IPSC Supercop

kellyn, One last question from me and then I'll stop, promise. But this is the price you pay for being a national contender in 3 gun, kellyn, and we all appreciate it. What would you pick between the Cmore Scout sight with a 4 MOA dot and the new compact Holosight w/ a 1 MOA dot? Thanks,

Yeah, yeah, I know this is the Glock forum, but I didn't know where else to put this and the Walther P99's closely resemble the Glocks. Our PD just switched to these I was selected as one of the primary instructors for this transition. I got the gun about 3 weeks ago and put 400 rounds through it while dirtying and shitting it up, with dirty mags and all, and it never malfunctioned, not once. The triggers are kind of long, but smooth and not bad. It was very reliable and pretty accurate for a production gun. I am a Walther armorer and know all the mechanics and functions of the gun. What I wanted to ask is, does anyone else have one of these or have any amount of time behind one where they can give me an idea on longevity, abuse, reliability and what they think of them?

I remember taking Todd Jarrett's class several years ago and two of the guys in the class were shooting Glocks. First thing Todd told them was to put as much weight as they possibly could into the frame of the Glock to try and control it better. It also kind of re-emphasizes what Brian said about weight in the frame and Grams Engineering magwells. I have one on my STI and I gotta say, "Thank you Brian", it has never shot this well and handled so nice. When Grams comes out with his Glock magwell, it should be a hot seller.

Basically, I tried what Brian did. Not on his recomendation, but a couple of years ago. When I began to dry fire a lot or have longer practice sessions over 4 months time or longer, I would start getting tendinitis and have the pain everyone is experiencing. I got it in my weak elbow (left) and casually asked the Dr when I was there for a physical. He gave me a sheet with several exercises on it that gave directions and showed diagrams of the exercises. This sheet was made by a sports clinic and was designed by a sports medicine doctor specifically for tendinitis in the elbows. It says that increasing the strength and muscle in your forearm, bicep, tricep, elbow area will pretty much eliminate the problem. Now, when I dry fire or practice, I use the tennis elbow "arm band" or "wrap". When I shoot the matches, I don't use anything, but then it feels perfect with no pain because I have used the "arm band" for everything else to keep the tendinitis away and only shooting matches once a week doesn't bother it, but dry firing or practicing once a day did. If anyone is interested in the exercises, I'll try and describe them.

AikidoGirl, You'll love the Cmore and will never regret it. The Holosight is also nice, either one you'll love and won't regret it. I give the edge to the Cmore slightly. Pat, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! I saw you on the cover page for the article on the Area 1 in Front Sight. Good deal. Flexmoney, I agree that its good for new shooters to start with iron sights, but I also feel it is good for them to switch rather quickly to shooting a dot because it really makes them realize how important trigger control, recoil control and how the gun recoils while watching the dot. It is harder for new shooters to see and realize that shooting irons. It helped me a lot and made me a better Limited shooter by shooting Open.

Singlestack, You don't have to swear he was shooting before it hit the ground BECAUSE HE WAS shooting before it hit the ground. He performed drills in front of me when I took his class that almost made me shit myself. He routinely would be firing another shot before the ejected mag was on the ground. Pat, Your right about the mag change times. As of 98' when I took Todd's class, he said the fastest mag change he had done to date during live fire was .68. He also said he had perfomed a drill of hands at sides starting position. Draw, fire 1 shot, mag change, fire 1 shot. Todd did it in 1.34 seconds!! Ron, I think my mag changes run around 1.10-1.20 in matches and in practice when I'm shooting WFO (Wide f*#king Open) I can get to .9- 1.0 second.

Brian or anyone else, I have heard of the EGW resizing die that George Smith makes. I've heard it resizes better than the Dillon and other dies in that it sizes all the way down and sizes them a little smaller than the Dillon and other dies. It takes all the bulge out of the bottom of the case by the extractor groove and makes almost all the brass drop check like new. Anyone have experience with it? I think I'm going to try it.

