g34

Thanks, everybody!

I shot USPSA frequently when I was in high school in Louisiana. Fast forward 5 years and I'm living in Dallas looking for some matches to start shooting. I haven't shot a USPSA match since then. Does anyone have any info about matches in the area? Also what is a good range to practice on? I'm looking for something that gives you the ability to draw and does not have a 1 second rule in between shots. Thanks for any info you may have.

obsessiveshooter, I think it would be great to have the good qualities of a 1911 trigger along with the reliability and cost of glocks, m&p's, etc. in a competition or range gun. However, I don't think any of the polymer pistol companies will produce one mainly because it defeats the purpose of not having an external safety. Glocks and the like are designed to primarily be self defense and duty weapons. Glock produces a pistol in hopes that police/military/the self defense crowd will desire it. If they can get contracts with law enforcement, they've struck gold. Their main market is not the plinker. That being said, handguns without safeties are all the rage in the self defense world. If you put a 1911 style trigger in a Glock, you have to put an external safety on as well. Thus losing the intended main market. Glocks had great success due to their simplicity. If they start to get external safeties and what not, they lose a big part of their selling point. For the competition shooter, I think you have a great idea, and if Glock did produce a 34 with a 1911 trigger that became production legal it would probably do very well. But until they see that as a plausible market, they'll stick to what made them successful.

It looks like you answered my question while I was typing. If it's happening in the first part of the reload your finger may not be out of the trigger guard yet.

Do you know what part of your reload the AD's usually occur? It's tough to be sure from the video, but it almost looks like your pressing the magazine release with your trigger finger on it's way out of the trigger guard. Maybe when your're going quickly your trigger finger squeezes inward along with the thumb before the trigger finger is indexed along the slide.

For the time being I think the most important thing is to slow down and make sure that you are aware of the exact position of your trigger finger every time you do a reload. You can't pull the trigger if your finger is out of the trigger guard. That's not to say that you shouldn't be working on technique, but until the AD's go away, speed shouldn't be a priority. Taking a video like alma posted might help you figure out how you're finger is getting on the trigger.

I've heard a lot of people claim that they release the trigger until it resets and then immediately pull the trigger again when shooting quickly. I've always been a little skeptical that when shooting splits around .15 seconds anyone could be able to move there finger so quickly with such precision. I know that I slap the trigger unless shooting slow fire, and from videos I have found it looks like everyone else slaps the trigger as well when shooting at speed. For example, Jerry Miculek (skip to the 55 second mark) Or Max Michel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ww7XLhdrsA Does anyone know of a video showing someone shooting at speed while only releasing the trigger until reset? If there isn't a video out there already, maybe someone could make one themselves. Thanks, g34

In my experience I could not tell a difference in recoil with slide glide. Also I can't think of how it would make sense that slide glide would reduce recoil. The energy in the slide has to go somewhere and it's not going to magically disappear into the pinkish gooey substance.

I think this has been discussed before, and it was said to be legal. I could be wrong though. I would be interested in seeing a holster that covers the trigger guard on one of those.

Production, Hit factor 5.8455

IF you don't believe the logic, do some testing. Have someone play as the host and you as the contestant with an object hidden under a card or something like that and try it about twenty times. I think you will be surprised at your results.

Imagine that there were one million doors. There is still only one with a real car. If the host opened all of the doors except for the one you picked and one other one, do you still think it is a 50/50 shot? There is a 1/1,000,000 chance that you picked the right door the first time. Now that all the other doors are opened, there is a 999,999 /1,000,000 chance that it is in the remaining door. I know this is on a much larger scale, but it is the same concept.

Switch to door number 2. When you picked door number 1 there was a 2/3rds chance you were wrong. When the host opens one of the doors with the fake car there is still a 2/3rds chance you were wrong, which gives door number 2 a 2/3rds chance of being right.

My experience with the 11# is that it is too light for the gun to function properly. If a bullet had a slight bulge there wasn't enough power to go all the way into battery. Also, the slide would come back slightly when pulling the trigger because the spring was so light. YMMV

Is it possible that the gun is not going all the way into battery? Do you case gage your ammo? What pound recoil spring are you using?

I would say it depends on the shooter and the ammo, but you should know in a few days when you get it.

You had a few different types of rice in a container with each type at a different level. The rice was pouring out of it, and you held the bowl under the container while slowly rotating it, creating the rice "pie chart."

Clik on options at the top right of your post and then click on standard instead of outline and it should be fixed

I'm not going to be able to make the shooter's sign in tomorrow night. Does anybody know when and where we should meet on Friday morning? -Kevin

Thanks for all of the help and kindness over the last year, Mr. Curtis. Without your help, I would still be having 5+ misfires a match. .Thanks. Congrats on your 6th place finish. You haven't been shooting for as long as I have, and you were right behind me.

THanks, guys. Here are the results: Louisiana Gator Classic Match Date: 10/22/2009 Place Name USPSA Class Division PF Lady Mil Law For Age Points Stg % 1 S., Alva TY57997 A Production Minor N N N N 1444.1818 100.00% 2 C., West A64425 U Production Minor N N N N 1436.2118 99.45% 3 Fitzpatrick, Kevin A61677 B Production Minor N N N N Junior 1419.5852 98.30% 4 P., Reymon TY26589 A Production Minor N N N N 1388.8899 96.17% 5 D., Guy L2746 M Production Minor N N N N 1369.6249 94.84%

I just shot the 2009 Louisiana Gator Classic, and it was awesome! The match consisted of 12 creative, challenging stages and nearly 350 rounds. The RO's and match staff were great at keeping the match running smoothly. I shot a pretty solid match, with only one mike on a weak hand target. I was pretty nervous as I was going to the chrono, but was relieved when I made 141 PF. Something pretty funny happened to me on the first day of the match. Matt Mink was supposed to be in our squad, but he couldn't make it. On the second stage of the day, one of the RO's was calling Matt to come shoot. I walked up and asked if he was looking for Matt Mink, because I knew he wasn't at the match . The RO then said," Oh, here he is." So I then had to tell him that Matt was not at the match and that I was not Matt Mink. I wound up taking 1st B class production, and 3rd overall in production. I wouldn't have been able to do it without all of the help from my fellow shooters, especially Mr. Guy(double pedro). I don't have the final results yet, but I will post them when they are on the match website. The prize table was incredible. Finishing 3rd, I still won a springfield XD, thanks to all of the great sponsors at the match. A couple of observations from the match: Shooting through soft cover really affected my hits. On the stage with soft cover, I had fewer A's than C's. My perception of time when I am shooting is completely wrong. Everything that I do that is a waisted motion, feels like it's adding seconds to my time.

No, click on the link that was previously posted.

Allowing 15 rounds in a magazine would not allow production to achieve its "full potential." It is still putting people that are shooting guns that can't hold 15 rounds or only have ten round magazines at a disadvantage. Also, if someone can't stand the weight of having more than two magazines on their belt, they can just leave their magazines off of their belt until they are shooting. While we're at it, let's get rid of the 170mm limit on mags in open. That way open shooters won't be hindered by having to carry more than one magazine to the line. Also, why is it beneficial to align the production rules for USPSA and IPSC? I am all for change, as long as its benefits outweigh the costs. Changing the limit of rounds in the magazine in production would have more of a negative impact on the division than a positive one. -Kevin

I would suggest going to a shoe store and just trying on a bunch of different cleats until you find some that are very comfortable.