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We do to 5 stage matches a month in the summer. I try to have one 5 stage match and one 4 stage plus a classifier but that depends on how many people will plan and build a stage. No help generally means two 4 plus 1 matches. We also do 1 supper classier at the start of the year and one at the end.
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Just posted our plans for the start of the year.
With the first outdoor match opening for registration in just under two weeks we have a few updates for every one due to Covid 19.
1 The outdoor matches are still on.
2 Total squad size will be limited to 10 with 5 squads.
3 We will not be holding a shooters meeting before the match and ask that every one report to the bay your squad will start on.
4 We are asking for everyone to pay online. If that is not possible you need to bring $25.00 even so we are not making change as this will speed things up reducing the line and people handing things back and forth. We are not mandating online payment yet but that may change if we are making a lot of change. Several area matches have already gone to online payment only.
5 Please give the registration table space.
6 At this time Big Sioux still plans to be open but that could change and should not effect matches other than the club house may not be open to buy water so plan on bringing anything you need for food or drink.Big Sioux is our host range.
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We just called off our last indoor match for the year this Sunday. At this point our outdoor match at the end of April is still a go. We only called off the indoor because its indoor. We feel that outdoors will still be safe enough and will let the shooters make the call for them self.
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1 hour ago, Schutzenmeister said:
As one, who through no fault of my own - other than by my birthdate, falls into this category, I find this statement somewhat callous.
It is callous but for the most part true.
For people who are 55-60 and younger and dont have a pre existing condition this is for the most part a non event.
Im in a field that will not shutdown and I will be exposed at some point.
If you think the above was callous skip the next thing I am writing.
In the long run this could end up being a good thing for the US and the rest of the world. Current medical practices can keep people alive a long time but also most people us about 85% of the medical care they use in their lifetime in the last few years. The most use for the least return. triage for the sick will be looking at age as a big part of this. Do we use a vent for the 30 year old who will likely recover or the 79 year old who likely wont you can only try and save one of them.
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7 minutes ago, nasty618 said:
If anyone cared to take a look at things other than just the BOD minutes or the 2020 rule change (i.e. Mr Foley's presentation), then they clearly saw the direction the leadership has been taking the organization and is intending to take it going forward.
The main goals seemed to be increasing the revenue and growing the numbers of participants. And it appears that the leadership is well ahead of their intended targets.
It's only natural that they will be catering to the broader masses, newer shooters, major sponsors and industry partners. They will not be catering to the top 5 or 10 percent of the serious shooters whose goal is compete at a high level, with everything that is attached to that.
The lower the skill and level of participation, the more emphasis is put on "what's the best gun?", "how light is your trigger?" and all the meaningless modifications like gas pedals and slide ports. The higher the skill, the less worries one has about various equipment lipstick and the more focus is put on the actual skill development.This is a very valid point and even though some of us who are much deeper into the sport may or may not like it it is the masses in d c and b that probably pay for and do most of the work for the matches we all shoot as there just aren't enough A M and GMs
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9 minutes ago, motosapiens said:
do you really think someone can't just buy a gun, drop in a trigger kit, and be competitive?
I'm not convinced that 30 oz guns are any disadvantage in a minor division, except possibly for little girls with very limited hand strength. I've done a fair amount of testing on the topic. I think people who don't want to practice or test things will *perceive* there is some kind of advantage, because most people would rather spend money than practice. If you prefer a heavy gun, by all means, get one. But I certainly don't feel like I'm at any disadvantage with a light one.
I must not be explaining myself well.
I miss production as a truly stock gun area vs limited minor as it is now becoming.
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9 hours ago, motosapiens said:
you think a good shooter with an average gun will finish in the bottom 10%? That has not been my experience.
