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i had no problem

uncle mikes paddle holsters are legal, it is all i use in every division their belt holsters can be modified to be legal

thanks allot, i do think i screwed up a bit, it should have been around 90-92 at this stage of my shooting, but i will take it even if it is really on the low end of master class, i don't feel bad at all doing it in less than 18 months from the first time i drew from a holster

chills, chill for a second{lol} i have given this thread some thought, and you do have a point about sandbaggers, and let me be the only one ever to admit to sandbagging {will explain}, i have discover that there are three types of shooters in this sport 1. honest shooter, he is typically in master class or in the bottom of his classification 2. the sandbagger, goes up in one class, then shoots a major match in a much lower class than his abilities 3. the non-sanbagger, not good enough in any class to even sandbag, and typically hates better shooters in general now if anyone thinks for a second that making a stage part of your clasificacion will detour sandbaggers, your kidding yourself, a good sandbagger will just sandbag on the stage, and even if it where to be kept secret, it may or may not show shooting abilities, everyone has good days, everyone has bad days now for My explanation i am classified the same in four guns, this shows allot of a consistently, i shot 4 major matches last year, even though i won 1 division,1 1st place {then 2nd,3rd}, i still did not move up,{not my fault, i did try} and at the time i did have the abilities to shoot in the upper class, i did not do it consistently enough to be competitive, and now in the last 7 months i have came a long way, and very well could be competitive in the upper classes, but can i just move myself up because i know i am shooting better? no do i go out of my way to shoot a classifier because i am shooting better when my classification is not expired? no so anyone working hard at becoming a better shooter is more often than not called a sandbagger, while at one match i may have won first place by a wide margin, then the next match not as well while shooting in the same class and same division, it ether means i am in the class i should be in, or at the second match i just got out sandbagged, you make the call and as far as trophy hounds go here is my take{since i have been referred to outside this board as a trophy hound, which is stupid, just because i occasionally win them} myself as well as many other spend allot of cash on this sport, from multiple guns, to ammo, and the time and money spent on matches, for me i am married with children, this can get in the way of allot of things, bringing home a earned trophy is in a way a justification for some money and time spent, not to mention the nights before a big match spent neglecting the wife and kids so i can get to bed early to make in to the match in time the next day

that's funny stuff chills, because i was the only one at the last classifier with a calculator, and just happened to be i was trying to figure out how much time i had left to make ssp master, which would be far from sandbagging i know i had the only calculator, because people who where done where sent to me to add up their scores

took two tries, and it works perfect

there are extended mag releases, and then there are the ones that are the size of a dime, those are the ones that they do not allow

if you want to be competitive go for the 5", if you shoot just for the fun of it a 4" will do, the sight distance is always better, recoil is less, and velocity is higher out of a 5", loosing that one inch will do little for your transitions, it may even be worse due to the slightly elevated recoil as far as the aluminium frame, i will not own one {for serious shooting}, they will show wear at 20,000 rounds, that means the gun will last me about a year, i have well over that in my Wilson combat and it is still tight, and shoots as well as it did the day i bought it

there is not a match i have ever been to that the shooting sequence is not done in the classifier, only difference is targets are mixed up, and maybe more of them, how you get to the shooting can be different, but at a classifier it covers 99% of any targets you will engage at a match, i myself would rather move up at a match than a classifier any day

i think you have that backwards, sanctioned matches require the one year limit, club matches do not

ther ya go chills, next time i call you up to the line, i can yell "WARRIOR COME OUT AND PLAYAAAAAA" but do us both a favor wear a shirt{lol}

sorry but i do not understand what is so difficult in the answer "fit in the box", it is clear and will always be the end result as long as it is withing the weight limit i know some guys use the sti/svi mag wells, but file them down to fit into the box

yep that is exactly what it means "no heavy and/or cone style barrels without a barrel bushing" unless of course it is a 4.2 inch barrel or less

hats off to you fortyfiveshooter, i went last year, and it was not only a well organized match, the prize table was a sight o behold compared to others, heck the shooter package alone was better than some prize tables oh! while i have your attention, whats the word on a date for this year, or at least speculation on the month?

i just started using titegroup in my 9mm's, and i have to say i am pretty impressed, my cronographed deviation was 9fps on ten rounds using rainier 124 grain bullets 4.4 grains where hitting 1125 =139pf 4.3............................. 1100 =136pf i have some 4.2 loaded, and will test them tomorrow, recoil on those where very nice and soft