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Comment on Gaming the Test: Rogers #3 by ToddG

ToddG — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:31:26 +0000

It depends on the test. For example, as I’ll discuss in a later entry, one of the tests begins with T5 and the gas pump for that target happens a quarter second or so before the target appears. The instructions are specifically to ‘draw at the sound of the pump’ on that test.

For T1 — which is the target that appears first for every string of every other stage — the pump and the movement of the plate are close enough to identical that I don’t think you could judge.

Comment on Gaming the Test: Rogers #3 by Rob E

Rob E — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:27:26 +0000

You can hear the activation before you see it though right?

Comment on What’s Faster Than F.A.S.T.? by Lomshek

Lomshek — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:19:58 +0000

The FASTer sounds like a fun variation and other than concealment it stresses the same skills and is even more demanding in accuracy. What’s not to like?

Re the metric & classic issue: Even in the US we get folks wanting to stress the “sport” side of USPSA and get away from the martial aspects due to PC. I always wonder what the practical in USPSA will stand for when you take away the defensive aspect.

Catering to the anti-gunners in hopes of appeasing them is like Jews lining up neatly to appease the nazis. It hasn’t worked too well for our British and Australian gun cousins.

Comment on Gaming the Test: Rogers #3 by Sean

Sean — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:18:43 +0000

You start at the activation of the target system, which is the plate rising.

Comment on What’s Faster Than F.A.S.T.? by Rob E

Rob E — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:56:19 +0000

Is Pistol Training or Pistol Forum going to be a sponsor?

As for the target names, the Classic target was called that in a PC attempt to smoothe things over around the world, everyone in the international IPSC community should have seen the writing on the wall back then, that the newly named Metric target wasn’t going to be around long. And surprise, outside of the USA its no longer an approved target for IPSC.

Comment on Gaming the Test: Rogers #3 by Redchrome

Redchrome — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:30:11 +0000

So are you on your honor to wait until the first target begins to appear before drawing? Sounds/looks like that’s the signal to begin shooting.

Comment on Photo of the 2012-2013 Endurance Test Gun Revealed! by Andy Gore

Andy Gore — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:30:14 +0000

Is that a Wayne Novak mark on the front of the slide?

Comment on Gaming the Test: Rogers #3 by ToddG

ToddG — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:51:51 +0000

matt — It’s a Contour HD on their normal mount. You can see a photo of the setup on this page’s banner.

Comment on Gaming the Test: Rogers #3 by matt

matt — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:31:15 +0000

What camera and mount are you using?

Comment on What’s Faster Than F.A.S.T.? by Andy S

Andy S — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:42:48 +0000

It’s like they were playing the telephone game with what to call the targets, and by the time the official materials were printed everything was fouled up. The naming convention makes absolutely zero sense.