Practice firearm for competion?

BigDinOC · February 25, 2008, 09:54 PM

If you shoot a larger caliber handgun in competion and want to shoot a smaller caliber ( 22 lr ) for practice, for the cost aspect of course. Which is more important ( besides trigger pull and recoil ) the weight of the gun being the same as your competion gun or barrel length being the same?

Thanks in advance guys.

SIGSHR · February 26, 2008, 12:34 AM

I would say weight. IIRC after WWII in response to shooters requests S&W redesigned their K-frame target
revolver in 22, 32 and 38 Special to have the same weight, they did so by adjusting the size of the top rib on the barrel.

cdrt · February 26, 2008, 07:54 AM

Both, if you use the exampe of the Colt .22 conversions for the 1911 with the floating chamber. You get the same weight, trigger pull, sight picture and the added advantage of recoil similar to the .45 ACP from a .22 LR since you're using your existing receiver.

jmorris · February 26, 2008, 10:00 AM

Dry fire practice in many cases is more helpful than live fire practice, even more so if your practice pistol is not the one you compete with. All differences matter and you might notice things during dry fire that you wouldn’t during live fire. The original Colt Ace gives you a steel slide (others are aluminum) that will go to slide lock and the floating chamber does increase the recoil some but it’s still under that of a 9mm 1911 unless you use CCI stinger ammunition (but you might as well be shooting 9mm at that point). Advantage Arms makes a conversion kit for the Glock that runs well and is quite accurate but because of it’s aluminum slide is very light and would negatively affect transition training, for example.

1SOW · March 5, 2008, 09:26 PM

What cdrt said

The conversion kits give practice in everything except recoil.

February 25, 2008, 09:54 PM	#1
BigDinOC Member Join Date: February 17, 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 89	Practice firearm for competion? If you shoot a larger caliber handgun in competion and want to shoot a smaller caliber ( 22 lr ) for practice, for the cost aspect of course. Which is more important ( besides trigger pull and recoil ) the weight of the gun being the same as your competion gun or barrel length being the same? Thanks in advance guys. Last edited by BigDinOC; February 26, 2008 at 12:33 AM.

February 26, 2008, 07:54 AM	#3
cdrt Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2007 Location: The Lone Star State Posts: 255	Both, if you use the exampe of the Colt .22 conversions for the 1911 with the floating chamber. You get the same weight, trigger pull, sight picture and the added advantage of recoil similar to the .45 ACP from a .22 LR since you're using your existing receiver. __________________ Navy Vet, SWIFT Boat OIC, Distinguished Pistol Shot #1399 USS JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG-36)

February 26, 2008, 12:34 AM	#2
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	I would say weight. IIRC after WWII in response to shooters requests S&W redesigned their K-frame target revolver in 22, 32 and 38 Special to have the same weight, they did so by adjusting the size of the top rib on the barrel.

February 26, 2008, 10:00 AM	#4
jmorris Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2006 Posts: 3,077	Dry fire practice in many cases is more helpful than live fire practice, even more so if your practice pistol is not the one you compete with. All differences matter and you might notice things during dry fire that you wouldn’t during live fire. The original Colt Ace gives you a steel slide (others are aluminum) that will go to slide lock and the floating chamber does increase the recoil some but it’s still under that of a 9mm 1911 unless you use CCI stinger ammunition (but you might as well be shooting 9mm at that point). Advantage Arms makes a conversion kit for the Glock that runs well and is quite accurate but because of it’s aluminum slide is very light and would negatively affect transition training, for example.

March 5, 2008, 09:26 PM	#5
1SOW Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2007 Location: South TX Posts: 269	What cdrt said The conversion kits give practice in everything except recoil.