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Thanks guys! I think I'm gonna go with the Arredondo. Thanks for the offer Jamie, do any of the Rudy Project sponsors sell the Arredondo?

I'm thinking about putting an oversize charging handle on my M1. What is available? What are you running? Pics and links would be greatly appreciated.

He has been told that he will be staked to a cross and burned like a witch at the next match. So his re-education is complete? Do I know this person? Michael "Iron Mike" Webb IDPA Area Coordinator Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana

Any plans to do any SG stuff in S.A.?

So where is the HPSC gonna be next time?

What does the ISMI spring have over a Wolff xtra power spring?

Where can I see the one from "Quality Machine"?

I was looking at that one. How far does it stick out? Do you have any pics of it that show how far it sticks out? Thanks

I'm looking for a DURABLE oversize bolt release for my M1. Any suggestions? Any to stay away from?

I just got back from Rays Memorial service it was very nice. Ray was a great guy and he will be sorely missed. They had some great pics of Ray up at the memorial. Including some of Ray and Jeff Cooper. RIP Ray

Hey Julie, you were missed at the IDPA Nationals.

As per the rule book I was giving the shooters the benefit of the doubt until I had no further doubt. I was told that they told Robert from headquarters that "they had fun and learned alot....most importantly they learned what they could not get away with" I think the call was right and just and it had its desired effect on the team which will benefit them and the sport in the long run. For the record this was my first FTDR for round dumping and I hope it is my last. I would not hesitate to assess the penalty again in the same conditions. Thanks to all who have stepped up with charachter references. Have fun be safe and follow the rules. I hope everyone had fun. Once again thank you to Mike, Cindy and Miss Kitty I had a great time working with y'all.

I agree but it is still a rule. She was part of the same team I'm not sure if she spoke english.. As stated earlier I take full responsibility for letting it go on too long, I apologize. It wasn't until a few of them had already shot that I had all doubt removed. Agreed

Snipped to address this one statement. You are not realizing that having to reload after engaging a target with one round and then having to re-engage the same target with another round is slower that reloading between targets instead of on the same target. I hope that makes sense. Maybe someone can put this in better words. I'm pretty fried after the Nationals.

I was the CSO for Stages 1 and 2 in bay 1. I assessed the FTDR in question. Here is a little bit of my background in IDPA. I helped start the 1st club here in Texas in 96, Quickly followed by becoming a Certified S.O. I started Match Directing in 97 putting on 3 matches every month for the last 10 years. I am an S.O. instructor. I have been the M.D. for a couple of Regional Matches. I have been to the last 10 IDPA National and have S.O.ed at 9 of them and been a CSO at 7 of them. I am also the Area Coordinator for Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana. If you have been to the Nationals anytime in the last 9 years I have run you through at least one course of fire and some years 3 COFs. Y'all know what kind of an S.O. and CSO I am. I try to help each shooter when I can. I'm consistent with all my calls and ALWAYS ALWAYS give the shooter the "benefit of the doubt". The reason for all that info is just to let people know where I'm coming from and my experience as an S.O. I have the same problem everyone else does with the subjectivity of the "round dumping" rule. As many shooters as I have run through Cofs over the years I have highly suspected "RDing" on numerous occasions. But, because there has always been a doubt in my mind I have never called it. I have always adhered to the whole "shooter gets the benefit of the doubt" thing. I never thought in a million years that I would be forced to assess a FTDR for RDing. Then to my complete shock and dismay an international squad at the IDPA Nationals this year removed all "benefit of the doubt" that I thought I'd always have in regards to RDing. Every shooter in this squad that was shooting SSP and ESP had the exact same game plan. They were blatantly and consistently Rding in the same place at the same target to get an advantageous reload. I gave them “the benefit of the doubt” because: 1. That’s how I S.O. 2. They are an International Squad 3. It was their first time at the Nationals 4. The language barrier. I bear a lot of the responsibility for letting it go on too long. At one point I had had enough but was unsure as to how to handle it because of all the above reasons. I had the MD come into the bay to see if he had any reservations about me issuing a FTDR. As he and I walked back into the bay one of my assistant S.O.s had taken over running shooters in my absence. (Btw, great job Mike, Cindy and Kitty!!!) The next shooter was a young lady. She predictably did the exact same thing as the others in front of the MD. I looked at him and he looked at me and said that was about the most blatant Rding he had ever seen. He and I had a quick conversation about how to handle it. We decided to give her an FTDR because we both had seen it and were in complete agreement that it was Rding. I told him that not only was I going to give her the FTDR. I was also going to put the whole squad on notice. I gathered them all up and told them “we have a problem here” and proceeded to read them the riot act. I told them that what they were doing was against the rules and couldn’t happen anymore at this match or any other IDPA match. It is unfortunate that this happened. It is also unfortunate that this young lady paid the price for the rest of her team. This incident put a real damper on my whole crews day but we did the right thing for the sport. I apologize for the long post. I just wanted to set the record straight. Hope everyone had fun and hope to see y'all again next year.

