Tag Archives: USPSA

Sucks. Yeaup, that’s a blister from the bottom of the trigger guard on my middle finger. I’ve heard people call this “Glock finger”, but I’ve had it happen with any pistol I’ve trained with seriously. Glock, M&P, whatever, it doesn’t matter. I guess I need to work on building up a better callous there…

From Phil Strader, President of USPSA:

And I think he’s right. I’ve shot with Chad a couple of times, and in addition to being a hell of a shooter and a good dude, he’s starting a series of YouTube videos on getting into competitive shooting. Check out the first two, and go subscribe to his channel: (1st YouTube link for Email/RSS Readers) (2nd YouTube link for Email/RSS Readers)

I thought this was pretty well done, and if you look closely you’ll see NC’s newest Revolver Grand Master John Zaczek shooting the stage. Clock here to view the video on the WLTX website.

After talking about it for a number of years I finally picked up a Glock 34 to shoot in competition. I moved away from Glocks temporarily because I was having slide bite issues, and the new beavertail backstraps hadn’t been released yet for the Gen4 pistols. Now they are, and I’m back. I’m not a “Glock guy” (see Episode 24 of the podcast) but I have found that I prefer them over the M&P’s I’ve …

I’m apparently out of the loop a little bit, so this information is a little out of date, but I still wanted to get this out. The North Carolina Rifle & Pistol Association is hosting some NC state shooting games. In May they have already had a Cowboy Action and IDPA match, and over the next month or so they will be having High Power, USPSA, 2-Gun Rimfire, Small Bore, Bullseye Pistol, and Vintage Military …

If I told you that later this year there was going to be a match that consisted of sample stages from all of the different shooting sports in a low-stress, fun environment, would you come out and try your hand at competitive shooting? Details are still a little slim, but John from ZSA is planning a match for one day this fall to have Steel Challenge, USPSA, ZSA, and possibly IDPA stages setup so that …

On Saturday I shot USPSA at Sir Walter Gun Club with about 130 other gun nuts.  This was just a regular monthly match at Sir Walter, nothing particularly special about it, other than the beautiful weather. While we were shooting the match at Sir Walter here in NC, the USPSA Singlestack and Revolver Nationals were taking place in Barry, IL, as well as a 3-Gun Nation Pro Series event in Tulsa, OK. The big story …

Ben shot a quick video about the basics of dry fire. After we did Episode 66 of the podcast, we received even more questions about what constructive dry fire actually looks like. This will be the first in a series of videos Ben is doing about dry fire. Notice that he isn’t just pulling the trigger on the first shot and re-cocking the hammer for the next. He’s dropping the hammer, and then you can …

Long ago, in a galaxy far far away, I wrote a series of posts about how to get started in competitive shooting. As time went on, the information contained in those posts lost relevancy, and some of it was downright wrong anymore. The good news is that I’ve recently updated those posts. You can check them out here: Part 1 – How to Get Started in Competitive Shooting Part 2 – Holsters Part 3 – …