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I agree.. Alot of the early 90's smithys did that to keep your left index finger (RH shooter) from sliding around on the 2 hand grip. Sure does lock it in, but chews up the safariland locking block..

Do it! holsters.com Get it once and you'll never look back. Plenty of room to grow when you choose different divisions and go into multigun/3gun.

^^^^ This! There are some mini stages in the book. I noticed the biggest hangup is to have the props/walls exact same dimensions of the classifier.

Only Issue I see in bagging is A class and below.. M and GM are usually correctly ranked...based from the Nationals and Areas I've been to...

Good job ! Looks great..

Great vid! I had the VHS tape too in 90 when I started.. Chip McCormick was front of trigger guard, as well as Jerry B. An international shooter friend of mine at the time was doing that.. since then she moved under the trigger guard, I figured I'll copy TGO.. lol Thanks for the link and reminiscing!

I'll have to disagree... I feel it's all perspective. Isn't training/ practice the journey for overall skill? Or practicing just for a particular game? In your perspective, gains are found in other aspects of the game, that I agree. My question is, why "down play" a skill that can be learned well even though it offers less in payback in a particular game? Like saying, "eh my draw sucks, so I won't practice it, i'll work on transitions" Whereas the shooter can train and become proficient in EVERY aspect of fundamentals including, a fast, accurate draw, unloaded starts, hands on table, etc. I read somewhere, if you have the control to be good at a skill, why not be good at it? And the hit from their first shot on the draw is? If you don't get a proper grip on the gun in the holster and drill something other than a Alpha on the draw, then that penalty time should be add to your 'super fast draw time'. Now, that 'super fast draw time' may not look so 'super fast'. Just a thought.... That's my point... train for the 0.9 or faster first shot draw with alpha. Both can be done,spot on, not necessarily one or the other. Happy New year!

Dude- you are a beast! very cool Indeed! Good work jmorris!

I'm game... Good work sir! Happy New year

Any! Although I saw an ad that Springfield Armory has the RO (Range officer)model in 9mm. Happy Hunting

Indeed! Great advice, but why not speed up both? Indeed! But not at the sacrifice of getting the correct grip on the gun to begin the stage. Too many times while teaching I have had shooters tell me how fast their draw is or how fast they can shoot a split on an open target. Both things are fairly meaningless on the majority of the stages. The real work begins after stage analysis and understanding where the biggest chunks of time are spent, then coming up with a plan to reduce those numbers. I always remind them, (with very few exceptions) that you only draw the gun once on a stage. I wouldn't argue with that statement at all! And actually with the little experience I have shooting I wouldn't argue with anyone here anyway. I guess I would put the "super fast draw" as a component of shooting good classifier times since it seems that you have to go all zone 3 to get a good time on them (since the occasional "Hail Mary" gets lucky and pushes those out of match speed for the said class). Do you find you have a different draw speed for a classifier stage than you do for a field stage? Thanks for the info! Classifiers are all a bit of a crap shoot. Too many people shoot them over and over again to get a good score to send in. They are just hurting themselves. The best shooters are the ones that consistently work on getting better, and the majority of the classifiers come from shooting major matches. That's the real test! Good points... May I ask this? If the best shooters are the ones that consistently work on getting better, wouldn't it "a super fast draw" be on that skills lists? I understand how you all feel that the draw is not as important in the "game" Since one would draw a limited amount of times in a match. I felt the same way until I learned about Steel Challenge, I found that increasing my overall skill as a shooter in every aspect is important, not just pick out bits and pieces where they are advantageous to the game. Good thread!

I know how you feel on the stickiness. . I felt that Techwear jersey+ Rubber pad on JM Pro.. sticky when mounting and dismounting. Here's what I found:: Duct tape, specifically "Woodland camo" Hehe. Ugly but effective temporarily

Nailed it. Agree! Perhaps the interpretation of "point shooting" is similar what others know as " pure indexing" on target with minimal(if any visual input from sights) and 2 yanks of the trigger...

This was it for me too. I spent 10 years playing paintball across the country and I think it has been a big help for me. I have also suggested it to a few shooters to try and most have said it helped. You gotta play against some good players so it forces you to run and gun. This point seems to be a common progression here in Southern California also. Transitioning from paintball to practical shooting, myself included. To compliment that further, the same competitive roots and sponsor jerseys transfers over at a high level too! A friend also played at the tournament level and learned practical shooting 2 years ago and proclaims, "How come I didn't know about practical shooting till now?!" I said, "So, you are doing it now!" hehe I'm sure you all agree and read on this thread... practice , practice and more practice. Enjoy the journey.

Once my flip and catch during ULSC is no longer boss, I change the spring....

Memories.. I still have my PDP2 and PDP3 from those days.. As a kid, I sucked with Iron sights.. once the dot came around, Learning curve shot through the roof! Here's what's weird, current CMore Serendipity/ slide ride is till being used from that era!

9 Major. I don't like picking up brass....

Good Plan.. Dual top ends.. been done before with great success. Ensure your barrel ramps are alike and build both topends at same time so the smithy can plan for it..

My vote 40... AND 9mm I have both.. 40 for major competitions and 9mm as a great loaner for friends and shooting local club matches in minor. 10 rounds, similar to production but with superior trigger. 2 alpha is only more refined AIM and trigger control...

I agree with the move to 2011. Biggest question for you is additional weight. Eagle - Short Dust cover, Bushing, standard diam. Barrel Edge - Long Dust cover, Bull Barrel minus bushing I think you can hold down 9mm Minor My vote: Eagle. 3 for 1 ( 3G, USPSA L10/ LTD Minor , IDPA) Should you decide...

I agree with you. Many of the top shooters will HAVE to choose "a" division vs. the previous back to back set up. This huge 5 day would work better in the early days when there was only 2 divisions. LTD and OPEN

Makes sense. Look at what people are building for combat gun using Glock / M&P CORE series

^^^^^ Agreed!