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FWIW ... During equipment checks at the US IPSC Nationals I found that Walther actually does make and offer a tungsten guide rod.

From IPSC App. D4a #19.4: Aftermarket springs are permitted, provided they are in the same configuration as the original. So ... if it's the same configuration as the original, OK. Otherwise, no.

I'm unconvinced that a backstrap would fall under the guise of grip panels for this rule.

@terrydoc You're assuming a brass backstrap is allowable. I'm not convinced. Grip panels are one thing, but I'm unconvinced that the backstrap is part of a grip panel.

@Squirrel45 That's GREAT news! You're a year out an NO CANCER! Yeah, oncology gave me the same story on chemo and radiation. Of the two, radiation's a BITCH! The good news is you're clean. Get ready for all the descriptions of your 'new normal.' Yeah, I'd like to have my 'old normal back too. But we're both still ALIVE! Congratulations!!!

Actually, check the thread posted by @ChuckS and pinned to the rules discussions ... He's documented it quite well. 2008 was our first independent rule set.

USPSA is a member region of IPSC and in our legal filings for our corporate name we have ALWAYS been listed as USPSA/IPSC. We formally went our own way with an independent set of rules (albiet rooted in and based on IPSC rules) in 2008. Again ... Confuse and conflate the two sets of rules at your own risk!

@terrydoc Yes, please ... but only if the reply is as silly as my suggestion!

Do not confuse USPSA rules with IPSC rules. Though in MANY respects they are the same, there can be (as in Production) substantial differences. Neither set of rules has authority over the other.

Can we maybe get about halfway back to the OP? How about tungsten base pads? . . . . . . . . . .

Even so ... Contacting them may lead to information on other matches or clubs closer to him.

There's been significant discussion within IROA over the last year or so as to what constitutes "significant weight" with no discernable answer as yet.

Understood, @perttime. However, the context of my comment had to do with default start positions, not with rules dealing with increased/decreased safety angles.

From the IPSC Glossary, 12.5: So ... By definition, facing downrange is anything forward of 90 degrees to the median intercept of the backstop (i.e., forward of the 180.) It's no tighter than under USPSA rules, in that respect.

There is no PCC at this year's IPSC Nationals ... Just HG.

IPSC has been demonstrating start positions for a couple decades ...

It's not that tungsten guide rods are per se prohibited in P/PO. If a firearm on the approved list comes with one from the factory, or if it is available as an OEM option, it's legal. It is not approved for use if it's an aftermarket part.

OK ... This is REALLY old and, undoubtedly no longer "official," however, the most current guidance I can find on the subject is from the USPSA Classification Matches Manual (2013), page 3 ... I ran the question up the flagpole last night, but the only answer I got (at this point) is that CM 23-02 does not contain information on target height. Sorry ... Best information I can come up with on short notice! As someone else said, check with DNROI.

I have never seen the diagrams actually done to scale. Overhead sketches showing wall and target locations, sure. But artwork, no.

You're right ... No hits on Google. Where's the club and who's running the match. (Need more info ...)

Why, beer and good times ... Duh!

I wish we still had a Hooters in ND ... I really used to like their . . . . . . . . . . . Clam chowder!

@Sarge My thought process ... If the individual has done something egregious enough to warrant the host organization to declare him persona non grata, might that also not rise to the level of 6.4.4(b)? Not saying it does here, but I see the potential for it.

@Nik Habicht Seems to me that that individual should probably also have been reported to USPSA, even though it was the host club that made the call and not the MD. Just thinkin' out loud here ... 6.4.4 and 6.4.5

@RJH Didn't really stop to think about words ... That one just rolled out 'cause it fit what I was trying to say! Seems I owe you a bit of an apology. Reading what you just posted I think we're more on the same page than I originally thought. To everything you said, the most pertinent is probably "No, they shouldn't be on every stage but, they should happen occasionally." So true of so many things! @Joe4d Glad I made you feel better!