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I assure you that you are not in the wrong sport. There's nothing wrong with inquiring about a prize table and no cause for concern about the feedback you got. It's just a reflection of the fact that some folks get a little too concerned about the prize table and they have become a source of some controversy. The prize tables are a nice reward for a good performance, but will never become the primary motivation to compete anywhere. No matter how good a competitor is, the cost of competing will always outweigh the value of the prizes. Area 6 is a first class match and usually has a wide variety of generous sponsors. Come on out and play. I've tried shuffleboard and it's highly overrated. Tls

Change jobs from whatever you're doing now, to shooting all day, every day. I know quite a few Masters and Grand Masters. Dedicated...yes. Practiced...yes. But, it's not an all day, every day thing. Anybody that wants to make Master (or better) can do so. It will take some learning. Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever made master after only a year? If so, who? (Sorry for the continuing thread drift). Maybe I could pull the thread back in line by asking if anyone made Master in a year while loading 10 rounds in a high cap mag Tls

If I had the answer to that one I would have been a Master 2 years ago. You'll have to ask someone that's done it. Tls

My first ever match was the 2004 Nationals. I started shooting club matches (2 stages) at an indoor range in April '04. I showed up at Pasa Park three months later, having never shot in a major at any level. It was my first outdoor match. I ended up winning D class in Lim 10 against only a handful of shooters. Nothing to brag about against such a small field, but I still walked away with a 1st place plaque and feeling pretty good about my future. Over the next year or two, class wins seemed to come pretty easily. I started getting the idea that I was supposed to come home with a trophy every time I unbagged my gun. Then I moved up to B class and reality set in. I hate reality. Tls

I'm not sure but I think Remo Henlo from North Tennesse Practical Shooters recently took delivery on the gun you mention. Don't know for sure if he is going to attend A6 but it's a good bet he will be there. You might convince him to let you burn a few rounds if you can find him. Tls

I found this thread very interesting because I just took the Level 1 RO course and we discussed several points regarding this situation. First, this competitor should have received a DQ. This was the right thing to do. Secondly, we were told never to touch the shooter except in dire circumstances. Stop command seems adequate in this situation. Third, Proper range commands were stressed and stressed again. "so I clear my throat and say OK...but before I could even begin to say LAMR," Okay is not a stage command. I don't think it will ever be a good feeling to send a shooter home, especially a newbie. However, every effort has to be made to enforce the rules uniformly. If you let a shooter slide, how is that fair to the ones that didn't get a break? Tls

I wouldn't mind a rack of ribs and some suds. I'm in, if you guys wouldn't mind another chair at the table. Tony

I feel your pain. May I suggest that you need to stop and refocus. Let go of the dry fire and forget the run and gun stuff for a bit. Take a couple of sessions at your local range just doing slow fire for accuracy. Take your sweet time, focus on the sights, breathing, trigger control and squeeze them off. After you get your accuracy mojo back (and you will), try another session doing bill drills, or shooting steel. Again, don't rush just put them in the A zone. Next session run more bill drills at your normal speed. Everybody goes through this frustration when you hit a wall and nothing seems to work anymore. Don't jump off a bridge. It will pass. Tony

Dave!!!. Don't go telling the rest of the world about Rusty Kidd. If word gets out how good he is, it won't be long until he has a 2 year back log. Rusty has been my gunsmith since day 1. He has never built a gun for me from scratch but has modified every gun I own. He always seems to find time for any job I give him, big or small and he turns it around quickly. Rusty is my little secret ..... Let's just keep this between us. Tony

Good for you Nik. I have no doubt you will reach your goals. I think those words bouncing around in your head are at the heart of the matter. We can achieve about anything if we just decide to do it. Thanks for reminding me. Tls

I'm happy if I can just retrieve all my magazines. I only pick up brass at the indoor range where I have a reasonable chance of finding most of it. I wouldn't even try at an outdoor match. It's too hard to find even if you mark it. Sorting through all the rock, grass and miscellaneous debris lying around the stages takes forever. After you shoot you should be following the scoring. After someone else shoots you should be helping your squad reset the stage. There's really very little time to scavenge for brass. I leave it where it lays and consider it part of the cost of shooting in this sport. Tony

We all know who Jay is. Florida wild man and faithful disciple of John M Browing. I guess that makes him famous. Tls

I had my form submitted within the first minute. Unfortunately, I couldn't get back in to check my status last night because the web site was bogged down. A check first thing this morning show me at #31 on the Limited list. We'll see how it goes, but I'm feeling pretty good about my chances. Tls

All other things being equal, it sounds like a lot to lot variation with the latest SP2 batch being a little faster. That's not supposed to happen with canister grade powders. There is always some minor variation but it shouldn't be enough to cause the effects you describe, unless something went way wrong in manufacturing (and quality control). If you want to try a different powder my shorty does great with N105 If not the powder the first thing that comes to mind is the bullets. Did you change brands? Were you using .355 or .356 bullets? Could you have gotten some .357's mixed in by mistake? Is it possible that your load is for 125 gr bullets but you inadvertantly tossed some 130's in? This doesn't have to be your mistake. I have heard tales of bullet manufacturers making packaging / labeling errors from time to time. Just my $.02 Tls

