90lxracer
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Do you guys run them?? This is strictly for 3 gun platforms..
If so. why? If not.. why not??
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So.. it's pretty much everything.. lol
I have a rifle that I can use.. and am piecing together parts for another.
As far as comp.brakes go, i have one of those M4-72's and the concussion on that joker does take some getting used to. I was wondering what else might be out there that's effective, BUT doesn't leave you huffing gunpowder as much?
Trigger: what's the benefit of the flat? OR single over 2 stage? I have a geissele 2 stage national match in my gun now.. but for the new one? I was think about the geissele 3g, but I'm seeing the hyperfire 24c, and also the ar gold.. has anyone shot all three? Which do you like, and why?
Recoil: hydraulic over say the JP SCS? Why or why not?? for the new gun, I've got a luth AR deal.. if that would make a difference..
Gas blocks.. What adjustables are out there that offer great performance for value? in Ti... are thos SL7's worth the cash?? I'm going to be running a stretch 16 barrel, and a faxon lmos bcg for this build.
Thanks!!
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on closer inspection seeing the shell catch.. ah.. yeah.. I was a bit retarded there.. lol
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Ok.. First I feel like a fool asking this.. but.. I'm going to ask anyway.
I have a versa max that's all tricked out for 3-gun. I have my dummy loads.. Am I missing something as far as a quick and practical way to download this thing after practicing loading it up?
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On 3/31/2017 at 10:57 AM, stumpyv8 said:
I'm the Brit!
The caddies I had on my belt were from http://www.kingcompetitionproducts.com while my friend had caddies from www.ezload.co.uk
Simply put, it doesn't matter whether you load with your weak or strong hand, which hand is it? That's the caddy you want (as 12bravo said)
The reason they are different is to do with the offset of the shells, allowing the cartridges to be as close to each other as possible while preventing the rims of the cartridges from catching on each other by making sure the 1st pair are lower than the 2nd.
(The logo was a Cobra. Not relevant to the caddies in any way what so ever but I thought it best to put your mind at ease ?)
HEY!!! How's it going?!? Yup.. it was a Cobra.. lol
My buddy ordered us a set of 1 each of the wide 8s' from EZload. Hopefully they'll be here in the not too distant future. I'm not sure how long it takes to get here. We were talking about it for a good part of the day after seeing them.
Thanks for the info, and it was great talking with you guys at the match!!
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On 3/29/2017 at 10:12 AM, theKenny said:
OP since they were brits
Could the company be
http://www.kingcompetitionproducts.com/product/12/msh4g4-king-assm28-rig-for-28-shells
They have other products but this is the only company that comes to mind fo specifying which hand.
I honestly don't remember.. and I'm really trying to think of the logo they had on their shirts.. But what had me a bit thrown I guess, is *IF* you can cant the caddies on the belt.. wouldn't that negate the whole left/right thing??
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My buddy and I are collecting gear to start down the 3 gun path, and we went to a match and there were these British guys there and they had these pretty slick shell caddies. For the life of me I can't remember the name at the moment.... ANYWAY.. They looked like they made a lot of sense in design and function and they were trying to get and said they'd try and send my buddy (Still active military) a discount code to order some. They did, and he was ordering and this is where the question comes in..
When he was looking, they had caddies labeled or designated as left or right handed??? I didn't see it, but he was saying, from the pics on the website there was no real discernible difference berween them.. but to try and cover bases order each of us one each..
Please correct me if I'm wrong... but wouldn't this be like have a left and right sock?? lol Is there a difference/distinction in this case? Seems like there could be if they're making a point on the website to say as much... Since you still need to buy a mounting system for these things.. does it really even matter??
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You were mentioning you were using prototype. So general availability, and maybe retailers that may stock it to see one first hand? Also.. reports on whether daytime brightness was addressed..
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subscribing for some results.. more info..
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47 minutes ago, Sarge said:
At a level II you will be expected to fully understand the process. Staff generally has to turn and burn shooters to keep the match moving. Shooters need to do their part in it too. Be ready when you are up, plenty of mags, have a stage plan, know how your gun works, have good ammo, etc. you generally can't expect help from RO's like you do at locals as a new guy.
The worst I have seen is a babes with bullets clinic in conjunction with a state match. A ladies gun jammed and she looked at me and said I have no idea what to do.
Basically an entire squad of new shooters at a level II. Sorry, not the time or place for that.
