BoyGlock
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I try to use my live fire experience guide me in dry fire. Be very honest, and desciplined in df as in lf.
Going or trying to be slow is not a guarrantee of error-free performance. Im just more carefull and descriminating in my sight pic and trigger pulls on hard targets.
A Class Open ipsc here fwiw.
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My opinion is, give it some time before changing anything, as long as its reliable and accurate. Shooting minor in different platforms vs major are so different and will be magnified in reddot guns compared to iron sights. Id also say try to ignore it. It wont look very stable but you can hit the target.
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Most if not all comments posts here justifies my fear of 9major. No matter its advantages the risks in safe use is too high. Im not starting a 9/38 war, ive already read a lot of them in this forum. And most are subjective for my taste. This KB issue in 9 maj I believe is not isolated nor rare. The signs of over pressure in the brass after repeated reloads are so obvious that I could not just ignore until safety is compromised. I dont see such signs in .40 .45 .38super even in old overused brass.
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Rebarrel gun to .38super.
I started in Open in 9major. I observed that the very high pressure of 9major (even in ipsc pf 160+) and any slight OOB and/or slight weakness in the brass due to repetitive reloading could very much end up to kabooms. This was my very reason to shift to .38s. -
I think you need to experiment with your eye condition to know what you can get away with. And Even w/ healthy eyes, every person is diifferent. What you might read here mostly is the typical by the book focus w/c is a good place to start with but dont stop there.
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I have a 1301comp and Derya mk12 aka ria vr80 box fed sgs. Although boxfeds are an advantage in reloadings, for me its quite heavy vs tubefed 1301c. I shoot Open in ipsc and occassional 3GN in my side of the pond. Both dont have much round counts in long cofs and Can be easily handled by both guns. If both are reliable and I had time to train w/ speedloaders or quadloads in my 1301c I would favor it over the vr80 mainly due to its light weight and hence easier gunhandling in lots of movement stages. Besides in ipsc the max box mag cap is 10, while in tube max gun L is 1320mm w/c usually load 13-15 rnds depending on ready conditions and ammo to be used.
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I see them as mental prep routines not superstitions.
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I try my best to pull parallel to the barrel, place the hook the same point on the trigger, pull as if taking an accurate shot, contineous even pull, no jerking. All done as same as possible for consistency.
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3 hours ago, ima45dv8 said:
Much of what you propose the RO class should teach you about actually running shooters through a course of fire, it cannot. Never could. There simply isn't enough time. One weekend of instruction on how to run shooters isn't long enough, in an NROI-certified class or on a home-range. The classes only last 1-1/2 days, and just 1/2 day of that is actual range time.
The things you speak of are things that hopefully someone has a chance to learn before going to an RO class. That's best done by running shooters at local matches under the watchful eye of a more-seasoned RO. Only then can the new RO learn how to align the planets along the x-z axis and apply jimbo's proper penalties.
The class teaches someone about where to go in the rulebook to resolve/record an observed issue. To get the most out of the RO class, the student needs to know what and how to observe before they get there.
This..
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I used to compete in this. Reliability is no. 1 because clearing a jam is very difficult due to its very small ammo. Otherwise its quite easy and fun to shoot. Ipsc Phils. here.
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20 hours ago, DPA said:
I have a Jp GMR-15 with a smoke composite handguard. I am trying to put a new JP handguard on it but cannot remove the Smoke “trunion”. I am the second owner so I am uncertain as to how the trunion was put on. Does anyone have experience with these handguards? I’ve tried to contact the mfg, but no reply yet.
My apologies for my off topic posts @DPA
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59 minutes ago, egd5 said:
Wrong BoyGlock, My gun is a lot better than me. It just needs a more capable operator.
You are correct in your point of view, and just different from mine. Neither is wrong.
The best gun in the world in your hands can only shoot as good but never better than you. You can have all the gizmos in your gun to make you shoot your best but at the end of the day you only shot it to your abilities.
This is the selling but deceiving idea why sponsored shooters should be top tier ones to make his guns look better or best vs the competing brands. Now that Eric G. shoots a cz, many migrated to the platform but cannot shoot like or even close to Eric. So is it the gun or the shooter thats performing best?What i meant was, we can only do so much to our guns to be the best gun there is. But our human ability is far more superior and limitless. So why keep on looking in our guns?
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1 minute ago, DPA said:
Nah. I don’t know much, that’s why I ask questions. I just meant your son is 18 years old. It was supposed to be humorous.
= funny.
He’s got natural talent and young in age. I wish I had both of those!
CheersNo worries, no offense. We are on opposite sides of the earth. I was just sharing notes. You are already a gm and looking on the hardware for advantage. My view is the opposite. While we can do a lot on our guns to get any perceived advantage, we at times fail to see and harness the tremendous abilities we have that are far more advantageous than any hardware can give. The gun can only be as good but can never be better than the shooter.
My son doesnt have any talent. I started him in pistols coz I shoot hg. He could not shoot it straight no matter what. I tried pcc on him and was so ordinary but can hit his targets. Due to his difficulties in hg he found pcc easier so he got interested. I gave him guidance and motivation and he responds beautifully although he is not serious on it.
