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I did some tests on a PDP Steel from a 25-yard sandbag rest. Fed Syntech 150 was best. Sub-2 inch groups
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23 hours ago, Maximis228 said:
Staring at center mass brown is a bad idea. This leads to lazy vision and poor hits.
Picking small spots on targets while being target focused regardless of distance is the easiest way to the top. Overtime you will speed up while keeping a high level of accuracy. Speeding up staring at center brown will leave you wondering why you have some many Deltas and Mikes.
Try that with iron sights on a 15-yard plus target and see how well it works. Even with a red dot sight, finding that 'small spot' takes time that's not needed for a Down-0 or Alpha hit. Finding center mass scoring zone is faster than hunting a 'small spot'. If that shot is triggered on that center mass spot the worst you'll get is a D-1 or a Charlie.
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Don't envision a small spot on the target. Look at the entire target and focus on that centermass portion that holds the Down 0 or A zone. Adjust your target focus to that key area of the target. The IDPA D-0 zone is an 8-inch circle. A hit anywhere in there scores the same as a hit anywhere else in there. Head shots are different. But center head will get you there... right on the imaginary nose of the target.
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You don't really need to bring your gun to the eye doctor's office. Just stand in front of a wall with your normal stance and shooting grip - aim at the wall -- and maintain grip and stance while moving slowly to the wall until the muzzle touches it. Then measure the distance between the wall and the upper bridge of your nose. That measurement, in inches, is all the optical shop needs to set the eye glass lens focus distance.
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If the iron sights are sharply focused and the target is slightly blurry you can still get a good hit at any distance. If the iron sights are blurry and the target is sharply focused you can get a good hit at close range... but forget
an A Zone hit at 15 yards and beyond. Just saying.
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The simplest and least expensive solution is to have a pair of glasses made up with your normal everyday/walking around distance prescription... but have the focus point set at around 25-inches (or whatever the exact distance from your eyes to the front sight when in your normal firing position is) instead of the 20-feet common for distance lenses. This is often used by folks working on computers, and any optical shop can do it.
The front sight will be sharp and clear. The targets a touch blurry. But with my glasses set this way I can read a license plate at 13-yards, and see lead splash hits on a 35-yard Steel Challenge plate.
I have no problems with irons with these glasses.
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The string ends when the Stop plate is hit. The timer should be backed up to that shot and the shooter then receives a 3 second missed plate penalty.
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On 8/15/2023 at 7:50 PM, ZackJones said:
This one is on me. At the Jan 2023 in person meeting I asked the BoD to exclude LO from SCSA as a provisional division. I wanted to see how well it would do in USPSA handgun matches and it's currently doing better than expected. I can see it being added in 2024 as a provisional division for SCSA. I would prefer to do provisional for one year to allow us to collect times to help us come up with a good set of Peak Stage Times for classification purposes. And no, club 13 won't become club 14 :).
Two questions: (1) Would you shoot in an SCSA match as a provisional division and (2) would you just shoot your existing carry optics gun or would you buy one?
I'd shoot it but with my CO gun. I wouldn't buy another gun to shoot it.
That's my opinion as well. What is the practical difference between CO and LO in Steel Challenge? There is none.
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For older shooters that can no longer see iron sights quickly or in focus- consider this.
I'm assuming that those shooters wear prescription eyeglasses, and that the focus length is set for the standard 20-foot for distance vision glasses. But, the focus point on eye glasses can be set for any distance by the optical techs. All you have to do it ask.
My 'iron sight' glasses are the same prescription as my regular distance glasses, but the focus distance it set for 25-inches. The sights are sharp and clear, and I can even read a license plate at 13-yards. The targets are slightly, but not overly, blurred. But do you really need the target to be in sharp focus? Put focused sights on a slightly blurred target and you get a hit. Put blurry sights on a focused target and you get a miss.
I made IDPA SSP MA & Bug, and EX in SSR, ESP, CDP and Steel Challenge A Class in RFPI and RFRI with those glasses.
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On 10/15/2023 at 9:07 AM, Bhayden said:
No, with EDC, I want the least amount of things that can go wrong. A dot is just something else that can fail.
A big +1. Iron sights are always there. Dots, as any competitor (including myself) can tell you they will fail at times. The very vast percentage of self-defense situations occur at closer ranges. Sometimes even close enough that just looking over the top of the pistol is enough. I won't go into my 10-year military service much of it in the far east, but I've BTDT twice. I didn't wish I'd had a red dot. I do shoot one in competition, but if it fails I'm just out of a decent score. If it fails in personal protection I'm out much more. I'll stick with irons. They always work.
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Has anyone noticed an increase, or a decrease, in IDPA participation in their area?
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Is there a point to this?
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18 minutes ago, Hoops said:
I agree. FL is a perfect place for SC and it appears they have very good ranges and MD’s.
I probably should have been a bit clearer relative to the Top 20 subject line. In this case, I was talking about the Top 20 people by division and class that SC updates on their website weekly.
my thinking was that it was expanded to Top 100, perhaps it would provide more people to see where they rank across the country.
I had suggested previously that SCSA.org might consider showing every member where they rank by division and class.
