DeweyH
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I understand your pain. I have tried lots of things looking for the perfect setup. I even had a USP .45 when I first started shooting IDPA. I also realize now that you can do great things with just about any equipment, if you practice properly to gain mastery. Nothing takes the place of practice. That being said some gear is more user friendly and wallet friendly than others. My standard reply to all new shooters it to get a Glock 17 and an Advantage Arms .22 conversion. 9mm is cheap and .22 is even cheaper. I still miss mine. You may be able to break even on what you can get out of the USP Tactical and what the 17 and conversion cost together. The 17 is also a good defense weapon.
Eventually you will want to start reloading.
Dewey
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Make sure the Glock fits your hand. Big hands and high grips usually lead to chewed up hands with a Glock. I shot one for a couple of years and love them except for the fit. I shoot an M&P now but I would still be shooting a Glock if my hand didn't get eaten up. Parts and accessories are also cheaper for the Glock, and easier to get as well.
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I've been shooting WWB 115's (in the 100 round value pack from Wal-Mart) lately in my G17, and I'd like to load something similar for my first attempt at reloading, to act as a "jumping-off point" for further experimentation. What powder and charge will I need...does anyone know what powder Winchester uses in the WWB's?
My press just came in yesterday (thanks Brian, BTW!), so I figured I'd stick with what I know runs the gun till I gain a little more confidence and experience.
I had the same idea when I started reloading. I shoot 115gr Precision Delta bullets with 4.6 gr of Titegroup. Out of my M&P it has the same velocity as WWB, about 1140 to 1150 fps. My gun likes the load, so I like it too. I do however shoot 125 gr lead for practice but that is only because I can get it real cheap.
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I got this from another forum I go on frequently. They didn't say where it was from, but it is too good not to post here.
"Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on Earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become."
That one keeps me up at night...
I think the definition is a good one that offers lots of avenues of thought. Based on this definition of Hell, how would/could we define heaven? I like to think of it from the other perspective. Avoiding the negative is not the same as pursuing the positive. I hope that when I meet that coulda' been me, all he can say is WOW you've been busy. That is what I'm striving for anyway.
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anybody here knows which factory ammo will be making the minor factor ?
I have a Colt 9mm with a 16 inch barrel
I have chrono'd WWB at 152 power factor.
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I'm not sure about a 9mm barrel working in a 40 slide. It fits, but I don't know about working.
It does fit and it does cycle by hand. Have not shot it this way, but looks like it should work. The breech face on the .40 slide is a little bigger, hence the 9mm round is loose when compared to the 9mm slide, but the extractor still engages the brass.
How about the other way around, Bob? The 40 barrel in the 9 slide?
The 40 barrel will not fit in the 9mm slide. There is a little cutout where the barrel meets the breech face and on the 40 it is bigger than on the 9mm. The 9mm will fit into the 40 slide but it is loose in that little cutout.
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I'm setting up a stage with a breaching door and ram. Stage will start with the gun on the other side of the door from you. The plan is to start with the ram in hand, open the door with it, proceed through the door, pick up the gun and engage the targets. I'm not sure if everyone will be able to open the door. We're using the lightest pin and it goes open pretty easily but we've got some pretty young/old shooters as well. I was planning to assess one procedural for not opening the door and one procedural for not proceeding through the door. This would leave the option for the folks who can't open it to go to the end of the wall and enter the course. Does that make sense? And more importantly is it legal?
It has never made sense to me for a stage designer to intentionally penalize shooters who can't physically complete the COF. It is very different thing to have to shoot through a 4 foot high port if you are 6'7'' or 3'6'. Is difficult for one and impossible for the other. If the World's Strongest man designed a stage where you had to shoot weak handed while holding up a Honda with you strong hand EVERYBODY would think that he was a lunatic and that the stage was unfair. In this case there would only be a few. Does that make it a fair and equitable stage? Also the instance you are talking about, they would probably be junior shooters. I don't think that would be an experience that would endear them to the game.
I enjoy these types of props as much as anyone else but I don't think you should penalize someone for not doing something that is impossible for them to do.
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Stranglehold- Ted Nugent.
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I'm certainly not saying to shoot everything/anything slower.
The goal should always be to shoot each shot exactly as fast as you can. No faster, no slower.
Is it possible to shoot each shot exactly as fast as you can get an alpha or is it just get as close as you can to it. If so I would really like to learn that technique. When I practice I try to get a feeling of what tempo I need to shoot to get 90% of the points whether the targets are difficult, easy or a mix. It seems easier for me to only lose 10% of the points than to only take 11% more time. (I think that equals the same hit factor.) If I slow down to make sure I usually slow way down.
My tempo has changed as I have gotten better but not by very much. Most of my improvement has come from getting better at the non shooting stuff.
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I took the cup off and put a trash box under the machine to catch them all. Now they fall straight into the trash. I used a small 10"-12" square box so it doesn't get in the way. I also put plastic grocery bags in the box so I can just lift it out and throw it away.