Codycoyote

You should have brought this up to the RO and/or the RM/MD. I am pretty sure I know what club you shot at, and I know who was filling in as MD. He would have corrected the problem. Even if you are stone cold new, if you think there is an issue, bring it to the RO or RM/MD. Better to be wrong and learn than to be right and silent.

I just follow Sarge around and borrow his shade!

the one thing everyone has forgotten... STAPLES for the stapler! lol. It will never fail that a match will run low on staples by the last day. Buy a box, keep them in your gear and say NOTHING about having them. I have also started carrying my own USB battery pack and micro usb cable. Most clubs will have them available for their tablets, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

I had to relieve the back on my EGW FLGR to fit my STI SS. chucked it up in a drill and used some sand paper as a poor mans lathe.

Is there going to be a Squad Matrix and/or Schedule put out? Only a few days away and haven't heard or seen anything.

Come on folks, Let's get this match filled up! I promise you won't be disappointed. You get a fun match, in central Michigan, and also get to help a fantastic charity!

Funny, I also shot in burst mode hoping for just a few good shots! my scores reflect it.

I don't think they had time to review it. The scores were up loaded the weekend before the update. I would imagine that the update was in progress by then. Wait and see if it shows for next month.

What were the numbers in the four years prior to that? 2010 - 21 2011 - 21 2012 - 17

We need to register Sarge. Pretty sure jake will take care of everything after that.

Jake, for those of us that contacted you to work, would like us to still register as normal, and you switch us over? I don't want to cause double entries that you have to fix, so thought I would ask first.

you guys can add the Matches yourselves. Quote the last match list, add your information to the list with links, and post. Everything should stay the same and your new info should be included then.

Hate to miss this match, but I already registered and paid for TN. I will wait a little longer in 2017 to sign up for fall matches.

If you go to the registration page on practiscore and remove the "register" from the URL and replace it with "squadding" you can see the squad list. https://practiscore.com/berrys-2016-uspsa-area-1-handgun-championship/register should look like this: https://practiscore.com/berrys-2016-uspsa-area-1-handgun-championship/squadding

registered and checks in the mail. Haven't been to Circleville in maybe 10 years. Looking forward to another visit.

Check went in the mail yesterday. Given my recent luck with the USPS you should receive it around 2017.

He should have planned to drive 5 more minutes west, in to Missouri and bought factory ammo that may or may not have made PF. The manufacturer didn't GUARANTEE it would make power factor, they said it does make power factor. When they tested it in THEIR gun, it did. Your buddy still got to shoot nationals, can check his scores against everyone that shot for score and figure out where he would have finished. He got to shoot a good match, lots of rounds, and learned a very valuable and expensive lesson.

Clubs get absolutely no benefits from USPSA other than being able to put their logo on the match page. Classification/classifiers do not benifit the club, they are for the shooters. The rules being the same everywhere do not benefit the club as much as the shooters. USPSA does not provide discounts of props/steel/targets, or anything else I am aware of. Those would be a benefit to the club as a whole. The only benefit is being able to say you are a "sactioned club". That alone will help get more shooters, and in turn more money, but also costs the club more money. Hopefully the new President will work on a Club Benefit package. it may help convince more clubs to affiliate and in turn give all of us more places to shoot.

who said anything about prone?that is too tactical it was tough getting 438 rounds out of 18 versions of El prez... but we did it We are tactical now....... Carry Optics

Will Stages be posted before match? and also since all the squads aren't full, will you notify us of our new squad #. I was going to move myself, but self squadding is locked. Thanks

You misunderstand. We are discussing USPSA dictating when Major matches can/will be held. I'm fine with USPSA providing what it does to clubs now. Not looking for any more. However, if USPSA were to say, "you can only hold your major match on the weekend of July 11, 2015". Well, then They need to figure a way to support the match. Clubs have members that aren't USPSA members. Clubs have Board of Directors. Those people decide when a Major match can be held and a club. At one time, our Club wasn't a USPSA club. We held outlaw matches. We made good money then too. USPSA offers many good things for it's members. Clubs Benifit from being affiliated, And USPSA benifits from the mebers those clubs bring in. It's a balance. lets not tip the balance beam.

