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Interesting thread. Several questions. A) Have any state or higher matches have a bonus target? Details please. Dates and value. When did bonus targets first start? Where & when.

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I agree, an open book exam does not evaluate "taking it in", this is where discussion has value. "oh, now I get it" is a strong clue as to "getting it". ...and why spending more time has value, ie. on another day. Versus doing all three in six hours.

Agreed

That was GREAT!!!! Still laughing Thanks Correction: about 1 minute per slide = 327 minutes = 5.5 hours My points remain the same. And YES I am still laughing.

Not intending to hijack the OP. Clay Poppers? If you miss then you must fire another round. Is this just another form of a bonus target? The bonus is NOT adding the additional time to fire another round, versus the time it might take to actually aim and hit the clay. Do the above comments apply in this case?

That is where I differ. 6 hours is NOT ideal in a teaching environment. Interactions is what keeps students engaged. Yes it can be done in 6 hours. That is not my style. As I said, it is my goal to guide the comments in sync with the slides, keeping all the students engaged. BTW, I have been told by some who took all three in one day that is was very boring and long. Those students were NOT engaged, they just wanted it to be over. The goal should be more than getting the "pin". We all have different styles.

I have a different approach on the new courses. With my 40+ years of teaching experience, presenting ROBS, CAS & WBAS in 5-6 hours is just that "Presenting". That is all there is time to do. Combined the three courses have 327 slides not including the test question slides. [See comments below for correction] That is about 11 seconds per slide. Yes, some slides are just titles and many slides have multiple levels (bullet points). In my experience, it is the discussions that have the greatest value. Especially from the senior shooters. Together the senior shooters likely have more experience and real-time examples than the person in the front of the room. As the trainer, I see my role as guiding the comments of the senior shooters along with the slides. I did present-teach all three on one day. We started at 8AM, finished at 4:30PM with a working lunch. It was commented that it was a L O N G day. My preference would be ROBS one day and CAS - WBAS on another day which would include live fire on range, stage design and holding the clock.

Is this the same or a different company than Montana Gold Bullets?

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Howdy, I check the powder mass (2.5 grains Clays) on the second drop of the day. Make sure the unit beeps. Any shell that gets a beep gets the mass checked. Maybe 10% of those are low by 0.2 grains at most. Never had a squib. I trust the beep.

Read page 48 in the current manual. Like above, check the primer feed stop pin and the blue tip on the tube

If you are using a SxS with inertial tigger and/or you are a smaller body size you might need more powder to reset the trigger

BB, In my experience describing sequences as stated are VERY stressful and confusing to many shooters, of ALL age categories. When I read a NV Sweep description, I offer to "VANA' as needed. Warning the shooters to wait for the "VANA".

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