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any updates on this? Would love to pick one up
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3 hours ago, shred said:
Gear gets obsoleted by the rules all the time. Single Stack holster positions, Production trigger pull weight limits, DOH holsters in Production, 10 round mags in Carry Optics. Thumb-rests if they are part of a slide stop, changing Major PF from 175 to 165. Allowing 9x19 Major at less than 1.250" OAL, Aftermarket hammers in Production, 8-round Revos, adding another 2oz to Production guns, etc, etc...
The only thing constant is change.
None of those things involve throwing away your previous gear because the new rule made it less competitive except 8 round revolvers...and even if they did, obsoleting a $65 holster or slide stop is a lot different from making a country full of multi-thousand dollar Limited guns suddenly less competitive.
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That's the biggest issue, making all the current 40 guns useless.
You'd have to put a mag capacity limit on it, not just mag length, then 40 minor guns would be viable. -
pics from the left side of the gun while holding it in one and two hands would help
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Not really optimal but I've done it
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Yep. it works the opposite way too
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I shot the SF for the first time last week and immediately ordered one. My q5 is for sale. It feels like a turd now
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I'm not understanding what you are saying.
The pace people would shoot a classifier stage at a major match is much different from the hero or zero type situation a classifier at a local match puts them in.This is always why the 18 series of classifiers was relatively easy...because the scores were set at nationals where people are not necessarily going 110% on every stage. That match is a marathon.
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12 minutes ago, Chrisperkins027 said:
I agree that’s what the classification system is for. What I’m saying is that competition would be better if the classification system worked better. My recommendation for making it work better is to put a classifier in every level II match.
My question for those on here who say it doesn’t matter or I people should work harder etc is this...”If it truly doesn’t matter then it shouldn’t matter if USPSA made a rule change to make it mandatory.”
As for getting my feelings hurt or needing a hug or whatever bc someone beat me out of a class trophy etc., I have no feelings. I was just offering a suggestion to make the sport better and more competitive for those of us that will likely never compete for a national title.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThe problem is that your premise and your solution do not align with each other. Putting a classifier in every level 2 match will do nothing. If anything, it will keep people's averages down, as they will not be willing to Hero or Zero a stage at a major match.
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2 minutes ago, Chrisperkins027 said:
Like other posters here, I too grew up in the time before participation trophies were a thing. I do believe, however, that the sport would become more competitive if shooters were forced to compete against others of the same skill level.
People might argue that this makes no sense or little difference but this is a common practice in nearly all other sports as well. Golf and bowling have handicaps, football and baseball in schools of all levels have classification levels. Even professional sports have different levels for different level players (ie major and minor league baseball.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkWhat do you think the classifier system is for?
In general, this isn't a problem except in one division, because one company is offering cash, and the system is going to work itself out via match bumps. The great majority of other shooters aren't purposely hiding in a lower class because they want a $6 trophy.
At least in my group of friends they would rather be struggling as a new master or GM as opposed to winning every match in A or B class. -
12 minutes ago, B_RAD said:
“Propaganda”.
I really need to cite examples? You’re really gonna tell me that it’s not obvious there are shooters out there exploiting some of these contingency programs?
Is it exploiting it? I mean from the outside it looks funny that a B class guy is trashing most people in Carry Optics but if you look at his record it makes sense. Until this year he shot mostly production and open and is very close to Master level in both. This year he switched to CO, and is clearly working very hard, but has shot almost no classifiers.
No reason to if Walther is going to be sending checks every month
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This wouldn't change anything related to sandbagging. At a Level 2 match I'm not going to try to blast a classifier at my max "omg let's try to hundo this" pace. I'm going to shoot it so that I get a good number of alphas and don't trash my match by zeroing it.
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Sort of related but...get a paster gun. Then you only have to take your gloves off to shoot.
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I wasn't around prior to the 2008 (I think) rulebook so it had to be from before then...because you can't do that
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Yep. Setup is actually harder because you have to measure it out.
People seem to like it though, there are over 1150 people so far this year
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1 hour ago, Sarge said:
Sarge, it's the Go Fast Don't Suck Postal match. The match this entire thread is about.
It helps when clubs set the stages up correctly
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What year was that? Had to be more than 15 years ago
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On 10/10/2019 at 2:40 PM, Hotchkiss said:
Have you adopted the action shooter uniform -- either consciously or unconsciously when you shoot events like 3Gun, Rimfire Challenge, Steel Challenge, USPSA, etc? Most of the pieces come I suspect from what functions the best? However some seems to come from wanting to look like the pros and/or wanting to fit in? In my experience the uniform consists of:
- Ball cap or trucker's cap. Little sun protection, but they do allow the wearing of ears which is good.
- Short-sleeved "shooter's jersey" with as much advertisement on it as possible.
- If it's cold out, a long-sleeved layer under one's shooter's jersey.
- Tactical trousers or shorts. The more pockets the better.
- Knife clipped in pocket.
- Sundry kicks and socks.
What are trousers and sundry kicks?
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If you put the muzzle on the edge of the holster and push down, you can do it with any holder
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On 9/3/2019 at 11:49 AM, s2000red said:
My daughter is right handed and left eye dominant. What I notice is that she simply holds the pistol normally but in front of her left eye. Nothing more than that. In fact that is how we figured out she was left eye dominant. I was standing behind her and noticed she shot with the gun a little bit to the left. It was nothing I taught her, she just did it on her own.
Yep. It's not that hard. Amazing what some people will do
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8.5.2 If a competitor holsters a loaded firearm or places a PCC on a stable surface
at any time during a course of fire, it must be placed in the applicable ready
conditions (see Section 8.1). Violations will be subject to match
disqualification (see Rule 10.5.11).
8.5.2.2 For double action self-loaders and revolvers the hammer must be
down, or, if present, the safety applied if the hammer is cocked.Applicable ready condition:
8.1.2.2 “Double action” – chamber loaded, hammer fully down or de-
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On 10/14/2019 at 6:27 PM, bret said:
I have holstered my production gun hammer down and the holster pushed the slide back enough to put the hammer on half cock, i then lower the hammer all the way down and re holster, is this a bump to open?
No, it's a DQ
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Well you have a reason for it.
I'm not sure if most seem to shoot that way because we are English language readers and our eyes are used to moving in that direction or if it has to do with most people being right handed and that's the order we shoot on turn and draw stages -
Mention it to the section coordinator so hopefully he can educate them.
I don't know how you can have been around for long enough to be a CRO and not seen this classifier about 400 times....and probably 90% of the people shoot it left to right
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A bunch of us in PA got cooling vests this year .They use a gel ice pack that lasts about 2 hours and will re-freeze in a cooler of ice in about 40 minutes