I'm not sure I'm buying the whole 'heavier=better' for 9mm minor divisions, but I'm a grown-ass man, not little girl crying about not getting a pony for xmas.
ok admittedly bottom 10% is a exaggeration and the good guys win and will most likely keep doing so. The point I was trying to make is that Prob was supposed to be the buy your new gun and a few mags and shoot now I can mill the slide and add weight or change the slide out with a different length after market slide change all the small parts. Its no longer a relativity cheep place for the new guy to start and be competitive at far as his or her gun goes.
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4 minutes ago, Rnlinebacker said:
Let those who wanna spend money spend it. Those who train won't be bothered by gun heaviness or lightness
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There's a lot of Truth to that but nobody likes to come in, in the bottom 10% just because they're out geared and well skill has way more to do with it than gear this is starting to get out of hand for division we call production.
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So prod = lim minor and CO = open minor.
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I lose 2 or 3 per hundred on my hundo but the only time they have not fit the barrel was split cases. I save all the ones that fail for practice and they fit and fire I just feel better at a match knowing they all passed when Im shooting for score.
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Ya that's kinda what I thought.
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8 hours ago, SGT_Schultz said:
I haven't run any matches. Just like I've never operated a car making company. But I know what I will and will not pay for each of their products.
What happens when a good or service that you are used to buying continues to go up in price?
Do you negotiate a lower price? Do you take your money somewhere else?
Or do you just accept the sob story from the seller and hand over your cash?
The buyer sets the price. That is the point. You can try explaining why your can't meet the buyers' expectations and hope they feel sorry for you. Or you can adjust your model to make your price acceptable to the buyers.
The failure to understand at a basic level how pricing works is one of the main reasons so many fail at business.
I dont mean to discount anything your saying here but I dont think any one club has the buying power to negotiate prices. Much less a once a year level 2 or 3 and when it comes to most things we need there are only so many places to buy from so going somewhere else is tough.
Also I dont fully agree that the buyer sets the price. I would agree that the seller only sells if the price is high enough and the buyer on buys if the price is low enough so I would say the real price floats someplace in the middle
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11 hours ago, SGT_Schultz said:
What you fail to understand is that the consumer doesn't give a s#!t about your costs. The consumer sets the price. If they see your price higher than what they have set, you don't get their money.
How many matches have you run out of curiosity. I only ask because there are both short and long term coats of running a match.
Short are
USPSA activity fees
Range usage fees
Targets
Pastor
Paint
Long are
Tools
Props
Steel
Timer
Scoring pads
All that stuff adds up and sets a floor. Over 11 leave matches last year with out any major long term buys. (3 new timers is all) my net was less than 1000.00 to the club after costs. That does not by much long term when you look at what Evey thing costs from steel to wood and all the other stuff it takes to keep a match going month to month. It amazing how fast stuff gets broken to.
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So as I was sitting at my 650 working on the last 2k of my 18k 9MM run two things came to mind
1 What is the lifespan of a 550 or 650
2 Well we put a lot of rounds on our presses what king of round counts do not competitive shooters put on a press.
My press is only at about 65 or 70K rounds and still in very good shape.
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For me at 38 its not about being hyper competitive or cost or lack of reimbursement and it has every thing to do with working full time, two kids under 10 and a wife. This is why I think the RO crews tend to be older.
I would like to work area 3 witch is my area match but that a lot of time off work and time leaving the wife at home by her self with the kids.
Staff shoots Thursday competitors shoot Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So Im looking at a minimum of taking half a day Wednesday to drive down Thursday Friday and Monday as Im not driving back 4 hours to get home Sunday night after 4 long days on the range. So thats 3.5 days of time off work and 5 nights and 4.5 days my wife has to run the house and take care of the kids by her self.
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Our club has a box and a mag gauge and I will happily bring out my lab radar and scale for any shooter that lets me know before I leave home. We fallow the rules.
If its your first match we will let you shoot what you have in a division that it fits. I will also take as much time as needed with a new shooter so they understand what they need to do to shoot the division they want to be in next time. So far this seams to get a very good response or the new shooters. If you talk to them not just tell them they can do it because of X people understand and generally want to do it right.
