MetropolisLake
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Was looking for a Christmas present for my dad. Are these a gimmick? I've heard everything from them being spot on and visible at 100 yards, to saying consider yourself lucky if you get on paper at 10.
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And here I thought I was a newbie.
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I've used mine several times in 20 degree weather, works fine.
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Next thing they will want to see me put my pistol on safe when I'm moving.
That's true... why doesn't anybody worry about this? In videos I see more people running with the pistol than anything else.
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I heard a wise person say about NASCAR one time, that the first 200 mph is easy. The next 20 mph is really hard. I think it's true in all sports. Once you've about maxed out your natural ability, it takes real work to get better.
This is part of the reason I'm trying to only commit to the club meet only thing even if I get better. Part of it is affordability and time, but the other part is the "been there, done that" with mountain biking. I tried to get serious, but once you get to that point, the only thrill is actually winning. Even if you win, you will usually just be a big fish in a little pond, as there's still a crap ton of people better than you. What exactly is the point of that? There is none. You only spend a bunch of time and money feeding a pointless obsession that doesn't truly make you happy.
However, if you truly take a break, it's real hard to get back into a sport. Slacking off a bit and trying to refocus on what exactly you liked about the scene in the first place may be a better solution. That's what I did with mountain biking, took a break, and now I'm lucky to go once a year to a local trail. I used to go 3 times a week to two different national forests and my once a year trip was in Colorado. Take an extended break and you risk doing the same.
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My advice is don't give up on the Glock quite yet, and invest in some blue hand loading equipment. (I bought a certain red progressive because I knew I could make it work, meh.)
Been talking to a friend about a Dillon Square Deal. $380-$520 will get you reloading one handgun caliber apparently.
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I'm a Glock guy, but if a 2011 is calling to you like a siren then sell the G35 yesterday!
You can't trust them sirens though. They did turn Pete into a horny toad you know.
(O brother where art thou)
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well 40 minor is one of my favorite animals. I currently have some 180s loaded with like 3.0 gn of clays that will barely make PF, but they are a dream to shoot. feels like a 22 and always knocks over the steel. It makes me not hate 40s (and I always did until USPSA made it make more sense) and has less felt recoil than 9 minor. Not to mention, I'm shooting lead at like 11 cents a round, loaded. MUCH CHEAPER PER ROUND than factory. The problem is you start making tons of ammo, so you spend the same amount, just get way more for it.
Wow. Right now the cheapest I can find locally is 37 cents a round plus tax for a box of 100 and it is pretty powerful especially with the G35. My FNX-40 handles factory rounds better for some reason. Sits lower in your hand I guess plus shorter barrel, otherwise I don't know why.
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Realistically speaking it sounds like reloading ought to help more than anything no matter which way I go. I guess I’ll just keep the Glock mostly stock for now, maybe add some sights but otherwise call it good for awhile, and concentrate on getting a nice reloader instead of switching both platforms and calibers. At that point I can reevaluate the Glock. If I don’t do too much crap to it I might be able to get away with keeping it as well as getting a 2011.
If my G35 ran like this I'd probably like it much better. Right now it's knocking my socks off. If you read the notes I guess it was a bit TOO light though.
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As an overwhelmed first time shooter who had no chance of placing decently, I was glad that LeadHead here aka. Brian Vaught did some coaching at the last Rockcastle club meet. Keeping your mouth shut when otherwise decent shooters blow by targets may be one thing but when somebody is obviously struggling with a malfunction and the RO turns that embarassing situation into a real life shooting lesson right there on the spot, plus offers pointers afterwards, it's remembered. This non-elitist attitude is what attracts me to the sport the most. The newbies really appreciate it I can promise you that.
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Does anyone have any input on the safariland els belt system? I like the look of them but don't really know if the higher price is justifiable considering how much extra the attachments cost. I've heard the term "buy once, cry once" but does anyone have any experience with it?
Somebody that's very good that I know bought the ELS stuff, only to realize that it's completely not necessary. They sell it as having the ability to change stuff around quickly but doing so all the time apparently isn't reality. Keeping the belt attachment in place but switching what attaches to it isn't going to happen much.
