My new glock and IPSC?

PH Racing said:
Added points
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And what's the advantage to more points?

enefgee said:
Shooting someone accurately and quickly with a big bullet is better than shooting them accurately and quickly with a smaller one. :D
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Shooting anything accurately with a lesser recoiling cartridge(smaller bullet) is easier than running something larger.

tobin said:
A real advantage of the .40 is the ability of the heavier .40 bullets to knock down poppers that may or may not fall when hit with a lighter 9mm bullet.
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I would say the poppers are incorrectly set if 9mm won't and 40 will.

TDC
 
PH Racing said:
Lol...more points=better score
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I'm being slightly lazy here but figured I could get an easy straight answer from those in the know. Major and Minor are separate "groups" if you will in IPSC. To me that means they're scored separately, as in my score in minor is not compared to your score in major. If this is correct, why would someone who competes in minor care about more points in major if they're not grouped in with those competing in major?

TDC
 
TDC said:
And what's the advantage to more points?

I would say the poppers are incorrectly set if 9mm won't and 40 will.

TDC
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As with most games except golf and bowling, more points means you are more likely to win. I'm hoping you knew that already. Minor and major power factors are still competing against each other within each division, so if you're shooting standard with minor power factor, then you are at a disadvantage. A zone hits are worth 10 points for both power factors, but outside the A zone, major power factor hits are worth about double what minor are worth. I can't recall the numbers, ipsc.org is the website to visit and read the rules cover to cover. If you're in production division, all shooters are scored as minor power factor even if shooting a major power factor round.

Poppers may fall for both calibres, but 9mm may require a hit higher on the popper to drop it than a .40 will. The difference might be only an inch or so, but it can make a slight difference. .40 may also make the popper fall slightly faster, which can be an advantage if there is another popper hidden behind it, or you have to wait for a mover to activate after the popper falls. The advantages of a faster falling popper are minimal, but many guys put a controlled pair into a popper when there is a time advantage to it falling faster, and they swear it makes it fall faster.
 
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Here it is....

Glock 22 with zero modifications unless you can get them from the manufacture is a Production Gun. Production only scores Minor power factor (125+). There is no major power factor (170+) in Production. You can reload .40 to a very soft shooting minor power factor.

Glock 22 with aftermarket accessories is in Standard Division, as long as it fits in "the box". You can pimp it out with all sorts of stuff. See my Glock 35 in My Glock Build thread. You can shoot Minor or Major power factor in Standard. The difference being C zone and D zone scoring, 4 vs 3 for C's, and 3 vs 1 for D's. All standard Division shooters compete against each other regardless of power factor.

I hope this clarifies some things for you.

www.ipsc.org has all the rules.
 
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