Im 60yo, 18yrs in ipsc hg, as much as I wanted to be better if not best, I do not see the game/returns worth my investment in my side of the globe. Besides i started too late in this sport.Good luck and stay focused
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35 minutes ago, DPA said:
You could have stopped at 18yo.
Could have should have ya but
i see youre a gm so i guess you know everything about pcc 
and i dont do pcc
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I have a stock upper taccom ulw 5” barreled 9mm pcc w/o comp, 4# non-competition ar15 Sigsauer 5.56trigger, w/ not so small dot bounce. But my 18yo son can shoot it consistently w/ .15-.16 splits out to 15y all A hits on ipsc turtle targets. Out to 20-25y in .20s splits. Makes me wonder at times how much more he would gain in speed w/ a no-dot-bounce pcc’s and hair triggers installed. I taught him how to shoot so I think I know how he got there, but its more him than me. He trains w/ me regularly in live fire, dont dry fire, and not so serious in his shooting. Goes to local matches only in his free times and if he feels like going. Nothing to brag about but when he does go, he beats the local hot shots most of the time overall and has the fastest times in almost all stages. But the competitor field here is not yet as thick as yours. I believe its more of a software thing than due to dot bounce
so I leave the taccom set up alone.
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Dont be misled by just what and when the reddots were used. They maybe on some guns that shot minor, not shot heavily, virtually nonrecoil guns. Or a combination of these. Id prefer no. of rounds shot in major pf. The lst gens STS’ in my avatar usually lasted 1-3k rounds of 9major. I migrated to sliderides due to such poor reliability, then to Open 2011s in serendipty and sliderides. The last sts I had in that endeavor is now in my pcc in 9minor, w/c has the least recoil among competition centerfire guns I have. Its shot about 500+ rnds of minor 9 every week and holding up pretty good and Im sure it will last for several thousands of rounds down the road. Should I be confident with the STS and similar reddots in my Open 2011s in .38super major would last? Yup, if I livefire it a couple of 27rnder mags a month. It could last yrs. If its for pcc only, most late gen reddots Im sure would last in thou of rnds of minor 9. Even chinese copies i guess would do. In Open major loads? No thanks. I will stick w/ cmore sliderides and serendipity if reliability is top criteria. Of course there are unicorns that will rise but those are just that, rare unicorns.
Now how did I arrive at this? Ive been burned a few times by threads such as this.
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1 hour ago, Kema said:
It's mainly solid electronics and not having cheap microchip based logic. 1/3N battery in a slot also helps.
Agree and 20yrs passed I cant say w/ certainty if we are really upgrading w/ all the expensive gizmos around proving otherwise
. Believe me Im waiting wishing hoping for these new gens’ success not just for their longest battery life 
and huge lenses
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Thats really HUGE!
When I started in Open about 7-8 yrs ago, my reddot was an sts, the smallest lens then and now. Im in serendipity/slideride nowadays for utmost reliability. One thing I learned then and also until now, huge lenses are not necessary if I do decent HUGE practice or training w/ frequent regularity. These huge lenses dont help me a bit to be better Open shooter bcoz they tolerate sloppiness in me. But if your goals are different from mine, I dont have any problem w/ that
But larger lenses and their housings make heavier reddots w/c produce greater momentum vs lighter ones on same velocity or acceleration by the guns’ recoil and therefore more force to damage them so the need to build them sturdier.Maybe its why the old cmores are very reliable inspite of them the oldest gens in existence and of being made of flimsy plastics.
Just sayin’
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Its cheap just buy one
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16 hours ago, LordManHammer said:
Does the time start at the beginning of the beep or the end of the beep?
Most start at the beginning but I think I know one which start at the end of the beep, the R U Ready timer.
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1 minute ago, TheSandMan491 said:
CZ bought out Dan Wesson 10 years or so back
Oh didnt know that (in 10yrs!) Thank you
for the update
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58 minutes ago, RGC said:
The FPbis just floating... I had it insert once by trial and error. Utterly ridiculous. I believe CZ missed a complete machining station with this one.
Now Im confused. I thought DW is by Dan Wesson and now by CZ? Another typo? Or maybe I need to be updated
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I use black electrical tape. Othr colors are ok or whatever is at hand. Cover em lenses so those dirt dont bother me to clean
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This may be out of topic but why would a comped gun need be heavy, if the comp works as intended or designed, the weight should not be the main concern in taming its recoil flip?
I have a heavy (to me) comped gun in .38super major. And another one much lighter in same caliber. They share the same ammo and pf but I prefer the lighter one to shoot and carry on my hips in long match days. The lighter gun shoots softer and less jarring due to it has a bit more muzzle flip than the heavy one w/ more recoil rearward than up. Been active in Open for 10 yrs now so Im not sensitive to their blast anymore. Im 60 so my elbows tells me which one is less jarring and easier to maneuver in cofs. Should this also hold true to young ones?
Just my opinion.
Manipulating pistol slide with milled red dot sight.....what's the best way?
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Whatever you trained with and practiced is the best way.