However I do like the BladeTech TekLok's. Playing dress up with your belt non-stop probably isn't necessary but the clamps do keep stress off the velcro seams when you do put things on the belt. More than anything though, the TekLok's are tighter on the belt. If you have a BladeTech TekLok attachment next to something with a BladeTek belt loop, the TekLok will stay put on your belt more, things like mag pouches won't twist nearly as much. I sent my belt loop stuff back to be replaced by TekLok's, especially since it costs the same. It works like a clamp instead of passively just sitting on your belt.
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I have a rifle that looks like a JP and a military'ish recce rifle had a love child, it's a BCM upper with a full mass BCG. I started out with a normal spring from Daniel Defense and a cheap carbine spring. The bolt speed was way too fast, very harsh. It greatly improved with a JP polished CS spring and Spikes T2 buffer, I thought it was the cats ass. However I just recently put in the captured spring and holy cow it's smooth. Now the only feedback is the shockwave from the muzzle blast, I don't have any mechanical feedback. It feels great and feels faster yet smoother for some reason. You don't really have a buffer smacking the back of the tube anymore and that is definitely noticeable. And this is without an adjustable gas block.
Only thing I'm skeptical about is that I've had this gun for 3 years and I put the thing in and get my first double feed after just a couple of mags worth of shooting. Of course that was also the first time I loaded my Pmags to capacity too. Not sure if it's related to the JP spring. Hopefully that doesn't happen again anytime soon.
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Had my first AD last month moving with a rifle. Shot from first position. took strong hand off grip to run Right to left about 20 yrds. Did not engage safety. when brought hand back toward grip, stuck my middle finger into trigger guard and bang. Round low into berm, 40 yards away, downrange. Running, manipulation the gun, looking for next position and targets at same time, pushing to go fast. In retrospect, I should have flipped safety on as I left first position and disengaged it as I remounted the gun taking second position.
Is that an automatic DQ?
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Oh, goodness. This thing is a work of art. The tech has improved a bit in 30 years apparently.
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As far as reloading 2 words, Dillon Precision. They make the best progressive presses on the market. With my 650 I can easily load 1k rounds per hour for pistol calibers and that's not even pushing it.
Wow. That's insane. That's definitely not what I witnessed growing up. We had a .44 lever action rifle and a .44 magnum pistol. Dad worked at a wheel factory and got free wheel weights, we melted them down and made our own bullets, then used a single stage Lyman press. Took absolutely forever. Dad worked on it every day, 100 rounds at a time, but could only do one aspect of it. He'd come home from work and would put 100 cases in the tumbler to clean, next he might trim those 100 cases. Or one day he'd pop the primers out, another he'd put new ones in, another he'd put the powder in and set them on a rack, and another he'd press the bullets in. Took him quite a bit of time, every day, for 6 days, just to get 100 rounds. He'd burn those up one day on a weekend and start all over again. I have no intention of doing that.
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You aren't ready to put money into a reloading setup (which will save you money in the long run)...but, you are shooting 3gun and looking at buying an 2011?
You are going to need mags and gear for the 2011. Plus that 3gun expense.
If money is tight, I'd rather see you shooting. If you aren't going to be reloading, then 9mm is the way to go. Maybe something like a single-stack 1911 is in order. There are some decent ones, that won't break the bank. And, if you decide to sell them, you should do alright on the resale. Sure, you are down on capacity to a double stack, but it sounds like you have some work to do as a shooter before worrying too much about moving up the results list?
If money is tight, maybe cycle in a few pistol matches in place of a couple 3gun?
Are you having any trouble hitting targets with the G35?
I have more money than I let on. It just cuts into vacation funds and whatnot, plus I just built a house. Family comes first. As for 3-gun expense, I'm doing the club scene only, one day meets, only 4-6 stages, maximum 3 hours drive time, $20-$40 entry fees. It's not terribly expensive.
Yeah I have gear to buy with the 2011 but it is the same deal with the Glock, I'd be starting from scratch with either. Right now I'm shooting an FNX-40 and have everything I need. It does ok but it's a 4" barrel with night sights and hardly any aftermarket parts available. I like it fine otherwise though, it has 1911'ish controls and I'm comfortable with it. I can't shoot it at distance that well though.
With reloading, I'm mostly skeptical of the time involved. I grew up watching my dad reload, it took him forever. I don't want a repeat of that. My time is limited more than anything. I have two jobs (one full time plus a small business for beer money), a wife, 3 kids, and a mini farm to take care of. I don't have time to lock myself in the garage for extended periods of time on a regular basis.
