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16 minutes ago, Pasley said:
If somebody gave me 2,000 rounds of ammo I would go buy a pistol to shoot it up in if I had to. Shoot it up.
Yeah.. I was pretty lucky there.
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7 minutes ago, CHA-LEE said:
If you are not reloading yet then you are putting the cart before the horse. Don't worry so much about the ammo until you can be 100% in control of what you are using by reloading it yourself.
With you being a newer shooter I am sure there are a lot of other things to improve upon verses worrying about ammo. At your stage in the game if the ammo goes "BOOM" every time that should be good enough to get the job done.
I won't argue the cart and horse thing AT ALL!!! lol I'll just call it "looking at the big picture" vice, looking at the details.... Makes me feel better about it.. lol
That's completely understandable, I know I have tons to work on.. and worse yet.. there's the whole not knowing what I don't know thing.. I mean, with anything.. as you become more adept with something, you realize what your gaps are and can work to fill in those are far asn performance and training. there there's that stage where you haven't the foggiest what you don't know in the first place.. I'd say I'm solidly there.. BUT freely able to admit it.
So.. I very well will in all likelihood ask some asinine questions for not knowing any better! lol
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On 3/7/2017 at 2:57 PM, EngineerEli said:
I bought a used Infinity Limited gun. It supposedly had about 80k through it, based on the looks of it I believed the seller. The slide to frame fit was starting to get a little looser but not enough to be a problem. About 5-10k rounds later I noticed a crack forming at the rear of the sight tracker rib, this was more of a fitment issue than the barrel being shot out. My point is, at that point 85-90k rounds through the gun, I had Infinity properly fit a brand new barrel to my gun, and the gun has been running flawlessly since. Also, remember with a limited gun, or any iron sighted gun, or even slide mounted optic, the barrel to slide fit is way more important to accuracy than the slide to frame fit. When I got the gun back with the new barrel, the slide and barrel fit like a bank vault.
80K!!!! Wow.. it just seems so foreign to me.. lol Sounds like a bad hombre of a pistol!
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On 3/7/2017 at 2:45 PM, CHA-LEE said:
I think it really comes down to the buyers basic requirement of Fashion verses Function. If you want a gun to look awesome showing very little wear then you should be shopping for low round count safe queens. If you want a gun that functions reliably then you should be looking for well worn work horses and not really worry about the total round count because anything can be rebuilt. Its also unlikely that someone shooting north of 40K - 50K on a single blaster is going to shoot it until total failure without maintaining it or replacing parts as needed when they do fail. These heavy use guys are using their gear hard and also maintaining it appropriately for those conditions to keep it running reliably. If it didn't run reliably then it wouldn't have a high round count on it.
I purposefully do not keep track of the round count I shoot on any of my guns because there is no consistent "Life Schedule" for any individual part. I break and wear out stuff all the time. Some parts will break or wear out well before I think they should, but they get replaced just as if they lasted a long time. I simply replace parts as they break or wear out regardless of how long they lasted because I want to keep my guns in top functional order.
I would be more leery of a low round count safe queen as its reliability hasn't really been proven yet.
You can also tell which sellers are actually taking care of their stuff are not by the quality of the pictures and the details on the firearm. If someone is too lazy to take a decent picture of the firearm they are selling, then they are usually too lazy to maintain the firearm properly as well. The same could be said when you see obvious issues with the gun in the pictures. I always look for missing screws/parts, beat up parts, super dirty items and things like that which show a certain level of laziness from the seller. If the seller can't even clean up the gun to make it look presentable to sell, then how do you think it was treated before they decided to sell it?
Well put! This is another mind set change for me.. again, moving from, say, the "hobbyist" ranks, towards the competitive side.. holster rash a,d nicks and dings are going to be common.. same with high round count.
