Glock 34 In Uspsa Limited

[cruiten]

For the last year I have been shooting a Glock 34 in USPSA Production division, and I am having a great time right now as a "B" level shooter.

I don't want to get out of Production completely, but I was thinking about getting a Glock 35 so that I could start playing in Limited division from time to time. At this point in time I don't want to spend a bunch of cash for the new pistol, trigger job, sights, magazines, and dies for my XL650

I was reading the latest Front-Sight and saw that Julie Goloskie used her Glock 34 to win her Limited-10 National title as well as getting second at the World Shoot in Ecuador in Standard (Ladies). This started me thinking that I could use my Glock 34 to play in Limited by just adding some Grams Engineering basepads to my Glock 9mm hi-cap magazines in order to achieve approximately 23+1 capacity.

This would allow me to play in Limited, without the 10-round magazine restriction, but still focus on calling A's which is so important in Production.

Ultimately I do want to get another pistol so that I can shoot in Limited with major power factor, but I wanted to try it with my Glock 34 at minor power factor for a while. I realize that I will be at a disadvantage, but I think it could be fun...

I wanted to see if anyone who has done this before could share some of their experiences, or any feedback from anyone else.

Thanks,

Cor

Edited November 7, 2005 by cruiten

[dfwmiket]

My better half just started doing this very thing at this past weekend's match. She has a 34, shooting 9mm Blazer ammo- brass magwell, tungsten guide rod, mag release, trigger job, etc. She has two Arredondo basepads, and two of the Dawsons. (Bought both to be able to compare). She still uses a kydex holster, and it doesn't really seem to slow her down. For her, its about the "FUN" quotient, and she says this is definitely more fun. I don't know that you can ever 'win' Limited division shooting minor, but give it a try.

Mike

[vluc]

Did that last season, shot four matches and got 4 classifiers in to get something....

Not as competitive as I wanted to be, learned a great deal, though. When I ran the same points if they were major I saw I was about 40 points down each match just from the major/minor scoring.

It was fun to shoot an array of standing steel on the move without worrying about a reload.

[mlmiller1]

I shot my 34 for a couple of years in limited & had plenty of fun. I was doing ok, but I wanted to move on up. In other words, I'm not nearly accurate enough to live with minor scoring. It was nice in matches with lots of steel, though. I found the 23rd mags didn't have that big of an advantage over the 20s I have now with my 35. There is the rare occasion but overall, not much of an advantage. I did find that mag springs last a lot longer & of course ammo is lots cheaper. I'm glad I shot the 34 when I did but I'm happy now with the 35. I say try it, then if you decide you need to go to mpf, move up to the 35.