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Concealed Carry Discussion General discussion regarding CCW/LTC in California |
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Fight As You Train
As a competition shooter I dry fire daily and shoot tens of thousands of rounds of ammo in training and competitions each year.
Thinking about it, it just does not make sense to train extensively on one platform (SA) and then carry a CCW gun in a different platform (striker fired) with a different trigger pull, grip and feel. My striker fired gun I'd fire maybe once a month to cycle ammo while putting 4-5K rounds through my single action gun each month. So, a change needed to be made, and here it is. Top is the competition gun, below is the new main CCW.
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I carry a CZ PCR which is DA/SA. I sold my 9mm 1911 that I used for competition and now I compete with full sized CZ 75 BD. Same
operating system and bone stock on both so triggers are the same. I'm very used to the double action first shot in matches as I had a SP-01T for a couple of years. Don't ask why I sold it. I may add a P 01 to the rota because it is all-around a great gun. Cheers |
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Everything I do from live and dry fire practice to small local idpa meets to EDC is with my Shields, I have two, use both and have one around in case one needs to go to a shop.
It only makes sense to be your best with the gun you might really need to be your best with someday. |
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I'm a believer in shooting what you carry and carry what you shoot.
OP's choice makes sense. Same manual of arms, same ergos and muscle memory is easily transferable. Smart. Whenever I go shooting I run my carry guns. G19/G26. Plinking with 22's/AR's/shotguns/whatever, I always run my LTC guns as well.
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[QUOTE=tanks;22334349]As a competition shooter I dry fire daily and shoot tens of thousands of rounds of ammo in training and competitions each year.
Thinking about it, it just does not make sense to train extensively on one platform (SA) and then carry a CCW gun in a different platform (striker fired) with a different trigger pull, grip and feel. My striker fired gun I'd fire maybe once a month to cycle ammo while putting 4-5K rounds through my single action gun each month. So, a change needed to be made, and here it is. Top is the competition gun, below is the new main CCW. Tanks, I don't disagree with your opinion which is why I shoot my striker fired S&W M&P .40S&W in Standard 10 and my S&W Shield 9mm in Bug Gun Div. I think shooting in competition is a great way to become familiar with your carry platform, and at the same time skills such as reloading and malfunction drills you will either be required to perform or likely to encounter. Having said that Fight as you train well it got me to click is someone misleading. Being a top notch competitor well certainly an advantage to either not training or training only on a flat range is very different from fighting. A good shooter is not necessarily a good fighter, add work on mindset to the train like you fight list. |
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I am well aware that probably the only thing games like USPSA and IDPA competitions help for “fights” is some stress and pressure handling. Firearms proficiency is a given. Obviously tactics are different. My main concern was that it just was not practical to put in the time on practicing with a striker fired gun as much as my main competition firearms. Can I shoot them effectively? Yes. Do they have a significantly different feel to them that I have to think as I am firing them, at least at first? Also, yes. I did not want to have to think about firearms handling in an encounter if that ever happened. Funny story, a couple of years ago a friend of mine had me try his SIRT pistol. I got one light going, but the other light never went on when I pulled the trigger. Told the friend it wasn’t working. He pointed out that I had to keep going on pulling the trigger and the second light went on. Big difference between triggers with what I was used to.
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