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  1. OK thanks. I was just concerned after seeing all problems with the early Gen 4 guns first hand. I will have my new gun by the end of the month.
  2. I have been kicking around the idea of getting a new glock 34 to use sky IDPA gun as well as my occasional carry gun ( I have carried a 17 with a more light for years now so size doesn't bother me) but the only blue label one locally are Gen 4. I worked at a pretty busy range /gun shop when they first hit the market and remember all the ejection issues they had and that makes me question if 8 should get one or not. I really don't want to have to change extractors and ejectors to make the gun run (I armorer is not a matter of not knowing how more the principal behind it) with factory ammo. So has the issue been resolved? If so how do I make sure the gun I buy has the updated parts? Also right now I am planning on Warren/Sevigny fiber optic front with competition rear. Is that a good set up our should I look into something else? My must have for this is a fixed rear, as I will carry out I just don't fully trust adjustable sights. Thanks
  3. I know you are on my side so no offense taken. I just wanted to point out that for most other things we are lumped in with police. Trust me I am fully aware of the differences between us and have the utmost respect for the police. Part of my issue is where I work is different then most places as well with local leos having no jurisdiction on the property (though we work very closley with them and have a great relationship) I guess my only argument is if they define it as arrest powers then it should be writen that way. I mean what's next if we start looking to much into this finding out if a military guy is actually issued a pistol or if he or she is active duty? The reality is no one will complain if you do it in the spirit which it was intended. I know when I train I'm in no way fast enough with my duty rig to win anything let's face it stuff is in the way flaps are snaped and retention devices requre snapping pushing pulling or writing to congress for permission to get the weapon out you can become proficient but the reality is when using a real duty rig your not gonna beat an open top holster to the draw.
  4. Don't know the size of the vickers release but it is smaller then the factory option which is legal. I would hope that it is legal but if not ill run the stock option.
  5. Yes but how is leo defined is the question. My state qualifies us as le for purchasing firearms and attending training so where is the line I don't see anywhere in the rules that states arrest powers. If the argument is full police powers then constables can't competet cause in most states they can't arrest and for that matter some sherrifs can't either because they can't stop cars in certain states. The rule should and in my opinion is writen with a very wide brush to encompass all who carry a side arm for a living in a uniformed capacity.
  6. Just wondering if my gun will be legal in esp. I have a glock 17 that is currently having the frame textured and I would like to install a vickers mag release and slide stop lever but I don't want to make it so I can't shoot idpa with the weapon. Thanks
  7. To those that state arrest powers are needed to run duty gear I have a question. Why? I work as an armed guard I have powers of detention not arrest but carry cuffs baton radio and gun in a duty rig with retention devices. So why should I be barred from competeing with my work gear? Is practice somehow less important for me? Don't mean to come accross bad here but feel you are trying to make things black and white that aren't.
  8. To use time doing daily tasks such as driving to think about life and how it should be lived.
  9. SeaTact. If I may make one suggestion I would get the polymer sights off the weapon if its used for duty. They are just not robust enough and can easily be broken off if you use them for one handed weapon manipulation. They were never really intended to be carried on duty (this was stated at my armorers class) and were made the way they are to keep the cost down since most end users will change them anyway. If you like the stock sight picture glock offers steel versions that can take a beating. Just a suggestion.
  10. Lol same for me. I picked up the ced 8000 knowing that the earplug would allow me to practice more often at home (the beep would drive my girlfriend and my dogs nuts who would in turn drive me nuts). So far I have seen minor improvments and believe it is the key as well. I veiw it like this, I used to race and trying to improve at shooting without a timer would be the equivlent of trying to race without a stop watch. It just doesn't work what feels fast usually isn't and what feels slow can be very fast perception varies and you need feedback to know what works and what doesn't.
  11. I am very pleased to see some LE guys speaking up as well. I would love to see some of my co workers compete instead most shoot the mandatory 60 rd qual each year (complaining the whole time) and that's it. I know competitions aren't training and that they will never be equal to the stress of a real life encounter but in my mind shooting outside a square range with the stress of a timer can't hirt and besides it tons of fun. We are supposedly switching to m&p pistols soon and when we do I plan to try some idpa with my duty gear to get used to it.
  12. I just used a timer for the first time in my dry fire practice and thought I would post how I did. I know my times are way slow compaired to some of you (heck most of you lol) but I'm. Pretty excited and feel like I actually accomplished a little tonight. Now all I have to do is keep doing it nightly and hopefully I will begin to see some improvment. First some background I work in armed security and have shot one idpa match ssp and the classifier which I shot ssp marksman (missed sharp shooter by .5 of a second). All was done without concealment with a glock 17 strong side owb. First round. Draw from holster hands at sides engage a reduced idpa target with one round (simulated by dry fire to the 0 down section) my time in the end was 1.6 seconds Second round. From slide lock reload and dry fire one round to the 0 down section of reduced idpa target. Time in the end was 3 seconds. Like I said I know its slow but figured I would post it anyway.
  13. sig chaser

    New Glock 17

    Ltpatterson is right on the money. In order to add removable backstraps (abd make it smaller) they had to change the size of the housing which changed angles of springs ect. Another thing to watch out for it the trigger bar is different and from what I was told the gen 3 style will not work in the new gen 4 guns. So if any of you are like me and swap out the serated triggers on the compacts for smooth ones make sure you get a gen 4 to change out with.
  14. I use the stock one since I tended to drop the mag by accident with the extended but lately I have been tempted to try the vickers mag release as it is supposed to fall right in between the stock and extended in size.
  15. Ok guys I think I will start with concealment in the form of a jacket or something that is easily swept away then move to more restrictive conver garments like shirts ect that have to be removed with a pull instead. Thanks
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