Zincwarrior
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That seems kind of thankless...
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54 minutes ago, ddc said:
I agree 1000%. Unfortunately this seems to be business as usual.
I think they should consider releasing draft versions of a proposed new rulebook and allowing a couple months or thereabouts for comments to filter back.
That might avoid a lot of the confusion that seems to follow each new release. That confusion results in "clarifications" that seem to be in conflict with what was perceived to be the apparent intent of the new rule.
Yes, Beta testing as it were. Then get feedback and implement. Wasn't that the Tiger Team concept though, which rumor had, inputs had been heavily ignored.
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9 hours ago, Buzzdraw said:
I'm going to cut to the chase. I feel that the peculiar interpretation in the recent Down Zero Blog does not match what is written in the Rulebook. It appeared to me that the 2022 RB fault line rules gave the SO something that was clear and workable by and large. Now the SO is going to have to attempt to mentally extend physical fault lines to meet "deep cover", a concept that is not specifically allowed in the RB. The SO must also be judging if the competitor has entered into visibility of unengaged targets of a different array while doing the "deep cover" thing. It is a mistake and bad for the sport IMO.
As an SO I agree. A simple rule is called for and easily done. "No feet may be touching across the fault line when shooting. In addition, at least one foot must be within the length of the fault line when shooting."
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11 hours ago, deerslayer said:
I don’t understand why the inside foot matters as long as the outside foot is even with or forward of the end of the fault line (which is our local ruling). IDPA didn’t make that clear, but maybe the 2025 update will clarify that.Yes, I don't see how the inside foot is involved at all. As an example, if its a wall with a right side foot fault. If we had a shooter with their right foot only on the ground (or even just go with they only have one foot), that would be the only thing that matters.
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Yes, sorry. I joke with the wife that USPSA is 'run and gun' and and IDPA is 'waddle and shoot.' Given my age and etc., I am definitely the waddle type now.
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I checked and technically there are nine in Texas. I don't know how many are actually active. Additionally if there's no support for them, the full costs are on the club/potential SO's.
How does Run and Gun do it?
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Well thats not good. I thought the class was excellent. Without it it inhibits new SOs and the old SOs will burn out.
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On 8/11/2022 at 1:51 PM, GOF said:
There was a time, back when Bill Wilson ran things, where each state had an SO trainer. They would travel from club to club and hold training classes for those shooters the MD recommended become SOs. I was certified via that route in 2007. It was an eight-hour class, including range time. The trainers were all paid a monthly stipend to cover their time and travel. Joyce Fowler stopped that when she took over; too expensive. No money for the trainers, and thus not too many trainers. Not surprising that local clubs have 'not so well-trained' SOs.
I remember the state trainers (thats how I did mine). I did not know that has changed. How does it work now?
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6 hours ago, bimmer1980 said:
Perfect, thanks a lot !
You should do a youtube video or such about how to do it. It sounds like a good fix that would literally save viewers hundreds of dollars.
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9 minutes ago, Joe4d said:
Would enjoy a USPSA style match that the scoring favored shooting over running
Thats IDPA. Much of the rest of it is club specific. I shoot at different clubs (poorly, not like you fine fellows). Some run stages very close to old line IDPA, some are really just 18 round USPSA stages, it just depends on the club. And all of them are fun to me.
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On 8/13/2022 at 5:30 PM, Johnny_Chimpo said:I'm talking about going farther than that. No more "go to P1 and engage T1 through T4....". Just solve the problem any way you want, so long as cover, reloading, and exposure rules are not violated. Procedural penalties for those violations.
Thats USPSA. Different sport. I like both but I like like the differences.
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Yes not seeing the downside. My old fart butt is often twice as old as most competitors out there. Its awesome when one of the far out old dudes show up. I do falling steel matches and they kick butt.
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Why would Texas cancel due to Nationals being relocated?
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On 6/24/2022 at 2:33 PM, Baynewrady said:
I've had terrible accuracy even with their new loads (.40 S&W), as well as a squib once. Unfortunately Freedom Munitions is just like LAX Ammo now.
Good points.
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4 hours ago, Flea said:
Anyone use their new, FMJ, 9mm ammo in 115g, 124g or 147g? In one box of each, I had several failure to fires. After the first few, I put in a brand new 5.5lb striker spring in my G34. After the spring change, I still had the same issue. Is it common knowledge that FM's quality isn't top notch?
They are better than prior to bankruptcy (new I don't know about reloads), but their accuracy is really really poor. The powder loads can be dramatically different between rounds, not dangerous different but plays poopoo with accuracy. Range ammo only.
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Thats a lot of bays!
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12 minutes ago, Boomstick303 said:
There is a news story floating around about how someone sent a letter to the state AG about the letter the local sheriff had sent out in the spring that he had no intention of enforcing any magazine ban, in turn got local democratic state representatives to comment on how the Sherriff was not doing his job, yada yada yada. (I have hard many rumors on who sent this letter but I will not continue rumors without knowing for certain who sent that letter.)
Interestingly enough I guess that Sheriff is up for re-election. I guess we will see if people really care about issues like this with their vote.
OK thank you. I did not know that.
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30 minutes ago, Boomstick303 said:
Yea, I am not sure why a person would do what they did. But I guess if you have been a douche your whole life why would it change now?
Literally nothing happened. I thought the news might show up and try to make a big deal out of it, but that did not even happen to my knowledge.
The 2 Gun match is a kick in the pants. It is by far one of my favorite, even if it is scored in time plus. Its sad that will probably be the last one for some time.
Wait, did someone do something?
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16 hours ago, leadaddict said:
I heard 20+ from a friend working the match. ~125 shot the match.Thank you.
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Were there many that pulled out of the matches?
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1 hour ago, Bdh821 said:
Too much attention has been brought to the wrong people and this game isn't worth snagging a felony charge to be made an example of.
Yes, involuntarily being a test case is less than ideal.
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On 6/3/2022 at 4:58 PM, DewarsH2O said:
I have been shooting some low / more casual steel challenge matches for a couple years at two different gun clubs. Been working hard to up my game, and this season I am shooting in a legit steel challenge league.
How do they handle it at your local match?
Next "official" match you attend I would suggest going to the new shooter briefing. Before that check out intro video to shooting steel challenge, etc.
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Fair points.
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20 hours ago, ddc said:
I'm surprised more people don't do this.
Or maybe they do and it just never comes up.
Lack of tools, lack of talent. Before this change I had no need to do it.
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That is a very good point. They could easily list them along with matches on the match search page.