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I identify as a a guy who has a Browning High Power in .40 but I only have 12 round magazines. Obviously Limited division should be limited to 12 round capacity magazines.

If there's a hide/seek type of stage, the diagram helps me (when shooting STSK or Prod) break down my positions and reloads. As others have said, I do NOT create a stage plan based on the diagram, but helps me identify particular stages or arrays within stages to go look at FIRST. If I can identify array 3 on Stage 5 as tricky, I will prioritize that when I walk the stages. Getting that one array squared away in my head clears my mind and reduces my stress level. IF they publish stage diagrams early enough, I'll spend a little more training time on oddball start positions, etc. #4 in the post above is Good Stuff, something I should probably do. I tend to develop a stage plan and not deviate from it.

Every region has their own local gunsmith. Not shadetree gunsmith but a legit dude. Using a local smith gives you a local contact for "I broke my gun the match is tomorrow" situations.

Ditto on magwells for carry or duty guns. I am politely skeptical of that. This thing of never ending rule changes to placate sub-sub-subsets of shooters is tiresome.

In 2003/4 I decided to have a custom gun built. 18 months and a couple of "Where's my gun?" phone calls later i said "I could have had two Edges for what this gun cost." The builder missed a couple of delivery dates and added expensive features that I hadn't asked for. There are some people on this forum (and in this very thread) who are discerning and knowledgeable enough to truly make a distinction between quality of work and quality of parts. I am not one of them, and I suspect that most shooters are not either. This discussion, or a variant of it, come up on this forum pretty regularly. My observation is that people who have guns built (By SV or whoever) do tend to focus on the bling, or resale value or custom serial numbers etc. Very few are actually shooting enough to note the qualitative differences between a custom gun and a factory gun. I focus on function rather than form. Stating an opinion based on observation.......not looking to start an Internet Battle of Wits.

Shot with a guy that had one and........pretty much all of it was removed. Like 98% of it, looked like.

Coming in last GM got old.

Too quickly. About 20 months from U to GM. GM in Production came in roughly-ish the same timeframe. I was shooting about 50k rounds per year from 2000-2009 -I think the "bar" is much much higher now than it was back in 2002. -In 2010 or so I petitioned USPSA to move me down from GM to a more reasonable M. They were very accomodating.

I'm moving to Maryland and would like to correspond with a current MD resident.

Hmmmm. I have been shooting a fair amount of new brass. IF it only does it with new brass, do you think it's still an indicator of overpressured ammo?

That makes sense. Perfect sense, actually. Thanks

Open gun. 38SC. Finding what appear to be brass shavings around the guiderod head. Moly bullets. Cause?

I've shot in clubs from Area 1 to Area 8 and generally people have been great about taping/resetting. I've seen Todd Jarrett and Travis Tomasie tape and work the timer.....and do a great job at it. The C Class crew, who's generally more interested in socializing, has a slightly higher tendency to need to be reminded to help. One reminder from other shooters or ROs has always solved the problem, regardless of shooter classification. Agreed 100% about 8 guys going down range to stand by 8 targets; that's asinine.

$30 for 100 rds of 9mm? That is very 2019. It's almost triple that now.

Oh and welcome to USPSA and welcome to the Forum and all that.

Who knew that communication was so important? Madness

I wonder why they couldn't put together a PR blurb covering the basics of the situation; same basic info that Erin gave you. Social media or email blast or something on their website.

Used to carry a Kimber as a duty gun; at the time there was a set screw in the middle of the rear sight. Removing THAT, sometimes, would allow a BAH to do the job.

I'd post this in Gunsmithing. More eyes on it there, and some of the regular posters in that section are super knowledgable.

Nice work on the photoshop wizardry!

If $39 is the most you've EVER paid you are living a charmed life. In normal times I was paying $45-ish including shipping/hazmat. Now in Crazy Times.......well I don't want to admit what I've paid to stay active in this sport. Too ashamed.

Order for the Cheely ejector placed last night. Shot gun today for 300 rounds with the broken ejector and........ran perfectly.

Got a reply from Mr. Foley. Apparently there was National Championships last fall that kept everyone busy. Also there's some sort of pandemic, so USPSA folks were working from home. Jake has received my article, but hasn't had time to review it. My wife flipped through Front Sight recently and she pointed out "Well he certainly has enough time to get HIS articles published."

Gun has been thoroughly/chemically cleaned, heavily lubricated, and I removed a good bit of material from the left side of the ejector. There was perhaps three sheets of paper of clearance between the ejector and the slide. Range day was today. 260 rounds. Two ejection problems. When I went to disassemble the gun the slide froze ever so slightly when trying to remove it. Got the gun apart and........most of the tip of the ejector is broken off. Should I just have a new ejector installed, or send it back to the builder (with me paying shippingx2) and have him fix it?

Funny. Timely. I messaged Jake in August about a product review I wanted to write; he replied in the affirmative. I submitted the article in August and.....heard nothing. I emailed Jake, messaged him here.....nothing. I called USPSA and was told "we're all working from home....I can't connect you to anybody." A few days later I got an email from Jake, saying that his email account was malfunctioning and this malfunction caused his emails to be deleted. I resubmitted and..............nothing. This was probably October or November. Emailed Mr. Foley this weekend. I don't know why Robin Taylor left, but I never had trouble getting articles printed when he was around.