MAC702
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I'm replacing my earlier comments because I missed a critical piece of information on my previous reads of the situation: the RWR could happen anytime during those 12-shots. Perhaps it was the intention of the stage that the shooter be keeping track sufficiently so as to not get caught with an empty gun.
I agree the letter of the rule saying that the gun will be loaded during an RWR. I would not say it "requires" it, but more that it just assumes it. I now need to review whether or not the shooter can be faulted for failing to keep track of rounds sufficiently so as not to be caught with an empty gun.
The shooter was still at a disadvantage during the actual reload itself, but may have been at an advantage in not keeping track of rounds fired during the previous shooting.
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What do you know of the seller? The Colt Light Carbine is not a "competition" rifle, except that any rifle can actually be used in a competition.
Perhaps because it has a "match trigger?" That, too, is a non-standard relative term, and considering how badly a Colt standard trigger sucks, I question how much of an improvement would be significant to be considered "match" for them.
Now, all that said, I'm not dissing the actual rifle itself, for its intended purpose. Indeed, it would serve as well for many carbine matches as any other off-the-shelf AR. And it's a Colt, which means something to some people, though it shouldn't mean nearly as much as it used to. I've seen these Light Carbines on sale, new, for as low as $750 at times.
There should also be a model number on the receiver. A Light Carbine would probably be LE6900. That is the most useful information that can be included in your question.
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For what purpose are you loading? Especially for pistol, unless it is for serious bullseye accuracy in competition, headstamp means very little, with the exception of wierdos pushing envelopes in 9mm Major and silly stuff like that. *wink*
I probably have several dozen different headstamps in my .45 ACP collection, and will leave a trail of brass at a match that has everything from now-twice-fired, pristine, freshly (and perhaps wrongly) acquired spoils to still-fighting WW2 surplus brass that has seen a hundred firings (one of the great things about shooting a .45 ACP.)
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EDIT: I'm deleting these comments, in favor of my new post at #9.
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Resounding yes.
I carry my Kimber 1911 5" .45 everyday in the same holster, cant, position, and with the same ammo that I shoot in IDPA CDP and USPSA SS and Multigun HML divisions. For the latter, I'm also using the same M14-type .308 rifle that I keep in the truck for hunting and SHTF purposes.
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If you painted the tip of those dual-core cleats a green color, then they would clearly fall under the exemption, and you'd never have to worry about it.
Wait, what? Oh, never mind.
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Not only is it not sandbagging, but why does anyone care? Are they giving out trophies at your local matches? I only look to see how I do overall anyway. I've never been a fan of Lewis scoring and placing.
BTW, your post would have been a lot faster to read if your class and division abbreviations had been capitalized.
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A deaf man once brought his Beretta 92 into Wild West Guns because the gun wouldn't load. They found six bullets lodged in the barrel, the rearmost one finally preventing chambering of another round. If that isn't a testament to Beretta, I don't know what is.
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No Ljungmans, no. They occasionally appear at our vintage matches locally, but you need at least .308 for USPSA HM. I'd bring my buddy's .30-06 BAR, but its selector doesn't have a semi-auto, just fast or faster.
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I never understood the "tactical" classes that train to keep your attention downrange and to holster without looking. If I need that much attention downrange, I'll just keep my pistol in my hands, too, thank you.
Keep a firing grip (straight finger out of trigger guard, of course) on the pistol, and LOOK at the holster while you slowly put the pistol away. Especially don't try to use a technique that only works with one type of pistol.
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I'm shooting 143-grain Battle Born Munitions .308 across the board. I'm shooting iron sights and have no problem with the hits being calibrated to the rear sight range clicks of an M14 platform.
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....357 sig were supposed to be 9mm inside a necked down .40 case, no?
This. Sig called it the ".357" because it just SOUNDS powerful.
As mentioned, the component bullets will usually be labeled for the .357 Sig because of the bullet profile.
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My first matches involved a lot of cargo pockets...
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Pete gave us a couple at 400 in just the last local match...
