Loves2Shoot

well stated

#1 - Get a good instructor, you wont have to unlearn all the bad habits you will learn when you finally get one. #2 - You shouldn't pull trigger faster then you can call the shot.

1. It takes less than 5 minutes to change. Leave the lid off and it is easy to adjust it where you need it. 2. No need for the tubes you have now. It fills it's own tube. 3. It is fairly loud, so just turn it on during commercials 4. It takes about one minute, runs for about 2, you can switch it off when the tube is full manually. I have no affiliation with Dillon, but it is really worth it. I hated punnching all those &$*@(*(&$ primers by hand. I think it gives you carpal tunnel

Shooting is fun Shooting is the ultimate martial art. Shooting combines mental, physical, a spiritual discipline to be sucessful. Shooting is something you can do, even if you are old and grey. Shooting is fun

Glad it made some sense

Cool factor

Sorry, never said it was evil. I said WARNING it can have adverse effects. Soak it too long and poof there goes your barrel I've seen some pretty cool pictures and one rifle barrel in person that convinced me be to be careful if you want to use this method. I am totaly convinced by Mr Scheumann's claims that there is no need to clean the lead from your pistol barrel. I've shot enough rounds of lead to know that my experience is the same as his. I merely stated warning because some people think if 5 minutes is good 5 hours (or 5 days) is better

Your gun most likely isn't what's holding you back. Spend the $$$ on instruction. You won't get the $$$ out of the Para, they don't hold their value. If you want a .40, get one you really want. If you really want a P16 then get one, by the time you get a top end built and mags you could pick-up a decent used P16.

They take the big mags

Sorry, I guess I was just thinking you wanted to play in USPSA where round count does matter when designing stages to suit the different divisions that play together.

It is sort of handy for timing yourself because you can look down and see the big screen staring back at you, it sort of sucks for ROing but for dry fire it is cool.

Hmmm, you might have had a point until that statement. I've 6 10 round mags that feed perfect. WE have a match every year that draws 100+ people shooting single stacks, most chose to use 10 rounds mags. They work pretty dang good. If my history is right the .38 was the choice before the .45 in the design, so should you ONLY be able to shoot .38's following that logic? I'll bet JBM had a big stick too My main point was that 10 round friendly courses in the year 2005 is reasonable. 8 for "histories sake" puts un-needed restrictions in course design. Why not go to 5 rounds for the sake of the handfull of wheelguners out there? Just silly in my view, lots of great 10 round mags out there for the .45. It's a game, and making it fun for everyone shouldn't make it harder for the dedicated few that put on the matches.

Um, maybe I'm stating the obvious, but the 10 round rule SHOULD apply for no other reason than course design. Designing a course of fire that accomidates the variety of skill levels and equiptment is already tricky enough at times.

If you can see the holes on the target (even with a .45) then you are putting your focus in the wrong place or you are looking at the target longer than needed.

They are cheap, buy several different weights and experiment until you find the sweet one. Cutting them works, but I haven't found a way to un-cut them if you go to far

5 vs 6 - Heavy vs Light - Fiber Optic vs Standard Sight - Short Open vs Long Open I've tried all of these and NONE of them seem to make ANY difference in my scores. Yes, some are more comfortable, less violent, ect., but MY times and points don't change. I can shoot as accurately with my Sig P226 as my wiz bag limited gun. I can shoot as fast with a light gun as a heavy gun (or long versus short for open.) The guns I have are the result of trying a lot of guns out and taking what I like best and making what I want. Do they make me shoot any better, nope. That is not subjective, I've put it to the timer. Everthing has it's trade off's. Once you learn to really shoot a pistol the extra sight radius of a longer barrel doesn't matter for the distances we shoot. For a beginner shooter it might be a crutch until you master the process of lining up your sights. Sort of like a super light trigger pull can help mask poor trigger control. I went back to shooting limited because I knew that shooting open I could get away with doing things wrong and in limited you can't "cheat" your technique and perform as well. It had taught me a lot, most of all it taught me that as long as your gun groups, is 100% reliable, has a decent trigger, and likes to eat bullets and be dry fired, it won't be what holds you back. Now cool factor, that's a whole different story... ... there is no accounting for taste. As for 5" or 6" - whichever one convinces you to play with it most

I understand that, that is different than locking it out. It is more of a sideways/downward twist for me. Thanks for the clarification.

ROFL Most likely if they think switching guns is a "smart" thing to do, most likely they don't know what the heck they are doing anyway. Some people are just daft. If the gun is legal for the division, substitution shouldn't be an issue in my veiw.

Didn't you mean weak hand locked out? If you lock out the strong hand you wouldn't be able to pull the trigger

Warning, do a search on this. There can be quite adverse effects from using this method.

Glock mags, 10 minimum. They are cheap.

No need to clean the barrel. Read this.go here I've shot more round than I care to count and Wil's advise rings true to me, and he should know. ps. If you are gong to shoot a Glock with lead, get the appriopriate barrel, lest you blow it up.

I got tagged on the elevated stage in '98, missed taking out my knee cap by about 2." I think i might have a feeling what vets feel like when they hear fireworks. I was hitting the deck the rest of the weekend.

Listen to Benny, unless you have piles of money to burn. If you do, please send me some

I've seen it quite a few times. It generally happens with stronger guys that "think" that they can "stop" the recoil. Relax your strong hand and you can't really stop the gun, keep the left wrist locked out and the gun will return naturally. Most of all RELAX and become an observer, the sights should tell you where the bullet went. I hope that makes sense.