For example: let’s say there are 2,500 A-class RFRO shooters. If a shooter is in 250 th place nationally, beside their class would be A (250/2500). I personally would find this interesting to know.
lastly, in the current Top 20, GM’s are capped at 100% and should be their actual percentage.
thanks
That's not a bad idea. It would be interesting.
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Stop and think for a minute. The two top clubs (Volusia and Flagler) in terms of matches held and classifiers run are located in a 'retiree rich' area of Florida. They can run weekday matches, and weekend matches.
There are a lot of elderly shooters who have been active competitors in USPSA, IDPA, ICORE, but due to age are no longer are able to run full speed in those games. SCSA allows them to still compete, and have fun while doing it. I know for a fact that some of those weekday matches are as much a social event as
competitive event. And there's a bunch of A, M, and GM class shooters showing up for those. What's wrong with that?
SCSA is also a great way to introduce young shooters to competitive shooting.
It's not hard to see why Steel Challenge is increasing in popularity.
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On 10/27/2023 at 10:04 PM, Runswithwood1 said:
Thus far I like the center dot with 8 moa circle turned up nice and bright so it almost blends together. Havent had a chance to do much shooting as of yet but I'm pretty optimistic about the 507 comp doing what it does
I'll second that! I shoot a lot of steel chalenge and the 8 MOA circle dot looks just like a 8 MOA dot. It's been perfect for me.
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56 minutes ago, konkapot said:
Short notice change to open. No real time to work up a legit load, so I purchase some factory 38SC from a well known company in this community.
Ammo makes 170pf; not optimal, but workable. Gun feels great.
However....at 25 yds I can do fist sized bill drills all day long, but some of the bullet holes in the new target are not quite circular. Not flaming tumble holes that are twice the size of the round, but definitely not clean holes. Out of a 12 shot "group" 3-4 of them are 150% bigger than they should be.
Comp looks fine; no signs of bullet strikes but will check further today.
Cause? Concern?
If the groups are good, I wouldn't worry. Those bigger holes might even get you a liner or two
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On 9/10/2023 at 1:17 AM, JTWjr said:
I put a 507 comp on my 929. I had an rmr04 on it previously.
The 507comp is so much nicer.
I'll second that. My 507 comp (green dot) is great and uses the RMR footprint.
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On 5/21/2023 at 2:11 PM, Vic said:
I've used DG ( Damn Good Bullets) for many years, great prices, always in stock, and never experienced any bullet creep in either 38 special or 38 SC.
I'll second that in 38 SPL, 38 Long Colt, and 9mm, and I use a taper crimp for each.
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22 hours ago, dmshozer1 said:
The contact # for warranty returns goes directly to a medical alert message.
I emailed them and they said to go to this number?
Anyone know a different way to contact them?
Thanks
Try this. Google Bushnell Optics. Scroll to the bottom and find phone# for Contact Us. Call that and ask for customer service.
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On 9/3/2023 at 9:42 AM, Dirty_J said:
Yet another RO that doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Shocking.
is 100% not an issue to do this.
What? You mean they have those ROs who don't understand common sense?
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7 minutes ago, zzt said:
This^^^^^. Even if you zero from a rest, you still have to shoot freestyle. Believe me. I coach enough people to know POI isn't always the same. One guy in particular dumps the trigger. He is going to shoot under no matter what. He can't seem to cure the problem, so he sights in to compensate for the problem. Nothing wrong with that. The idea is to hit what you aim at.
How you shoot from a rest also makes a big difference. For competition shooting, standing with your wrists on a rest is closest to freestyle. If any part of the gun is on the rest, there will be a difference between the two.
Excellent advice! Dead on the money.
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3 hours ago, zzt said:
Use a ballistics calculator. I sight all my Open guns at 25 yards. At 1525fps, POI would be too high at distance if I sighted in closer. Most of my other guns are sighted in at 25 yards.
+ 1. 25-yards is perfect for USPSA/SCSA, ICORE, IDPA, regardless of what gun & load you're using.
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Forget the comp at sub-minor velocities. It's just a 'hood ornament' at those velocities, and only the front barrel weight of the comp will have any effect on recoil. Fast powders are the best bet for sub-minor 9mm.
N310 is my favorite. I use 3.1 grains with a 125-grain coated lead bullet (about 940 fps from a five-inch barrel). 231/HP38 will also work. The key is to load as light as you can while still getting 100% reliable ejection. FTEs tend to really screw up a string. You can live with one... but not two.
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On 8/4/2023 at 1:11 PM, motosapiens said:
all you have to do is go to one of the 'other organizations' matches and get screwed over on a bogus rules call to appreciate uspsa. Not really a big deal i guess for people who aren't competitive and just shoot to have fun and make noise, and don't want to shoot major matches with a reasonably consistently applied ruleset and stage design criteria.
You can get screwed over on bogus calls in USPSA too. BTDT
What are you running for RFPI
in Steel Challenge
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I run a Ruger MKIV with a Volquartsen 2.75pound trigger and their grips. I installed Tru-Glo FO aftermarket sights They are bigger and bolder than the Ruger Factory sights. I use Ruger factory mags. I'm only A Class, but my Distinquished Senior body doesn't swivel quite as well as it used to. I do make certain to lube the bolt with light oil. I also use standard velocity ammo, Lapua Center X and CCI Green Tag have been the best by far. I've tried others. Aguila sucks, and SK loads are erratic.