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Wow. Impressive.
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If I were in the situation you describe, I would put off shooting 3-gun, use my current 9mm m&p to shoot uspsa production, and spend the money on a DILLON SDB 9mm press, bullets, powder, & primers. I would then make a time commitment to shoot matches every month.
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Can't go wrong with a Les Baer .
I would beg to differ. I know of no manufacturer who makes a larger proportion of jammomatics than Les Baer.
I have never seen one make it through a match without a jam.
I shot my PMII in uspsa competition for two years shooting 25-30+ local matches each year plus at least two major matches. I also practiced with it. Total rounds was about 15,000 during that time. I cannot remember a failure of any kind. Accuracy was and remains stupid good. I put the pistol aside for a year to shoot production. Last weekend we had a single stack "reunion" at a local club. So I dusted off the PMII, and shot the match without even cleaning the mags. No jams. Placed second @ 97.77%.
That is my experience with les baer.
Oh yeah, I run a S&A magwell because they look super and work well and enhance the beauty of the les bear's all business look.
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I would rather see the sport die because new shooters who do not know the rules don't come back after disqualifying themselves with safety violations, rather than see the sport survive by filling it with the kind of people who will only return for another match if they are allowed to violate the safety rules others know and abide by. I would not care to share a park bench with such people, much less shoot gun with them.
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I would have handle MD the timer and never again ROed for that MD. Simply ignorant and ridiculous what the MD did. USPSA publishes a rulebook. ALL shooters should read it prior to competing. If they don't know the rules when they show up, then they learn the rules when they violate them. Sometimes they earn a DQ.
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Ca has the most members by far. Yet our politicians treat shooters like dirt. :-(
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Nope. Negative. Negatory. Not a chance.
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I'm a pretty new shooter and DQ'd today because I almost always practice moving from left to right. Today's second stage had us moving From far right to far left, and for those of us in production it was right at first reload. I dropped my mag and brought the gun up in front of me to insert mag just as I turned to run left. That automatically points the barrel right at everyone behind the safe line. I got to spend the rest of the day watching, and learning, and I know I won't make that mistake again! It just didn't cross my mind when I did my walkthroughs that it was an unsafe time/place to reload. Next time I will keep the gun pointed down range, and reload when I get to the next shooting box/area.
BUMMER. but realize that it was the perfect time to reload just the wrong time to point the gun across your body and uprange. Practice reloads moving rt. To lf. And you will be fine.
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He can shoot in Limited, Open, Limited 10 or Single Stack. He will be scored minor in everything but Open.
His best bet to be competitive is to shoot in Single Stack where he can load 10 rounds in his mags and score minor power factor.
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DILLONS not fillings. Stupid auto spell!
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Cheaper to buy another press. Probably a good idea anyway. Several fillings in the shop is always a good idea.
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CZ Accu-Shadow
in CZ
Handled one. I could not help but want it. It is just a nice gun. Doubt I will have my shadow made into an accu shadow but I do want to!
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Handled the Glock 41 and 21 side by side last week. The slimmer slide of the 41 makes a huge difference in feel and balance with the long slide. I am getting one.
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Either division will do.
I started in L10 then moved to SS, shooting a Single Stack Les Baer in .45.
Your performance will be essentially the same in either division and you will have fun in either division!
If you are comfortable with the equipment placement restrictions of SS, I would say shoot that.
If you are more comfortable with the equipment placement freedom of L10, I would say shoot that.
Starting out, that will be the biggest difference between the two divisions.
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Work on your shooting. Sounds like your shooting is not where you would like it to be.
Learn what it takes to make A hits or hit steel at different distances and with different presentations. By what it takes, I mean time and sight picture.
Both are different for every distance/presentation. Many times I see shooters shooting way to fast for the challenge presented. You don't even need to go look at the target to know that they have hard cover mikes, or no shoots, or that they are going to burn a mag on the 4-piece steel array shooting at that pace simply because it is way to fast for the their ability given the challenge presented. A lot of this game is judgment -- knowing how fast you can go and still perform the task at hand with the first shot. That speed is the fastest possible on the challenge. Any other speed is a losing strategy over the course of a match.
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I use a cz so01 Shadow in production because:
1. It is steel
2. It is heavy
3. It has an external hammer
4. It has a grip angle close to the 1911
5. It has a good trigger in Both modes
6. It looks awesome.
All personal preference. There is no magic. Any reliable gun will do.
