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I’d pay to see that.

That division is called Limited

This

I aboslutely believe it is. Especially adding PCC to matches. A difficult PCC shot is NOT PRACTICAL with iron sight.

Bummer for those that would want to shoot both Ltd and SS Nats.

Also Ran National: Ltd/Ltd10/SS/Prod/Revo Thats sad.

Classification should be based on percentile. Your HF earns a percentile against everyone else that shot that classifier. Average the best 6 of 8 percentile scores. Then your average goes into the database and if you're in the "x" percentile you classifiaction is "Y". And yes your classification goes up and down as your percentile changes. Maybe GM is only the top 1 or 2 percentile?? At least its not based on x% of some arbitrary numbner made up years ago and increased three times by anoymous people.

Good God!why?

USPSA better plan on waiving the $25 cancellation fee. I have to think there’s a lot of people gonna be out deposits and nonrefundable‘s on hotels, VRBOs and airfares over this

This.

change ammo lately?

Agree, time cant make up the point difference per my post. When you throw in distant targets and partials minor gives up to many points and the top shooters dont miss steel so advantage major. However, if steel is your hang up, I can see minor having an advantage. My recollection of last years nationals was that many many positions were taking you to eight with more than one steel shoot. I shot major, made sure I had an adequate sight picture and missed one, maybe two, shoots on steel the whole match.

I've thought about this major / minor SS a lot. I think it boils down to this. A/C in major is 90% of point. A/C in minor is 80% of points. Very few people (if any) can or will short a stage minor 10% faster than they would shooting major. Say its a 28 round 18 second stage shooting major. Can you really shoot it 1.8 sec fastor over 28 rounds? Thats .065 seconds per shot. .20 versus .265 splits. If youre say an A or better the difference really isnt that much since a number of targets on a stage will be "hammer as fast as I pull the trigger" anway. The split difference on those target that require a more precise sight picture isnt that much faster. Who benefits from minor then? People who MISS STEEL. Steel is the great equalizer in SS. Most shooting positions at L2 or higher are 8 rounds with at least one steel. Miss that one shot (major) and it slidelock and/or standing reload. That's where Minor saves your score. Also, where there is a lot of steel in a shooting position minor gives you the option to shoot he steel more aggressively saving significant time. So decide what your strength / weakness is or shoot the gun you have knowing how to maximize its competitive advantage.

This gun is buggered beyond repair.

If you have a full diameter entry hole I’d call it a Mike. I don’t think you can Hypothesize what might have happened inside the barrel.

Yes. When uncasing you can look at the PCC. You can look at your sight as well. Does it seem to be attached still? yes. Is it on? check. Have you manipulated it? No. Have you taken a sight picture? No. Have you broken a rule? No. If you were not allowed to look at or through your optic any time prior to "make ready" they shouldnt have used a defined term like "sight picture" and added a requirement that you uncase blindfolded because thats the only way to be sure.

Except he didnt take a "sight picture" as defined in the Appendix and he didnt manipulate his red dot. Looking up to see if his red dot was on while correctly carrying it from the PPC table to the start position is not a DQ. Saying, "I think that should be considered taking a sight picture also" doesnt make it so. Handling is also defined in the Appendix as "The act of manipulating, holding or gripping a firearm". So if he didnt handling the PCC excep as permited by exception, he didnt manipulate his PCC (which requires touching) and didnt obtain a sight picture (as defined) what rule again do you think he broke?

What other rules do you consider silly and not worth enforcing?

Wrong, so looking at your PCC with your eyes is gun handling to you? Show me that in the rules.

AGREE. He as not DQ'ed until he looked up at the sight. This is NOT gun handling or a DQ anywhere in the rules. RO was 100% WRONG

I know, thats like $20+ a stage!

i might be wrong on this, but I think there are two factors at work. The amount of tint (or light reduction) and the color. My understanding is that you see the color of a tint because if blocks that color light from the spectrum so it would make sence that a green fiber will appear "brightest" with red lenses as green and green are at opposite ends of the spectrum. People that say yellow lenses make a fiber pop are also using lenses that usually have the least amount of light reduction. Yellow also seems to increase the contrast which is something I dont understand but shooters have been using yellow for this reason for years. I think it may have something to do with the apparent brightness of yellow casuing your pupils to constrict which generally causes your vision to sharpen. But to answer the OP question, opposite end of the spectrum should make fiber appear brighter.

#Damnit

Youre looking at it from the wrong perspective. Standarize on one mag / follower / bullet combination and then put black sharpie on feed ramp. Run several rounds of ammo of various length through and find the length that lets the nose of the bullet hit the middle of the ramp. That is your length. Then figure out your powder charge.