Eric802

True. I had to download mine to around half capacity before it was practical to seat with a closed bolt.

Yeah, I'd be pretty happy with those as well. You must just be overthinking it when you're practicing at home.

Compete with a 92fs. Usually carry a Hi-Power, sometimes a Ruger LCP, occasionally a G19.

I haven't, I've just tried the small rifle. I bought them back in the day because they were available and because they were getting a good reputation for accuracy (I believe David Tubb was using them).

There is nothing difficult about engraving aluminum with a diamond-tip Dremel bit. You need to get out more if you've "never heard" of anyone else doing that. It'll blow your mind to find out that I also did the Form 1 suppressor that I built. I'm well aware of the legal depth and letter size requirements.

So now Glocks are single action?

I spent 5 minutes engraving my SBR’d lower with a Dremel. May not look the best but I’d guess that no one at the range has ever even noticed.

I’ve used both Tula and CCI primers with H335 with 100% reliability.

I'm shooting a stock 92fs in Production right now using a couple of USGI mag pouches and a dual-mag holder that came with a Springfield XD9. Definitely make-shift, but I haven't had any problems running 4 mags on my belt and one in the gun to start. Santa might be bringing me a cheap competition belt and mag holder setup off Amazon, though. Like you, I"m not interested in modifying my gun much or adding calibers, so Production is the place to be. Not many of us shooting Berettas, though.

I’m up in Plano; check out the Collin County USPSA matches at Mission 160.

Not as many as I would've expected; I've had a couple occasions where the round would get hung up at a 45 degree angle going from the mag into the chamber, but that's been unusual. I definitely do not have enough rounds through the system to offer very strong opinions on reliability yet.

And that bullet-puller type action is exacerbated by the heavy bolt in the blowback Foxtrot Mike upper. There's a weight in the bolt that makes it considerably heavier than a standard AR BCG.

A good many of the pistol braces out there now "look" like stocks. Unless it's a registered SBR, though, you've got a pistol with a brace (or a felony).

My PCC has a Foxtrot Mike upper, and they don't really have any kind of feed ramp. Works fine with Endomags. They kind of have a ramp built into them.

Most quality HP ammo is designed to expand in a given range of velocities. Find out what that is for your ammo of choice and reload to that velocity. I found that 147gr Gold Dots would expand reliably at 1000fps; I worked up a load for them at that velocity, and I'm confident they'll work as intended.

Caught my eye as well. 117 PF.

Went through it a decade ago with my oldest being your son’s age. It truly sucks, no getting around it. It does get better, though. Hard to see it now but it will.

That was my attitude about Sons of Anarchy when it started going bad (season 3? 4?). Figured I’d already invested this much time into it, might as well see it through. Walking Dead, I quit on that much sooner. There seemed to be a point a few seasons in where it just got gory for the sake of being gory. I think I stopped watching around when Rick killed the guy who was his former partner, can’t remember his name. Then I think they ended up at a prison, and that’s the last I remember. Hard to believe it’s still on.

If you're not set on using Glock or Colt mags, you can use Endomags. https://www.meanarms.com/products/detail/endomag-9mm

I’m new to USPSA. I walk the stages, I listen to how more experienced shooters are planning the stage, I come up with a plan. When I hear “Stand by...”, I try to stop thinking about it. I can’t plan it any better at that point. All I try (without “trying”) to do is just be still and wait for the beep. I’ve practiced my draw enough that I don’t have to think “Grab the gun, release the retention, bring it up...” etc. I “try” to just have a blank moment before the beep triggers action. Just ordered “Zen mind, beginners mind”. Interesting topic I’m wondering how I can apply it to work (litigation/management).

With only two matches under my belt it's not a stretch to say pretty much everyone is a better shooter than I. At my first match I squadded with a few people who I was told were very friendly and very helpful to new shooters, and they absolutely were. I think for my first match that was exactly what I needed. For my second match I was about to squad with them again, but then I looked and I would've been the only person in the squad shooting Production. I switched to a different squad that had more Production shooters, including an M, and it was a huge help. My HF's were higher across the board, but that may just have been because it was my second match versus my first. As far as what I was able to learn, though, I think shooting with better shooters definitely helped - especially because they were in my division, and as a newbie learning entries and exits and stage planning is a big deal. I've only shot a couple local matches in USPSA, but over 30+ years of shooting and previous competition experience I've found that generally speaking, the people you meet at the range or matches are very helpful to less experienced shooters. Shooting against better competition, IMO, can only make you better. I used to shoot highpower rifle with a couple guys who are national civilian champs and while I could never hang with them on the score sheet, what I learned from watching them was tremendously helpful.

I need very little prompting to post a pic of the boys. Hooper on the left, Murphy on the right.

Hey, neighbor - I'm in Murphy. Currently a sunny 67 in downtown Dallas.

I used to practice in front of a judge who always told jurors that the American trial system isn't perfect, but it's better than anything else. Seems like the same thing with the classifier system. I used to shoot NRA service rifle, and in that it's easier to classify shooters based on match scores - the course of fire is the same for everyone, so you're generally comparing apples to apples. If I shot 94% in a match in Illinois and a guy in California did the same, we probably had pretty similar abilities. Of course, even with that you have the "100 yard High Master" who shot all his matches on reduced targets at a 100 yard range and never had to deal with the wind or mirage at 600.

Get a classification. Based on my first couple matches, it’ll be C (Production). Get better at the fundamentals - grip, sight picture, movement. Lots of dry fire practice.