Begining IPSC
- Thread starter BenJiMan
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TightGroup
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Saint-Louis-de-Kent, NB
Lets not forget,
Holster, mag pouches, 5 or 6 mags, belt, gunsmithing fees,
and if you want to be competitive, practice, practice, practice.
Feeling of winning a match priceless
Holster, mag pouches, 5 or 6 mags, belt, gunsmithing fees,
and if you want to be competitive, practice, practice, practice.
Feeling of winning a match priceless
chuckwagon
CGN Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Para P16-40cal is good to start. You could also use what you have untill you decide what seems the best for you. There are lots of options but your the one going to be shooting it. So get what seems the best for you. Just have fun.
.40 Norinco clone of the CZ-75/85, with a nice trigger job, is very affortable and will serve you well. Contact Rodger at mauser13@brant.net and he'll get it ready for you, or tell you more info. He also has a .40 norinco built to his design, for standard (also in .40: the "DARK 40", he's the RK of 'DARK' 
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In my opinon the money you spent on a CR Speed holster is waste down the toilet. The difference between a $20 Uncle Mike's and a $200 race holster, for me, is about 0.1-0.15s on a draw, and that only makes a difference in the few stages where you don't need to move to get into your first shooting position. Getting good mag pouches (like the CR speed's) is much more important, maybe you already have some, plus a good stiff belt (like the CR Speed again). There are alternatives to mag pouches and holsters, but I believe CR Speed makes the best shooting belts...
Other than that, welcome, and have fun!
). In my opinon the money you spent on a CR Speed holster is waste down the toilet. The difference between a $20 Uncle Mike's and a $200 race holster, for me, is about 0.1-0.15s on a draw, and that only makes a difference in the few stages where you don't need to move to get into your first shooting position. Getting good mag pouches (like the CR speed's) is much more important, maybe you already have some, plus a good stiff belt (like the CR Speed again). There are alternatives to mag pouches and holsters, but I believe CR Speed makes the best shooting belts...
Other than that, welcome, and have fun!
A regular USP is great in 9mm for production division. Get a V#3 detent plate so your lever only decocks. I say this because you may accidently put it on safe during a course of fire. OR, spend a little more and get the Custom sport. Mags are cheap these days if you order from the US; $6.99- $7.99 for a 10rd mag.
A trick to making the DA trigger press smoother is making sure the hammer strut and contact areas with the bottom of the hammer are WELL lubricated. A gun grease like Slide Glide can be used on the reciever rails (slide moves smoother that way) Another part is the bottom of the hammer strut were is enters the lanyard loop hole. After a while it rubs the finish off, so that area needs lubrication as well.
A trick to making the DA trigger press smoother is making sure the hammer strut and contact areas with the bottom of the hammer are WELL lubricated. A gun grease like Slide Glide can be used on the reciever rails (slide moves smoother that way) Another part is the bottom of the hammer strut were is enters the lanyard loop hole. After a while it rubs the finish off, so that area needs lubrication as well.
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Omen,omen said:.40 Norinco clone of the CZ-75/85, with a nice trigger job, is very affortable and will serve you well. Contact Rodger at mauser13@brant.net and he'll get it ready for you, or tell you more info. He also has a .40 norinco built to his design, for standard (also in .40: the "DARK 40", he's the RK of 'DARK'
In my opinon the money you spent on a CR Speed holster is waste down the toilet. The difference between a $20 Uncle Mike's and a $200 race holster, for me, is about 0.1-0.15s on a draw, and that only makes a difference in the few stages where you don't need to move to get into your first shooting position. Getting good mag pouches (like the CR speed's) is much more important, maybe you already have some, plus a good stiff belt (like the CR Speed again). There are alternatives to mag pouches and holsters, but I believe CR Speed makes the best shooting belts...
Other than that, welcome, and have fun!
Just curious, but what do you use for IPSC?
I use a Norinco NP22, at the moment. Used to shoot with CZ-85Combat, have also a G17 but I never liked the Glocks: just got one for people whom I'm teaching use in IPSC. I also have a Sig which I tried, thinking I'd use it in US, but I didn't like it as much as the Norincos... I had a bit of a problem this weekend with plates at 35m - will need to try it a bit to see if it was the gun or me...
don't let people push you into a particular make or model - try them, and make up your own mind. Also don't think that price of the gun is any indication of your performance with that gun - you can't buy performance.
don't let people push you into a particular make or model - try them, and make up your own mind. Also don't think that price of the gun is any indication of your performance with that gun - you can't buy performance.
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After reading this thread i want to start
My first handgun will either be a HK USP shot all calibers a few times and liked it, or a Sig P226 Stainless (Have to find a range with one i can shoot). Would the sig be legal? Wich would be better the 9mm or the .40? (I like .40)
I so have to get my PAL.
My first handgun will either be a HK USP shot all calibers a few times and liked it, or a Sig P226 Stainless (Have to find a range with one i can shoot). Would the sig be legal? Wich would be better the 9mm or the .40? (I like .40)
I so have to get my PAL.
Omen,Quigley said:Care to elaberate on "Trigger job"
I would hope that this is a "qualified" trigger job.- because I thought you could not modify - unless you changed classes.
Also I wonder about your comment about price/performance. I would tend to suspect that practice is a major component - but that a fully loaded open gun (STI for example) would be more precise than a NP22?
