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"Faster-er"? I like Moto!

That's crazy logic. Well, not logic at all. They're *not voting*, are they? No opinion? Who cares?

Fooey. Time for a refresher class, maybe?

Just wondering - is this a certified RM, or just the guy who's running things at a local match? I ask because this isn't a very tough call, and 10.5.3.6 has nothing to do with gun handling while reloading, in the current scenario.

Yes, but we seem to have to flog it again (see Sarge's posts on this...)

Knowledge, patience, and integrity - glad you'll be with us, Gary. Now everybody else sign up, and let's get this thing going!

Mads, Are there pictures available of the shirts?

No choice in this particular scenario, though. He didn't activate the target (groan...), so they're straight Mikes, and a penalty for FTS. (I definitely see what y'all mean by "hammer that thing down"!)

But you aren't going to have a magnet in front. No equipment forward of the hip bones.

To make it clearer, E3 (which applies to both Single Stack and Production) shows that the "foremost limit for gun, holster, and all equipment behind the hip bone". Mag holders are, of course, equipment. Also, D5 says that "each magazine must be contained individually within the magazine pouch. Magazines may not be retained through magnetic means". It doesn't say "it's okay after UASC", it just says "may not be retained". So again, nope.

That sounds like the answer to the OP's question. It's a USPSA matter, and they'll have the answer (whether it's one you like or one you don't, it's their call). Enough already?

Me, too. Then there's doing a table start with the gun lying on the mag release and having the mag hit the ground as soon as you grab for it. And [insert favorite story of range/match goof]...

Well said. Simple, to the point, and probably the closest to the truth we're gonna get.

Well, yeah...

Instead of helping score. Give him a break, moto. How many threads have there been about starting the next stage with empty mags because you didn't keep your discipline and reload them? Oh, you were just kidding. Never mind.

Doesn't sound real, does it?

Well, no, actually the shooter's memory of the stage doesn't really count. It has to be scored by the RO. Unfortunate, perhaps, but then memory is actually pretty funky and not actually all that accurate. We do the best we can, and if a reshoot is required by the rules, we can simply do our best with it (and perhaps view the first run as practice).

It seems that the PO People still want a special division that they can "win" in? Realistically, what would that be?

Optics Minor - now that might make sense. Bypasses the "advantage" of major caliber, allows use of both optics and ports, if you want them (think M&P Core), doesn't require one of those "evil" expensive custom 2011s. All types of guns (polymer, 1911, etc.) could be used. It's inclusive, democratic, fair to everyone. Hmmm...

Hmmm. Not sure I'd call those folks "competitive" shooters. They're local shooters, having a good time. Nothing wrong with that. Being competitive takes a lot more work.

I'm with Trent. Leave or stay - do what you need to take care of yourself and get past the zap. We're each different. But we'll mostly remember the "character" that's displayed in the process. It ain't always easy, though.

It sounds like many of the answers to this question are "like I did". Each of those scenarios is obviously possible, but how could we ever know how to apply them to the individual newcomer? Oh yeah - just watch them and see how they do, yes?

Also, take a look at the classifier history for some of the folks who don't practice regularly. They're pretty up and down. Yes, they have the classification, but there's also inconsistency. Not saying that's true for everybody (we don't actually have any real data here, just several anecdotes), but it's a thought. This question is pretty hard to answer because of the definitions, which we haven't nailed down, and the lack of real data. Not sure if the definitions can be nailed down, actually. "Natural talent", "don't practice", "just do matches" (and what do they do at the matches? There's a lot to be learned if you do a lot of observing and asking questions), etc. I would guess that some people can come into a sport with varying degrees of "natural" ability and quickly learn the basics, get to whatever level their ability brings them to, and then level off (at D, or C, maybe a few at B or A...). No telling what they could do with real practice, coaching, etc. because they don't practice, for whatever reason. I'm one of the ones who has to work at it, but then Ben Stoeger says the same thing and tells us how he put in a ton of work (and still does). However, I doubt that my physiology will ever lead me to GM, even with tons of work ... but who knows? I'm definitely having a lot of fun.

This isn't a Match Announcement. It's a query about where there are matches the OP can go to. Wrong topic.

Forgot about that one. So the total number of GMs per Division is be pretty much what the report said, about 1.3% of Production and 1.6% of Limited (the two most popular Divisions), although with duplications the total number of shooters who have at least 1 GM card is less than the 1.5% (of total classifications) in the annual report. According to the Annual Report, the totals of GM + M are 5.6% in Prod and 7.1% of Lim, but we can't tell how many individual shooters hold that total of all those classifications, so it's probably a lot less individual people that hold GM or M than we might have thought. Guess those are harder to get into than it seems (but then, they're the best and, unlike Lake Woebegone, we can't all be above average...) (The report did say those numbers are percentages "of all currently-held classifications", which does allow for the multiple-classification holders, which is probably a bunch of us.)