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It's certainly not common tho. Bob also carries a j-frame a lot of the time instead out of the pocket.

As you implied the problem is money or rather a lack of. Training time is expensive as is ammo and unfortunately with the current economy things are not likely to get better any time soon. Most administrators will not allow you to set the standard to a level where it should be in my opinion because they don't have the funds to pay for it. Expecting officers to spend their own money on ammo is not realistic either. I have guys working for me who are barely scraping by as it is.Pat I think perspective is a more significant deficiency than money. Since qualifications are designed around the lowest common denominator many have no idea about what "good" even looks like. It builds a false confidence and ego about expertise which comes crashing down the second they step onto the range at a dynamic pistol competition with shooters who have more understanding of what good looks like. I have them upmost respect for our Law Enforcement officers. I also truly admire the ones who have the confidence (and sometimes humility) to step on the range side by side with the civilians who arrived pushing the limits of speed and accuracy with pistols, rifles, shotguns, and etc. A dear Federal LE friend of mine not only attended matches frequently but he always shot his duty gun with full-power service ammo. He also stressed accuracy whenever he approached a stage. I always felt that by doing this he was taking his responsibility to protect and defend to the next level. I certainly know that if my life was in jeopardy and I couldn't take care of it myself that he is the first one that I would hope to see exiting the SWAT transport. What you are basically doing is expecting every cop to make shooting his hobby. Not everyone is a gun person. If we wanted to be real, cars are more dangerous statistically then guns are, so wouldn't we want every cop to go autocrossing?

thats fine, taking the coil out gets the same actual weight. The pull style itself is a little different, but glock triggers have always been slightly revolverish.

There is a big difference between what some, rare outliers DO carry, and what is commonly carried by most people. I have no need for such a shirt, most people at the range are well aware! This sounds like conjecture.

Shoot the matches you can with your gun. BUT don't use it as an excuse not to be competitive. If you can, time the difference between your reloads with a full grip gun(a g19 would even work). Now you can take that difference and times it by the number of reloads in a match and see if it would make a difference in theory. Don't discount the gun at distance either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAPDer_IWi4

THIS If you have a close,wide open target, your trigger pull won't have time to just barely let out to reset, take slack out and then press thru. It's not about if slapping the trigger is valid or not, but rather is the shooter able to do it and still get what they need. The difficulty of the target is what dictates the amount of sight and trigger refinement. http://youtu.be/YLRxohRdIys?t=5m15s EDit: With Glocks, if you install the NY1 trigger return spring, but take the actual coil out, it gives a similar weight but gets rid of the "take up" point, so closer to a LDA/DA revo trigger.

You will find it this ammo, IF you can find it LOL http://media.midwayusa.com/productimages/880x660/Primary/174/174101.jpg

WST all day. As I remember, WST and N320 are so close as far a loading goes. BUT, I go for WST full time. I see no point in only using stuff like n320 when you cant get it easily even in normal times. Same with people who can only use Federal primers. I would rather have a gun and load that lets me shoot whatever is available.

I've noticed this pervasive attitude a lot more lately. It tends to come from shooters who self profess to be "bad at the pressure" of knowing that local matches "dont really matter" sans the classifier, so they fashion themselves as a good "field stage shooter" because they feel they typically bomb classifiers but shoot very well the rest of the match. Not soon after, jealousy and the catty finger pointing of "grand/sandbagger" gets thrown around and soon, a practical shooting game starts to represent talks like The View or TMZ between people who bomb classifiers and people who do VERY well at them. http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-faq-details.php I feel that people have unrealistic expectations for what exactly the classification system does. The average shooter doesnt have a ton of Area and Nationals % on their record. Shooting big matches takes a big commitment and not everyone has the resources. Most classifiers are stand and shoot and most have a reload stuck in the middle of 8-12 rounds. So that's what the systems mainly tests on,marksmanship and gun handling skills. It DOES NOT test your ability to taylor your stage plan to fit your divison and the unique stage requirements and HF that truly freestyle major match stages require. Once people start to actually understand what the system does and does not, then they can stop putting soo much stock into those little letters and just try to shoot their best match XX% be damned.

