2015 IDPA World Championship Magazine

[cclaxton]

http://www.idpa.com/content/tactical...al/15V19I4.pdf

Interesting Gun Info Summary:
Most popular guns:
- Glock 34 73
- S&W M&P Pro 9mm 37
- Glock 19 20
- Glock 17 18
- Springfield Arms XDm 9mm 18
- S&W M&P 9mm 16
- CZ SP-01 Shadow 14
- Glock 41 9
- S&W 625 6
- S&W M&P .45ACP 6
- Others: 194

Top 10 Brands
- Glock
- S&W
- Springfield
- CZ
- Wilson
- STI
- Kimber
- Sig
- H&K
- Walther

Top Holsters
- Comp-Tac
- Blade-Tech
- Safariland

479 Competitors, 416 from US
144 used factory ammo, 227 used handloaded ammo

Top CCW Firearms
- Glock 19
- S&W M&P Shield 9mm
- Glock 26
- Glock 43
- Springfield XDS 9mm
- Glock 23
- Glock 27
- Ruger LCP
- S&W M&P 9mm
- Glock 42

More in the PDF.
Cody

[Glenn E. Meyer]

How could Glocks be so popular. I read on the Internet that the grip angle and ergonomics of Glocks are horrible. I thought the article, which is by the throne now, had an interesting point that CDP is losing popularity for the 9's. Oh, the horror!

Maybe I will shoot my 1911 more and come in better in the matches. I once came in second after a champion revolver shooter (well, there were only two revolvers that day!).

[cclaxton]

People competing in IDPA or in Production or Optics in USPSA need reliable pistols. Competitors quickly move away from guns with bad triggers, unreliable, mag issues, grip issues, etc. I think these lists represent the most reliable production/stock guns available today.
I am surprised by the popularity of the S&W Shield, more than the GLock 26 for CCW. I personally don't like the grip/trigger on the Shield. Also, interesting to see the Glock 43 already on the top list. 40cal all but gone from IDPA competition, but still hanging on with CCW. Notable not a single Sig in CCW firearms. I carry a CZ75 SDP L cocked and locked.

I am also happy to see the progress CZ is making in IDPA as well.
Cody

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Around here folks buy Shields as they are cheaper and pocketable as compared to G26s. That translates into match choice?

The 40 is doomed!! I ditched my 27 and went 9 or 45 in the semis. I do have Buckmark for plinking and steel.

[TheRoland]

Around here folks buy Shields as they are cheaper and pocketable as compared to G26s. That translates into match choice?

To clarify, that's the pistol that competitors said they carried when they weren't competing.

[taadski]

Notable not a single Sig in CCW firearms.
Cody

Whatchu tawkin' 'bout Willis?










FWIW, I don't put a lot of stock in these surveys, but what's kinda humorous/lame/sad/telling for an organization with a mission statement like IDPA's (and perhaps the gun carrying public as a whole?) is the disparity between "top guns" and "top CCW" choices.


t

[gtmtnbiker98]

Whatchu tawkin' 'bout Willis?










FWIW, I don't put a lot of stock in these surveys, but what's kinda humorous/lame/sad/telling for an organization with a mission statement like IDPA's (and perhaps the gun carrying public as a whole?) is the disparity between "top guns" and "top CCW" choices.


t

Agree, IDPA is a joke.

[orionz06]

What I really wanna know, and you'll never get it from a survey, is how many folks actually carry their gun compared to how many say they carry and respond in kind.

[taadski]

What I really wanna know, and you'll never get it from a survey, is how many folks actually carry their gun...

We have a couple. Even less though that carry one similar to the one they compete with.

Agree, IDPA is a joke.

Believe it or not, I actually wasn't really going there. I bitch about the subjectivity of the rules as much as anybody, but…. It's a game. I enjoy playing it. I'm not going to try and take away the fact that for some (between their ears anyway), it's more than that. It gets folks out shooting together.

It has actually turned into a great bonding activity between my father and I. He doesn't feel comfortable with his skill set for some of the other shooting sports, but he likes IDPA. And, incidentally, his skills have grown pretty dramatically as a result. Over the holidays, my mother was actually bitching about "all the clicking" going on down in my Dad's study over the summer. Tickled me pink…



t

[LSP972]

FWIW, I don't put a lot of stock in these surveys, but what's kinda humorous/lame/sad/telling for an organization with a mission statement like IDPA's (and perhaps the gun carrying public as a whole?) is the disparity between "top guns" and "top CCW" choices.

I'm definitely confused. I thought the whole idea behind IDPA was concealed carry??? And yeah, the G34 is definitely in the top ten of viable concealed carry pistols...

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