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13 minutes ago, IHAVEGAS said:
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8.5.1.1 Must be suitable for all day concealed carry or duty style holsters and worn on each stage regardless of the start position.
That one caused umbrage at a major last fall. The shooter had a holster with about a 1" spacer that placed it very nicely for the draw but it wasn't a duty style holster or in any way something you would use for concealed carry.
The shooter got called for it, put down his $100.00 challenge, and won.
It seems like if you pretend that rule doesn't exist then you are good with the rest of the holster rules.
They've changed the rule since then too, now the outside edge of the holster can't be more than 3" from your body. So unless you're fairly round 1" spacers probably wont fly anymore. And if you're that round those spacers are just making it fair for you as tucking the gun under your gut is going to hinder your draw a touch.
I run a red hill holster, on a boss hanger with no spacers and my rig is barely legal. If my belt isn't tight enough it probably isn't legal. RHT holsters stick out pretty far.
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Yeah we can't really have things that are just fun in matches. I almost never see texas stars.
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I remember when they banned texas stars, my local club had just bought one. lol. Never fails.
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1 hour ago, matteekay said:
A literal stick designated as a "forward fault line" would have solved it.
You took advantage of a poorly designed stage. Don't be ashamed - stand proud.
I got the impression from staff that the AC was there when they set it up and told them they'd have to physically stop people from going down there via barrels or something. Our AC doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to making good calls.
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10 minutes ago, Joe4d said:
LOL,, u dadblamed gamers... !!!! get off my lawn !
One of my buddies on the squad jokingly asked if we could do that expecting a no. The CRO said yes, that the AC had overruled them and said they had to allow it if people wanted too.
The fix probably would of been to put some steel down there so running up would of been unsafe. Or built some kind of physical barrier maybe. That or not make the shooting so hard that doing dumb stuff is faster.
It felt dirty but it had to be done.
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I shot a stage last year that ended up being the dumbest thing I've ever done in a shooting sport. Imagine two positions, you have the option to go to either to engage the same 4 targets. One is prone, one is a farther run but standing and leaning. From both positions the shooting was vary hard with NS partials obscuring all of them. You were going to shoot slow, and likely drop points and if you happen to end up not getting a Mike or NS you might win the stage.
Ooor what we did. You run dry in the open before this position, so pop a reload round the corner to go to the sanding position and dump the whole mag as fast as you can over the targets while running down the short hall to the position. Once 8 rounds where fired the targets were "engaged" and make up shots could be made from anywhere. So you ran dry, and popped a reload and never stopped running until you were standing next to the target and just blasting them.
I felt like such a operator. But, you really had no choice. Do it the way it was intended you're not winning the match because others had already done it.
2 hours ago, Joe4d said:anyone else get the hypocracy with the whole real world thing ?
Randomly spraying live rounds throught the crowd ? A-OK... dropping a mag on the ground with an unfired ground.... OMG OMG much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth... LOL
Really id just like to find a match that I can shoot in half a day.. -
That's one of the best things this place has going.
I'm down in MD, here on the eastern shore.
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7 hours ago, perttime said:
No. 60.
I suppose being able to compare classifier scores within the country is a valid point.
During "the season", most active Finnish (or European) shooters have a Level 2 or 3 IPSC Match every weekend, within 2 or 3 hours driving. So you will go against the national top guys'n girls quite frequently. Many also cross borders and see how they do against a more international crowd. To see how you really do in a bigger picture, you have to go to a Continental Championships or World shoot, every 2 or 3 years - and that can get costly.
So here I travel about 120 miles each ways to shoot a level 1 club match where most shooters are not on my radar as competition. There are a couple of these a month, I probably shoot one a month at most.
There are a couple level 2's around 200-250 miles from me. There will be no national champions at these, but you'll likely see the top guys in the region here and a few of them might make the super squad. There are maybe 3 or 4 of these a year, if I push it to 3-400 miles I get a couple more options.
My Area match which is the closest level 3 is just shy of 400 miles away. That's probably the only chance to shoot against national champions, and even then it depends on what division you shoot.
Nationals this year is about 800 miles away.
