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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.

Recently somebody posted a video on facebook. A child got tossed on it.

Videos from gunroom.tv show many in the Manual Action divisions using what looks like pump action AR rifles. Some had direct pull AR lookalikes with large charging handles.

I'd say that not being afraid of falling is the main benefit of some training in falling. And then instincts to minimize the impact. No need to go for fancy ukemis at the range.

The most official looking results are these, linked from the Match site: -> https://portal-ws.iroascoring.com/portal Semi Auto Open: https://portal-ws.iroascoring.com/portal/results/11… Semi-Auto Standard: https://portal-ws.iroascoring.com/portal/results/11… Manual Action Open: https://portal-ws.iroascoring.com/portal/results/10… Manual Action Standard: https://portal-ws.iroascoring.com/portal/results/10… IPSC Facebook page had a link to a document with medalists and Shootoff winners: https://www.ipsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-RWS-Awards-Ceremony-Results.pdf I'm happy to see Finnish medalists in the Semi Auto Divisions. Sweden Ruled Manual Action Open. Russia owned Manual Action Standard.

There's arcs all over you. If you do it wrong, there's flat surfaces and sharp corners, instead. That said, a superman belly flop worked adequately once, when I was riding my bicycle home from work and a driver failed to observe that the Give Way sign also applies when the other party is not in a car.

Breaking a fall is generally overrated, just like keeping your bright silly jersey clean. Just ask any medical personnel who treat people in places where things get slippery. I recall broken wrists are among the most common serious consequences. Get some lessons in falling. Judo, or something in that vein.

New German video, in English. The guy oozes enthusiasm - but there's also side by side comparisons of the muzzle flip between the Alien, a CZ and a 1911.

From cost perspective, 9mm makes sense. Got a gun for that? Use it in whichever Division you prefer. You don't have to have upgraded everything to shoot in Limited/Standard either. There's great satisfaction in beating a guy with a custom gun, using an out of the box one

IPSC Rifle Rules have: 1.1.5.3 General Courses and Classifiers may not specify that the weak shoulder is to be used when shooting. http://www.ipsc.org/pdf/RulesRifle.pdf For Shotgun, it says: 1.1.5.3 Short Courses and Classifiers may specify that only the weak shoulder is to be used when shooting. http://www.ipsc.org/pdf/RulesShotgun.pdf

Looks as if my Finnish compatriots have some medals coming.

Found some video of the contest, and even that stage, before it was shut down. The movement and "jump" don't look all that strenuous. First person view: Third person and first person views starting at 16:12:

It is a good skill to have. Enough that you are confident doing it. I'm on the IPSC side of things, and IPSC Rifle Rules don't allow making it mandatory. However, stage designers sometimes make you shoot around corners where strong side is extremely awkward. Also learn to do the switch from one side to the other without fumbling too much

I believe IPSC banned Serpas because they direct your finger to the trigger. In this case, there was no finger on the trigger. I agree that holsters with trigger finger releases are a bad idea.

The place looks too civilized for any shooting range I've seen in recent years. I bet the demo was done in his garden. It is a competition. You do what appears to be fastest, while staying within The Rules... The organizing body has banned that holster model, effective immediately. While they were at it, they gave people with Serpas and similar a few months to get something else. Apparently, he wasn't the only one with that holster model. Many are crying "UNFAIR!!! Mine doesn't have any slack!"

With that target setup, you should be able to determine which bullet went through the N/S: the one on the left.

The cause of this accident has been determined. The finger was not on the trigger. - The competitor had a cocked and locked CZ 75 SP01 Shadow, with a red dot on the slide, in a Dasta 720 DLB holster that had a slot cut for the red dot. - He was running to the pistol shooting position, with his hand on the pistol butt. Then he jumped into a depression in the ground (sort of foxhole), and the pistol went off while still firmly in the holster. - 7mm of forward and back movement of the pistol in the holster allowed the safety to move to the "fire" position. - During the natural arm movement during the jump, the holster allowed the pistol to come up about 6mm and twist so that the trigger snagged on a part of the release mechanism. - When he landed, the pistol went downwards, with the trigger snagged on the mechanism. - Boom. This has been repeated, using holsters with, and without, the red dot cut. You might be able to view a demo at https://resul.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Vahinkolaukaus_20072019.mp4 It goes pretty quickly when the guy shakes the pistol and simulates the jump. I had to watch it a few times before I saw where the hammer went down.