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79559
Does anyone have first hand knowledge about the current status of Bear Creek Bullets and/or Ready Tactical Products? The websites for both are not working and...
Scott Ruby
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Nov 6, 2007
12:15 am
79560
I talked to Rick at Bear Creek Supply on Friday 11/1. They took the website down because of e-commerce issues that couldn't be readily resolved. You can place...
Gary Jones, JR.
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Nov 6, 2007
12:18 am
79561
Internet Rumor is that Bear Creek, along with Masterblasters, has folded. I have shot a lot with Chris of RTP but he has not been coming around lately. He had...
Jim Watson
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Nov 6, 2007
12:18 am
79562
Hi Scot..this is Bill from the Range. Ready Tac is selling his wares thru another company. The prices are kinda outrageous so I found another source which is...
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shootingirons45
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Nov 6, 2007
12:20 am
79563
Ready Tactical products are available at http://www.skdtac.com --Lin ... wares thru ... another source ... If you come to ... for me..Bill. ... Bullets...
Lin Edwards
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Nov 6, 2007
12:43 am
79564
SORRY IF ALL CAPS IS OFFENSIVE. I AM A NEW HANDGUN OWNER, SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. I TOOK THE CCW CLASS AND NOW CARRY MY 45XD EVERY DAY. I LOVE...
b3081ill
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Nov 8, 2007
3:48 pm
79565
... All caps is just hard to read, not offensive to my delicate nature. Why, you like playing teletype operator? Anyhow, there is a dedicated IDPA board at ...
Jim Watson
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Nov 8, 2007
4:06 pm
79566
A Soldier's Last Words: Listen Up CBS, CNN, Cindy Sheehan, Al Franken by Louisa Centanni SGT. Edmund John Jeffer's last few words were some of the most...
Protect Freedom
freeidaho
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Nov 8, 2007
6:04 pm
79567
Bill, Yea the caps are hard to read. We will excuse you this once :-) I'm from West Michigan and I've shot at most of the IDPA clubs in the state and work as a...
Greg Bell
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Nov 8, 2007
6:13 pm
79568
Thank you for posting this. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Gary Jones, JR.
texisportx
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Nov 8, 2007
8:25 pm
79569
TO ALL U.S. MARINES, HAPPY 232ND BIRTHDAY, SEMPER FI! TO ALL VETERANS, ENJOY YOUR DAY, YOU HAVE EARNED IT! Best Regards, Mike O'Hara, Corporal/USMC A Co., 1/7,...
Mike OHara
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Nov 10, 2007
3:40 pm
79570
When is cover not cover? Or is it always cover? This came up on a recent Cof: Set up: Two barrels stacked are "Barrel 1" (consider as hard cover) at the 10...
Jeff
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Nov 10, 2007
11:20 pm
79571
... There is no general requirement that you have to be close to your cover. We had a stage today with a somewhat similar setup; start shooting T1 & T2 on the...
Jim Watson
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Nov 11, 2007
12:45 am
79572
Without seeing or reading the COF or hearing the walk through it is very hard to give an answer. Here is what I will quote from the rulebook. "The main goal is...
Michael "Iron Mike" W...
texastactical
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Nov 11, 2007
12:59 am
79573
Here is another quote from the rulebook that I think may apply to your question. Competition rule #1 "C 1. Competitors will not attempt to circumvent or...
Michael "Iron Mike" W...
texastactical
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Nov 11, 2007
1:03 am
79574
The SO wants me to know what the rationale of a stage is, he should tell me. This is a shooting match, not a guessing game. If I can just see the Zero of a...
Jim Watson
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Nov 11, 2007
1:24 am
79575
... I understand and agree that to find "loopholes" in what the designer intended wouldn't be in the "spirit". My main question (not clearly stated earlier)...
Jeff
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Nov 11, 2007
1:28 am
79576
Ok that helps, I don't think that the shooter should be forced to be right up on the cover. Just as long as they are using it correctly. One thing to think...
Michael "Iron Mike" W...
texastactical
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Nov 11, 2007
2:09 am
79577
... You do, definitely! The farther you are from cover, the less of yourself you're exposing, generally speaking. About the only time when it would be good...
Todd Louis Green
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Nov 11, 2007
1:03 pm
79578
Reminder from: IDPA Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IDPA/cal Utah CCW Permit Class Sunday November 25, 2007 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (This event repeats...
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Nov 11, 2007
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79579
All else being equal, staying farther from cover (assuming you're still protected) and staying farther from the threat are both good, rational, "tactical"...
Todd Louis Green
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Nov 11, 2007
4:44 pm
79580
... Todd, I disagree that farther is better. Consider the following example to show why. Take two guys squared off using one piece of cover between them....
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freeidaho
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Nov 13, 2007
3:40 am
79581
Ken -- true, if both people are using one item for cover there is a disadvantage if you are very far from it. But even then, the person close to cover needs...
Todd Louis Green
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Nov 13, 2007
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79582
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Praveena
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Nov 13, 2007
10:23 am
79583
... Todd, An interesting point about exposing more of himself if close to cover. But geometry does not agree. Take a contrived example. Two players 26 yards...
Protect Freedom
freeidaho
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Nov 13, 2007
3:11 pm
79584
Ken -- Your example is a good one but has one critical flaw. The second player is now completely exposed because the angles have changed. By taking the...
Todd Louis Green
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Nov 13, 2007
3:24 pm
79585
... use ... 1yd ... I ... all ... ... and ... think ... more ... it ... multiple ... the ... better ... Todd, I now understand your point. Unfortunately not...
Protect Freedom
freeidaho
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Nov 13, 2007
4:25 pm
79586
I have attached a CoF that we shot this weekend that has this same problem. If you can not view the attachment I have also uploaded in the photo section under...
xdcdpshooter
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Nov 13, 2007
7:24 pm
79587
I'd say the way you shot it was more tactically sound, and also probably about as fast as shooting the targets closer but adding more movement. However, not to...
Todd Louis Green
toddg9mm
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Nov 13, 2007
7:33 pm
79588
Yes I did crowd the last position due to not having as much room to come is from an angle. But thats where I get back to the CoF would always define how close...
xdcdpshooter
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Nov 13, 2007
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