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matteekay

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  1. Has anyone tried the Strike +5 extensions on the factory 15 or 17-round mags?
  2. Maybe trying to tempt Limited shooters to show up with downloaded mags? There aren't (m)any other big matches in that timeframe.
  3. On the last point - I imagine that's personal preference. What I prefer is my support hand wrapping all the way around my strong hand with my pinky resting on the front edge of the butt for additional control (hence the shortening work I did to this set). Yes, Hogue sized these so that my hand locks in with very little room before the butt section. I'm the same way - I can fit both hands onto the grip with room to spare on the "factory" ones. I've done well with those, too, but the custom-size ones are next-level.
  4. That's what it boils down to for me. I run a few locals and have helped out at bigger matches; aside from ordering plaques, I don't see how 6 vs. 7 divisions is some huge savings in terms of effort. 8 round neutral arrays aren't really that hard to design (and won't be going anywhere as long as SS exists anyway).
  5. 100% "You can change every internal part of your 4 pound gun and add a light - but you better remove that factory magwell!"
  6. That actually seemed low for the IRC. I only shot it in 2018 but it was 173 folks back then. I wonder how much is general decline and how much is the fact that most of us need a VERY specific handload (and primer) to compete, whereas most other divisions/sports have the option of factory ammo.
  7. Welp... it was micarta, lol. About 80% done. I cut the leading edge with a coping saw and reshaped the front curves with a file and a Dremel sanding wheel. I'm in the midst of re-stippling the front (which is awful - micarta is tough and tends to burn) and then I'll finish cleaning up the lower section. Not sure that I can get it back to a mirror finish but I can definitely get it cleaner than it currently is.
  8. I was just looking at these. Do they have enough protection for indoor matches? I double-up if I'm at a public range with multiple guns going but I'm trying to find something that's good enough protection for a single gun on an indoor range.
  9. It is! Extra large black butt (the jokes write themselves...) and Hogue knocked it out of the park. I'm finding that the forward edge of the butt is a little too far forward. My support hand interfaces with it well, but I can't get a tight grip on my shooting hand. I think I'm going to shorten that edge by a bit and it should be the best of both worlds; I was trying to figure out what the material is so I can modify it cleanly.
  10. In the specific example I'm thinking of (Regionals this year), I didn't. My squadmates DID ask if I needed to miss it by 12 feet, though, lol.
  11. It's SO WEIRD how I'll be down-zero throughout a stage... but then mike on an easy activator when it benefits my round count to shoot the next tactical priority target(s) first.
  12. One- that sounds awesome. Pic? Two - you shoot an X-Frame at ICORE?!
  13. You guys have Pat on speed dial?! That's amazing, lol. Awesome, appreciate the help.
  14. Updating just in case anyone is curious - it looks like the lower section is micarta or a similar composite material. There's a small section of it visible through the top of the mounting hole and it's clearly an unfinished black material and not wood.
  15. Posting here because I think it's specific to Hogue revolver grips... I have a set of big butts with a black lower section. Does anyone know what this finish is? I'm not sure if it's some kind of coating over wood or if it's an entirely different material like micarta.
  16. Yes, sorry, should have clarified - anywhere that's safe and behind a forward fault line (if one exists). I have my special group of shooters that I always have to put down forward faults for .
  17. In the hypothetical world where you took a hypothetical stage and moved the first shooting position to 15 yards? Sure, whatever makes you happy.
  18. That's always been my understanding of re-engagement rules.
  19. Not sure distance really plays a part here - it's probably more a question of what targets are available from POC2 and which target the fault line is "aimed" at. It's pretty clear that cover is available for T1 and T2 in the super-simple drawing I made.
  20. Right. However, in V2, there is a position of cover available, leading to this: Right. So, even if you declare them in the open, the WSB would be superseded by 1.2.2.F "Shooting from behind cover is a basic premise of IDPA. Competitors will use all available cover in a CoF." Kinda the golden rule. I hate leaving it to my SO's, though, so I try to make my stages as bulletproof as I can and make sure I cover anything that's odd in the walkthrough. In this case, the simplest approach is to utilize V1 and declare the targets in the open. The stage layout then dictates that T1 and T2 must be shot before T3 to avoid a PE without me needing to write it out. Re-engagement can also occur in the open.
  21. Actually, re-reading the rules, even V2 would probably result in a PE. 3.5.2 - When cover is available it must be used, while engaging targets, unless the shooter is “in the open” and must engage targets “in the open.” Shooters may not cross or enter any openings (doorways, open spaces, etc.) without first engaging targets visible from those locations. You basically have to declare if a target is in the open or not; there isn't a situation where the shooter has the option to engage it as they choose.
  22. I think that's totally acceptable if it's part of the stage briefing. I don't think there's a way to call a PE if it's not. Don't get too hung up on why someone wouldn't shoot T1 and T2 to start - I drew this up just to demonstrate the rules in question. The real stage is way more complicated and involves a swinger. (If it wasn't painfully obvious, I'm mostly trying to determine how I can game my own stages )
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