ZackJones

There’s an excellent chance for a change. We are working on the Jan 2019 update now. Rule 5.2.4 needs to be clarified. In fact I would encourage everyone to go through the rules and where you see issues call it to my attention.

This goes back to Troy’s #1 rule for RO’s which is ‘Don’t be a prick.’ I tell RO’s and competitor’s alike that’s it’s okay to remind the competitor to move after the 3rd string. As I see it the match staff are in the customer service business. The competitor is our customer. If we provide good service they are likely to come back next year and may bring a friend. On a personal level if I’m competing against you I want to beat you based on our shooting ability and not because you got a penalty for not moving. As you stated at the 2016 WSSC match we had a competitor shoot 4 strings before moving. Troy was called and his decision was to have the competitor move and reshoot the 4th string from the proper box. I know for a fact that at the US Steel Shoot, WSSC, Area 5, and Area 6 matches competitors were told to move because I, and other match staff, reminded them. We have conflicting rules. One says competitor gets procedural for not moving and the other says RO won’t start unless in the right starting position. So technically if a competitor shoots 4 from the same box who should take the blame? If anyone calls me out on it (which has happened) I refer to rule 2.4.3 and the following sentence “At any level match, the range Officer May assist or remind the competitor of stage requirements, magazine changes, etc. without penalty.” That sentence was added as a result of the 2017 KY state championship match. A competitor on our squad normally used BX-25 mags but the week of the match he changed to BX-10. He frequently forgot to change mags and had sucky times on most stages. That really bothered me so we changed the rule so we can help someone out without penalty. Sheesh what a long winded reply. I’ll get off my soapbox now .

We discussed this quite a bit based on our review. Part of the problem is we did not do an adjustment in 2018 so our current PSTs have been in place for 2 years. Mike is very engaged in the classification system. It’s just going to get better and better as we collect and analyze more data.

I like that idea. I’m on the verge of making GM in RFRO and PCCO and almost don’t want to make it until next year just for the challenge.

Please share some details about it. That looks like a fun gun to shoot.

While most went down a couple in the Revolver divisions went up slightly. If no one ever shot at or below the current PST we decided to up it a bit.

Same here. Load each one with 10 rounds. Changing mags gives me a minute to regroup. I have to change mags with RFPO and RFRO so changing with PCCO works for me.

Just in case someone happens along and sees this thread in the future SGP was Shotgun Pump. It’s an obsolete division. We will get it removed from PractiScore.

7.4 edit is to address ECSC situation.

Easy to do. Just add new match. Set the type to Action Steel and sub type to SCSA affiliated. Add classifier stages and you are good to go.

Amen. As an RO I hate telling a competitor I didn’t get the time.

They may not be needed but they make them louder and that helps the timer. We had issues at Area 6 last weekend with timers not picking up shots.

I only use Allchin comps. They are great and easier to clean than the TK comps. Mine came with o-rings so it’s very easy to set.

I’m working on rules update and will clean this up.

Nope. I’ve only tried TK and Allchin.

I can’t speak to USPSA Handgun rules. I don’t have any input in that area.

Our cars are not safe areas. We should not be putting our long guns on carts at the car. This is not clearly defined in the rules but will be. The only place you should remove your long gun from the case and put it on the cart is in a safe area or on the line supervised by the RO.

Hmm. That’s news to me. Please cite the rule that says it’s zero if the disability is permanent.

2 seconds per string was used at the 2018 US Steel Shoot and 21018 WSSC.

This happened at the 2015 World Shoot. Troy (DNROI and RM for the match) told the competitor to move and reshot the string from the proper box. Additionally, RO’s are ENCOURAGED to remind competitors to move after shooting 3 strings from the first box. This is not considered coaching. A simple “time to move” works.

Single fastest string time, per stage and division would be something interesting to see. This was suggested to me this last weekend at the Area 5 Match.

They are. We are reviewing them all now though.

Open gun and two different JP’s so far. It runs great in everything I’ve shot it in.

The 115 were from AA so I don’t know load data for them.

I continue to use it almost exclusively. I have some 115’s left and once those are gone the 100 is all I will shoot. I’m providing a case to the guys at Leadstar to make sure my new PCC runs it.