Learning (or switching) your New Pistol for Competition - USPSA & IDPA

I’m moving from a p10 to a shadow 2 compact this month so this was a timely video

The best video guide for newbies to IDPA. More videos like this would be great.
Thanks

You went to Berrys in Utah?? Damm that’s awesome! I won LO B-class, would of been nice to meet you bro

thanks for the vid.
hopefully there will be a lot of videos about the LTT PX4 in competition, like a whole series about why you picked it, what your setup is, if you changed springs (and to what weigth) etc.

I'm trying to get the hang of a Glock platform for the first time coming from a p 320 and Canik I'm having the most trouble with shooting at distance

What’s the reason for jumping ship? Didn’t the S2C live up to the expectations?

Outstanding video. Nailed it. Every time that I contemplate changing platforms I think about all the work it requires—something that I didn’t do when i was more inexperienced. For all the reasons that you highlighted I’ve found that it’s much easier and cheaper to just stay with what are got; saves me time and money.

I recently shot a gssf match shooting 9 divisions in a single day. 5 / 9mm 2 / 10mm 1 / 380 1 / 22.

Now they were all Glocks. But rather then focusing on that think about the 6 different Glocks I shot. 2 different subcompacts 1 g42.

This turns gssf from a battle of skill with an individual gun to a fight of baseline skills with no aftermarket mods allowed save for unlimited. (I did that with zero mods in unlimited).

Results? 3 of 9 top 10 overall finishes.

Add up to top 16 8/9
One woeful 21st overall place.

3 guns I hadn’t touched in 6 months and I had to yeet a string to figure out my holds.

My point? Is that this video is absolutely correct.

More comments later.

I’ve always seen shooting as a test of baseline skill. Almost all my issues migrate. Regardless of trigger mechanism. It is a good idea to “start somewhere” until you get good or feel like you have peaked.

Usually getting a new gun or girlfriend addressing the peaking part. But people still change guns more then we should myself included shooting only Glocks.

New shooters read this : find a match locally. Ask questions about minimum gear to shoot in the sport with what you have. And just GO!

Most people don’t compete and I promise you competing will open your eyes to what your real issues are.

This channel has a nice Glock 45 getting started vid with ideas on how to adapt this to what you have.

Thoughts on speed…..

I kinda hear fingernails on a chalk board when I hear several words or phrases…

Calling a pistol purchased and added a dot and light a “build”

Calling different brands of handguns “platforms”

And “slow down get your hits”.

That last one was my point : I think too many people say that and think it’s insight or deep when in fact they mean “shoot to not lose”.

All matches for me are 90-100% and I am constantly observing the targets and taking notes.

Doing it the way you document in this video works too. I just find that I can always go slower, I can only practice to go faster so many times and ways.

Also context matters it might take me 6 months to get to 6k rounds in a gun. Others that could be 2 months or 2 years. Point is have a journal.

That is exactly my experience learning the 1911DS/2011 platform from the typical striker fired platforms I was used to. Big hands crew.

I am a big advocate for the first shots of each practice being the highest accountable fire. Set the Bar.

I just love how you break your teaching points down into easily understood bits. Thanks for this video. Really looking forward to my first match.

Good video thanks Paul! Sexy PX4 well done.

Nice vid. When carrying your EDC in AIWB, can you tell a difference in comfort when carrying a gun with a shorter slide & frame like a sig macro compared to a longer one like a glock 19?

If yes, is it a significant difference in comfort?

What about the comfort difference between a sig macro vs. glock 17?

Also, for your 25 yard bill drills, do you think the 365 legion and ramjet'd g45 performed so well in large part due to you having shot many thousands of rounds on those platforms/brands? Or no, those guns are truly outperforming others?

And lastly as a hypothetical: for, say, the ramjet'd g45 bill drill, how much more time do you believe you could shave off (if you were to guess), if you tricked it out even more with things like a DPM kit, aftermarket trigger, gas pedal, etc? A half second off the time? Would be interesting to see.

Hi, curious to know what competition holster you use with the PX4?

Great video my friend!!!

Great stuff! Still haven't figured out why i shoot glocks better than 2011s or cz ts2. But whatever. I guess it's my poor dna.

It’s a day later and I’m still getting stuff to think about on this video….

where can i get that shirt?

Performance on demand is such a fun topic.

My first string in gssf last week was in heavy metal division with a gun I hadn’t shot in “I forgot” how long.

The bad. Was my worst run of the day. 7s on a plate rack figuring out where bullets were going!!!!

The good. I course corrected and my 9mm and 10mm runs fell within the mean of averages for me. (3.6s per string per plate rack).

Doing the homework and being more prepared I get another top 10 finish ez.

Something something “expect a dip in performance” - Gentlman gunner …..or Wild Bill….probably.

Your videos are such a benefit to me as a first year USPSA and steel challenge shooter. I will build these ideas in to my winter prep for next year. Thank you, for sharing and putting together a great training guide.

Great video. Funny story. In the middle of watching this while a young plumber is at my house taking care of a problem. He walks through and says , “I love his videos”. I said really,: Really? I shot with him a few times in matches. lol. Small world.

See you Tuesday night!!

You actually use a shadow 2 compact? Cool!

Have you tried using the ace xr yet, may be picking one up soon and put lots of dry fire training through it