Wonder how this turns out. 

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/12/11/polymer80-kits/

I’m going to buy a Python with mine. Oh wait, half of it is my wife’s. What she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.

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Did lots of shooting this past weekend. 

Had a day off, so headed to the pistol range to get some good reps in getting back to solid fundamentals that I found that I had gotten away from.  Also recently got a gun back after sending it back to the mfr.  Swapped out the sights on that gun as well, so checked POI.  It was a nice and cool day on the range and was actually pretty crowded for a week day.

Shot a match on Sat.  After having shot like $hit the previous match, I was really looking forward to this match.  My focus was getting back to solid A zone hits and then pushing the pace.  Speeding up the draw and target transitions are also things I've been working on, but decided to focus on getting solid A zone hits first.  Shot pretty well with much less mikes, but still had two.  One I sort of felt, but it was on a far target with an awkward angle around a barricade and the target obstructed by a barrel.  The second what I assume is a total brain fart.  That part of the stage was pretty easy.  Two stations with two fairly easy targets (distance and amount of target exposed) each, but had to shoot each target 3x as opposed to the typical 2x.  When we were scoring, in the second station, I had shot the first target 4x and the second 2x.  Can't explain it as they were all A zone hits and the targets were separated by a decent amount.  :facepalm: 

In previous matches, I had also shot terribly on the classifiers.  Overall, I ended up with decent scores, but the classifiers had been my downfall for total match scores.  Did much better than previous matches on the classifier this past match, but still not quite as well as I could have.  I could have pushed it more, but I was trying to make sure I A) shot it clean, no mikes and B) at a decent pace.  Shot it clean, but time was, well, I'll call it at a "smooth pace" (it was slow. . . ).   

To finish up the weekend, had a training session with some like minded individuals/friends.  It included working on fundamentals to start, then progressing to some timed and competition to induce some stress.  Had some free shoot time after as well and had a fun competition with friends. 

Notes:

1) Shooting on a consistent basis really helps, but quality reps in that is really important.  The folks that have been shooting consistent in recent training sessions have shown a LOT of improvement.  It was truly impressive to see.  Both in fundamentals as well as when pushing things in some friendly competition.  For me, I have been shooting pretty consistently for the last 3-4 months, but had gotten away from solid fundamentals, so it was good to get back to that and see improvement there.

2) Having a new gun that doesn't function properly is super frustrating on many levels.  I had picked up a "Gucci Glock" end of 2019, but had to send it back to the mfr after experiencing some malfunctions.  Got it back a couple of weeks ago and since then have about 500 rounds without any issue.  Have a handgun class coming up and that should be another 300 rounds or so, so hopefully close to trusting the new gun.  Then there was a shooting buddy who was having all sorts of problems with his older gun, but one that he doesn't shoot often.  When I shot with him in the past, he would make comments about my plastic 9 and that I should get a "real" pistol made of steel and shoots 45.  Well, his "real" steel pistol that shot 9 was having all sorts of problems.  While I felt sorry for him for having to endure that, of course there were some comments sent his way.  None of the other shooters who had Glock, HK, etc were having problems. . . 

3) While I will always enjoy shooting a variety of firearms, going to stick to shooting a "base" platform for now.  Glock 34 for pistol matches and Glock 17 or 19 with RDS for training as primary, with 17/19 with irons mixed in.  The CZ will have to stay in the safe for a while more. 

4) Magpul Glock mag pros and cons.  My 19s came with Magpul mags and overall I'm impressed. They have functioned flawlessly, they are about half the price of OEM Glock mags, and they seem to eject more positively than OEM Glock mags.  However, they only have an indicator for the full 10 rounds, so can't really tell how many you have in the mag say between 3-10.  Not really a big deal, but having more ports to see how many rounds are loaded in the OEM mags really help checking how many are loaded up in say a class or training session.  Yeah, yeah, I can tell about how many rounds by the weight, but I like to know how many rounds are in there and have gotten used to the ports in the OEM mags.  That said, moving forward, I think I will be buying more Magpul Glock mags.

Good seeing/shooting with you as always.   Its been a minute since I've shot uspsa.  But always a good time with good people.  Damn clasifier.   

So.....  if you intend to build the receiver as a pistol, you'll need/want to re-register it after the build.  HPD will look for assault pistol characteristics, and then it will officially be registered as a pistol.

 Unless something has changed in the last couple years, you cannot build an AR pistol from a lower receiver that you purchased using your long gun permit.   The lower receiver would have to have been sold  designated as a pistol receiver at purchase from the shop.  And you would have had gone through the same process as if buying a handgun. 

 

Any updates?

After a stage, I usually just pick up my mags and head to my bag to reload for the next stage.  I trust that the scorers are doing things properly.  That said, I should pay attention more to better evaluate how I am shooting and where I need to improve, practice, etc.  I've gotten to many shooters and most will offer insight on what they are seeing.  One that I often have to be mindful on is transitions between targets, both with wasted motion before engaging a target and rushing the second shot before transitioning to another target.  Another one was rushing the next shot after a reload and not getting back a solid grip before the first shot after a reload and that showed with thrown shots. 

And yeah, anything that disrupts the flow of the shooting stage can mess one up.  I see it often when I shoot an array of steel.  The natural cadence can help the flow. I keep telling myself to go through the array and then go back for pickups after, but I often find myself going for the pick up right after the miss and that messed everything up after that.  Or something like a malfunction and that throws your plan off.  Often times, that's when I will find myself at the end of the stage telling myself "I had that going differently in my mind".    But I also sort of embrace when that happens and have to find a way to "figure it out".

I had a good time that day. Wish they would have had a fourth stage.
When shooting a standard uspsa match, when you look at your scores on practiscore.com.  If you click on your name it lets you look at the breakdown of how you did each stage and where you placed over all on each one.
Zippz Thanks.  I look but at the end of the day i wouldn't remember.  😃

Anybody know what the line is like right now at HPD?

Is that a stock trigger

It's an aftermarket flat faced trigger that I installed with trigger spring kit.  I also polished out all the internals. Trigger went from 9 pounds stock to a smooth 5 pounds

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-shooting-20160601-snap-story.html