Al Stewart JM

2019 Jamaica Invitational Pistol Tournament (JIPT) Hello all! Registration for the 9th annual Jamaica Invitational Pistol Tournament (JIPT) is now open, registration is online at: http://www.matchsignup.org/match/default.php?matchid=1631 The match is 10 stages, 300 rounds, USPSA rules (Level 2 Special Match). Most visitors shoot on the Saturday, and stay to celebrate JAMAICA CARNIVAL with us on Sunday! For more information, please visit the match website http://www.jipt.com.jm Yours aye, DVC! Al Stewart JAMAICA

Hello all! Registration for the 9th annual Jamaica Invitational Pistol Tournament (JIPT) is now open, registration is online at: http://www.matchsignup.org/match/default.php?matchid=1631 The match is 10 stages, 300 rounds, USPSA rules (Level 2 Special Match). Most visitors shoot on the Saturday, and stay to celebrate JAMAICA CARNIVAL with us on Sunday! For more information, please visit JIPT Yours aye, DVC! Al Stewart JAMAICA

Hello all! Registration for the 2016 Jamaica Invitational Pistol Tournament (JIPT) is now open! Come and celebrate JAMAICA CARNIVAL with us on Sunday 3 April, after taking on serious competitors on the range! http://www.jipt.com.jm Please visit the match website for more details, early registration deadline is 6 March 2015 after which late fees will apply. No entries will be accepted after March 30. Yours aye, DVC! Al. Stewart JAMAICA

Please add the following three (3) matches: 2016 Jamaica Invitational Pistol Tournament (JIPT) - USPSA Rules, Special Match March 31 - April 3rd, 2016 Jamaica Rifle Association, Kingston, JAMAICA (West Indies) http://www.jipt.com.jm/ 2016 Jamaica Cup (Handgun) - IPSC Level 3 Match July 28 - 31, 2016 Jamaica Rifle Association, Kingston and Woodleigh Shooting Range, May Pen, JAMAICA (West Indies) http://ipsc-jamaicacup.com/ 2016 Woodleigh Fast and Furious (Handgun) - IPSC Level 3 Match November 26-27, 2016 Woodleigh Shooting Range, May Pen, JAMAICA (West Indies) http://www.woodleighshootingrange.com/

Hello all, we have begun to register competitors, and recognize a few well-known names..... come and join us in Jamaica for our annual USPSA match! Yours aye, DVC! Al Stewart (FL-2990) Regional Director, IPSC Jamaica jam@ipsc.org

Hello all! Registration for the 2015 Jamaica Invitational Pistol Tournament (JIPT) is now open! Come and celebrate JAMAICA CARNIVAL with us on Sunday 12 April, after taking on serious competitors on the range! http://www.jipt.com.jm Please visit the match website for more details, early registration deadline is 15 March 2015 after which late fees will apply. No entries will be accepted after April 8. Yours aye, DVC! Al. Stewart JAMAICA

Hello Shooters, Registration for the 2014 IPSC Caribbean Cup is now OPEN!!! The match will be held over 2 days at 2 venues - the Jamaica Rifle Association in Kingston, and the Woodleigh Shooting Range in May Pen. Pre-Match will be held Thursday 24 July - Friday 25 July, with Main Match on Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July. Please visit www.ipsc-caribbeancup.com for more information on the match, and to obtain the necessary forms for importation of firearms which have to be completed and sent in NO LATER THAN JUNE 13. We look forward to welcoming you in Jamaica, and appreciate your participation in our first IPSC sanctioned event. Yours aye, DVC! Al. Stewart JAMAICA

Results are posted on the match website: www.jipt.com.jm/jipt-2014-scores.html

Well, we're done! Chris Tilley finished 20 points clear ahead of Speedy, followed by Shannon Smith. Frank Garcia won Production by a huge margin, Orville Henriques took Limited. We really enjoyed hosting several of our friends from the USA, as well as Canada, and looking forward to next year! Next up is our first hosting of a Level 3 IPSC sanctioned match towards the end of July, please watch this space and MAKE IT JAMAICA MAN. .... a little local news footage here, begins at 10:40 - http://www.cvmtv.com/videos_1.php?id=3171&section=sports

Hello all - who's coming to Jamaica this year?

Hello all, sorry you missed our match - visit http://www.jipt.com.jm/ and think about next year! Pictures are up at Yours aye, DVC! Al. Stewart JAMAICA

Some points to bear in mind before you assume it is the light hammer spring, in my opinion. Do the light strikes occur in DA mode only or also in SA mode? If only in DA mode, this can be due to a timing issue - hammer DA hooks release from trigger bar engagement before firing pin safety plunger has been adequately moved upward to free the firing pin. I experienced this issue last year with my Elite 2, after several years of using polished internals. The problem was related to a worn trigger bar, and fixed by replacing it. Prior to that, I had never had any light strike issues - I was using a Langdon competition hammer spring with a lightened hammer (spur removed / bobbed flush with rear of slide). The only other occurrence of light strikes I had seen involved another Elite 2 that had been tinkered with by a local gunsmith, who had both cut several coils off the hammer spring AND drilled/rebated the spring recess in the hammer spring cap. Problem was fixed by replacing both parts.

A big thank-you to Frank and the whole match team from us here in Jamaica, another fantastic event - I don't know how they keep coming up with these stages! We look forward to this match every year, and hope to see its continued growth.

Greetings from Jamaica, I have a case for comment / clarification, that I had also posted on the USPSA forum. A very experienced local IPSC / USPSA competitor ("M" class) is on the line in the start box, and is given LAMR by the RO. With the handgun (an open racegun with spurless hammer) still locked in his Ghost holster, the competitor racks the slide to cock the hammer and applies the safety; he then draws to a sight picture and dry-fires on the empty chamber, and then proceeds to load, make ready, and re-holster. The RO said he was not happy with the procedure but did not issue a DQ. However, it later became a point of contention in the usual post-match discussions, and has not been resolved in principle. So, it will probably become an ugly item at a future match unless properly handled. The competitor in question said that he has been using this procedure at several international match stages this year, including a USPSA Section Championship and a European IPSC Level 3 match; further, he discussed it with several GM's, CRO's and RO's and cannot find any problems with it. I have reviewed the current January 2004 USPSA/IPSC rule book (Green!) as well as my own NROI RO Course notes and can find nothing that specifically addresses this. Frankly, I think if there was a clear-cut issue it would be clearly stated in the rules. I would appreciate some more feedback on this before making a recommendation one way or the other! Thank you in advance, DVC! Al. Stewart JAMAICA

I don't know any other clubs in Ft. Lauderdale, but can certainly recommend that you check out SFPC, they hold a match (3 stages) every Thursday night at the Markham Park range. You need to be there around 6PM to register.