Poppa Bear

If the target had one B and three C's you can call out either 1 bravo, 1 charlie. Or, 2 charlie. The score is the same. That sentence is in there to stop unnecessary reshoots just because the RO cannot determine which shooter hit the B zone.

Correct. One of the only times multiple holes in the same scoring zone can still require a reshoot is if you have a hit on a NS or HC target. 4 holes in the A zone but you are not sure if the current shooter hit the HC/NS or if the previous shooter did and it was not called and pasted.

There are many good choices out there. Much is based on what you want from your unit. The cheaper ones will give you the basic numbers the advanced ones can figure a lot of the ballistic data of your load for you. How much are you willing to spend? Most of us are happy with a basic unit that gives us velocity, average, high, low, and standard deviation. I use the Pro Chrono Digital with the addition of the IR screens because I check most of my loads inside. Most chronographs do not work well using fluorescent lighting so the IR screens were developed to solve that issue.

I have a 2 3/4", a 4" and a 6" Ruger Security Six.357 Mag. I am most comfortable with the 2 3/4" for general use. The deciding factors for me are based on two areas. The short length is more concealable, and it actually has the best action of the three. The accuracy is very close with all three so that is why I prefer the shortest one. That said it is not legal for hunting with because we have a minimum of a 4" barrel for a handgun to be legal.

One of the important things I tell people new to reloading is to test their technique before they actually start to make completed rounds. What I mean by this is to start with all four stations filled, Now resize a bunch of rounds just to get a feel for it. Now advance the plate to the powder drop and practice that station for a bunch of rounds. Check the weight being dropped with each pull and you will see just how consistent the powder drop is. By that point you should be comfortable with the process and after verifying that your OAL is correct you should be able to trust your abilities enough start knocking out a bunch of rounds. You have already produced some rounds so hopefully you either have a chronograph, or have access to one so that you can see how those first rounds perform in terms of velocity. Knowing that you can more easily judge if the rounds are too hot, just right, or too slow. I still remember my early days of reloading. It was a daunting task and I had more than a few butterflies as I prepared to shoot my first rounds. The data in my manuals was correct and my velocities were close to the published numbers. I was now able to relax a bit with the knowledge that my fears of getting something wrong were misplaced.

It can also help if you know the shooter. I had a mixed bag of Universal and Clays. The RO was a friend and he noticed the softer report of the Clays. He almost called stop but knew me well enough to know that I would also recognize a squib. He did ask if I had two different loads after my run was done. You have make your best call based on what you know and see. Better to err on the side of safety if you are in doubt.

We call them audio books now. The right orator can bring the story and characters to life.

When you have a custom gun that is tighter after 5, 000+ rounds than a factory gun you will know why we pay what we do. You are not paying for the parts. You are paying for the skills to fit them

You may have an even bigger problem then. Rack the slide and pull the trigger while using your thumb and fore finger to hold the hammer. Now ease it forward and backwards while holding the trigger. Do you feel a bit of a catch like the hammer and sear rubbing? If so your overtravel is still to tight and you are damaging your gun.

They wouldn't. I had also hoped that a note would have been added or the date changed on the classification file.

Roger emailed me to say the file had an error in it and it has now been corrected. New file worked like it should.

Modify the revolver rules for classifiers so that they are reload as needed. That way the 8 and 8 classifiers are 6 reload 6 reload 4 for the 6 shot and 8 reload 8 for the 8 shot. The major and minor scoring will pretty well balance out the extra reload required by the 6 shooters.

4.12 with updated dll on Windows 8.1.

Correct. Start with a heavy shirt in the cool morning and require them to wear it during the afternoon heat. I think not.

You were dealing with one of the hazards that burn out RO's. When you run shooters up to or almost up to your turn you have a hard time getting your head into the game. I have tanked many stages because I was not ready to shoot. Sometimes you have to make a choice. Not RO and be fully into the game, or RO and not even shoot.

You will want total hits added up and circled if they match the number required for that stage. You will want the time entered and circled for that stage. If there are any penalties you want that square or squares circled.

It does depend on the match level. At higher level matches there are usually 2 or 3 people checking the score sheets over for accuracy. I have on occasion hit a button on my computer and ended up placing a double entry, or hitting a second number key. eg. Want to enter a 1 and instead hit the 2 or 4 key in the process. Now the score has 12 or 14 entered in the field. It will get kicked out if it is in the A, B, C, D, or M column due to excess entries. For NS and Proc boxes there are no number restrictions. I gave one competitor 160 procedural penalty points because I failed to go to the next box. He earned 1 procedural not 16, but 6 was the first number in his time for the stage.

Would not care one way or the other if the entire match was one theme, but I do enjoy stages having themes. The added cartoons or props that liven a stage up increases the entertainment factor. I have always appreciated quality efforts because it shows they care enough to try.

It is off while the gun is still on its way up. It is part of getting my strong hand grip before my weak hand joins up.

As long as it is not 8,9,10 August I will be there.

No pictures but it was a 4" S&W 686 revolver with HK speedloaders. Started carrying and shooting a Glock 23 20 years ago so we are talking a couple of decades.

As long as the overall percentage keeps going up, I am happy.

Even then how many GM's, A's and B's finish well down the list because they tanked a stage or three. How many class winners are not at the top of their class but just shot a spectacular match while the better % shooters were off their game? Shot under ideal conditions while other squads shot in the next days rain. Would I be happy taking high B at nationals? YOU BETCHA!! All I really care about is not DQing or taking bottom B. I will never be serious competition to the top GM's.

Which I think is part of what I was referring to. We quickly recognize who is playing tacticool and who is wearing clothing they are comfortable in outside of the range. It is not so much what you are wearing but how you are wearing it.

I think the whole argument comes down to if you arrive trying to look tacticool.. If you come wearing your duty gear because you are active LEO or Mil.. We can generally tell who is who. We will occasionally see LE shoot using duty gear, especially if they are new. They find out quickly that competition holsters and pouches are a bit quicker. We rarely if ever see MIL compete in their tactical gear because it is not well suited for USPSA and pistols. They might show up in a 3 gun where the gear is more suitable. Usually both groups try to keep a low profile. Competing with your peers who are also all wearing duty/tactical gear makes you one of many. Competing as the only one makes you stand out. How many LE/MIL have we all seen show up with the expectation that because they are LE/MIL they can out shoot us only to get their butts handed to them. The true professional knows to NOT draw attention to themselves when not on duty.