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Steel shooters aren't concerned with follow up shots. They are moving the gun between each shot. but even so, they aren't running super light loads with heavy bullets. No one is running 250gr 45 or 160gr 9mm because the guns feel sluggish with these loads and if you try to run super light springs then you can feel the gun bump feed

That's why they make .22s

If the front sight is slow to return, whats the point of a light load? That is the point of fast powder with a heavier bullet. When you have a sharp fast recoil impluse, the front sight snaps up and right back down. With a slower powder, the recoil impluse is lighter but longer in time. Front sight come back slower This is why you see slide lightening and lighter recoil springs in USPSA gun

How soft a gun will recoil is kinda meaningless. Its how fast the sights return to point of aim. No sense make powder puff loads if the gun is sluggish

I can't think of the last time I replaced a firing pin spring. The only time I ever had a firing pin related malfunction was primer flow using magtech primers.

that's a lot of unburnt powder. time for a new load

I had a couple limited elites in 40. Neither of them would last more than a season of shooting. Sears burn out very easily. Frames peen, sights broke

Do you have 4 poppers and a swinger.. the trick is to hit P4 last, do the reload before the swinger comes out I made this one professional.

Its legal, they used something similiar at the 2011 singlestack nationals

no problem, happy to help. here is another one It can be won with only one shot if you are fast enough

It took longer to upload this then draw it, so I am not going to go back and add the rest standard start, box is part of the FFZ, targets can be arranged so there are no shoot thrus. the back left target is blocked by the wall and not visible from the start I have no friends

So the idea behind this stage is; Steel is only visable from starting position, low port or end of stage. So prod, l-10 guys can take a far shot shooting to 11 before moving. or shoot 10 rnds out of the box, then shot the 3 on the right, reload. Shoot the far left, 3 in the middle and go prone at the port for the steel. but they will have to go one for one, but it will save them from moving to the end or move to the end of the stage, shoot the 5 paper and 1 steel going 1 for 1 but also taking a head shot. or you can shoot 10 out of the box. 6 on the right, 4 far on the left, and then 6, go prone for the 1 steel bunch of ways to shoot it I won't be at the match, but this so should be easy to setup for some reason I can't upload this. so here is a link

Let me find my crayons and I will design you a stage

You challenge me to build a stage? Are we going to meet at the playground at 3?

You mean back in the day when Miller beer sponsored matches, when you had to climb obstacle, when you shot heads up and the was only one winner per division. Being forced to go prone when there is no benefit is stupid and a poor stage design. I prefer to go prone only when it will increase the hit factor

based on the pussification of america. everyone wants an award just for showing up and being special Playing games with guns has nothing to do with the ownership of firearms nor the 2A

Don't care about making it bigger, I want to make it better. Handing out progressive playground award does not make it better

8-minor will give a significant advantage based on stage design, To be competitive, you will have to know the stages before you pick the division, which means bringing 2 guns and 2x the ammo to a match

They should kill revolver, send production back to IDPA where it belongs and get back to run what you brung. And while they are at it, kill all classes and sub-divisions. You either won or you didn't

This isn't going to bring in more shooters and it will kill the 625

I live in the same area, I ride the following places Six Mile run. flat and very twisty. one of my favorite places to ride Chimney Rock Park. Some hills, decent trails Lewis Morris park. decent trails, Cheesequake is suppose to be fairly basic, I haven't ridden there Hartshorne in highland is pretty decent to, semi technical climbs and decents in some place

I use a 7lbs spring in my 9mm 1911. 12lbs is much to heavy

get a STI spartan, bunch of dawson mags and a can of spray paint to make everything shiny. Ramped barrel doesn't mean much on 9 minor and is no more reliable then a properly cut feed ramp

Glock knew his market was going to be cops and gangbangers. So he purposesly designed the grip angle to index the front sight high, then when the shooter flinches, the sights were aligned. Genius

I thought you had to use one of those fancy race guns in uspsa?