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READERS (Continued)<br />
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advanced from a local game to a<br />
truly national sport, which I believe<br />
is what the majority of the members<br />
want. Being part of an<br />
internationally recognized sport is<br />
great, but the price we pay must<br />
not be excessive.<br />
I think you and the USPSA Board<br />
of Directors should take a welldeserved<br />
bow.<br />
Dave Williams<br />
Kansas S.C. L-593<br />
111 TAME THE<br />
EQUIPMENT RACE<br />
I'm the shooter who called you<br />
last week with the question on<br />
making tactical class with a Para-<br />
Ordnance high capacity pistol. I've<br />
been giving the situation some<br />
thought and decided to write you<br />
a letter.<br />
I started out with a stock gun<br />
for about 6 months, then upgraded<br />
to a comp gun, which I've been using<br />
for quite a while now. It's recently<br />
become evident to me that highcapacity<br />
is becoming even more the<br />
difference between winning or losing,<br />
I also see optical sights as almost<br />
necessary as stages naturally lean<br />
more to upper "B'' zone shots and<br />
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general long range<br />
shooting. I expect this to<br />
naturally come about as<br />
more and more of the<br />
shooters setting up stages<br />
become equipped with<br />
optical pistols.<br />
If I had a chance to<br />
vote, I would cast my vote<br />
to tame down the<br />
equipment race in tactical<br />
class. 'When I called you<br />
last week, I was just<br />
considering building up<br />
a stock gun that would be<br />
competitive for a while.<br />
Personally, I would like<br />
to see this class limited<br />
to between 6 to 9 rounds<br />
and forget high capacity<br />
here. I like the "nothing<br />
over 3 oz. above box-stock"<br />
rule, no comps, no optical<br />
sights, etc. If we tell<br />
newcomers to our sport<br />
that 'Yes, you can use a reasonable<br />
street gun in our sport," we should<br />
have rules that make it possible.<br />
Also - there's some old-timers like<br />
us who are just tired of the<br />
equipment race and would like to<br />
shoot guns that are classics. There<br />
is a chunk of us folks out there who<br />
really don't want to add a scope to<br />
our comp guns and fool with<br />
batteries, switches, clearing jams<br />
with a scope on the gun, wiping lead<br />
off of the front lens, etc. Also, we<br />
call this tactical class. No real-life<br />
person with a real-life use for<br />
carrying around a gun all day<br />
(concealed or out in the open) wants<br />
to lug around a gun with a scope<br />
on it. Likewise, to a lesser degree<br />
many don't want to carry around<br />
a thick, heavy-with-bullets gun<br />
either. A tactical class with limited<br />
capacity would cover everybody.<br />
If a shooter sees that in order to<br />
win you have to shoot a weapon that<br />
he would never carry in real life,<br />
he's much more likely to say to hell<br />
with it.<br />
On a different subject - I wonder<br />
if it would be a good idea for USPSA<br />
to provide clubs with a computer<br />
program to use in each club's<br />
computer - so they can score<br />
uniformly vvith all new power factors,<br />
etc. A national program with easy<br />
to understand instructions might<br />
help things score better down at<br />
the local club level.<br />
Stan and Rocky Mullen<br />
A-10494 and A-14907<br />
Editor's note: Surh a program is<br />
available for IBM-compatible<br />
computer through the National<br />
office. It is free to all affiliated<br />
clubs, or $25 for individuals.<br />
GOOD MATCH GREAT<br />
PLAINS SECTION!<br />
I'm just dropping a line to tell<br />
everybody about the 4th Annual<br />
Great Plains Sectional that was<br />
hosted by the Midwest Combat Pistol<br />
League (MWCPL) of Omaha, NE.<br />
The match director was Shari Freer<br />
with her assistant, George Leith.<br />
These two, along with the other<br />
members of the club, hosted what<br />
I felt was a very exciting and<br />
seemingly flawless match. There<br />
were four courses of fire with one<br />
being a classifier. The stages were<br />
not just "run and gun", but required<br />
some planning, and one was so easy<br />
I think it confused quite a few. After<br />
the match everyone was treated to<br />
a wonderful banquet. The<br />
impressive prize table included three<br />
handguns along with other prizes<br />
that had everyone keeping their<br />
fingers crossed. I think just about<br />
everyone who competed received<br />
a prize. All things considered, I<br />
think the Great Plains Sectional<br />
was a huge success and anyone who's<br />
in the area next year should try<br />
to make it to Omaha for some fun<br />
shooting, Thanks again Shari,<br />
George and the MWCPL for a fun<br />
weekend.<br />
Craig Fokken A-14551<br />
REVAMP THE<br />
CLASS SYSTEM?<br />
I have been involved with IPSC<br />
shooting for less than a year and<br />
recently shot my first major match<br />
last month in Reno. I'm writing<br />
this letter to you because of a<br />
weakness I have noticed with the<br />
Front Sight
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