favorite calibers in ipsc?

Freedom Ventures said:
I don't agree with you; but can't be bothered arguing on the internet.
Your opinion; my opinion - The OP can take them for what they're worth.
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Lol...and yet you are...
It's basically a false economy, yes 9mm brass Can be found for free or dirt cheap if you are willing to use range pickings and you can save a bundle....as long as you don't care how you place in matches or if your gun runs reliably at all. 9mm in notoriously difficult to get to run in a 1911 platform gun. Adding a mix of headstamps and brass that has been used an unknown number of times in an unknown gun (I wouldn't even use range brass in a Production gun just on the chance that it has been fired more than once out of an Open gun at major...if it's been left on the ground by it's previous owner, there's probably a reason) and you cannot possibly expect the gun to run. I don't even mix headstamps in my Supers and they tend to run more reliably. If I was going to run a 9mm Open or production gun I would either use once fired brass that I know was once fired because I fired it from factory ammo, or I would buy new brass....which is only slightly cheaper than new super or supercomp. And since it doesn't last as long you lose in the long run.
 
PH Racing said:
Lol...and yet you are...
It's basically a false economy, yes 9mm brass Can be found for free or dirt cheap if you are willing to use range pickings and you can save a bundle....as long as you don't care how you place in matches or if your gun runs reliably at all. 9mm in notoriously difficult to get to run in a 1911 platform gun. Adding a mix of headstamps and brass that has been used an unknown number of times in an unknown gun (I wouldn't even use range brass in a Production gun just on the chance that it has been fired more than once out of an Open gun at major...if it's been left on the ground by it's previous owner, there's probably a reason) and you cannot possibly expect the gun to run. I don't even mix headstamps in my Supers and they tend to run more reliably. If I was going to run a 9mm Open or production gun I would either use once fired brass that I know was once fired because I fired it from factory ammo, or I would buy new brass....which is only slightly cheaper than new super or supercomp. And since it doesn't last as long you lose in the long run.
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I agree. It used to be that .38 super range pickings were in the same class as the 9mm major now, quite often they were beyond use from the excessive pressures, you might load them for practice but never for a match.
I'm an old dinosaur from back when everyone shot a .45 Colt, then switched to .38 super either of which is the correct length to function in the 1911. The 40 short and weak and 9mm are too short to function reliably in the 1911.
If I was starting from scratch I would build a 1911 single stack in 9mm loaded to .38 super length ( Paul Miller had one at the nats in Regina in 1985!) and load once fired factory brass. But I'm not starting from scratch.

I now have many K's of brass and don't foresee a shortage anytime soon.
If once fired super and .45 are a bit more expensive then that is the price of reliability.
 
I shoot my .40 in standard major.. it gets the job done and i like it.


I agree don't steal my steel, or i'll run out of things to shoot at! lol
 
PH Racing said:
...I wouldn't even use range brass in a Production gun just on the chance that it has been fired more than once out of an Open gun at major...
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Pat, just get a roll sizing machine. I forgot about jams since I started running all my brass trough CasePro.
 
There is range brass and there is range brass. I use all once fired 9mm and never pick it up. I get it for nothing, as much as I can use and then some. If you have RCMP or another agency near you, find out what they do with their brass. Chances are you can get it for nothing or next to.
 
Slavex said:
There is range brass and there is range brass. I use all once fired 9mm and never pick it up. I get it for nothing, as much as I can use and then some. If you have RCMP or another agency near you, find out what they do with their brass. Chances are you can get it for nothing or next to.
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X2 , after I reload and shoot it someone else can have it . A bucket of free brass from a known source is way cheaper than 1000 super brass .
 
At Target Sports, lots of people are buying factory ammo. Plus, all the walk-ins are required to buy ammo from the club. I just sweep up after them - bingo, once-fired brass! Today, the guy shooting his .40 Glock must have fired over 200 - and most of his brass ejected conveniently into my stall. :D

Dumb question: other than costs, what's the disadvantage of shooting .40 major in Production?
 
aridan said:
Dumb question: other than costs, what's the disadvantage of shooting .40 major in Production?
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If you can out shoot EUXX or any of the regular top 5 in Production with your .40cal then there is absolutely no disadvantage. You shoot what you can shoot the best with as long as the pistol is production legal. :p
 
Damn, I feel famous or something... Unfortunately, overall state of Production division in Canada is pretty sad. You guys should see Zaitsev or Slavex at work, at least they can be competitive at international matches.
 
The ROC said:
If you can out shoot EUXX or any of the regular top 5 in Production with your .40cal then there is absolutely no disadvantage. You shoot what you can shoot the best with as long as the pistol is production legal. :p
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Why bother? I suck equally with my Shadow as I do with my XDM-40. :D

Seriously though, I just started in IPSC - one miserable match under the belt - so I had to ask. ;)
 
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