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Me received. Me likey. Thankie!
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That Shadow is money!
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Shot my game and finished well.
Chronoed at 192pf
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I used to always run left to right. but now i dont care . how the tgts presents themselves is more important to me.I am a right handed shooter and. Will usually shoot left to right unless the layout makes it more practical or a better option to run it the other way. Then I just watch the reloads
i can reload in 1 step and usualy a side step when going the opposite way.
This is the answer. Get to this. I am currently trying to get here myself!
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Thanks everyone. I am leaning towards STI slide and Kart barrel but I cannot seem to find any Karts so Scheumann may get the nod. My gunsmith has the skill and equipment to do custom work. These will be complete custom guns, including machining the rails and other work. I am thinking Koeing ignition parts, or maybe EGW. Not sure yet on the safeties, msh or magwell. STI mag release will likely be used with a Wilson button head. Not sure what the rest of it will be yet. Going slowly, trying to figure it out, lol.
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Shadows seem like hens teeth right now. Glad I got mine, and I was lucky to be truthful.
I also think I may get an sp01 and just work it over so I can have a backup gun. Trying to get another Shadow in Ca. is just going to piss me off.
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What does everyone recommend for slide and barrel combos? I am having a friend build two limited guns. What do people think about Fusion combos? What others are out there? Educate me!!
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Will these take the plus 2 base pad?
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The question is how much difference does the gun make? To me, this question assumes all else being equal. ALL else. That means, shooter familiarity, accuracy of the guns, reliability of the guns, fit of the guns to shooter, etc.
If we are talking JUST ABOUT THE GUN, then I think the gun in your hand is irrelevant, all else being equal. I don't see how it could matter if all else is equal.
If all else is not equal, then it becomes a matter of fit to shooter and training on platform. As long as you comfortably operate the controls, you can train yourself to shoot anything as good as anything else. It is so NOT about equipment and so about self discipline and achievement. You cannot buy performance in this game off the shelf.
You can buy it in time, effort and money spent on gun maintenance, ammunition, gas, lodging, match fees and club dues.
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Nice dance move at the end
haha. thx!
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Nik, thanks for the info. These targets were spitting distance and were directly facing the rear berm so I was pretty comfortable doing it in this instance. Not something I would normally do for a lot of reasons but it just felt right here and worked -- six alpha.
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Question: When shooting through a low port on a wall made of snow fence, it is it against the rules to point shoot the targets while looking through the snow fence rather than getting down into the low port to use your sights? Mind, you, the shots are taken through the port, NOT through the fence.
Here is what I mean. Happens starting at 0:13. I am asking because after searching the rulebook I could not find a rule on point.
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There be truth in this thread ...
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There is personality, class and character. The final one overides the other three I think. A couple of years ago at an area match there was a guy on my squad who DQ'd on the 7th shot (shot not target) and was done on a 14 stage match. He had driven 400+ miles to get there, paid I think $150, two nights hotel, think his wife took off work to come watch him shoot and he was done after 7 shots). Not Max or Jerry but maybe a B class older shooter and fair experience. Personality this guy is a competor - He probably went through all those emotions. The squad tried to comfort him and maybe it helped but I saw him leave the bay and head for his car. ahhh class? Well about five minutes later he came back with his auto paster, more water and anothr chair to use during active fire. I could tell he wasn't happy but he had to class to know what his part of the squad completely was - not just to drive 400 miles to shoot. That man stayed the whole two days, pasted, ran for water, helped load mags and was there just as long as any of us. That is character - doing things when sometimes you even don't want to. This is just my take but it sure impresed the hell out of me. I shook his hand, told his wife what a great husband she had and why ... and the next time I (do to me and nobody else) DQ, I remembered that - after the five minutes of personality and felt that much better about sticking around and being a total member of the squad. It's all good, maybe even when you only get to shoot 7 shots.
Good story. But I can't help but wonder if his wife got screwed in that deal and his primary responsibility is to her. Had that been me, I would have left, spent two days showing my wife the best possible time available in the local, and caught up to the shooting fraternity at the next match. That also is character in my book. Just an example of why I do not judge people beyond taking responsibility for the DQ and being respectful to others present. The rest of their life after "range is clear," is completely none of my business and of zero interest to me.
