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    HS6 problems?

    in General Reloading

    Posted

    In phone conversation with them, I was told there was "NO ISSUE and nothing has been reported to us"

    I have about 20 pounds of HS-6 in stock so when I saw this thread I sent an email to Hodgdon asking about my powder from lot 2218. FYI, this is the reply I got from their customer service department.

    "Lot 2219 is the load of HS-6 that appears to be a little slow. Your lot should be fine."

    2012 USPSA Area 3

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    Oh cmon - I thought I saw a 30 rounder in there LOL

    Actually there is a 30 rd, a couple 8 rd, a 16 and one at 24...guess that does leave a few at 32

    Admit it Sherwyn, you just want to make the open shooters reload.devil.gif

    Yes there will be a couple reloads in the match - even the 16 round course has a reload devil.gif

    Setup is going very well ... hope all that are joining us have a great match.

    Looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

    Sherwyn

    2012 USPSA Area 3

    in Match Announcements - Pistol Only - USPSA, IPSC & Misc.

    Posted

    I'm thinking about making the trip up to this match but it will be my first time shooting area 3.

    How does the match work? Shoot 6 stages on one morning and then 6 the next morning while other shooters start at 1pm on both days?

    I see the mornings are already full and I would be shooting in the afternoons. Online it says 1 a.m., hopefully that's suppose to be p.m.

    Yes, it should say pm.

    You will shoot more stages on Saturday than on Sunday when you will start earlier than noon. Had some trouble with matrix timing last year so we are still working on exact details (number of full squads may affect it). We will target having everyone done early afternoon on Sunday.

    Hope that helps,

    Glad you can make it.

    Sherwyn

    1050 arm over rotation

    in Dillon Precision Reloading Equipment

    Posted · Edited by Sherwyn

    I agree it is probably a non-issue.

    If you back off the set screw that limits the hand rotating the shell plate, the tool head rotation will probably go away, but be careful as you may replace the tool head rotation with over rotation of the shell plate. When the hand hits the stop, if the press is not at full stroke, the ram has to rotate as the cam pushes further on the lever.

    Sherwyn

    Determining hits on Paper Targets

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    At one of our local matches, we often have a Stage Designer who loves high round count, complicated stages-- with "hidden" targets (legal of course) that entire squads of people have been known to miss, both in terms of engaging them and/or scoring them.

    In recent months, when the stages he designs are of this intricate nature, he has taken to numbering the targets for the sake of easy and consistent scoring. Most squads have written down the hits accordingly, even if the RO's don't score the targets in order.

    We expressly had this situation arise in my squad, and yours truly was on the clipboard. I immediately went back to the last score sheet and used it to score the targets.

    9.1.4 supported my decision; I was 100% positive that the single C belonged to the current shooter, as the previous one had shot 2 As.

    Had the targets not been numbered, it might have been a different story-- although again, if we were scoring the targets in a specific order and I was 100% sure of the consistency, I likely would have made the same call. Had someone else been on the clipboard previously, even if they were 100% positive, I would have rewarded a Reshoot.

    I trust no one! :ph34r::lol:

    Just have to add a twist. Even if you know 100% that the targets were scored in order. Do you really know that the previous shooter didn't fire 3 rounds?

    USPSA BOD Meeting

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    Well, I saw this a little late (been a little busy) and just went through the whole thing...now that I did, I wish I hadn't.

    My vote was based on what I had heard at local club matches. No I don't shoot much production, usually shooting open, in fact my son and I are the majority of the open shooters in our club. Production is very often the most popular division at many matches I attend.

    Did I ask the question "do you want a 3# trigger pull limit? No I did not, but know that I had many discussions that trigger work needed to be controlled in production. So I did feel that I was voting with information and with Handgun rules on the agenda, was not surprised that it came up. So far I have received 1 e-mail asking about this vote.

    There are a lot of spots up for election on the BOD this year, after reading this I expect that there will be numerous candidates for each spot.

    My e-mail and phone number are on the area 3 website if anyone wants to discuss this or anything else with me.

    Sherwyn

    Stage Preparation

    in Tips for Improvement

    Posted

    See 8.7.2. While you could argue that a magazine is not a gun or a gun replica, our RO instructor made a strong argument for an empty hand during walkthrough to avoid the debate over whether a given object was a "gun replica".

    No debate needed.

    Replica define by Webster is: 'A copy exact in all details or reproduction'

    This brings up a good question. What about an Open shooter holding a Cmore? It is not a gun or gun replica so I say it's fine. But would everybody see it that way?

    I say its good.

    I thouhht about mounting iron sights to a old mag.

    Notice that the rule states "as sighting aids" ....so if you have some type of simulated sight....it would be a replica of at least part of a gun.

    Sherwyn

    Max Traps

    in Target & Prop Design and Construction

    Posted

    Might want to consider buying the original.

    Max is a great guy to work with.

