Triangle Tactical Q Show

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This episode of the Q&A show had a lot of great questions, however, I'm basically out of questions for next weeks show, so if you've got a question, shoot an email to [email protected] and I'll get it queued up for a future episode!

The Q&A show is possible because of the folks who have pledged to become patrons of Triangle Tactical at patreon.com/triangletactical. If you want to help Triangle Tactical be more awesome, and get some perks for helping, check out the Patreon page. 

Why can't we have Production Major? Still ten rounds and all the production rules... just major power factor

Hey Luke,

I have a question for the Q&A show. In a match, when you are shooting steel, when it the "right" time to take a mike on steel and just move on? I remember one match that I went through every magazine on my belt trying to hit some 8" plates at 30 yards. After I was out of ammo one of the other shooters came up to me and said I should have just left them and moved on. It's important to note that I had already engaged all other targets on the stage and it was just the plate rack that I had left.

Thanks

Marty in MA

Got a couple of questions for the q&a. I got back into shooting IDPA last year, but I'm looking to start USPSA after the family vacation this summer. Is an offset hanger for your holster a worthwhile investment, and do shoes make that big of a difference. I heard the guys on the paracast talking about shoes, and just curious about your opinion?

Thanks for all your help,

Jason

Hey Luke, got a couple of questions for you. Do you have "go to" drills you use in practice to track your progress,

or do you rely on classifiers for this. Also, do you go to the range with a concrete idea of what drills you are going to run, or roll with how things are going. Lastly, is there a big difference between the cheaper injection molded holsters, and the more expensive formed kydex holsters. I've had good luck so far out of my cheap blade-tech, but I'm just curious about the difference.

Thanks a ton for all the help, both with the podcast and answering all of my dumb questions.

Jason

How about a run down of the rules you need to know before shooting your first IDPA match? Just what you have to know to shoot without picking up stupid penalties.

Luke,

I have another question for the recently revived Q&A show (which I am really happy about by the way!)  

My question is about sights for competition. I am looking at buying some fiber optic sights to replace burned out Trijicon night sites and I would like them to be as durable as sites intended for duty or carry.  I also don't want to give up the ability to do one hand reloads. I don't have a dedicated competition gun (as least not yet.) All the fiber optic sights I have seen look pretty fragile, but I don't have any experience with them.

What are the higher quality brands in fiber optic sights?

What do you like and why?

I am looking specifically at sights for the G19 at this time.  I also feel like a different colored front sight would improve the ability to quickly find the front sight, but I hear people disagree.

Thanks. Love the show and blog.

(My SD card messed up, and I lost about the first two minutes of the show.)

Welcome back to another episode of the Triangle Tactical Q&A show!

As always, this show is made possible by the Patrons who have pledged a couple bucks a month in support of Triangle Tactical on Patreon. If you like what I'm doing, head over to Patreon and get some of the perks that come along with being a patron.

Hi Luke,I shot my second match yesterday and did ok. I'm still waiting for my results and feel that I didn't do as well this time then I did at my first match. I think there are a couple of reasons for that.The first is that while I dry fired a ton, I didn't shoot enough live fire. Lesson learned. I will be making sure I add that to my training.The other thing is I found that the stages were overall much more complex. I found myself hitting a few targets on each stage many more times then necessary. This got me thinking how do other shooters go about visualizing the stage? What techniques do they use to help cement their stage plan and remember when they need to reload? I haven't tried doing any searches on this topic so If you know of any books, videos, etc on this that would be helpful.Keep up the great work and help!

Do you trust reloads that someone else made? If a buddy you trusted gave you a box of reloads,would you spot then? What if the buddy was sketchy?

Hi Luke,I'm normally at work during the live Q&A show, so I thought I drop you an email instead:I've just started in USPSA, and to fuel my ammo needs I got my reloading press out from its multi-year hiatus.  I'm shooting minor power factor, and I was wondering what constitutes a "good" power factor to load to?  Assuming I do my part of the process correctly, should I be trying for one over minimum?  Five over?  More?Anyway, thanks for all you do and the great content you create.Thanks,Robb

Last time I shot USPSA/IPSC etc. Everyone shot out of leather....Can you recommend a Tupperware holster and mag pouches for production class?

Luke,Was just listening to the Q&A episode about Steel DQ lines.  In it you mentioned that when it comes to Glocks, Gen 4 is the way to go. Can you please elaborate on this. I have heard much on the topic of which generation Glock is better, but like most things in the shooting world, if you ask five people you get five different answers. For this reason I would be really interested in your opinion.  I have a first generation G19. ThanksPS: really glad the Q&A show is back.-Ben

Luke,

I took a two year break from shooting. I used to finish decently in club matches. Sunday, I decided that I should attend an indoor match to get my feet wet. Your podcast got me excited to shoot again. Prior to this week, I never did any dryfire apart from a bit of trigger work, no movement, no reloads nothing productive just click... reset... click... reset. Before this, I was on par with high C low B class shooters in overall scoring at the matches I would attend.  Anyways to to the question. What books, drills, etc do you recommend to get back in the swing of things? I've never done anything like that but now after listening to you and some of Steve Anderson's stuff I realize now that the mental game is "kinda" important. Looking to actually get a USPSA number again and progressing forward and not just show up, shoot, and enjoy. I apologize for the long winded nature of this and if it jumped around. I'm from Oklahoma, that should explain the lack of literacy.

Thanks,

Bill

This was a LOT of fun. One of the more common questions that I get from folks is "What should I look for in my match video?"