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In the first video a couple of times you came into position and then brought the gun out to engage the target. You should be presenting the gun and engaging the targets as you enter the position and then as soon as you stop you can fire.(unless you feel comfortable shooting on the move, then don't wait to stop to shoot.)
Damn....I never noticed that....I must present the gun sooner...way sooner and while moving
Another drill I need to practice now with my .22 and then 9mm
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Bingo. This is one of the largest time saving techniques in any action shooting game. Shoot sooner coming into a shooting position. It is huge.
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For me, the key to the Texas Star are:
1. Have your gun sighted in so you KNOW where the shots will land.
2. Front sight focus. HARD front sight focus.
3. Start at the top and work down, either ambushing or chasing, for most open sighted shooters, you are really not using either technique in its pure form. Most people ambush with a little chasing to speed up the process, and I think that is the correct way to do it. True ambushing is something I have only seen GOOD open shooters do, which is shoot the BOTTOM plate first, to get the thing really moving fast, then pick the plates off as the swing past the bottom apex. It is ridiculously fast but if you cannot do it reliably, it is pure poison on your score.
4. Shoot them like any other target. DO NOT pull the trigger unless you see what you know you need to see to get the hit. What kills on the star are misses and the related reload. The extra couple tenths of a second you use up two or three times to get the sights where they need to be is way faster than recovering from the recoil of three or four misses then having to do a standing reload. I guess I am saying here, take the time required to do it right. Do not try to outperform the curve. You won't.
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I agree with just see the sights. I swear, if I just SEE THE SIGHTS about 99 percent of my mental errors are resolved. The sights are like a lighthouse or a land beacon. They are THE TRUTH!
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Years ago, the term "Xerox" became synonymous with "photocopy." Is ever photocopy made on a Xerox machine? No.
Is it incorrect to say I need a Xerox of that, or "Xerox it," even when the copy will be made on a Sharp or HP copier? No.
In the law, when some term or practice becomes so universally accepted that it no longer indicates the true source of the good or service, it is at that point no longer capable of being protected under intellectual property law.
That is why, way back when, Xerox was running ads that basically said "not ever copy is a Xerox." They were trying to maintain their ability to copy write/service mark their brand. It did not work. People called photocopies what they wanted to, regardless of what machine they were made on.
So, like I said, call it what you want. As long as you can communicate to people what you are talking about, who cares?!
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If you bought it, you can call it a Toyota. Who cares. Call it what you want and do with it what you want. If someone disagrees with you they can buy one and call it what ever they want. Seems like a non-issue to me.
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What exactly is your problem with shooting the first shot double action?
If you think it is a handicap, it is nothing compared to losing points to major guns with every B,C, or D hit.
Dry fire for 10 minutes each day for a week and you will be over it. If you dry fire for 3 weeks and work in a draw, target acquisition, and transition into the drill, it will put you miles ahead of where you are now without having to fire a shot in competition.
That is a simple drill: Draw, acquire target, press trigger, transition to second target, press trigger. Do this 20 times every morning before leaving for work and again when you get home. 21 days and you won't even notice the first double action trigger stroke.
If you are going to play, don't make decisions designed to AVOID ANYTHING. Train.
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We disagree. Assembly and manufacture are not synonymous. But I now see where we are missing one another. In any event, as you point out, time will tell.
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You have incorrectly stated the law. It says nothing about buying or receiving magazines or kits. It says nothing about assembling kits into magazines. Sec. 32310 prohibits Manufacture, sale, offering for sale, keeping for sale and importing magazines. It was designed to attack businesses offering magazines into the stream of commerce in the state. It does not address the conduct of individual consumers. This loophole is precisely why ab 48 has been enacted creating sec. 32311 specifically dealing with assembling mags from kits and specifically stating that sec. 32310 DOES NOT GOVERN KITS IN ANY WAY. What you are extrapolating from the language you quoted is incorrect and is not the law in CA. Until 1/1/2014. The governor's letter released when he signed ab 48 2 weeks ago explicitly states the law is designed to close the kit assembly loophole.
Google the statute. Read it. The words buy, receive, purchase, and kit do not appear in sec. 32310.
Edited to add that ab 48 amends sec. 32310 to include buying and receiving mags to the list of prohibited acts as of 1/1/2014. Mags. Not kits. Again, no mention of assembly in the statute even as amended.
WST in 9mm
in 9mm/38 Caliber
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I have 20lbs of WST. Just have my last lb of titegroup away.