July 5th. IDPA. Central Ohio. I celebrated my freedom.
It was great. I did alright, came in 12th place out of 24 in my group. I know we're not competing against others in principal but sometimes it feels good not to come in dead last.
The scenarios were humorous. "you've just bought ammo at Walmart when so and so demands it and gets violent". "you're at the range picking up brass when so-and-so with trained attack dogs...attack" And other slightly more serious prompts.
4 courses of fire, needed 1 reload for each course. A bit of shooting behind cover, shooting while backpedalling (need work on that one), shooting around a low barrier, running with the gun pointed downrange. It gives me ideas to practice.
I did find something strange though, the website to the club goes on about real daily concealed equipment, full power loads, when just about everyone there wore fishing vests, OWB holsters with OWB mag pouches. 1 man shot an XDS, 1 man shot a Glock 26 with Glock 19 reload mags so that he had a pinky hold.
I'm conflicted as to whether to proceed with my actual carry guns or a game gun.
I shot a Glock 35 with WWB in an untucked IWB holster and 2 mags in my khaki shorts pocket. I purchased it a few years ago out of curiosity about long slide Glocks and what the big deal about connectors was, not intending to do IDPA. Used but in excellent condition, it was way cheaper than a G34. It's the only pistol I have 3 mags for.
My actual carry pistols as of late are mainly a Kahr CM9 or a M&P40c. The M&P40c has a substantial flip to it in comparison to the Glock 35. I have a conversion barrel for the M&P40c.
According to the new class rules, there's a new category CCP: Compact Carry Pistol which must be less than 37 oz total with loaded mag, allowed 8 rounds, and conforms to other ESP rules. That means my Apex trigger and conversion barrel to 9mm would be allowed which is good news for the M&P40c.
My dilemma: Do I go all out and really use what I carry (not a conversion barrel). If I use the CM9, Financially, I only have 1 mag for my Kahr CM9, so I'd be looking at $75 in magazines to participate with my most often carried pistol. And then single stack mag holders. As for the M&P40c, my curiosity about the 40 caliber has since been satisfied, and I don't really prefer 40 over 9mm or anything, but stick with carrying it out of reliability due to its original factory configuration. I could always use less muzzle rise and I'm still working on finding a more neutral grip for faster sight re-acquisition. Fortunately, my IWB holster fits a Glock 35, M&P40c an Kahr CM9 pretty well due to the flexible leather backing and minimal Kydex molding.
Any pros/cons that I'm missing here? What route did you go?
It was great. I did alright, came in 12th place out of 24 in my group. I know we're not competing against others in principal but sometimes it feels good not to come in dead last.
The scenarios were humorous. "you've just bought ammo at Walmart when so and so demands it and gets violent". "you're at the range picking up brass when so-and-so with trained attack dogs...attack" And other slightly more serious prompts.
4 courses of fire, needed 1 reload for each course. A bit of shooting behind cover, shooting while backpedalling (need work on that one), shooting around a low barrier, running with the gun pointed downrange. It gives me ideas to practice.
I did find something strange though, the website to the club goes on about real daily concealed equipment, full power loads, when just about everyone there wore fishing vests, OWB holsters with OWB mag pouches. 1 man shot an XDS, 1 man shot a Glock 26 with Glock 19 reload mags so that he had a pinky hold.
I'm conflicted as to whether to proceed with my actual carry guns or a game gun.
I shot a Glock 35 with WWB in an untucked IWB holster and 2 mags in my khaki shorts pocket. I purchased it a few years ago out of curiosity about long slide Glocks and what the big deal about connectors was, not intending to do IDPA. Used but in excellent condition, it was way cheaper than a G34. It's the only pistol I have 3 mags for.
My actual carry pistols as of late are mainly a Kahr CM9 or a M&P40c. The M&P40c has a substantial flip to it in comparison to the Glock 35. I have a conversion barrel for the M&P40c.
According to the new class rules, there's a new category CCP: Compact Carry Pistol which must be less than 37 oz total with loaded mag, allowed 8 rounds, and conforms to other ESP rules. That means my Apex trigger and conversion barrel to 9mm would be allowed which is good news for the M&P40c.
My dilemma: Do I go all out and really use what I carry (not a conversion barrel). If I use the CM9, Financially, I only have 1 mag for my Kahr CM9, so I'd be looking at $75 in magazines to participate with my most often carried pistol. And then single stack mag holders. As for the M&P40c, my curiosity about the 40 caliber has since been satisfied, and I don't really prefer 40 over 9mm or anything, but stick with carrying it out of reliability due to its original factory configuration. I could always use less muzzle rise and I'm still working on finding a more neutral grip for faster sight re-acquisition. Fortunately, my IWB holster fits a Glock 35, M&P40c an Kahr CM9 pretty well due to the flexible leather backing and minimal Kydex molding.
Any pros/cons that I'm missing here? What route did you go?
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