I would bet the number of MRD's sold for carry guns would supprise a lot of folks.
So the out going President threw it in before the election and will let the new guy deal with all the fallout. Cool.
from a marketing stand point to give the manufacturers a playground for the new stuff is a [STRIKE]good[/STRIKE]GREAT idea.
First let me start by saying that I have not been in on any of the discussions, secrete meetings, hell I don't even know the cool inside guy hand shake for USPSA...
This is simply about marketing. USPSA as lost vendor support and sponsoring from the major hand gun manufacturers that use to dominate production division, Now over 50-60% of the guns used in production are either CZ or Tanfo.
The market trend for the major hg folks are guns ready for slide mounted optics, that is what leo and mil are going to, and the civilian market follows. By trying out Carry Optics it puts USPSA back in line with the big manufacturers to give a space where they will have competitive handguns, get's us ahead of where the civilian market will be trending in the near future as LEO and MIL adopt this type of handgun.
They have not released all the details (which was stupid to not do it) but modifications are going to be extremely limited, weight is going to be extremely limited (33-35oz) so it is not just a gun off the approved production list.
Will it take off, will it die, who knows. Will there be new members, or just cross over...who knows
Does it effect you if you are already shooting one or two divisions of the other divisions now?
Personally just from a marketing stand point to give the manufacturers a playground for the new stuff is a good idea.
10 round minor...I agree with everything you just said!!!! I may have an MI.
Why announce this without including some sort of provisional rules?
I may be interested in it if there is major scoring and something more than a 10 round limit.My eyes aren't getting any better but I'm not shooting Minor power factor.
Minor is stupid
weight is going to be extremely limited (33-35oz) so it is not just a gun off the approved production list.
Always with the negative waves, Moirarty.
Woof, woof!!
Hmm, like open but without the noise and high costs and pain to get one that runs. I want one.
Weight rules are stupid.
10 rounds in Production is stupid.
10 rounds in a carry division is double stupid.
Let this division be an arms race and let the best gun win.
Guns on a list is stupid.
Carry optics is the division let me shoot what I carry.
.When you break the slide mounted dot every other month, let me know how that works out for ya
Always with the negative waves, Moirarty.
I think this could be an interesting division.
Weight rules are stupid.
10 rounds in Production is stupid.
10 rounds in a carry division is double stupid.
Let this division be an arms race and let the best gun win.
Guns on a list is stupid.
Carry optics is the division let me shoot what I carry.