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32 minutes ago, WaltK said:
Hello Members
New guy here. Just acquired my first da/sa pistol. What is the correct procedure for lowering the hammer after chambering the barney round.
Do I lower the hammer after the barney round and then insert the full mag or wait until the full mag is inserted? Or is it the shooter's choice?
Also relevant is whether your pistol has a decocker or not.
If it does have a decocker, you are required to use it to lower the hammer at make ready.
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2 hours ago, SteelCityShooter said:
I find the Holosun with its 32MOA circle/2MOA dot reticle to be by far the fastest to find as the big bright circle really jumps out even if you aren't perfectly aligned.
It's also the slowest for me to shoot because of how much it grabs your visual focus. 100% opposite of what I want.
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19 minutes ago, Drillbit said:
So my question is, if I had a setup with a dot and co-witness sites, would the co-witness help me to find the dot sooner?
No, they won't help. You'll be equally as slow. The dot has exposed that your draw was poor and that you were relying on the sights and not your index to get the gun on target.
@BJB has shown you the way
ETA I no longer bother with co-witnessed sights even on my carry guns.
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15 minutes ago, vluc said:
Troy addressed this on the thread about how to deal with glare at Frostproof. No problem with it.
Some chrono folks are not fan of it as they've shot chrono's since they were not familiar enough with it and were not given permission by the shooter to remove the tape.
Yes, but even absent that I would have ruled no violation just using what I know about how a reflex sight works and what the tape does.
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On 11/6/2021 at 2:11 PM, Jeremyc_1999 said:
I have a question, Can you tape the dot for a stage or do you have to shoot the whole match with a taped dot? In my mind this would be similar to switching guns with a different sight set up for a different stage. Do you need to get the Range Master's approval when taping the dot much like you would switching guns?
It's not a different sight. You can tape over it and remove it at will. You don't need RM's permission to do any of it.
You haven't changed the sight on the gun, you haven't changed the gun, you haven't even changed how the sight works.
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On 11/2/2021 at 2:50 PM, ricardo28 said:
RMR falling behind with their window size, light bending (Seen several have a curved/magnified appearance), need to remove optic for battery change? open emitter,.... Had dust on the lens blur your dot? Morning Moisture blur it?
All those "disadvantages" are either irrelevant if you know how to use a reflex sight, irrelevant if you concealed carry, or irrelevant no matter what.
And yes, I've had my RMR full of lint from the undershirt I always wear and I've had my SRO with water all over the lens at a match. Never had have a problem making first round hits as quickly as my s#!t skills allow.
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2 hours ago, Winston_Smith said:
Yes, I'm aware of all of those things. I'm waiting to pick up my Walther Q 5 Match SF. Would I actually conceal carry that with with an RMR? No. Do you actually compete with your compact CO pistol? Kudos to you if you do. It doesn't "bug me" that IDPA has a Carry Optic division. But no one I've seen competing with CO at my club would/could actually conceal carry their pistol with optic that they use to actually shoot.
Normally no, I don't use my carry gun for carry optics, either in IDPA or USPSA. It doesn't matter to me for several reasons.
Number one, these are sports. Both of them. Neither is training nor practice for self defense.
Number two, the practical marksmanship skills that one does gain transfer to any pistol one later picks up. At least in my own experience.
Number three, my carry pistol is the mid sized version (CZ P-07) of my CO competition pistol (CZ P-09). And the competition pistol, while still modified, is a lot closer to stock than most.
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Just now, Winston_Smith said:
But since the mod rules are kind of arbitrary to begin with, why preclude people who would otherwise want to participate at the club level just because they have a custom barrel bushing?
I told you before, IDPA has a Specialty division for just such occasion.
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6 minutes ago, Winston_Smith said:
Size and weight restrictions make sense to me; but once you allow some modifications, why not all as you long as you meet certain size and weight.
Why not allow all modifications? Because not all modifications are equal in their effect or expense.
6 minutes ago, Winston_Smith said:Particularly when they have a carry-optic division.
Why does carry optics bug you so much? You do realize that certain optics and the way they're mounted are absolutely appropriate for concealed carry, right? And that many handguns today come ready to accept such optics from the factory. And that many (myself included) do effectively conceal carry compact and mid sized handguns with silde mounted optics?
