USPSA IDPA NCIA ADPP BIANCHI.... OUCH! My head is spinning!
A work associate recently invited me to a pistol match at a club I won't name. It was well organized, and everyone was encouraged to shoot, and the rules were I suspect relaxed so everyone could participate and have fun. So my buddy and I who belong to another club watched, and we're hooked. We don't know what the various disciplines and sponsors of competitions are. So we got permission to do quick draw with no mags inside our club, and have been practicing with four targets in one lane, drop a mag and move to a second lane with 5 small paper plates to represent steel targets. We use my phone stop watch ap to record times and add points for misses. Point is, instead of getting bored after and hour, the competition and watching and helping each other keeps us there for hours on end and we love it! And we get better every time we practice.
We're both family guys, so we wouldn't want to travel more than an hour or so to other clubs competitions.
This is the first year for a LONG time I have enough money saved for a new gun, and may never again. so, I want to buy a new pistol to compete with. I have all kinds of macho guns, and I'm not looking to be a big shot (no pun intended) I just want the best pistol I can afford and get it right the first time. I'm really loving the Baretta 92/96 and the A1 looks interesting. Then I spotted the INOX, which I'd go the extra $ for because I'll probably have this gun forever. Then I saw the VORTEC on you tube, but Baretta doesn't show it on their website, an it has a tapered mag well for competition and such, but I don't see a price anywhere online. I see drawing from concealed, and from fancy hi tech holsters, another reason I haven't bought more equipment yet.
So I figure, I'll NEVER know which Baretta to buy until I find out what discipline of shooting I will be involved in. So my questions are,
1. What kind of competitions are most popular in the Easter MA area? I'm from the South Shore.
2. Is there one which requires a non modified gun? I can't afford a new "addiction" where the guys with the most money have the best equipment and make others non competitive.
3. Will any of these sponsors/organizations, help or provide materials/information to help me set up competitions at our club? City doesn't allow outdoor shooting.
4. I only own 2 pistols. A .22 and a .40. I tried my friends 9mm and thought wow, that's much easier to shoot. Should I stick with .40 and find someone to make me the right loads for competition, or get a 9mm. I don't reload but have saved all my .40 brass for years.
OK. See why I need help? I'm chomping at the bit for my new Baretta before the wife does something stupid like last year. Spent my saved up AR 15 money on a new furnace. I had been patching that boiler for 5 years and could have gotten ANOTHER five out of it. : )
Thanks for any help. I appreciate any input.
A work associate recently invited me to a pistol match at a club I won't name. It was well organized, and everyone was encouraged to shoot, and the rules were I suspect relaxed so everyone could participate and have fun. So my buddy and I who belong to another club watched, and we're hooked. We don't know what the various disciplines and sponsors of competitions are. So we got permission to do quick draw with no mags inside our club, and have been practicing with four targets in one lane, drop a mag and move to a second lane with 5 small paper plates to represent steel targets. We use my phone stop watch ap to record times and add points for misses. Point is, instead of getting bored after and hour, the competition and watching and helping each other keeps us there for hours on end and we love it! And we get better every time we practice.
We're both family guys, so we wouldn't want to travel more than an hour or so to other clubs competitions.
This is the first year for a LONG time I have enough money saved for a new gun, and may never again. so, I want to buy a new pistol to compete with. I have all kinds of macho guns, and I'm not looking to be a big shot (no pun intended) I just want the best pistol I can afford and get it right the first time. I'm really loving the Baretta 92/96 and the A1 looks interesting. Then I spotted the INOX, which I'd go the extra $ for because I'll probably have this gun forever. Then I saw the VORTEC on you tube, but Baretta doesn't show it on their website, an it has a tapered mag well for competition and such, but I don't see a price anywhere online. I see drawing from concealed, and from fancy hi tech holsters, another reason I haven't bought more equipment yet.
So I figure, I'll NEVER know which Baretta to buy until I find out what discipline of shooting I will be involved in. So my questions are,
1. What kind of competitions are most popular in the Easter MA area? I'm from the South Shore.
2. Is there one which requires a non modified gun? I can't afford a new "addiction" where the guys with the most money have the best equipment and make others non competitive.
3. Will any of these sponsors/organizations, help or provide materials/information to help me set up competitions at our club? City doesn't allow outdoor shooting.
4. I only own 2 pistols. A .22 and a .40. I tried my friends 9mm and thought wow, that's much easier to shoot. Should I stick with .40 and find someone to make me the right loads for competition, or get a 9mm. I don't reload but have saved all my .40 brass for years.
OK. See why I need help? I'm chomping at the bit for my new Baretta before the wife does something stupid like last year. Spent my saved up AR 15 money on a new furnace. I had been patching that boiler for 5 years and could have gotten ANOTHER five out of it. : )
Thanks for any help. I appreciate any input.