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78857
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kylexys
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Oct 1, 2006
7:44 am
78858
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the IDPA group. File : /! ! ! !Sports...
IDPA@yahoogroups.com
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Oct 1, 2006
7:45 am
78859
Anyone remember the Tueller Drill? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1459052511793821456&q=knife kr +-+ E-Mail: freeidaho at yahoo dot com ... ...
Protect Freedom
freeidaho
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Oct 4, 2006
12:25 pm
78860
Great video! Dennis Tueller originally found that inside seven yards the knife wins. Many people now think the number should be ten yards. (I understand our ...
John Warsaw
melvilladewey
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Oct 4, 2006
12:40 pm
78861
Excellent video! Donald ________________________________ From: IDPA@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IDPA@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Protect Freedom Sent: Wednesday,...
Donald Murray
dmsc01us
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Oct 4, 2006
12:49 pm
78862
John As a civilian, I have to consider both survival and legal consequences. I doubt I would shoot at 10 yards. I would shoot at 5 without hesitation. If...
Ray Crum
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Oct 4, 2006
1:53 pm
78863
Ray, I agree with your concerns about shooting at ten yards. I think the point of the video (and the drill) is that a person who starts a knife attack within...
John Warsaw
melvilladewey
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Oct 4, 2006
4:53 pm
78864
It wasn't a fair fight! The guy with the knife had it hidden behind his back. Give the officer her gun behind her back and see how it works out. And yes, the...
Scott Toland
scotttoland
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Oct 4, 2006
5:05 pm
78865
I read somewhere that idpa targets that fire paintballs back at the shooter are in the works....
Gary Jones, JR.
texisportx
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Oct 4, 2006
5:20 pm
78866
We have done chargers that run at and then overrun the shooter if he doesn't move. Generally a popular stage. The paintball idea sounds good until you...
Kevin_Schlier
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Oct 4, 2006
6:40 pm
78867
I'm kinda new at this and am trying to understand all the nuances of IDPA rules. Please help if you can. While shooting a CoF I shot a target from the wrong...
Scott Toland
scotttoland
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Oct 4, 2006
7:47 pm
78868
In a message dated 10/4/2006 1:10:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scott@... writes: It wasn't a fair fight! The very term "fair fight" is a contradiction...
LTDSHOOTER@...
shootingirons45
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Oct 4, 2006
7:50 pm
78869
You cannot wipe out a Procedural by going back and shooting it "right" after you have already done it wrong. You just wasted time reshooting the target. There...
Jim Watson
unclejim3879
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Oct 4, 2006
8:06 pm
78870
Welcome to IDPA. Assuming it was a Vickers Count stage...by the book it is a procedural and you would score the best of the hits. I have been known to cut new...
Michael "Iron Mike" W...
texastactical
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Oct 4, 2006
8:11 pm
78871
I have run stages like that also with charging targets. I was at a match once where there were two targets charging the shooter from about 8 yards. A couple...
Robert V. Robinson
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Oct 4, 2006
8:17 pm
78872
We've done it several times over the years. I imagine it's bee done at one time or another by several clubs around the country. Michael "Iron Mike" Webb Texas...
Michael "Iron Mike" W...
texastactical
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Oct 4, 2006
8:18 pm
78873
Scott, What we have here, IMHO, is a "depends" situation. You didn't say if the CoF was specific about the position that each target should be engaged from....
Donald Murray
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Oct 4, 2006
8:21 pm
78874
Yup, I agree with Kevin. Great Idea and sounds fun, but best left for FOF. Michael "Iron Mike" Webb ... === message truncated === Michael "Iron Mike" Webb ...
Michael "Iron Mike" W...
texastactical
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Oct 4, 2006
8:30 pm
78875
Thank you for the reply, I'll try and provide the details you asked for. The CoF required that T1 be engaged from P1 and that T2 be engaged from P2. (there...
Scott Toland
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Oct 4, 2006
8:44 pm
78876
... There IS one set of rules. I do NOT cut new shooters slack if they try to make it right and there is no advantage. Why? Because I would be doing them no...
Jim Watson
unclejim3879
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Oct 4, 2006
9:22 pm
78877
If I was the SO I would not have given a Procedural. Procedural penalties are there to penalize someone who violates the rules and thereby gains some advantage...
Pepper Popper
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Oct 4, 2006
10:28 pm
78878
I agree with your position. Actually I was commenting on the opinion expressed by other members that they wouldn't give a penalty if it was a club match but...
Scott Toland
scotttoland
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Oct 4, 2006
10:43 pm
78879
Scott, It is a procedural, you really can't correct a wrong once it has been done as in your situation. Going back and doing it right just added time, the...
Mike OHara
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Oct 4, 2006
10:51 pm
78880
Got to disagree with you, Dave. There is nothing in the definition or examples of Procedural Error (pg 15-16 of rulebook) that even mentions "advantage." It...
Jim Watson
unclejim3879
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Oct 4, 2006
11:07 pm
78881
I'm not having trouble letting go. I'm just learning the rules and wondered if there is a consensus on this. Right now I'm hearing divergent opinions. As for...
Scott Toland
scotttoland
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Oct 4, 2006
11:13 pm
78882
Sorry in advance if I repeat things which have already been said ... First, you have two clearly poorly trained gun handlers against someone who loves to be...
Todd Louis Green
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Oct 4, 2006
11:31 pm
78883
From: Scott Toland [mailto:scott@...] Subject: Re: [IDPA] Is this a procedural? ... That is bad course design, plain and simple. A COF that requires...
Todd Louis Green
toddg9mm
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Oct 4, 2006
11:46 pm
78884
Hey Todd, we missed you at the Nationals. Michael "Iron Mike" Webb Texas Tactical WWW.TEXASTACTICAL.NET __________________________________________________ Do...
Michael "Iron Mike" W...
texastactical
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Oct 4, 2006
11:59 pm
78885
Most MDs and SOs don't want to hand out penalties ... But if you don't penalize the inexperienced people (and tell them why), how are you going to get them to...
Jim Watson
unclejim3879
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Oct 5, 2006
12:40 am
78886
I am with Mike, it is a procedural, but if you didn't really gain any time and it was just a local club match, I probably would let you slide, once! However,...
DrBones
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Oct 5, 2006
1:21 am
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