michaelefox
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Being new to shooting competition (but not to shooting), you'll need to excuse my (perhaps) stupid observation and question.
It seems that the model 1911-style pistols (Colt, Kimber, Les Baer, others) are not used much in either IPSC or IDPA competition.
My evidence:
IDPA - On other posts in this forum, it seems that IDPA is dominated by Glocks - say 95+ percent.
IPSC - On the USPSA website, it says that Open Division is mostly .38 Super; Limited is dominated by .40 S&W; Production is mostly 9MM or .40 S&W and that Limited 10 is mostly the same type of guns as Limited (.40 S&W) but some single stack 1911-pattern firearms in 40S&W or 45 ACP.
So, my question: With folks like Thunder Ranch teaming up with Les Baer on the Thunder Ranch Special and so many self defense instructors that I see advocating the 1911-style gun, I wonder why the 1911-style .45 guns are not more popular in either of these two competitions. Could it be that police agencies are predominently using the higher capacity double-stack weapons like Glock, H&K, etc? And if police agencies are mostly using that type of weapon, I wonder why folks like Thunder Ranch and others still favor the old-style .45? Are they just "old school" and out of touch with what police and the various competitive shooting communities seem to be gravitating to?
It seems that the model 1911-style pistols (Colt, Kimber, Les Baer, others) are not used much in either IPSC or IDPA competition.
My evidence:
IDPA - On other posts in this forum, it seems that IDPA is dominated by Glocks - say 95+ percent.
IPSC - On the USPSA website, it says that Open Division is mostly .38 Super; Limited is dominated by .40 S&W; Production is mostly 9MM or .40 S&W and that Limited 10 is mostly the same type of guns as Limited (.40 S&W) but some single stack 1911-pattern firearms in 40S&W or 45 ACP.
So, my question: With folks like Thunder Ranch teaming up with Les Baer on the Thunder Ranch Special and so many self defense instructors that I see advocating the 1911-style gun, I wonder why the 1911-style .45 guns are not more popular in either of these two competitions. Could it be that police agencies are predominently using the higher capacity double-stack weapons like Glock, H&K, etc? And if police agencies are mostly using that type of weapon, I wonder why folks like Thunder Ranch and others still favor the old-style .45? Are they just "old school" and out of touch with what police and the various competitive shooting communities seem to be gravitating to?