It's still very new.. so call it normalizing for me.. lol
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9 minutes ago, Pasley said:
I have used cheaper bullets for practice and didn't have any problems. In my case the plated bullets were loaded with the exact same charge and die settings as the JHP bullets. Only $30ish a thousand cheaper. The plated would have been nearly (and occasionally were) as good as the more expensive jacketed bullets but the premium bullets give me a little extra confidence for matches.
A couple weeks ago there was a guy selling some 147gr subs that were coated, and I bought a box just to try. I have to say.. those were the flattest or softest shooting rounds I've used so far. I only bought 1 box as I didn't know what to expect, and I'd like to get some more to try.. I'm still very early in the feeling out stage of this, and also figuring out more of the true practical fundamentals of shooting in general. For a while, I'm going to be limited as to what I can try, as it will have to come from something I can just go buy.
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6 hours ago, CHA-LEE said:
Using different ammo in practice verses matches can be very distracting. Being distracted by different ammo in practice is not a big deal but during a match it can have a negative impact to your performance. There is enough to be distracted by in a match without manufacturing more distractions.
Practice with exactly what you compete with. Doing so will minimize distractions and allow you to get highly tuned into your stuff in how it feels or functions.
I can get on board with this.. It's more of a thought if there was some manner of "gain" to be had is all.. I'm still at a point where I'm transitioning from a recreational shooter.. you know.. the guy who has guns.. is familiar with them.. BUt isn't all that skilled as far as technique and form.
Seems as though this hook has sunk kind of deep here, and I'm going hyper-nerd with it.. lol
I was also given a couple thousand rds of the 115 ball ammo.. and some heavier stuff to try..and I do like the softer heavy bullet. But I have this other stuff.. and I'm not a reloader at this point. So, if I can make practical use of the stuff I have, seems like it'd be a smart thing to do.
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This very well may fall into the whole "You're an idiot" area.. but I don't kow better at this point.. lol
Would there be any *benefit* to using a higher powered ammo to really work on recoil/trigger control then move to softer shooting ammo?
Say for a 9mm.. shoot a 115 gr at 1100fps round, then go to a 147gr sub round.
In my limited testing and asking.. I've found the heavier stuff way more manageable.. but if I develop the same manner of control with the 115, would that put me that much further ahead going back to the heavier bullet?
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33 minutes ago, MemphisMechanic said:
I want to watch a shooter index a muzzle EXACTLY straight down during a high speed "wrong way" turn without either bringing it one degree sloped uprange, or sweeping his own leg/foot.
(What I'm picturing in my mind is a shooter who was at the left end of a wall, and spun the long way around to his own left, in order to move to the right end of that wall. More or less a 270-degree spin.)
Your mind's eye is right.. he was at the end of the wall section.. his right shoulder basically touching the wall.. the rest of the stage was to his right. The "correct" options at that point.. move downrange to a break in the wall and move right, Or move straight back, while still facing downrange, and back around the fence section and move to the next array.. He chose to turn to HIS left (muzzle at the ground) and face *us* and walk around the fence keeping it to his left side.
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3 minutes ago, davsco said:23 hours ago, 90lxracer said:
I"m still in the process of taking both USPSA and Multi-Gun match operation in..Having not yet shot in a match.
39 posts and you haven't shot a match yet?? get in the game and start having fun!!!
I've been in equipment selection mode.. I'm going to do USPSA stuff too.. so going from nothing that really worked to have competition things have taken a bit.. I plan on hitting up a USPSA match weekend after next, and maybe the steel challenge here locally.
I now have a glock 34 that I traded for..it's just "ok" to me.. so I bought a tanfoglio and it is sitting at Jim Bodkin's to get dolled up.. working on reconfigurnig an AR I have, and still determinng which shotgun to get..
still time to get in some dry fire stuff, and gun game manipulation work.. I'm not waiting to jump in.. I'm just "off cycle" right now.. lol
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10 hours ago, L3324 said:
I saw someone do this at a match once. Everyone thought DQ but after it was talked through he wasn't DQ'd. He did scare the entire squad and there was no advantage to the maneuver. Dumb move IMO.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkIt did startle me a bit! lol I'm sure it wasn't intentinal, and it sure wasn't going to be any manner of competitive advantage for the guy. He was an older gentleman, and mobility wasn't his strong suit, so winning wasn't something on the table regardless. But it shouldn't be an excuse to be unsafe either..
