... weak!
For starters, round is a shape and I'm working on perfecting that. Seriously though, my physical condition is irrelevant to the conversation. The topic at hand is the practice of using the slide stop and dry firing/dropping the hammer to "show clear". The operators physical, moral, ethical, ethnic, marital status or age have zero bearing on an ignorant "rule" brought about to cater to those who cannot adhere to FOUR simple rules.
I participate in three gun matches, that is true. I don't do it to win, I do it as a means of wringing out my gear and my ability to apply the skills and tactics I've learned and practiced. I find it much more interesting when someone else sets up the COF.
I don't believe I've failed to understand the "reasons" behind ignorant rules. What I've "failed" to do is buy into the bullsh*t excuses used to validate such garbage.
I don't understand your last sentence. How would I "put up"? Did you want to meet after school by the bike racks or should we select a street and meet at high noon? If I'm such the keyboard commando and you apparently are not, why are you a moderator on this site? Based on your profile and mine, we've got nearly the same average post rate so what does that make you?? On a side note, the bolded letters above should be capitalized as they are the beginning of a sentence. Seeing how I strive for perfection(which cannot be obtained) I thought I'd let you in on your errors. Of course, when someone such as yourself attacks my belief that striving for perfection is flawed simply because I haven't obtained such status in all that I do, I have to ask. What do you strive for?
TDC
relliott - Excellent post and analogy regarding cars. Applies to most things in life. Most folks understand the principle...some never do. Often, but not always, the more refined the tool the more it's use becomes limited to the application at hand. Seldom a tool capable of doing a myriad of tasks does any of them extremely well. We certainly see it in our shooting sports. For rapidity of accurate fire the IPSC Open has few peers but the guns weight and bulk would destract from using it as a CCW gun. Different application, different tool required.
Take Care
Bob
For starters, round is a shape and I'm working on perfecting that. Seriously though, my physical condition is irrelevant to the conversation. The topic at hand is the practice of using the slide stop and dry firing/dropping the hammer to "show clear". The operators physical, moral, ethical, ethnic, marital status or age have zero bearing on an ignorant "rule" brought about to cater to those who cannot adhere to FOUR simple rules.
I participate in three gun matches, that is true. I don't do it to win, I do it as a means of wringing out my gear and my ability to apply the skills and tactics I've learned and practiced. I find it much more interesting when someone else sets up the COF.
I don't believe I've failed to understand the "reasons" behind ignorant rules. What I've "failed" to do is buy into the bullsh*t excuses used to validate such garbage.
I don't understand your last sentence. How would I "put up"? Did you want to meet after school by the bike racks or should we select a street and meet at high noon? If I'm such the keyboard commando and you apparently are not, why are you a moderator on this site? Based on your profile and mine, we've got nearly the same average post rate so what does that make you?? On a side note, the bolded letters above should be capitalized as they are the beginning of a sentence. Seeing how I strive for perfection(which cannot be obtained) I thought I'd let you in on your errors. Of course, when someone such as yourself attacks my belief that striving for perfection is flawed simply because I haven't obtained such status in all that I do, I have to ask. What do you strive for?
TDC
t Other shooters who do better than you at a match come prepared for the match.
Yup and sometimes they just have more talent...and that is ok too. Gives a person a reason to practice more.
Take Care
Bob

Wow, and the usual personal attacks continue. I'll post some responses to several questions from several posts, so read through and find the answer that fits your question.
Private clients and instructing LEO's does not validate what you teach. It simply illustrates your ability to convince others to seek your training. I'm not saying its poor nor am I saying its good. Posting who and/or what you've trained cannot be validated as factual either. I'm willing to give you the benefit.
The fact that you offer your services and I do not is a moot point. I never indicated that I was some "super trainer" nor do I intend to offer my abilities for hire. All of what I know I learned from others and other schools. I have respect for these groups/individuals and will not regurgitate what they teach to further my financial standing.
Proving what I know is difficult through a computer. What is more relevant is trying to prove or disprove it through intelligent debate. No one has offered any rebuttals to what I post. This tells me you(no one in particular) either haven't the knowledge to support your side of an argument, or you're wrong.
The fundamental four(FF) cover everything necessary for the safe handling of firearms. Do explain what additional rules cover that the FF do not? Again as noted previously, if IPSC and IDPA are so safe, why are there no shortage of incidents of negligent discharges?? The answer is that someone failed to follow a rule or rules. Instituting more rules does nothing for those who fail to follow just one of those rules.
I agree that for first time competitors and relatively novice shooters that a match can be intimidating. However, this is no excuse for poor firearms handling or the addition of ignorant redundant rules. Give the new shooters the benefit of the doubt. If they prove they are incapable of adhering to the FF then remove them from the match. Oh wait, I know why this doesn't work, you might hurt someone's feelings... Too bad! Shooting is a big boy activity, if you can't follow the rules you don't play.
I don't compete in IPSC and never have. Its full of ignorant rules, unrealistic scenarios, pointless "divisions",is designed to cater to the 1911 crowd, complete lack of tactics and is expensive. I have shot IDPA(not a sanctioned event) and it was enjoyable. Again, IDPA has too many divisions, has become a "game" not a discipline designed to improve ones performance with a defensive firearm. Like IPSC, IDPA lacks tactics, and often involves ignorant unrealistic rules and/or limitations.
Winning is always nice and yes you're right Bob, we all compete in hopes of winning. However, unlike many who are serious competitors, I do not compete SOLELY to win. If I place, great. If I don't, I could care less. Unlike many, I will not compromise my training and/or tactics to shave time or better my score. I'm only competing against myself. So long as I practice what I preach and do so with any sort of grace I'm happy. Improving my performance is what I'm after, not proving my performance is better than that of anyone else.
