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MEMBER'SMAILBAGContinued from page 3.cap guns in the current Limitedclass, but still want to retaintheir bells and whistles. Modificationsshould be limited tolow cost items aimed at reliabilityor cosmetics (extractors,ejectors, safeties, grips, etc.)Expensive modifications thatgive a competitive advantage(match fitted barrels or any machining/weldingof the frame orslide) should be prohibited.Keep the class truly "production"or defeat the purpose ofthe class.Jim Hilsenbeck, FY-33699• MORE PRODUCTIONCATEGORYUpon reading "ProductionGun Category" in In Touch andbeing a new USPSA shooter,first year, I am not happy.Since new shooters cannot buyhigh capacity magazines andthis will not improve in thenear future, you want to put usin a "kindergarten class" untilwe can buy high capacity magazinesor wish to compete withthose who have them.The answer is simple andfair, keep Limited class as iswith a 10-round load limit onmags. Can a new shooter,whom we are trying to recruit,walk into a gun shop and buy10-round mags? Yes.Can Master class shootersload only 10 rounds in their hicapmags and compete evenlywith other Master class shootersdoing the same? Yes.The ones doing all the yellingseem to be the ones whohave the hi-cap mags and wantto compete with the new guyswho can't get them. Can theynot compete on even terms? Iam not suggesting any equipmentbe given up, only the un-fair advantage. Is USPSA goingto welcome new shooters withfair rules, or take care of thelong-time members who don'twant to give the newcomer aneven playing field?My second point is sandbagging.Again the answer is simple.Do away with the class system.Have brackets or classesthat divide the score only. Everyonestarts with nothing anddoes the best they can, leavingthe sandbaggers the samechoice. If you are the highest inthat class or bracket, you win.If you go over, you have thehonor to be in the higher classor bracket. PPC does this andin 10 years of shooting PPC, Ihave not seen sandbagging.Tom Bird. A-32136• AND 'YET MORE PRO-DUCTION GUNI know you have to fill ourmagazine and newsletter withsomething, but I, for one, amdarn tired of this bull about an-1■■Accept nothing but the finest. Compare our bullets to any. other castproduct and you will see that our Custom Alloy & Quality Controlare execeptional. Brinell Hardness of 18-19 and Hi-Tech Lube (on thebullet, not on the bottom of the box) allows 1500+fps without noticableleading. Prices start as low as $31 /K. Quantity discounts start at 5K,mixing for quantity OK. This spring and summer we will be offering a10% discount on freight to anywhere in the lower 48 States. Call nowfor a free brochure or inquiries into pricing on our entire product line.Product samples availab e *NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT*New FAX (406) 687-32359, •c,•• Zone&MIBulletsQuality Hard Cast Bullets—c'f1 6cy)other division in USPSA. I wasshooting and having fun beforeLimited division was formedand still shoot today. I don'tshoot as much as I once did becauseI now am busy trying torun a match every month. I doas much as I can to promoteUSPSA, including helping toform a club and building aseven-bay pistol range on myproperty so the club would havea place to shoot. I am not askingfor praise, just letting youknow that you will be hardpressed to find anyone else whohas put more time or money inthis sport just for fun. FUN!That is what I did it for and Iam sick and tired of you (whoeveryou are) over-complicatingand confusing our sport. Whydon't you just shut up andshoot. We didn't need all therules and junk that we havenow, and we sure don't needmore mud in the water.When the Limited divisionwas first started, I heard a1263 Hwy. 16Glendive MT 59330Toll Fre-e:(800) 252-3111*** Bullets are our may business ***VIS•tieRi.:4)111,March/April 1997 Page 63