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Long ago, in a land far, far away, there once was a man named Fleximus Maximus. He yearned to expand the conquests and treasury of the empire and sought to arm the legions with the finest weaponry available. He wielded a sword of unusual substance, later to be dubbed polymer. As his concepts and weaponry was centuries ahead of his time, all he got for his good intentions was scorn, ridicule and constant stable duty assigned to him by the Centurians. Not to be deterred, and confident in his beliefs, Fleximus issued a challenge to a champion gladiator known as Grandis Masterus. The challenge was accepted and the legions gathered in the coliseum to witness the spectacle. Grandis Masterus arrived in his metallic splendor, armed with his sword that had prevailed in 1,911 victories to date. Fleximus arrived to the jeers of the crowd, armed with his futuristic, toy-like sword and equally comical scabbard called the Ghost. Fleximus knew this was the moment of truth as he loosened the retention pin tension on the scabbard. The two combatants faced each other and awaited the emperor's start signal. The start trumpet sounded and both combatants went for their weapons. Fleximus was like lightning. His catlike reflexes combined with the lighter weight of his weaponry allow him to bring his sword to bear before Grandis Masterus could get his iron monstrosity out of his custom Milton Sparticus scabbard. Fleximus, being the consummate gentleman could not bring himself to smote the ignorant champion, instead choosing to disable him with surgically placed blows upon the champion's armored head and unprotected backside. The crowd fell silent as Fleximus confidently sheathed his futuristic wonder back into the Ghost and accepted the champion's laurels. The emperor declared the day Fleximus Maximus day, and decrees Augustus 13, be commemorated and celebrated henceforth and forevermore as the day Fleximus Maximus brought the empire out of the dark, iron age.

I'm of a different opinion in the respect that while we tend to focus on what works competitively, all the various organized shooting sport participants put together make up only a very small percentage of a gun manufacturers customer base. In addition, I know a few really good limited and production shooters who choose to use 17s and 22s for the very reason that they don't like the extra sight radius. They feel with the majority of shots at any match being close range (relatively speaking) that they can index the shorter gun quicker on the targets. Should the 34 be deemed illegal for competitive purposes, Glock will still sell a ton of them just because they're fun to shoot. I think most shooters would simply compete in a different division (how many of us have guns that only allow us to compete in one division?) or go acquire the gun needed to continue to compete in the same division.

Anybody going to the Tennessee Section Match? I'll be there shooting open. Check it out here: http://www.ntps.org/tnstate/

It just took you a little longer to get those sandbags moving out of the first box. Once you got them moving, you were OK. I finished second to Mr. Kooi on this one. My run only factored at 8.8235. Good shooting Roger. Later update: My 8.8235 hit factor on this stage was posted by USPSA s 82.463%.

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Sounds like a cool idea. Erik gets my vote for USPSA PR Coordinator.

Classified in: SSP - Master - Glock 34 ESP - Master - Glock 34 (same one) Have only competed in SSP. Never shot a match in ESP division.

The stage description did not specify any shots had to be fired thru the right or left ports. So unless the steel could not be seen from the bottom port, I would engage everything thru the bottom. However, if the steel could not be seen from the bottom, well, that's another matter.

Range locations are the issue. You can stick a paintball range/course anywhere, and no one has to worry about noise levels or projectiles leaving the range area proper and causing damage or injury. You cannot open an outdoor firing range just anywhere. Especially one large enough to handle a nationals size match. If the range was more accessible and closer to large metro areas, you'd get a lot of people spectating for the first time just to have something to do, and to see what was going on. However, once you get spectators there who are unfamiliar with the sport; to get these people to stay, or come back, as has been previously mentioned, we've got to address the PC issues, (targets), simplify the scoring and set up stages/props where 90% of what the shooter is doing is invisible to anyone other than the RO. When the spectators come, shortly behind them are the corporate sponsors and the media. I truly don't understand the target issue personally. How many people refuse to shoot the Florida Open simply because they've standardized on classic targets?

Seems like everything does go full circle eventually. Once you could shoot 9mm major in open, then you couldn't, now you can again. I'll date myself a little bit here. In either 1988 or 1989, at the Roanoke VA Indoor Championship, a guy by the name of Walt Rauch shot a single stack goverment model pistol in 38 Super as major in the limited division.

BTW Flex, those ports were slanted forward ten degrees.

Man, as if that AMU team wasn't tough already. This should be interesting.....

I thought I knew a lot about Glocks, but I didn't know a 4x4 model was available. Flex...what you been doing man?

As an RO I would want to use every tool or option available to ensure my call was correct before I DQ'd someone. This assuming there was a protest of some sort from the shooter. If the shooter agreed he broke the 180 (for example), end of story. However, if the shooter protested and the incident was recorded on video, why not review it. No different than a video challenge in the NFL. Use whatever means or technology is available to ensure the call is the correct one.

Flex, not V8 ports, but ports that angle forward. I figured that was the reason the blast was not as severe on that setup as on my gun which had all the ports cut to 90 degrees.

I presently shoot one of JL's short 9mm open guns. I had the opportunity to shoot that particular gun side by side with a couple other 9mm open guns in a full length version and angled comp port configuration. My gun has two hybrid ports with a four port comp configuration with the comp ports being cut at 90 degrees. The other configuration was a full length slide with two hybrid ports and angled ports in the comp. To me the 90 degree port configuration was a much flatter shooting setup. I was looking specifically and only for the flattest shooting setup. I was not concerned with recoil back into my hand or increased muzzle blast. The 90 degree setup was flatter but there was a perceivable difference in recoil and blast with the 90 degree port setup as compared to the angled port design. The angled ports provided less perceived recoil and blast but these advantages were offset with more vertical dot movement when firing the gun. While you can't tell much about the actual comp ports you can see a picture of the gun here: http://www.cpwsa.com/blasters.htm

Man, that's sad when a toy has a better trigger than a real weapon.

Check out this thread for info on obtaining SP2: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...62&hl=sp2&st=15

What AirSoft shooting I've done has been with a target setup much less extravagant than what you've described. I simply use dry fire kit targets to simulate full size IPSC targets. I like those because the scoring zones perfs are cut into the target to appropriate scale as well. Read more about the dry fire kit targets here: http://www.cpwsa.com/DryFireKit.htm

There's a pic of a president's medal on my website. The photo is somewhat grainy but you can get the general idea. The ribbon on mine however was black instead of purple. See it here: http://www.cpwsa.com/match_pictures.htm

My thoughts on the original post question: I think it depends on why you shoot and what you're looking to accomplish or get from the sport. Why do you shoot matches? Do you shoot matches because you enjoy the competition? For me, that's pretty much the single largest motivator. If you're of the same mindset, you would only practice to shoot matches anyway; so as long as your X example is a number of rounds greater than the total rounds needed for both matches, I would certainly shoot both matches. . If you're looking to improve your shooting, and don't care about the match competition, the most improvement, at least for basic to mid-range skills, would be brought about sooner by using your ammo for practice. In either case, a regular dry fire routine is absolutely critical.

Speaking of match pictures, I just realized I'd forgotten to include the "Ultimate Action Photograph" when I changed to my new web hosting service. It's at the bottom of this page: http://www.cpwsa.com/match_pictures.htm

Thanks for the feedback. Check back early and often as I'm constantly updating the site. Hoping to get some clearer photos in there soon of current products and the "blasters". Hoping to have several new product offerings added very soon as well.

SiG Lady, you remind me a lot of my second wife..... never mind the fact I've only been married once.

The 35 would also get my vote for limited.