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Match hotel will be the Days Inn in Thibodaux. The rate is $79 per night, double occupancy.

Do you know if this was even a certified RO? Most of the time I see or hear an "RO" making one of those calls that can't be backed up by the rule book (except the one in their head), they are not a certified RO, just someone running the timer at a local match.

Legal. As long as both grip panels meet the requirements of Appendix D4 21.4, it doesn't matter if they are different.

Also a worn out connector. Found that out first hand...

It's not the just the grip profile, it's the profile of the entire gun that can't be changed. For example if you smoothed the front strap of a glock where the finger grooves are the profile would be different, or changed the shape of the trigger guard. Think about it like this, if you lay the gun on a piece of paper and trace around it, then do whatever it is you want. If you retraced it would the line be the same? If not, you have changed the profile of the gun. Edit to add that the rule book does not define any specific profile, it's just the factory profile of each approved gun.

The fundamental problem is that the descriptions aren't consistent. There are those the specify "any order" and those that don't. If they don't say any order then the tendency in a case like this is to interpret it as being literal "shoot T1 then reload then shoot T3". As to T1-T3 meaning shoot them in T1,T2,T3 order, I've never seen or heard that interpretation before. But since it does seem to exist, that's even more of a reason to expand the stage descriptions. The ones that specify any order don't need to. I included the ruled pertaining to classifiers already. As far as I know there aren't any that mandate a specific order,(T1 then T2, then T3, etc.) I don't think they can per the rules. It's very specific under the freestyle rules what classifiers are allowed to require. The rulebook is there so that every single thing doesn't have to be written in to a stage description/briefing, although Troy already said he would work on cleaning them up some, that is very different from "expanding" them.

Under the freestyle rules there are specifics about classifiers. 1.1.5.2 and 1.1.5.3 only cover mandatory reloads, shooting position, stance, strong hand and weak hand (so these things can be specified). Otherwise freestyle rules still apply and targets in an array can be engaged in any order. Roscoe Rattle is basically telling you to perform a mandatory reload between arrays, in this case the arrays have only one target, but this is no different than any classifier that says engage T1-3, mandatory reload, engage T4-6. You can start on either array and shoot each in any order you want.

I was wrong about mag position in standard. Looks like they do have to be behind the hipbone. IPSC rule 5.2.4 says additional ammo can be carried in rear pockets, but it's not clear if they can be retrieved from there? I think they can, but that's really just a guess. USPSA's 5.2.4 is very specific. Ammo can be carried and retrieved from apparel pockets as long as the location of the pocket doesn't violate specific division requirements i.e. Production behind the hipbone, so front pocket retrieval would be a bump to open, but if shooting limited, L10 or open ammo from any pocket is fine. I'll have to watch the video again on a better screen.

He's shooting standard (limited) so no position requirement for mags like there is in production. I didn't see him pull one out of his pocket though, just put one in his front pocket when he was done, but it wouldn't matter in that division.

No idea why, I'd guess that's what the board decided when they came up with the selection process. DNROI is the team manager though.

Then how are there 26 male adult USA Open shooters (not juniors, senior or super senior)? They are not on the team. There are a bunch of people shooting as individuals that got in on whatever slots were left after the teams were filled.

Which stage? I don't remember one like that...

I really like my Trojan from Dawson. Good price and I haven't had any issues. All I have done is add the ambi safety.

If your gun 'broke' how would you be switching back to it? How would you explain that to the RM? How would you not get DQ'd under 10.6.1?"My buddy just found that spare part I needed, can I switch back now?" Probably like that, except the RM doesn't have to allow it.

I thought it was a good mix. There were big stages, but over all 27 stages the average round count was 23 rounds per stage. Almost 1/3 of the long courses were under 30 rounds. The speed shoots, short and medium courses made up about 37% of the match.