Recent content by CatsEye

You have to be a member of IDPA and have a current classification for this one. Would love to have you out to our regular matches.

Just a couple of weeks away. Looking forward to see everyone there.

Rainier Ballistics Invitational (IDPA Tier 3 sanctioned event) is July 19th, 2014. Great way to earn points for the Nationals or World Shoot. Match application: http://ecbiz147.inmo...egistration.pdf 10 Stages - 169 rounds minimum. Fresh and hot food served free with entry. Yes, there...

I have started shooting a CZ75 in IDPA and it is a great gun. I usually use it in SSP starting with the hammer down and the first shot DA. It would be much slower to cock the hammer instead of learning to master the DA pull so don't go that route. If starting hammer down the safety does not...

I usually shoot my M&P Pro in IDPA because it is the best tool I have to be competitive. I also want to be proficient with my carry gun, a M&P Compact, so I compete with it every couple of months. Even though I carry the compact IWB I find the transition very easy.

We would love to have you come out and shoot with us sometime. Music City Tactical Shooters is a very good IDPA club. The club is extremly welcoming of new shooters and we have a group of new shooters at every match. We have three IDPA Master level shooters (Team MCTS) consisting of myself...

One thing you learn in competition is that there are certain guns that are more relaible than others. There is a reason most IDPA competitors shoot either Glock or M&P. They are easy to shoot and they just plain run. You can easily put 1000 rounds through either without cleaning and they will...

why.kyle, you pretty much explained it right there. Once you get to the point where you are actually focusing on the front sight throughout the trigger pull to the point the gun fires and the sight lifts out of the notch then you know where the shot went. A lot of it has to do with being...

I don't know about your PPS but my M&P only requires about half rack to reset the trigger and doesn't eject the snap caps.

That is a very important point Longhorn. I can't tell you how many times I have seen new shooters show up at a match with their "home defense" gun only to find that it is very unreliable. Many times being under the clock makes people much more aware of these issues than the same thing happing...

There have been a lot of good points made in this discussion. Is IDPA training? Well in a sense it is and then again it's not. Until you get into advance tactical shooting classes, what do they teach you to do? Most I have experience with teach you to draw from concealment and to get good...

The lower the power factor for the 10mm the more competitive you will be against those shooting 9mm. I shoot my .40 sometimes in ESP at about 135pf using a 170gr bullet going a little under 800fps. It is very soft shooting. I don't know how that translates to a 10mm though.

Any competition you decide on will be fun. I usually shoot IDPA but sometimes do GSSF, Steel Challenge and USPSA. All of them are fun sports. I would recommend to anyone who shoots or carries a gun to consider trying competition because all of them will enhance your shooting skills. The most...

Like most have said, for someone new the difference in the two doesn't really matter esp at the club level. I agree with Sam though, shoot in CDP.

A non-captured spring isn't that big a deal. The first couple of times you do it can be a little tough until you learn the technique. I replaced the captured springs on my M&Ps with Wolf springs and rods. It takes maybe two seconds longer to install.