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The Practiscore app shows your percentage vs the peak time for the stage as you enter times. I think you may be thinking about the overall match results where the winner is listed as 100% and then each time below them is shown as a percentage of their score. For example, if the fastest time in the match was 100 seconds and the next fastest was 112, it would show the second place as 89.28%. That percentage is for the match and not considering peak times.

To revive this thread I will throw one superstition out that I have. This is for PCC in Steel Challenge. I load 12 rounds in my mags, because 13 is a bad number. I know I’m not the only one that does it. I want to go a day with 13 in each mag, but I can’t make myself.

I have seen a barricade stop on them before. My arms are long enough that I am able to just grab the front of the stock on mine.

Where would the line be drawn? I agree that many of us will never be at the level where some of these competitors are. I am sure it would create a lively discussion when trying to determine a point to declare someone a pro. I think doing this could open an opportunity for some serious sandbagging to keep from moving to pro. I don’t think we want to see the drag race become a bracket or index race. I regularly shoot with some of the top competitors at local matches, and I just make it my goal to finish as close to them as I can. Now, as far as prize tables go, I think random is how you include the A, B, C competitors who truly pay the bills. I ran a tier 2 match, and we did a random prize table. The guy who won one of the guns was someone who had no chance of even winning his class. He was happy as could be. I think doing it this way keeps the top folks from coming in and cleaning off every prize table at the matches. Now, I will say that the lack of availability of ammo will hurt us more than a change in peak times. Matches are dropping off in attendance. If it happens long enough you’ll see people finding new hobbies. I have already seen one local competitor who was at every match imaginable go to a new hobby because he can’t get ammo.

The slowest of the top 10% was at 96% of the current peak, while the fastest was 56.98, or 119% of the peak. There were several people who were well off of their regular times at WSSC too. If RFRO were to move to 64 it would take around a 67.4 to make GM. That puts it between the top 5 and 10% times at WSSC. I’m not saying that I want to see the times move, but I think that gives a little idea as to what might be happening.

Something to remember here is that there are GMs who made it under old peak times, some under very old peak times. Many of these folks make up the times that are posted in the 80s. I made it under the new times. I would bet big that the times will move this year. To be in the top 10% of the RFRO field this year you needed to shoot a 70.76. The top 20 finishers shot GM times. To be top 10% of PCCO you needed a 71.45. The top 17 shot GM times. If I were going to guess, I would look at the top 5% and that will get you close to where the new times will be. My guess is around 64 for RFRO and 66 for PCCO.

Just remember, you probably shoot a couple of strings that are plenty good for a personal best on each stage. Don’t go into the stage trying to set a PB. Get a couple of solid strings and then swing at one. If you pull it off, that one string might be enough for a cut. Also, one of the best in the game told me the easiest place to pick time up is on the first shot. Even cutting just .05 off of your first shot translates to .2 on a stage.

CWA is the way to go for this. Chet makes great stuff.

My understanding is that the SCSA folks meet to discuss the peak times at least once per year. I don’t think WSSC is the only factor, but there have been lots of fast times posted since last year. Another substantial drop in peak times won’t surprise me.

If you have 92% you should be M class. The 92 is the percentage of the current peak times for that division. The SCSA classification doesn’t show a percentage beyond 100%, though there are several people well beyond 100. The Match Tracker app shows your overall percentage, even beyond 100. About the only way to know where you stand in a particular class and division is if you are on the top 20 list. I do think it would be nice if we could see overall rankings.

On OL I am not sure there is a preferred angle, it’s more of me getting almost out of box 1 and barely in box 2. I shoot front, back, front, back, stop. For Showdown I index off of the opposite back target from the box I am in.

I generally shoot within 5-7% of my classification time. On a bad day I might be 10-12% off.

Have you tuned the springs in your mags like the TK video shows? If not, take a look at their video and give that a try. I keep my feed lips clean, but don’t do anything special to them.

