robchavous
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I picked up a FART from a buddy last year and it's been a great change from tumbling in dry media.
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I bought a Government 9mm that was modified by GP Arms in TN to have similar features to the Trophy. It's a great minor gun. I've also got a stock Government 45 I've played with in IDPA.
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Haven't messed around in IDPA much, but I did make Master in CCP a few years ago at our state match. I'm going to shoot CDP at it this year and see if I can bump up for that too.
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2 hours ago, DeepFried said:
gen 5 had material removed under the MOS plate and elsewhere around the inside of slide. You can see comparing them or vs a g17.
34 weights .55oz more than 17. Bare slides, gen 5. Based on my own measurements.
g34 weighs more all said and done with extra barrel length.
as mentioned previously, they are very similar to me. Nothing that’s going to make or break the scores.
It all comes down to preference. Is it wildly different no, I'd likely shoot about the same with either. I've always thought 5" 9mm felt a little sluggish, but when Prod was life I just dealt with it. Now with dot guns the slightly shorter ones seem to work better for me. Glock 17, 4.7" Lockwood 320, 4.25" Prodigy.
YMMV
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16 hours ago, MoNsTeR said:
34 slide is the same weight as the 17 slide, that's what the cutout is for. If you think the slide moves slower it's an illusion / confirmation bias.
Gen 5 34s don't have the cut out.
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I found I like my 17mos over my 34 as far as a dot gun goes. Prefer the slide speed.
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No big change in participation locally. Maybe a few more, but still 10 or less. Shooting it wasn't all that different. Go to the positions and shoot the things.
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5 minutes ago, rowdyb said:
I hate to admit but I forgot about that.... I think back to when I started in 2012 and yeah, if you wanted a 9, minor division Prod was it effectively. No pcc, no CO, no one really liked 9 minor in SS then, even fewer shot minor in Lim.... I keep forgetting the shift that happened before this shift. But this is me just talking out loud....
Yeah in the peak of Production it was the only place to play if you wanted to shoot 9 without some sort of a disadvantage. This almost certainly inflated the participation numbers. -
A few locals here signed up for our match this coming weekend as Prod. We'll see how it goes. I shot a few locals using ipsc prod rules in Limited a few years ago to prep for IPSC Nats. It's not all that different. I doubt we'll see any sort of grand resurgence. Once Prod lost the monopoly as being the only minor only division it's numbers tanked. Even if all new shooters with iron sight guns go from A fudgecicle nobody but a few crayon chewers and winder likkers want to Prod now I doubt it'll move the needle much.
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It's just representative of a market shift. General gun owners have little to no interest in 40. Most LEO agencies are moving away from it. Major manufacturer's like Sig aren't even making guns for it anymore.
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It'll mostly just boil down to preference. They'll handle slightly different, but the shorter one shouldn't put you at any sort of disadvantage. I've recently picked up one of each to play around with.
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Limited is usually the catch all for new people if you're shooting irons. We've got people who are gun club members that only shoot the various matches at our club. The uspsa match is just one of those and they don't see a benefit to joining the org.
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Armory Craft
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Nice. I really like the AXG and being able to use grip panels. Just wish it had a little more heft.
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Nice. I keep adding one of these top ends to my cart whenever they come in stock, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
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Prod GM. I think I was 32-33 when I made it around 2017-18. Don't remember exactly when.
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13 minutes ago, motosapiens said:
10 real stages in a day (5 in the morning, 5 in the afternoon, or 6/4) is pretty reasonable for me. I have done 12-14 (staff shoot at classic nationals), and it seemed like a bit much for most people. Admittedly, we are doing more stuff with less people on staff day. I guess it would be cool to be able to shoot 10 stages in half a day, but it seems like that could be a long half day, which means a long full day for staff, which means they'll need to be compensated even more if you expect them to ever come back and do it again.
I don't get the whole idea of staff reset. a) I don't want my match fees to be high enough to support double the normal amount of staff, and b) resetting keeps me more involved in the match, and allows me to sneak more peaks of the stage on my way to/from resetting.
I'd encourage you to find and shoot a full staff reset match. I can almost guarantee you'll never want to shoot a major match another way. Most of the state matches in Area 6 have gone to this model. I honestly prefer working the match in this format too. You get the same ~4 people on the stage taking care of the same things in the exact same way every time. It's efficient and offers the most consistent match to all shooters.
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Staff reset match where you shoot 10 stages in half a day is ideal to me.
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The problem only seems to be prevalent with LEOs. Likely lack of training and / or maintenance of their gear is leading to this. I mean NYPD had to have Glock specially make super heavy connectors b/c the officers were ND'ing normal 5.5lbs triggers.
The simplest solution is usually the correct one and in regards to these it seems like the guns aren't magically going off for 1 subset of the population.
Also considering most of these peoples jobs / pensions are on the line if they were to admit negligence you can see why they all would want to scapegoat the equipment.
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If you exceed the specs of the plate you're more likely to strip it out. I think I have mine at 20 with a drop of VC3 on my Legions w/ SP plates.
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I've carried 19 and a 48. Sold the 48 and might go the 43x mos route.
It's really hard to beat a 19.
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The Romeo 3 Max uses the RTS2 footprint. I don't think Glock has a factory plate for that. You could buy one from CHPWS or C-More sells a plate.
As mentioned above the SRO can uses any plate with RMR footprint.
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It's all just preference. Nice thing with the 320 is you could get either grip module to try out and then just sell off the one you don't like.
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That's actually an interesting scenario. I probably would have asked to speak to the MD about that one. I feel like that would have been an easily explainable mistake.