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Rules Insights

Safeties and You

June 13, 2024 by Troy McManus

There have recently been a couple of incidents of people discharging their firearm in the holster, either while holstering or while drawing.  This is a serious safety problem and is basically negligence on the part of the competitor for failing to engage the safety or disengaging it early. 

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Failure (to paint) Is Not An Option

April 25, 2024 by Troy McManus

I got an email the other day from a member, asking if not painting at level one was an option. Because he didn’t mention what discipline, I told him level one matches were exempt from painting but that it’s strongly recommended that steel get painted between hits even though the rules don’t require it. He also informed me that his entire squad had been told to leave by the match director because they didn’t want to paint. I thought that was a little extreme, but to each his own, I suppose, and thinking about it, I can see the reasoning behind it.

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Quadriceps Retention Devices (Thigh Straps)

March 14, 2024 by Troy McManus

At the January USPSA Board of Directors meeting, the proposed changes to the USPSA Competition, USPSA Rifle, Shotgun and Multigun, and Steel Challenge Shooting Association rules were approved by the board. These member-driven changes went into effect on February 29, 2024.

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Another Stick in….the Wall

August 31, 2023 by Troy McManus

We often get questions concerning what part of a wall is impenetrable, which part may be shot through, and whether the feet or supports can be used. Here are some insights into walls and vision barriers in general.

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Why is RM approval required?

August 17, 2023 by Jodi Humann

If your gun is malfunctioning, breaks, or if your sights fall off or break the rules state that you must get Range Master approval before any modifications are made, or the gun is replaced. Let’s learn a bit more about the rule and the reasoning behind this rule.

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Table manners

August 10, 2023 by Jodi Humann

We have previously discussed the appropriate ready conditions for loaded firearms that start the stage on a table, but what about unloaded firearms and their placement. I recently worked a match where a stage required magazines to start on any of the barrels and the unloaded firearm to start on the table. It was a fun stage, but we had competitors earn a DQ before they even fired a shot on the stage. Can you guess why?

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Start positions: When is out, in?

July 13, 2023 by Matt Waite

Rule 3.2.1 requires that the competitor start position is included in the Written Stage Briefing (WSB) for each stage.  We’ve all seen a wide variety of start positions at matches: anywhere inside the shooting area, feet or hands touching a marked location, heels or toes touching the rear fault line, etc.  Words matter, of course, and it is important that WSBs are clearly written and that the start position is consistently enforced.  This article will discuss one specific nuance of the competitor start location relative to the shooting area.

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Virginia Count lessons on the range

May 25, 2023 by Jodi Humann

Last weekend I worked my local sectional match and I got to work a Virginia Count, two string Standard Exercise. I was sure it was some sort of atonement for all my blog posts about Virginia Count, but I got to witness a ton of learning among staff and competitors in those two days.

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