I agree with everyone in this thread. Here is a little bit of my background in IDPA. I helped start the 1st club here in Texas in 96, Quickly followed by becoming a Certified S.O. I started Match Directing in 97 putting on 3 matches every month for the last 10 years. I am an S.O. instructor. I have been the M.D. for a couple of Regional Matches. I have been to the last 10 IDPA National and have S.O.ed at 9 of them and been a CSO at 7 of them. I am also the Area Coordinator for Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana. If you have been to the Nationals anytime in the last 9 years I have run you through at least one course of fire and some years 3 COFs. Y'all know what kind of an S.O. and CSO I am. I try to help each shooter when I can. I'm consistent with all my calls and ALWAYS ALWAYS give the shooter the "benefit of the doubt". The reason for all that info is just to let people know where I'm coming from and my experience as an S.O. I have the same problem everyone else does with the subjectivity of the "round dumping" rule. As many shooters as I have run through Cofs over the years I have highly suspected "RDing" on numerous occasions. But, because there has always been a doubt in my mind I have never called it. I have always adhered to the whole "shooter gets the benefit of the doubt" thing. I never thought in a million years that I would be forced to assess a FTDR for RDing. Then to my complete shock and dismay an international squad at the IDPA Nationals this year removed all "benefit of the doubt" that I thought I'd always have in regards to RDing. Every shooter in this squad that was shooting SSP and ESP had the exact same game plan. They were blatantly and consistently Rding in the same place at the same target to get an advantageous reload. I gave them “the benefit of the doubt” because: 1. That’s how I S.O. 2. They are an International Squad 3. It was their first time at the Nationals 4. The language barrier. I bear a lot of the responsibility for letting it go on too long. At one point I had had enough but was unsure as to how to handle it because of all the above reasons. I had the MD come into the bay to see if he had any reservations about me issuing a FTDR. As he and I walked back into the bay one of my assistant S.O.s had taken over running shooters in my absence. (Btw, great job Mike, Cindy and Kitty!!!) The next shooter was a young lady. She predictably did the exact same thing as the others in front of the MD. I looked at him and he looked at me and said that was about the most blatant Rding he had ever seen. He and I had a quick conversation about how to handle it. We decided to give her an FTDR because we both had seen it and were in complete agreement that it was Rding. I told him that not only was I going to give her the FTDR. I was also going to put the whole squad on notice. I gathered them all up and told them “we have a problem here” and proceeded to read them the riot act. I told them that what they were doing was against the rules and couldn’t happen anymore at this match or any other IDPA match. It is unfortunate that this happened. It is also unfortunate that this young lady paid the price for the rest of her team. This incident put a real damper on my whole crews day but we did the right thing for the sport. I apologize for the long post. I just wanted to set the record straight. Hope everyone had fun and hope to see y'all again next year.

I'll be there. This will be my 10th Nationals shooting and my 9th working as a Chief Safety Officer. I'm really looking forward to seeing all the new shooters and all the old friends. I'll have my hat on as usual

I was the Chief Safety Officer for 3 stages on bay 9 at this years Nationals. I arrived at the nightly scheduled CSO meeting on time and everyone was already there and talking so I think I missed some of the talk about Mr. Butler. It seems that each CSO had an issue with Mr. Butler. On my bay I had to stop him from checking the angles (individual course walk through). At the time, I figured since this was only his second Nationals and that he is mainly an IPSC shooter that he might not know better and I didn't feel like it warranted any other action on my part besides stopping him. It is a shame that Mr. Butler had to be DQed after the fact when all the information surfaced. I know that John May would have liked to have talked to Mr. Butler face to face but that opportunity was lost when he left. Alot of people have been really pushing the envelope the last few years in IDPA. I think the new rule book was the first step in setting the sport back on its intended path. The next step is to start enforcing these new rules more stringently. To quote John May "It's is time to take our sport back". We all need to follow the rules and not see how far we can push that envelope. Just shoot by the rules and the best shooter on any given day will be the winner.

Frank told me to count on coming to "The Range" in 2007

Hey Fred, you should change your name to moonwalker instead of firewalker. It was great working with you and the rest of the guys. Y'all did a great job!