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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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3 minutes ago, fluffybadbad said:
Draws very smoothly. Have you ever had a GX holster before? Typically, you adjust it so there's little to no retention with the lever down--this is no different. I don't have any issues with the front cocking serrations catching on the holster.
I reached out to him very early on about making a mold for the Redback and asked to be put on the waitlist in the meantime.
No, this'll be my first. Ordered in the middle of July so it looks like I still have a bit of a wait.
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36 minutes ago, fluffybadbad said:
I just received my GX that I ordered in March. The pictures that he posted recently on the GX Facebook page are of my holster
Congrats! How did you order so early? I swear he only started offering them in July.
How does it fit? Every Redback holster I've used catches on the aggressive front cocking serrations, and results in a less-than-smooth draw unless you really loosen the retention. What about the GX?
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37 minutes ago, Darqusoull13 said:
What do you want to know?
Trying to get the length of just the JP-5 upper receiver with naked buffer tube and no barrel.
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How quickly are JP typically responding to specific build queries? (and not lead-time or "what is my rifle" questions)
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1 hour ago, RJH said:
I mean I scrolled through the top 50 or so of all the results and didn't see many US competitor names. Or is the match still going on and these are all preliminary still and the top guys are still down at the bottom because they don't have all their scores in?
Edited to add, never mind that does look to be the case. I just didn't scroll far enough
Yeah I think there have only been 2 (maybe 3 by now) days of shooting.
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15 minutes ago, RJH said:
It looks like the US top shooters don't really care about going to the IPsC world shoot
What do you mean?
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Any idea how many days JP are closed for Thanksgiving?
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6 minutes ago, Boomstick303 said:
The only time I have heard of too light of a trigger being an issue is the gun doubles or goes Auto. I have heard of this happening with Trigger Tech Diamond triggers in Blow back PCCs when the trigger is set less than 2 pounds. I never had any issues with my Trigger Tech Diamond trigger when it was set to just under 2 pounds, but I heard as the round count increased it became an issue with those triggers. I replaced the Diamond with their PCC designated trigger and it works fine. The trigger return is a bit more forceful with that trigger than the Diamond version. It pulls at about 3 lbs. It seems that many use triggers between 2 and 3 pounds depending on the trigger.
Typically people are more worried about trigger reset strength in regards to PCC triggers. Some feel they want the trigger to push the trigger finger forward to help prevent trigger freeze. I do not care about return strength because I completely remove my finger from the trigger during reset when slapping the trigger fast. I am currently running a Geissele SD-3G trigger in my JP5 due to not being able to run Cassette triggers in the JP5. Works great.
In the future I may try to play with fitting a TT Diamond trigger in the JP5 but it would require modifying the trigger which I do not know it that would be possible without compromising the trigger. I would like to get closer to 2 pounds.
Presumably the AR gold triggers won't fit the JP5 because of their design?
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Can't speak for the Pro Shop one, but I found the GX ratchet to be great