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  1. I just now googled "insurance for shooting sports" and it looks like there are many options. Interestingly, the NRA isn't on the first page. I did not look beyond that. https://www.google.com/search?q=insurance+for+shooting+sports&oq=insurance+for+shooting+sports&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBNIBCTEzMDA0ajBqN6gCALACAA&client=ms-android-verizon-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ip=1&ss=
  2. I believe most people refer to the loops; as in a single, or double, Loop belt. (Or in my case a combination of single loops and double loops that I think makes my grab 4 easier). Only single and double are SASS legal. Loops that hold more than 2 shotshells are not allowed. Yes, posting a WTB (want to buy) in the classifieds section of this forum would be a good way to find something.
  3. That might be because your post didn't actually ask about anything. It just expected the reader to know what you were referring to. Also, I'm not sure if people call what you are looking for a "double up belt". That's not a phase I've ever heard before. Some people wear two belts; their gun belt and a shotshell belt (or shotgun belt). Others prefer an all in one belt that holds the holsters as well as loops for shot shells. "All in one" is the phrase I've heard. Then there is the option for a "slide", which is a piece with shotshell and/or cartridge loops that attaches (slides unto) your existing belt. Any leather worker who makes gun belts will be able to make any of those options.
  4. Yes. You most certainly can. From the Reload Choices document: "It is also acceptable for a shooter to replace defective (bad primer?) rounds in a cartridge revolver in order to successfully complete a stage. Even if a revolver has a “squib” (effectively putting that firearm out of commission), the shooter MAY reload the functioning revolver to finish the shooting string after making the malfunctioning firearm safe."
  5. I can't help but ask... Why didn't you reload the second pistol to save the clean stage?
  6. Geez. You want him to do everything for you?
  7. Example: 4 targets. Stage calls for a 10 round Nevada sweep starting on either end, double tapping the outside targets. Our shooter forgets the double taps, and just shoots a single tap Nevada sweep. Under the current rules that shooter would earn a P on the second shot, and probably not know until they were finished that they had done anything wrong. With unlimited Ps that shooter would earn 8 procedural penalties, because only their 1st and 8th shots were on the correct targets. Let's not venture down that road
  8. Per the SHB your 45-70 is legal for long range competition. It is not a legal caliber for a main match. Only calibers commonly found in revolvers of the time are legal for main match competition.
  9. One person above mentioned taking a mould of your chamber. Learning the chamber length is critical. If you want to hit where you're aiming, your finished cartridges should to match the full and complete length of the chamber. In fact, it's a good thing if it takes just a tiny bit of force to seat the cartridge. DO NOT full length resize your brass. You only need to expand as deep as the bullet will seat, and use the smallest possible flare. You may find that after you use a piece of brass one time, you don't need to expand at all, and only a tiny flare is needed to seat the bullet. That's ideal, as that brass is now fire formed to perfectly fit your chamber.
  10. My wife and I were shooting Murom kvb-9 small pistol primers exclusively until they disappeared off the market last spring. I would estimate that we went through well over 16000 rounds without a single issue. These are not the same primers. At a glance around the Internet it looks like they may have replaced the very dependable kvb-9 with this newly formulated kvb-9e.
  11. Please check on your niece. Nashville did get hit by a very strong tornado.
  12. I shot a match like that in Jacksonville, FL last year. It was Thanksgiving weekend. There were two bonuses available. For each one you hit, you got an extra target for the turkey shoot.
  13. I see what you are doing now. Your math works out the same, but that running timeline does not correlate to the rules as written. The rules expect you to make up the shot, and only penalize you at the end if you failed to do so. For me, an extra shotgun shot adds about 1.5 seconds, maybe a little less. Whether that means missing a bonus like this would cost me 6.5 or 1.5 seconds is a philosophical discussion. I personally think you can have a bonus on one side of a coin without having a penalty on the other. Missing a bonus is not an extra penalty. It's just getting the time I earned. Others disagree with that. Ultimately, the clock doesn't care about our feelings.
  14. That is not how shotgun targets work. Unless the stage directions do not allow make ups, the only shotgun "misses" that add 5 seconds to your time are those that are not made up. In other words the only penalty for missing a shotgun target is the time it takes to shoot another round.
  15. That doesn't fix anything. It sounds great, but it makes attending a smaller match a disadvantage for an otherwise top shooter. That potentially undermines the intent of the M7, which is to encourage more participation in these 7 matches. On a side note, maybe I'm just missing something, but I can't understand why so much effort is being put into trying to make rank points work. They work for NASCAR because every race has nearly the same participants. That isn't the case for us. For us time provides a stable base to compare to, so that the success of a shooter is not linked to the number of people that came out that day. The only argument against using time is the belief that some matches are faster than others. We have no evidence to show that the difference is enough to skew the results of the M7, and we have a suggestion (par time) that should negate the effects of a faster match. We do know that last year's M7 rankings were skewed by the low attendance in Mississippi. I don't think anybody is upset about that, but it does indicate that something different might be in order this year.
  16. No need if you set par as an average stage time, and do it separately for each match. Example: total combined time of top 3 shooters divided by the total number of stages they shot in a given match. 10 stage match would be total combined time of top 3 shooters divided by 30 equals par. Then compare each shooter's average stage time for that match to par. That result (their time above or below par) would be the shooter's score for that match. Add up their 3 lowest scores, and that's their score (time) for the final M7 rankings. At that point it's no different than any other match. Lowest time wins. Since we would be talking about very small amounts of time a few extra decimal places may be needed.
  17. I believe this logic is flawed when applied to the M7. The rank point scoring that "leveled the playing field" was applied to each stage separately. The rank points in the M7 are based on final overall placement in the match, which in turn was decided based on total time. Groundhog's idea of setting a par time for each match and then using time over or under par creates a fair method of utilizing time (the raw data) while negating the issue of some matches being faster than others. If we use average stage time (as apposed to total time) in that manner, we also eliminate the issue of different number of stages in some matches.
  18. I still suspect that the "some matches are faster" opposition to average stage time will be negated by averaging over three matches. Especially considering that the speed of a match cannot be predicted ahead of time, ie: no option to game the system. I'm willing to do some math to test that theory. Can you send me the times of shooters who shot all seven to work with? If you have that info.
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  20. I think that's probably a redd herring when averaged over 3 matches. (Using average stage time, not total match time, to account for a 12 stage match compared to a 10 stage match). Unless you are getting the rank score after eliminating all non-M7 shooters, the rank will always be inaccurate and dependent on the success or failure of others at each individual match, whereas time is purely your own.
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