09-22-2011, 06:04 PM
RStewart Wrote:LR-
The 20 mags is probably a bit of an exaggeration and some frustration on my part. I'm just going off the "one could do it effectively with lots of mags loaded appropriately" comment from them. Most of the folks I have talked with that shoot these use mag loaded rifles, but I'm sure there will be some that use blind mags. I guess it's more disappointment right now than the possible final reality, so bear with me. It's like having your first date and then finding out later your mother is coming along, too. Takes some of the fun out of it.
There will be more definitive information as regards COF coming out in October. I have 7 G mags, so once I see what the COF is I'll make a final decision. But, if they are already not wanting semi's, I'm sure I would be under an "eagle eye" shooting mine.
I really want to expand my competitive shooting experience, but don't want to have to shoot 3 different calibers to do it.
RS:
He, he, he. You won't expand your competitive shooting experience without using a couple of different cartridges and rifles. One cartridge and one rifle type won't do well in everything and probably will be such a compromise that it won't really do well in any single thing.
With all that said, you would be amazed at how difficult it is to plan, resource, and run a competitive event with a-lot of moving parts such as Three Gun or the type of match you are describing. I have done such things for more than a few years now and they are extremely difficult to get right. In my case this means the event must adequately evaluate performance based on a specific training intent, must maintain individual range regulations and restrictions, must have a scoring system that corresponds with the major training emphasis, must be challenging enough to actually evaluate something while not so challenging that it overwhelms the shooter, must be within the resource constraints of a unit, and finally it must have very efficient through put. No two of these types of 'competitive' events have ever been the same although you find that the scoring methodology is very similar although not identical either.
It is a bit easier for a civilian club and range but normally I find that civilians have immense problems defining what it is they are trying to evaluate and as importantly, how to evaluate those things. These can turn into nightmares for competitors as the guys who plan these exercises normally fail to actually rehearse the same to see if what they are demanding can even be done.
If you have influence with your club, you may want to do a sanity check on their entire plan.
LR1955