Deaf Smith

Much thanks! So, one can get a longer barreled revolver and use either a 'V" or what I call the 'pool que' method (like you use your weak hand to hold the cue when playing pool) and your palm is on the barricade itself. And as long as the arm is not near the flash gap and the muzzle is well ahead of the fingers(!), it won't affect it. But I do suspect if I use a .44 magnum it might flip alot from my off hand when it fires! Thanks again.

Yes it's how to do it without being injured. Is it done with service size revolvers, like say a 4 inch M66 or does one have to have a longer barrel? And yes what kind of protection from the cylinder gap is needed. I'm not worried about rules of any particular game. The idea is to find a safe and very accurate way of using the revolver from a barricade type enguagment, game or for real. Thanks.

Any competition where you have to hold the pistol for a barricade. It can be NRA Action pistol, IPSC, Open or Metallic class. The idea is how to safly do it without loosing a finger or worse. Thanks!

Guys, I'm looking for technques on how to hold a revover barrel with a gloved hand on barricade shooting. Techniques and equipment (like what kind of glove.) Thanks.

One of the best things about 9mm is CHEEP AMMO. And cheep ammo translates to skill (as long as you practice right.) Reloading is a big hassle to some and others just don't have space to put up a press like a Dillion. I know in IPSC minor cal. is much harder to win with (when I shot IPSC back in 1990 or so, I made class 'A' using a P-35. Once I hit 'A' it was very hard to win against the good .45 men. Just one slip and ops....) It's just the socre/time thing with the power factor makes misses more expensive. In IDPA it's not so bad. ESP is the 9mm/.40 1911 guns (mines a Springfield Armory 9mm) and the scoreing is set up to force more accuracy. So minor cal. does not hurt so much.)

If this is gunkid, as he claims, he would not bother with optics as his day was before optics were used. But that's just what he claims. Since he talks about Fowler and Dalton knowing him, and gunkid was supposed to be in the slammer for something like 15 years, well I doubt this is gunkid. Still a troll, but not gunkid. Deaf

Guys, I will do the deed this weekend or so. I have a friend and he shoots a Glock 34 while I shoot a 17 (actually a PAIR of 17!) This is exactly what I want. If it works well, then without touching a spring or changing the connector bar, I will do the same thing to my carry Glocks! Thanks. Deaf

Do any of you know how, or know a web page that shows how, to polish the glock trigger internals for a better pull? I'm trying to make a better pull than the stock trigger without going to a 3 1/2 lb connector (might to that to!) Thanks in advance!

I to chamfer the extractor star on my Smith and Ruger revolvers for IDPA. Never had it fail to eject .38 brass. Guess it all depends on how much you take off.

Well, I have to say, for a 'James Bond' style movie, I like it better than James Bond (it was cleaner, even with the tattoos.) The wheelgun thing was kind of hokie, but it did show how you could change ammo types quickly (but you would have only a few shots of each type!) I would have just prefered a plain old P-35, but then, the show was Xtream!

I doubt they will check the dates all that close. Guess you could bring.. uh.. 90 x 4 360 rounds and 4 guns and have at it. Or, use one gun in two classes, like a stock Glock in both SSP and ESP. I have been told that is quite legal. All you have to do is make the score in ESP and that is lower than the one in SSP for any rateing. Funny thing is, you can refuse to accept a score if you are already rated. Say you are Master class, and you goof it, and come out as an Expert, you can refuse it and keep your Master rateing.

Guys, Do you know of any LEO's that have become top ranked champions in action or IPSC or IDPA shooting? I know John Pride was one. Bill Jordan and Charles Askins (along time ago) were big competators. Even Ayoob has been in many chapionships. Any others? Thanks, Deaf

Guys, Do you know of any LEO's that have become top ranked champions in action or IPSC or IDPA shooting? I know John Pride was one. Bill Jordan and Charles Askins (along time ago) were big competators. Even Ayoob has been in many chapionships. Any others? Thanks, Deaf

Duane, Try a Glock 17 Plus 2 mag for your spare. I find the 'stick' much easier to reload into my 26 than anything else, and the good part is pre-ban Glock 17, NFL mags are not as expensive as others. The same system works for Glock 27s and Glock 22 magazines. My Glock 19 mags are reserved for my Glock 19!

