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As others have said, SHOOT IT.
My first time with the star, I hated the thing. I'd heard of it and was a little bit intimidated by it.
By the sedond or third time I encountered it, I thought "this is pretty cool."
Now, after having shot it six or eight times, I love it.
Don't stand there and waste three mags of ammo on the thing. If possible, plan your reloads so that you have a full mag when you start on the star (especially if you shoot Singlestack, Production, L10, or Revo
). If the plates just won't fall for you, then move on, but at least give them a shot or three. -
I shot this today with Lea County Action Shooters in Hobbs, NM.
Shooting Production
All Alphas but it took me 20.26 seconds for a 2.9615 Hit Factor.
ClassifierCalc.com says 30.1277%
CmCalc.com shows 30.12763565%
Doesn't look like I'll be getting out of D Class this month.
EDIT: BTW, I started right to left, reloaded, and went back left to right. I had a minor brain fart when I thought I put one in the black on T2, and spent an extra second or so staring at it while deciding whether or not to shoot it again - which would have been a major brain fart.
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Thanks. I'll have to look at app after Jan 2011. Here are my blasters:
Nice.
You going to Hobbs Saturday?
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First off, let me say that Paul alerted me to this as I don't venture in to such vile neighborhoods, but Paul payed them a visit just to talk some smack. This is how I improved my Glock.
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Your best bet would be a Dillon 550. . . . uses standard dies. . . .
So, I have RCBS carbide dies for .45. That will work with a Dillon press?
They will "work," but the Dillon dies will work better:
Thanks.
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i did pro grip but hated it when i need to do reload. my hand is glued to the gun i cant shift and hit that damn mag release. i have a limcat grip where the whole grip is like a grip tape. not a good combination. i probably just use it with my weak hand for more grip.
That's one of the problems with any Pro Grip type product. Also, if you get a shitty grip...you are stuck with it for the entire stage.
Funny thing is i just realized when i was typing this what if i just apply it to weak hand???
i had it in my bag all this time (3months or so) and never gave it a thought.I haven't tried the stuff, but I was thinking the same thing. My hands are not large. When I wrap my support hand around, my fingers tend to slip if they're sweaty at all. Having it on the support hand, and maybe just a little on the backs of my fingers of the strong hand might be the ticket. I don't have a problem getting a purchase with my strong hand. But my support hand is often just along for the ride without contributing very much.
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I like the Geddy. (And I'm not a Fender fan. That's one of only a few of their basses I like.)
The amp, for a beginner/practice amp should be fine.
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I will be in GA in a few days. I was checking on this so I don't carry my equipment from Europe. Obviously, it is not good for USPSA.
Here I shot my last competition with a Glock 17, CR speed belt, CR speed mag pouches and Amadini Ghost holster (Super Ghost Ultimate) - in Production. Also, 15 rounds allowed.
What division would that be in USPSA? I don't think I could compete in some other division with this gun.
Only Limited and Open allow 15 (or more) rounds in USPSA.
I'm pretty sure your CR Speed belt and mag pouches will be fine in USPSA Production Division though. Blade Tech DOH seems to be the most popular holster for Production. There are other brands with a similar design which are also used. No "race holsters" in Production.
You could use your set up, including the Ghost, in Limited 10 with only 10 rounds per mag, or in Limited loading the mags full.
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One.
I'm in the same boat, same west Texas town with JordanO. Our "home" range is 45 miles away, then it gets to be a ways for the rest! Pretty much figure on driving 2hrs plus EACH way.I'm with them. But I'm closer to that "home range." Probably 10-12 miles.
Next closest is 100 miles.
After that about 150. (Never been there. Been meaning to try it.)
Then 200. (Went there once.)
Then 250. (Been to two matches there. Planning to get there more often.)
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I've tried that bassackwards mag catch at Jimmy Mitchell's shop. It seems pretty cool. I'll probably get one on the 1911 I'm planning. I'm a righty who wants to realease the mag with my trigger finger so I don't have to shift the gun in my grip.
If you're concerned about it protruding too far on a carry gun, ask if he will make one a different length for you.
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Your best bet would be a Dillon 550. . . . uses standard dies. . . .
So, I have RCBS carbide dies for .45. That will work with a Dillon press?
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How would this differ from Limited?
Fits in the box, makes weight, on the Approved list.
Yeah, it would be sort of a mini-Limited division. That might be kinda cool, and it's what I wanted before I read all this.
But the overlap with Limited and Limited 10 would make people wonder why we need such a division. And that brings me back around the circle to thinking maybe we should leave it as is.
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Probably about 9 seconds if I don't miss.
Yeah, I'm that slow. -
I was a little disappointed that I could only put 10 rounds in my 15-rd mags and that my .40 was going to be scored minor. . . Or alternatively, I could load 'em up to 15, be scored major, and shoot in Limited class against the 2011s holding a lot more ammo.