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On 8/15/2016 at 6:59 AM, scooterj said:
Here's my latest.
Who makes that safety, and slide stop and grip safety.. Those are amazing!!
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Are there "outlaw" rules that can be found? Or is that just something that's going to change from venue to venue? It's it just a rule set that's not 3 gun nation or USPSA??
Forgive my ignorance here.. lol
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Looks like it's a case of "it all depends" lol
I guess, I can somewhat refine it to a point.. I was thinking in the Limited arena..
But at 40K rds.. that's getting going??? Whew.. I guess that's a bit more reassuring.. even with buying new.. it's take me a good long while to approach that kind of rd count.
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In trolling the classifieds here I see pistols with what *I* would consider crazy high round counts.. However, I really don't have some accurate gauge as to what is approaching the end fo service life for a competition barrel, or any barrel for that matter.
What is starting to get into the threshold of "too much" and you're just buying something that would need to be rebarreled? Is it just a matter of buying a barrel and sticking it in.. or is there some manner of gunsmith fitting to get it just right?? Would that time and cost involved involved be worth it over just buying new? Yes, I know it's case dependant.. but in speaking in generalities here..
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4 minutes ago, MikeBurgess said:
Under what rule set was the match being run? please quote the rule from that rule set that would DQ the shooter.
This is one of the BIGGEST problem with most multigun matches being run as "Outlaw" matches, the only rule set is whatever the MD says they are, or even when they are published they are often incomplete and in some cases not very strict on safety issues.
I honestly don't know what rule set was used.. I was a casual ocsever here, so I had no dog in the fight, so I didn't care one way or another. There were some "grumblings" for the rest of the squad as it happened.. but we didn't stick around to find out what the final call was on the situation.
Plus.. I don't know the difference between outlaw and whatever else ther eis out there... The question is merely more of a getting an understand of what is or isn't normal or what have you..
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10 minutes ago, Ssanders224 said:
The muzzle must break the 180 to be DQ'd.
Your body position is irrelevant.
ETA:
I took "muzzle WAS facing down" to mean downrange.
If you mean't down, as in at the ground, and the shooter spun a full 360*, then yes. It almost certainly should have been a DQ.
The muzzle was pointed at the ground.. not downrange..
That's wha tI was thinking as well.. I think the shooter just got caught up in the "fog of war" with it BUT the RO didn't stop him either.. I wasn't in the match and niether was my buddy.. so we just commented to ourselves and moved to a watching a different squad.
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I"m still in the process of taking both USPSA and Multi-Gun match operation in..Having not yet shot in a match.
So my question falls into the what I "think" should have happened here..
I went to observe a multi-gun match, and there was a competitor who in my view should have been DQ'd for a 180 violation, but to my knowledge wasn't..
The scenario:
Facing downrange, the first array is separated by a wall from the rest of the COF.. The shooter finished the array, and instead of either running forward to the hole in the fence, and moving to the 2nd array, OR backing out to maneuver around the fences (this is a from left to right movement) The shooter spins left, turing a 360 to keep the fence to his left side. muzzle WAS facing down.. so there was at least that.. but he was not stopped, and allowed to finish the stage. After watching that.. My buddy and I just left that area and watched another squad.. I don't know if the shooter was DQ'd after or what.. But I guess my question, or thought is; shouldn't he ahve been stopped and DQ'd right there?
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14 minutes ago, bsand said:
I was kicking myself for not getting the rig in a kit. I got the same items now just paid a bit more than I would have If I got that set and I'm still down one mag pouch.
Get your safety check (if your area/section requires one, mine did) and go get into your first match. I shot my first uspsa after putting maybe 10 mags thru my carry gun? Couldn't hit a broad side of a barn but boy did I ever have fun!
