MD Notes - Sept 1 BUG ONLY Match

Greetings!

We had a fun camping trip and have been back to business for Tuesday's upcoming BUG Match. Sunday we put together all 30 targets. There are 29 actual targets in the match but one assembly of Hostages was so complex we're considering it that same as building a target.

Two Squads?

We're back into that perennial gray area--got too many for one squad and too few for two. Tim E. had to cancel so we're down to 11.

Some of you picked a Squad on Practiscore and some didn't.  So, I assigned everyone to a Squad.  Whoever picked a Squad will be on the Squad they chose.  Here's who's who for the two squads in alphabetical order

Squad #1

George H.
Skip J.
Robert M.
John P.
John S.
Sue S.

Squad #2

Larry K.
Tom L.
Miles McQ.
Bill O.
Bill R.

The Match will Start at 10:30, NOT 10 AM.

Until Shot

We have mentioned this before and it's worth repeating once again.  Our Stage designs should always be considered "Draft" because we generally will make minor tweaks to them.  Once they are shot they are set in stone and don't change for the match.  By and large, the Stage Designs stay true to their original focus and intent.

One thing we do try to do it make the Stages challenging.  Sometimes the design on the computer design program looks challenging but then it doesn't when it's actually put together.  That's usually the reason we make changes--either to make the Stage more challenging (AKA: Difficult) or for safety reasons.

Zombie Stage Made Easier

We made a change to one of the Stage Designs--the Deja Who Zombie Stage.  Attempting to place a head shot from retention might cause a round to go over the berm so we eliminated head shots on the first three targets.  Please re-read the Stage design.

http://montezumamarkmen.blogspot.com/2015/08/mm-seips-bug-1-stage-designs.html

Since we eliminated the head shot with retention we decided to also make the Stage a little easier by eliminating the head shot on the swinger.  After all, it's strong hand only and that's tough enough with a swinger. T1-T3 are NOT mandatory head shots.  Each T1-T3 needs one round only to COM.  FTNs DO apply if you cannot get at least one shot into the "1" or "0" Zones.

John's Wicked Standards Made Harder

Since we made the Zombie Stage slightly easier for you, we simply had to compensate and make one stage harder.  So why not the already tough Wicked Stage?  Just for your shooting pleasure, you are now required to stand on a small shooting platform for the entire three strings of this stage.  If you step off the platform, you will be assessed a Procedural. And that goes for each string.  Oh, and by the way, your little shooting platform is a grand total of 1.486 square feet (214 square inches).  It measures 19.5 by 11 inches and stands 4 inches off the ground.

Additional Stage Instructions

As you know, Stage Design Sheets are necessarily brief and often create confusion.  From this match going forward and for all Matches we ever do in the future, we will provide a supplemental instruction sheet to attempt to avoid confusion regarding Stage Design and Procedures.  Your great feedback helped us realize the importance of additional stage instructions.  We will also bring a pair of radios so that Squad #1 can contact the Match Director without having to send a Messenger to another bay.

Bring a BUG, please

Please do remember that this is a Bug Only match.  If you do bring a non-BUG pistol, you can still shoot the match but your score will be segregated from those who use IDPA-BUG-Legal pistols.  Also, you will load all mags to six.  We appreciate your understanding and respect for this match policy.

We will have an IDPA-legal box to measure your BUG for compliance and also a scale to make sure your BUG makes weight specs for its category.  This is simply for your information so you know whether your BUG meets specs...or not.

We would like for each of you to make a note as to the make and model of your BUG.  We think it would be fun to list everyone's pistol for this match when we send out the final scores.

Here is the pre-match briefing and safety speech.

http://montezumamarkmen.blogspot.com/2015/08/pre-match-briefing-safety-speech.html

Consider yourself Briefed and Safety Speeched.

See You Tuesday--Many Cheers, jp