David

You have been allowed to spew crud out of your mouth, just like the others, so just what are you complaining about here? What exactly do you think needs moderatin' ? The blatant bashing of one of our hosts friends? The people defending him? Or the remarks from people that don't feel a DQ after the fact is justified?

Interesting comment sixx. A couple of things came to mind when I read this, first, you're clearly putting too much emphasis on impressing the woman rather than just shooting. Second, my own personal experience shows that I do MUCH WORSE WITHOUT my wife there. Of course, as a shooter herself, if she ends up having to watch rather than participate, she provides me a lot of insight into the stages. It really is amazing the difference in thought processes when you're competing versus someone that knows whats going on but is not competing! She can regularly see things about a stage, when she's not shooting, that really help. Like the rest of us, when she is shooting, the brain leaves and she's not quite as insightful

Many thanks to Shooter Grrl

1 Procedural for not following course description "activate swinger before drawing" and score it as it stands. Definitely falls under poor course design. BUT, the shooter also has the responsbility for activating.

Hmm - I noticed you were missing but figured you were out searching for a camelback that keeps the water cold!

Brass sorter = WIFE! Well worth buying her a gun, and even worth listening to her whine about getting her hands dirty!

Classifier stage, standing in box is start position. Is there a point where a person is crouching "too much"? Can the Range Officer make them stand up straighter?

I could die a very happy man after seeing this: Talk about "back"!!!!

Yup - I'm biased! I love them. The way they are designed is a benefit, it's a very natural movement to reach to and grab the mags out of these holders.

I got one - works well - it's two springs working together instead of a recoil spring and a huge spring to absorb the final travel of the slide. The slide action is greatly improved. I definitely recommend you get one - I think you'll like the felt recoil.

Doug Koenig 1989

I'm saying he carried the gun case throughout the entire course of fire. Timer in one hand, case in the other....

I really hate it when you see Range Officer's doing stupid things. Carrying a gun case so that the competitor can put his gun away without going to the safe area leads me to believe that SAFETY is not your first concern.

I think I agree with half of the original post... if you endeavor to mislead or distract the RO, or in some other way prevent them from scoring a no-shoot, then you're cheating. However, if you shoot honestly, and the RO's score the stage honestly, and then learn after the fact that there was a no-shoot, you're not cheating. Now for the doubles... requesting the Range Officers to take a second look can not be a bad thing, and is certainly NOT cheating. And if you feel strong enough, pushing onward if you see an irregular hole. You paid to play, the people putting on the match are obligated to play by the rules. From a match officials point of view... if you go by the rule of benefit to the shooter, and you give the benefit to all, not just your buddies, and you're consistent in all your scoring, then you've done your job and there has been no foul to yourself or the shooters, even if you did miss a penalty shot. If there was a way to have a perfect match with perfect RO's that don't effect the outcome would Erik still beat me???? Just kidding, the point being that the RO's and their inconsistency can play a HUGE role in the outcome of our competitions.