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The foreign shooters don't know or care about their classification 90% of the times, especially if they are from Europe. IPSC started working with some kind of classification system a while back, but it doesn't seem to work as nicely as planned. I doubt there is sandbagging going on with any European shooters. Over here you just shoot matches to win your division. There is no "winning C-class" at the European Championships or at the World Shoot for instance.

Happy Birthday man. Keep growing!

I do the same as Jake. Small targets help dramatically.

Beautiful barrel Dave! Looks awesome! I'm really curious about the home fluted cylinder

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Jake man, that's some fast reloading and drawing! I'm friggin' impressed. The reload seems to be even faster than the infamous Travis-reload-vid! What was your PAR on the draw?

CONGRATS HOP! Amazing!

Happy Birthday MERLIN!!!! Hope you had a great one!

Ira, don't forget Max said it was easier, not that it's impossible

VV N320 is great for both calibers. Powder puffs in 9mm and Major .45 loads that feel like minor

Jake, I think you could tackle that problem by pulling through on your last "shot" for instance. I also think you should work the trigger all the way as much as possible. Nothing teaches trigger control like pulling the trigger. That's why I like dry firing my revolver so much

Very nice! Thanks for that. I will definately use that No further critique

Interesting. I think a lot of people will confuse Max's expanation thinking he means you should just hose at a match and go balls out all the time and expect to "one day shoot better points". I think Max' theory also has something to do with most shooters putting more emphasis on analysing the shooting part of our game and less of the speed part. We never read any posts here of how to sprint faster, or which exercises to do to become faster. No plyometrics, fitness, diets etc. Most posts are about shooting. If you practice a lot on shooting, you will become a better shooter. If you would practice a lot on speed, you will become faster. I don't think slow accurate shooters are more difficult to teach speed. It just requires a diferent focus. Maybe the current top dawgs in shooting can explain the shooting part better than the speed part. Maybe you shouldn't even visit an IPSC shooter to learn speed. If speed is your weakness, then maybe you're better off learning that from a Badminton player, sprinter or Table tennis player. Or from someone who's a great IPSC shooter, but doesn't posess natural speed. Short: What one man can do, another can do. I just think Max is a guy who has natural speed and is better in teaching people like himself. So I would read this as: It is easier for Max to teach fast guys to become accurate, than accurate guys to become fast.

That would be the cat's meow! You should get a big medal if you get that done!

They have everything in the factory to make a brilliant 6 shot .45 revolver. All they should do is build it and I would shoot it. Raging Bull frame 6.5" barrel, Ti cylinder and some minor mods, like serrated trigger, chamfered chargeholes, and you're set. If the durability is great (you could always have it Tin-ed, chromed of Tenifered) it would be just as good or better than a standard 625. I don't know if Merkle makes a Taurus release. I have always used the old style factory release and I love it. Taurus factory release looks just like that one.

It looks awesome. The top of the slide has one brilliant pattern. But dude.... you shoot PRONE at 15yds?

Hey Spook, Bob Morrison of Taurus is sending me a 6.5" unported 8 shot with a 9mm bore(I spec'd 1-in-10 twist rate for the 147 gr bullets) and unchambered 8 shot cylinder. I'll be doing the chambering and throating myself. Hearthco- are you ready to make some 9mm Taurus moons? Holy crap! Seems like they are really interested if they even let you specify the twist rate. Man, I'd love to try one of those babies out! Got.......to........move.........to..........the.............U.........S.............. Sascha, wanna form a "Team Taurus Europe"?

Randy, where they just talking about a Taurus 9mm revolver, or did they actually show one? I'm really curious. Sounds like a nice steel challenge setup.

I voted yes, but that's because I own two that I bought withou them. I don't care much about them. In or out, it's all good

Round_Gun_Shooter Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, I checked with a couple of European forums and it seems the Longwitz jetloaders are no longer used. I must say that speedstrips, or regular speedloaders are probably OK, because of the extremely long time limits. pstew & R112mercer There's no PF requirement. I was thinking of shooting some very sof target loads in .357 cases for better accuracy (less freebore than using .38 cases). I also looked into the M14, but could also only find them in 6". I know 4" are made, but I coubt that one will show up over here. Thanks for the great tips on checking the gun! I'll get a timing rod. wlktheduk Yes, this is the Sasia qualification Except they have loosened up on the method of shooting it. IIRC, the first strings with the 15 second limit should be shot from the hip in the original qualification. I love the old school target. It's basically just a fun course of fire that requires no real speed and good (but not exceptional) accuracy. Kind of a relaxing thing to do... Maybe I'm just getting old....

Thanks for the tips guys I think I'm going with a K-frame with adjustables (probably a M19 I've seen in the shop for $220). It will fit my 617 4" holster. I really like the 27s and 28s, but no availability of jetloaders is a no-no (though I guess I could do the 5 reload 5 from 7 meters well within 15 seconds using loose rounds ) Hearthco, yeah, the target has a head Because it's a "police" match, it's OK, even if you're a civilian... Craaaazy lawwsssss!!!

I shot some EPP (European Police Parcours) yesterday and I am hooked. Course of fire is fixed. You shoot at this fella: You start with 2x5 shots at 7 meters in 15 seconds. Then the rest of the course in 5.5 minutes for an IPSC shooter, time is not an issue here). After every string you have to reload the gun with loose rounds and time stops when the gun is loaded and holstered for the next string: - 35 meters prone 5 shots - 25 meters sitting 5 shots - 20 meters around a barricade SH (two handed) 5 shots, reload WH (two handed) 5 shots - 15 meters kneeling 5 shots - 15 meters standing 5 shots in 10 seconds The above strings are all shot at the "bad guy" - 10 meters at the little top rings: - 1st string 5 shots SH only, 2nd string two handed It's a nice and simple game. Anyways, I can't shoot it with my 625. .38/.357 is the max. caliber, and I need a six-shooter with a 4" (or shorter) barrel. I am ashamed to say this as a Revolver shooter, but I have never owned a .38/.357 revolver in my life Which one would you recommend? Unfortunately, I can't test the guns before I buy them. I have seen some M19s, M27s and the occasional 686 (which I don't really like because of the stainless front sight). Which ones would you get and why? Any experiences with exceptional (both good and bad) accuracy of different models? Is there any way to check accuracy without actually shooting the gun (might sound like a dumb question, but you know what I mean right ) A lot of questions... but I really like this game...

My thoughts exactly. BUT... it's all up to you. Just don't quit if you want to but think you can't.