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I'm not wearing the walking billboard.. Great theme.

Not sure if this is exactly what is happening but I've had premature round ejection before. It did not require professional help. As the slide closes it picks up the top round in the magazine (round number 1). Once that round exits the magazine and round number two pops up, it (round number two) is dragged forward by the underside of the slide. If you remove the magazine at this point you may see the round is sitting far farward. When the slide opens again under recoil, round nuber two shifts foward a little more. When the slide stops at rear most position it causes the round to move in the opposite direction (forward). When it shifts forward it popes completely clear of the feed lips. As the slide returns foward, it picks up round number 3. Round number two is sitting on top of and in front of number 3. Slide pushes number 3, which pushes number 2 into the chamber. Failure to feed. If this is actually what is happening, the feed lips are too wide and/or the spring is weak. Problems usually show up when there is only a few rounds left as the spring tension is less. I load to 1.180 so the rounds can't shift that far forward and I tune the mags to have parrallel feed lips. Edited after re-read: The feedlips may be short during slow cycling (by hand) and the round clears the feedlips before it is held by the extractor. Non-controlled feeding. Older 1911 mags did this by design (some of them). If the extractor tension is too tight, and you have a non-controlled feed the extractor is not able to snap over the rim. Reduce the tension slightly and retest. On Aftecs, I only use one of the two springs. Which spring location I use is determined by the caliber. Then I have 3 spares. I works for me.

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I like that Idea. We can easily add this to the standard stage WSB format that everyone uses at our matches. A fault is a per shot penalty, PERIOD. Simple and Clean, no range lawyers need apply. The rule states, regardless of opinions, a significant advantage must be gained in order to penalize one per shot. Cutting and pasting only what you want to use from the rule book is a slippery slope. If the shooter was not (intentionally) faulting to gain an advantage, one per incident. I read that to mean that if the shooter goofed and stepped out when breaking the shots, the damage is reduced. If the shooter blatantly faulted to benefit from it, the penalty is steep (one per shot). There is not always an advantage to shooting outside the fault line. Agree with it or not, that how's it written. Sometimes it's a legitimate accident, one per incident. A ticket for speeding 10 over is still a penalty. A ticket for racing and weaving through traffic is also a penalty, albeit with a steeper fine. One can be accidental, the other is intentional. I have a feeling this one won't go away until an official ruling is made (wording changed in book), much like the front pocket barney magazine in SS. People on one side of the fence, can't see the other side.

I hear you Chris. I have been tagged with this twice. Once I got one per shot, the other one per occurrence. They were slighly different faults. One was a lean out fault line. If you step over it you gain the advantage of not having to lean or have partial targets. I was so pissed at myself for faulting I didn't argue it initially (too late). I complained about it all day, but it was mainly as a reminder to myself that I was stupid for letting it happen. The 'one per occurrence' was at IN. I stepped right to open the door, didn't want to flag my hand and that was all I was thinking about. Stepping out and shooting actually put me at a disadvantage as I had to shift to see both targets where as if I were inside the shooting area I could have seen both without moving. You can see both examples on Youtube. First one was Battle in the Bluegrass. Second was IN state. I realize your point is that you want there to be no grey area in the rule book. I like the rule as it stands, but having it further defined needs to happen. A different RO (Corey) could have given a procedural for every shot fired outside the fault line regardless of advantage/disadvantage/planetary status/weather/mood/etc. Then it comes down to which RO you have per given stage. Here's an example of "No significant advantage". You go prone and your toe hangs over the edge of the fault line. The last 2 shots of an 8 shot array your toe touches the ground outside the fault line. Where is the SIGNIFICANT advantage? There is none. One procedural. This happened to me at my first ever 3 gun match, Area 6 4 years ago.

4.8gr of Universal over their 175gr LSWC. Smokes like a lead load in my .45. Nothing near what Titegroup gives. I have a couple vids on youtube testing smoke with a couple of barrels.

I can't get myself to shoot top down. I start at the top and work to the right. The plates just come right into my sight picture. If I had one to practice on, I'd like to time both ways.

Got a pretty good SS classifier on sunday. Raw Deal, 5.71 down 3 for a 9.98HF, 100% on the calc. Now to do that 3 more times to get over the 95% hump. Update to add TN state: 2011 Ohio State Championship; Single Stack div. winner (HOA) 2011 KY Battle in the Bluegrass; Production div. winner (HOA) 2011 KY State Multi-gun Championship; Tac-Optics div. 7th 2011 Alabama Section Championship; Production div. 2nd Master 2011 Indiana Section Championship; Limited 10 div. winner (HOA) 2011 Tennessee State Championship; Single Stack div. winner (HOA) 2010 Ohio Buckeye Challenge; Limited 10 div. winner (HOA) 2010 KY Battle in the Bluegrass; Single Stack div. winner (HOA) 2010 Area 6 Championship; Single Stack div. 1st Master 2010 USSA Pro-Am Championship; Limited AM Champion (HOA) 2010 IN State Championship; Limited div. 2nd Master

The same is true for production. On a Glock you can stipple the entire grip but if you remove the finger groove bumps it's no longer legal. That's why I like the box and weight method of determining legality.

