David Olhasso

Its not the gun, its the shooter. If you look at the production/SSP results from any the of past matches you will see a large cross section of guns including Para, glock, sig, beretta, s&w, etc. At the FGN, the top 4 production shooters all shot different brand guns with a total of 3 different trigger types. Some people simply shoot one type of gun better than others. The familarity of the shooter with the gun of choice is the most important aspect.

For what it's worth, I use once fired RP brass in my production gun. In my Limited gun, I buy brand new RP brass, shoot it once, and then load it for big matches. The reason for the added expense in the limited gun is the powder that I use (clays).

I will probably butcher the explanation some, but my weak foot forward stance helps me present a more consistent NPA. The all movement below the waist is probably best seen/tested/etc with two targets at 10 yards with about 7 yards betweem the targets.

A couple of years ago I spent some time breaking down my shooting stance. At the time I was squaring my feet to the target. When I was done with my evaluation, I had changed to a stance with my weak foot well forward of my strong foot. Barnhart best describes this stance as a "fighting" stance. If you get into the stance you would use if you had to fist fight someone, then most likely this the most stable position for you to shoot from. I have found that I am more stable and that I can move out that position much easier than with my feet square to the target. When I swing from target to target, it is my hips and knees which move, not my torso, shoulders, or arms. At the FGN shootoffs, I started in my typical weak foot forward stance with my hips square to the first steel and then bent my knees and twisted my hips to engage the rest of the steel.

Big dog production equipment Todd: -Safariland holster (pretty sure it is a 'custom fit') -4 Safariland 771 mag holders -competition inner/outer belt Sevigny - Ky-tec holster - 5 Ky-tec mag holdres - non-competition type belt Langdon - Ky-tec holster - 5 mag holders (don't remember the brand) - competition inner/outer belt The most important thing about the mag pouches is that they hold the mags securely and that they release the mag when you go for it. I have tried several brands and haven't found much difference. I use the blade-tech because I can get the single pouches closer together and because the same holders are legal for idpa. -dave

In my opinion, the weakest link of loading on the 1050 getting primer into the case. The biggest potential problem with primers is not properly adjusting the "Primer Station Retain Tab" (part #12930). If the tab loose at all, the brass can easily fload around and the primer may not properly aling with the case which usually results with a crushed primer. The tab should almost provide tension against the case. The next biggest problem is primers not falling into the primer slide. To help solve this problem, I have polished the lips of the hole on the primer slide where the primer falls into. I have also had to shim the "primer slide stop" (#13108) on one of my presses to insure that the primer drops into the primer slide when the slide is at rest. This sounds like the same action that benos had to take.

My current production gun is a Sig 226 out of a Blade-Tech dropped & offset holster. --and Yes, I do have a Glock 35 w/ trijicons and an Arizona Response Systems modified grip for sale.

I use a typical inner/outer belt system with a Blade-Tech dropped & offset holster. I use 3 blade-tech single mag holders and a double mag holder for the 4th & 5th mags.

In my opinion, production shooters are slower than L10 shooters because: 1) Reloads. The magazine pouch position combined with the lack of magwells tends to slow us down. This is not to say that a production shooter can't nail a reload, it is just a bit harder to do it consistently. One of my personal reloading problems is that I do not have an extended mag button on my production gun and every once in awhile, I have a hard time hitting the button. 2) Minor power factor. When each C costs you 2 points, you really have no choice but to slow down. 3) Grip. On my limited gun, I was able to modify the grip, grind the frame, replace the beavertail, and replace the trigger pad so that gun fit perfect in my hand. This helps in the draw, target acquisition, and most importantly in controlling recoil and driving the gun to the next shot. In production, you can't modify the frame at all and you can only change the grips to those offered by the factory. 4) Weight of gun. The weight of the gun can only be changed by 2 oz in a production gun. My limited gun is a long/wide frame plus a tungsten guide rod and all that stationary weight helps me control the gun. Production shooters are not always slower than L10. Sevigny's Glock trigger is 100% stock, but that doesn't slow him down at all. Remember, Dave Sevigny did win one stage outright at the FGN (beating all the L10 guys as well as the production guys)