Prove it!

I was one of these people. I had a 9fs and a Pro for 5 years. I was looking to get a smaller carry gun. My 9 was one of the not accurate guns, the Pro was very. I didnt want to buy a 9c just to have to put sights,a trigger and a barrel in it,as I shoot my carry guns at 25 and beyond. I switched to Glocks and only needed to put sights and a connector in them. Gen4 Glocks are very accurate, and way more easy to pop the hood then M&P's. I realize Smith has been improving the guns since june '12, but it was too little to late for me. I also got 3 extra g17 mags no problem when you could find M&P mags for under 50$. Cool stuff always comes out for glocks 1st. How long have we been waiting for the M&P SIRT? Just 1 example. I still shoot a M&P45 at work, but our specialized people shoot G35's/23's/36's.

Wow, you are on that good stuff. Usually the timer can transcend any confusion on your performance.

My Hornady pro-jector is getting put out to pasture due to a priming issue. Will my new Hornady dies (9mm) and powder measure work on a Dillon 650? Also, I 100% fit Brian's criteria for who should be on a 650, so I dont need any "get a 550b!" posts.

cringe Slow isnt fast. At what point one becomes the other is a matter of context, but smooth could be slow or fast.

The rule book says it must be patrol type gear with at least 1 retention devise on the holster. Show up with improper firearms mods=DQ. Underpowered ammo=DQ. Follow the yellow brick road. If IDPA was in fact a concealed carry sport shooting event, then my AIWB holster would be legal and I wouldnt have started this thread. I do wish that IDPA would fix one of these areas, because I greatly enjoy shooting stages from actual cars(not props like USPSA) but IDPA is increasingly becoming more irelevant.

It's pretty easy to dial bacy USPSA Production Gear for SSP/ESP. Just lose the off-set holsters and swith to basic mag pouches. Jeff Pretty easy how? None of my kydex gear is legal for IDPA. I'd rather spend that money on primers. It's really this easy. A open top STI rig is not patrol gear.Boom, problem solved . A 2 min phone call isnt "going digging".

Why does this rule exist? I would really like to do some bigger races with my duty gear. Because many of us have seen competitors show up to a sanctioned match without retention holsters and mag pouches, running STIs and saying "WTF?" If you have "duty level" retention on your gear, concealment is not an issue. Those who chose to take advantage spoiled the intent of the previous rule set. This was one change IDPA got right. Maybe the only one. It's real easy, that isnt patrol type gear and a quick fone call can confirm is what the shooter has is issued or not.

I'm mandated a triple retention 63XX Safariland holster. How exactly is a retention holster a big advantage? This is really the only way I can play since AIWB is no no and my Production gear is obviously too gamer.

<They should really send me one for free considering I inspired it.

Why does this rule exist? I would really like to do some bigger races with my duty gear.

Hey guys, you do realize IDPA isnt a game, but a shooting event right? The use of tactics are only allowed in the marketing portion of IDPA. And in a extreme bout of irony, many defensive instructors have made the point to let people know that gun handling skills are equal or maybe less important then mindset and tactics. You know, the thinking part that must happen however short or long or unaware the shooter is that thinking is happening. That part, in IDPA, is looked down at.

I use the same 13# ISMI spring and a guide rod I got some SSS that I used in my M&P Pro. I just had to order the Zev gen4 adapter for it.

John my man! I was similer when I started shooting around that age. I'm RH/LED, So I would shoulder right handed and sight left eyed. My dad "broke" me of that by using the taped eye pro trick. I shot smallbore up to 18 and later in the Mil like this, but when I shoot pistol I still sight pistol with my left eye, and have no problem sighting rifle with either eye. I think all my dad did was train my to use both eyes from a young age. I'm a 80.33% production shooter with 11 matches on the books so I'm not hurting in anyway from it. A lot of big name shooters are some form of x-dom, examples are Dave Sevingy and Larry Vickers. The thing is, our eyes are all different. One person's red/green color blind can be different from the next.

What about a Springfield Range Officer? Great basic gun. Not as expensive on the street as you might think. Do those come in Stainless? Thats not stainless.