Black badge question

justmessing said:
You come off as an "older gentleman" a lot in this forum, so it's possible your memory isn't quite what it used to be. Glock took #6 & 7 in Standard at Nationals this year.

BTW, those two shooters combined have less than half of your 283 matches. Just sharing as a reference.
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And you come off as a young wipper snapper. Lol. First of all I never said that you can't do well with a Glock. I was only saying that it's no longer a popular gun. Get it now?

Also I made reference to the number of matches I've shot to indicate that I get to see more matches and therefore what guns are popular more than the average ipsc shooter.
 
old303 said:
Production (or Production Optic now) is probably the best division to start in because it's the most popular one and easiest not to finish dead last. Statistically it's easier to move up in a big field, while a small field means each step up the standings is a bigger hurdle. A lot of the smaller "old dude" divisions like Classic, Revolver, and Standard are people with older styles of firearm that were popular back when they started and they've had an intimidating number of years to get good. Open has the people going for overall match winner, with the best shooters driving the expensive race guns.

If you've got any sort of pistol that's IPSC-legal and you're comfortable shooting it, then that'll be the right gun to get started. Watching a match or local club practice (bring eyes & ears) and listening to what the local shooters are chatting about is a good thing too. If you're out lane-shooting, work on shooting left-hand-only and right-hand-only as well as two-handed. Quick pairs of shots near the middle part of the target would be a good drill, seeing how quickly you can regain sight picture for the second shot; IPSC isn't about absolute bullseyes.
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Good advice. I did a match this year where both those skills were required.

Weak hand only is one of the most unnatural feeling things ever.
 
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