That makes perfect sense, and I guess that was going out of the realm I was even thinking. In your context there, I completely agree.. thoe ladies weren't ready or able to compete. So maybe new people who are absolutely familiar with their chosen weapon may fall into the ready to compete, but may not be able to compete due to skill level. But again, I guess that's why there's the class structure. So, in my mind.. ready to compete is ; a solid understanding of the rules, and procedures, and given weapon. Where able to compete falls into having a chance to win your class. So a new person who is ready would be fine..and as I see it, wouldn't be a bad deal to go somewhere to see what it takes to shoot at a high level beyond a local club match. It could be an eye opener as to how to reset a goal structure.
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6 hours ago, Eureka1911 said:
Just curious how most clubs handle new shooters. Not talking about totally new people to shooting, but new to USPSA.
Do most clubs do, or want, an orientation or are they OK with a new guy showing up? My local club wants me to watch 1 match before having me actually shoot. I'm ok with that since I'm a total unknown to them. But will other clubs also require this? I want to travel to some nearby matches at different clubs as time allows.
I'm hoping that once I have a match or 2 under my belt locally they'll be receptive to new blood.
I'm still crazy green... and this was the course I took I went out to a match and watched. Introduced myself to a few people and they quickly set out to give me the "ins & out" of rules and etiquette (pasting, scoring, teardown) and I listened and took part. So when I showed up at the next match to shoot, I felt much better about the whole understanding of the process, I still let the folks know that this was my first match to shoot and people seemed very understanding.
Would it be the same at a level 2? Is a shooter expected to know the process??
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9 minutes ago, firewood said:
You can shoot all As and still do poorly if you are slow. But for your first outing I think you did well. Probably better than I would have if I were there!
This is true.. and thank you! Really, I was basically walking between shooting positions. Maybe a light trot.. I was FAR more concerned with being safe.. muzzle awareness in relation to me, the 180, and finger off the trigger to really try and build a head of steam between shooting spots.
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Memphis-
Thanks for the guideline!! It's something to shoot for and also improve upon. Honestly, and this may sound bad, I'm a bit shocked I didn't have more misses and deltas.. lol
But I don't know if it's just me.. it seemed like time slowed down a bit as I was shooting. I would dare say I could call a shot.. but I thought to myself "trigger pull" after sending a couple misses at a mini popper or two. I could kind of tell in my haste that I was pulling left.. I readjusted my finger on the trigger and *ting* down it went.
I think I'm still a bit on a post match high... lol
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I finished 71st out of 99 and there were 6 DQ's.
Now that I can sort..
I was # 23 out of 35 shooting limited, and #8 out of 18 shooting limited minor.
Not bad considering zeroing my start.. and I think stage 1 is being thrown out.. it was kind of funky, and unclear about what the 180 was.
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1 - Stage 1 20 43.38 58.5642 99 2.4918 39.73 Limited U MINOR PENDING 14 0 8 5 0 0 0 2 - It's Not Bra 19 0.00 0.0000 3 0.0000 7.39 Limited U MINOR PENDING 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 - Stage 3 23 49.01 71.0624 137 2.7953 49.01 Limited U MINOR PENDING 26 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 - Stage 4 23 50.86 73.7440 131 3.0380 43.12 Limited U MINOR PENDING 22 0 7 0 0 0 0 5 - Stage 5 23 39.07 62.5079 150 2.6610 56.37 Limited U MINOR PENDING 27 0 5 0 0 0 0 -
54 minutes ago, firewood said:
Scores
You should check the web site of the club where the match was held to see if that is where the scores are posted. If they used practiscore or some other online registration service then scores might be there also. Some send out emails with results. If they used manual (paper) scoring then it might take a few days for the results to be posted.
So in other words, it depends.
They were using Practiscore. So would it then be a matter of looking the club up? All the scores were being tallied on nooks...
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57 minutes ago, firewood said:
Yes.
Where I'm at in general (NE PA) and in particular the club I belong to (but not exclusively) is probably as close to action handgun match heaven as you can get. Within a reasonable drive there are various types of matches literally every weekend, usually several to chose from and some during the week in the evening. The weather is really sucking right now but hard to believe the first match that I intend to shoot for the season (PA Steel League) is only 2 weeks away. Some of the big sanctioned matches (section 8 championship, East Coast Steel Challenge Championship and others) which are not cheap to enter, sell out fairly early. I'm BTW not that good at this so I don't go to the big matches.
