Racegun9x21

Yep! Aim! Thats all there is to it. Hey Jake, I saw some videos of you shooting.....kinda sloppy there. LOL! JUst kidding......looked smooth and fast as hell. Keep it up.

Jake, If you came to my match to shoot I would not expect you to set up or clean up after the match. I am talking about our club members, I have seen too many "Club members" bolt after matches. Leaving me and a few guys or none to tear down the stages, this gets old. And yes, it shows no common courtesy or class. With just me setting up matches it almost got to the point where I was like "screw it". I'm going to use this club like a whore, shot and leave. But, I feel that would show "no class". These people that do this, are just into this sport for themselves and this sport "can" survive without their $15.00 match fee. Darian P

I have been around IPSC for over 20 years, my father tough me a lot about match set up and running a match. Over the years I have seen two types of shooters, people that come out to shoot and people that shoot & enjoying the outdoors with friends. Lets face it, 99.8% of a match is standing around shooting the shit, not the shooting stages. We only spend about 70 seconds actually shooting a match, hopefully less! I do not have a problem with out of town folks not sticking around to help out after a match. But, if you’re an hour or less away from the house, I feel you should help out a little. Hell, at least fake it a little. Don't stand around BS'n with your buddies, because, now instead of just your lazy ass sitting there, now, you have three other guys not doing crap either. What will happen eventually, the people that set the match up month after month, get burned out and pissed off because, they are the only ones doing the work. Thus, the beginning and cause of a club to fall apart and just, a hand full of people showing up to shoot your match. When you loose the heart of someone’s effort to set up a match, the matches will not be as challenging as they once were. Probably the worst is your local people. Some will come match after match, never stay and help for clean up. Then, you have a big state match with cash and prizes, they may win their class or even high overall. They may have a problem with clean up after a match but, never have a problem taking your money or prizes. Pretty classy, huh? Here is a rude yet, humbling cure to this problem. Pay attention to the folks that come out and shoot the match but, never stick around for clean up. When you have a Big match where money is involved and you get the entry form, send it back with a nice letter stating "that they are not invited, this match is for volunteers only, see you at our next club match". When you get a call from the shooter, if you do, let him or her know the reason and hope that he can help out a little more at club matches next time. Lets face it this is a volunteer sport. So, do your part. Even if it is just a little bit. I tip my hat to all you shooter's that set up and clean up at matches, you are the reason we have so much fun! Thank you, Darian P

Thank you for all of your help! We got our steel in the welding shop now so, we should be up and running this weekend. Again, I thank all the shooters for there help. Darian www.casarange.com

Great photos!! Thank you. Yeah, I am going to make sure that the plates move some. I will need a picture of the rounds plates if anyone can shot me a few.

I am needing a photo or diagram on the proper way to weld the steel targets to the stands. Can anyone help me out with this task?

OKAY FOLKS!!!!! Here it is!!!!! John wrote me back and I want to pass this on to you all. Hi Darian, While it may seem as "what difference does it make what order they are engaged in" some classifiers have a specific engagement order, as in this one. The word "then" stipulates that order. Regards, John Amidon And thats all Folks!!!! Darian Pellicciotti Little Rock, AR

It seems as if the only people who are having problems with the front popper not falling fast enough are none GM's. I'm NOT a GM. But, I do have a problem with the other shooters aswell myself, understanding the stage procedure. If THEN is in the procedure, the course designer is telling you what order the targets are to be engaged in. You take THEN out of this stage procedure, you can shoot the stage like most of us did. I wrote John Amidon about the THEN in a stage procedure to see what kind of light he could give us on this. I will let you know. Darian

Ron, Checking to see if this works. I messed two up already. Darian Moderator Edit: You created a new topic with the above post. I merged it into this thread.

Ron, Whats this years Section going to be like? Last years? Darian