Is the guide rod rule, that is no guide rod material may be used except one of the same material, still in effect? My Glock 17 has a stainless steel one, and I am thinking the state and national match guys might get picky. Thanks for any help.

I have and use a AACK unit for my Glock 17. The only fault I can see is the fact the unit is made out of aluminum and as a result, does not 'feel' like a Glock (if you think a Glock is light, put an aluminum slide on it! It has it's place, but nothing really takes the place of using the competition gun with competition ammo!

There is a way around this. Just make the head of the target the only exposed portion of the target. Or, supprise, HALF a head at 10 yards. Might even have two or three such targets on one stage. In fact, that sounds like a good stage to design.

Maybe it came from this: The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Bobby Knight, College Basketball Coach Another one I thought was good was: If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times. - Dean Smith Oh, and the funniest: "If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no point in making them." - Anonymous Deaf

Ron, Do you know who made that quote? That's a very good saying. In fact, the more I think about it, the more truth I see in it! Deaf

Ron, Deaf Smith was Sam Houston's chief scout during the Texas Revolution. He served from day one to the end of the war. He fought in just about every engagement (except the Alamo, of course) they had with the Mexicans. His party is the one that found Mrs. Dickinson after the fall of the Alamo. He is also the one who captured Santa Anna. That's one heck of a bio! No, I am not a gunsmith. Nor hard of hearing. Unfortunately, at a few other boards I have run into Gunkid, who does his best to ruin boards. My apologies if I sound a bit irritated with him. Deaf

Gunkid, Brian knows who I am. So does Stephen Camp. Question is, do you still say you are John Davis? Deaf

Being able to shoot several types of common guns (rifle, shotgun, or pistol) has the advantage that if your gun breaks, or lost, or stolden, and all you can find is a DA or DAO or SA or pump/lever/auto/breakopen/etc... it will be no great handicap. Kind of like learning motorcycles, standard transmissions, double clutch, driving tractors (John Deere makes both 'automatic' transmissions and standard.) One would do well to have a broad experience base. Never know when it may come in handy. As for the KISS principle, it only goes so far.

My Glock 17 use to drag mags alot. So, I stripped the gun down to the frame and cleaned it thing out! Cleaned all the parts I had taken out, especially the mag release. Now the gun works perfect. Drops every time. Deaf

TheItlianStalion, And that is why I prefer a good sight picture when shooting if at all possible. The different platforms make unsighted fire 'iffy' except for your most favorite guns. I have found Smith revolvers I have to cock my wrist a bit downward for unsighted fire, Colt revolvers I have to cock the wrist upwards, 1911s have their own wrist settings! But sighted fire is much easier to master from gun to gun. If one will have any problem, it will be the DA to SA transition one will encounter with such as Smith, Sig, Beretta, and such SA/DA autos. But even that is not all that difficult. Thing is, in IDPA and IPSC one usually have several targets, so unsighted fire will actually slow you down as you will have to shift from it to sighted fire for the longer shots, so no reason to even use it. Deaf

Quote: from Million Mom on 5:02 pm on Dec. 17, 2002 I want that safety to disengage the instant that the gun starts on its forward journey. I doesn't take a kid anything like 5000 steps to be able to walk. There's going to be some people who learn something just fine, in 1/10th the time that others need, and some are never going to learn it at all. It sure never took me anything like 5000, (or the 3000 reps that I believe I've seen you qhote in the magazines) to make my blocking, kicking or striking reflexive in tkd. Also, there are still the other issues of differences in "feel', having to THINK about reload-timing with the revolver, line of recoil, letting that long reset of the trigger take place, etc. Basically, there's no GOOD reason to bother with the revolver at all, now that Kahr's PM compact polymer gun makes the .38 snubs look so bad, as far as concealment in a pants pocket, controlability, power, ammo capacity, reload speed, ease of carrying spare ammo, etc. Well, Gunkid, I see you are starting to use the HIGH CAPS again. When will you start using 'noone'. As for DA or SA, I see no reason to not learn both. You see, there is this law of 'diminishing returns'. That is, the more you practice at one thing the less the improvement for the amount of time used. So, over a period of time you will practice mightily and gain little. So, when that time comes, practice something else. Like DA shooting. And here is another gem. There is no guarantee you will have a SA when you need it. So, if defense is what you are so orientated for, it would seem logical to learn most action types and be very good with them. Deaf