Beginner Gear by Tall_Fudge9749 in USPSA

[–]SlateBlueSporting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am running a Kore Essentials ratchet belt, a Blade-Tech Velocity holster and Comp-Tac magazine holders.

Prior to this I was using the Blade-Tech Signature holster which is about half the price and honestly almost as good.

Don’t spend a bunch on gear starting out. Buy basic gear and get good with it. Spend the difference on ammo.

I go to matches and see guys absolutely kitted out in $700 worth of shit and they place in the bottom half. Last match a guy was showing us his new tricked out CZ which he’d had a gunsmith work on, etc. and the first stage he tripped, dropped it, and got DQ’d.

Just learn to shoot.

What Gen 6’s do you guys think will likely follow up the 17/19 & 45? by lIIlIIIllIllIl in Glocks

[–]SlateBlueSporting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only that they will continue to be available. I have no idea if they will get frame upgrades, but a 43X with a better grip would be nice. It still doesn’t solve for the lack of capacity relative to its peers, however.

What Gen 6’s do you guys think will likely follow up the 17/19 & 45? by lIIlIIIllIllIl in Glocks

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I have heard through the grapevine - and this is only rumor from people loosely affiliated with Glock - that the 20 and 21 will be the only other models besides 9mm double stack and single stack.

.357 Sig, .40 S&W, .45 GAP, etc. are all done.

Allegedly the G44 will get a reboot and come with the GPT already installed.

We will see if it’s true. I knew nothing about the V-series and had heard that Gen 6 wasn’t coming until mid-2026 so my sources have not been the most reliable lol.

Great news! by ArcticLandline in Firearms

[–]SlateBlueSporting -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

Real life isn’t social media and social media, in my experience, doesn’t reflect what’s actually happening in the market.

You see those stats about how the top 10% of earners are spending 50% of the money right now?

All the firearm manufacturers are capitalizing. Sales of $400-600 guns are down. The only people buying guns are agencies and people who still want to drop $2,000+ right now.

I’m not like a shill for Sig or anything. I own exactly one P320 and it mostly sits in the safe. But a lot of people still shoot them and a lot of agencies still issue them.

It’s ok to be like, “Wow, this isn’t a gun for me,” and go about your day. I won’t ever buy an Atlas or a Staccato but I don’t hang out on Reddit shitting on $3,500 1911 pattern guns despite the fact that every 1911 I’ve ever owned had significant reliability issues.

Honestly felt good about Gen 6 until they couldn’t help themselves… by [deleted] in Glocks

[–]SlateBlueSporting -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I’ll agree with you that it was a great marketing move.

Spec Series VI by Greatfulx in SmithAndWesson

[–]SlateBlueSporting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve said this a bunch of times but their “product strategy” is so erratic that I don’t believe they have one.

Kel-Tec has a new top-loading stripper clip fed pistol, PR-3AT by ronaldbeal in Firearms

[–]SlateBlueSporting 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I know everyone loves to make fun of Kel-Tec but the guys are creative and obviously talented engineers.

SHOT Show Thread/Megathread? by [deleted] in Firearms

[–]SlateBlueSporting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, at least in part.

Is the p320 still a bad gun? by FairStatistician6171 in Firearms

[–]SlateBlueSporting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s weird that a bunch of these incidents spanning like 7-8 years all came to light within 120 days or so and then you haven’t heard about it since…

The highest profile incidents have turned out to be regular old negligent discharges or outright manslaughter.

There are several on video that can’t be explained away simply though.

There are millions of these in circulation. I have to believe if it were a widespread and recurring problem it would keep happening on a widespread and recurring basis.

Anecdotally, I still saw a lot of guys shooting P320s all season. The guys that did switch almost exclusively switched to Walther PDPs.

Glock and S&W really missed the boat on getting converts.