One shot hits on the G35 isn't a problem. I've been shooting soup cans with it at 25 yards even with stock sights, I'm ok with it. However, I am slow with it. It recoils more than my FNX-40 and follow-up shots suck.
Right now my FNX is my favorite gun. I wish they made a 5.4" version of it and there was adjustable target sights available for it, I'd shoot it and be perfectly happy.
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For my own education would you care to elaborate on why a G35 isn't as good as a G34 for competition? I've previously owned and competed with a G35 and STI Edge, both in .40 and never once thought my G35 wasn't as good as a G34.
If reloading, this is apparently not the case at all but if using factory ammo, the .40 simply has more recoil, that's about it, plus factory 9mm bulk ammo is much cheaper, basically with Blazer Brass and whatnot you get 50% more rounds for the same price locally, which buys a lot of practice. You also get 2 less shots per magazine with .40 in 3-gun with the 140mm magazine length restriction in the tac optics class but I'm not worried about that too much.
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I started with Revolvers, then Glocks, then went to a Tanfoglio for a year, back to Glocks, a 2011 for a few matches, back to Glocks, now using M&Ps. Point is, the choice you make today may change tomorrow, or next year.
That's exactly what I'm afraid of. I can't afford to play musical pistols.
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Thats funny...But dont stand behind me when I'm shooting single stack 1911, I dont want my metallic sex gun turning your crank :-) :-)
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The whole Glock thing is just hard to make sense of. For example I can't even get a consensus on simple stuff like what exactly a good trigger job is. For every person who says do something, there's somebody else saying that this will reduce reliability and never do that. Blows my mind.
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In reading your post....>you< want a 2011 and that's that.
The 2011 "has" natural pointablity (?) really??? You think it does, so it does and for that reason alone you must have a 2011.
And once you have one you won't need one.
Glock's and Smith's will do everything you'll ever need for 3-Gun but once anyone has it in their head that somethings else is better...it is.
Pretty much. I'm not arguing with that at all. This last RockCastle club meet the fastest time was done with what I think is a stock M&P. You could give me a 2011 and give that guy a slingshot and I still wouldn't win. I have no delusions that it's going to magically make me much better, other than lessening the recoil with factory ammo if I switch to 9mm.
More or less I think Glocks have no soul. 1911's are a work of art, they have a history, they're sexy. I pick one up and all the planets align and this old world seems ok for a minute. My grandfather had a HUGE collection of super-nice 1911's back in the day, like 8-10 custom Colt's. It's what I grew up on and learned to shoot on. 1911's are simply how pistols are supposed to feel in my opinion.
Inversely, I pick up a Glock and feel nothing. I can tell it's a quality tool, but it still feels like a tool instead of a handful of pure metallic sex. I mostly just have reservations in further investing in such a tool. I thought I'd like them if I got one but they still don't turn my crank. I can definitely see some advantages but my heart doesn't melt when I see one. I assume I'll get used to it and turn into a fan boy but if I had to do it over I wouldn't have gotten one.
So yeah, there it is. I simply hesitate to further invest in something that I don't even like all that much, yet I can't quantify my distaste with logic. Logically speaking, I should probably get into reloading and learn to run the Glock.
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You seem to have a grasp of the differences. so, which one will YOU have more fun with? That is the one to go with! See you on the range.
That's kind of my problem though. At this point in my abilities, I'd have more fun with a 2011. Once I get better... I don't entirely know. I've had so many misconceptions at this point that I don't know what to do. Either way I guess I just need to try to learn to reload.
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So, to be clear, you're talking about having the 2011 built in 9mm and getting rid of the .40? If you reload, .40 minor is a pretty hot ticket. In many good shooters' opinion, better than 9 minor.
I probably mostly just need to get into reloading. I don't have the equipment at this point and I'm slow with factory .40. Debating between that and forgetting all that and just going with 9mm factory rounds. It's going to take me a long time and a lot of money to get into reloading for .40 minor.
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What "competition" are you wanting to shoot?
Pretty much 3-gun only.
laser bore sights?
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Dad doesn't use AR's, he has a bunch of old school rifles that he dinks with but his health doesn't allow him to burn up a box of 30-06 due to the recoil and walking back and forth several times. I thought this might help him but I see many conflicting statements about their usefulness and effectiveness.