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Yep: I learned this one the hard way. Even though I already "knew" it, I just hadn't thought about it until after I had resized a couple hundred cases (I didn't want to change the XL650 press over from the thousands of .45 ACP it does every few weeks).
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Join us in USPSA Heavy Metal. The Optics division uses a .308 rifle, 12-ga, and .40+ Limited-10 pistol.
What are the limitations on the shotgun type? Pump only?
For the Optics division that allows a .40 Limited-10 pistol, the shotgun can be a semi-auto, tube-fed.
Only the Heavy Metal Limited (my division) requires the shotgun to be a pump-action, but then you'd have to have a .44+ Revolver or Limited-10 pistol.
These are the USPSA Multigun rules. I'm not up to speed on other sanctioning bodies yet; though I will be doing the He-Man Nationals in New Mexico this Spring, and the biggest difference is that I am allowed to put a 1x optic on my rifle. I haven't decided if I'm going to do it yet, though.
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... I just ordered the Hornet Black Max based on these recommendations!
FYI, I got lucky. It turns out you can easily order this trigger on Amazon.com. And I already had it in the cart, when I, for some reason, did a search about the differences between it and another trigger from the same company, and I wound up on Hornet's site. Well, it turns out the Black Max was the best one, but by ordering directly from them (at $5 cheaper, too!) you can also select an option for them to remove the take-up completely, which is what you want for speed shooting plates. The Amazon page didn't say anything about that. It's a $16 option for them to do the necessary hand fitting, and you have to order it directly from them.
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I keep telling myself to do it with one of my FN-49's, especially the Luxembourg model in .30-06. Or the G43? I've got the repro scope for that one.
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Huge Hi-Viz front fiber; nothing else but a ventilated rib.
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Join us in USPSA Heavy Metal. The Optics division uses a .308 rifle, 12-ga, and .40+ Limited-10 pistol.
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Was that third paragraph supposed to be about Universal Clays, maybe? That was a good primer of the differences, thanks.
I wound up with some Clays in a trade for other stuff, and it made some excellent .38 Special loads for Steel Challenge out of my S&W 65.
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Ball-and-dummy loadings don't "fix" anything. They only test to see if it's been fixed yet.
Dry-firing, dry-firing, dry-firing is how to fix it.
Then, when you shoot live ammo, you bring in the mental discipline of the dry-firing. The more dry-firing you do, the easier this will be.
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Fewer options, to be sure, and more expensive, but there are very solid scope mounts for the M14 rifles. Mine wears an A.R.M.S. #18, which, when the scope (Leupold Mk 4) is removed using its Leupold QRW rings, is extremely low and no distraction at all to the iron sights. Sadlack and Bassett also make extremely good scope mounts. Springfield Armory also makes a decent mount. The M14 was designed to have the option of a scope mount, just not a built-in rail like most rifles today. The cast receiver of the Springfield Armory (Inc.) and Fulton Armory versions sometimes need a little fitting on the mount, also; mine didn't. There are also M21 or M25 versions of the M14 available from many makers which includes a scope mount on the receiver itself.
But the AR-10 is definitely going to be the easier, cheaper way to do it.
While M1A's are fine rifles and in many ways superior to the AR-10/LR-308's, the M1A isn't a good choice for heavy scope, simply due to the mounting options for glass.
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Most are running an AR-10, of course. I'm running an M14-pattern, currently a Springfield Armory M1A. James River Armory is currently building my next one from an original USGI Winchester M14 heel welded on to their forged current production receiver.
Most stages will not benefit from the AR's advantages in speedier magazine changes. But the AR will have trigger advantages in the fast, close targets, and are easier to compensate, especially if you shoot Limited with iron sights like me.
My biggest advantage is that no one has ever picked up my walnut-stocked M14-type rifle off the table by mistake.
Need feedback on Colt Competition Model AR
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Well, the Light Carbine LE6900 comes with a "match trigger," so we still don't have confirmation of what rifle we are dealing with. The dealer didn't give you a model number? Or has this "used gun" been altered in addition to being used?