RJH Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I am planning on going back to SS for a while after the first of the year, so there will be one more, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent1k1 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 At my club in Florida, we have a "Factory Gun" match (in 3 weeks) Production, Revo and SS. We will have abut 60 single stack shooters and 80 Production, and 9 Revo. We also throw in one Super Saturday match a year that is Single Stack only. I started the sport with a 1911 and enjoy shooting it. I shot it at Nationals and with no prep or practice did surprisingly well. I never shot at PASA, but we used to have a contingent of 11-15 shooters that went up every year for the match. Some very questionable calls and other things by the staff were a big turnoff for that group from my club. About 3 years ago was the last time anyone made the trip cuz it just wasn't even fun once they got there. Yeah, many of the new people are showing up with CO guns as they are fun, but my first year of USPSA was Single Stack and it taught me a lot about how to play this game and learn the skills needed for all of the Divisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 9 hours ago, Trent1k1 said: At my club in Florida, we have a "Factory Gun" match (in 3 weeks) Production, Revo and SS. We will have abut 60 single stack shooters and 80 Production, and 9 Revo. We also throw in one Super Saturday match a year that is Single Stack only. I started the sport with a 1911 and enjoy shooting it. I shot it at Nationals and with no prep or practice did surprisingly well. I never shot at PASA, but we used to have a contingent of 11-15 shooters that went up every year for the match. Some very questionable calls and other things by the staff were a big turnoff for that group from my club. About 3 years ago was the last time anyone made the trip cuz it just wasn't even fun once they got there. Yeah, many of the new people are showing up with CO guns as they are fun, but my first year of USPSA was Single Stack and it taught me a lot about how to play this game and learn the skills needed for all of the Divisions. I would love to get a copy of the heads up results if it gets scored that way. Or I guess I could just look at the hit factors. IMO I think those divisions belong merged. 8 shot major 10 shot minor. I am betting not much difference in scores among similar skill level shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, Joe4d said: I would love to get a copy of the heads up results if it gets scored that way. Or I guess I could just look at the hit factors. IMO I think those divisions belong merged. 8 shot major 10 shot minor. I am betting not much difference in scores among similar skill level shooters. That subject is already been beat to death on another thread. Mostly by people who don't shoot those divisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I shot SS nats a few years ago. I have also shot the western states twice, the silver bullet SS/Prod match in reno when it was put on 2-3 years ago, and the Hawktech 1911 match in idaho 4 times. the match at PASA was imho the least interesting by far. I would not consider shooting it again unless it was nationals. Too many short stages, nothing over 24 rounds. If i'm going to a shoot a prehistoric gun, I want to have fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 “Hokey religions and ancient weapons"? I think not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrispies Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I do believe that if Jedi carried blasters, they would definitely go with a 1911. Caliber is debatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosswoodford Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 22 hours ago, pskys2 said: Hmmmmmm given any thought to the challenge of Revolvers? I have. And if we had *any* revo shooters in my area, I’d consider. But as mentioned above for SS shooters in his area, the numbers just aren’t here. There’s a decent amount of SS shooters in my area. Quite a few of them are much better than I am. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddjob Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 At our monthly match about 10% are single stack shooters. I shot SS for years then started shooting Production. Been in Production for years and years. I did look at the age of the SS folks and there is no one under 35 shooting it (at our club). That may be sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosswoodford Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 1 hour ago, oddjob said: At our monthly match about 10% are single stack shooters. I shot SS for years then started shooting Production. Been in Production for years and years. I did look at the age of the SS folks and there is no one under 35 shooting it (at our club). That may be sign! I guess I’m just weird. I’m 26 and love it. If I go back to limited I’ll get a 2011 to stay on the 1911 platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pskys2 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 17 hours ago, Rosswoodford said: I have. And if we had *any* revo shooters in my area, I’d consider. But as mentioned above for SS shooters in his area, the numbers just aren’t here. There’s a decent amount of SS shooters in my area. Quite a few of them are much better than I am. I WHAT! Des Moines, check with Carmoney at Ankenny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetToof Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 (edited) Surprisingly, this weekend my local club match has more SS than PCC shooters this weekend! Division Limited 25 Limited 10 1 Open 18 Production 25 Revolver 0 Single Stack 6 Carry Optics 12 Pcc 4 My take on divisions is still along the same lines that my first attraction to firearms and pistols on general. That is, I have no desire to learn to shoot something well that has no practical application. So for me that leaves Production, CO, and SS. Not sure about USPSA's goals as an organization, but PRACTICAL is in their name (so is pistol), so I think you need to have a division that all popular, practical guns can compete in. Probably the same reason Revo is still around. Edited November 21, 2018 by SweetToof less irrelevant info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb72 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I enjoy shooting single stack. That being said, I definitely enjoy shooting single stack minor more than I do single stack major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 6 hours ago, SweetToof said: ....is in their name (so is pistol)... I must've missed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetToof Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 10 hours ago, ima45dv8 said: I must've missed that. believe it or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 12 hours ago, davidb72 said: I enjoy shooting single stack. That being said, I definitely enjoy shooting single stack minor more than I do single stack major. My wife felt the same when she was a beginner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 17 hours ago, SweetToof said: Not sure about USPSA's goals as an organization, but PRACTICAL is in their name (so is pistol), I don't see the word "pistol" anywhere in USPSA's name. Their "About USPSA" page is also missing this word https://uspsa.org/pages/about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwikel Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 1 hour ago, SweetToof said: believe it or not You should definitely do more reading on the USPSA's website and rule book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb72 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 11 hours ago, motosapiens said: My wife felt the same when she was a beginner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustychev Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 On 11/20/2018 at 8:02 PM, davidb72 said: I enjoy shooting single stack. That being said, I definitely enjoy shooting single stack minor more than I do single stack major. If I end up going back to SS it will be minor for a few reasons. First is that at most level ones and my area match (area 3) its mostly 8 round arrays. second my last SS gun was in 40 and it did run but was a pain to keep running major or minor and 45 cost to much even reloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBertolet Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) I enjoy shooting SS also. I just like the 1911. There is not a whole lot of participation in SS at the local matches. Mostly new shooters, with certain clubs having their dedicated veterans also. I just shoot for overall in the final results. If I can make the top 25-30%, I am happy. I tried shooting both major and minor this year, and for me, I found I gave up too many points with minor, and did not usually make it up in time savings, to offset. For a younger and better shooter, their results might be different. I just like the .45 better. Edited November 22, 2018 by GBertolet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perttime Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 ... You can be pretty sure a popper goes down when you hit it with a .45 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBertolet Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) I was always worried that the poppers would not go down with the 9mm, especially if they were not hit well. Although my worries were unfounded, some were scary slow in falling. The production division shooters seem to get by though. Edited November 22, 2018 by GBertolet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Not dead, but dying (or at least shrinking) Very very weak participation locally and even at Area matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygunner77 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 (edited) Besides nostalgia, 1911 is so finicky in terms of functionining 100% in terms of the type of ammo it feeds on. If this gun eats everything is gets thrown at it, it woudn't be a problem in terms of popularity. But hardcore 1911 would argue otherwise. And yeah, I expect a response " I don't have a problem with mine once you tune the mag and all other s#!t you have to tune." If a gun needs tuning just to function 100%, it's a s#!t gun. Yes, I'm in the minority in this opinion. If that is not true, then my mistake, if not, then get a factory 1911 out of the box and see if it feeds a flat nose ammo without problems. Edited November 23, 2018 by happygunner77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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