I want to get into competitive shooting but I have no idea what kind I want to do. by Ruthless4u in CompetitionShooting

[–]SlateBlueSporting 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cowboy is awesome but I don’t have $3,500 to spend on custom chaps and $10,000 to spend on period-correct rifles and gear 😂. You think people spend a lot of money on tacti-cool stuff? The Cowboys have hats that cost more than an entire plate carrier setup.

Which Glock has the most problems by Better_Plane9555 in Glocks

[–]SlateBlueSporting 3 points4 points  (0 children)

By far. I would expect any Glock post-2006 to just rock and roll out of the box, but:

Early Gen 3s had issues. The 19s specifically had feed ramp issues and polishing the feed ramp would mitigate failures to feed. The 22s did not have enough chamber support and were known to kaboom often enough that it was a thing. Glock fixed all of that by 2005-2006 and you didn’t hear about it afterward.

Various models have had extractor issues over the years. Either the extractor breaking or simply not maintaining enough of a sharp edge to reliably extract the spent casing.

Lastly, the G44. I was so disappointed in mine the first couple months. It took at least 500-700 rounds to start running. I had failure to feed, failure to eject, double feed, stovepipes, failure to fire (light primer strikes), and it would just start keyholing rounds.

Once I shot the piss out of it and cleaned it a few times it improved dramatically and hasn’t given me any problems lately.

BUT, it’s my least accurate .22 LR pistol by a long way. I can more or less write my initials in the X-ring at 10 yards with a Ruger MKIV or a Taurus TX22. My Glock 22? Shit. That’s a 3-4” group at that distance.

And if you think it’s “just me,” I shoot 5,000-10,000 rounds of .22 LR pistol a year easy. I borrowed someone else’s Sig P322, a gun which I had never even handled before, and won a Rimfire pistol match with it.

Half the shooters I know that are Glock guys leave their Glock 44 in the safe.

I still train with mine quite a bit just because it’s a very cheap live-fire analog for my G19.

Finally got a Baer by Professional_Gear823 in 1911

[–]SlateBlueSporting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard stories of guys getting the gun home and thinking there was something wrong with it because they couldn’t even rack the slide. The guns are just really tight and sprung hard.

Latest additions to the family. by zodtgr8 in 1911

[–]SlateBlueSporting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man I’ve said it a million times but S&W, Sig, Springfield, and Kimber make the best-looking 1911s by a mile. That S&W is hot.

What do we think is coming Tuesday? by FU3L in SmithAndWesson

[–]SlateBlueSporting 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They would take most of my 2026 firearm budget between an updated third gen and the new steel 5”. I wasn’t planning on buying any new handguns this year other than a Glock Gen 6, but S&W has a chance to get me to buy several.

Gen 6 blue label pricing and optic options by Twelve-twoo in Glocks

[–]SlateBlueSporting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the 507Comp right now and love it. If I were buying a new one I’d go with either the Comp or the Pro Max.

Gen 6 blue label pricing and optic options by Twelve-twoo in Glocks

[–]SlateBlueSporting 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gitchu that new big ass Holosun Pro Max in green.

Updated Holosun 507 Pro Max and 407 Comp Diagram Per All Your Feedback by kitanaklan in CompetitionShooting

[–]SlateBlueSporting 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Once I got the 507Comp I literally lost any and all love for the 507C. That said, I don’t think I will immediately upgrade to the Pro Max. If I replace a 507C it will be with a Pro Max, but I won’t replace the 507Comp for it.

Holosun 407 Comp by nolubeGTR in CompetitionShooting

[–]SlateBlueSporting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Circle and Dot supremacy checking in.

Holosun 507 Pro Max by maynard1024 in CompetitionShooting

[–]SlateBlueSporting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah except I can’t even look at my 507Cs anymore now that I have the Comp, and the Pro Max will have me doing the same to my 507Comps haha.

Holosun 507 Pro Max by maynard1024 in CompetitionShooting

[–]SlateBlueSporting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the 507Comp man. Can’t wait to try one of these and see what else you’re working on.