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  1. 37 minutes ago, HesedTech said:

    I'm not sure why you didn't like the sarge's post.

     

    37 minutes ago, HesedTech said:

    To me a reasonable time spent on load development is low hanging fruit.

    The second quote started with me, looks confusing the way I quoted it.

     

    Anyway, different strokes I suppose, there is no way it would make sense to me to put much time or effort into this sport and not get the gun and load right as the first priority. If it was hard to do a bit of load development (I think it is fun) and/or if load development was quickly perishable like the practiced skills I would likely agree with you. 

  2. 20 minutes ago, SGT_Schultz said:

    The pistol/ammo accuracy demanded by this sport is not that great.

     

    Some people go overboard wasting time and money chasing it to excess.  Time and money better spent on skills that actually move you forward.

    In Brian Enos book he states that he could shoot 50 yard groups at about 1.5 inches and anything greater than 3 inch 50 yard groups was unacceptable to him. Lots of other commentary in his book about the importance of practicing group shooting. 
    Benos is not a mere mortal, his accomplishments exceed most.  It would be interesting to learn from other top pros regarding what they will tolerate in group size from the bench. 
    To me a reasonable time spent on load development is low hanging fruit. Unlike skills development, once you get the gun and load right it does not tend to rapidly fade away with a reduction in practice time. 

  3. 1 hour ago, SGT_Schultz said:

    Any kind of load development, past making PF, is a waste of time in this sport.

     

    Exactly the opposite of my experience. Beyond the occasional 35+ yard target with a no shoot (for example) and some of the long distance classifiers knowing that your equipment is very accurate is a nice confidence boost. 

     

  4. 2 hours ago, BJB said:

    You don't have to make any adjustments yourself, sometimes the overtravel screw will make adjustments on it's own. 

    Take it out and see about reliability then.  When you put it back in clean the threads on the screw & the threads where it mounts in the trigger and apply blue Loctite.

     

    I just remove them entirely, never could see any improvement in my bench shooting or USPSA/IDPA match shooting by using them. Your mileage may vary :)

  5. Was the temperature at the match colder than it has been when the gun shoots well?

    If so and you have a trigger with the overtravel limit screw you might try backing it out, or the freezer test that folks use to get the overtravel ample on Springfield XD’s,

  6. 2 minutes ago, DougM said:

    While I religiously use one for 40S&W and 10mm, I have never found the need to use one for 45ACP.  I never had a 45ACP case that exhibited any kind of bulge and therefore never needed to run them through a bulge buster.  Others may have a different experience - especially if they load their 45ACP really hot.

     

    Or pick up range brass shot by a Glock. I like my G21 but it does bulge brass even with light competition loads (170 power factor).

     

    44 minutes ago, Browning40 said:

    My question is does the crimp die resize the entire case or just minimize/remove the bulge?  I’m looking to smooth the loading process on my 650.  The smoother the process the more consistent the power drop. 

    With the BB you are pushing the entire case completely through the die. 

  7. 13 hours ago, Artemas said:

    Y'all need to spend more time with revolvers😆

     

    I had some intermittent light strikes with the 11.5 and switched over to the cgw 13lb+factory FP with rami spring and found it was still manageable. DA went from 6.5-8ish, SA actually dropped a pound. Can't tell the difference in a match, gun goes bang, and I don't worry about canoeing the RO.

     

    Don't most revolver shooters tune for weights around 5.5- 6#? In general I agree with you but on that rare start with a very difficult target or one hand only classifier 8# is a problem for me.  

  8. 34 minutes ago, Racinready300ex said:

    This I'd like to see too. Especially the part where someone runs out of ammo and needs to run back for the mag they dropped earlier in the stage. lol

    Been there but it was a USPSA match, just gave the guy a reshoot for being interfered with, if he would have tried a mad dash uprange the guy with his nose in the iPad and the buddy filming him would either force him to wait or end up between him and the rest of the targets.  

    Now, when I see a mag dropped by accident I signal folks to stay well back :devil: 

  9. 4 hours ago, slavex said:

    @waktasz if it's a typo it's carried over to Carry Optics as well and a pretty significant one at that. 

     

    If I didn't think I'd get another "well, apparently you can't read" response (paraphrased) I'd send an email to HQ and ask if it was a typo. 

     

    Maybe somebody of a more optimistic nature will. 

     

    As I understood it part of the justification for losing our rulebooks (now available on Amazon for something like $9.00 ea 🤑) was to be able to fix stuff like this efficiently. 

  10. 30 minutes ago, Jim Watson said:

    There is an outlaw shoot near here that approaches the matter the other way.

    Reload as you like, but you only get one spare double stack magazine or two single stack.  Stages are longer than IDPA allows, too.

     

    Local club does (or did) 1 outlaw per year, Texas stars come out of the shed, reload rules get put in the shed, it is more fun. 

  11. 16 hours ago, matteekay said:

    Is round dumping that big of an issue for you guys?

     

    Dollar wise probably not. Philosophically, deliberate waste of ammo makes me crazy.

     

    The initial reload rules were supposed to provide for maximum conservation of ammo based upon the belief that conserving ammo is wise in a tactical situation - unfortunately calling a shooter for round dumping under the initial rules was too subjective - so, rather than let shooters reload as they wish the rules were changed to force shooters to waste ammo, even though avoiding waste is supposed to be one of the self defense oriented priorities of the sport. 

