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I know that I do. I'm working on it.

IPSC does have the 50mm rule. How gear on the belt works out will depend on the shape and composition of your body. My example: belts sink into me a bit, so most gear comes closer to my skin - except Safariland's long revolver speedloaders that stick out in front og me

During a government temp job near Israel, we were required to carry chamber empty. I taught myself to rack the P226 slide one-handed - just in case. You will not see me do that at a Match.

Rules allow all sorts of starts. A bit of variety doesn't hurt (except your score, if you can't adapt). I recall doing OK on a stage that started with getting the loaded gun out of a briefcase that was screwed to a table for consistency. The main point on that one, though, was shooting small pieces of paper targets, visible between no-shoots, at some distance. When we got to that stage, there were lots of patched holes in the no-shoots.

I had no trouble with the table start stage, in terms of making ready. Putting the unloaded pistol and magazines on the table was different enough from the usual.

Looks like it is called the "Israeli Carry". Not sure how it is now but at least it used to be the default mode for those who carried in Israel. ... I didn't walk around with an empty chamber (once I managed to holster the pistol that way): just stood there naturally until the Beep sounded. edit: The "short" stage was put in a tight spot where putting holes in the ground was to be avoided. First available target less than 2 meters away. A "bullet trap" was used to contain the bullets. I heard that the unusual starting conditions may have been used to spread the hits a bit, to avoid hundreds of rounds in the same place punching through the "bullet trap".

During this weekend's IPSC match, one of the Stages required a start with pistol in holster, magazine inserted, but with empty chamber. I hear I wasn't the only one who instinctively racked the slide and engaged safety before holstering. I don't even remember doing it. The next thing I heard was: "Unload and show clear....If clear, hammer down, holster... Let's do it again. You do what you train to do (read: what you usually do).

Any budget? Many seem to be happy with Baer 1911s. Do you expect to ever mount something on a rail?

Yep. USPSA forces you to use more elaborate props if the designer wants you to stay out of specific areas.

You can do that under USPSA rules, too, if you want to. Just a different way to design a stage.

The IPSC rule about stepping outside fault lines says: 2.2.1.5 If a COF has a passageway visibly delineated by fault lines and/or a clearly demarcated shooting area, any competitor who takes a shortcut by stepping on the ground outside the passageway and/or shooting area will incur one procedural penalty for each shot fired after beginning the shortcut. There's also: 1.1.5.1 Level I and Level II matches are not required to comply strictly with the freestyle requirements or round count limitations (see Section 1.2). ... So, I've been in a Level II, where there were pretty long sprints between 3 shooting areas, and the pathways (where you were not allowed to shoot) were not delineated by fault lines.

That's what I did....

How often do you see that happening? Then you just need to give the competitor a reshoot. ------------------------------- (My previous posts here are all about stages where the retreat is forced by stage design. Surprise movements are different matter altogether.)

In IPSC Action Air (using airsoft guns) stop plates connected to the timer have been the usual thing.

Using RN bullets should maximize feeding reliability. I've been using copper plated ones, since I got tired of the mess that lubed lead was making.

When the competitor is going to retreat, he/she is not firing the last shots before it. I've RO'd only one stage where the competitors started downrange, retreated, and then moved downrange again. I'd start the competitor, and then start walking back while he/she was shooting the first targets. At another stage, the competitors moved downrange, retreated, moved to the side and moved downrange again. No need to go near the competitor just before the retreat. No trouble getting the last shots of PCC either.

To hit the target, you need to see it and aim. So, generally - whatever else you do - you should aim with the better eye. If that turns out to be impossible, some resort to using tape on the glasses to make the good eye see worse. With handguns, shooting cross dominant is feasible (one side hand, other side eye). With long guns, you aim on the strong hand side anyway.

It is just another set of skills - both for competitor and RO. There's videos around where the RO was asleep and ended up between competitor and targets, or failed to stay out of the way of the retreating competitor.

I've only ever had one in my hands. I didn't like the grip panels that came stock with it. A magwell should help. Proper magwell installation might require smoothing the transition from magwell to grip area. Can you press the mag release easily? A trigger job - or new parts and trigger job - can surely improve things.

Allowed or banned?

Want to go to the European IPSC Handgun Championships? Just insert your name in: https://www.ipscmatches.org/2019ehc/files/2019/08/Invitation-Letter_Blank.pdf

I don't think USPSA rules have anything to say about drones. IPSC rule is as it is: MD approval is required. Follow the rules or it is not IPSC. Even a club Match has a MD: the guy who runs it. Privacy laws and politeness might require permission from those who will be seen in the footage.

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Steel at our range. H-shaped feet out of L-profile steel, square tube uprights that accept 1" target sticks or smaller, one brace between the uprights (maybe). holes in the feet so that you can anchor them to the ground with tent stakes or big screws, for contests or very windy days.

It was probably the military service that got me into cleaning a firearm after every time I use it. - Strip enough to get the barrel out (unless it is a revolver...) - wipe off the soot and any dirt or water - push a patch through the barrel - put a couple of drops of oil in the barrel with a nylon brush. Let it sit a while. - push a couple of patches through the barrel - put a drop of oil in the barrel with a nylon brush. - put a little oil in the recommended spots. - Put it back together Before shooting next time: push a patch through the barrel.