Blackstone45
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I suspect when the very high level shooters talk about "prepping the trigger", they are just talking about taking a bit more time to ensure their sights are aligned/dot is stable on the part of the target they want to hit. And it is reserved only for those high difficulty/high risk shots.
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7 hours ago, terrydoc said:
From the IPSC Australia FB page-
All Handgun rule changes except those specifically accepted at the GA are pending verification at an Extraordinary General Meeting on 31 March 2023.-
Production Optics Light (PDOL) trial has been extended to December 31 2023
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A new Category of “Grand Senior” for Competitors aged 70 and over has been introduced
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Updated Handgun rulebooks may not be issued until after the EGM
- The expiry date for .357SIG in Standard and Classic Divisions was extended to December 31 2025.
- Production Optics Division under trial since 2019 was adopted as a permanent Handgun Division.
To clarify, the 5 points you listed are the ones that were specifically accepted at the GA?
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I can only assume Veterans will be 70+?
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Having used the GX ratchet for a few weeks now, I don't know how I ever coped without it.
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3 hours ago, nearsightedgunner said:
If you bench rest your firearm at the same height as the 1st target at 25 yds and place a second target behind it of the same height at 50-65 yds you will see the drop that I mentioned before. The drop starts at 25 yds since its my established POI. It could travel farther hitting the same POI but my concern is the 25 yd line before the bullet starts its sloping journey, downward that is. Since its a paper target, I do not believe deflection is an issue here specially when the bullet choice is truncated cone 124 gr at 1200 fps. In like manner, metallic silhouette shooters dial in their rear sight for 100 yd POI, mark their rear sight for 200 yd POI dial and so on. The farther the distance the higher the elevation becomes and the slope the bullet has to travel on it downward travel. All I’m saying is bullets travel flat coming out of the muzzle up to a certain point till gravity starts doing its job.
And if you placed a second target at 30yds, you will see that the bullet impacts higher.
You say that you bench rest your firearm at the same height as the target. So is the barrel in line with the bullseye? Or the sights? It can't be both. It must be the sights that are aligned with the bullseye. And because the barrel is below the sights, then the barrel must oriented up in order for the bullet to hit the bullseye. By punching in some numbers into a ballistic calculator, you can see that the first time the bullet intersects the 25 yard point, it is still rising. It will continue to rise, peaking at around 35 yards before dropping quite rapidly. So yes, at 50 yards the bullet will have dropped.
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7 hours ago, IVC said:
The bullet travels in an arc. If it weren't for the air resistance, this arc would be a simple parabola. Still, the bullet travels up, reaches maximum height, then falls down. Where the bullet strikes the target is where the arc intersects the target and it's the "point of impact" or POI. The sights define a straight aiming line and where this straight line intersects the target it's the "point of aim" or POA. The arc and the straight line will intersect in two places (theoretically possible to have 0 or 1 intersection, but those are not the case here), one before the apex of the flight and the other after. Those are the first and second zeros where POA matches POI.
The only way to have bullet drop after 25 yards is if it's the *second* zero at 25 yards, which means that the bullet peaked *before* 25 yards and is on its way down, which means that the range of your gun is less than 50 yards. It's actually possible, you'd have to shoot almost vertically into the air, have the bullet peak at about 15 yards but many hundreds of feet high in the air, then come almost vertically down at 25 yards. I'm sure you're not doing this. Any pistol caliber will cause the bullet to peak beyond 25 yards, so sighting in at 25 yards will sight in the first zero and the bullet will be on the way up through it, it will reach the peak somewhere past 25 yards and then come down, intersect the POA for the second time at the second zero, then continue a bit and fall to the ground.
It all depends on your sight height over bore, but yes outside of a perfect setup, the bullet will still be on the way up at 25 yards for a 25yard zero.
In @nearsightedgunner's case, the rise after 25 yards is probably very small, but it's definitely there.
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I zero the gun based on #2, but at the distances of most targets in IPSC, I'm shooting target focused and using the fibre optic almost as a red dot, so #3
If you're using #1, that is a precision/bullseye hold, and you shouldn't even be using a front sight with a fibre optic in it!
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Can't speak for the Pro Shop one, but I found the GX ratchet to be great
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32 minutes ago, IVC said:
Confirm mechanical zero. 20 yards is a good distance so make sure your preferred POA matches POI. Once you have this, it's not the gun, it's you.
Once you know it's you, it's the trigger control. You ARE moving the gun prior to firing the shot and you know this because you confirmed the zero. The gun will shoot where it's pointed. You can watch super slow motion videos, or you can do a quick physics calculations to realize that there isn't enough time for the mass of the gun to get moved much by the time the bullet exits the barrel, and the little movement there is is in line with the barrel. So, if you're off it's because you moved the gun as you pulled the trigger.