     

    J.Wilson noted that she does not want the sport to be "USPSA light" , it seems like that is the only reason for deliberate waste and loss of some really fun targets like the Texas star. 

  12. 48 minutes ago, Almo said:

    I might experiment with the stock firing pin and see what I get. 

     

    If you do the results would be interesting. It would be nice if we can quantify/share experience with how much the longer pin and lighter spring actually gets you in reduced pull weight. 

  13. 45 minutes ago, twodownzero said:

    There is no reason you should ever be using the slide stop in USPSA. 

     

    Apparently you don't have evil stage designers who like to make 11 shot plans tempting or 8-10 shot plans with some challenging shots on steel :) .

     

    To the o.p. , the Glock will take you to grand master if you put the work in, if I was self defense oriented I would try to see if that worked for me as a first option. 

  14. 27 minutes ago, Jim Watson said:

    Could be.  

    Not all clubs are strict about requiring shooters to join to enter after three  visits.

     

    Not sure how common it is but with my home range you can't have a match and not allow range members to attend. It gets down to either drop IDPA or let range members shoot regardless of their IDPA status. 

     

    Personally, I quit paying IDPA dues when they changed the rules and made my CCP gun (Springfield XD 4") 0.25" too tall to be legal. They don't give a hoot about my wallet - I don't stuff theirs. Disclaimer - current rules requiring the waste of ammo to be competitive and making some of the best/most fun range equipment (e.g. Texas Star) illegal also make me crazy so maybe I would have exited eventually either way. 

  15. On 11/15/2021 at 11:23 AM, Almo said:

    Someone recommended using the extended firing pin with the 8.5# hammer spring.  So, that's what I've done in every case.  I have that combination in four firearms and haven't had any issues so far.  Knock on wood and keep my fingers crossed.

     

    Same set up. I never had issues either until I dropped a CZ during the draw (came forward with it before if was vertically clear of the holster), based upon the bullet impact mark between my feet the gun landed muzzle first. For what it is worth, not telling anybody else what to do just noting that with my kaboom and another kaboom noted on this forum somewhere and the r.o. fatality from a dropped gun I have become cautious. 

     

    From Cajun Gun Works website "As with any competition grade non-firing pin block firing pin, it is not recommended to carry your CZ with a live round loaded in the chamber.". I do not see any similar verbiage on CZ Custom's website. 

     

    To each their own, but personally I'm looking to get away from both or either extended fp and light fp spring in non FPB equipped CZ's. With federal primers I'm thinking that you can still get a reasonable weight double action and are not likely to even notice the increase in single action pull weight. Another FWIW, one of my CZ's was left oem on the firing controls except for a reduced weight hammer spring, it is 7# d.a., during a match I don't notice the difference except for that rare stage where the first shot must be a very difficult shot, I haven't attempted to reduce hammer spring weight further yet. 

  16. 11 hours ago, SGT_Schultz said:

    That isn't what I'm saying at all and not sure how that got construed so.

     

    Was trying to understand why you pivoted the conversation away from from means of safe carry (me) to whether or not guns had decockers (your reply). Seems very apples and oranges unless you see a relationship between the two that is not clear to me. 

  17. 1 hour ago, SGT_Schultz said:

    Actually, CZ and Tanfoglio are the only two companies that make DA/SA pistols without decockers.

     

    Are you saying that guns with decockers are less safe carried with the hammer full down than guns without? Otherwise I don't understand your comment.

  18. 4 hours ago, TimHawkins said:

    I don't understand why the rules don't allow for you to start with the hammer back and safety engaged.

     

     

    The intent was to put striker fired guns on equal footing with d.a./s.a. guns. Now that you can get some very low weight triggers in striker guns I am not sure that the rule is needed. 

    4 hours ago, TimHawkins said:

    . Many instructors teach that lowering the hammer is an ad waiting to happen and when lowering the hammer all the way down you risk a discharge if the gun is dropped.

     From a safety standpoint I think they need to look at changing this rule. If the firearm was designed to use a manual safety then that is the safest way to carry and use the weapon.

     

     

    From a safety standpoint I have never seen a lowered hammer gun (revolver or production gun) a.d. during the holstering, or as it is coming out of the holster, or as a shooter was establishing their two handed grip. I have seen 1 or more very scary a.d.'s with hammer back/safety on start (intended) in each of the three scenarios. I have also dq'd 3 people for not putting the safety on before holstering their single action gun (2 were used to striker guns with no thumb safety). As noted elsewhere, if you read the manuals of the d.a./s.a. guns you will typically read that the guns were designed to provide two safe options for carry. I agree that when lowering the hammer the shooter needs to be fully attentive, the finger roll out technique seems the most mistake proof to me. 

     

    4 hours ago, TimHawkins said:

     

      I don't see any advantage for the shooter having to disengage the safety and it would be safer for everyone.

     Tim

     

    As noted above, my experience is that it is less safe for everyone. That is not to say that either is unsafe but a revolver style start I think is the gold standard. 

  19. 1 hour ago, motosapiens said:

    What is much more frequent is people getting bad hits on poppers and then claiming they were popper-f-ed. (i.e. whining).

     

    I always support painting the big poppers that are most likely to cause the problems even at local matches where you do not need to.

    Since the rules do not state whether a hit in the calibration zone should always drop a popper I guess the folks who think they should always fall when hit in the calibration zone could be name called when it is obvious that the popper was hit in the calibration zone and failed.  

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