Or alternatively you could shoot Limited 10. As far as the rest of the argument about .40 being more common, that is a regional difference. Some parts of the country sell a lot more 9mm than .40 and vice versa. Either way though there is somewhere these folks can compete. If you want to shoot Major, shoot Limited 10. If you want to shoot minor, shoot Production. If you want more than 10, shoot Limited or Open.
I wasn't really arguing for or against, just making some observations.
I have loaded up the 15-round mags and shot Major in Limited with that gun. (At one classifier match.)
I've loaded the mags with 10 and shot Major in L10. (At the same classifier match plus one other match.)
I think that pistol is more competitive in Production. I ordered some .40 minor and put 10 at a time in the mags. It's all good.
I shoot Singlestack, but dabble in Production, so it's not going to drive me away one way or the other.
The main thing is keeping it beginner-friendly so someone can "run what they brung." How best to do that, I'm not sure. But it looks like leaving it alone is at least as good a plan as anything else I've seen proposed.
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If you've got the cash, and want something a little nicer, the PII is a great option that you won't likely regret. If you aren't flush with extra $$...get something like the Sparta, or split the difference and go with a Trojan, and use the extra money for other stuff.
That's me, right there. I could get a . . . oh, say $1300 pistol . . . and wish I had the money to do the upgrades I want. Or get a spartan and put the difference into upgrades and ammo. I'm seeing a Spartan in my (very near) future.
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I think they're some of the goofiest looking things I've seen.
But I thougt this was funny:
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Everyone's talking about Limited Minor with a production gun. I see a lot more people buying .40 than 9mm. So Limited Major with a Production gun.
Do people still buy 9mm other than for competition or for tiny little concealment guns, or something for the wife/gf (J/K, sort of, on that last part.)
I worked in a gun store for a little while. (That's where I got to know the people who got me involved in USPSA.) Maybe it's a regional thing, but very few people I saw buying a full-size pistol (or even a nearly full-size pistol) want a 9mm when they can get a .40 S&W in the same size gun. About 30-40% of what we sold were 1911s in .45 ACP. About that same amount, or very slightly more, were Glock, XD, et cetera, mostly in .40. (About half-n-half between full-size and compact versions.) When someone mentions wanting a 9mm, someone else is like "
why?" The rest were looking for little pocket Kel-Tecs and LCPs. (Yeah, we sold revolvers too. I'm just talking about autos here. No offense to the revo guys.)I don't want to start a self-defense caliber debate, at least not on this forum. I'm just reporting the trend that I saw.
Since most new guys show up with Wal-Mart ammo, the .40 shooters are seriously disadvantaged by being scored the same as those with a 9. They're not reloading and probably aren't going to start reloading next week, or next month, so they're stuck shooting major and being scored minor. (I did that for a while until I ordered some .40 Minor from Atlanta Arms & Ammo.)
I guess what I'm saying is that Production may have been intended to attract the new shooter who just purchased his first pistol, the trend I saw of what new shooters were buying was not really all that well suited to Production.
I was a little disappointed that I could only put 10 rounds in my 15-rd mags and that my .40 was going to be scored minor. . . Or alternatively, I could load 'em up to 15, be scored major, and shoot in Limited class against the 2011s holding a lot more ammo.
There just didn't seem to be a Division where my gun fit all that well.Fortunately, I bought a 1911 just a week or two before my first USPSA match, so I shot SS.
Some people are under the impression that ISPC/USPSA is all about impractical race guns. IDPA guys love to claim that. We say that's not true. You can shoot Production or Singlestack divisions with normal carry gear. Then they show up and find they don't have nearly enough mags and mag pouches to actually shoot Production. Lots of these people saved for months to be able to afford the pistol. Now they're struggling to come up with money for a concealment holster and for a CCW class. And we tell them go buy more magazines. IDPA starts looking very good to them. They can go over there and say they didn't want to get into all the IPSC race gear.
I don't have the solution. I'm just giving my take on the issues I see.
For that matter, when was the last time you saw a USPSA member (in any division) run a stage with just two mags on their belt?Saturday. When I shoot Production, I use one dual mag pouch and have a couple extra mags stuffed in my left hip pocket. (I'm not suggesting this is the way to be competitive, just that it is done.)
Most XD's come with a holster and double mag pouch right out of the box.All.
Not sure if down the middle is the right line where shooters are split. I routinely talk to the people I shoot with. Part of being an AD. I'm getting substantially less than 50% that want the Production capacity changed. Adding you and Chad I've now heard from 3 people that want it to be 15. I've heard from close to 100 that don't want it changed. New shooters, experienced shooters. GM's, D's. Doesn't really seem to matter. Some will initially say, it'd be neat to have 15, but when the down side is mentioned, immediately change to 10 is better.I started out thinking that 15 would be better. I started reading this thread intending to agree with badchad. After reading both sides, I just don't know. I still tend to think that 15 rounds would be a bit more welcoming to new shooters. But I see the issues with a "Limited 15" division, so I don't know if that's necessarily the way to go.
