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  1. Great value for the level of accuracy and reliability I've gotten from them.
  2. Thomas Hart is the owner and he is basically a one man band as far I know. He also has some health issues that may be keeping him from responding. I looked on Facebook and can't find his profile or company page currently.
  3. Hey everyone. It's almost as if what I said back in 2011 is even more true today: https://sinistralrifleman.com/2011/04/27/the-case-for-riflepistol-matches/ For people who don't know me I actively shot 3-Gun from 2001-2017. My video coverage of 3 Gun events in the 2000s has actively been credited by dozens of 3-gunners as the reason they got into the sport. Since 2-Gun has been an option at all the local Phoenix, AZ club matches I have shot it almost exclusively along with our rifle only match, and the two monthly 2-gun specific matches. When I do pick up a shotgun every 6-12 months I don't feel like I've lost anything. I've watched the market shift in what people want to shoot as the gun culture has changed with influences from returning veterans, shift in weapon focus in games and movies, shift in the tactical training market as more and more bad guys wear body armor. The young people that have grown up over the past 2 decades do not see shotguns with the same love or enthusiasm as previous generations of gun owners as a result. In the past 4 years InRange TV has had a distinct impact on the type of events new shooters, especially younger ones, want to compete in. While you're worrying about filling matches. 2-gun Events like InRange's -Brutality events and The Tactical Games are filling up with people who don't want to shoot 3-Gun. They can use their self-defense/SHTF gear in a fun, challenging venue. Meanwhile the type of shotgun used for 3-Gun is too long to be practical for home defense in most cases, and the shell caddies are only useful for this specific sport. The people willing to buy equipment that is only useful in a sporting context are the minority. The less martially applicable the equipment and shooting style is, the less interesting it is to most potential match participants. People are begging us to help run more hardcore 2-gun events around the country. Something that I am working with InRange on expanding in 2020 and even more in 2021 I appreciate that you did this for the Rio Salado club matches. Way more fun and less hassle.
  4. I like targets like Death Stars, Spinners, Polish Plate Racks, No shoot poppers with clays in the center of them. It's an actual marksmanship challenge vs testing how well you can memorize and plan your foot work like you're doing a dance routine.
  5. FBI Miami shoot out match from 2009. One of the FBI agents was wounded and similarly used a pump action shotgun with one hand on the bank robbers. My use of it is in the first stage of this video. Shotgun is a stage prop. At 5:30 from the movie based on the events of that 1986 gun fight:
  6. Commercial self-defense/SHTF/recreational sales. In NSSF surverys the primary motivator for firearms purchases is consistently Self-Defense, with recreation being a secondary factor. Typically 95-98% of respondents list self-defense as a primary reason for purchasing firearms. To understand why this is a more recent development The 1968 Gun Control Act defined DDs as anything with a bore over .50 except for shotguns with sporting purposes Court Cases interpreting sporting purposes to mean traditional trap and skeet and hunting; the government originally called what we do "combat games" not sporting purposes 1989 import restrictions 1994 Assault Weapons ban that listed detachable magazines as an assault weapons feature (in combination with other features), and shotgun mags over 5 rounds also being an assault weapons feature. 1995 the USAS-12 and other shotguns are declared to be DDs; requiring NFA registration and prohibiting their ownership. Perception by companies that new products will be ruled DDs wasting R&D $$$ and limiting market share. 1997 North Hollywood shootout shotguns used by law enforcement are ineffective; hard push for patrol rifles begins Late 1990s Foreign companies still make and import detach mag fed guns in sporting configs, but the mags are limited to 5 rounds. Not very desirable when a fixed tube can have as many as you want under AWB. 1999 Columbine school shooting; more push for patrol officers to carry patrol rifles over shotguns. More mass shooting events until present continue this push. 2004 the Assault Weapons ban goes away 2004 Forward the AWB going away, concerns about Terrorism, the GWOT and waves of returning veterans popularize the M4 more than ever as the go to gun for self-defense. They buy copies of their service rifles, their friends and family are exposed to them and in turn buy them. Shotgun emphasis in tactical training that was present in the 1980s-90s dissipates. Tactical instructors run shotgun courses less often. More mass shootings continue to focus Law Enforcement emphasis on patrol rifle. Video games make military style firearms more and more popular and as gamers come of age they purchase real firearms. 2005 forward more foreign made detach magazine shotguns are imported 2006 forward US companies start making high cap mags for detach mag fed shotguns 2011 ATF study on the importability of various shotguns for sporting reasons. They decide that detach magfed shotguns and pistol grips on them are no longer inherently unsporting. 2011 forward more and more foreign guns are imported in true to original configuration. Mid 00s-Present Popular media (video games and movies) has show cased a number of mag fed shotguns in high profile roles, driving interest in them. The pump action shotgun is no longer the darling of action entertainment it once was. In summation laws and policy decisions made shotgun manufacturers reluctant to invest in designing mag fed shotguns until recently as the market was proofed out by foreign companies. Concurrently interest in shotguns in the tactical/self defense sector decreased as M4 Carbines/Patrol Rifles become more desired. Domestic manufacturers were finally seeing sales slow enough that producing magazine fed shotguns became a necessity to stay relevant in the market place by releasing guns with the same capabilities as those used in popular media that hold the public interest.
