PatJones

This. Thermobollocks once told me to grab the gun like it knocked up my little sister.

Yes, a sight picture for every shot. It's not always equal height-equal light, but it's a sight picture. At 3 yards I may only need to see the entire gun inside the a zone. Out to 5 yards, I put the front sight in the A. Out to 7, having the fiber in the rear notch and on the target may be enough. At some point you do need a more traditional sight picture. All of the distances I quoted are for a revolver, the distances are a little further out with a bottom feeder. You need to play with this stuff in practice and figure out what you can get away with. I have a lot of friends that over-aim, and I'm sure I still do on some targets.

ICORE or USPSA? Limited or open?

No double taps. 2 aimed shots. Bill drills and Blake drills are useful to work on this. .2 splits on closer targets are not difficult to learn. Trigger work does make it easier.

The 4 is good if you're gonna carry it in the woods, that's what I have on my 629. With the 4 inch you can sit down in the Jeep without the grips poking you in the ribs.

This attitude is the the problem with popper calibration. I made 140 power factory at Revo Nationals, and I ain't got extra rounds for another hit after I center punched your mis-set forward falling popper.

...only if you shoot minor power factor.

10mm is fashionable again, can't keep 10mm 1911s on the shelf at work. The same demographic that thought 40 was too much loves the 10mm.

I had a Colt Trooper MKIII, that had a constriction where the barrel passed thru the frame. Between that and the MKIII lockwork, I've never missed that gun once.

My 627 has a front sight off to the left due to barrel clocking. I've adjusted the rear sight to the left to compensate. It shoots fine, there is no way you'll ever notice that the bullet trajectory is .020 off to the right.

I too use the largest targets the space allows. Shooting small close targets allows you to focus on the target, but to see the sights in a clear focus at the same time. This is not realistic, I use reduced targets on the wall behind my full-size ones to simulate additional distance.

I occasionally get an old Smith from the 80s into the shop that's lightly used and not yet cleaned up. The polish under the bluing was nicer, but those old non-mim internals were rough as guts. The only complaint I have about the newer guns is that sometimes the sears shift in the hammer and you can feel it as a click. No one seems to complain that $3000 STIs need work when new, why does it surprise you that your Performance Center gun needs a little love? The Performance Center isn't a custom shop, they just do smaller runs of firearms.

I disagree. It's just that most of the old used Smiths with problems have already been fixed.

Was this for an extra round before or after the start signal?

I think poppers should be treated the same as plates and calibration should go away. If you've been in the sport any length of time, you've seen someone's match compromised by calibration. A hit in or above the calibration zone where the plate doesn't fall should be a reshoot. Poppers are supposed to respect power factor, not test it. We have chronographs to test power factor. By the time the range master gets to your stage and calibrates the popper, we could have finished the reshoot and been on to the next shooter.

I wish. I'll be running the gunshop Sunday. 5 Sundays this month so that'll change the weekend I work. I should be at ICORE at the end of April and I'll be shooting revo full time thru the Rocky Mountain regional.

You can actually. For years I shot ICORE too slowly. It doesn't take a second to pull you sight into the A zone right? You have to shoot pretty clean, about like shooting minor in USPSA. If you drop 4 Charlies and shoot 5 seconds faster, it's still a better score. I see many folks shooting clean, but too slow.

Oh crap. I'm not doing area 3 this year.

C'mon Tom, stop holding back...

Bladetech, though I'd order one thru Speedbeez if I had to replace it.

Kydex on an adjustable holster hangar.

It works for 6 and 8 shot guns with no changes. This was one of the reasons I chose it. 2 guns, one rig

It's probably a bit heavier, but I don't notice any difference when I wear it.

The course of fire begins at make ready. 8.3.1. If a competitor fails to react to the beep, then 8.3.4 applies.

I'd love to go fast with my cap and ball guns, but I don't play dress up. After shooting USPSA, the cowboy stages look a little dull though.