Shane45

Match withdrawel

Am I the only one having double posts?????

One of my builds. I guess that would be "custom". Id like to try an M&P compact with Apex internals though. That might be a handy setup and close enough to what Im used to for controls and trigger.

OK, ok it should be no suprise, GM 1911.

Id carry Chuck Norris!

Lunker, maybe Tosser will catch this thread but I think he said this next match might be a little less running and more long range shots favoring precision a little more this time around. (probably something to do with playing with a certain OBR at the last match LOL) Shane

I would run the PTR! Im running around with a +12 lb MWS!!! Hell my AR is 9.75! Also, you could bring both. You are not restricted to running a single rifle for the match. I usually bring 3!

Agreed! To quote Maks, when I handed him my AR,"um..its dripping"

No thanks I had a pretty good seat for the first viewing

Moose, Im glad you brought that up about picking up the mag. The RO made a comment about penalties had you not picked it up. I want to go read about that. I seem to remember seeing something about X seconds for each round in the mag!

Not exactly sure what happened but basicaly my mag was jammed in the pistol but not in battery. It wouldnt go into battery and wouldnt drop free. So when the tripple pop ups popped, I had nothing Since it wouldnt go into battery, I couldnt TRB. I had to manually shuck the mag and reload to engage the remaining static targets .

I think you could make a strong case of no where to retreat to out in the open....

Ug! Just dont post my last stage catastrophe! I think I had a fairly tight match until that last stage! Unfortunatly this and the previous match a few weeks ago have me considering that I may need to quit competing during the winter months. . What Im finding is that post my spinal surgury, trying to compete in the cold is just too painful. By the time I get midway through the matches Im screaming in pain and just want to leave. Makes concentration a little hard. Im sure I will be asked so, what did I think of the match? Overall I thought it was OK. Very nice people and a nice setting. They kept it moving well and clearly put some work into it. I like very much that they keep everyone helping which aids in moving it along. Now for some constructive criticism. The range is very small. Not much you can do about that. Now I am not sure if this was common here or just this one match but I got the distinct impression that because of the small range, they try to compensate with a bit more elaborate stages. This would be fine and welcome. However, there is one particuler issue, at least for me, in the stage setups. What I do not understand was why stages were set up in a way that you had to come out of cover to activate the mover, which in most cases where very fast, and get your foot back in time to shoot so you dont get a penalty. I dont see what training value or tactical value doing such a thing has. I found it very distracting. If you have 3/4ths of the competitors choosing to take a procederal on a stage voluntarily, something is wrong. I think that either the activation pad should have been behind cover or there should have been no penalty for having a foot out to activate the target. Trying to figure out how to tap dance and shoot was as i said, distracting. The only other thing was cover. I am by no means a strong study on the IDPA rulebook. But it was my understanding that cover is 50% with feet in. I found the cover calls a little inconsistant. Sometimes it seemd ok and others it seemed like they wanted me to hug the paint. I heard a few competitors comments that sounded fairly irritated at the cover calls. Right or wrong, well not being an IDPA authority, its hard for me to say. So all my comments should be taken from the perspective of a moderate IDPA competitor. Shane

I wonder who is making the actions or if they are in house. Looks like a BAT to me.

Not digging the right bolt left port....

Hopefully no one on the back to back conference calls could hear me chuckle as I made this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0ccyKhHqU

"To be blunt, You guys were in the lead, and Out front on this. Therefore they have to publicly distance themselves from YOU. Yes it Sucks, No it's not "Right" but its what they have to do on the political front in order to reach their goal." You came to the same theoretical conclusion that I did. But it still doesnt explain actually pointing fingers at us and sticking a thumb in our eye...

That is correct, the cease came first BUT I am sure the backroom conversations had already taken place. Kdp, I think we are in perfect agreement as to why, it makes sense. There is no argument there. Its the how that had become a problem. We quietly walked away, even though we really had every right to continue. We spent time, money and personal favors to pull it together. We walked away without even a discreet explanation. So given we took the high road, why point the finger in our direction new? How can you digest the hipocricy of accepting money from the NRA but say you dont want to be affiliated? How can you say you distances yourself from politics and then post an article on facebook that directly attacks Christie and the 2nd amendment issues???? All these issues are "counter cause"..... One more thing to remember. "Home by Christmas" was entirely a NJ2AS creation. I find it interesting it was referenced by Christie in his speach. So the group that has been shunned obviously had some positive impact.

Well, I drive a Subaru so that was my preperation

I wish I created it. A guy over on the Hide did

Bob, thats been my theory all along. The only puzzler was as I said, we became targeted. So it was a bit more than just a cold shoulder. They started naming us etc etc.

The cease and decist came from Brian, confirmed by his attourney...