And consider, I'm on the east coast which is pretty densely populated. Guys out west are probably travelling much farther than I do. Most USPSA shooters don't travel to level 2+ matches, and classifiers give them a idea of where they are at on a national scale without needing to drive 800 miles each way to get to a national championship match.
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I got one of these about a month ago now and so far I'm pretty happy with it. I've 3D printed a 2011 grip, added lead to it to get it up to about 43 oz, which is about the same as my unloaded gun weight. Added the same grip tape I'm using on my real gun, and printed a new trigger and sear. It's still not a perfect representation of my 2011 but it's getting the job done I think. It also fits my holster so I can work on draws too.
I believe it is helping and will continue to train with it pretty heavily.
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@-JCN- yeah I agree, and I like running classifiers in practice. It gives you a benchmark. I could setup some random thing shoot it and assume my run was good or bad. But if I find a classifier that works the same skill, now I'll for sure if my performance is good or bad.
Typically though I'm to lazy to build a classifier in practice lol.
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28 minutes ago, perttime said:
I think it is culture.
Like... how you do at a Match is how good you are. If you have the best score you win. If you are the best among competitors of mediocre ability, it isn't really a win. People are familiar with sport classifications by equipment or age, but few sports seem to make arbitrary classes by ability and reward the top of those classes.
IPSC has a list of Classifier stages, but in my area they are rarely used. It could be different in different IPSC Regions (Countries)
I think this is part of why classification is bigger here. The US is a really big place, we have states that are bigger then Finland. The state I live in is smaller in size but even then we have 1/2 million more people then you do.
So for many of us it's not as simple as just go to a match and see how good you are. Things are so spread out here that many can go to their local match and never shoot against anyone who's M or GM let alone a national champion. How will they know how good they are? Enter classification system. It's not perfect but it's something and gives you a idea of where you're at.
If someone tells me their classification I have a pretty good idea of what they can do.
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On 3/13/2024 at 11:15 AM, SSGJohnV said:
We also have them in stock at Shooters Connection.
Cool to see SC has those now. I'm running one in my LO gun and it's been great so far. I had to order it from over seas and took a while to get here.
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13 hours ago, Joe4d said:
seems like that would require a move like drawing cross draw,, Hard turn to right,, draw,, then shift back around to where ever the target is.. I only ever did mounted shooting with western gear so 180 wasnt an issue..
You just need to make sure you're oriented with your hips down range before you pull the gun. But, getting caught at a club match especially is pretty unlikely. Your body is between you and the SO making it really hard for them to tell when the gun clears the holster.
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I'd confirm the club allows AIWB, around here 90% of them do not allow it.
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20 minutes ago, Joe4d said:
trying to follow this,, can you describe using clock with 12 being straight down range and belly button of body ?
I'd assume from reading his post the shooter had the gun at 12 or 1 as is fairly typical for AIWB. If you're right handed and start facing 45* to the left, So you're looking at 10-11:00, you gun you're gun is likely pointed past the 180 the instant it pops from the holster. Some where around the 7:00.
Not sure IDPA's rules on this, but in USPSA even if the muzzle is down you can be DQ'd the instant the gun pops from the holster while the top of the holster in pointed past the 180.
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When shooting DA/SA I always noticed the DA, I'm not sure how you wouldn't. I spent a lot of time in revolver so DA didn't scare me and I never really had a problem with it. I never burned the first shot because of DA and never changed my plan from fear of taking a hard 1st shot.
I do remember my first match with a DA/SA gun, 1st stage, 1st target was like 35 yards away. I remember firing that first shot, then the trigger being setback in SA I thought "s#!t something is wrong....no wait it's just SA now"... and continued. It likely wasn't noticeable watching me but that split I'm sure was slower than needed even given the distance. Never happened again.
I dryfired a lot back then, I think that works this stuff out really fast. Pull through the DA shot, then don't fully release the trigger so it doesn't pick up the DA notch. This helps a lot to simulate the transition from DA to SA.
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2 hours ago, dmshozer1 said:
Retired trooper is part of the problem,
I live in the NE and travel in very big circles shooting IDPA, USPSA and Steel Challenge
since 1993. This includes many matches out of state.
I have never heard of or talked to anyone that is like the people you describe!
