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WESHOOT2 · February 4, 2002, 08:33 AM

Your thinking is flawed.

It is NOT the gun.

If a gun is reliable and sufficiently accurate then it becomes simply a test of skill.
Reread this.

Example: in January I competed at the S&W Academy with 69 other IPSC shooters. All classes and gun-types were well-represented.
Overall winner shot in Production Class, beating EVERYONE ELSE.

To be clear on what that means: ten rd maximum in magazines, scored Minor, stock gun (gun used was Glock 9mm), holster and mag carriers worn behind the hip-center.

This shooter beat others using optically-sighted compensated pistols holding up to 30 rds, drawn from holsters worn in competition-only positions, and mag carriers worn at the front.

Please convince me it was his gun.....................

February 4, 2002, 08:33 AM	#6
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	WRONGO!!! Your thinking is flawed. It is NOT the gun. If a gun is reliable and sufficiently accurate then it becomes simply a test of skill. Reread this. Example: in January I competed at the S&W Academy with 69 other IPSC shooters. All classes and gun-types were well-represented. Overall winner shot in Production Class, beating EVERYONE ELSE. To be clear on what that means: ten rd maximum in magazines, scored Minor, stock gun (gun used was Glock 9mm), holster and mag carriers worn behind the hip-center. This shooter beat others using optically-sighted compensated pistols holding up to 30 rds, drawn from holsters worn in competition-only positions, and mag carriers worn at the front. Please convince me it was his gun..................... __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"