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and accuracy. High capacitygives me the "luxury" of sprayand pray which is not reallycompetitive with speed and accuracy.Sandbagging—There are"competitors" who will shoot aclassifier weak-hand only if thecourse description allows it tobe shot freestyle. Since theeighth principle of competitionis freestyle, this allows thesesandbagging weasels to meetthe "letter of the law" and stillscore well below their ability.Perhaps the course descriptionwording can be changed onclassifiers that specify freestyleto "both hands only" or similarappropriate wording. I seriouslydoubt these bozos wouldchoose to interpret freestyle asweak-hand-only if there wereprizes on the table, or the honorof placing high in a sanctionedmatch or tournament. Perhapsone's classification could be cal-culated by giving placement insanctioned matches and tournamentsthe same "weight" assix classifiers if such match performanceis one or more classesabove current standings? Let'sfind and implement ways tomitigate, if not eliminate, thisdecidedly unsportsmanlike behavior.Brian Agron, A-2290I• DESIGNING STAGESI am writing with regard toJay Worden's article in theNov./Dec. issue of Front Sight,"The Perils and Pitfalls of StageDesign." He raises some issuesthat I would like to address.I have been designing stagesfor approximately three years.This year I was honored by thissport by having two of my stagedesigns chosen for the OpenNationals. In designing stagesfor a number of clubs, I havealways found it interesting thatmany a shooter will find faultwith the stage design or stagedesigner when they don't havea particularly good run on astage. It seems that our ego'sknee jerk reaction is to find thefault outside of ourselves,rather than accept responsibilityfor our dismal performance.I believe the same is true forsome of us stage designers aswell. We are often guilty of assumingthat everyone understandswhat we had in mindwhen we designed the stage. Sowhen a shooter games out oneof our stages, our ego's kneejerk reaction is to find fault outsideof ourselves rather than acceptthe fact that maybe our designwas somewhat less thansound. I saw a little bit of thisin Jay's article when he refersto the "ethical shooter" andthen to the other shooters whowould game out the stage anyway they can (implying thatELIMINATOR.. SERIES Allrarav,ta4abirirs.r2va•vhvaMIC-MorePREMIUM COMPETITION BARRELSSTAINLESS - RAMPED - ECM BORED9mm - .38 - .40 - .45 6" Barrels = 109"In StockCASPIANH-CAPS21rd • 27rdP.O.R.5" w/Spherical Bushing = 11995•$25995ACCU-LOKREVERSE PLUGS360° SUPPORT$2995HYBRID TRI-LATERAL COMP 89"•••■•••••=m0■, •iirminimmiummun irmommin"TVININN,MK5 PLUS 1399' W/BARREL 279"MK6 COMP 13995 W/BARREL 27995CRAIG CCISTCOM LYE).RESEARCH 6 DEVELOPMENT'(316) 669-0601 FAX 0626V/V4604 W. 19th Hutchinson. KS 67502 coPage 72 March/April /997