Do we have anti gun people, absolutely but they are not included with the people I have shot with.
Period!
The training company I mentioned reported local ranges to zoning when they were building a new berm to try to get them shut down. Why? Because they didn't let them do classes on that range. I just found this out over the weekend. They consider themselves to be the biggest and the best in the area and they will do anything to hold onto that. I imagine I'm on their hit list now too, as I worked with them some then told them I was going to do my own thing.
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27 minutes ago, JRM83 said:
I agree with that as well. It's not a major gun where there's tons of gas to work the baffles on the comp. There's much less gas to use and ports *seem* like the would more efficiently direct the force where it needs to go. The next question is what port size and arrangement is best.
I think the MPA guns people are running in IDPA have a v8 style ports, but I don't know the size. I've been wondering the same thing.
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28 minutes ago, RangerTrace said:
I run an XC and it's pretty darn flat. But I shot a guys P a few weeks ago that had 6 or 8 barrel ports and it was MUCH flatter than my gun. It felt about like a true open gun.
The XC is pretty baller, for IDPA. But, I think in my head at least it makes sense ports seem better. Minor guns don't have a ton of recoil, we don't really need the comp to take energy out of the slide. Ports won't help with the "softness" as much but if you stay flatter and can just smash pairs at longer distances it might be more of a benefit.
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2 minutes ago, JRM83 said:
I've shot a lot of comped 9 major, but never a compensated minor gun. Do you think it makes a big enough difference that at the highest levels of IDPA competition guns without comps and/or ports are going to be non-competitive vs those with them?
I don't really think the comp is a total game changer for IDPA but it does make the guns a little easier to shoot. I've not shot a ton through guns setup this way but a few top locals are moving toward ported and/or comped 2011's. They're going to be that much harder to beat now.
You're kind of my area, you probably see Sczesny, Fiori, or Cantrell winning all the majors in the area. All have moved to ported and or comped 2011's.
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1 hour ago, Jim Watson said:
There are a lot of detail differences, a full bull IDPA CO is less tricked out than a USPSA Open.
The primary difference is just frame mounted optic, major PF and weight. And I guess capacity unless you live in NJ.
Yeah, open guns have bigger comps and more ports. But that's a byproduct of the major power factor.
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He's in NJ...and really anywhere in the North East I wouldn't be surprised by this at all. Even gun people are anti 2A here.
Example, I know a local training company that makes most of it's money on state mandated CCW training. They typically do 25-50 students a week at 300+ each.
I've heard the owner say he's talked to his contacts at the state police (he's retired trooper) about increasing the qualifications required to become a instructor. Why? The two other local trainers just meet that minimum and this would put them out of business. This would likely put lots of trainers across the state out of business reducing the supply of the mandated CCW classes and likely lead to a sharp increase in the cost of classes from who ever remains. Supply and demand after all.
In the NE this is the thinking of Pro 2A people, imagine what the other side thinks.
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3 minutes ago, perttime said:
Our club (northern Europe) will report it to the police if a round goes over the berm. I haven't heard of it happening, though. There's busy roads and some residential areas within reach. Our IPSC match WSBs state that pointing over the berm with finger on the trigger is a DQ (which IPSC rules allow).
A few IDPA clubs will DQ for that, as their rules allow it. USPSA rules don't allow for that as far as I know.
I probably wouldn't report a round over the berm unless the law requires it. Solid chance in most places you'll find ranges in this country it doesn't damage anything when it comes down. But, it is your round and you're responsible for what ever it does hit.
I've seen a few go over since I started doing this.
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31 minutes ago, mmc45414 said:
Hell, in a lotta cases the Trap guys don't like the Skeet guys and the Skeet guys don't like the Trap guys.
Our club skeet is kind of dying off anyway. It's mostly trap, and 5 stand, soon to be a full sporting clays range. Pistol guys get one 25 yard deep pit maybe 15 yards wide. That's it for a 750 member club.
New IDPA rulebook (2024)
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Yeah, I much prefer a measurement I can check before a match vs showing up and relying on what equipment check guy things is suitable for all day carry. Even more so when my actual carry gear (AIWB) isn't allowed at 90% of the clubs here anyway.