  7. Mag fed shotguns limited to 10 rounds should be allowed in some division other than open. What the best place for that is is open to debate. Making them open only automatically discourages their use. They will become more common, and eventually it will get to the point matches cannot ignore their existence. After Remington and Mossberg released their guns, other companies took note. Soon there will be semi auto options that arent made in 2nd and 3rd world countries.
  8. I fail to see how that proves how silly the box is. It’s an objective criteria. Anything larger than that is unlikely to meet the size requirements of a service pistol. Open 2011s with frame mounted optics will never be used as carry or duty guns in large part because of their size and weight; Glocks with slide mounted optics are being used in these roles. The features that make guns “open” artificially retard development at this point. It forces shooters to make an all or nothing choice. They may have one gun or one feature that’s “open” but it is simpler to remove it or use something else than going all in on open division. Stealth Division as written is the best place to play with these concepts currently. One path for advancement and development occurs with the need to make things smaller and more efficient. Open division as is doesn’t encourage that at all. It does in fact encourage the opposite. The future is now. Matches can keep up with market trends and changing shooter demographics or 10-20 years down the line they can wonder where all their shooters went. Without continuous tweaking of equipment division rules to keep up with these trends; 3 gun can become like cowboy action. Stuck in a particular time and place without any relevance to anything current. Every time these topics have come up over the past 18 years I’ve been involved in practical shooting people always want to argue with me but the market later proves me right; whether that’s using PCCs in multigun starting in 2004, magazine fed shotguns starting in 2006 (Remington and Mossberg both make them now), or slide mounted red dots back in 2010. Progress will march on with or without you.
  9. Following up on Richard's comments on 2 gun divisions at his 3 Gun match. 2 Gun in AZ continues to grow, an it's a completely different demographic of shooters. Match Directors around the country take note. I've been saying it for years. The demographics are shifting. InRange TV is also influencing 18-30 somethings into participating in 2 Gun. Incorporate 2 gun into your club matches if you want to keep fresh blood coming in.
  10. I didn't expect anyone to range lawyer photos. Rest assured they fit in the box with the slides parallel. Your response here is a good example of the myopic view competitors get of the gun world. There's a lot of things going on outside this small market. People building the most effective guns they can actually carry daily is one of them; this is one reason why dimensional restrictions make things interesting. The less martially alligned competition gets, the more it excludes real world equipment by relegating it to open division only, the less appeal the sport has over time to the broad base of gun owners that consistently state the reason they purchase guns is self defense as a primary factor (95-98% in NSSF surveys).
  11. In stealth the slide must be parallel to the box. The rifle is an open division rifle limited to 30 round mags and bipod must remain on it for the whole match if used Shotgun is limited to 23.5” mag tube and an optic is allowed. That’s pretty different than any other division. You gain optics and give up capacity. Size restrictions also coincidentally make the guns more inline with what people are actually using at the cutting edge of the tactical world.
  12. Thanks, my main goal is to help people understand what to expect and what to prepare for when going to these events. I need to get my barrel sent out for threading for chokes. I plan on using the 590M again at Hard as Hell 3 Gun in December in Trooper-Armored.
  13. Stealth Division fits the bill. The only thing wrong with it is the name causing confusion with what it's about (people keep asking me if its low profile concealed carry style rigs or using suppressors). The rules actually make the most sense in allowing what is currently tactically vogue. Dimensional restrictions also make the most sense to push practical equipment development; make the most effective thing that fits in this amount of space.
  14. Here's my High Desert 3 Gun 2018 Match experience using the 590M: Day 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSgD671gb3o Day 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW1-AOZjczg For as little as I shoot 3 Gun anymore vs 2 Gun, the 590M is perfect because I don't have to practice reloading at all. And unlike my Saigas and VEPRs over the years if I pump it hard enough it will run. Where it will be a definitive hindrance is really short speed shoot stages with match points scoring. Losing a couple seconds pumping there is a lot of match points. On longer courses of fire, it made no difference in my opinion. Any speed disadvantage is made up for by the gun actually running.
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