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Archives for August 2024

Circlestack? What the heck?

August 29, 2024 by Kevin Imel

Revolvers get referred to by a lot of names. Circlestack, Wheelgun, and more. The revolver, typically in a .38 variant or .45 ACP and the 1911, generally in .45 ACP although .38 Super was around as well, were the foundation firearms of our sport going back to the very early days before double stack magazines, comps and, optics. At that point the 1911s were using surplus magazines so were 7+1 vs. 6 rounds in the revolver so there was not that much disparity. As revolvers were still the duty guns for most law enforcement agencies at the time they were very popular in the sport and readily available. Now, they are a rarity in our sport, especially USPSA, and it is not uncommon to run across ROs that aren’t “Revolver Aware”. They are a bit different from a rules standpoint so let’s stroll through the book and take a deeper look.

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Filed Under: RO Best Practices

Double check that score!

August 22, 2024 by Matt Waite

How many of you have gotten to the end of a major match and while reviewing scores noticed something that doesn’t seem right? Maybe it was a procedural penalty that you don’t remember or a miss or no-shoot that you can’t place. What happens when we find an error in a score that has already been approved by both the range officer and the competitor?

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Filed Under: Free Advice

Steel Challenge Q&A

August 15, 2024 by Jodi Humann

Over the last couple months, we have received the same questions from multiple members about a few SCSA topics. We have learned that if multiple people from different clubs are asking the same thing, it probably needs to be discussed with the larger audience as well.

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Filed Under: Rules Q&A

Why Does the Rulebook Keep Growing?

August 8, 2024 by Troy McManus

I get this question sometimes—on the range or via email.  The answer is because competitors keep pushing the envelope.  Almost 90% of the DQ and procedural rules, along with the equipment rules, have come about due to competitor actions.

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Filed Under: Rules Insights

Is that trigger guard, triggering?

August 1, 2024 by Jodi Humann

Some handguns have very spacious trigger guards. But do these trigger guards cause issues in regards to the definition of a legal holster? Let’s look at this in more detail in this Question of the Month.

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Filed Under: Question of the Month Results

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