1911 Single Stack Elitist Club

[Merlin Orr]

Sadly no Merlin, but what the hell, A Single Stack guy on the cover anyway. I was happy. Thanks for the plug Mike. I appreciate it my friend.

Oh No... You misunderstand. I am deeply releaved to find you are NOT the guy running across that bay holding that... abomination....

[mgood]

Sadly no Merlin, but what the hell, A Single Stack guy on the cover anyway. I was happy. Thanks for the plug Mike. I appreciate it my friend.

Oh No... You misunderstand. I am deeply releaved to find you are NOT the guy running across that bay holding that... abomination....

IIRC from looking at the results, he shot Singlestack Division.

[mgood]

I shot Limited Division at the Texas State Limited . . . using a 9mm 1911 and all Singlestack Division legal gear and placement.

Sort of challenging them on their own turf.

I almost won D Limited.

I know, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. But I had NO chance of winning in Singlestack or L10. I came within a hair of winning D Ltd, which would have gotten me a cool belt buckle and $250 STI contengency money. (With which I would have bought a frame to build another singlestack, probably in .45.) I competed where I thought I had the best chance of winning something. I had just that month moved up to C in SS and figured I had a better chance against the D Ltd shooters than against the C SS people.

[Merlin Orr]

I shot Limited Division at the Texas State Limited . . . using a 9mm 1911 and all Singlestack Division legal gear and placement.

Sort of challenging them on their own turf.

I almost won D Limited.

I know, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. But I had NO chance of winning in Singlestack or L10. I came within a hair of winning D Ltd, which would have gotten me a cool belt buckle and $250 STI contengency money. (With which I would have bought a frame to build another singlestack, probably in .45.) I competed where I thought I had the best chance of winning something. I had just that month moved up to C in SS and figured I had a better chance against the D Ltd shooters than against the C SS people.

Take it to em....Yeah...

[mgood]

Take it to em....Yeah...

LIMITED OVERALL (showing D Class only)
70. Kristin Jarrard  598.9736   45.438%
75. Michael Goodwin  547.3482   41.521%
83. Kim Morris       451.5032   34.251%
88. Liota Wakal      291.2186   22.092%

I zeroed one stage. The last stage Saturday I was about to die of heat stroke.

I barely paid attention to the stage description, did a half-assed walkthrough, then sat in the shade with my head down, not even watching the others shoot, until it was my turn. I didn't care at that point. I didn't even notice a whole array of targets. The RO looked pretty surprised when I unloaded and showed clear.

Not making excuses. I know that preparation, hydration, et cetera, is part of the game and I was unprepared. (Hey, it was my first major.)

Kristin Jarrard did especially well on that stage. Throw out that one stage and I win D.

Oh well, maybe next time.

I was 75th out of 91 shooters in Limited Division and, I think, 114th out of 140 over all combined divisions.

Edited September 1, 2012 by mgood

[zhunter]

Good shooting, and you learned some valuable lessons. So it was a win-win

Gotta love shooting Limited with SS gear

[mgood]

Good shooting, and you learned some valuable lessons. So it was a win-win

Gotta love shooting Limited with SS gear

Thanks.

I proved something that I'd heard several times before. You can't win a match with one stage but you can lose a match on one stage.

Zeroed one stage out of 12 and still shot into C Class range in Ltd with my SS rig.

I really wanted that belt buckle.

I've been beating just about every D shooter in every division at local matches for a while but getting whipped badly by most C shooters. So I thought it was worth a try. Still think it was a good strategy.

I'm just proud I made it through my first major and didn't forget my holster or belt or something.

And didn't DQ.

Although, there was one place where I might have been DQ'd. After a stage, one of my squadmates asked me if I AD'd there. I was trying to figure out why the gun didn't fire, and it fired. I said "I was trying to make the gun fire, and I was pointing in the general direction of the targets. I just didn't really expect it to go off right then"

I later figured out that I had not completely depressed the grip safety and when I changed my grip to see what happened, then it went.

I "modified" the grip safety before my next match. It still moves normally, but it doesn't do anything.