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1 hour ago, Winston_Smith said:
That's how I would read the rules as well. Which frankly doesn't make any sense.
Why would it not make sense if the purpose was to allow a not-unlimited range of modifications?
I realize there are only indoor USPSA matches convenient to you, but USPSA is a lot more flexible about what you can do to a pistol and remain within the rules of at least one of our equipment divisions. On top of that, if your intent is simply to have fun, I think you'll enjoy yourself more when you're free to solve the shooting problem with very, very few constraints outside of safety (USPSA) instead of having to solve it in a very prescribed way (IDPA)
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2 hours ago, IHAVEGAS said:
Somebody knows, but I can't find the information either. Seems very strange that this much of a basic detail would not be shared.
I would imagine there are legal issues at play
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6 hours ago, matteekay said:
So, legal insofar as it's required to have a bushing,
Is this IDPA logic?
LOL
Carry on
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24 minutes ago, matteekay said:
I don't see anything there that would bar it from ESP.
The bushing is not on the inclusive list of approved modifications. That's why.
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26 minutes ago, matteekay said:
.45 ACP is plenty competitive in Production? That's... weird advice.
When handloaded properly it is, assuming you can grip a pistol.
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1 hour ago, Bagellord said:
As I said in my post, I was referring to the magazine having more than 10 rounds in it, not its location...
Ah I missed that in all the back and forth. You're of course right.
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3 hours ago, SuperKing said:
the problem with the non existent FPB is someone messed with it with an extended firing pin and light springs.
No one knows that the pistol that killed an RO was so modified.
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59 minutes ago, SuperKing said:
Mine started cracking before I replaced it after 3000 rounds and dry fire with a snapcap. Decided to check it while looking at extractor and TRS. Stock pin and it was indexed wrong from factory.
Well you can't expect improperly installed parts to last as long as they should.
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28 minutes ago, SuperKing said:
I don't even care about it having a block, but the fact that it has a firing pin retaining pin which is known to break on top of having non grippy aluminum grips, extensions for a gun that can't use them in production and no optic cut and all at $1300?
Just no.
Totally agree except on the FP retaining pin. They don't break from normal use. They break from monster amounts of dry fire without some cushion like a snap cap in the chamber or something soft over the back of the firing pin.
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17 minutes ago, Lightj75 said:
CZ has a good idea trying to make a competition ready FPB pistol , but the price is a little high for a pistol without an optic cut. Also the mags are useless for production so including the extended mags without an optic cut is kind of pointless. I love my SP01 though they are great pistols.
Those are really good points. And amazing that they can be so tone deaf when they have knowledgeable competitors in their shooting team.
As I mentioned to someone else on a similar question about a weird S&W 686 model, it seems that some of these "competition" pistols are invented by people who have no clue about the intended market.
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No idea....I think many "competition" firearms are marketing gimmicks thought of by someone who clearly didn't do any homework to figure out what is acceptable and useful in specific shooting sports.
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20 hours ago, Stevetford said:
Thank you all for the replies and tips. Sounds like my IDPA start strategy will cross over to USPSA just fine.
Yep, Production works exactly the same as IDPA when it comes to ammo management with one exception: you can reload and leave full, partially loaded, or empty magazines on the ground regardless of whether your pistol ran dry or not.
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21 hours ago, Bagellord said:
What Sarge said is the simplest way to remember it. I just want to add: if you forget your barney mag (the one with 11) in your back pocket or elsewhere, that's a bump to open. Even if you never use that mag during the course of fire.
Carrying a magazine with ammo in it in a back pocket in P/CO/SS was never a bump to Open because it was in a place that didn't violate the old rules for ammo location. Neither was carrying an empty magazine in a front pocket during the COF.
Carrying a mag with ammo in it in a front pocket in those three divisions was a bump to open but as has been said, it's no more.
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Focus on the gun and ammo. It's the winning ticket.
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2 hours ago, HOGRIDER said:
If my plans work out, I hope to also compete in CO during 2022 with another Shadow variant even though the Sig's are currently dominating.
The gun matters a hell of a lot less than what the Dunning-Kruger crowd thinks it does.
9 mm flattest shooting round ?
in CZ
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So, what exactly is the point behind your question?