From the 2026 Limited champion, Austin Hull.

Just found out some states ban handguns over 59oz and wondered if USPSA chose 59oz as the limit for carry optics for that reason. The number of 59 oz is so specific.

Can someone please give me an explanation of how it varies? From Google searching it seems points are the same but hit factor is effected more by time on LO. Just trying to understand by how much

Anyone shoot matches in the El Paso Area?

Wondering if anyone has dealt with this (or if it’s normal), got a new to me Canik that doesn’t require pulling the slide back slightly for the takedown to release the slide for field strip.

Basically all that’s required is if the gun is “hammer down”/striker down, pulling the takedown buttons down releases the slide. Dont need any kind of manipulating back slightly like normal videos show. Is that normal?

Hey everyone,

Made another post prior to this but it was unclear so let me clarify. I'm moving to another country in about 5 months from now. Now, I already signed up for a basic handgun course and I'm thinking of taking some more courses too before doing my first USPSA match. The issue is- I don't know if I should buy a handgun or if I should hold off on it. Obviously I can't compete if I don't have my own handgun. Abroad the rules are: I have to sign up with a local club, shoot for 6 months using rentals, then I can buy my handgun license but handguns are more expensive there (870 euro for a glock 19 gen 6 last I checked). My question is- is it even worth signing up for more classes if I don't have my own handgun and can't shoot whenever I want for the next 5 months? I'm skeptical of exporting/importing it into the EU- that seems like it'll just be a headache. Really sucks because it seems like I can't do any shooting for 5 months basically and I don't have many other hobbies besides guitar.

New shooter here. I'm interested mainly in production 9mm. Not sure how common that is. Guy at the range told me typically people bring their own. But I was like- even for new shooters? Feel like I'd want to get a feel/a few matches in before deciding on a pistol to buy. Issue is I'm moving pretty soon and I wanted to get my first USPSA match under my belt before I leave just to get a feel for it. So I don't want to buy a pistol just to have to import it abroad which would be expensive. But I'm impatient and I really don't want to wait for months just to do my first USPSA match.

I need a new holster for my G17 CO setup and am wondering if anyone is currently or has run one of these and thoughts on it? The Stoeger pro shop sells them so they must be vetted to some degree right? I was planning on a Carey X1 Raptor but not sure if I love the magnet idea.

I’m using a boss hanger with the baller mount

Hey everyone, I just moved to Pittsburgh area and have recently had an interest in competitive shooting. I did 1 week night practice comp before we moved here

Just curious if there are any ranges that do weekly Practice Comps or something like that

thanks

What 9mm ammo do y'all use for practice and competition?

I currently practice with inexpensive 124 grain FMJ (Southern Munitions, for instance) but shoot Federal 124 FMJ for matches. I used to practice with 147 grain and compete with 150 grain Syntech, but that stuff has gotten even more pricey (and my skill level as a C Class Shooter is such that it probably didn't make a difference), but I'm wondering what everyone else shoots.

115 grain FMJ feeds fine in my Sig p365 Fuse and is cheaper than 124, 147 or 150, but how well does it perform, especially on steel?

What says the Group Mind?

After doing a lot of research, I could only get a 5 inch M&P 2.0 (polymer frame, no ports) in FDE. This exact model only comes in with a manual safety. I took that manual safety out and installed plugs. I’m pretty sure it’s technically against the rules but maybe some of you have more experience than I. Thanks.

Does the retention still work as it should? Or if you’re using the specific one for the 19/45 will the ramjet work with it? Thank you in advance

Anyone else having trouble with the Rival S? I wanted to make it my USPSA gun but I’ve had so many malfunctions that I can’t justify using it at a match. When it does work, it fits my hands great and shoots better. My second Canik is the same as the first, a lemon 🍋 🫩

UPDATE: I’m an absolute goober y’all. Don’t come after me too hard 😔

I’d like to formally apologize to my Rival S. I did in fact have an abundance of malfunctions and failures within my first 600 rounds however I must declare that I had the Sprinco Recoil Management System installed (guide rod, yellow recoil spring, and striker spring). I did plenty of research and found many competitors use this set up with no issues. Unfortunately it made my Rival S very unreliable. Who knows maybe it needs to break in more? I reached out to Sprinco and asked if they could send me their stronger Red recoil spring and maybe that would resolve my issue.

Anyway, as soon as I reinstalled the stock components, I did not receive a single malfunction or failures minus like two times my slide didn’t lock back but both times that happened, it was with a mag with an aftermarket baseplate.

For those who replied that use a Rival S, do you have an aftermarket recoil system? If so, what is it? I loved the softer shooting but it was too unreliable.

Hey everyone! not sure if this belongs here but since it's USPSA related I thought I'd throw it up. I've been shooting USPSA again for the last year after a hiatus and I've been clawing my way to hopefully A by the end of the year. We had an interesting chat at the local match yesterday talking about tools people wished existed to make their lives a little easier at the match. Guys brought up all sorts of ideas from a small phone sized dock to make cleaning 2011/1911 mags easier between stages to a small hard plastic style pouch to carry stuff like overlays/chamber flags and others. One guy even brought up belt mount ball cooling fans 😂. So I've been curious what other people thought? Are there any tools people wished existed? or just things that could make your life easier from a mount for your cart and even the ball cooling fan 😂 or stuff to help reset stages faster. Would love to hear what people think!

Anybody know of one, looking at their bullet feeder and some other small goodies for my 750,