Temptation isn't a trap unless you allow it to trap you. CHA-LEE is pointing out that there can't be a target beyond the 180. so there is no "trap". There is a legal target that you either shoot from within the 180 or don't. You could absolutely place barrels to block any attempt to engage a target from beyond the 180. you could absolutely angle the target so that it's only visible from within the 180. I don't want to shoot stages that dictate how I have to shoot the stage or targets. We become an entirely different sport if you can only shoot this target from this spot, or that target from that spot. Might as well require concealment too. lol

The fact that these are USPSA sanctioned matches and have to be reviewed and approved by the Area Coordinator before they are held. If they are not approved then it would be an Outlaw match, correct? USPSA,(AD and NROI), sanctions the match by making sure all the stages are legal within USPSA rules. If not approved, the stages must be changed to conform or become an outlaw match. USPSA as an organization does not support/manage major matches. By support I mean fund, supply, run or any of that. They simply approve your stages, allow self-squadding on the website, stuff like that. It's the ranges choice of Date, time, # of shooters, yada yada yada. If USPSA wants to dictate what weekends Majors can be held on, then they would need to be able to supply everything a club/MD needs to run that match. I know as a former MD for local matches, that I wouldn't be dictated to by an organization that provides nothing to me or my club finacially or physically. Most MD/Clubs would feel the same way.

6-7 weekends a year would fall into the window I was talking about in my first couple of posts. I dont think it would even be fun to shoot a Major match every weekend, but once a quarter would be nice to get into one and the travel funds would be spread out a little more even. You stated that you find out what matches have a reputation for great stages and pick that one. How do you decide when to matches with great stages are the same weekend? For example Georgia State has an awesome setup, great people and stages but Area 8 is the same weekend with the same reputation. How do you attend both? BTW this started out as a simple question and not a witch hunt. Didn't think it was a witch hunt, sorry if I came across that way. you aren't the first person to ask this question. In fact one of my shooting buddies wanted to shoot A8, then saw A5 was the same weekend. Its a tough choice. He decided to shoot A5 since it's our home area. It is possible to shoot both. Pick a thursday or friday shoot date for one, hop a plane to the other, then shoot sat/sun. It's not ideal, but thats how the Pro's do it. I have seen Vogel and a couple others make 3 matches in one long weekend. the 6-7 weekends is a basic list. We cancelled last weekend due to Mothers day and rain. We don't cancel because of weather very often for locals, but after 5 days of rain, the range was spongy to say the least. If the Area's could at least seperate their matches and not conflist that would be nice, but it can't be forced. If A8 or A5 see lower shooter numbers then usual, then maybe they will not do that again. If the GA sectional has a higher turn out then either A5 or A* then I bet the MD's will make sure not to overlap again. With 30,000+ members, there will always be people to shoot matches no matter how many other matches are going on at the same time. You asked which one I would choose, and I chose A5. If my wife and son weren't taking a trip to FL in June, I would have chosen A8 and made a family vacation around it. Visit family and visit DC. Next year, I may change.

If I am correct (again limited experience) doesn't everything you just stated already happen? The local matches donate props to the major matches held at that range ( we have 2 ranges donate to the major match) and the range is closed for that match weekend? Wouldn't the RO, CRO RM and MD still come from the local pool already? It seems like it would be easier to get ROs, and CROs if the matches were better spread out. I'll take my locale as an example. In the Chicagoland area, we have a match within 1 hours drive every sunday. My home range is 2nd sunday. If we hold a major on the third sunday, we will have our RO's, and the 2 CRO's, a MD , but no RM. The RO's, CRO's, possible RM from the range that hold their locals 3rd sunday may not be available to help out. In order to assure ample help, we have to hold our Major match on our weekend. that will allow for our staff, plus the staff of 3 other clubs to be able to help. So we have 1 out of four weekends a month to hold said major. we have a 6-7 month season. that allows us only 6-7 weekends to hold a major each year. Now, if you add in the a sectional, State, Area, Nationals, Etc, you have only so many weekends that actually work. I would actually love to have a major match every weekend somewhere. I just know that it can't happen. The logistics aren't there. So talk to your shooting friends, find out which match has a reputaion of great stages and great staff and pick that match. thats how I decide.