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    Which gun for open.

    in Open Pistols

    Posted

    Having a gun that is only legal to shoot in Open is not the same thing as having a gun that is competitive in Open division.

    The things that make many guns non-competitive in Open is a trigger that is too heavy, too long of a pull, too long of a release & reset. Other things include gun overall weight is too light, ammo that creates more torque or less gas pressure at the comp, or use of a compensator that is not very efficient. Or some combination of the above.

    In general (this has been true since before the formation of IPSC in the 1970's) you want a gun with a light, short, straight-back-and-forth type of trigger. You'll find one on the 1911 pattern guns like STI, SV, Caspian HiCap, and (maybe) in a single-action-only CZ75-pattern gun.

    I've built and shot several patterns of gun in Open and when you try certain courses of fire with a competitive trigger vs non-competitive, or competitive comp & ammo vs non-competitive, the difference is striking and obvious. Other courses of fire will mask the difference. You want to be ready for the toughest course and the toughest shots. If you wait & watch you can buy a competitive Open gun in the classifieds for less than $1500, I did. My 2 cents.

    I think that's a great post.

    Mental game

    in Mental Conditioning

    Posted

    Guns, gear and gadgets, lord know I love em but [for me] the mental side of training and competition is where it's at. There is soooooo much cool stuff to consider in brain function science and psychology and how it relates to 'your' approach it's truly amazing.

    After 20+ years away from the pistol sports, I really can't wait to apply the 'mental' side of things that I've learned in my time away while competing in other sports.

    Everyone's different but I believe the mental side of training/competition is super important even for novice shooters.

    how do you stop sabotaging yourself?

    in Mental Conditioning

    Posted

    Thanks for the link to a real interesting article.......one small part:

    Interestingly, these results suggest that although almost everyone has problems with procrastination, those who recognize and admit their weakness are in a better position to utilize available tools for precommitment and by doing so, help themselves overcome it.

    Just as we're all hard-wired to think in a very bias fashion, those that are aware of it are likely to be better at critical thinking. I find/found a lot on that site that lead me to a more through study of brain function and psychology which in turn really helped me with my mental game and a MUCH better understanding of thought process in general.

    Custom Caspian from 1988 ? 45 comp gun

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    all I could tell you is, that "back in the day", Caspian made lots of single stack frames for Gun stores & Gunsmiths...

    I had some from "HO" prefix, meaning Hoffmans Gun store.

    Back in the stone age of the mid 80's I owned the first compensated gun ever built by Caspian, a 38 super with a throated barrel. Boy did it ever bulge major cases! I "farmed" a couple more together back them, 2 port comps that I don't even remember the make of. Back "then" it was more Smokey Yunick than seamless production.

    Pics would be cool.

    Why will I be unhappy with a Para P16?

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    The thing that pretty much seals the deal for can be summed up in a word, reliability.

    I know how important it is for a gun to go bang and how frustrating it is at a match when they don't. Been there done that. Even the best can malfunction but I'm not going looking for trouble.

    Now looking at a new Edge [as used ones don't grow on trees] and one of the tuned mag package deals. The stock mags will get me shooting with some $$ left over for a holster/rig, tuned mags will follow.

    Thanks for the input folks.

    Why will I be unhappy with a Para P16?

    in 1911-style Pistols

    Posted

    Plotting my return to USPSA shooting after a loooong break.

    I realize it's "to each their own" but it's clear STI Edge is a pretty common go-to gun for Limited.

    A Para P16 in .40 leaves me with some loot for a holster/rig and mags. 2K is what I have budgeted this fall and I'm a 1911 guy from way back and not really interested in other brand pistols.

    I'm not looking to light the world on fire, just ease back into shooting USPSA. Will I be kicking myself that I didn't go with an STI sooner then later?

    An option is a used STI with 4 tuned 140mm mags for 2K. But there goes the fall budget....

    Thanks for the input in advance.

    Shipping Gun Parts/mag Parts To Ca?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    Woa! Lets not go overboard here. If you ONLY ship him parts you are NOT guilty of breaking a law regardless of what he does with them later. If you are concerned called the California DOJ and ask. You will get the same answer from them......

    Thanks for tempering this. The laws are on line at :

    http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/index.html

    Later,

    Chuck

    Thanks for the info. I couldn't track down the law regarding hi-cap mag or parts. Would you know in what section of the CA firearms laws summary booklet I can find that informaton?

    Thanks

    A

    Brian Who?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    Another name from the past [for me] and still going strong now [it would appear].

    Dan Sierpina. Back when I ventured out of VT [late 80's] to MA to shoot due to the very limited amount of IPSC matchers in VT at the time, a lot of the nicest guns I saw had been built by Dan Sierpina.

    We never met but I always admired his work and now 16 years later here he is..... :)

    Toyota Tundra Or Nissan Titan?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    The Nissan Titan is assembled about 10 miles from my house, in the big city of Canton,Mississippi.

    i understand that, but the profits go back over seas.

    O.K. and that used to be a real solid distinction when American cars were all built here by American companies, and foreign cars were built elsewhere by foreign companies. Now though, I wonder what's truly better for this country's economy: Keeping the end profits here, or buying vehicles built on assembly lines here? Any economists in the house?

    Great qusetion! My 06 Dodge 3500 4x4 diesel was made in the great state of....... Mexico..... :blink:

    New Ar

    in The Gallery

    Posted

    You just gotta make sure ya find the right one. My wife [girl frield at the time] sat around a few matches bored out of her mind. I put together her own .38 stupor and she didn't mind 'wasting' weekends after that.

    Pluto

    in What I Hate

    Posted

    A system that doesn't validate everyone's system of personal beliefs and wants will probably never generate traction in the mainstream.

    Unfortunately.

    Pluto

    in What I Hate

    Posted

    Hot damn! Reality finally reigns. Pluto is not a planet. It and it's companion, Charon, are rogue pieces of the Oort cloud trapped in solar orbit.

    FWIW, Science does not nor has it ever claimed to produce perfect answers every time. Science's claim, is that it is self-correcting in the light of better evidence. We have better evidence now and Science has now corrected itself.

    And for everyone that's mad about Pluto being removed as a planet, it's beats the hell out of the alternative that the IAU came very close to approving: adding literally HUNDREDS of malformed rock/ice chunks to the list of planets.

    Are you familiar with Carl Sagens book: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark? It’s an interesting look at why people are put off by “real” science and believe pseudo science.

    Wanna-b-speedy (part 2)

    in Handgun Techniques

    Posted · Edited by ZoomZoom

    It’s seems to me that what needs to be done in order to focus on the center of the A zone and not just the A zone in general or just brown, is the ability to go from [what I call] soft focus to hard focus.

    My idea of soft focus is what I use when shooting a stage. In soft focus I’m aware of my surroundings. In hard focus I try to laser in on the very center of what I’m shooting at. When the shots are off I need to move back to soft focus to engage another target, move or clear and show empty. If I’m moving to another target, I try to hard focus for the shot [shots] and back to soft focus etc. etc etc. I find if I stay in soft focus when I shoot I’m much more likely to shoot brown then when I’m able to hard focus on the exact center of the target for a tiny amount of time.

    The more certain things are burned into muscle memory the easier it is to stay in a ‘harder’ focus while completing another task. An example would be reloading. If you don’t go into soft focus some time you may encounter trouble. An example would be moving and not paying attention [tripping/falling/missing shooting box’s etc]. to where your going because of such a hard focus on another target.

    In the rush of shooting fast it’s very easy to stay in soft focus and never really hard focus on dead center.

    Least that’s how I ‘splain’ it to myself......

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