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7 hours ago, shred said:
Just ask if they are following all USPSA rules including 2.1.4. That's always fun.
2.1.4
Target Locations
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Targets must be arranged so that shooting at them on an “as and when visible” basis will not cause competitors to breach safe angles of fire.
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We have a local IPSC Match coming up soon, and there the rules allow something different: The Written Stage Descriptions for a number of Stages have: "LEFT AND RIGHT MARKED WITH POSTS".
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52 minutes ago, matteekay said:
If I could import one of these, I'd totally hack down that shroud and make a built-in compensator.
I'm pretty sure you can get a Chiappa Rhino in USA, without shroud and rear extension.
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UK legislation, except for Northern Ireland, requires that amount of length. There's places offering handguns modified to comply.
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There's pretty good amounts of vitamin D in fish, milk products, and some other foods.
Sunlight might help but some of us live in places where there isn't all that much sunlight during the winter months.
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Do the rounds come back out OK, if you don't fire any?
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Anybody else have a Detonics or New Detonics?
Not sure if USPSA Single Stack or IPSC Classic existed when I first used this for anything.
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Weird.
Faulty round? Longer than the rest or bullet seated at an angle?
Did the rounds go in as easy as usual?
Are the rest of your rounds uniform?
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21 minutes ago, xrayfk05 said:
Use at your own risk, it is on upper pressure limit.
I do not use fast powders like this myself.
I thought it might be.
N310 is about right for making Major in .45ACP with 230gr bullets. In .40 pressures can be on the high side.
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Anybody willing to share recipies with N310?
It is a fast burning powder and you probably don't need much.
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15 minutes ago, Blackstone45 said:
My understanding is that the intention at the outset was that only Juniors and Super Juniors could participate in the discipline as a whole.
That is how I read it. But now am uncertain. I guess there are older people, who would like a go.
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How you shoot is "freestyle", within safety rules, unless otherwise specified.
Most find that shooting two-handed is more efficient, even in a slightly difficult position. But you can use one hand if you want to.
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USPSA Rule:
"When a firearm Ready Condition requires a firearm be prepared with an empty chamber (or cylinder), the slide/bolt of the firearm must be fully forward (or the cylinder must be fully closed) and the hammer or striker must be fully down or fully forward, as the case may be, unless otherwise specified in the stage briefing."
IPSC rule
"If a course of fire requires that a self-loading pistol be prepared with an empty chamber, the slide must be
fully forward and the hammer, if fitted, must be fully down or decocked" -
Not sure who is reading correctly the Categories of .22LR Handgun:
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6.3 Match Categories
6.3.1 IPSC .22LR Handgun matches must include only Junior and/or Super Junior Categories within each Division
to recognize different groups of competitors. A competitor may declare only one Category for a match or
tournament.
6.3.2 Failure to meet the requirements of the declared Category or failure to declare a Category prior to the start of
the match will result in exclusion from that Category. Details of currently approved Categories and related
requirements are listed in Appendix A2."""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I thought it means that only Juniors and Super Juniors can participate. Others believe that everybody can participate, as long as they do not declare a Category.
I sent a question about it at https://www.ipsc.org/contact-ipsc/ I'm curious to see if there is a response.
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Decock?
When you are starting empty, the hammer will be down anyway.
If you mean cock the hammer, you can do it after the beep. But that raises the question: "why is hard for you to insert the magazine and rack the slide?"
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I remember a short IPSC stage where you needed to change hands. Hanging onto a rope for support was the only way to see the targets.
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https://www.ipsc.org/ipsc-rules/rule-books/
Some observations:
- Production Optics Lite Division is gone.
- There's a new Discipline: .22LR Handgun for Juniors and Super Juniors.
- PCC is divided into PCC Optics and PCC Iron Divisions. Sights seems to be the only difference.
- Rifle Divisions have changed. Now, there is Semi Auto Open, Semi Auto Standard, Manual Action Contemporary, Manual Action Bolt.
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Manual Action Contemporary Division
12. This Division is under evaluation and, unless extended, it will expire on 31 December 2025.
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Manual Action Contemporary Division
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USPSA Rules do state:
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5.2.4.1
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Magazines may never be held or carried in the mouth. Doing so will result in a zero for the stage.
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I must assume that having such items in the mouth can be a hazard if the competitor falls or bumps into some obstacle during a Course of Fire.
IPSC does not have that prohibition. I still wouldn't carry a magazine in my mouth.
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Welcome!
The USPSA rules should be at https://uspsa.org/rules . Right this moment it seems that the site might be offline??? That often means that it is being updated.
Not sure if the modified Shadow 2 would work in Carry Optics division for Handgun, or some Multigun division. I'm pretty sure it would work for the new USPSA Limited Optics.
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8 hours ago, GigG said:
I would not want to RO that no matter the 180 rules. In fact, I would refuse to RO that. I would likely refuse to shoot it as well.
Pretty obviously, everybody wanted to start at one end of the corridor. It has been some years, but I remember the RO asking me which way I was going to go after the first targets. It was straightforward after that.
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3 hours ago, GigG said:
Having different/wider allowable shooting areas would seem like it could get very confusing.
I haven't found it confusing.
Of course, you need a stage design that works, and the RO(s) must be competent. And it must be explained and demonstrated clearly to the competitors.
Sometimes it allows good use of the side berms for targets. A tighter muzzle angle can let you put stages in places where they otherwise wouldn't work, or even put two stages in a place where that would otherwise be impossible.
Here's a pic of the strangest one that I've shot. The berth only had a narrow gap in the berms, and only the area around the gap was off limits. Actually, there was a short corridor for entering the berth, so you could only see berms in every direction, when within the shooting area.
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I haven't DQ'd, yet.
Earlier this year, I went to an indoor IPSC Match, with a friend for whom it was the first ever Match. He DQ'd on the third Stage out of six: he is right handed, and ran out of bullets moving left. Broke 180 during the reload.
Previously, at our "home range", we had talked about the tendency to point the pistol towards the support hand side while reloading.
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IPSC Rules give Match organizers the possibility to make allowable muzzle direction something other than 180 degrees. In most cases, it is tighter, clearly marked with bright colored poles or sticks on the berms. It is also possible to make it "wider", so that the shooter goes downrange from the markers.
2.1.2.1 Subject to the direction and approval of the Regional Director, stage(s) or range specific muzzle
angles (reduced or increased) may be permitted. Violations are subject to Rule 10.5.2. Full details
of the applicable angles and any conditional factors (e.g. a reduced vertical muzzle angle only
applies when a finger is inside the trigger guard), should be published in advance of the match and
must be included in the written stage briefings (also see Section 2.3). -
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Last time I was looking for speedloaders, I thought the SL looked really interesting - but nobody had them in stock.
The 180 Rule
in USPSA/IPSC Rules
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2.1.4 is under the heading "Course Construction and Modification"
It is clearly saying that you cannot design and build a course where you can see a target when it is outside "safe angles of fire" AKA 180.