TGO
-
Posts
363 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Forums
Profiles
Events
Store
Posts posted by TGO
-
-
Sorry guys, the 5 incher will not be leagal for anything until it has been produced to the right quantities for the right amount of time. It is really cool to shoot, as I had the 9x19 from the shot show for a short time. It was pretty neat to get the added sight radius but it is somewhat heavier. Can't wait to get mine. Coming soon to a Springfield Armory dealer near you.
Later,
Rob
-
The XD is sure getting folks all riled up. Can't we all just get along. We are still tryin gto figure this whole single action thing out. The interesting item to note is that the IDPA SSP class was designed to be shot with service type issue weapons. The same is true of IPSC's production class. The single thing that ties all the legal guns together is there is a long pull of something to fire the initial shot. This is the guns single inherent disadvantage to the 1911 design. A long heavy trigger pull on the first shot. On guns of the double action design you have two modes, trigger cocking and cocked modes. the difference, the weight and length of the trigger pull. This is the Beretta 92, S&W 5906 type action. Trigger cocking only designs such as the glock LDA or Kahr, never get the short light pull. This is the same place the XD resides. It fits in with the concept of a long heavy trigger pull to make the gun more deliberate to fire. This is the type of weapon Law enforcement has gone to in droves. The XD is inexpensive, utterly reliable, very well made, durable and fairly odd looking by traditional standards. All elements that make it popular in todays market place for a service type pistol. Should be interesting to see how it all turns out.
Rob
-
Not even trying to find a rule that allows or does not allow short loading of the gun, you need only consider why you would do this. Simple, to gain an advantage by allowing the gun to be loaded at a more desirable time or place. You obviously can not choose how many rounds you load in your gun as the rule states you will be fully loaded. If the course of fire requires short loading, it is because they want to test your abilty to load at a given time. Whether it is a limited shots stage or not is not the point. Go back to why you would do it. Remember, if you would not load down for a gunfight, the idea is you would not down load for the event. This is why CDP shooters are not allowed to jump back and forth between 7 and 8 rounders in a match. Pick the one you want and shoot the whole event with it. Of course if you are shooting a 5 or six round string and do not care to top off, I would doubt anyone would care, but technically if you ran into problems and needed more rounds, the fact that you were loaded short could be a problem. Again, you would not gain here, but sticklers for the rules are out there. If you always try to go with what is meant to keep the competition fair to all competitors, you will be better off. Justifying it by saying we all get to do it is a little weak.
Rob
-
In my experience, the only time I have been loaded short was to force a reload at a certain point. The whole idea of leveling the playng field between divisions is silly if you accept the IDPA plan to only allow similar kinds of equipment to compete against themselves. At a club level match where everyone wants to know who is the best and bragging rights are at stake, (which is why we keep score by the way) we are allowed a great degree of latitude. This is to keep everyone, with their own interpretation of the principles happy. There is little harm in that. Remembering there is not to be an overall winner at an event makes it sort of moot to try to make the level playing field as that can only really be accomplished amongst the participants in each division. This said, I always am in the middle of the inter-division rivalries at our home events, dueling it out with my buddies in classes other than I may be shooting, and that is some of the fun in getting out there and competing. Remember, it IS a GAME! that's why we use a timer.
Later,
Rob
-
After careful consideration Kelly, I have now decided to also shoot ESP ate the State IDPA match this weekend. I am proud of you for shooting major this last week, but must try to understand why doing so (while I did not) at a match that has no major/minor in the first place makes you a martyr instead of just plain silly? Sounds to me like I was the wily old veteran and you were trying to be the super hero? I call you out, on even ground this weekend to settle the score! Honor is at stake now, or something like that.
Later,
Rob
-
There are lots choices in all the classes, but some are better than others.
I use a 1911 in .45 for CDP, as does nearly anyone in this class as it is obviously the best choice. Chances are nothing will EVER be better. All other choices are second best but that does not mean you can't shoot them well. I know acouple guys shooting Glock .45's in CDP, but the 1911 is just so damn easy to shoot well. If you want a .45, and that is all you are allowed in CDP, the 1911's are king. What load to shoot is the big deal, not which gun type to shoot it out of.
For ESP you are faced with the choice of caliber more than gun type. You can shoot many different guns in this class but it is dominated by 1911's in .40, .38 Super or 9x19. I generally use 9x19 as it is the cheapest to feed, generally very accurate even with factory stock barrels and availability of ammo is never an issue. You can sometimes buy loaded 9 ammo so cheap that the only reason to load isto get a better load than the factories offer. I have been using the PMC 115 JHP load and find it extremely accurate, light in recoil and quiet. It is also inexpensive. Otherwise the .38 super is just as good. Its just the ammo thing favoring the 9.
For ssp you can shoot just about anything and becompetitive as the real advantage of the esp and cdp guns are the short light trigger pulls of the 1911 design. I will be using the new XD myself and am becoming more and more impressed with it the more I shoot it, but you would expect the corporate answer wouldn't you? Well the XD is that good, and time will show just how good it is, but my favorite pre XD has been the S&W 5906. You get the best trigger of any of the DA guns. Great Trigger cocking and great single action. Just have to become accustomed to the change. If you can afford one from the Performance center you will not be dissapointed.
In the revolver class I use a Model 19 or 586 with Safariland speed loaders. Seems like everyone has forgotten about those, but truth is they can be loaded as fast as full moon clips, and you can shoot much lighter loads out of a .38 Special than you ever will in a .45. The guns are much smaller and better handling, are easier to shoot well, and kick less.
-
This was my first idea, but Brian said many don't have plate racks, so I should think of something else. Since I don't care what he thinks, I'm posting it anyway.
I don't care how good you are or what your score is. But just that you have the balls to try it - because it's hard. If you actually make the effort to try this drill, and try it long enough to improve, then I'll talk to you. If not, then I don't care.
The drill is simply the Bianchi Plates, as shot at the Bianchi Cup with a Stock gun. If you don't know what that is, then you'll have to figure it out. (I have to go to the range to practice - I'm leaving for a trip tonight.)
If you can shoot the plates with less than 8 misses - you are a stud. If not, you better go practice.
I'll talk with Brian later and we will come up with a "test" that can be shot on an IPSC target.
How valid is dry-firing
in Training Techniques
Posted
If I am in a place I vcan be handling a gun I am. I leave the gun I am currently wessing with out on my desk with an empty mag just to play with while I am on the phone. If you hear a bunch of clicking in the background that would be the .38 Super I am going to use at this weeks AZ.IDPA State match. You can not learn how to shoot by dry firing but you can learn how to do everything else. And there is lots more to be good at than just the noisy part.
Later,
Rob