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    .40 vs 9mm

    SS, Saturday I'll bring my 34 with 127 PF 9mm ammo and we can play around and see what is softer; the 34 or the 35, both shooting minor PF. I'd like to shoot some of your minor 40 ammo in my 35 also. I'll bring a new 13# spring so you can try it in your gun if you want. I use 13s in my 34 and 35 regardless of PF. Sound like a plan?
  2. cpty1

    .40 vs 9mm

    SS, I'd love to shoot your 35 Saturday. I hoping to make the match and will shoot Lim-10 if I do. A 34 top end should fit a 17 frame. Put a 3.5 connector, long slide and mag release in it and you've got a 34. Have you tried a 13# spring in your gun? Did you like the 14 better?
  3. There was no mention in the article of pre-crimping primers. That's interesting. The present trigger setup in my 35 is basically everything polished to a mirror finish with a reduced power striker spring. It's OK, nothing great, as there is a definite hinge in the action on my gun, but like EricW said, on game day that disappears. Once a shooter gets used to their particular setup I think this is true whether the gun has a 2 pound or a 6 pound break.
  4. cpty1

    .40 vs 9mm

    My thoughts on some of the questions/issues above: You can shoot a 35 in production, you're just scored minor. Therefore, most people doing so download the 35 when shooting production. I think the "Front Sight" an issue or two ago mentioned a guy winning production class in a match out west with a "lightly sprung" 35. I feel the 147s shoot flatter (front sight perspective, not trajectory) than 115s in both my 34 and my 17. I shoot 147s exclusively with Accurate #5. #5 has proven to be much more accurate in my particular 34, especially at 40 and 50 yards as compared to the VV powders. Glock makes great guns, but their sights suck wind. I would not even consider shooting a Glock competitively until the sights were replaced. I like the Heinie Glock Specialty sights with the front trimmed to .100 width. Can't go more narrow than that because of the securing screw without going to a pyramid type front configuration and I don't care for that look. I plan on doing some experimenting because some people think a downloaded 40 is a better production weapon than a 9mm. It's strange, I shoot both Lim-10 and production with a 35 and 34 respectively, and I shoot the major 40 as quickly as I do the minor 9. I don't know if it's because the gun cycles much quicker or what, but I hope to find out why. Doesn't make much sense to me. Even if you change sights, add extended slide and mag release button and put a 3.5 connector in a 17, I feel the 34 would be easier to shoot for someone just getting started due to the longer sight radius. I think it's a matter of finding what the shooter likes and staying with it. I've always been partial to the longer slide 34 and 35. Scott Caylor beat me for third at the limited nationals using a 17. Sevigny won production with a 34. The singer and not the song......
  5. Just curious how many people plan on taking hammer and dremel to their Glock after the article on Dale's trigger work in "Front Sight"? With the exception of the slide peening piece, the parts are cheap enough to experiment with and see what results can be obtained without worrying about any permanent or irreversible damage.
  6. I knew they were enforcing it that way...at least at the limited nationals. Enforced one way; worded another in the rulebook. You gotta love it. Their enforcement made it clear they were taking the IDPA approach regarding holster and mag placement. I'm not saying IDPA is perfect, but at least they worded their rule in a manner to eliminate any confusion. They need to put something in "Front Sight" to better get the word out.
  7. Not sure about percentages. I usually just wait until USPSA posts the scores. Can you make that determination before posting? Lately, I've been trying to shoot classifiers at a pace I can duplicate 90% or so of the time. When shooting well, my scores lately have been 82-84% in both divisions. Can't seem to get up in the low M range. It was tempting as close as those targets were last night to just go into hose mode and hope for the best.
  8. Two runs, one Limited 10 and one production. Lim-10: 6.04, 57 points, 9.4370 HF. Glock 35. Shot it left to right both before and after reload. I had the distinct impression of not getting on the middle target as quickly as I'd have liked and also a hint of trigger freeze on the last target, both instances on the pass prior to the reload. Just didn't feel smooth. Should have been a high 5 second time for me. Production: 6.35, 59 points, 9.2913 HF. Glock 34. Shot in same manner as Lim-10 run. Screwed up the reload. Other than that, no problems. The shooting part felt smooth.
  9. As I look at classifier 99-21, Mini-Mart, on paper a question comes to mind. Is it better to go left to right and reduce muzzle movement back and forth, or near to far with the belief one can align on the closest target a shade quicker than the left side or right side targets. This is the classifier where the gun and mag is on a shelf under table, engage 3 targets (2 w/no shoots) two rounds on each Virginia Count. Thoughts? (Edited by cpty1 at 7:44 am on Nov. 1, 2001)
  10. My bad; my exactly response above was more related to the kidney reference; not reducing the round count on the stages. I think everyone enjoys a high count field course as long as there is some balance in the other stages of a match. Those that don't probably aren't shooting IPSC anyway. Holster position could be as is, with some consistency of application with wording in the rulebook. I would like to see mag placement rules modified to prevent the need to have mags strung from the left/right side all the way around to the middle of the shooters back.
  11. Exactly, some of the production shooters look like a pretzel reaching for that fifth mag on a high count field course.
  12. By centerline, yes, I mean the side seam where the front and back halves of your pants are sewn together. I think IDPA rules refer to it as centerline, though you're correct, it would be more accurately referred to as the side seam.
  13. No, didn't use the iron. I was just surprised that the application of the rule and descriptive verbage was different than that in the rulebook. Behind the center of the hipbone is certainly forward of the bodily centerline, while behind the "normal" pant centerline is certainly behind the bodily centerline. It would just seem to me if they're going to use the pant centerline as a barometer for correct placement, then that should be stated in the rulebook and eliminate the confusion. Our local clubs are still enforcing the center of hipbone regardless of the interpretation at the nationals.
  14. According to the rulebook, holster and allied equipment must be positioned behind the center of the hip bone for US production division shooters. However, at the Limited Nationals I was instructed by the ROs to move my holster and mags behind the center line of my pants. Is there not a big difference between behind center of hip bone and behind centerline of pants?
  15. Singlestack, your shooting experience on stage 9 and the next stage (10?) I think is what keeps bringing us back time and time again. We've been there, it felt good, and we want to go back time and time again. IMO, duplicating and building on that experience can be the gate opener to much higher levels of performance. Congrats.
  16. BTW Singlestack, that was a great match and the RO staff was most excellent. Thank you.
  17. I'm another believer in exercise to eliminate certain types of joint pain. Ten years ago I started having pains in my right elbow. Couldn't sleep at night, the whole works. Turned out to be a very prominent bone spur. Initially, the MD prescribed medications and finally a series of cortisone shots over a period of two or three years. The shots worked for a while at first but then stopped working completely. The MD finally sends me to a sports medicine doc who prescribes physical therapy and a series of other exercises to do at home. I'm thinking, what a bunch of crap. I went into these sessions skeptical to say the very least. Suprisingly, in a few months, the pain was gone. Even all these years later....if I lay off the curls, reverse curls, and tricep extensions for a couple of weeks, I feel that little tingle that reminds me to get back with the program. This approach may not work for everyone depending on their problem, but it worked wonders for me.
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