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You don't want to win. Think about it. You know what you need to do to win but you consistently fail to do it.
Ergo, you don't want to win. You want something, and you are behaving in a way that you think will get it for you, but it is not to win.
If you want to win, shoot each stage the best you can. Eventually, as your best becomes better, you will win.
It really is that simple.
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www.uspsa.org
download the rule book, get a beverage of your choice and start reading.
The index is very handy for getting you to stuff you want to know.
Find a club and get started!
You are going to love it!
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Here I am last weekend attacking one. Ignore that foot fault at the start of the stage...
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Static plates and paper work for me. Star is too time consuming and really, is just a plate rack anyway.
The star and Polish are not difficult to shoot once you have shot a few of them and understand they demand using the sights.
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I shoot 9mm limited minor from time to time. It is not a waste of time. I do not have a proper limited gun in 40.
Instead, I built some 21-round magazines in 9mm for my SP01 Shadow and play in limited as a break from production from time to time. I am learning stage breakdown and more aggressive movement (when I don't have to be looking at the magwell every few shots) and that will help my limited game once I get a true limited gun. Plus, the 9mm limited is FUN, and I can get my mags to 23 reloadable very easily, which is nice.
Now, is my gun competitive in limited? NO. But I don't care about that.
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The situation where I have seen this come into play, with a no shoot in front of a popper or plate, is when the steel target is considerably down range beyond the no shoot, which is stapled to the edge of a wall to protect the wall from being shoot. Somebody clips the no shoot on the wall and the bull continues another 10 yards or so down range and hits one of the plates on a rack, or a popper. This exact thing happened to me at a match last yr. Reshoot was the result. The no shoot is not right in front of the steel target it is just closer to the shooter than the steel is and is part of some other structure on the course of fire.
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Interesting thread. I have been shooting this game for three years. I am a Solid B shooter. I hardly did dry fire practice and rarely did USPSA live fire practice. I did go shoot at the square range a lot as usual, and I shot a ton of matches as matches are fun! I found dry fire boring and I had no place to live fire practice most of the time, until about a year ago. Recently, my feelings have changed regarding dry fire. I love dry fire practice all of a sudden.
I am now dry firing first thing in the morning every day before I leave for work. 15-20 minutes. I do the same when I get home before eating or heading to the gym or making plans for the evening. I am getting some live fire practice in on the weekends and have plans with my partner to get an aggressive schedule setup.
Funny thing is, I am shooting fewer matches, getting better more quickly, and making my woman happier all at once! Hell yeah I love dry fire!
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I also don't see how it would be much different than an open sight gun. I put a Burris Fastfire III on a .45 and I can't say that it feels any different than it did with open sights.
Take a look at the picture above. The barrel is compensated. Now take a guess as to how much actual barrel there is. Combine a really short barrel with 170 PF Major in IPSC and it's an angry little gun. They are also really hard to get to run right. There are only a handful of smiths in the US that have tried to take them on.
Now that is information that I can understand. High pressure round, high residual pressure when gas hits the ports, top end loads to make major with very short barrel section before ports. I can see how that makes an "angry little gun."
Thanks for posting that information. I had never thought of those issues before.
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www.44mag.com had mags in stock last week when I looked. MegGars, which I prefer over the CZ mags.
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S&A makes an aluminum magwell. Same profile as the steel one. Significant weight savings.
because I did not want to be worried about my ammo the entire time!
Got new Magma Engineering 135gr mould!
in 9mm/38 Caliber
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I am very excited tonight! My mould arrived today.
I have been spending too much $$ on Bear Creek 135gr bullets, about $1100 in the last year and dammit, I am WAY too cheep to keep that up!
Could not find a mould that my CZ liked in a weight I liked. Finally broke down a month ago and called Bear Creek and asked what mould they use for their 135gr.
They told me Magma Engineering and I ordered on that day.
Going to fire it up in a few minutes and see how the bullets drop.
My alloy is heavier than Lyman #2 so I am hoping my bullets drop at about 140gr, hehe.
I have 12k Bear Creek so that will allow me to shoot the rest of this year while casting with my mould. By the time next spring rolls around I should have 500lbs of these cast up and I will be ahead of the curve and FREE from spending $$ on 9mm bullets!