[mgood]

SEPTEMBER UPDATE

By High Percent in Singlestack Division:

 1. TGO, HM           L684     GM  99.28 100.00
2. steel1212         A57351   GM  97.42  97.42
3. webbo             TY57133  GM  96.23  96.23
4. want2race         A56938   GM  95.59  95.59
5. bigj45            A45411   M   91.22  91.22
6. Scrat             A50068   M   90.58  90.58
7. A62335            A62335   M   89.16  89.16
8. Steven Cline      A57903   M   84.92  87.92
9. Ed Deegan         TY57440  A   83.35  83.48
10. eerw              A4469    M   74.61  83.22
11. Clyde             TY33759  A   81.42  81.42
12. Catfish           A52911   A   81.09  81.09
13. tpcdvc            TY51763  A   80.36  80.36
14. Nemo              A32791   A   78.83  78.83
15. zhunter           L2871    A   77.45  77.45
16. Carmoney          A23819   A   76.97  76.97
17. fortyfiveshooter  A52987   A   76.42  76.42
18. Ronnie j          A46187   A   76.10  76.10  Moved up to A!
19. Steve J           A51440   B   74.32  74.47
20. Dave Gundry       A60363   B   73.61  74.04
21. Loose Brass       A60566   B   72.66  73.42
22. ima45dv8          L2767    B   71.60  71.60
23. Alan Meek         L1305    B   68.34  70.46
24. TISCHLJ           TY52476  B   68.17  70.43
25. Corey             TY67152  B   68.44  70.34
26. kgunz11           FY61478  B   69.03  69.03
27. MarkS_A18138      A18138   B   64.00  68.24
28. GARY STEVENS      L2133    B   67.43  67.43
29. HighVelocity      TY62898  B   67.41  67.41
30. bbbean            TY55139  B   63.94  65.15
31. IdahoShooter      A59198   B   64.71  64.71
32. Dan Sierpina      A446     B   63.16  63.16
33. Doug H.           TY55079  B   62.00  62.00
34. foilhat           A68487   B   61.86  61.86
35. pbosik            A30492   B   60.94  61.23
36. Jadeslade         L3282    C   51.58  59.32
37. Airedale          FY50947  C   54.76  58.47
38. G-ManBart         TY23298  A   57.61  57.61
38. chbrow10          A62757   C   54.84  57.61
40. T_Deegan          TY59532  C   48.07  56.80
41. dd5357            A55354   C   55.36  55.90
42. boz1911           TY54309  A   55.04  55.04
43. 38superman        A51235   C   54.54  54.54
44. gino_aki          L1446    C   54.30  54.30
45. Paul Burtchell    A59988   C   52.77  53.67
46. xcelr8n           TY64275  C   52.64  52.64
47. sbo76             FY66994  C   51.12  51.12
48. BWNC              TY54158  C   46.50  50.97
49. GentlemanJim      A4820    B   49.84  49.84
50. Jammer1911        TY55041  C   47.90  48.84
51. twodownzero       A63438   C   48.09  48.09
52. DMS42             TY2745   C   44.14  47.29
53. mgood             TY64298  C   42.50  42.50
54. Anopsis           A57193   D   37.07  37.07
55. jarozzy           A69366   D   32.91  32.91
56. Ladyinblue        A6063    C   27.82  27.82
57. Modoc             A62468   D   24.88  25.41

By Current Percent in Singlestack Division:

 1. TGO, HM           L684     GM  99.28 100.00
2. steel1212         A57351   GM  97.42  97.42
3. webbo             TY57133  GM  96.23  96.23
4. want2race         A56938   GM  95.59  95.59
5. bigj45            A45411   M   91.22  91.22
6. Scrat             A50068   M   90.58  90.58
7. A62335            A62335   M   89.16  89.16
8. Steven Cline      A57903   M   84.92  87.92
9. Ed Deegan         TY57440  A   83.35  83.48
10. Clyde             TY33759  A   81.42  81.42
11. Catfish           A52911   A   81.09  81.09
12. tpcdvc            TY51763  A   80.36  80.36
13. Nemo              A32791   A   78.83  78.83
14. zhunter           L2871    A   77.45  77.45
15. Carmoney          A23819   A   76.97  76.97
16. fortyfiveshooter  A52987   A   76.42  76.42
17. Ronnie j          A46187   A   76.10  76.10  Moved up to A!
18. eerw              A4469    M   74.61  83.22
19. Steve J           A51440   B   74.32  74.47
20. Dave Gundry       A60363   B   73.61  74.04
21. Loose Brass       A60566   B   72.66  73.42
22. ima45dv8          L2767    B   71.60  71.60
23. kgunz11           FY61478  B   69.03  69.03
24. Corey             TY67152  B   68.44  70.34
25. Alan Meek         L1305    B   68.34  70.46
26. TISCHLJ           TY52476  B   68.17  70.43
27. GARY STEVENS      L2133    B   67.43  67.43
28. HighVelocity      TY62898  B   67.41  67.41
29. IdahoShooter      A59198   B   64.71  64.71
30. MarkS_A18138      A18138   B   64.00  68.24
31. bbbean            TY55139  B   63.94  65.15
32. Dan Sierpina      A446     B   63.16  63.16
33. Doug H.           TY55079  B   62.00  62.00
34. foilhat           A68487   B   61.86  61.86
35. pbosik            A30492   B   60.94  61.23
36. G-ManBart         TY23298  A   57.61  57.61
37. dd5357            A55354   C   55.36  55.90
38. boz1911           TY54309  A   55.04  55.04
39. chbrow10          A62757   C   54.84  57.61
40. Airedale          FY50947  C   54.76  58.47
41. 38superman        A51235   C   54.54  54.54
42. gino_aki          L1446    C   54.30  54.30
43. Paul Burtchell    A59988   C   52.77  53.67
44. xcelr8n           TY64275  C   52.64  52.64
45. Jadeslade         L3282    C   51.58  59.32
46. sbo76             FY66994  C   51.12  51.12
47. GentlemanJim      A4820    C   49.84  49.84
48. twodownzero       A63438   C   48.09  48.09
49. T_Deegan          TY59532  C   48.07  56.80
50. Jammer1911        TY55041  C   47.90  48.84
51. BWNC              TY54158  C   46.50  50.97
52. DMS42             TY2745   C   44.14  47.29
53. mgood             TY64298  C   42.50  42.50
54. Anopsis           A57193   D   37.07  37.07
55. jarozzy           A69366   D   32.91  32.91
56. Ladyinblue        A6063    C   27.82  27.82
57. Modoc             A62468   D   24.88  25.41

Congrats to A shooter Ronnie j!

[Merlin Orr]

Mike.... Thanks!

[Ronnie j]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally .

[wes777]

He's the guy with the timer who looks like he has no chance of keeping up with that shooter.

Pic from Double Tap.

I shot with that dude at Texas state limited, but he was shooting limited that match. God it was hot. My gun decided that it would not release Tripp cobras for nothin. Had to fish out my ETMs to finish Sunday. First major, had a good time, learned allot. One day I will have that SS buckle! Or so I tell myself.

[GmanCdp]

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN (MOSES BROWNING)

1 In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good. And behold the Lord said, "Thou shalt not muck with my disciple John's design for it is good and it workith. For John made the 1911, and lo all of his weapons, from the designs which I, the Lord, gave him upon the mountain."

2 "And shouldst thou muck with it, and hang all manner of foul implements upon it, and profane its internal parts, thou shalt surely have malfunctions, and in the midst of battle thou shalt surely come to harm."

3 And as the ages passed men in their ignorance and arrogance didst forget the word of the Lord and began to profane the 1911. The tribe of the gamesman did place recoil spring guides and extended slide releases upon the 1911 and their metal smiths didst tighten the tolerances and alter parts to their liking, their clearness of mind being clouded by lust.

4 Their artisans did hang all manner of foul implements upon the 1911 and did so alter it that it became impractical to purchase. For lo, the artisans didst charge a great tax upon the purchasers of the 1911 so that the lowly field worker could not afford one. And the profaning of the internal parts didst render it unworkable when the dust of the land fell upon it, and these profaners didst try and fit more rounds of ammunition into the magazines than the holy number of seven, appointed for the .45.

5 And lo, they didst install adjustable sights, which are an abomination unto the Lord. For they doth break and lose their zero when thou dost need true aim. And those who have done so will be slain in great numbers by their enemies in the great battle. a

6 And it came to pass that the Lord didst see the abomination wrought by man and didst cause, as he had warned, fearful malfunctions to come upon the abominations and upon the artisans who thought they could do no wrong.

