SilverBolt

Wife and I both are running Glock 34's. We just started in June of this year. The 34 has been 100% reliable. A good low cost way yo get started.

Dot drill targets. Multiple targets on a single sheet. Will your range allow you to draw from a holster?

Way to stand up and take your lumps. Nothing worse than a spoil sport that gets DQ'd and leaves.

Last weekend I was very lucky. Previous stage I used two mags. At the end I clear my weapon and made the rookie mistake of putting the partial mag back on my belt. I pick up my dropped mag and reload it prepping for the next stage. Next stage I start with a full mag go through the stage make a mag change to finish. On my last shot I was at slide lock. The mag I grabbed off my belt only had 6 rounds. No partial or empty mags go back on the belt. I got lucky.

You have to walk before you run. Dry fire at home is a great method of reinforcing muzzle awareness and trigger control. In USPSA the is a blend of accuracy and speed. If you shoot all Alpha's but your time is slow you will not win. If you are blazing fast and shoot C's, D's, and M's you won't win. My first match I did not run at all. More of a fast walk. I shot well but finished poorly. Next match I tried shaving time by shooting faster. Very bad idea. Times came down very little and my scores suffered. What I have learned is to move fast and shoot slow. Hold the gun at eye level whenever you move. It will get you back on target faster and in the unlikely event that you slip and fall you won't fall on to the gun.

If this is a range/competition gun check out the Zev Fulcrum trigger. My wife and I both run them in our 34's. Huge improvement over stock. With the Glock be sure you are doing a short reset for your follow up shot(s). After the first shot breaks slowly release the trigger until you feel a click. Once you feel that click you are ready to shoot again. It reduces the trigger travel on second shots by 1/2-2/3's.

I have the GoPro-3 Black edition. I use a ball cap with a very stiff visor. Drilled a hole through it and used the GoPro tripod fastened to the visor. Works great. The view is from my forearms looking forward. The gun is in full view. The only issue I have had is shooting in low ports. I get low enough for me to see but the camera sees the wall.

Limited is a great class for beginners (like myself). If for no other reason, less mag changes. I started shooting USPSA in late June this year. So far I have done 6 matches. One of those I shot single stack. While I had fun I had my hands full with mag changes on each stage. For a newbie the more simple you can make it, the better. Also remember if you shoot single stack your holster position and mag pouch position are not the same as Limited/Limited-10.

Costco sells the little hand warmers. They work great. I keep one in each pocket of my jacket. Remove my jacket at the last minute before going to the line. They seem to last about 6 hours.

Two separate shots each with a sight picture. Work on separating the shots and getting a good sight picture on each. The speed will come.

My first ever USPSA match was a single stack only event. I had 4ea 10-rd mags and 1ea 8-rd for my 1911. It was a 10 stage match and I was doing OK for the first 3-4 stages. Then I hit the stage that had a Texas Star. I had never shot one. I started the stage will all mags full (48 rounds) and it was not enough. I ran dry before I ran out of targets. Now I am shooting limited-minor. With legal mag extensions I get 23 rounds per mag. If a stage can be done on one mag I carry two. If a stage needs two I carry three. If the stage is steel heavy or lots of drop/swingers I may throw on an extra mag to be safe. It's very easy to drop a mag, mag malfunctions, etc. I would rather carry the extra weight than get caught short.

Will you be shooting "major" with a stock G17 barrel?

The next Tri-County match is 9/15 if they don't cancel.

My wife also has very small hands. We went to our LGS and she handled pretty much everything they had. She liked the SIG P226 the best. We bought it. She shot maybe 300 rounds through it and struggled with grouping. She could not get a consistent repeatable grip. I had her try my Glock G34. Within one mag she was spot on. Had to buy her one just to get mine back. Since then she has also tried the M&P, XD's, and FNH. She shoots the Glock the best. Watching her shoot each the Glock had the least amount of muzzle rise for her. In her words she feels in control of the Glock more so than the others.

Just started shooting USPSA this year. I think I have done 4 matches so far. Shooting a Glock 34 in Limited. Wife is also dipping her toe in and will shoot her first match in September. Having fun and learning all we can. Very fortunate that we have connected with a great group of shooters that have helped tremendously. Home club is Tri-County but also shooting Dundee and Albany too.