IDPA Shooters--Ruger Wants Your Input

[Tokarev]

I finished in the Top 5 in like 4 straight IDPA Nationals using one. I don't know if second place in the whole country counts as accomplished or not.

I would say it makes you quite accomplished. Congrats.

So Ruger has a good grasp of the action pistol revo market. At least for the 6-shooter category.

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[Alpha Sierra]

Have you ever been a professional shooter? Are you personal friends with any?

No to both, and as a group they are not influencers for me.

[jetfire]

I would say it makes you quite accomplished. Congrats.

So Ruger has a good grasp of the action pistol revo market. At least for the 6-shooter category.

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Yeah the Match Champion is a hell of a six shooter. Their moonclip revolvers aren't quite there yet, so I don't think the 929 is in any danger of getting eclipsed as the Go-To gun for USPSA, but stranger thinks have happened. I think if they really sank some money into the USPSA market they could convert all 12 revolver guys.

[jetfire]

No to both, and as a group they are not influencers for me.

So maybe you should stay in your fuckin' lane before you call people shills.

[Zincwarrior]

Their survey should have included trigger pull, or whether trigger work had been done.

[Alpha Sierra]

So maybe you should stay in your fuckin' lane before you call people shills.

I'll drive in whatever lane I please.

[jetfire]

Not in the revolver division...
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I actually lol'd. LEAVE WHEELGUNS ALONE

[RevolverRob]

A revised American with a steel frame and the manual safety would have me running a Ruger semi-auto for the second time in my life (my first was handgun was a P95). One that had the bells and whistles like a Q5 steel-frame Match would be the heat. Slide cuts for carry optics?

I can see Ruger making headway in USPSA Production with a quality built gun. Why? Because folks are running just about everything near the top of production right now Glocks, Q5s, Berettas, CZs, Tanfos - it'd be easy to build something that worked in that vein.

I don't think Ruger wants to get into double-stack 1911s, nor should they. Between all of the ones out there only the STIs/SVIs remain consistent performers. STI just dropped the price on the new generation mags which are excellent, like duty ready out of the package, no tuning, etc. As I wear out old mag bodies, I'm replacing them with new style mags. They're way better and now VIP-length mags are 50 bucks and big-sticks (170mm) are 75.

And dudes, life is way better with Alpha Sierra on Ignore.

[HopetonBrown]

Ruger probably makes 1000x more selling little pocket rockets nobody actually shoots than they ever will with some IDPA specific blaster.

[Bucky]

I don't think Ruger wants to get into double-stack 1911s, nor should they. Between all of the ones out there only the STIs/SVIs remain consistent performers.

My Caspian builds run / ran as good as my STIs, and are FAR easier to work on. Trouble is, nobody is making a decent magazine for them anymore. My Craig / Caspian F15 Fantom is much thinner than a VIP. It’s also noticeably shorter in height, yet only gives up one round.

With the popularity of the EDC X9, I think a similar sized Ruger build at half the price would sell well.