Actually, being able to load to 15 would reduce cost even more for a shooter with only 2-3 mags.
USPSA is all about the local matches where the vast majority of our members shoot at one or two clubs. It is then somewhat about Section and Area Matches where a somewhat smaller groups shoots and far less about the Nationals where a very small subset of our membership shoots.
If Shooting your Production gun loaded to 10 rounds out of a carry type holster bothers you, feel free to stoke it tot he top and shoot Limited Minor with your 9mm or go whole hog and shoot your .40 DA Limited Major, heck fee free to shoot it in Open with a Doctor type sight.I know a guy who's doing just that. Showed up to his first match with a plastic production type gun with some sort of Doctor type sight. Put him in Open. He placed very respectably for a newbie and scored 50% and 60% on his first two classifiers.
I could care less about gun laws...
Flex, excuse my pickiness. It's couldn't care less.
Let me see...as in, I couldn't care less about pickiness?
Saw that one coming long before I turned the page.
Sorry for the rambling, directionless reply.
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Point 3: I don't know how the interaction between Josh and Mike Voight went. However, if the rulebook is not followed [i.e., Josh is not "..immediately moved to Grand Master class.."], then someone at headquarters is culpable for violating the rules of the sport. It probably has no bearing on Josh's case, but Mike Voight was on the other side of that 95% cut point earlier in the week, scoring 94.3% as a Master in Limited 10. Blake Miguez scored 96.92% as top Master in L10. In his case, that score will push his classifier total over 95%, so he should attain GM without question.
To add to that line of thinking, Michael Voight is a Grand Master in Singlestack Division. RD4.
His high percentage in SS is 90.83%. He's a GM based on his 98.40% finish at the '09 SS Nationals.
Josh should be a GM. Clearly, according to the rules, there's no question, no one should have to think about it.
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Thanks for posting this.
Now, when I fall over because I can't get my foot out of the clip, I'll feel like an even bigger idiot.
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I wonder if the fact that I bought my first SS from Merlin and a promise not to shoot any more plastic except in Production would get me in?
Since I talk to much about things I know little about I will let those with more to contribute speak on this issue....
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I have a Kimber Ultra CDP II in .45 ACP that I've put about 1500-1600 rounds through, mostly in USPSA matches. (A 25-ounce, 3-inch-barrelled 1911 is not ideal for Singlestack Division, lol, but it works.)
I have a failure to feed maybe once every hundred rounds or so. Kimber says they'll fix that if I get around to sending it back to them. (Bullet nosedives into the ramp. Pulling the slide back and letting it go gets the thing running again every time.)
I broke the ejector by jamming 8-round mags in it during a slide-lock reload during a match. Kimber says they'll fix that under warranty too, even though Dennis @ Kimber knew darned good and well what I'd done when I said the ejector broke.
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College students are the most brilliant time wasters. That's pretty amazing.
I'd be pissed that they'd been in all my stuff.
I'd be impressed by the enormity of the project.
I'd be annoyed that I now had to unwrap all this sh!t.
I'd be plotting revenge
but know that would be hard to top.
). If the plates just won't fall for you, then move on, but at least give them a shot or three.
i had it in my bag all this time (3months or so) and never gave it a thought.
Yeah, I'm that slow.
why?" The rest were looking for little pocket Kel-Tecs and LCPs. (Yeah, we sold revolvers too. I'm just talking about autos here. No offense to the revo guys.)
There just didn't seem to be a Division where my gun fit all that well.
I have fired several hundred rounds since I broke the ejector. Not once have I had a failure to eject.
but know that would be hard to top.
shooting two eyes opened...
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I don't think I have a naturally dominant eye. When I started shooting, as a kid, we'd try the test where you make a circle with your hands and look at something through them, like a clock on the wall or whatever. I might be using my right eye on one day and my left eye on a different day. I taught myself to be right eye dominant because that seemed to be the way to go for a right-handed shooter.
If I focus on the front sight, I see two targets. If I focus on the target, I see two front sights. Slow fire, all I'd ever done before I got into practical pistol last year, I had time to figure out which one I'm shooting it. Doing it with the timer running has caused me to squint my left eye a little; not close it, but just blur that image.
I've been toying with using my left eye when the stage calls for weak hand only. I do that naturally if I'm standing there slow fire. But with the timer running, I revert to squinting my left eye, forcing myself to use my right eye. Then I wonder why I have the gun pulled all the way across to my right eye, and figure out what I'm doing.
On classifiers, I often see - String 2: shoot this, reload, shoot it again weak hand only.
I've been working on closing my right eye during that reload so that when the gun comes up, it goes to that left eye.
Since I've started working on that, I've shot three classifiers and none of them had WHO. (What are the odds?) So, I'll have to get back to you on how this works out after I've gotten to try it at a match.