MikeBurgess

Fitting the new extractor was not hard at all, there are lots of videos on line on how to do it. the only thing I didn't do is blend it bin with the rear of the slide, the replacement ones are a bit longer in the back to be able to be blended with any slide so they stick out the back just a bit. this is a competition gun for us so I just left it as I didn't want to refinish the back of the slide.

the slide velocity is different between a 115 grain load at 135 pf and a 147 grain load at the same power factor. this could be enough for the difference you are experiencing. that said on my wife's gun we had a case head separation (due to some crap stepped brass) that tweaked the extractor a tiny bit. I re adjusted it and it would pass all the extractor tests but would still have failures to extract, oddly more for her than when I shot it. I replaced the extractor with an after market one (ed brown) and it has been perfect since.

Ahhhh I missed that, Thank you for all you do Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Nooks for the score collection at the stages, there cheep will run all week on a charge and are easy to read. For master I prefer a large android tablet, (latest is a samsung tab10.1)I like the UI better than the apple program and really love the red-green mark on the shooters list after syncing all the stage devices so I can easily spot any missing scores or walk-ons that need to be merged. Then an I device of some sort for creating the uspsa upload file. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Limited or limited 10 the GLOCK 34 is very popular in production but the peep type rear sight is not legal there. With a sight change you could shoot production. That said I would shoot limited for your first few matches regardless, having more ammo in the magazines let's you concentrate more on the shooting and less on stage planning, and when starting out having less to worry about is a good thing Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Out of my wife's RIA 9mm it was 135 at our sectional Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

With 8round arrays being a reality in our sport, the 8round guns will always have an advantage because standing reloads kill your stage time more than minor scoring hurts it. Shooting 6rd minor is not going to be much if any faster than a 6rd major gun, it would just be a more pleasant way to not be competitive. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Classifiers mostly favor major (6 shot strings on paper with a reload) there are a few that favor 8 bit not many, and those are such a big advantage to minor (skipping reloads) that the score will probably be flagged as being too far above your class. The reloads on my 625 are easier than my 627 but I'm not going back to the 625 unless I know the match is set up to favor it (not likely) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

you shoot SS Minor you have extra bullets, shooting SS Major is more like VC :-) ( shoot Revo and every stage IS VC)

shot calling is nothing more than knowing where the bullet went and is not tied to speed or accuracy. bullseye mode would be emphisizing accuracy over speed and as a byproduct most will have a easier time calling there shots Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

It's only dumb if it is not used properly Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

That's more a description of a fixed time stage strategy, in Virginia Count you still eat miss penalties and there is no time limit to race to get your shots off Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

here is what I look for in deciding to shoot a match Stage quality and variety, are they testing lots of skills or is it just a hoser match, Match management, are there actual WSB's with diagrams ect. how is scoring handled (less of a issue now thanks to practiscore) How smoothly does the match run? will it take longer than it should to get through the match, Are my friends shooting it? For my club our goal is to run a match that feels like a section or area match, just with fewer stages.

I think in the right circumstance it works well, in the case of not making up a mike without penalty it forces the shooter to be 100% responsible for every shot fired. I have made up shot on VC stages but I knew I had to be 100% sure on my called miss. it adds a extra layer of thought to your shooting. We had a VC standards stage at last weekends match and I had a mike on the last shot before the mandatory reload on a very close target (my fault trying to go to fast) and the whole rest of the run I was thinking did I shoot the wrong target do I have an extra hit somewhere? to me it added the element of thinking while shooting not just hosing away. We did have a very good shooter on our squad that got bit by the double penalty for extra shot and extra hit when he instinctively made up a shot that had a bad sight picture, in his case the extra alpha cost him 20 points. I could see changing it so that you only get the extra shot penalty and eliminate the extra hit penalty, the shooter is still forced to account for every shot but is not doubly penalized for actually hitting a target they thought they missed. I don't see a way where that could be gamed.

Not in my opinion, having all three scoring methods allows stage designers to fit the rule set to the skill they are testing Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

The problem with this stage is not the base shooting challenge itself, the problem is how that challenge was presented within our rules. Using VC scoring creates a situation where every "bad" shot costs the shooter dearly and in this case it should not have been hard to guess before the match that a Large number of shooters would likely not be capable of making the required shots on demand. As a match director I am not against including HARD shooting challenges (ask anybody that shoots my match) but it is my job to make the challenge one where the lower level shooters will not be overly punished. some of the ways to do that are to use Fixed Time scoring for long range paper, using hard cover in place of no shoots on mid range paper, limiting the number of "hard" shots on a stage so any penalties from them will be diluted by the "easier" shots, limit the total number of shots on a "hard" stage so the impact on a shooters match from the "hard" shooting challenge is limited. In the case of this stage I believe it should have been easy to look at it and know that there is a large portion of USPSA shooters that would not be able to go 1 for 1 on the required shots, therefore choosing Virginia count for the method was a mistake. In my opinion VC scoring should only be used on a stage where the vast majority of our shooters are likely able to make the required shots, that doesn't mean that nobody will get penalties but it does mean that the shooters will earn them.

and there in lies the solution, I have run several "hard" stages at local matches, and making a hard stage fixed time solves the penalty problem for all levels of shooter you get what you shot period, but you are not hammered for what you were unable to shoot. The best shooter still wins the stage but the regular shooters finish without being kicked in the groin.

I really like this analogy,

I have gotten very lucky with having a number of dedicated volunteers that help with setup every month, it is still a bunch of work but I have found a few ways to minimize it when I can. the biggest thing I have learned is don't empty the prop shed every month, you can have a very fun match without having movers and activators on every stage. remember every stage doesn't need to be better than the Nationals, make them legal and fun but remember even a simple stage can be fun.

I haven't run it in competition but I can get 22 rounds of 357sig in my G20 mags Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Well I have formed and fired thousands of them so I'm pretty sure you can Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Brass is easy just throw 40sw in the size die and you are good to go. Only problem is all your friends will hate you for messing up their brass Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Well I actually have a problem with that rule. I think it is dumb that a plate can't be challenged, and a reshoot is mandatory if it is nicked and doesn't fall. I think we should use the same rules for them as we do with a popper. The only issue with plates is if they can turn on the stand without falling or if you can hit the stand and knock them down both are easy to solve and neither precludes treating them like a popper. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

I ran my 31 for the last half day of a competition shooting class after a day and a half of shooting a G17, the instructor was quite surprised when after lunch suddenly what appeared to be the same gun I had been shooting for two days started throwing basketball sized fireballs. Only did it because my press broke the week before the class and I didn't have enough 9mm loaded up, but I did ammo for my Open Glock I think the load was 12 ish grains of AA9 and a 125g Montana gold the fireball was so big I would loose sight of the target, oddly with a comped gun there is no fireball.

running a slow powder light bullet load during the winter on a dreary day would be fun just for the fireball show