beltjones

Yeah, other people's scores and classifications were updated. I've emailed the MD - hopefully that will take care of it. Though it will be a bit annoying if I have to wait yet another month to get my classification. Anyone think I can manage to get bumped before I even get my first official classification? lol.

So my USPSA membership went active 7-23, and I shot a special classifier match on the 24th. I guess the MD made an honest mistake, and instead of reporting my status as "pending" he listed it as "none." I alerted the folks at USPSA as to the problem, and response was less than helpful. I mean, I'm a USPSA member, I paid the classifier match fees, the scores are clearly viewable online to anyone who would like to look, and the response was that I'm out of luck. Is there any way this can be fixed? Any help is greatly appreciated. Sorry if this isn't the right forum, or if I didn't search correctly for a similar topic.

Shot it this past Saturday. Production: 28 points, 5.81 seconds, HF 4.8193, not sure the percentage (my status is still pending). I shot it sitting down. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/user/beltjones1#p/u/1/NmJUAkSxkcY

It occurs to me that choosing a pistol for Production/IDPA is a big guessing game. Will I prefer a Glock or M&P? Will a DA first pull be as bad as I think it will be? These and other questions abound. I think it would be really helpful to have a new shooters introduction with an opportunity to try different equipment. A way to work it would be to set up a regular Saturday match, and have a side bay set up where people could shoot different pistols on a common course of fire. One way to set it up would be for everyone to lay out their pistols on a table that is dedicated as a safe area. Then people could cycle through, taking turns trying different guns on a common drill, say a vice presidente on steel from a high ready position. By the end, people would have objective data on how they shoot with different guns, and they would have experience with a pistol that goes beyond simply fondling it in the gun store or shooting it slowly on a static range. Does anyone do something similar? If not, why not? I for one would love to have the kind of data that this would generate, and I'd be perfectly willing to share my pistols with others in order to get it. I have to assume others would feel the same way. Any ideas/thoughts/concerns/etc?

Hi everyone - I searched but couldn't find an answer to this question. I recently picked up a Dawson Ice Magwell, and I was wondering what magazine extensions people are using that will still fit into the IDPA box. Or do people find that they can reliably seat their magazines with the stock floor plate? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Be sure to fill us in on what you learn!

I'll add one suggestion: Before removing any small springs (and there are a few of them), take a break, study how the springs seem to fit together and how the part functions with the springs, and maybe even take a picture of everything. Once you take the springs out, getting them back in can be a headache because they're so small, and it can be a nightmare if you aren't absolutely sure how they're supposed to be positioned. Also, don't work over carpet. One other thing: If you're going to a comp hammer and a SA trigger, I don't see a real need to go with a reduced power mainspring. The reduced power mainspring makes a huge difference in the DA pull, but a very minor one in the SA pull. I went back to the full power factory mainspring after converting to SA, with only a 1/16 lb difference in trigger pull weight (it went from 2 lbs to just barely - almost imperceptively - greater than 2 lbs). I think the reliability of having a heavier mainspring is a good tradeoff for an ounce or so of trigger pull weight.

This is what I do, as taught to me by Len Baxley. I shoot a stock Glock connector, and the two-stage feel helps me pull through the "slack" up to the point when the shot is about to break. Then I let the sights align and break the next shot. I tend to way overgrip with my strong hand if I'm trying to ride the reset, and that makes me less accurate than anything. However, by letting the trigger out all the way for each shot, my strong hand stays more relaxed and my trigger pull is more consistent.

I've tried pretty much all the 3.5 lb connectors (Ghost Rocket, Glock, LW, Scherer). Of those, the Glock connector was the best. The Ghost was my least favorite because the point at which the shot broke seemed to be inconsistent. Sometimes it would feel like it broke near the front of the "hump," sometimes it felt like it wouldn't break until it had gone over the hump and was resting on the overtravel tab. The Glock 3.5 felt the "crispest" of the lot, but not by much. However, recently I switched my trigger technique from trying to ride the reset to letting the trigger all the way out and then staging it between shots. For the way I'm running the gun now, the original Glock 5 lb (actually measures about 4.5lbs on my trigger guage) connector is what works the best for me.

Hey guys. It took forever to get validated on this site, but I'm glad I'm here. I got started in IDPA a few months ago and have had a great time. Now I'm taking my practice a bit more seriously, and eventually want to try my hand at a little USPSA. Anyway, I hope to contribute a little and learn a lot while I'm here.