Phantom, SASS #54973

I agree! Bye bye B-Western! 😲 Phantom

Lot's of Pact and Pro... Picking up rifle is truly not easy a lot of the time... Phantom

Nope - I'm illiterate. Phantom

Well it's not in MY handwriting... 😉 Phantom

????? Just go to about any men's room at a gas station and you'll find it... Phantom

I pretty much agree with you. Nothing wrong with shooter's choice stages...but having like every stage written that way is boring. And I 100% agree on not repeating starting positions!!!! How lazy is a Stage Writer that can't come up with different starting positions. And folks, starting "at the ready / gun(s) in hand(s)" is not the only starting position allowed...OY! If you as a Stage Writer can't keep your customers entertained with variety...perhaps it's time to pass the torch. Phantom

If you have read the Handbook, you'd see the following: Frontiersman Category Frontiersman Rules: - Any main match percussion revolver with fixed sights. - Revolvers must be shot Duelist or Double Duelist style. See Duelist description for required shooting technique. - Must use blackpowder in all loads (rifle, revolver, and shotgun). - Must use a side-by-side, single shot, or lever action shotgun in the main match stages. - Any SASS legal pistol caliber rifle is acceptable. If you find another Main Match category that says you must use percussion revolvers, let us know. Please note the fact that no muzzle loaders are mentioned... Here's the thing...for me at least. You'd be far better off going to a bunch of matches and shooting what you have right now than getting all into all the possibilities. Observe/listen...ask questions at the matches. You'll start to figure out what you really want to get into. Just my opinion...take it or leave for it doesn't matter much too me either way. Phantom

Oh yeah, I've seen him around. Nice guy. Phantom PS: I've always been bad with names/aliases

Never heard of him...where does he shoot? Phantom

I see edges all the time...but never "every edge hit". Just like Procedurals, sometimes the TO is in the best position to see these things. Phantom

Look...if we can't get TO's to watch the shooter rather than being just a glorified spotter (target watcher), what makes anyone think that we can get TO's to make sure that they are picking up Rifle shots. We are dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. Phantom

I write stages using the "Any order, rifle not last" statement. Open to writing it a different way so long as it's not wordy...so...how would folks write the instructions? Phantom

Gotta ask. How would you word a stage where you can shoot this way? Phantom

Let me get this clear in my head. You don't care if someone get's an advantage...unless they get an advantage. Gotcha! Phantom

The issue is opening up more options for Stage Writers... Phantom

I would say that no one should tell a competitor that is using legal ammo that they can't use that ammo. That said, there are reasons why that might not be the best thing. Why? 1. Hard on folk's hearing 2. Beats the crap outta cheap steel...that some clubs use because they can't afford good steel. So comparing complains of upper limit legal rounds to lower limit legal rounds is a faulty analogy. The lower limit legal ammo users generally only hurt themselves via misses called because of the lack of target report. Phantom

Main complaint...maybe. But if weighed it might be rather insignificant. Expecting the TO to consistently make sure they are in position to pick up light loads is right up there in the complaint scale. Phantom

Well it didn't take long to get the old "mouse fart loads" comment... Phantom

This is...practically speaking...impossible. If you are going to write in a finish on rifle stage, facades will play into the equation. I believe that will all the variables (TO attention, Stage configuration, rifle bbl lengths and loads), finishing with the rifle is not good if you want to have a fair and consistent match. Phantom (The denied Regulator 😆)

Well while we're on the subject of Modern.... 😲 Phantom

Here's the funny thing. Most of those that will raise hell if their category is nixed are the older folks. The older folks make up the majority of the shooters attending matches. Hmmmmm...will they come if they are thrown into a category where they have to compete against the younger folks? When during the TG meeting at last years Land Run a certain shooter (that regularly posts here on the Wire), raised hell when it was made known that the category collapsing was done incorrectly. His category...might have been SS Duelist...maybe ES Duelist...should have been collapsed down into Senior rather then kept while having the Senior category collapsed into the Duelist category. "You're not going to get rid of MY category!!!"...said he...or...something like that. Phantom

I like circles...keeps the debate going. Phantom

I'd shoot that! But boy would the Black Powder GF'ers be pissed. 😜 Phantom

32 Open categories and 20 Lady's categories... Tell us how you'd break down the categories. Phantom

I'd like to see pictures of your carrier. Phantom