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Can You Use Your IDPA Rig in USPSA? What crosses over?

What are some of the gear differences between USPSA and IDPA? I use some of the same gear in both IDPA and USPSA. In this post, we’ll be covering some differences in equipment used in USPSA Production...

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Ruger Rimfire Challenge Worlds Championship leaves Colorado

If you had plans to Ruger Rimfire Challenge Worlds Championship in Colorado before the new gun laws take place… I hope you didn’t book your flights! While the new laws wouldn’t be in effect at the time...

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IDPA Classifier Tips

The IDPA Classifier is unique in sports in that it ranks people via a required standardized test, known to the participants in advance, that has little to with the actual game, in order to create...

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More on training scars with Paul Carlson from Safety Solutions Academy

We continue our discussion about training scars from competitions. This time we focus on competition reloads and the difference in mental focus between a competition shooter and a defensive shooters....

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2013 Area 6 Championship Recap

Recap of my 2013 Area 6 Championship match. Getting a Little Better. I liked these stages a lot as they were challenging, yet not too crazy. Many thanks to the staff and volunteers at Ancient City...

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2013 SC USPSA Section Championship, Ben’s “New” Website & Podcast

“New” shooting website and podcast There’s no doubt I’m a big fan of Seeklander, Stoeger, and Anderson for competition shooting resources. I learn more about where to put my attention on shooting from...

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A rant on IDPA Classifications

IDPA uses a division and classification system that is supposed to allow people to compete against shooters of their own skill level and using similar guns, which is great in theory. In practice, there...

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Springfield Armory 1911 vs Glock 17

I love Twitter. It reminds me of walking into the neighborhood bar because there are conversations going on all around you and sometimes you can walk into a good discussion. Like a neighborhood bar you...

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Do You Even Lift?

Where do I stand? You probably know… Do You Even Lift? Competition shooters ask this of tactical trainers. (Your stance and turtle head look funny or have too much tension). Tactical trainers ask this...

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GunUp: Miniature Red Dot Sights… My first published article

This month GunUp is featuring a first time published author… Me! The focus of the article is what it would take to add a miniature red dot sight division to IDPA. This is a change that I think IDPA...

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The best reason to shoot competition

I asked a good friend what he thought about the practical shotgun sport and he responded…. Benefits of competition don’t outweigh the negatives for me. That sentiment has really begun to bug me over...

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3 Arguments for Competition Based on the Lives of Gun Fighters

It is common for firearms trainers downplay the value competition by saying that participants develop training scars that will “get you killed!” In Massad Ayoob’s book Combat Shooting (not an affiliate...

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Can Wushu help us think about shooting skill and competition shooting?

Last week I said I would “Get all Ninja” on the pro-competition argument, well buckle up because here it is! Wushu is the Chinese term for sport of Martial Arts (Wu = Military and Shu = Arts) and...

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Comp-tac Flatline First Look

Last week I received an e-mail from Comp-tac announcing a new holster called the Flatline and without closing the e-mail I requested one for T&E. Over the next few weeks I will test it, but since...

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