And Kenshiro is only 14. He will be a handful for them before long.

I had one that got pretty beat up over a few thousand rounds. It never cause me any problems, but it looked like it had five times the number of rounds on it.

I have run mine with Eley Force, and currently run it with Action Plus. My son has been using standard Action in his without issue as well. I have heard that there were some issues with MR receivers and Wiland barrels, but think Wiland was working on that. On a little different note, some of what you describe can be the result of finicky mags. Are you tuning your mags?

Get the MR Switchbolt with a sporter chamber. You will have to special order it through Magnum Research and deal with a wait, but mine has been flawless after the first 200 rounds of break in.

Everyone who competes gets to walk the prize table at some point. If you are not going to be at the awards ceremony you are able to designate someone to walk the table for you.

One thing to remember is that someone who was a 95% GM in 2019 may not be a GM anymore. How many GMs are there that meet the current time to be GM? That number will likely be much lower than the current peak time GMs. If you look at WSSC from this year, the top 14 GMs in RFRO shot at 100% of the peak or faster. The top 21 shot GM classification times. In PCCO, the top 11 were at 100% or faster with the top 25 at GM classification times. My prediction for April is that we will see more records broken. Some of these young guys are consistently shooting around the numbers from the last WSSC now, with some times below the current records. PCCO will go lower, bank on it. RFRO has the potential to go lower if some of the guys have a clean match. Anyone want to wager that we will see a 55 in RFRO at some point in 2021 if ammo stays available?

The best description of WSSC that I have heard is that it’s a spectacle. This is your chance to see the super squads with the fastest shooters in the world. The range works well for spectating, and there will be several vendors. We pushed right up against dark in my evening squad this year. Awards go pretty late too on Sunday, so a Monday departure might be best.

Buy once, cry once. A JP GMR-15 Ultralight will do all that you are wanting. I use an ADM QR mount for my optic and Striplin Custom Gunworks sights for PCCI. You can tune the SCS buffer to your load. I had initially gone with as light a load as would function the rifle, but have since changed things around a bit. A little heavier load cycles faster, and with the right weight combo in the buffer the rifle still runs flat.

This is something that absolutely happens. I think it generally happens with shooters of similar abilities. The day Steve put this article out I shot in a match with my son. There was another preteen shooter who started double tapping the stop plate for some reason. Well, sure enough, my son started double tapping the stop plate also. Now, I feel there are two different phenomena that take place involving other shooters. The first is listed above, but the second happens between shooters of differing abilities instead of similar abilities. For example, if a C class shooter follows a GM and they have really watched the GM closely, it’s not uncommon to see them try to speed up beyond their current ability. A little twist of this is when you have two shooters who are fast, but one is very fast, it can get in the slower shooter’s head. I shoot with Chris Barrett regularly, and our last names often put me going immediately after him when going alphabetically in the tablets. It took me a good while to condition myself to remember to shoot my match and not his. When he is shooting 1.30 and 1.40 strings, I have to remember to shoot my 1.70 and 1.80 strings. It really forces me to focus, and I still struggle some with it.

The thing sponsors get now is an increased footprint on social media, and it has very little cost. Let’s say company x provides you with a 20% discount on their product and they know you have a good social media presence. You make posts every time you shoot a match and do well thanking them for their support. If that influences a couple of your followers to make a purchase they are getting a return, plus they are writing your discount off. I am sure they follow who is tagging them and posting about them to a degree. I have a small fly fishing business and use this exact strategy. I am able to see where customers come to my website from (Instagram for example) and can track the purchases. I can also see orders roll in when one of my “ambassadors” has made a post with my materials in it. Basically, what I am saying is that I am willing to bet individual sponsorship, if done with a bit of strategy, might have a larger return than a prize table does.

I turn mine off between stages and go through about three batteries per year. That’s shooting 3-4 matches per month and practice.

Lucas for me as well. I use it on all of my guns with good results. A little goes a long way.