7 Seeing the malfunctions and the confusion of men, the lord of the underworld did see an opportunity to further ensnare man and didst bring forth pistols made of plastic, whose form was such that they looked and felt like a brick, yet the eyes of man being clouded, they were consumed by the plastic pistol and did buy vast quantities of them.

8 And being a deceitful spirit, the lord of the underworld did make these plastic pistols unamenable to the artisans of earth and they were unable to muck much with the design, and lo these pistols did appear to function.

9 And the evil one also brought forth pistols in which the trigger didst both cock and fire them and which require a "dingus" to make them appear safe.

10 But man being stupid did not understand these new pistols and didst proceed to shoot themselves with the plastic pistol and with the trigger cocking pistols for lo their manual of arms required great intelligence which man had long since forsaken. Yet man continue to gloat over these new pistols blaming evil forces for the negligent discharges which they themselves had committed.

11 And when man had been totally ensnared with the plastic pistol, the lord of the underworld didst cause a plague of the terrible Ka-Boom to descend upon man and the plastic pistols delivered their retribution upon men. And there was a great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the land.

12 Then seeing that the eyes of man were slowly being opened and that man was truly sorrowful for his sinful misdeeds, the Lord did send his messengers in the form of artisans who did hear and obey the teachings of the prophet and who didst restore the profaned 1911s to their proper configuration, and lo, to the amazement of men they didst begin to work as the prophet had intended.

13 And the men of the land didst drive out the charlatans and profaners from the land, and there was joy and peace in the land, except for the evil sprits which tried occasionally to prey on the men and women of the land and who were sent to the place of eternal damnation b by the followers of John.

[mgood]

. . . at Texas state limited. . . . God it was hot. . . .

Yes, it was!

I zeroed one stage. The last stage Saturday I was about to die of heat stroke.

I barely paid attention to the stage description, did a half-assed walkthrough, then sat in the shade with my head down, not even watching the others shoot, until it was my turn. I didn't care at that point. I didn't even notice a whole array of targets. The RO looked pretty surprised when I unloaded and showed clear.

Not making excuses. I know that preparation, hydration, et cetera, is part of the game and I was unprepared. . . .

I saw a couple of people there wearing BENOS shirts. Meant to go introduce myself and never got around to it.

Don't know if that was you or someone else.

Edited September 15, 2012 by mgood

[wes777]

Na, no jersey. Rocked the FrankenSTI ( second match with a SS) and a bumble f@&$ rig to match. Was the only U shooter in SS. Seriously messed up some stages. Learned the hard way that there is an art to squading. First major and the first two stages were the high point ones. Epic fail. What a blast.

[Merlin Orr]

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN (MOSES BROWNING)

13 And the men of the land didst drive out the charlatans and profaners from the land, and there was joy and peace in the land, except for the evil sprits which tried occasionally to prey on the men and women of the land and who were sent to the place of eternal damnation b by the followers of John.

And these true believers banded together and formed the tribe of SSEC.........

[Samuel Adams]

A new SW1911 E Series was just added to the stable.

[Les Snyder]

Ok... I'd like to re apply....original USPSA number A2363?... current L747

never kept any results...1993 Fla State A class Limited, 2001,2002 Ga State L10 Senior champ

digital picture of old photo showing yours truly at Manatee Fla Gun Club negotiating wall in 1983, with 1911 in hand...

pic of my last 1911... note the Dan McDonald inspired flat trigger (met Dan in 1984) and stippling on front strap

Edited October 3, 2012 by Les Snyder

[GmanCdp]

WOW...that brings back old memories..

[zhunter]

Ok... I'd like to re apply....original USPSA number A2363?... current L747

never kept any results...1993 Fla State A class Limited, 2001,2002 Ga State L10 Senior champ

digital picture of old photo showing yours truly at Manatee Fla Gun Club negotiating wall in 1983, with 1911 in hand...

pic of my last 1911... note the Dan McDonald inspired flat trigger (met Dan in 1984) and stippling on front strap

For the first time ever, I will make an exception for an incomplete application. I think Les is more than qualified.

