Blackstone45

In any case I'd love to hear what @csailer thinks of this subject now.

True, but he also posted this 3 years ago. Technique can change a lot in that time.

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.

To clarify, the 5 points you listed are the ones that were specifically accepted at the GA?

I can only assume Veterans will be 70+?

Having used the GX ratchet for a few weeks now, I don't know how I ever coped without it.

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.

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.

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!

Can't speak for the Pro Shop one, but I found the GX ratchet to be great

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.

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.

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?

Interesting - can you give more information about why the N320 load was "too soft" to be fast, it seems counter-intuitive to me

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.

Then you are either doing it wrong, or your brain and/or eyes are just wired differently.

I'll hopefully be picking up my Drake Prod optics in April!

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.

Yeah the lack of a manual brightness or off switch is really offputting for me.

Dustin @ JP told me not to shoot plated bullets through a comp because the small pieces of plating will shred the comp

Thanks - it's just a release, right? Can't use it to hold the bolt open?

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?

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?

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.

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.