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  1. On 3/25/2024 at 4:18 PM, Endall said:

    IFG must be 180 in customer Service from EAA.

     Not in my one experience with a stock 1. In general I think given Tanfo's sort of random luck of the draw quality and obvious lack of inspection before shipment it would be hard to find somebody that could be top notch on dealing with gun issues , like Ruger for example, and still stay in business. 

     

    I do like the guns when you get a good one though. 

  2. 2 hours ago, ltdmstr said:

     

    Yeah, but one's a true custom gun built the way you want it, and the other is production gun, with basically no options.  I know which one I'd pick.  And it's not a close call.

    Custom doesn’t mean good or even decent sometimes. The worst gun I ever bought was a custom gun and the worst joke of a gun I have ever seen was as well. In both cases it was hell to get the builders to do what was right. In general I think you are right though, just need to be careful and do your research.  

  3. 9 hours ago, motosapiens said:

    what constitutes a physical stage? I have done plenty of stages at nationals that require 20 or 30 total yards of running, but that doesn’t really seem all that physical to me.

     

    Probably everyone has their own definition. To me a track meet stage is when you are basically running from close easy target to close easy target and never or almost never needing front sight focus. Otherwise a physical stage is one where your squad looks at it and folks say holy s#!t that is a lot of running, not sure what yardage that would be. 

     

    I think that few, if any, get heartburn from having one stage of a particular flavor at a match as long as there is some balance overall and that the stage isn't extreme enough to weigh disproportionately in the overall score.  

     

    The worst (just opinion) stage I ever shot was one that utilized a drop turner that some few could make a 15 yard dash and get to in time and the large majority lost several seconds waiting for its final presentation at the starting position, there was also a final 25-30 yard dash for no apparent reason to get to the last array. 

  4. 16 minutes ago, telligentgunner said:

    I heard that IDPA is requiring PCC shooters to wear concealment if they intend to do a reload during a stage. Has anyone else heard this? 

     

    There is nothing about this at all in the current rule book on the IDPA website.  Appendix B remains the same since the beginning of 2023. 

     

     

     

    There is nothing about concealment for the pcc folks yet but they do have a tiger team working on specifics for their attire. 

     

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  5. 33 minutes ago, pskys2 said:

    Kind of a conundrum?

    I'd rather have a physical stage vs a memory stage. But you design it and run it and I won't gripe about shooting it.  And give me the courtesy in reverse.

     

    As just a shooter I'd also rather have a physical stage. To me memory stages are a lot like being at work. 

     

    If a major involves somebody chasing after dozens of shooters on a track meet stage, or it is a local on a hot arse day, I think the griping is an earned privilege. 

  6. 10 hours ago, motosapiens said:

    it seems like the shooting might end up being alot more important.

     

    No debate. And Ben Stoeger could probably still beat a lot of pcc and open guys shooting iron sights and low capacity. For fair competition between people at an equal skill level I still very much prefer what I consider to be a balanced match. My favorite match director often makes the point that you need to guard against the tendency to build stages that favor what you are best at. 

  7. 24 minutes ago, motosapiens said:

    i have done outlaw stages with 100+ yards of running and still got beat by the fat gm. i can cover 100 yds a couple seconds faster, but he can shoot 40 pieces of steel a couple seconds faster.

     

    Yea, and the fat gm likely looked at all the running and knew that he didn't have any chance against faster folks at his shooting skill level that he could normally beat or compete with. 

  8. 14 hours ago, motosapiens said:

    haha, what a silly excuse for losing. unless you are truly disabled, running fast is far less important than shooting fast and accurately and transitioning fast. 

     

    Like many things it depends a great deal on who designs the stages, in this case it can also depend on the size of the shooting bays. I tend to agree with you on what I would call a well balanced match with a good test of the different shooting skills. There are some matches that are well known as track meet matches. 

  9. 16 minutes ago, RJH said:

    I'm telling all y'all 10 round diehard guys that single stack is where it's at.

     

    That, followed by limited, is where I came from. Never liked the feel of the skinny mags and I always feel safer going double action 1st round off of the draw, those are not big things though just reasons why I prefer my CZ's & Tanfo's (when you get one that ain't crapola) . For me in will be limited 10 minor, but I get what you are saying. 

  10. 15 hours ago, shred said:

    Get stuck doing several per stage for no reason except "it's the same for everyone" and it's no wonder people say screw that and move to hicap divisions.

     

    Can't remember that ever happening but if it did weird people like myself would probably consider it a fun and sort of unique challenge. I do remember one fast and close very high hit factor 8-8-8-8 where it was about two steps between reloads and it seemed like the low cap guys enjoyed it.  Just different mindsets I guess, you enjoy trying to develop and utilize the skill or you don't. 

     

    15 hours ago, zzt said:

    Many pay attention to the overall. 

     

    I think I've got a Riley Gaines way of looking at scores rather than a Lia Thomas way of looking at them, probably another old fart thing. 

  11. 20 hours ago, zzt said:

    However, some of the stages are a handicap to Prod, L10, and SS shooters.  When you can hose 16 shots without moving your feet, you force a standing reload for the locap shooters. 

     

    That concern is among the multitude of things I never understood. If I have to do a standing reload because of the course design then everyone else in my division does as well and I always found it fun when you could hit a slick reload as well as a reward for that practice time at home. 

  12. On 3/8/2024 at 3:16 PM, MoNsTeR said:

    A few folks, me included, have always enjoyed the challenge of going in the opposite direction: giving up the equipment advantages to force the use of those skills. That attitude is also dying.

     

    I guess maybe it is purely an age thing. The added challenges of iron sights and low capacity that made the game more fun for some of the old farts like myself just don't blow the skirts up for new shooters. 

  13. 2 hours ago, konkapot said:

     

     

    There's been an underlying anti-cop spin everywhere I've been. "Who do they think they are" combined with "wow they really suck at shooting." People are quick to deny the bias, but I've seen it too often. 


     

     

    That is strange for me to read. I have always felt like locally we are very happy to see police participate in the shooting sports and very welcoming to them. Perhaps it is a part of the country thing or perhaps the 'always one in every crowd' thing messes with perception? 

  14. On 2/11/2024 at 4:59 PM, Dr_Z said:

    Or its a misjudgment ? 

     

    Yep. DA/SA guns without a decocker starting with bullet in chamber and hammer down are perfectly fine. 

     

     

    19 hours ago, Squirrel45 said:

    I know nothing about IDPA, but you really can not take a sight picture when given make ready? 

     

    You can point your gun down and verify dot is turned on or whatever , aiming at a target is considered to be a rehearsal and they don't like that. Goes back to some folks considering the game to being self defense training I believe.  

  15. 1 hour ago, Racinready300ex said:

    Did anyone expect day one for Production to explode?

     

    Not at all, I just figured it would piss off the few of us that liked shooting production and had the belts & mags already set up as well as a long term affinity for limited round count and the more challenging accuracy needs & stage planning. 

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