Do a simple test. Shoot free hand in "bullseye mode" where you slowly add pressure to the trigger while keeping sites on the target and let the gun shoot whenever it decides to. Try it with weaker or stronger grip, one or two handed. You should see that the gun is hitting exactly where you're keeping it while operating the trigger. If you convince yourself that the gun WILL shoot where pointed, you'll now have a homework to figure out WHAT is causing the movement when you operate the trigger.
Fully agree. While it is true that the gun will begin to rise as soon as the bullet begins to move in the barrel, the difference that a strong and weak grip makes to this effect will be negligible.
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19 hours ago, MHicks said:
Shooting irons sights one of the mantras regarding sights is "see what you need to see". You don't need the same refined sight picture at an open 7 yard target as you need for a 30 yard mini popper. Is the same thing true at any level with optics. On a 30 yard mini popper would you focus more on the dot?
On an open 7 yard target, you might be content with seeing the dot as a streak on your target before you pull the trigger.
On a 30 yard mini popper, you will want the dot to be settled before you pull the trigger.
In neither of those situations should you be visually focused on the dot. Yes on the second case you might be mentally focusing more on what the dot is doing, but that doesn't mean honing in on the dot with your eyes.
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There is no right or wrong way. When I first started shooting, my support hand thumb would touch the slide of the gun. At some point down the line on my journey to refine my grip, that stopped happening. The question is, why do you think your weak hand thumb should be touching the gun?
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On 1/11/2023 at 8:05 PM, Fasthenk65 said:
Finally got my JP5! changed the grip into K2, replaced hand guard by a smoke.
Shot it today with factory 124's, N320 (4 gr) with 124's and N340 (4,5 gr).
Factory = 141 PF, N320 load = 129 PF, N340 load = 132 PF. All with the 70 locking piece.
Factory super, way softer than a GMR.
N320 load felt like a .22... maybe too 'soft' to be fast...
I liked the N340 load most! All evenly accurate by the way.
Overall: best PCC I ever owned, it feels just great.
Next outing I repeat all with the 60 locking piece... TBC
Interesting - can you give more information about why the N320 load was "too soft" to be fast, it seems counter-intuitive to me
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Absolutely shocking news and completely out of the blue. Jorge was a world champion IPSC handgun shooter, with many national and international titles. His sponsor Bul Armory deleted their initial post several hours ago, so there was some hope that it was all a mistake. Unfortunately they have put the post back up, and many other top shooters have been posting tributes to him on their Instagrams.
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5 hours ago, Joe4d said:
Tape thing never worked for me,, all I ever saw was a dot on the back side of the tape... just in case others think they were the only one.
Then you are either doing it wrong, or your brain and/or eyes are just wired differently.
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13 hours ago, KommBat said:
Lovely Blasters, will pick them up in 2 weeks.
I'll hopefully be picking up my Drake Prod optics in April!
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No DQ. It's the responsibility of the RO to ensure the competitor is complying with the ready conditions.
The only time not having the safety engaged would result in a DQ is if you were to put the rifle on the ground with a round in the chamber and the safety off.
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Yeah the lack of a manual brightness or off switch is really offputting for me.
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10 hours ago, zzt said:
Did you get any comp leading with the Blazer Brass? CCI told me not to shoot it through a comp. The 'plating' on the brass cased load was too thin. The plating on the Al cased round is much thicker and is fine for a comp.
Dustin @ JP told me not to shoot plated bullets through a comp because the small pieces of plating will shred the comp
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23 minutes ago, GrumpyNO said:
Yes it does, and yes, it is the button above the mag release. Speeds things up a lot when doing empty starts.
Thanks - it's just a release, right? Can't use it to hold the bolt open?
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Can someone please confirm that the JP-5 has an ambi bolt release? from the photos it looks like the button above the magazine release. Seems to be absent from the GMR-15 lowers?
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So I plan to shoot my 130PF 125gr IPSC loads out of an 8" barrel. 70 deg lock piece is probably the way to go here?
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I think you just need to dry fire more with emphasis on developing your index with the red dot. You should be able to point your gun at the target and have the dot appear without you needing to search for it. If you can't do that, then it's too early to work on transitions.
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I believe the flat safeties are a factory offering now as well
This was posted by one of the Team Phoenix shooters - it's the Drake production but I think they use the same safety as the Redback. He said that it was a factory option, and so legal for use in IPSC Production.
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Nice writeup. I get my Phoenixes directly from the factory. Have a Drake Production model on order, and plan to get the Drake Standard in 40 with a 9mm conversion kit in 2024 as well. I've seen their ransom rest tests with the Drake - less than 2 inch group at 50m with factory ammo.
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True, but he also posted this 3 years ago. Technique can change a lot in that time.