IDPA questions

[age_ranger]

Adding a strainless recoil guide rod will bump my little Beretta PX4 from SSP into ESP, correct? When I shoot a classifier this year, I'm guessing it'll be in ESP, so can I have two qualifications with the same weapon? What if I classify expert in SSP but SS in ESP? Will I take the higher ranking for both? Which would be better for me to shoot in with my DA/SA? Right now I'm shooting ESP/SS and am trying to make expert (A bump at State would be nice )

When/where are the next shoots for classification?

[age_ranger]

Duh, just had to do some reading.....

Feb 23 Sat 8am-12pm JPGC IDPA Classifier

[CompVest]

You can use the same gun for more then one division. You will have to shoot the classifier for each division. You can't double dip with the same classifier score. You get the classification you shoot. If you shoot ESP as a SS that is your classification. If you shoot SSP as an EX that is your classification. If you want to try for a Five Gun Award you will want to try for the same classification in all five divisions.

[Skiprr]

Adding a strainless recoil guide rod will bump my little Beretta PX4 from SSP into ESP, correct?

Correctomundo. In SSP, any guide rod of a material that is different from the factory-manufactured guide rod for that particular pistol is nixed.

When I shoot a classifier this year, I'm guessing it'll be in ESP, so can I have two qualifications with the same weapon? What if I classify expert in SSP but SS in ESP? Will I take the higher ranking for both? Which would be better for me to shoot in with my DA/SA?

Yeppers; you can shoot the same gun in multiple divisions. Each division carries its own classification, so you could be Expert in SSP and Marksman in ESP with the same pistol.

IMHO, you should shoot both divisions. But ESP and CDP are dominated--for timed performance--by SA-only pistols. But practice and fun is, well, practice and fun. I shoot ESP right now with a Canyon Creek custom XD9 identical to the one you sold off!

If you shoot SSP as an EX that is your classification. If you want to try for a Five Gun Award you will want to try for the same classification in all five divisions.

And we should note that CompVest was the first woman to be five-gun classified in the state of Texas.

Can I get a Whoo-yah?

[SRVA]

skippr, Not to pick nits, but my darling bride was the first 5 gun classified woman in the world.

Steve

[Skiprr]

skippr, Not to pick nits, but my darling bride was the first 5 gun classified woman in the world.

Wow. Now that I did not know. I knew Texas because in 2006 she was the only woman listed. But I didn't realize there had been no other women five-gunners before her, ever.

I guess I'd better work on an even bigger whoo-yah!

[age_ranger]

Well, I just might have to give those SAO shooters run for their money......... Now if I can just beat a few of those sandbaggers at the larger matches