@Clusterfrack
@GJM
If you guys don’t mind, I would love to have this discussion:
I agree with you both for the utility (or lack thereof) aspect.
Here are my reasons for “why bother” with PCC.
Training and having a comparative skill metric with a long gun analogue.
Just like shooting a 45 ounce gamer pistol, 130PF ammo and reloading with basepad extensions, it’s just part of the game and basic skills translate over pretty well to 20 ounce self defense guns with hotter ammo.
I see the same reasoning for training / gaming with a PCC. I can train high volume with Syntech in a PCC and have leadless primers so I’m not getting increased toxicity. I can use it on a pistol range and I can use it on training steel at closer distances without fragging myself and damaging my targets.
So while my actual self defense choices may be different than my gaming choices, if I keep similar grip angles and manuals of arms I get muscle memory with malfunction clearing, height over bore and holdover issues at differing distances and the ability to compare myself against a database.
For pistol, it’s been motivating for improvement and I find I can apply that to carry equipment fairly seamlessly.
My thought is that if I trained with my X95 9mm in PCC, I’d be better skilled with my 5.56 X95. The last outlaw match I ran both back to back and it was informative.
MPX to MCX would be similar thoughts. I’m resisting the JP because I don’t anticipate changing my home defense rifle to an AR platform. Yet.
So not PCC for PCC sake, just for training analog for improvement.