 Well, I figured out the technology needed to do it, and for the first half of this weeks Q&A show, I went through my video from last weekends match, and picked it apart for you. It's entertaining because... I didn't shoot very well. 

So, my poor performance, is your learning experience! Check out the video above, it'll probably be a little easier to understand than the audio version. 

Anyways, all of the questions that I had prepared for this weeks show were from the Patrons of Triangle Tactical. Since they're supporting the show, I bumped their questions up to the head of the line. You should check out the perks of being a patron over on the Triangle Tactical Patreon page.

Brian 

Hey Luke, thanks for the message!  

I've been thinking of questions for the Q&A show and have a few.  

If you were given an unlimited shooting budget and as much time off of work as you wanted, what would you do differently? Would you still shoot production, or would you shoot limited or open? More major matches? Would you change out any gear for something more expensive?

Also, what if you couldn't shoot uspsa or idpa? What other shooting disciplines interest you but you've been so focused on uspsa you haven't had a chance to try out?  

I mentioned in a previous email that I listen to podcasts all day at work. I've burned through all of your podcast episodes available on iTunes, as well as the practical pistol show and a few others. What podcasts do you listen to regularly? I'm running out of listening material!

Thanks for creating so many quality podcasts, and keep up the good work!

-Brian

Cody

Has devoting so much time to podcasting negatively affected your competitive shooting?

Yes.

Nicholas

Planning on going to an outdoor match this weekend, and the forecast is calling for highs in the 90s. It was so hot last year, the match director designed all stages to be 'concealment not required' which gladly made the match more enjoyable.  Any new tips or gear you recommend for shooting in hot weather?

Rick

As a relatively new shooter, is there a specific order to obtain new gear / equipment etc?  For example, once I know that I want to continue with shooting, there are a lot of things to consider. Potentially reloading, purchasing a competitive gun, belts, a GoPro like Jeff mentions above, and on and on it goes. The reason I'm asking this is that a good friend of mine recently purchased a Tanfo and had experienced some issues with a particular brand of ammo. Which made me wonder if you were reloading before you purchased a new race gun, that might make more sense to figure out reloading before getting into a high-performance gun with premium "fuel" requirements.  So if there is an order that makes the most sense on when and what to purchase that might be very helpful to newbies... That being said I realize making generalizations always results in exceptions but I would think there is some order that would make sense.

The Triangle Tactical Q&A Show is possible because of the folks who have pledged to the show on Patreon. Check it out at Patreon.com/triangletactical.

In this episode I got a BUNCH of awesome live questions in addition to the questions I had prepared beforehand. Here's the questions that I had prepared before the show:

Larry:

Hi Luke,

In USPSA matches, have you ever seen a club use Steel DQ lines?  Let me explain.

The rule book states that the minimum distance steel may be engaged is 23 feet. However, if there is not a physical barrier the fault line must be placed at 26 feet so that if the competitor slightly faults the line it won't be an unsafe condition and therefore a DQ.

A long long time ago at a club far far away, an stage was setup with an L shaped shooting area.  As a competitor cut the corner from one extreme end of the L to the other, he brain farted and engaged steel forgetting he was outside of the shooting area.  It took us a while to figure out if it was a DQ or not because we weren't sure if he was closer than 23 feet.  With some discussion of RO's who observed the incident, we figured approximately where the shots were fired from and measured the distance to the steel.  We decided no DQ because it wasn't all too close to 23 feet and we weren't positive exactly where the shots were fired from.  Ever since then we've been spiking down a red painted 2x4 designating exactly where 23 feet is so that we could save time and argument during the match.  It rarely comes into play, if ever, but at least everyone knows where the DQ line is for steel targets.

I overheard at the last match that DNROI caught wind of our Steel DQ lines and either said that they are not necessary or should not be used.  While they are not spelled out in the rule book, we don't see how it could hurt.  We are not breaking or bending any rules, but just adding an indicator for RO's and competitors alike.  

What is your take on this?

Thanks.

Larry

Jeff:

"I have a question for the Q&A Podcast for you.

I am an avid USPSA Shooter but also love Steel Challenge. I would love to shoot more than I actually get to and am still in "C" Class but still love the way USPSA is done.  

My Main question is: I have though about getting into IDPA just to experience it and to check it out but everyone always talks about how the rules make it not as fun as USPSA.

Should I Shoot Some IDPA Or Should I stick to USPSA?"

The Tom:

"What did you want to get out of competitive shooting when you started? How have your motivations changed? Do you want something different now?"

Q&A is back!

Don't forget to email your questions to me at [email protected] and make sure to put Q&A in the subject line.

Also, this episode is possible because of listeners like you who have become patrons of Triangle Tactical at Patreon.com/triangletactical. The money they pledge is paying for the extra bandwidth for this show, more Junk Science podcasts, and ultimately helping me meet my goal of taking Triangle Tactical on the road to do more awesome stuff. If you can help, I'd sure appreciate it. 

Here's the emailed questions from this weeks show:

Wes:

"Hey Luke,

• How to Dryfire a Glock
• Ben Stoeger Pro Shop Dryfire Targets

Graham:

"Great that the Qand A is coming back My question is does it make a difference if you run high end gear like Safariland vs Uncle Mikes or is it more a status symbol?"

I'm rebooting the Triangle Tactical Q&A Podcast in a once a week live format. You can check it out on Facebook on Thursday evenings (Somewhere around 9PM EST) or subscribe to the audio rip of it in iTunes or wherever else you get your podcasts.