Again I'm a piker but my plans for this season are at this point between steel (of various types), USPSA, IDPA and maybe a few wildcats is to shoot in about 22 matches that I'm almost certain to attend, more possibly. Plus in addition to dry fire I want to hit the range at least twice/week once the weather breaks. I want to start taking this whole thing a bit more seriously this year but I really need to narrow my focus. Still, I'm in it for mainly for fun and as long as I shoot a clean match and don't come in dead last I'm ok. I've been DQed and it's not a pleasant experience. To be honest it took a while for me to recover from the shock and to regain some semblance of personal confidence.
Not sure if you mentioned it but hopefully your handloading your ammo.
I'm in NoVA.. I'm actually about 10 min away from Quantico. I just joined the club there and it loks like there's at least 2 matches a month. Steel Challenge, and USPSA, there's also multi-gun which is what started this whole thing for me.. A Navy buddy said he wanted to start doing that.. and I thought.. sure why not?! lol It was Hi-Power jack I believe that mention starting on the pistols.. thanks Jack!! I'm digging it for sure!!
As of now.. I'm not reloading.. but I think that's going to have to change in pretty short order. I think I'm going to buy a couple thousand rounds and work through that, then hopefully I'll figure out more weights and things. Maybe get a 40cal upper and shoot limited major?? It's all still very new.. but sinc eI have access and matches almost within walking distance.. I see things progressing quickly.. lol
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5 minutes ago, firewood said:
If you had fun and didn't get DQed for a safety violation then that is all you can ask for first time. I guess the next thing is, after the dust settles, is are you still excited about the next match? I wouldn't think about your score. When your at the bottom you have no where to go but up.
BTW we have 2' of snow on the ground here.
Very excited actually... There's another match closer to me tomorrow that I was passing up because I was going to go to the track with my buddy and help him with his car.. but the weather isn't looking great... so he called it.. and I looked at getting in another match! lol I looked and it seems that it's full... whammy..
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I can't get a damn pic to load..
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So, it was roughly 40 degrees, kind of damp as it had rained the night before and below is what greeted me as my 1st ever stage in USPSA.. Results are in the title.. lol At least I didn't hit a no shoot! lol To my defense a bit.. I was told it was a tough on in general to start with.. So being cold and full of nerves.. I didn't hit crap!! lol
The rest of the day went well, I guess.. After a stage I don't think could have been any worse. I calmed down.. the day warmed up, and I think all things considered I did ok. I surprises a coupld folks when I told them it was my first ever match. From one gentleman, I got a "REALLY?!?!? I thought you've been doing this for a couple years! You're doing really well!" Which he very well may have been saying that.. lol But I was kind of hyper aware of a couple things.. 1: Not trying to push and over speed 2: That even in doing #1I wasn't holding up the flow of the squad.
Needless to say I had a great time.. didn't get DQ'd, and got to play all day. I will be continuing down this path for sure! One thing... I have zero idea of what my score is.. How do I go about looking that? I know it's not all that important right now.. but I'd still like to see how things shook out. It is a benchmark.
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limited minor it is.. makes it easy.
finished up some dry fire stuff.. some reloads. .. now it's time to get ready for a day of fun.
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As I sit here and kind of going over my gear, chamber checking the rounds for tomorrow. I am ready to have a good time punching holes in targets.
I do have a question.. It's division.. I have a glock 34 for now. I do have a mag well for it, but beyond that it's stock. Would it make more sense to leave it on there.. and load up the mags and shoot limited minor. OR just take the magwell off.. load up 10 per mag and shoot production?
I have no delusion that this will be nothing more than going out and getting a feel for the process. But I've been told that going limited will take some of the dynamics out of it be being able to load to max capacity and just go for it and not worry too much about reloads.
Since this is just a exercise, and test to see how things go.. why not work the reloads in "game conditions"?
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22 hours ago, ryridesmotox said:
Seriously it's always something... My rear sight came loose right before the last classifier. The time before that, front sight came loose. Before that, had a magazine get stuck randomly even though all of mine have always dropped free... No explanation and it never did it again. And before that it was reliability problems that have since been ironed out with my current setup. Rofl
That MEME is hilarious!!!
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And done...
Basically an entire squad of new shooters at a level II. Sorry, not the time or place for that.
Ammo for shooting limited at Majors
in USPSA/IPSC Shooting
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Please excuse my ignorance.. but what is "Glock'd Brass"?
Obviously brass shot through a glock.. but what do these pistols do differently to the case than any other pistol?