You think it would be painfully obvious, but the only answer you can give them when they ask how you keep beating them is, "It is impossible to miss fast enough to win."
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You think it would be painfully obvious, but the only answer you can give them when they ask how you keep beating them is, "It is impossible to miss fast enough to win."
The problem is at least at club level matches this is from my perspective false.
I see tons of people blast through stages with incredible speed but with lots of peripheral zone hits on target still end up with better scores than shooters only a bit slower but with more accuracy.
If I were king the top finisher would be the shooter who got 100% a zone hits the fastest.
Pat_Jones
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What's competitive? Honestly, very few of us are "competitive" for the division win regardless of what we shoot. I shoot revolvers a fair bit in USPSA and while I would always choose my 8 shot gun at a major match, I spend a fair bit of time shooting my 625 at club matches. If your closest competitor is 10% away from you, it doesn't matter what you shoot.
I do shoot my 625 a fair bit at USPSA club matches, I'm less than 5% down in the overall as compared to my 8 shot minor gun. I would be down a bit more in my division than the overall, but that only matters if there is someone come close enough to me to race with.
I'd love to shoot the 625 in ICORE, but with power factors set the way they are it's really more of a 38 special game. If there was some form of major scoring, say reducing the time down by a half second for Bs & Cs, I'd probably switch to the 625 in Limited 6 division full time.
I do shoot my 625 a fair bit at USPSA club matches, I'm less than 5% down in the overall as compared to my 8 shot minor gun. I would be down a bit more in my division than the overall, but that only matters if there is someone come close enough to me to race with.
I'd love to shoot the 625 in ICORE, but with power factors set the way they are it's really more of a 38 special game. If there was some form of major scoring, say reducing the time down by a half second for Bs & Cs, I'd probably switch to the 625 in Limited 6 division full time.
Pat JOnes:
Download your 625 for ICORE. I use to use 3 grains of Bullseye and a 230 grain RNL bullet. Those things were so slow I could watch them go down range but they were the most accurate loads I have ever shot.
Download your 625 for ICORE. I use to use 3 grains of Bullseye and a 230 grain RNL bullet. Those things were so slow I could watch them go down range but they were the most accurate loads I have ever shot.
Trebor Snave
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My 625 went back in the safe after the rule change, and i switched to autos. I need to get it out and do some shooting.
I've shot both a Model 15 and a 686 in local USPSA and IDPA-ish matches. At most, there would be two other revolver shooters there out of the competitors. Only one other shot a gun that could be considered a carry gun.
Sure, I came in last every time. One kid asked me if that bothered me. I said no, the reason I was in those matches was to work on my own skills. So the only person I was competing against was me. If I was doing better, then it was a win.
Sure, I came in last every time. One kid asked me if that bothered me. I said no, the reason I was in those matches was to work on my own skills. So the only person I was competing against was me. If I was doing better, then it was a win.
Bullseye Smith
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My friend is a retired DC cop that shoots USPSD with a 627 using 38 short colts ( faster to reload ). He is 70+ and is always in the top 3, revolvers and auto's shoot together, and scored together. He has a new 9mm revolver that the trigger are set the same at 6 pounds double action.
