konkapot Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Anybody know why it was cancelled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 If I were to guess, staffing issues. I worry the way the MD situation changed hands may or lead to the staff shortages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 It sucks, I was trying to decide what to make my last major of the year. I've been really wanting to shoot another one. I haven't shot much this year. It was between NC and VA, I decided on VA because it would be easier to pull off. Now I've set my schedule around that and wont get to do either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18111811 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 4 hours ago, Racinready300ex said: If I were to guess, staffing issues. I worry the way the MD situation changed hands may or lead to the staff shortages. It changed this year or do you mean from Dave last year to Gary this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, 18111811 said: It changed this year or do you mean from Dave last year to Gary this year? The changing of hands from Dave to current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Chimpo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 22 hours ago, Racinready300ex said: It sucks, I was trying to decide what to make my last major of the year. I've been really wanting to shoot another one. I haven't shot much this year. It was between NC and VA, I decided on VA because it would be easier to pull off. Now I've set my schedule around that and wont get to do either. There might be a spot or two at the TN section match on 9/17. It's in Oak Ridge so there's that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Johnny_Chimpo said: There might be a spot or two at the TN section match on 9/17. It's in Oak Ridge so there's that. I've already set my work schedule for sept. Shadow Hawk decided they're going to run a Big level one now on that weekend now. Supposed to be 10-11 stages shooting on Saturday and Sunday. I'll probably just do that instead, it's just as far costs less and will probably be on par with the what the state match would of been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Chimpo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 7 hours ago, Racinready300ex said: Shadow Hawk decided they're going to run a Big level one now on that weekend now. Supposed to be 10-11 stages shooting on Saturday and Sunday. I found that. Looks interesting. Might be worth the 7 hr drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davsco Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Racinready300ex said: Shadow Hawk decided they're going to run a Big level one now on that weekend now. Supposed to be 10-11 stages shooting on Saturday and Sunday. I'll probably just do that instead, it's just as far costs less and will probably be on par with the what the state match would of been. they did one of these about a month ago, it was fun and i'll def sign up for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davsco Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 also, fredericksburg emailed saying they're going to hold a regular match that weekend with i believe seven of the stages that were going to be in the va state match. any final word on why that match was cancelled, it looked pretty full and i never saw any emails asking for staff help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I haven't heard a official reason. I did see requests for staff help on facebook. I shot the last one at Shadow Hawk. There were a couple things I didn't like but overall it was good and worth the trip. I hear Dave is doing the stages, he usually does a good job with stages so I expect this one to be better than the last. The things I didn't like, spinny target didn't work. My squad was first there, so he had to try to figure it out only to determine it couldn't be done. Swinger behind the wall was could get hits on it through the wall which shouldn't count. Similarly the star setup you could hit plates through the wall and no one would know. Wasn't a fan of the memory style 1 shot per stage. Otherwise the stages were pretty challenging and I'd still say it was worth the 4.5 hour drive and a stay in a airbnb with friends to shoot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davsco Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Racinready300ex said: Wasn't a fan of the memory style 1 shot per stage. yep i hate the memory crap. and while i love texas stars, i hate when they're occluded, just too much variability in when the plates present themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konkapot Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Impossible! I've been told repeatedly for probably 20 years that Texas Stars have no deviation or variability whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, konkapot said: Impossible! I've been told repeatedly for probably 20 years that Texas Stars have no deviation or variability whatsoever. never seen a Texas star be scored correctly for an entire squad. And this includes Nationals. Fun targets, shouldnt be used at Majors. Seems either a plate doesnt fall when hit, or a plate falls when it wasnt hit by a bullet... Like an upper plate falls and hits and knocks off a lower plate... Both are REF, but dont get called all the time. All the reshoots would stop the match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konkapot Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 Absolutely agreed. The other thing I didn't/don't care for is that the entire stage is based on those five plates. Take a 32 round field course and those five plates become a disproportionate part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddc Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) On 9/4/2022 at 5:14 PM, Joe4d said: never seen a Texas star be scored correctly for an entire squad. And this includes Nationals. Fun targets, shouldnt be used at Majors. Seems either a plate doesnt fall when hit, or a plate falls when it wasnt hit by a bullet... Like an upper plate falls and hits and knocks off a lower plate... Both are REF, but dont get called all the time. All the reshoots would stop the match I thought the only steel approved for upper level matches were the poppers. Not true? Edit to add: After checking the rulebook I'm not seeing anything that says that... not sure where that thought came from. Edited September 7, 2022 by ddc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, ddc said: I thought the only steel approved for upper level matches were the poppers. Not true? Not true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddc Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Sarge said: Not true Yes. I checked the rules right after I posted and obviously I was mistaken. However it seems like a Texas Star at an upper level match is asking for trouble. Maybe that's just because the Stars that I have been involved with seem to be error prone with multiple plates falling for one hit, erratic starting positions, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, ddc said: I thought the only steel approved for upper level matches were the poppers. Not true? Edit to add: After checking the rulebook I'm not seeing anything that says that... not sure where that thought came from. I think it's generally frowned on due to potential issues. Nothing better than watching someone reshoot a stage several times due to REF. Happened to my wife once at a sectional. Shot a long field course that included a long run down range. When they scored they said she needed to reshoot due to the plate. She reloaded and went last. Same thing happened. Now we had to stuff her mags and she had to run it again still winded from the last attempt. Now with multiple squads watching because of the back up the stage was creating. She really struggled that last time, slowest run of all of them with the worst hits yet. But at least it counted because we probably would of ran out of ammo if she had to keep shooting it. Not a good experience for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, ddc said: Yes. I checked the rules right after I posted and obviously I was mistaken. However it seems like a Texas Star at an upper level match is asking for trouble. Maybe that's just because the Stars that I have been involved with seem to be error prone with multiple plates falling for one hit, erratic starting positions, etc. Agreed. Not in the rules but not a good idea. In Majors I MD I only use poppers of some type. No stars, no plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konkapot Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Anybody else get the match fee refund yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Still no refund here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teros135 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Nor here. What's going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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