Deaf Smith

So, rat Shjt was a troll here. Sounds like a more polite version of Gunkid. Bet they are the same person. Deaf

I have found in both IDPA and IPSC that most stages run at least 3 targets and a majority over that. As a result, speed at transitioning is more important than a fast draw. So, good hand to gun contact pays off. You will also note most stages are at a longer range than hand shaking distance, so you will in all probabilty bring your gun to eye level anyway, so hip shooting has no real value. Make sure you have the 'perfect' grip when drawing as if you do not, you will have to keep shooting with the poor grip and that will affect times and scores in either IDPA or IPSC. Deaf

Million Mom, if you were there in 78 Nationals you would have heard of John Davis. Will be keeping an eye on you. Deaf

MM, Is your AR-15 a CAR? Does it have a can attached? Deaf

Pat, This sounds awfully like Gunkid, but without the HIGHCAPS in his post. Phawk tells me he is on Libertyfront board now after being kicked off all the others. Deaf

Gunkid,, is this you 'million mom'? Deaf

Guys, Duane, I have a suspicion this is Gunkid. That is Hardin/Gunkid/Big&Bad/tobe/yessir/whatever.. the troll. The one who calls himself John Davis (which I doubt.) Supposed ex-con, dope seller, WTSHTF dreamer, etc... who has infested the boards of shooters for years. Deaf

Long time ago, when I made black belt in TKD, I was told this, "Making black belt is easy, living up to it is hard." The idea being all the lower students expected me to be good. My teacher expected me to be good, and if I wasn't I embarrassed him. And now, being a 4th black, I am expect to look good ALWAYS. If you look on Glocktalk, and my name, you will see my Avatar, and yes that is me in both pictures. I do have to live up to that. Well, I shoot expert in IDPA now, almost, just almost, in master class. At our local matches, I usually, but not always, take first over all (ok, we don't have but one master class shooter that shows up now and then.) I am 'expected' to do well (and I do, relatively speaking.) I don't look at who is first in expert, or sharpshooter, or marksman. I look only at 'first over all'. That is all that matters. This is a carry over from TKD. I am expect to do well by my own self. If I shoot crappy, I am pissed at myself cause I should not be shooting that bad (and it happens.) If you like high standards you have to push yourself to make those high standards. Oh, IDPA is fun to me cause... it is fun, at the local level. I do remember this, when I told a friend I was going to the state match in Houston, they said, "have fun, enjoy it". I looked at them and said, "Driving 300 miles is not fun. Standing in the cold all day is not fun. Being tired waiting for an hour to shoot each stage and spending a lot of money is not fun. What is fun is driving home with the trophy!" Local matches are fun for me, state and national are not. Coming home with the trophy is ALWAYS fun, regardless. Deaf

I picked up a solid aluminum barrel for my Glock 17 IDPA gun. Yes, solid. In fact, red color. Mason, I think, the one that makes chamber reamers is the manufacturer. Last night I installed it. Added a blue non-functioning weighted magazine and some others will LIVE AMMO. Why you ask? So that in the garage, I can practice as many self defense shooting techniques without ANY FEAR OF AN AD/ND! This also allows IDPA techniques to be practiced till the cows come home. This includes drawing, pivots, speed reloads, 'tactical reloads', etc... Even used 'Bob', the karate dummy, as a aiming point. No, I still will not point the gun at any living thing. That is not my way of training with weapons (except when I punch and kick people in class, then.. well....) Practiced till my arms were sore. Now do this, maybe twice a week, for months while it is cold (and still shoot and go to monthly matches) and guess how much improvement that will make. I will see. Match this weekend. So, if you wish to practice allot of techniques with full safety, I think this will help allot. Oh, the company is looking into putting a laser in the barrel and the firing pin sets the laser off for a second or 2. Not expensive as the laser does not have to take alot of shock as it would in a firing gun. The barrels are at http://www.mansonreamers.com Deaf

