Racinready300ex
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- Jun 3, 2009
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I am just not enthusiastic about getting in .40S&W.
In a properly set up limited gun, 40 major isn't really bad at all to shoot.
I am just not enthusiastic about getting in .40S&W.
It's not so much that I'm scared of .40S&W so much as I don't really want to put yet another caliber in my collection.In a properly set up limited gun, 40 major isn't really bad at all to shoot.
It's not so much that I'm scared of .40S&W so much as I don't really want to put yet another caliber in my collection.
Shoot whatever gun you have that you can hit stuff with.
OR: you can spend ~$3 to $5,000 on a nice 2011 race gun and a few magazines to with it and go out and just maybe, score a little higher?
You don't even need to spend that, a glock 35 will still get you major scoring. How many charlie's do you shoot in a match? How many delta's? We can quickly figure out exactly how many more points you would have shooting major.
I don't think anyone is saying he should go buy a new gun just to try USPSA. But, if he decides to stick with Limited he should really consider shooting major.
What ever you do, don't be that guy how shoots for Limited minor for a few months then goes over to Enos and starts another thread about how Limited minor should be it's own division because it's not fair to shoot against guys shooting Major. I hate that, don't come in and want to change the whole sport becasue they aren't competitive with their chosen firearm. Don't be that guy.
So now you are competing with guys with real RACE guns and at a disadvantage to them. It never ends if you really have to win, you really have to spend money.
I shoot a 4" Springfield XD in 40 @ 3 gun matches. Every body tells me how much of a disadvantage I am in because of "That Pistol". I don't care about winning, I shoot to have fun.
Clever idea, and maybe something I could use. I was planning on building out a Swenson slide using a spare FastFire3 I have lying around, and could mount that up on my G17 frame.Otherwise after you get a feel for the sport, I would pick a division better suited for your firearm choice. I'd say production becasue it's a easy fit. But if you want to fill your mags up you could always put a dot on your gun and shoot CO. I'd buy a extra slide to mount the Dot on, then just switch top ends when you go back to IDPA.
Clever idea, and maybe something I could use. I was planning on building out a Swenson slide using a spare FastFire3 I have lying around, and could mount that up on my G17 frame.
If you really want to win you have to practice. You can get really far with just lots of dry fire which doesn't cost any money at all. The gun really isn't that big of a deal, you don't have to $$$$ on the best thing. You can easily make Master in IDPA with a vary basic grasp of what you're doing. A to M in USPSA is vary achievable with a solid dryfire routine.
If you want to be competitive shooting Limited, Major is one way to literally buy more points for pennies. Every shot out of the A-zone is worth more points. Unless you shoot all A's major will improve your score. Buying a more expensive gun will most likely not improve your score. On partial targets the difference in Major and Minor become huge.
But, if it doesn't matter at all where you finish or how well you shoot, none of this applies to you and it can all be ignored.
Just make sure that slide doesn't have holes in it for the purpose of lighter weight, but otherwise a great idea.
Yes I know it does not apply to me, I just don't care. I was a USPSA RO and know how scoring works. I have shot with men who dry fire a lot, but they also shoot 1,000 or more rounds every month. You have to learn how to call your shots.
My point is to start, just shoot what you have and see if this is really the game for you. If you have a 9 you have just as much fun shooting USPSA as you can with full blown 38 super.
My Sport can beat up your Sport .
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Sounds like a sporting challenge to shoot IPSC again after 35yrs ( that's what it was called back then) . In limited Minor, three times just to prove it can be done .