Pulse as Thomas said doing it right at every match makes people have a better experience at bigger matches.
On 2/18/2020 at 9:12 AM, Thomas H said:Our folks don't get in trouble when they go to Level II and up matches, because they are used to simply participating in a match that runs according to the rules, whether that is in the areas of equipment, procedures, or scoring. It isn't hard to simply follow the rules, and communicating clearly with all competitors about the rules is a nice, simple, clear way to forstall problems.
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As a SS shooter I have found that other than something like a dedicated SS match or a all classifier match I generally want my minor gun. I shot area 3 last year as minor and a friend shot it major and as far as I know major is all he shoots. Talking with him after that match he wises he had shoot it minor. Having said that area 3 is a match built by two open shooters.
classifiers and SS Nats = major
Everything other than that = it depends on the stages. I have found most prod and limited/open shooters build stages that are not really 8 round friendly and minor can open up a lot of choices.
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On 11/20/2019 at 7:51 PM, shred said:
At Optics Nats, our squad did alphabetical, but randomly pulled a number for first shooter on the first day. Seemed to work pretty well.
At a local, drop a 'z' in front of your last name at reg time...
Please dont do that. If dont catch that before the up load when I pull the file from practiscore and send it to USPSA they will kick it back and I will have to recheck the shooters info. Its a big enough pain when people just fat finger it I dont need people doing on purpose.
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On 5/27/2019 at 5:26 PM, Nathanb said:
I get up at 5 am put another 45 minutes to the range and then two hours setting up so I can get registration going to see complaints like this before I even taken my gun out of the bag.
On 5/27/2019 at 7:02 PM, Joe4d said:yeh, I am with you,, oh boo hoo cry me a river,, Hey LET me shoot first every time,,, I can do pilaties at the starbucks on the way home
I hit the range at 630 set up till 830 then run checking and take money till 900 load all the pads run as the shooters meeting is going on them act as squad RO for my squad.
On 5/28/2019 at 7:45 AM, IHAVEGAS said:At locals where there is minimal r.o. help on a squad or a minimal number of people who can run the kindle sometimes I will shoot first every stage and we will keep the same squad order so we can get the work done, I do not see that it effects my score - I still beat the same people and still get beat by the same people. If shooting first is a problem for somebody it is something that needs to be fixed because they are absolutely going to have to shoot first on a stage at upper level matches. I can see why it is a problem for new folks who don't know how to make their stage plan or how to sequence shooting movers and activators, but if you have shot 50 matches or so I do not know why it would make any difference.
Im doing all the above as everyone is walking stages. I get my 5 min walk thru and them offer to shoot first when no one wants to. This also lets me RO most of the rest of the shooters I will offer to shoot first on most stages dose not bother me one bit.
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40 minutes ago, GrumpyOne said:
So, we have shooters that can hit an A zone from 35 yards...but put a 6"-8" landscape spike with a 1" wide head 12" away, and they miss it?
Not sure if this is a serious question. Given how some of the shooters shoot.
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4 minutes ago, ChuckS said:
Yup, best solution ever, No more damaged props and people!
We have talked about that but shoot in a gravel pit that can be soft in the spring and like concrete by the end of July so we us 12" spikes. What size screws do you use and how is the holding power.
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How long dose the battery last?
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Has anyone ever used a cordless demo hammer or rotary hammer to drive spikes for fault lines or wall stands.
Something like this.
with this
Im looking for ways to both speed things up and to not be so worn out after setup.
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17 minutes ago, waktasz said:
I was meaning mostly for reloads, not because of the size of the grip.
With my ice magwell I would rather reload my 1911 than Glock.
Construction of Safety Area - I have 8x8 timbers
in General Match Issues
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We place a small table next to the side berm and drop a 3 by 3 shooting box in front of it.