I thought SSP was the largest IDPA Division, so I went back and counted up for my state shoot. It was, just barely; 34 SSP vs 33 ESP. Also 29 CDP, so I doubt the difference in autoloader Division entries is statistically significant.
What we are seeing in ESP is a lot of IPSC obsolete single stack .38 Super 1911s coming out of the backs of gun cases. Scopes and compensators removed where present. Many with 9mm barrels installed for the cheap ammo. There are also a fair number of Glocks with so many modifications as to move them out of SSP.
CZs, in spite of their theoretical versatility, are very thin on the ground. The first year I shot mine full time, there was ONE other CZ at the Nationals, amongst 300 entries. Junior phenom Daniel Horner shot a TZ clone for a good while but I don't know if he still does.
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