Wish you a speedy recovery. Now you have time to practice seated table starts and reloads. If you can bear weight on it, practice reloads until you can empty your belt without a hitch. My accuracy has never been better, first it was my 7 month dabble in Production, then back into SS. It's not that you can't miss, you can't even make up more than one D on an 8 round array. Accuracy must be there, more importantly you must trust your sights. Stage breakdown is my favorite part of SS. Even though stage 9 caught me out at TN I really enjoyed all of the stages. I was the first shooter on 9 and couldn't wrap my head around it in just 5 minutes. I need at least 20 minutes prep time on a stage like that. I failed to look at it on friday. My fault, and one that won't happen again. Sorry to hear you weren't able to finish the match. Is it something you will have repaired or do you just suck it up until it doesn't hurt anymore?

+1 on the mattress. When my back issue hit last feb I resorted to sleeping on a rock hard futon because after sleeping in my bed I couldn't stand up for 5 or so minutes after waking. The futon helped get me passed the first 30 days of misery. My doc also detests Chiro's. People I've talked to swear by the traction machines. Not the at home types, but the gazillion dollar ones at specific Chiro offices. Something that helps me is to hang my lower extremeties and relax. It's outlined in McKenzie's book mentioned above. When I do this I can literally feel my lower back stretch. Word of caution, when finishing and resuming load bearing on your legs GO SLOW. When I walk, I've resumed the "head up, chest out, belly in" posture I used to have. That also goes along way towards preventative care.

Most companies now recognize bullying as harrassment. They key is to report it and document everything. Keep a log of events.

If you see the double image of the target, choose the one with a front sight in front of it.

5.2gr Universal Clays, 180gr Zero JHP. 1.180 OAL. Schuemann barrel. 174PF. I find Titegroup much harsher than UC. TG smokes terribly with lead and I shoot both 175gr LSWC (over 4.8gr) and the JHP load. UC was also cheaper than Titegroup. I was going for the "push" of my .45 1911 so I can swap back and forth with no difference in felt recoil. It works for me.

If you make GM in Production I'm going to start putting dummy rounds in your mags at matches....

The only thing the Range Officer is lacking is front strap checkering. The rest is right on par with the Spartan.

Another vote for 771's. I like the open front. The mags stay put until you need them and then they can be ripped out! This is a good thing especially once you get to the 3rd or 4th reload. Some pouches require a straight up pull, the 771's don't.

I have some experience in chopping the 2011 grip. The MSH's are not standard 1911 MSH's. It can be done but it is what I consider a full blown gunsmith job. The existing MSH can be bobtailed, but after relocating the retaining pin and shaping it the spring hole will be exposed and will need to be filled and shaped. You could buy a VIP, the have a commander top end installed. Then you have both. Could even do caliber conversion too. I would do it by using the plastic 2011 MSH and making a delrin plug for the exposed spring hole. Shaped and checkered/stippled the plug would be nearly invisible. If you search "Hacksaw 2011" you'll see how I accomplished the VIP grip length and Commander length slide.

Chamber dimensions most likely. As soon as the bullet leaves the case the gas looks to go where ever it can, that includes any space between the case and chamber wall. My cases have the same coloration as you describe and mine runs like a clock (Clock not glock). The flat FPS is just a blank that is to be fitted and shaped when installed. It's not meant to be used with a square bottom.

If you can find one, the SA Range officer is within your budget too.

SS featuring "the look away". LOL. Yeah, it was a fun last stage. Didn't exactly go to plan. Planned to go slide like at last position, not in the middle. Oh well. I came up with a risky mishmash of a stage plan but felt that if it went well it would be really good.

I think that was common. It was a collective effort on quite a few stages. Like when Tom mentioned to Corey and I (3 minutes into the 5 min walk through) that stage 7 was an unloaded start, therefore our plan to load, shoot 8, shoot 8 etc was about to suck (slide lock).

I like .40 minor better than 9mm. Also advantage on near perf hits. Cause they do happen.

Great match. Challenging stages but very fun. I liked that every stage was 30 rounds. Squad 12 was great. Glad I was able to make this one and to help recognize the division! Thank you to all the match staff as well.

Hot at 730, in the woods? Are NVG's provided? Oh wait, how about chemlights hanging from the A zone so I can see it.