There are multiple models of shot timers that will now sync with PractiScore via a Bluetooth connection, but what are the best practices for using these as you RO?
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Club Culture and You
(Be a Do Bee, Not a Don’t Bee)
As you may have noted, USPSA membership is growing and so is the number of affiliated clubs, both Steel Challenge and USPSA. With growth comes growing pains, naturally, but there are a few things you as an experienced club member, range officer, club contact, match director, section coordinator or Area Director can do to help alleviate some of the common issues. This will be especially necessary with the advent of “The USPSA Experience”, a web site dedicated to cleanly and simply introducing people to our sport.
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Poppers. Some folks love them. Some folks hate them. But if they are not properly maintained and managed, then folks really hate them! Let’s cover some common popper issues that can be easily managed to make poppers more enjoyable for everyone.
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We all understand that the individual shooter is responsible for his/her actions, and that a disqualification is on the shooter, not the Range Officer that calls it. As an RO, a shooter having a DQ should be a disappointment, not an achievement. A DQ is ultimately the result of something that the shooter did, not something that the RO caused. “You didn’t DQ him, he DQ’d himself, you just stopped him for it” is a common description of the situation.
If Clear, Hammer Down, Holster.
I am just back from the Factory Gun Nationals and what I thought was a single occurrence recently at another Sectional match raised its ugly head several times at Chronograph. I guess it is time to review one of those misunderstandings that sometimes arise from bad information.
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This should not be news to anyone but we are all human, and as such, we make mistakes. Even if we are super careful, and sometimes because we are being TOO careful, we make mistakes. There are several ways you can react to this, some good, some really not that good. Let’s chat about it.
[Read more…] about Mistakes Happen, to All of UsTimer settings for Fixed Time
One of the most important things for running a Fixed Time scored stage is having the timer configured properly to beep when the par time ends. The timers from Competition Electronics and CED are easy to configure and have been used without issue for Fixed Time for years. However, there are a couple settings that need to be changed to use the AMG Lab Commander Timer to time a Fixed Time stage without issues.
[Read more…] about Timer settings for Fixed TimeCertified Ammunition
With the 2024 shooting season coming to a close, and the 2025 season not warming up yet (see, because it’s winter, and cold, “not warming up yet”), I thought it might be helpful in planning to publish some information on USPSA’s Certified Ammunition Program.
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