomer?

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    I left the spur on my 627 for years. When I got the Dillon 550 I started to get intermittent light strikes unless I seated my primers with a hand tool. After a couple years that got old, so last year I fit an apex hammer. Now to be fair, I've started to be really picky about getting the shell plate on the 550 as tight as possible, but I do think the lighter hammer is good for a little added insurance.

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

    Do you need to roll size for a wheel gun?

    in Revolver Forum

    Posted

    While we are on the subject : https://uniquetek.com/product/T1736
     
    Edit: Anyone know of a gadget that makes powder die height adjustment not a pain in the ass on a 1050? Want to be able to switch back and forth between loading 0.356 for my bottom feeders and 0.358 for my "9mm" 929. 
    When I was loading both 38 and 357 I bought a second set of dies and another tool head. It was worth the money the first time I used it.

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    Pat Jones
    Firestone CO
    USPSA #A79592

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