Competitive shooting

datoneazn · Aug 6, 2014

Anyone on R2R is into competitive shooting I'm looking to start and was looking for a good pistol to start with not sure what is good atm but I been looking at STI competitive pistols any chimes be nice to hear from fellow compet shouting

ReefFrenzy · Aug 6, 2014

It has been a while since I have competed but I cut my teeth on a.45 single stack and then switched to a hi-cap .40. I was a USPAS Limited "Master" shooter using an STI frame/Caspian slide with Bar-Sto barrel. I got out of IPSC/USPSA it after my son came along and work demands increased. When I was shooting there still was a power factor of 180, which I believe has been lowered. I still have my Dillion reloaders and shoot on the farm, just not 6 days a week like I did for 19 months straight.

If I can help let me know, but I am sure a lot has changed since I was in the game...

This was my workhorse after tens of thousands of rounds.

datoneazn · Aug 6, 2014

ReefFrenzy said:
It has been a while since I have competed but I cut my teeth on a.45 single stack and then switched to a hi-cap .40. I was a USPAS Limited "Master" shooter using an STI frame/Caspian slide with Bar-Sto barrel. I got out of IPSC/USPSA it after my son came along and work demands increased. When I was shooting there still was a power factor of 180, which I believe has been lowered. I still have my Dillion reloaders and shoot on the farm, just not 6 days a week like I did for 19 months straight.

If I can help let me know, but I am sure a lot has changed since I was in the game...

This was my workhorse after tens of thousands of rounds.

Very very nice gun!! But yea gonna start shooting in some of the local for starters lol but I'm so nervous at what to use and what I do wrong -__- but since u had a sti frame gun how was it for u ? I was also looking at the sti still master or the sti edge

ReefFrenzy · Aug 6, 2014

The STI Edge was my "back up gun" in case mine broke at a match and I loved it. It was a very tight and well made production "custom" gun. You can often find them used in great shape on the shooting forums catering to IPSC. That gun pictured above had a 1.75# trigger and shot 1" 50 yard groups. It was a dream to shoot and still is, when I get the time!

Good luck.

Rob.D · Aug 6, 2014

I never got into the USPSA scene but I was an avid shooter with IDPA, my favorite pistol was the Springfield XD.

datoneazn · Aug 6, 2014

Rob.D said:
I never got into the USPSA scene but I was an avid shooter with IDPA, my favorite pistol was the Springfield XD.

Which XD BC u do have XD 45 ACP but it's only a service model with a 4" barrel lol

Sn4k33Y3z · Aug 6, 2014

Hands down IMO a "2011".

Rob.D · Aug 6, 2014

datoneazn said:
Which XD BC u do have XD 45 ACP but it's only a service model with a 4" barrel lol

I used the XD 40 with the 4" barrel, IDPA has a max 25 yrd (if I'm not mistaken), a true shooting 4" barrel is just fine. I actually shot 3-4 50 round events with a Glock 27, it wasn't the best choice to win the competition but served well.