RileyBowman

There's logic to what you say, however, I don't think that's the case at all. This is because I've actually talked with HQ about my company sponsoring Nationals before. While everything seems to be negotiable, and you can sponsor individual matches, what HQ really tries to push are their sponsorship packages which are actually structured in a way that you end up sponsoring ALL nationals in a given year. I think the bigger potential issue is venue availability and (probably more importantly) STAFF AVAILABILITY. Too many large scale events in a single year at different times would present staffing challenges. And with the creation of 2-Gun Nationals, I think that was probably the bigger factor in combining PCC with other pistol divisions. I think it would be interesting to explore the idea of a combined 2-Gun / PCC Nationals, that way people could choose whether to run 2 guns or just their PCC. And the stage design would be appropriate for both.

From what I've seen, there's enough participation and interest in PCC plus enough crossover from shooters that participate in other divisions, that a PCC-only nationals would easily attract enough shooters to make it worth holding. I'd estimate at least 200 shooters, and it wouldn't surprise me if that number was higher.

Learn to "ride the streak." Seriously. Bottom (or perigee) of the streak is where you'll find the called shot.

Just came across this today, and because it's relevant to this discussion, thought I'd drop it here as well:

Huh. Cool. I have no idea how to generate that data apparently. But I'm glad you do!

For me? Not yet. Since I started target focusing with irons, I've still been predominantly shooting Carry Optics, so I haven't spent a ton of time working on it.

For most shooters, yes. But there are shooters who are able to be target focused on all targets even out to 25+ yards while still able to see the sights. I demonstrate this in classes I teach to make a point of shooting a group at 25y with irons while completely target focused. It always surprises my students. You have to train the brain to see and interpret the visual information of the front-to-rear sight relationship even though it's blurry. Shooting a red dot for a while now has helped me with being able to do this better. FWIW, Ben Stoeger and Tim Herron are two well-known competitors that shoot target-focused.

Where did this data come from? Very fascinating...

Your understanding of AIWB, how it works, the drawstroke, etc. is flawed. The muzzle is not breaking the 180 (or close to) any differently than drawing from strongside OWB/IWB especially with cant.

I mean, by "gun you can't use" if you're referring to my comped EDC gun...well, sure. But I can swap over to a Carry Optics legal upper (for IDPA) and I can do the same thing to use it in CO in USPSA, or run my actual carry gun with the comp in Open div. My whole point is I see no problem with WMLs and AIWB holster setups being allowed to permit the greatest number of options for people to compete with their actual carry gear. Is that not a good thing? Especially when considering the bigger picture? Geez, IPSC was originally founded with one of the purposes being to test equipment and techniques that could benefit "practical shooters" of all kinds. IDPA was founded with the purpose of providing a competitive shooting discipline for "practical" equipment as well. People that want to compete with their actual carry gear should not only be welcome to do so, but they should be encouraged.

Not sure I follow what you're getting at...

No, I meant what I said although I was being somewhat silly with that statement. Perhaps an emoji would have been appropriate. FWIW...I carry daily a comped P320 with optic and WML. So it's not legal in IDPA ever, and is only legal in Open division in USPSA. But my competition pistol is exactly the same lower (Grayguns TXG grip module) just with a standard X5 Carry Optics upper. I also do not run a WML in USPSA. However, I do have plans to do some local matches next year from AIWB with my actual carry setup. There are absolutely low-light USPSA matches out there. Plenty examples of them on YouTube. And more of them now that WMLs are legal equipment. GlockStore's indoor Nashville range is doing a low-light match later this week, if I recall. I suspect those competitors that are showing up to those matches are doing so with WMLs. Because why wouldn't they? But these are specialty matches and not regular monthly club match occurrences. So if you don't have a WML or the ability to run one, you don't have to show up to the match. As for IDPA matches where this is more of a thing, if you wanted everybody to be able to participate AND maintain competitive equity, WSBs could easily be adjusted to require the use of a handheld light. We've already been over that in this thread. Competitors with WMLs could still participate but still use a handheld light like everybody else.

I've seen this as well--a surprising number of shooters showing up to matches with their actual carry gear (usually a CO pistol with WML) and quite often carried AIWB. I've been surprised at the number of people I've seen at major matches even doing this. Les Pepperoni is quite well known for shooting matches from AIWB, but in the past he was limited to running essentially a Production gun in Limited and a CO gun in Open to be legal. Now he's been shooting a bunch of matches this year from AIWB in CO division. IDPA won't budge and create a place for MODERN concealed carriers to show up and compete without changing their gear. So USPSA steps up and creates that space. I applaud that. I don't care if it's a small minority that it serves, I'm just glad it exists as an option for those who care to do it. It's not like there's any advantage gained by doing so, so I don't understand why it's something that's complained about so much. And again, WMLs don't provide as much advantage as what people like to think, so again, a big nothing sandwich.

I watched the last squad that was shooting on Day 1 at CO Nats. I watched the very last guy shoot (Luke Faust) that published the YouTube video of him doing it with his WML. I definitely think they should have tried to fit some of those shooters or squads in on Day 2 or 3. Regardless, targets were dim but still plenty visible to make out especially considering everybody was shooting red dots at that match. Luke, however, as a Production guy that has pretty much never shot CO (from what I understand), admitted to using his backup irons for much of the match since that's what he's used to. (I do think the lighting conditions would have been a MAJOR disadvantage for an iron sighted shooter.) So he elected to use his WML to give him greater contrast for his irons. It was NOT an advantage to use the WML, especially if your loads were smoky at all (like Luke's certainly were). He couldn't see anything through the cloud of smoke that was lit up by his light. I felt bad for him, but in a way it was also quite humorous to watch. FWIW...I'm glad that stage he was shooting (Stage 17) didn't get thrown out because I won that stage.

It's hilarious to me that AIWB isn't legal in IDPA. This precludes every gun I carry because I carry them all AIWB. And how many of them are still running LOK Lights after the craze to buy them? (Very few that I've seen.) How many of them realized the juice wasn't worth the squeeze? (Most of them. Dang that front-end heavy pistol becomes more challenging to transition with!) How many top competitors at the recent Nationals were running LOK Lights? (None that I saw, but there could have been a couple since I didn't see everybody shoot.) How many were running actual WMLs? (A few including one on my squad.) What was their purpose for running them? (Not because they thought it would give them an advantage on unplanned low-light stages, I guarantee that! The one guy I asked about it, he just said, "It's setup the same way as it is as my carry gun." What holster was he using? An OWB PHLster Floodlight, a common WML compatible holster with a AIWB counterpart that many use for EDC. And this was at a NATIONALS! I was intrigued even as a guy that carries daily with a Streamlight TLR-1HL in a Floodlight AIWB.) The fact that so many still view this as a competitive advantage type issue is funny to me. Look at what the top guys are winning with. I say if a gun meets weight, it meets weight. I couldn't care less what aftermarket light or frame weight you have on there as long as it meets weight. Nils is still extremely competitive with a mostly stock Canik that weighs nothing compared to the X5 Legions and CZs he competes against.