I have found having a shooting buddy one big asset. Now I have also found having several show up to practice not so big an asset (they yak and yak and not walk the walk.) So, you can have to many shooting buddies. Now I also do martial arts allot. And I have much harder time finding a workout buddy (but I know it would be just as beneficial as a shooting buddy.) It has to do with hard workouts. Kind of hard finding people willing to do that. Now as for a female shooting buddy.... for us married folk, that can spell trouble in River City (Male Fantasy: have the Swedish Bikini Shooting Team as you shooting buddies!) Also the skill level argument is partially right. Don't have a buddy that is WAY below you (or above you) as either you will leave them behind for advanced practice, or they will leave you behind.) Deaf

I and my shooting buddy while practicing found (or should I say tripped over) the tactic at barricades of first spotting the target, then when moving behind the barricade, keeping our eyes level with where the target, in fact the 'a' zone, will be when we lean out to shoot. This seems to help get first round 'A' hits strait out of the box. Do any of you have a better method? Deaf

Tightloop, I am with you on this. I to teach CHL and yes I have altered my habits (I do NOT buy a certian brand of car because at the car dealership they have 30.06 signs. To heck with them. Fortunatly, there are few places where I see 30.06 signs. Yes, at work we do have the signs (plus it is in the policy manuel that weapons are prohibited.) But, I can say I work in a very very friendly environment where I can even see my car from my window (first floor at that.) The only things I hope to see changed in the laws of Texas are: clarify the no-gun signs as being meaningless to CHL holders, allow CHL holders to carry in school buildings (as long as they have business there), allow carry at city hall or any city, county, or state owned land (with a few exceptions, like the Governers place.) Personaly, I think CHL would be like NY in the respect once you have a CHL license, you can carry just about anywhere. We will see. Deaf

No perfect gun, just as their are no perfect shooters. Perfection is not part of being human. Deaf

Actually, Smith & Wesson and Ruger DID offer 6 shot 9mms. I have seen their K frame 6 shooter. Looks like a M64, but in 9mm (4 inch HB and 3 inch offered.) Ruger also made their Speed Six and Service Six in 9mm (I use to have a Speed Six in 9mm, wish I had kept it as it would be perfect for IDPA.) Deaf

Attaboy Bill, I am expert rated in IDPA with a Ruger Speed Six 2 3/4 inch in .38. I fully agree. Use a medium .38, good Safariand or such speedloaders and practice like heck! When I carry my wheelgun for CCW, I carry a M64 2 inch .38 (stainless Smith M10). Most of the time I carry a Glock 26, but the M64 was my second carry gun (the first being a Smith M640 in .38 spl.) Deaf

Outstanding guys! I must have 10 comments, from not only this thread, but the two others mentioned. Plus some drills. The vidio camera sounds good (our camera is obsolete, bought it 10 years ago, now this Sony would not even get 10 bucks in a pawn shop!) Also the water glass trick and air-soft guns (but I have my AACK .22 unit, so that will sufice.) Might try this. I have a rubber gun (from karate disarming practice) I mounted a laser pen on (by drilling a whole in the trigger guard and using a staple to keep it aligned. Added Glock plastic sights to the top. I used it indoors, aiming at light swithes, but one cannot run fast in the house! And outdoors, unless it is dark, one cannot see the red laser light. So, it has limited uses. Thanks, I have cut and pasted your suggestions and will try them out on the range. Deaf

Outstanding guys! I must have 10 comments, from not only this thread, but the two others mentioned. Plus some drills. The vidio camera sounds good (our camera is obsolete, bought it 10 years ago, now this Sony would not even get 10 bucks in a pawn shop!) Also the water glass trick and air-soft guns (but I have my AACK .22 unit, so that will sufice.) Might try this. I have a rubber gun (from karate disarming practice) I mounted a laser pen on (by drilling a whole in the trigger guard and using a staple to keep it aligned. Added Glock plastic sights to the top. I used it indoors, aiming at light swithes, but one cannot run fast in the house! And outdoors, unless it is dark, one cannot see the red laser light. So, it has limited uses. Thanks, I have cut and pasted your suggestions and will try them out on the range. Deaf

Today, I and some IDPA friends were practicing. We practices speed reloads (by putting only one round in each of the magazines and reloading from slide lock and shooting as fast as we could accurately shoot.) We also practiced shooting on the move. Catch is, we did the baby step moves, tried the shuffle, a form of side steeping, and then, on a lark, I just ran as fast as I could. The targets were 5 yards away, and we ran parallel to the target stands. Well, did not shoot half bad. First time around, shooting on shot per target (3 targets), got C zone type hits on all three. But after 2 runs, started getting all A zone (or 5 point zones depending on which target we fletched from the garbage bin.) Now the question. Any one here experiment with running fast while shooting? Any technique to be more accurate? Deaf

Been there, done that!