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I said it before, I'll say it again. I tow the line for my employer. I pay my dues for my government. I take care of my family. I am there for the needy. I spent 99.9% of my life in the service of others. This I do for me. I don't give a $%@# what it costs. Tls

I have no expericence with the Ribas holster but I have tried to use both Para and STI frames in the Ghost holster. The STI fit fine but the Para seemed very loose and I was never comforable with it. Perhaps it could have been adjusted to fit the Para, but that defeats your intent for a dual use holster. If the gun doesn't fit securely in the holster, it won't be presented in a repeatable position and that can really mess with your grip on the draw. I ended up getting a SpeedSec holster and mag pouches that were specifically for Para. I put those on a CR Speed outer belt and it was just a matter of zipping off the velcro to change holsters and guns. That may be your best solution. Tls

A couple of nights ago, I was channel surfing and came across "Night of the Living Dead". It is a remake of a horror classic in which a dozen or so folks are under siege by masses of "ex-humans" in a shopping mall. There are many scenes of dozens, if not hundreds of blood thirsty bad guys rushing toward the survivors. The survivors are shooting them down as fast as possible as they retreat to cover. Unfortunately for the good guys it resembled a slow fire pistol match. All I could think when I watched it was, "Man you really need to work on your splits and transitions". Oh well, I guess I will go and practice my reloads in preparation for any possible Zombie attacks. Tls

FWIW, I shot S&W revolvers with factory actions for years decades with CCI's Never had a misfire in more rounds than I could begin to count. Unless you have lightened your springs the Winchesters should be fine. Tls FWIW, I shot S&W revolvers with factory actions for years decades with CCI's Never had a misfire in more rounds than I could begin to count. Unless you have lightened your springs the Winchesters should be fine. Tls

I saw the movie over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I agree with dubletap but if you avoid entertainment because you don't like the politics of the actors or producers, you're going to have to just write off Hollywood. Wahlberg does a decent job with the role. Who else could have pulled it off? Here are some guys that come to mind. Viggo Mortensen Michael Biehn Val Kilmer Tom Beringer (Been there done that) Perhaps a young Kevin Costner. Tls

When I came to my first IPSC match it was at GPSL in Georgia. As I signed in as a new shooter I was given a brief orientation by one of the club officers. It didn't take long and covered the safety rules such as cold range, safe areas, ammo handling, 180 violations, trigger finger, etc. Once that was understood, I was placed on a squad with veteran shooters and RO's that guided me through my first stage. If the gentleman in question asked where the safe area was he must have know what it was for, unless someone mentioned it to him after he had already unbagged his gun illegally. How harshly you react to something like that has to be weighed fairly against when, if, and how the rules were communicated to the shooter. DQ seems too harsh under the circumstances. Tls

I alway drink a whole bottle of Vodka before a big match. Afterwards you wouldn't get excited about a nuclear explosion. Plus the double vision gives me more targets to shoot at. I am always a little nervous before a match. The bigger the match the bigger the butterflys. It's no big deal. When you come to the line all the practice and muscle memory overcomes the nerves. When you hear the buzzer just begin to do what you've trained yourself to do. After I put the first stage behind me it goes away. Tony

I don't think you are doing yourself any favors by pushing through a practice session if you are physically and mentally exhausted. I try to avoid shooting major matches with 10 or more stages in a single day. When I can't avoid this, by the end of the day I am battling fatigue and serious back pain. That is the time when I need to dig deep. I don't believe that practicing when I feel that way would help me deal with it in a match. I practice when I feel like practicing. If you are motivated to improve you will "feel like it" often enough. It takes hard work and sacrifice to rise to the top of this game. It also takes a love of the sport. I don't want to kill the joy of it by forcing myself into a brutal effort when I'm just not up to it. Tls P.S. Last year I shot the Georgia Sectional while I had Pneumonia. I was very ill but I wanted to compete so badly that I just couldn't bring myself to withdraw. I was miserable the whole time and my performance was awful. There was nothing gained by doing it.

Some magwells such as the Dawson Ice are really big. It can be a bit much depending on the grip and the size of your hand. The first one I owned went on a Para P14 and it did bother me for a while. It does, however, make a really big target for mag changes. Leave it on for a while and see if you get used to it. If not there are smaller ones out there. Check out the SV. Tls

In my experience weighing them is not the answer. The cumulative weight of a bullet, primer, and brass can easily vary more that the typical powder charge weight. Grab a handfull of cases (even out of the same case lot) and weigh them. You may be surprised how much they will vary. If a cartridge weighs light there is no way to know if its due to missing powder, or tolerance stackup in the other components. If a cartridge weighs normal it could still have powder missing due to a piece of heavy brass giving you a "false positive". The only way to be sure is to pull the bullets. Tls