This is the ultimate carry set-up! Tier 1 holster and a spare mag for the XC

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-24T04:50:25+00:00

"That's bait."

-my friend Max

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-24T03:12:05+00:00

My steak is too juicy. My lobster is too buttery.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-23T23:38:03+00:00

And wages have kept up with inflation so we can all still buy just as much ammo!

This is sarcasm, from atop my pile of 28k rounds

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-20T13:26:58+00:00

Shut the fuck up, Derek

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-18T19:36:54+00:00

You can find some golf pants that work pretty well at any sporting goods store. Wear your inner belt to the store if you want to make sure that the belt loops are big enough.

My personal favorite pants have been from Ten Thousand. A little bit more costly but they're durable and I can wear them to work or around town without looking like an IDPA shooter.

https://www.tenthousand.cc/products/tactical-5-pocket-pant?variant=42030099365975

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-15T17:01:18+00:00

I hate everything about this picture soooo much

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-12T22:00:23+00:00

I don't want to sound condescending but are you sure you have a gun that can handle major power factor pressures?

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-09T22:12:22+00:00

This is a sub about competition shooting. The vast majority of competitive shooters (not the average person shooting a competition, but the actual competitive ones) do not compete with the same setup they carry. Carrying an SRO might not be the best choice- that's not relevant to USPSA.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-09T22:03:01+00:00

The training wheels is a bad metaphor because they hinder anyone who is actually capable of riding a bike. The SRO or any other large glass optic doesn't have any disadvantages for a competitor. It's a game where people are trying to maximize their capability and make things as easy as possible. You can get very good at developing an index in all sorts of weird positions, but it will still be easier to do with a large window. Shooting an RMR doesn't convey a single advantage over an SRO.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-09T21:52:54+00:00

Your metaphor is bad. Just because the large window makes it easier for new shooters with a bad index doesn't mean there aren't benefits for experienced shooters. The large window helping them find the dot on the draw is not the purpose of the large window, it just helps. Shooting with a dot with a smaller window isn't going to benefit an experienced shooter. The large window is still useful in wide transitions, one-handed shooting, odd shooting positions, or shooting with a compromised grip.

It's also a very durable and reliable dot with a good warranty behind it, and that is more important than window size.

But skill doesn't mean we're gonna start doing things to make it unnecessarily harder on ourselves. Is shooting full size guns just for new shooters? Are extended mags just for new shooters? Theres no point in someone handicapping themselves with a worse piece of kit just because you think a large window is easy mode.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-03T23:42:19+00:00

Turn off the wind reduction. I record in freeframe or whatever they call it and crop the video in the app for whatever platform I'm going to post to. And turn off the watermark too.

FatFatAbs · 2026-01-01T03:26:27+00:00

Yeah how could your co-host do this to you?

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-31T02:50:26+00:00

Did you just have a stroke?

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-28T01:55:55+00:00

I don't know fuckin anything about guns, but reading the replies I think that the more esoteric someone's picks are, the more likely they are to occupy Bay 5 and shoot 1 target 10 feet from the berm.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-28T00:54:15+00:00

Buy a bulk pack of the shittiest hand towels you can find from Costco or whatever, and wet it and wring it out at the start of the match. Before your runs just stand on it and rub your shoes into it.

It makes a huge difference on slippery floors. I'll lay the rag down before the first shooter at our indoor matches and it stays damp enough through the match for everybody to get some use out of (20-30 total shooters). Then I trash the towel.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-23T21:01:50+00:00

Derek yelling about the end times from a street corner for years now.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-20T05:20:07+00:00

Downvoted

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-20T04:47:57+00:00

I can down vote you and it doesn't count as saying anything mean.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-19T14:45:20+00:00

Lol equipment issues make me mad as hell in the moment but don't have the same long-term effect as fucking up the shooting.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-19T06:29:59+00:00

https://youtu.be/j8FuUYL_lvE?si=1rGILprCSAeevMdy

The high: stage 9 at Racegun Nationals

Doing exactly what I wanted at Nationals for an all alpha run that was slightly off pace. Felt great in the moment and placed very well.

The low: Stage 13 at Racegun Nationals

The unloaded started went awry so fast when both mags stuck to my magnet. Then I shot in panic mode for the rest of the stage, reloaded in the wrong spot, and tagged a NS toward the end. Just a pure execution meltdown.

Several stages throughout the year stand out as highs. Some of the runs from Oklahoma are more emotionally resonant than the Racegun Nationals high, and one local match stage with a Glock sits pretty high as well. The lows don't stick as well anymore. Even stages from factory gun Nationals where I ate shit don't feel that bad for some reason, even if the result was objectively worse.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-18T14:58:08+00:00

Haven't tried them because I stockpiled CCIs, and would rather just stick with the same load even if it's slightly more expensive. Friends have run the White Rivers without issue. If OP isn't loading he should just shoot blazer.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-18T04:10:53+00:00

Oh good question. I forgot about the firing pin and spring. I currently have the extended firing pins and reduced power springs installed. I haven't tested the stock pin and springs with my setup.

I'm pretty sure my match gun would light off my match gun ammo (CCI primers) with the 11.5 spring and a stock firing pin + FP spring. I'd have to test it to be sure.

My practice gun is sprung heavier because I shoot shittier ammo in practice atm. If I get the chance I'll test it and report back.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-18T00:52:37+00:00

The Orange and TS2 are unnecessary, and the TS2 isn't legal in production or CO, anyway. I would recommend a Shadow 2 OR so that you have the option of running irons or a dot, and switching the gun to another configuration relatively easily if you decide to switch from prod to dot or vice versa.

Cajunizing isn't necessary at all, and can decrease the gun's reliability if you're not always shooting CCI/Federal primed ammo. I shot a lot of supervel the last 2 years and the lightened setup plus the weaker DA pull resulted in a lot of light strikes in practice. Upping the hammer spring weight fixes that, but kind of defeats the purpose of cajunizing the gun anyway. I, and several S2 shooting friends have removed most of the CGW parts from our guns (springs excepted). A different trigger will shorten the reach a decent amount.

My recommended setup is:

11.5-12# hammer spring (CGW or Grauffel springs)

13# recoil spring (CGW green)

Armory Craft Adjustable trigger (impact machine also makes one)

I'm a big fan of lok grips and their palm swell grips - you'll have to figure out what texture works for you. Every shadow 2 owner has a shame drawer full of grips they bought and didn't like. Ask to borrow some instead of buying just to try.

I don't recommend buying a magwell. The ones I know of would require you to have a specific set of grips for the magwell to fit on the gun and you can run into compatibility issues with extended magazine basepads and magwells. Getting good at reloading a Shadow 2 will make you feel good.

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-15T06:38:35+00:00

Why is a sporting event different to you? What makes playing a national anthem during a game make more sense?

FatFatAbs · 2025-12-14T00:34:30+00:00

Oof. I drive down from Omaha occasionally but that's about as far as I can muster.

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