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Overall I have seen a decrease in IDPA matches and attendance.
At my local club there is a very dedicated group that put on very high quality monthly matches.
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16 hours ago, rowdyb said:
Just have everyone put 'WML' as part of their name if they're running one when they register. Run all the other stuff as normal but you now have a way to see at a glance who had one.
Orrrrr.... as I've seen other places they just make the match in practiscore time plus and make two divisions, hand held and wml and that's it.
That's a pretty good idea!
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12 hours ago, Twilk73 said:
What are you doing over here in the IDPA section Dave!
IDPA is my first love and where I got my start in practical shooting. -
3 minutes ago, RJH said:
NcStar 1911 Pistol Accessory Rail Adapter (MAD1911) https://a.co/d/07mo3I6
Maybe this is in your future
NcStar makes some nice stuff.
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3 hours ago, Twilk73 said:
Is it WSSA? They run a great IDPA match and they always do an indoor lights out. I kill it on that stage every month with my weapon mounted light. James Cantrell also does really well on that stage and he doesn’t use a weapon mounted light. So there is both sides of the coin.
As far as purpose if I’m in my house and something goes bump in the night. I have no problem holding my light low enough to not point it at anyone but be ready to point it at someone once a threat is identified. A really bright light with wide bloom makes that possible.
I don’t support splitting it up into two divisions. There are not enough low light shoots to even warrant that.
Yes, it is definitely the best IDPA match in the area.
I might just skip that stage in the future - probably better for my lead levels to stay out of the indoor range anyway. -
The equipment race argument is a good one. There is no way you can be competitive without a WML when the stage allows one.
I don't really want another 1911 - I like the ones that I have and they are all without rails.
For competitive equity I would support splitting it into WML - non WML because it is such an advantage. -
Been thinking about doing this as well.
I have an Atlas Titan and an STI Edge that could be used. -
Our local IDPA club generally runs a low light stage every month on our indoor range.
Since IDPA decided to allow weapon mounted lights it has become just about mandatory to have one if you want to be competitive on that stage (and in the overall).
Would you support a separation of the haves and the have nots re: weapon mounted lights?
I have two really nice 1911's that I used to enjoy shooting at the IDPA matches in ESP division but stopped shooting them since they don't have a light rail and I was getting slaughtered in the results trying to use a handheld light for the stage. -
If I buy another single stack it will be a PM-9. I have two STI Trojans that I have been using and they have been great but I'd really like to get a DW someday.
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I asked to be tested about 8 years ago when I was shooting a lot on the indoor range over the winter.
Came back in the mid twenties which my doctor wasn't happy about.
Since then I have only wet tumbled my brass, been much more diligent about washing my hands, and have just about stopped shooting on the indoor range.
Last test I was under ten so I (and my doctor) are happy with that. -
49 minutes ago, dsmarty386 said:
i do the flip and catch but if the round flips out higher or at an angle that i cant catch casually, i just let it go.
after i catch it, i re-open the gun to show an empty chamber until they tell me to holster. seems safe enough to me
This is the way I do it as well.
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Just now, Maximis228 said:
Thank you for the self-plug David.
It's a full time job correcting his mis-information.
Glad to be of service. -
11 minutes ago, BritinUSA said:
PSI = practical.shooting.insights an Instagram account
That's the fella that said that Gary and Mike were out of office when this happened and that it wasn't their fault so I'm not sure how much of his misinformation I would trust.
For real accurate information you should check:
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16 minutes ago, Maximis228 said:
Yes... They pay the activity fee... but not the classifier fee itself. So your average local match with 1 classifier is $1.50 less for people who sign up as pending or no USPSA number.
I also used to run a club and im very aware of the uploading system and paying for fees.
You are wrong about this.
Match director has to pay the full fee for every shooter.
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Several of us wanted to have a USPSA match at our club. One of us had to do it and it seemed like I had the most free time and least responsibilities so I took it on.
8 years later and I'm still doing it. We are very fortunate to have a large and helpful group of volunteers - we all work together to make the matches happen. If it wasn't for them I'd have burnt out long ago.
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I voted against it - I enjoy stage planning with 10 rounds either in single stack or production.
I don't enjoy stage planning with 8 rounds in single stack though - I find that too confining. -
I think $25k is extremely reasonable if you look at how much he could have potentially won by participating in those matches.
They are basically denying him a livelihood which is not acceptable under most circumstances. -
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I make it a point to mention that any gaps between walls are not ports to be shot through at my match briefing for our level one match.
We have a group of people who come out on Friday after work to set up the match for Saturday morning - it's a level one match and we do our best to have fun, safe, legal stages. We don't have the manpower to zip tie every wall together and sometimes there are gaps.
If someone chooses to shoot through one of those gaps I would ask them to kindly never come back to our match.
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Thank you all for documenting this.
I'm going back to Glock for next season and this data will surely help me develop a good accurate, consistent load for it. -
On 9/15/2021 at 4:49 PM, Chappytactical said:
That looks awesome! May I ask about how much did you guys pay for the connex?
The box itself was relatively inexpensive - I think it was in the neighborhood of around $2500.00 delivered but that was in 2018.
If you don't have someone handy to help you the real cost comes in customizing it and making it useful.
We ran electric to it and now have lights and outlets as well.
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When our club started out we worked out of two hand me down sheds that other members had abandoned at our range.
After three years we were able to save up for a conex box and have been using that since.
Having everything in one location is a huge benefit during set up and tear down.
The key is to set it up logically, neatly, and efficiently. We were fortunate to find some used grocery store racking (like pallet racking but only 2' deep) that we use as shelves. The other key is to cut a door in the side of it so you don't have to work out of the end. Again, we are fortunate to have a volunteer who is extremely handy and helpful. He helped us cut in a 4' door that slides out of the way when opened. Having that large opening in the middle makes it easy for volunteers to hand things to the core staff who knows exactly where everything goes.
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8 minutes ago, Braxton1 said:
Yep, under D4, 21.6.
When Production Division became "L-10 Double-Action Minor" upon publication of the changes a couple of years ago, most things became legal, with the exception of 15-round magazines....
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I been shooting production with a bone stock Gen 5 Glock 17 for the past year.
It's nice to shoot something so simple that just works and needs no maintenance.
I may get my single stack guns tuned up for next year tho - thinking about shooting single stack minor all year. I miss having the magwell and the nice trigger.
Is it time to add Practical Competition Shooting League to the USPSA/IDPA forums?
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More shooting sports means more shooting - that seems like a good thing.
If it grows and flourishes maybe then it can be added as it's own sub-forum.