Welcome to the club

Les Snyder is a Non-Voting Member

[GmanCdp]

nice call Z....

[Merlin Orr]

Welcome to the club, Les......

[pbosik]

+1 , welcome aboard Les !

[mgood]

I think Les is more than qualified.

lol

In Nemo's absence, I guess I'm still doing this.

VOTING MEMBERS in BOLD

HONORARY MEMBERS in ITALICS

GS1: GARY STEVENS - THE GRAND SNOB

1 - Merlin

2 - ZH Chairman of Discipline Committee

3 - Aikidale

4 - Steve J - Chair of the SS Match Snob Committee

5 - Gentleman Jim

6 - Mark S18138

7 - IMA45DV8

8 - Alan Meek Chairman Committee of Liaison with USPSA

9 - Catfish

10 - BOZ1911 - Slayer

11 - Gman Bart

12 - Ladyinblue (The Brain)

13 - CSEMartin

14 - Fortyfiveshooter

15 - Nemo

16 - DMS42

17 - MiddleMan

18 - Airedale SSES Junior Coordinator

19 - Benny Hill

20 - Carmoney

21 - Sethmark

22 - Bill Nesbitt

23 - P.E. Kelly

24 - ddj8052

25 - 6-shot

26 - Dan Sierpina

27 - Grandbagger

28 - j1b

29 - Scout454

30 - Jeff Turner, H.M. (member formerly known as GamePlayer)

31 - Michigan Shootist

32 - ChrisStock (a.k.a Lighteye67)

33 - Modoc

34 - Skywalker

35 - ExiledViking

36 - SV SHooter

37 - Steel 1212, SERGEANT AT ARMS in SELF-IMPOSED PROBATION

38 - Slabbie Shooter

39 - 38Superman

40 - YSued (Director of Photography)

41 - Vagus

42 - 9x21

43 - Dubletap

44 - kgunz11

45 - TGO, H.M.

46 - Krautwagen

47 - Supercomp9

48 - North

49 - Ed Deegan

50 - GmanCdp

51 - Clyde

52 - hk_mtbr

53 - JKR

54 - sskp1

55 - Paul Burtchell

56 - bp78

57 - Rob Moore

58 - High Velocity

59 - want2race aka Mucho Reloadre

60 - gotm4

61 - webbo

62 - tpcdvc

63 - bigsaxdog

64 - JKSNIPER

65 - nashvillebill

66 - ken hebert

67 - T_Deegan

68 - Hopalong

69 - eerw

70 - bbbean

71 - 71Commander

72 - Rocket35

73 - Boss1622

74 - BNorth

75 - Loose Brass

76 - rrflyer

77 - Wunbadweel

78 - Kyle O

79 - Doug H

80 - A62335

81 - GM IPROD

82 - d5357

83 - TM262

84 - Samuel Adams

85 - DirtyPool40

86 - werewolf45auto

87 - Bryan45

88 - Jadeslade

89 - Steven Cline

90 - twodownzero

91 - TISCHLJ

92 - xcelr8n

93 - Scrat

94 - gino_aki

95 - Corey

96 - pbosik

97 - BigNick73

98 - Victor R

99 - foilhat

100 - mgood SSES Statistician

101 - chbrow10

102 - BWNC

103 - Amerflyer48

104 - Jammer1911

105 - sbo76

106 - STIed

107 - DinosaurMikeGolf

108 - jarozzy

109 - Bigj45

110 - Mike Dame

111 - GrumpyOne

112 - sirveyr

113 - Ronnie J

114 - fastluck13

115 - IdahoShooter

116 - Anopsis

117 - Les Snyder

Welcome.

Let me know if I missed someone.

Edited October 4, 2012 by mgood

[Les Snyder]

thank you for your courtesy... an honor... it has been an exceptional sport, and I've met a lot of good people in my 30 years as a USPSA competitor...Super Senior in 9 days....

[Anopsis]

Happy shooter here. I have finished my Caspian .40 SS! Freedom Gunworks tri-topped it and parkerized it. I uploaded a handful of pics in the gallery here, but here's a shot of the girl:

In my application here I mentioned the serial number, but as a reminder here's how I feel about SS division (numeric suffixed edited out):