Then the lust set in and I got me a true competition gun Cz 75 sp-01 shadow custom from Czc. Now I've gone further and getting into Carry optics. I'm seriously thinking why didn't I get into uspsa earlier.
I instead went into PRS which, is the biggest money pit ever. I've got well over 10k on one rifle lol. That's like my uspsa budget for 2-3 years !
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As stupid as this may sound.. all of this ends up being an economy of scale. In a way.. I'm not really proud to say.. coming from, and still seriously involved in drag racing.. the pistol stuff is *inexpensive* by comparison.. my one glaring case.. I had spend 35K getting an engine done.. At the time it was a VERY trick piece.. only to have it expire on the dyno, destroying it, having never made a pass..
Before it died.. lol
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This is quite the eye opener. Well said Cha-Lee.
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Well.. I pulled the "pulled the trigger" ( sorry for the lame pun) in a completely different direction..
I decided to shoot limited.. which will most closely fall into the type of pistol I can use in 3 gun, and bought the witness elite limited yesterday.
I would think the same rules apply for the work on it.. for the most part considering it's SA only. I still went with a 9mm for ammo reasons.. but again.. all the reasons to go with the regular over the xtreme with this gun held true. Also, seemed like I can get this gun running well for far less than say an STI for the same division.
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On 2/22/2017 at 7:25 PM, bsand said:
That's what I did, but I started with the only gun I had which was my carry Glock 26.
Shot 2 matches, then realized this sport is for me. And went full r-tard and got a shadow custom from Czc custom shop.
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If you look at my other thread about going to observe.. I've done the same thing.. lol maybe worse..
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On 2/28/2017 at 8:34 AM, Mountbkr said:
You will be hooked after your first match even if you only spectate
Maybe the understatement of the year for me.. lol
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So to revisit this.. yes.. I've pretty much gone off the deep end I've been binge reading, researching blah blah blah.. At times I can be "Ready, Fire, Aim" with stuff.. and this may be it .. Hell.. this isn't more than a month old.. lol
Things I have bought..
1: A race rig from the Stoeger pro shop.. I saw it first hand at the match and it was one of those things that "just have sense" . So DAA belt, 5 ghost pouches, and bladetech holster and the BOSS DOH.
2: A CE range bag.. since I really didn't have a proper one
3: I traded away a vp9 that I wasn't going to use for a G34 that had warren tactical sights and 7 mags (my first glock)
4: 2 extra a glock mags (of the 7, 4 were the goofy long ones)
Then after shooting the glock.. and deciding I really didn't like it.. here's where things went sideways.. lol
5: I called Ben's pro shop again and bought a Tanfoglio Witness Elite Limited in 9mm, with 4 extra mags and holster..
I really liked the CZ's and how they handled.. and since I've settled on limited, with a transition to 3 gun with a buddy.. this "seemed" like a good move..
So.. I guess I've gone full retard..
Rounds fired in competition to date = 0
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14 minutes ago, johnbu said:
The generic common S2 with 50 bucks of springs and a couple hours polishing will exceed the Xreme trigger.
Add a 1 piece sear, bolo, titan hammer and a 2nd round of polishing.... it will be "wow" above the xtreme.
If a detail strip/ assembly doesn't make you quake in fear, then it's not worth it to go xtreme.
Fyi, many people prefer the dawson front sight with the smaller fiber.
People with large to XL gloves, prefer the Henning grip panels over the very thin Xtreme ones.
I do have some big paws... it's look weird if I didn't I'm 6'4" .. lol
I am gear nerding out a bit here.. I get it..
Help me out here a bit, and for fear of sounding like an idiot, but what's a bolo?
About all I'd be wanting, and I would imagine I could find it here or at youtube university would be what I'm polishing. I'm a gearhead at heart.. building an engine is more in my wheelhouse so to speak. But looking forward to getting into the internals of a gun like this..
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