    Max Trap

    ok i shoot my first Max traps this year at the USPSA Nationals. I now want to introduce them to Canada and use them in next years provincials. My welder builder is ready to build them but i need a set of blue prints for them! does any one have a set they can share? even a good sketch would work. thanks in advance.

    Swinging No Shoot

    in Stage Design

    Posted

    The swinging no-shoots were steel...so no issues with shoot through.

    Sherwyn

    What you don't see is 4 poppers that must be shot between swinging no-shoots -- third one of which drops the outside hard cover

    Poppers behind the swinging no-shoots? I would not do that because if you hit a popper with a bullet that goes through a no-shoot it an equipment failure and the stage has to be reshot.

    And I can see now that problem with a swinging no-shoot and a paper target, if a bullet goes through a no-shoot and hits a paper target, the shot does not score. But, if you have a no-shoot hit and an A and C hit on the paper, which scoring hit is the one that went through the no-shoot and does not count?

    So, there's the real problem which makes this a non-starter.

    BUT, it might be possible to use something as softcover instead. So, you could have a swinging soft-cover.

    Swinging No Shoot

    in Stage Design

    Posted

    Used some swinging no shoots at Area 3 this year

    Not sure how to put it in here, but you tube video at

    What you don't see is 4 poppers that must be shot between swinging no-shoots -- third one of which drops the outside hard cover

    Sherwyn

    Disappearing Targets

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    "What I am saying is that if the movement of the target allows the target to reappear, whether it by competitor action (reactivation, to use your term) or through an automated function after activation, the targets are not disappearing. If it is designed that I can pull a handle and the targets expose, let go of the handle and they go away, pull the handle again and they are exposed again - the designed movement NEVER completes, because I can always do the movement again. There's no need for a rule that says you have to reactivate it because the design of the prop COMPELLS it, the targets can always move, it's designed that way, so there is no completion. Therefore, they do not qualify as disappearing targets."

    You are correct that the design of the prop compels the targets be activated. The rules compel that the targets be activated or receive the penalties. The rule does not require the shooter to continually raise and lower the targets. Therefore they disappear at the completion of the designed travel up, then down and out of sight. The rule makes no mention of the method of activation for the target.

    The rule that ALLOWS targets to be considered disappearing requires the designed movement to COMPLETE AND be at rest with not being visible. The rule doesn't compel the shooter to continually activate them - the course does. Because the targets CAN move again by course design, means the movement NEVER completes. You're going to disagree with that.

    You keep going to the rule that requires activation. Consider them non-disappearing targets for a second - which rule requires activation before engaging a moving target? You are boot strapping the activation rule for disappearing targets to MAKE them disappearing targets. That doesn't work. Look at the course design and forget about the competitor action required to expose those targets. The targets go up and go down, can they go up again, and again, and again - does it ever stop, regardless of competitor action? Nothing prevents them from going up again except for the competitor CHOOSING not to raise them again. Therefore, they never complete. If they are not disappearing targets - there are NO rules (except for the level 1 exception) that requires ANYTHING about activation, whether the first time or multiple times.

    When a competitor can choose not to expose targets again, they can never complete their designed movement.

    Just because the targets CAN move again, does not require they MUST move again. They were designed to appear or move by pulling the lever and disappear when the lever was released. They have at that time completed their designed movement.

    So what part of 9.9.3 says you only have to activate once?

    9.9.3 Moving scoring targets will always incur failure to shoot at and miss penalties if a competitor fails to activate the mechanism which initiates

    the target movement.

    Disappearing Targets

    in USPSA/IPSC Rules

    Posted

    So by what you have said, a star (moving target) activated by a door...is a disappearing target if the door is closed after activation.

    Now you would have to explain why the door (a prop) is any different from an activation rope (a prop).

    "Maybe we just need to look at

    1.1.5 Freestyle – USPSAmatches are freestyle. Competitors must be permit-

    ted to solve the challenge presented in a freestyle manner, and to shoot

    targets on an "as and when visible" basis. Courses of fire must not

    require mandatory reloads nor dictate a shooting position, location or

    stance, except as specified below. However, conditions may be created,

    and barriers or other physical limitations may be constructed, to com-

    pel a competitor into shooting positions, locations or stances.

    Course almost always require a shooter to do something to get targets visible.

    By the logic in this thread, any star, swinger, etc that is activated by a door, port or whatever, would be a disappearing target if the door or port was closed."

    Again not the question. You are referring to props. Opening a door or port and maintaining it in order to shoot targets, are not the same nor considered "moving targets". If the swinger activated by the door were to not be visible at it's final rest per Appendix B2 or B3, it would be a disappearing target, regardless of the time it moved. The competitors were compeled to a position to activate the targets. The targets were activated to be visible, they disappeared, after that activation.

    The logic in this thread is not about "a door, ports or whatever..." It is about disappearing targets and the USPSA rules that govern them.

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