bigdawgbeav

New shooter or not, he should have been more familiar with his own equipment. That's not to say an experienced shooter also couldn't have a slip like that as well. Anything can happen at anytime. In my eyes there shouldn't be a next time as this should have been a HUGE lesson about safety. Hopefully he will practice on how to safely lower the hammer whether its the pinch method or the thumb-roll. Don't get me wrong, I love when new shooters come out. But they are responsible for how their equipment functions and how to safely shoot.

As long as there are no other violations, this shouldn't be an issue. Yes, prior to Make Ready the shooter should have staged mags as long as they didn't have to go into the same compartment as the firearm. Personally I would have mentioned to the shooter (after the CoF) that it would be better to stage prior to loading the chamber. Reduces the risk of bad things happening. I actually did this myself this past weekend. After Make Ready I was loaded and at low-ready but there was a timer issue. So I put my RFPO down on my case, pointing downrange, to free my hands to fix the issue. After correcting the issue I picked up the pistol and got in position again. Now, had I AD'd when picking back up, then that's on me.

I'm running the Everglades 115 v2 for the most part. Still sitting on a couple thousand 100gr. Berry's as well. There really is not much of a difference. It all depends on the recoil setup. I also tried the Everglades .380 heads, but I'm not a fan of having an OAL that tiny.

money... I got the Berry's when i had some gift certificates. They are great but I can get the same performance at a reduced cost elsewhere.

i was loading these under 3.0gr of Clays and running at about 1.11 OAL. I was looking at right around 100pf. Really soft and worked great in both my PCCs. I'm now running Everglades 115s over 2.9-ish and they are right in the same area.

Why?

Some rules changes for 2024: https://uspsa.org/viewer/SCSA-Rules-Change-Log.pdf My highlights: 8.1.8 - clarified the holstered handgun and shooting PCC or rimfire that we discussed here on the forum 10.1.4.2 - clarified coaching and when the penalty is applied, this was always a question I had especially for the one doing the coaching.

yup.. you are right... duh. My bad

as someone that shoots both the Ruger and the ARV, I can say I like them both. The Ruger can be lightened up and there are aftermarket triggers available. CMC just released a drop in system at 3.5lbs. The Ruger has eaten everything I have thrown at it. I also have an ARV and love the reliability. I'm running mine lightweight and it feels great. Plus can you beat 35-round mags for $15?

damn... that's tall

here's another stupid question... only because I'm looking at getting one of these. How tall does the setup end up being (from the bottom of the press to the tp of the case bowl)? My current bench might be too high and I'm worried the case bowl will not fit under the rafters in the basement.

I will also echo GT Targets. Karl is a nice guy and always willing to work with clubs to get them the steel they need.

What are you using for hold down die in the priming station?

All of these were ECSC? Obviously happened years ago and not recently. Rest assured, the new RM does a better job. The old management is out and new management is working hard to restore a good reputation. An unfortunate by-product is that getting RO help is difficult, so you sometimes have to take what you can get. This results in non-certified ROs running the stages. There is no rule stating that ROs need to hold an NROI certification.

That actually happened to me...