Originally Posted by
Clusterfrack
So interesting how Division trends are regional. We have some high level shooters here, including one GM who travels internationally. He's truly talented at PCC, but would otherwise be a mid-B level shooter in the pistol divisions. There are a few older folks who shoot PCC, but Open, Single Stack, and Revo are where the Super Seniors go to play. I love squadding with most of those guys. They are experienced, upbeat, and supportive. Sometimes it's like having cheerleaders, except not hot and not girls.
I don't care how long people take to get ready to shoot or finish, as long as they are safe and help reset.
Gun reliability (or lack) shows a very strong pattern at the matches I've been to, regardless of location.
Glocks pretty much never fail, unless people try to make them into Open or Limited guns, or limp-wrist them while shooting minor PF ammo (usually kids or new female shooters).
CZs are also virtually 100% reliable unless people load their ammo wrong (COL too long), or fail to replace parts that constantly break in their .40 Limited CZs.
Sig 320s: super reliable, including later gen Sig Romeos.
Various polymer and metal carry-type guns can be very unreliable. It's hard to know why because it's usually newer shooters who don't return who bring these guns. I've noticed that the more "Unicorn" a gun is, the greater chance of it having issues.
Revolvers: lots of light strikes, and a few catastrophic failures that stopped the shooters match.
PCCs: malfunction all the time. As in people act surprised when they actually finish a stage without a malfunction. A few people have guns that seem to mostly run, until they don't. This division is a reliability nightmare.
2011s: malfunction quite a bit, despite people spending crazy money on them. There seems to be no correlation between cost and reliability.
1911s: Same as above.
Open 2011s: Same as above, except worse.
The frequency of malfunctions is approx. 45% PCC, 45% 1911/2011, and 10% other.