When I first started shooting Irritating Pipples Squabbling Constantly, back when it first started here in Canuckistan, I fell into the clutches of a world class competitor named "Machine Gun Al Page", who tutored me in that elusive "Double Tap or DT
[DT not to be confused with Delerium Tremors ...
although they do have some similarities when you are first experimenting with either].
Way back in the stone age of IPSC [ 1980s to you whippersnappers ] we defined a DT as one sight picture, TWO quick shots ...
straight from Ol' Col Cooper's words, hisself ]
MG Al started out on the Brownig Hi Power and eventually saw the light [ IPSC rules make it so that minor SUCKS big time ], so he switched over to a Colt Govt Model in .45 = MAJOR!
Ok fine.
Just one problem ....
Al [ and eventually MOI ] found we were double tapping so fast, we could actually beat the slide and disconnector on a stock Govt. So this forced us to slow down to the point where our Double Taps were more like what you all are calling "doubles"= two AIMED shots.
This was strictly a requiremnt of the physics and mechanics involved ... not because our scores/times were all that much better [... especially on the quick and dirty short stuff that those old iPsc matches used to have]. ... back before the gamesters took over, and the true warriors all got their asses kicked [ unless you cheated a lot ].
This was a problem begging for a solution, so when I built my full race .45 comp guns, I lightened the slide considerably, and kept a FULL powered recoil spring. Most other gunsmiters of the day were building with stock slides, and very very light recoil springs.
Then we started shooting with Team Detonics ... who thought 3" barrels and NO SIGHTS were the way to go for REAL men. The Detonics Combat Master, with its shortened and ultralight slide, is about as fast as you can get for Q & D / CQB. This impressed me to no end, and I even shot my way into Canuckistan B class with one, and shot a Nationals with one.
It is a manly thing to beat a race gun ... ANY race gun ... with a Detonics Combat Master shooting 230 Gr Hornady Fp bullets, with a PF o > 200.
Yep.
MANLY!!
It puts the capital P right back into IpSC, eh what ...
even if you never get to take home any tin from the matches.
SO, I have to disagree a bit ...
to me a double tap should NOT be snoozing and waiting for the gun to catch up with you.
At least, not if you have the right gun/load/comp shooter combination.
At least not if you have the slightest interest in Capital P shoooting.
Of course,
as with any opinions expressed on the internet,
your personal mileage may vary.
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