Fancy guns and gear mean nothing to me. I run stock(relatively stock) gear based on two criteria. They must be utterly reliable and simple to operate. I'm sure an "open" ISPC gun with optics and all the trimmings could put my scores to shame. That being said, I have no doubt the same gun would choke in adverse conditions and be next to useless should the optic fail. Everything is a compromise, and compromising the reliability and ease of use for a potential gain in performance is unacceptable for a defensive firearm. My guns aren't setup for competing, so I don't expect to compete against those who's guns are.
TDC
I finally decided to get into IPSC and just recently shot my first match. To be honest I couldn't care less about weather or not I have to pull the trigger when I'm done! who cares?! It's a game! a sport there can only be so much realism after all no one is shooting back at you so what's the point of pretanding to take cover?? I do agree that it's expensive to start up and that put me off joining for years! but it's still fun and it's a good practice and you don't have to use race guns, I don't - I use my stock 9mm!
Whats a fancy gun? You press the trigger, it goes bang. Your arguement that IPSC and IDPA is not based on real live scenarios is not completely true. Granted some stages are not realistic, but if everything life and death were that predictable we would avoid those situtations. You have not had the experience with IPSC to see those scenario based stages. I think people take offence to your posting because it is not based on your participation in anything but a pistol shooting course and that you own a few guns. Other people may read what you have written and think there is merit to it; when there really isn't. It does nothing to help keep the participation levels up at matches. That is like listening to someone who owns a motorbike tell everyone how all the motorcycle driving sports suck, although they have not and will not likely every compete.
I actually mentioned you to someone this weekend, and I said I felt a little pity for you. You write like you read a lot, but in your writing you exhibit a lot of low self esteem; you try and validate your experience by putting down other shooting sports that you are not even involved with.
You should take the plunge and actually try taking the Black badge course, and then compete in production or standard division. You might actually like it. Then again after some of the IPSC/IDPA crowd have read this, they won't likely be lining up to have you in the course, especially with your attitude. You can't teach those who do not have an open mind.
Now, TDC, I have invited you before, and I again extend an invitation to you , come out to one of our IDPA Matches and show us how it's done.
Wow, and the usual personal attacks continue. I'll post some responses to several questions from several posts, so read through and find the answer that fits your question.
Private clients and instructing LEO's does not validate what you teach. It simply illustrates your ability to convince others to seek your training. I'm not saying its poor nor am I saying its good. Posting who and/or what you've trained cannot be validated as factual either. I'm willing to give you the benefit.
The fact that you offer your services and I do not is a moot point. I never indicated that I was some "super trainer" nor do I intend to offer my abilities for hire. All of what I know I learned from others and other schools. I have respect for these groups/individuals and will not regurgitate what they teach to further my financial standing.
Proving what I know is difficult through a computer. What is more relevant is trying to prove or disprove it through intelligent debate. No one has offered any rebuttals to what I post. This tells me you(no one in particular) either haven't the knowledge to support your side of an argument, or you're wrong.
The fundamental four(FF) cover everything necessary for the safe handling of firearms. Do explain what additional rules cover that the FF do not? Again as noted previously, if IPSC and IDPA are so safe, why are there no shortage of incidents of negligent discharges?? The answer is that someone failed to follow a rule or rules. Instituting more rules does nothing for those who fail to follow just one of those rules.
I agree that for first time competitors and relatively novice shooters that a match can be intimidating. However, this is no excuse for poor firearms handling or the addition of ignorant redundant rules. Give the new shooters the benefit of the doubt. If they prove they are incapable of adhering to the FF then remove them from the match. Oh wait, I know why this doesn't work, you might hurt someone's feelings... Too bad! Shooting is a big boy activity, if you can't follow the rules you don't play.
I don't compete in IPSC and never have. Its full of ignorant rules, unrealistic scenarios, pointless "divisions",is designed to cater to the 1911 crowd, complete lack of tactics and is expensive. I have shot IDPA(not a sanctioned event) and it was enjoyable. Again, IDPA has too many divisions, has become a "game" not a discipline designed to improve ones performance with a defensive firearm. Like IPSC, IDPA lacks tactics, and often involves ignorant unrealistic rules and/or limitations.
Winning is always nice and yes you're right Bob, we all compete in hopes of winning. However, unlike many who are serious competitors, I do not compete SOLELY to win. If I place, great. If I don't, I could care less. Unlike many, I will not compromise my training and/or tactics to shave time or better my score. I'm only competing against myself. So long as I practice what I preach and do so with any sort of grace I'm happy. Improving my performance is what I'm after, not proving my performance is better than that of anyone else.
Fancy guns and gear mean nothing to me. I run stock(relatively stock) gear based on two criteria. They must be utterly reliable and simple to operate. I'm sure an "open" ISPC gun with optics and all the trimmings could put my scores to shame. That being said, I have no doubt the same gun would choke in adverse conditions and be next to useless should the optic fail. Everything is a compromise, and compromising the reliability and ease of use for a potential gain in performance is unacceptable for a defensive firearm. My guns aren't setup for competing, so I don't expect to compete against those who's guns are.
TDC
Broad sweeping attacks wont be tolerated TDC, you know the rules. Point in fact you obviously know very little about IPSC. I personally have never shot a 1911 in IPSC and I know several others who only shoot Glocks, HKs, Sigs or CZ's as well.



























