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Thread: Help Give Me Some Advice On New Pistol Purchase

  1. #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
    If you hate the Shadow 2's DA/SA transition, I shudder to think about how you'd feel about shooting a more normal DA/SA gun. The Shadow 2 had a buttery smooth, very light DA pull, and the SA is like a mouse click. What more do you want? I mean, I personally don't like the idea of that particular gun because I dislike the manual decocking dance, but there is literal nothing to complain about in regard to the trigger.

    Well, I actually don’t have any problem with its DA persay, it’s the general transition between DA to SA in any gun that throws me off slightly. It’s just a skill set I need to hone. I’ve had a safety on most hammer guns I’ve owned, so I’ve carried or used them condition 1. The manual decocking on a live round also makes me slightly uncomfortable, but other than that the pistol is a dream and both things are deficiencies on my part, not the gun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Watson View Post
    So check the box for Limited Minor, shoot cocked and locked and fill the magazine up, too.
    Production seems to have shifted from an entry level Division to a specialists' game.
    Beginners are being encouraged to shoot Limited Minor so as to not have to plan reloads so often.
    Good advice, perhaps that is what I will do. I’m still very much a newbie, and I’m really just looking to have fun anyways, so what you suggest could be a good option.

  3. #63
    The ideal is probably “just pick one and shoot the piss out of it,” but more than a few of us have tinkered around for a bit. There’s a certain appeal to the process of finding that perfect gun with the right features. So rock on with your bad self. Enjoy the process. Lots of us are doing it. I’m on my fifth or sixth “perfect” gun over the last 20 years. 3rd in the 4 years. Ergonomics and shifting priorities.

    I also agree with the general advice that dedicating yourself to a single gun is probably going to be more conducive to improvement. That’s what I intend to do starting now, I mean......now.
    Last edited by David S.; 03-07-2019 at 08:39 AM.
    David S.

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    Pretty sure I've read that HK is coming out with a long slide version of the VP9. Since you have mags and other support kit that would be the way, IMO. Want something different? Get a quality AR 15 if you don't have one already. Get some training then jump into 2 gun matches. The pistol games have rather vigorous rules and enforcement [nothing wrong with that really] the 2 gun matches I've shot are a little loser [but not on safety].
    Once you are competing your needs will clarify.
    For IDPA I focus on the revolver, thus I have several.
    For two gun I have a couple of AR's . The pistol is less important but I have a Beretta M9 with 18 round mags and Colt Government in .38 super [10 round mags] that I use.

  5. #65
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    Let Glock jockeys send a couple to Bar Sto for master fitting of one of their barrels. While its there, pay them for a trigger job and custom sights. You'll get back a Glock that shoots into 2 inches at 50 yards. Carry a stock 19 or 26 and be happy for the rest of your life. This way is the easier and cheaper way to wherever. Few will follow the path. Wandering is more fun.

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