RJH

Sell your Ruger before you shoot it and buy you a steel gun

Probably not what I would pick, but if you like it go for it

Most of it doesn't matter much. I look for ambi safeties, because I'm left-handed. They don't have to be huge safeties, just your standard ambi safety that's on about every gun that has them. Front strap checkering, while nice, is not a big deal because I can toss a little grip tape around the front strap and it's good to go. Forward serrations are helpful sometimes, but generally, especially in minor guns, the gun is sprung so soft that racking from the front is not an issue even with a slick-sided gun The only thing I even look at anymore is the safeties and budget. The safety's obviously can be changed if they need to be. If you look at a gun like a Springfield loaded model, it will have basically everything you need. If that was too expensive you can buy a Rock Island that has the same features. If neither of those are "good enough" you can buy Dan Wesson or Wilson or full custom. Throw a trigger job on any of those guns and you'll be pretty happy Edited to add: I don't worry with rails because it makes holsters harder to find. I can't remember what they bumped the weight up to for single stack, but that might be an issue with a rail, but it completely may not as well. But if it wasn't an issue, and you can find a holster easy, I do kind of like the way they look

"Would you shoot open if it were scored minor?" Yes, yes I would

I think by adding revolver to optics they will change local match participation from one guy to one guy....

So the shooter places the gun on a table completely flat, then the wind blows the whole rickety table over, since the shooter placed the gun on the table you're saying he would deserve to be dq'd? Because he was the one who placed (instigated by the shooter) the gun on the rickety table that the match director said he had to through the WSB and the RO

Did you place it on the sloped surface under the direction of the RO, as ordered by the WSB.... There are some nuances here LOL

The problem with accepting the term "laying flat" as the gun completely on its side on a table is things like open guns with kickstands. As soon as that was allowed and considered "laying flat," however the competitor lays a gun on the table is also laying flat. I mean, people have also built magazines with bolts sticking out of the side of the base pad to hold the gun up on these type of starts. The gun is nowhere near flat, but when you use the interpretation of the kickstand on the slide is okay, the kickstand on the magazine is also okay. So while the gun is nowhere near flat it fits the definition of flat. Same way it does if it's laid flat on the base of the mag/magwell and frame

What if it just tipped due to the rickety table that the match director used for a prop? Does he get dq'd. It is comical the amount of aggravation this is causing people just in these forums though, which is one of the reasons I like to do it at a match

The competitor would have to cause the gun to fall, in your scenario the wind caused the gun to fall so, no DQ. It would be no different than setting your gun on a table and the wind blowing the table over, that would be a no DQ because the wind would have tipped the table over causing the gun to fall.

If they didn't work with factory ammo in a factory Glock I would give Magpul a call. I bet they would help you out. Every time I seen a person try them they have worked, but I guess a bad batch is always possible

Did you try them with factory ammo?

Bad dog custom

Idk, I assume commander size (4.25 with full grip), but with a double stack grip. I have a prodigy 4.25 and is quite a bit bigger for carry than my bob tail commander, enough that I wouldn't really consider carrying The prodigy. And I would assume the platypus would be at least as big or bigger in the grip than The prodigy because of the Glock mags

IMO too big for CCW, but should be fine for range day. Not saying they are bad guns, just not the way I would go, for anything really