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Rob Leatham @ the Single Stack Nationals
« on: May 08, 2012, 09:34:30 AM »
I hear that he DQ'ed

anyone hear what happened  I read that he dropped his gun... 

:(   It really shows it in that shit could happen to anyone. including the best
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Re: Rob Leatham @ the Single Stack Nationals
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 10:12:43 AM »
That's all I know.

On a slightly different note....

This is just my personal opinion in that the United States Practical Shooting Association should get back to more of its practical roots.
The stage Rob got DQ'ed on had large plastic drain pipes as ports you had to shoot through. The pipes pivoted left and right.

From the scuttlebutt i read, Rob got his pistol hung inside one of those pipes.

practical[ prak-ti-kuh l ]
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1. of or pertaining to practice or action: practical mathematics.
2. consisting of, involving, or resulting from practice or action: a practical application of a rule.
3. of, pertaining to, or concerned with ordinary activities, business, or work: practical affairs.

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Re: Rob Leatham @ the Single Stack Nationals
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 10:14:34 AM »
Some days you eat the bear.
Other days the bear eats you.
Murphy can get ANYONE.

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Re: Rob Leatham @ the Single Stack Nationals
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 10:21:07 AM »
I was a match director for a year to a year amd a half, and my personal philosphy was " how likely or how often are shooters going to have to shoot through a drum or bucket?"

consequently, none of the stages I designed ever had people shooting through drums.

I never had any memory stages either.

I have met match directors from other sports whose modus operandi was "how can I trip up shooters?"

That was never my m.o. .  I never felt I was in the "gotchya!" business.

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Re: Rob Leatham @ the Single Stack Nationals
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 10:34:36 AM »
USPSA Handgun Rules, June 2010 Edition • PRINCIPLES of USPSA Competitions

1. Practical competition is open to all reputable persons without regard to occupation. It may specifically not be limited to public servants.

2. Accuracy, power and speed are the equivalent elements of practical shooting and practical competition must be conducted in such a way as to evaluate these elements equally.

3. Firearm types are not separated within their respective divisions, all compete together without handicap. This does not apply to the power of the firearms as power is an element to be recognized and rewarded.

4. Practical shooting competition is a test of expertise in the use of practical firearms and equipment.

5. Practical competition is conducted using practical targets, which reflect the general size and shape of such objects as the firearm used may reasonably be called upon to hit in their primary intended use.

6. The challenge presented in practical competition must be done with the utmost safety in mind. Courses of Fire should follow a practical rationale and simulate hypothetical situations in which firearms might reasonably be used.

7. Practical competition is diverse, never permitting unrealistic specialization of either technique or equipment. Problems are constantly changed. The exception is Classifier Stages which are used to measure practical shooting skill.

8. Practical competition is free-style. In essence, the competitive problem is posed in general and the participant is permitted the  freedom to solve it in the manner he considers best within the limitations of the competitive situation as provided.


Yes, I don't think shooting through a pipe would simulate anything other than drama!

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