I have my Glock 34 set up with Heinies Slant pro Strait 8's (it is the house gun, with M3 tactical light and a 19 round Glock mag. Add Cor-Bon 115s and it will do the job!) Yes, just get a bit of lock-tite and the right wrench. Not a hard job at all. Deaf

No, no alterations were done to the Lightning Strike striker or Glock in any way. Just dropped in the striker. The front portion of the striker has a grove made from striking the firingpin lock plunger. Buildup of lead debries from shooting over time filled the grove and made the striker wedge into the firingpin lock plunger. That causes slamfires. I have a Glock 19 with the same setup (it is my backup competition gun) and intend today to examine it, and if the striker is ok, transfer it to the Glock 17 (my main competition gun) and put in the old origional Glock striker in the 19. Sure glad it did not slamfire either on the IDPA range, or at home loading it (but it is NOT my carry gun, that is another Glock 19 (new model) and a Glock 26. Both with origional equipment condition (except for real good sights). Deaf

Ok, Here is the rest of the story. First, my gunsmith friend says the stripper bar is ok, as the front is NOT worn, so it was made that way. NOW... The whole reason I questioned the Glock was it went fully auto. Yep, rat-tat-tat. Scared the ... well it did not go that far as I have shot sub-guns and one .45 that along time ago went fully on me to (inproper installed thumb safety.) Well, we took the Glock 17C appart. Along time ago, I had enstalled a Lightning Strike fireing pin (I should say had it installed, as until about a month ago, I never took the insides out of a Glock, even if I have been shooting them for many years!) The firingpin had worn off the front side where it can collide with the firingpin lock plunger. Seems between the grove it made in the titanium firingpin filled up with lead and gunk. It jammed the plunger in the lock mode while the pin was in the forward position (in other words, slam fire.) Boy was that fun. I was shooting left handed for weak hand practice. My 17C has a Brilly barrel as IDPA does not allow ported barrels, but I use one glock for both IPSC and IDPA. Well, back to the old reliable FACTORY glock firingpin. Deaf

Ok, now the strange part. My Glock 17, being an older one, seems to have alot of wear along the bottom of the slide where the metal presses against the ammo. That is, the piece of metal that moves the bullet into the chamber. The front part is fine, but the back part slopes as if it was worn. My other glocks have that piece of metal level, no slopeing. Does your Glocks have any slopeing of the rear portion of the slide that rubs against the bullets in the magazine? Deaf

I have been told by others that the aluminum cases used by CCI wear more than brass. Both on the extractor, and underneath the slide. Has anyone here ever experience such problems with CCI Blazer ammo? They say the aluminum cases are 'harder' and thus are much harder on the parts. Rumor? I say this because at Acadamy Sports and sometimes Oshmans, I get 9mm CCI Blazer ammo for $3.99 a box of 50! Now think about this. The cost of ammo, over time, can be more than the gun. And the difference in price at THAT price, would make it very attractive.

It worked... it worked... it worked!! Ran like a charm. We had the two twisters, popper, and a swinger as envisioned. Even pasted cutout guns and cellphones on the twisters and swinger. Had each shooter run through it 3 times. That was called 'Dymanic1', now I am working on 'Dynamic2'. Going to add a mover.... and maybe, if I have it manufactured by then, my 'peeker'. The 'peeker' is a regular IDPA target on a stand that will swing up, from behind a short barricaded, then drop back down to the ground (again, with either a cell phone, gun, knife, or purse velcroed to it). I picked up the idea from a website that had one that, using a weight that would drop off once the target went vertical, works as I want it to. So, soon we will ALWAYS have a stage where everything moves, and a very serious snap decision will have to be made as to who-is-whom (yes, a few did shoot the cell-phone guy, and a few hesitated and waited to long for the twisters and thus got no shots off.) I am sure they hate that.... Deaf