fastluck13

True story. And if you think about going fast too the wheels will totally come off

I don’t blame the guy for sharing. I would do the same thing if I had anything worthwhile to offer. I have shot a bunch of the 124 grain rn bullets and they have been great. Solid bullets, fast shipping, seems like good people. Eley or not I would endorse them.

Ed Brown mags are always made by someone else. And it changes. Find out who made the specific mag and buy basepads for that. Meaning Checkmate, Metalform, etc.

True story. Honestly, they could solve half the drama with mag length limits. Make it same as open. 50 round mags! Screw that. Better yet, everyone only gets 8. Make Single Stack Great Again!

If it isn’t the follower, you might take the slide off to get a better view of the mag, mag release, etc. does the slide stop match the caliber? Meaning is it a 9mm slide stop?

For me it has been too much of the stuff I hate offsetting the stuff I like. I used to to drive to the desert and find a quiet hillside. Over the last 10 years every nitwit, their halfwit brother and their mom have been shooting into the air like ISIS at a wedding. I cannot stand driving out their to find trash shooting morons in every corner of the desert. And drama. USPSA drama, PCC drama, range drama. Ain’t nobody got time for that. lastly, tendonitis. Screw that dirty hooker. When your mental game is on but your body doesn’t cooperate is really a downer. Rant off. Still better than work....

Anyone else noticing the 90% or better mark is now more like 95% or better? Top shooters are now burning it down with all of the points too!

For a rifle, I use whatever is around (mostly my range bag) but for pistol, I go freestyle. I SUCK with a rest. That and I figure I will be shooting freestyle anyway so why not sight into the same POA.

You will reach a point where a Delta almost feels like a mike. Not from a points perspective but the point that you will only shoot them on accident and you will realize how close to a mike you were. Deltas are lucky misses. Also, understand the point math on a field course. It is probably close to mike=3 seconds. Don’t make it up if it takes longer than 3 seconds. Like you already left or the makeup would cause you other timing issues.

I am 99% sure they do. I don't own any but that is what they were made for. I hold back from certain because of mags like that shit Wilson makes where the 8 rounders don't fit without filing.

You will also see shooter size and weight come into play. 250lbs manages recoil a lot differently than 125. USPSA involves a lot of moving, leaning, squatting, bending, reaching, etc. You will find you rarely have an ideal shooting position. The trick is to understand how your body manages recoil in those positions and offset that recoil. That and having a grip like a gorilla. My 80% grip, where I am comfortable shooting an entire match, is someone elses 150%. Dry fire will help. Weights will help. Mountain biking helps. And then there are the Captains of Crush grippers. Google them and start lower than you think you should.

If you bell in the powder drop, you save a station.

Lee factory crimp makes removing the bell easy. Seat and crimp in separate stations.

Think of that stage like this.... Draw to the first 8 Reload and RUN back to the spot you can engage the 8 on the left from Reload and run to where you can either shoot all eight on the right or the first two targets and two from the front Reload to the front and take steel, front paper, and the two remaining targets on the right. (7) the transitions, retreat reloads, and footwork on the left side are a time trap. You took reloads backing up and those transitions to save 2-3 running steps on the right

On the first stage, it looks like you could have engaged the targets on the left while retreating and the ones on the right once you were on that side of the wall. Not sure if that was true or camera angle. If you could have, I would have done that and saved the retreat reload and transitions. I agree with the poster above shooting those targets on the move was slower. Especially for single stack. Post up, knock out 8, dash and reload to the next 8. Moving is a balance between speed, hits, risk of penalties, and reload management. The last video, middle position, get your stance wide in the place where you can see the targets by shifting your weight a bit. In all of the above, shoot at the right speed for the target. Wide open targets, let it eat. Zebra targets, aim. shoot as fast as you can make hits. Everything else, moving, reloading, running, do as fast as you can as time spent not shooting is wasted time.

I don't have a problem with people knowing the classifier ahead of time and practicing it. I don't have a problem with reshoots on a classifier. The thing is, a classifier that has an element of surprise truly tests your baseline capability. If you practice a specific classifier before shooting it, you will probably shoot above your baseline. Why is all of this important? Because you will shoot below your classification in a match where the stages and scenarios are not rehearsed. People are welcome to classify ahead of their abilities if they want but they are not going to win until their baseline catches up with their classification.

I think a tighter chamber is good for accuracy but.... How much do you gain from a good in-spec chamber to a tight one that may give you reliability issues. You would probably only be able to measure it in the same gun starting with the tight chamber and reaming it larger. So many variables it would be hard to isolate. All that and the difference it makes in this game is so small I would take reliability over marginal accuracy. If a gun is so picky you can't use some brass it is probably too tight.

Once everyone realizes production nationals have never been won with a Glock and never will be, this conversation gets a lot easier.... Wait, that is all backwards....Glocks have won and will win again. Those guys don't shoot sub-par stuff. Look at the top 5 for the pas few years, pick the gun you like, shoot a lot, dry fire 100x more.

good points on locking back for malfunctions & flag

While I agree with everyone who advised drawing to the dominant eye regardless of hand, there is also an argument to be made for matching the shooting hand to the dominant eye. I know several people who are cross eye dominant and shoot with their off hand. Benefits are ridiculous reloads because they are doing the work with their smart hand, killing it on weak hand stages when they get to use their dominant hand, and being able to shoot rifles easier (think PCC, everyone is doing it). If you start with your weak hand you never know the difference. Look at guitar players. Both hands are doing different things requiring a great deal of coordination. if they switch to a lefty guitar, neither hand knows what to do.

Let's say, hypothetically, a guy has a gun with a Kaw Valley buffer. Travel is already limited just past the bolt catch. If the hypothetical guy isn't concerned with bolt hold back, is there a reason not to limit travel a little more? The bolt face is traveling well past the ejector and mag.

I have two nitride guide rods. One has probably 25k through it. no problems. the other is in the 5-10k range. same thing. no issues. I was told the only thing you need to consider is doing the both the hammer and sear or neither. If you do only one of the two it will be too hard for the other. The other thing, and not an issue with a guide rod, is sharp corners should be broken slightly or the edge may get little micro chips. you can blue them though even on a stainless gun. Firing pin hole, sharp edges of barrel locking lugs come to mind.

Only a little to add here.... .40 is great if you load for it already or if you want one gun for major AND minor. Tripp makes 10 round .40 mags if you want to shoot light loads in minor. If 2 guns is an option, go .45 and 9mm. Easy to get them to run. 9 is gaining in popularity so lots of options. The trend in matches even makes 9 more viable as a single gun option than it was in the past.

Think about it like dumbbell flys but with a gun in between your hands.

definitely place your thumb over the safety. I would bet it was the thumb that clicked it on during recoil.