Gary Stevens

Ha! Had not considered that.

I'd like to test some of those targets for gunshot residue

If the RM orders a re-shoot, as part of their scoring duties, your options are re-shoot or take a zero.

You can't arb a scoring issue. It stops with the RM.

My 300 PRC is waiting on a scope

If you make the call it will be n you to justify your call in any arbitration.

Picked up my 320 Legion today. Replaced the steel guide rod with a tungsten rod and weighed it in Production configuration, 43 ounces which is within the 4 ounce allowance. I have another slide that has been lightened 6/10 of an ounce and with a Romeo 1 installed , tungsten guide rod and a 21 round mag it weighed 42.8 ounces. Shooting will follow.

None are so blind as those who will not see. I'm done.

Glad I looked on down

Yes, I'm sorry. Been back and forth on this I'm half lost. Thanks, I'll edit.

No the penalty is a move to open 6.2.5.1 If your in Production and you load 11 on an unloaded start your moved to Open. If you load 11 in your mag after the start signal in Production your moved to Open. If you claim Major in SS and you load more than 8 rounds in the mag your moved to Open.

If you claim major, and have not been bumped to minor, and load more than 8 in your mag you will be moved to open.

Not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying I'm wrong?

Wait a minute, a front sight is required?

No. 5.1.7

Also, you don't have to call me SIR

Ok I've consulted and I was wrong in some of my initial thoughts on this In Single Stack, only if your power factor ever becomes minor, you are allowed to load a maximum of 10 rounds of ammo in legal magazines. This should help clear things up.

I've been pondering my original swing at this subject. Range Masters must consider the ramifications of their decisions across the board, not just in a specific incident. My original thought was going minor is a scoring issue, and nothing else. If shooter a benefits in anyway from the RM's decision, it is most likely at the expense of another shooter. That is why these things are important. This brings us to the question of is having your scores re-calculated to minor outweighed by the ability to load one or two extra rounds. As has been discussed already it depends a lot on when you find out you went minor. Honestly, it's a tough call. Because I might be faced with this scenario in the future, I would like to get it right. I belong to an RM discussion group, and even though we seldom are unanimous on anything, I'll bounce this off of them.

The rule I can point you to is the RM has to approve the gun change. If I am the RM this is what I would do.

Well I'm going to take a swing at this. First I've never known of a shooter keeping his/her best gun in the bag and choosing to shoot an inferior gun. Second if the gun isn't broken/unserviceable there can't be a gun change. Third if they only went minor, they continue to shoot in the same condition that they fired the first shot. Fourth, if their gun is broken/unserviceable and they change to a division compliant gun, then they can load to magazine capacity regardless of caliber with any appropriate reduction in scoring points. When I wrote the rules for Single Stack I considered the 8 rounds major and the 10 rounds minor to be a wash. It put the deciding factor on the skill of the shooter.

Ah, a changeling!

How does the MD make decisions that are delegated to the RM?

My comment was referring to the use of hammer fully down in one rule but only hammer down in the other rule. I know why they want hammer down. Please forgive my ignorance.

Then why the "fully" wording? Fully down was to prevent shooters from lowering to half cock to achieve a better trigger pull.

Wow, two great ideas. Thanks