John and Brian, I had the same experience. I finally told myself that if it wasn't fun, I needed to step away and come back when I had the desire and need for fun again. I have enough work to do with my occupation, wife, kids, house, etc. I don't need more work, I need some fun. When I came back, a little brushing up with dry firing and I was shooting better than ever. You have to enjoy it. I know everyone thinks and dreams of being a sponsored pro shooter and I do to. But it is nice to walk away or not go to a match if my mind is not there and not have any consequences from sponsors, especially if they pay for it. Kevin/IPSC Supercop

Yeah Scooter, That SVI Modified gun is something else. Pure genius if you ask me, but then again, everyone says I don't get out enough and the only getting out I do is at an IPSC match. I see what Patrick is saying, but this is one of the reasons I wouldn't mind them just making Limited Divison a 10 round limit anyway. Kevin/IPSC Supercop

Brian, Do you really think shooting the 6" gun was that impressive and gave that much of an advantage? What was so special about it if you don't mind me asking? This is a difficult subject because I see everyone's point. Like buying another gun just cause it doesn't fit the box anymore, but also, how much is enough, where do we stop it 7", 8"? Also, I think they should have called the new Division "Single Stack" and not Limited 10. Limited 10 sometimes kind of confuses people, where Single Stack would give them their own little niche instead of kind of riding on Limited Divisions back. Kevin/IPSC Supercop

Chriss, Flexmoney, Kellyn, Patrick Sweeney, I wanted to thank all of you for your time and help. Also for the laughs about shackling him and taking it away from himself before he hurts somebody. I laughed so hard I almost urinated on myself. I will look at the gun personally and see what is going on, but I do have the rules straight thanks to you guys. Again, thanks a million for the answers. Thats why I love this place, so much help and assistance from REAL SHOOTERS who actually know what they are talking about. Kevin/IPSC Supercop

Flexmoney, I'm not sure I understand. He wants to shoot the rifled slugs for hunting or otherwise, but he has a smoothbore standard shotgun barrel (12 gauge). Does he need to have a rifled shotgun barrel to shoot the slugs? or at least shoot them accurately? Kevin/IPSC Supercop

Kellyn or anyone else, I'm not very knowledgable about shotguns and a friend asked me a question. He has a 12gauge shotgun that is a normal shotgun barrel, a smoothbore. He has rifled shotgun slugs he would like to use for hunting. He asked me if he needed a rifled shotgun bore to shoot the rifled shotgun slugs. I told him I wasn't sure, but I thought he probably would knowing the slugs are rifled, he would probably need a rifled bore. Again, I was just assuming, but told him I would ask and find out. Anyone know for sure? Kevin/IPSC Supercop

True, But you also have to remember that they might not have made GM with that gun. They might have shot a 1911 or something else to make GM, and then switched to something else afterward. After you hit GM, since this is the highest there is, some want a change and try something else because they've gone as high as you're gonna get classification wise. Bruce Gray is a GM and did so with a 1911, then switched to a HK Expert 40 for a change and sponsorship, but he didn't make GM with the HK Expert. Kevin/IPSC Supercop

Rich, I agree whole heartedly, but I think part of this is due to the grandbagger. Also, I would like to see them start taking your percentage, either for the entire major match or a hidden classifier stage at a major match, and making that your percentage and if you are shooting it higher than your current percentage or class, then you are moved up. I just don't get it. Are there really that many prizes and that much money available throughout the year to make from major matches? Nothing against USPSA or the sponsors, God knows I love them and we wouldn't have anything if it weren't for them (THANK YOU GUYS), but there is not that much out there to sandbag for, how much can you possibly be making? This is why I would like to see them start a system like I described. You would win money and/or prizes ONCE at a big match before they caught up to you and moved you up. Not only that, I don't think the sandbaggers are really that good at being able to know your time while you are shooting and know exactly how many points they have and add them up while they are shooting at the same time. The problem with sandbaggers is that when they plan to throw a stage to keep their classification, they trash it good to make sure, and they are already doing this now, so I don't think publishing the HHF is going to hurt. Kevin/IPSC Supercop