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  1. Gooldylocks

    Dumb pistol reloading question

    Honestly you would probably be fine. I have a bunch of .357 coated bullets I shoot in my 1911, that are sold as 9mm bullets. I wouldn't try that with a jacketed bullet by any means, but a plated, coated, or bare lead bullet would work out. The potential problem would most likely be significant...
  2. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    Absolutely. I completely agree. Practicing in isolation is not the right answer either, and I don't recommend that at all. I know those people as well, and if anything I think it makes their match anxiety worse. Because you are out of match shooting practice AND have high expectations of your...
  3. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    100% agree about the mental game. I would argue that at the pointy end of just about any individual sport (be it golf, tennis, PRS, USPSA, etc) actual technical skill makes up a tiny fraction of whether or not you are successful (defining success as winning/doing your personal best in this...
  4. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    Would it really be a shooting forum without simple questions rapidly devolving and tumbling out into the weeds? :ROFLMAO:
  5. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    And that is the point I'm getting at. When you have reached a certain level, you can take time off, not practice, shoot other guns, etc and still be successful. It has become engrained in you. I can take time off and then go out and still be crushing .8 reloads or 2 second 25 yard bill drills...
  6. Gooldylocks

    Sidearms & Scatterguns Pistol Break In Proceedure

    I think it would somewhat depend on your definition of "break-in" period. Some guns, specifically customs like the Baer mentioned above or a lot of custom 2011 types really do benefit from some amount of breaking in. Just as people talk about their custom rifle action smoothing out after several...
  7. Gooldylocks

    Interesting take on ELR matches: Mark and Sam

    Mark and Sam posted a new video a few days back, but I don't see it being discussed. I feel like Mark makes some excellent points about the purposes of competition as a driver/testbed for innovation, as well as on how to level the playing field a bit better to account for weather. As anyone who...
  8. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    You have a significant misunderstanding. The only USPSA stages that are the same are the classifier stages, of which there often isn't a single one at major matches. Same as the PRS Skills stages, though from my understanding it is fairly common to have those at majors as tie breakers. Top...
  9. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    I'm certainly not a top PRS shooter. But I am pretty decent/top-ish at another popular shooting sport, that being USPSA. I'm willing to bet that Morgan doesn't even disagree with me. He even said so. I don't train as much as I should, for the exact same reasons he listed: I don't want to be...
  10. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    I know that. But that is irrelevant to my point. More practice and fewer matches is better for improving your skills. There is no conversation to be had here, that is just a fact.
  11. Gooldylocks

    Browning Enters the Precision Game... Kinda

    I have seen these at Cabela's/Sportsman's and they seem like a cool rifle, but I kinda wonder why they don't try to make a real "precision" version based on the Hells Canyon McMillan version with the Game Scout stock. Use an AICS bottom metal rather than the factory bottom metal and put a...
  12. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    Completely agree, and that's why I started my first comment with "depending on your personal goals." I have plenty of friends that don't care about training/how they place except for ribbing around the table after a club match when we go get lunch and beers. That is a perfectly good motivation...
  13. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    Oh I don't doubt that at all, being able to win a PRS match is no small feat! But my point still stands. Don't tell him I said that though. Maybe we can keep him off the training wagon to give everybody else a chance hahaha
  14. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    Depending on your personal goals, you should probably switch that up. If your goals are just to have fun and enjoy your time at the range then carry on as you are, however if your goals include getting really good at one or multiple of these games you need to be training. Shooting matches...
  15. Gooldylocks

    Do you Compete or just like to shoot?

    I have yet to shoot a rifle match, but I plan to. One thing I know, is that shooting matches is the best way to learn what it is you need to learn. Until you start shooting matches, you don't even know what you don't know. Pistol matches taught me that a long time ago.
  16. Gooldylocks

    Hunting & Fishing Anyone Draw ?

    Central Oregon buck tag. It will be the first time I've gone hunting since high school.
  17. Gooldylocks

    7mm Practical

    Yes, 300PRC is 375 Ruger brass necked down. So then if you necked down a 300 to 7mm... wouldn't you end up with a 7LRM? I think the 7LRM may be shortened a bit, but that's all it is.
  18. Gooldylocks

    Can't get an update on my custom build!

    This right here. As has been covered through this thread already, this issue is rampant throughout many custom industries. Lots of custom pistol builders do this exact thing. The key is finding someone who knows how to do both the CS/business side and the building side. My last custom open gun...
  19. Gooldylocks

    7mm Practical

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but wouldn't that just be a 7LRM?
  20. Gooldylocks

    Sidearms & Scatterguns Handguns...show 'em

    Get 40s next time! Atlas builds some cool looking guns for sure.
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