Short Course

This week on the podcast, I discuss lessons learned from the past two years of running a monthly outlaw match a local indoor range. Links: <pre>- Triangle Action Pistol match video from May 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYuYiOxk244 </pre>

This week on the podcast, I finish my stage-by-stage coverage of the 2023 Blue Grass Locap Classic, finishing with stages 7-11. Links: <pre>- Blue Grass Locap match video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg </pre>

This week on the podcast I talk through my strategy and lessons learned from stages 1 through 5 of the Blue Grass Locap match, with a brief USPSA board update at the end. Links: <pre>- Blue Grass Locap match video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg - Candidate Bio and Q&amp;A: https://berryshooting.com/a6-bio/ </pre>

This week on the podcast, I talk about the excellent Blue Grass Locap Classic, and talk about all the features that made it an outstanding match. Links: <pre>- My Blue Grass Locap Classic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg - Scott Arnburg on the Paracast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36wtC6acy8 </pre>

A few quick updates on the YML/Mel Rodero situation, a discussion of my use of the word "rumor" last week, and a snippet from my interview with Dave Riddle from the Casual Shooter Podcast. Link to the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSrWXGafqH8 .

This week on the podcast, I talk about removing the RO certification of the sitting President of USPSA, Yee-Min Lin, effectively bypassing Bylaw 7.7 and removing him from office. I also discuss the fact that by the same bylaw, A4D Mel Rodero is not and has never been eligible to serve.

This week on the podcast, I add some context around my thoughts on rolling back Production rules to the 2017 era, as well as the range commands I used at the 2022 Carolina Classic, and plug Training Group Live with Scott Arnburg and Yee-Min Lin that was posted this week, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4iRQ2hr3c .

This week on the podcast, I talk about the background, events, and outcome of 2018 incident that came to known as Ban the Bens. My blog post with timeline and screenshots: https://berryshooting.com/blog/petition-for-the-removal-of-mike-foley/ The menacing "announcement" to the members threatening to secede from IPSC: https://uspsa.org/announcement/243 Followup "announcement" warning World Shoot competitors IPSC could suspend us as a region: https://uspsa.org/announcement/252 Wayback machine archive of the Doodie Project thread: https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020801/http://www.doodieproject.com/index.php?/topic/5893-ben-berry-banned-from-uspsa/ The announcement from the board that they were basically going to do nothing about what Foley had done: https://uspsa.org/documents/minutes/20180605.pdf

The week on the podcast, I talk through my thoughts and impressions of how the 2023 South Carolina Section Championship match went. (Spoiler: it was really good.)

This week on the podcast, I discuss approaching questions from a novelty-focused versus mastery-focused perspective, and discuss a few case studies, including Nationals, Limited Optics, and the classifier system.

My interview with Alex Mansfield of Manny Talks Shooting aired today, so I wanted anyone that subscribes to this feed to be aware of that, in case you wanted to listen. You can listen in your podcast player, or click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex-mansfield/episodes/Ben-Berry-bsberry-Manny-Talks-Shooting-94-e1vtgmf .

This week on the podcast, I talk about the 2021 rules changes to Production and Carry Optics, and discuss the fact that the temporary lull in match attendance in the last two years is ending, and the need for USPSA to take the shortage of club match slots seriously for the health of the sport.

This week on the podcast, I cover all the rules in the March 2023 changes that you might run into at a match, as well as cover the interview that Scott Arnburg did 24 hours after attending his first board meeting.

This week on the podcast, I review the recent happenings in USPSA, including the Area 3 runoff election results, the ratified rules changes, and the minutes of the January in-person board meeting.

This week on the podcast, I talk at length about the Eric Grauffel class I had the opportunity to take, some of the things I learned, and how I'm beginning to apply them in my shooting.

This week on the podcast, I talk through everything I can think of related to the 2023 Panamerican Extreme Open match I shot this past week in Florida.

This week on the podcast, I discuss a few more issues that I think benefit from applying a values-focused approach: single action guns in Carry Optics (and Production), why the classifier system needs improvement, and why we need to focus on building a sport for shooters, not guns.

This week on the podcast, I talk through the five major matches I'm planning to shoot this year, why I'm interested in them, and why I won't be shooting USPSA Nationals until things improve.

This week on the podcast, I talk through the proposed rule changes dropped right before Christmas and my thoughts on whether each one is taking the sport is a positive or negative direction.

This week on the podcast, in light of the pending discussion of Production at the January in-person Board meeting, I present the outline of where I think Production and Carry Optics should go in light of the lack of a genuine stock gun division in USPSA and based on the apparent demand for a Limited Optics division.