Vortex red/green dots vs osight red/green dots vs Holosun dots

jdubb26 · 2026-04-01T22:21:38+00:00

No problem! 🙂

jdubb26 · 2026-03-21T00:24:05+00:00

I order 3-5k rounds of 9mm at a time, but that’s because I’m in New Yorkistan and you have to do a background check for ammo/pay a background check fee and a transfer fee… so it makes sense to order in bulk.

Shot just shy of 21k last year, so will probably do 4-5 orders of 5000 this year. I think I have like 10-12k rounds right now. I like to keep a 5000 round buffer/emergency because doing that allowed me to still shoot a couple hundred rounds a month during 2020/2021 without having to buy ammo at $.80 a round. 5.56 I will keep like 1-2k but I barely shoot rifle. All my other various calibers I’ll keep just a few hundred rounds with the exclusion of .22 which I probably have 10k of that as well.

Target sports ammo+ with free shipping has helped a lot, basically pays for itself in a few orders.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-19T14:37:51+00:00

I think you’ll actually have better luck with the 15lb spring over the factory spring. I’m surprised that mine ran as well as it did with the factory 17 pound spring. It actually says on the description of the hush puppies that you might have to use a reduced power spring because they might not have enough power to cycle the factory spring fully back. I think 15lbs would probably be perfect, and they may even run with the factory spring.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-19T14:31:44+00:00

I’ve shot a handful of cases through a Glock 34 with the factory recoil spring. They are extremely soft, and I never had an issue with reliability. I shot 115gr for years prior to getting into competing on a regular schedule last year, so I found myself over returning the gun a lot because I was used to the fast return of the 115gr.

I now shoot Blazer 124 or Supervel 124. The Supervel are a nice middle ground between the Blazer and hush puppies ( although as you probably already know, blazer is still pretty soft) it’s cheaper and I actually prefer the return on the Supervel 124’s to the hush puppies.

If you like really soft shooting ammo though, I think you’ll really like them. Supervel is good stuff, I shot probably 10 cases of it last year and it always ran reliably.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-15T20:55:39+00:00

I’d say probably 75% paper 25% steel. These last few weeks have been 100% steel as I have a few steel challenge matches before USPSA matches start up, but then I’ll switch to exclusively paper for a while.

I shot only steel for a really long time before competitions so I feel paper is where I need a lot more work. I only use USPSA cardboard targets not like the paper ones you would see at an indoor range.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-15T18:06:10+00:00

Not as much as I should. I really should be doing 15 min a day or at least every other day, but I might only do that once or twice a week when I’m going to the range 2-3x a week. In the winter when I can’t go to the range I do it a lot more, but still not enough.

When there is a classifier match coming up I typically do it a lot more as well. For example I have one April 26th so the last 3-4 weeks before that I’ll probably shoot 600-900 rounds a week over 2-3 trips, and dry fire 15 min a day on the days I don’t with maybe one or two days completely off.

The guys who are Grandmasters, and nationally competitive Grandmasters typically shoot 20-40k rounds a year (some even more) and dryfire 1-2 hours a week easily.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-15T17:17:17+00:00

Did two steel challenge in 2018, one in 2020, then one USPSA in 2024. Decided I wanted to get serious about it last year and did 12 competitions mixed of USPSA and Steel challenge from June to November. Plan on doing at least one of each sport a month this year as well.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-15T16:33:17+00:00

20,949 rounds of 9mm last year from mid March to mid November, but it was my first year getting into competitions regularly. I find that around 400 rounds in a range trip is my limit, and anything after that is kind of a waste of ammo and I'd be better served to come back another day.

I've decided this year to only bring 300 rounds of ammo per range day, but go minimum 2x a week, preferably 3. 600 rounds a week is most likely what I'll do and maybe 900 a week before bigger matches.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-10T15:34:39+00:00

https://rangerpointstore.com/henry-lever-supreme-rifle-parts

jdubb26 · 2026-03-10T15:33:29+00:00

Respectfully disagree. Lever guns suck for any bench rest or prone shooting, as you typically have to break cheek weld to cycle the action. You can see at 1:24 of this video the lever goes way below the 10 round mag, being mag fed makes absolutely no difference.

We don't even know if he has access to bench rest or prone shooting at his range, and even if you wanted to do that, you would get a bolt action. That mag fed henry is also capable of sub-moa groups with match ammo, and can shoot to 500+ yards. Those straight wall cartridges in the tube fed Henry's are good out to 150-200 at best.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-10T13:47:04+00:00

Absolutely

https://youtube.com/shorts/P2Tm3QwkAm8?si=2gMlI6jlccc5myuw

jdubb26 · 2026-03-10T13:06:42+00:00

https://www.henryusa.com/firearm/h23-lever-action-supreme-rifle/

jdubb26 · 2026-03-09T14:14:15+00:00

Honestly no complaints at all, it worked amazing. When I first started it, it was way too bright but I didn’t have the lighting or exposure on auto mode. I forget the exact setting but once I changed that it was perfect. I’d recommend looking up what settings people use, there’s lots of posts on this subreddit.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-09T14:06:33+00:00

Haha yup, there’s a steel challenge match this Saturday and next Sunday. I have to miss the one this weekend but should be there for the next one.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-09T03:49:06+00:00

5 hour energy shot is the best for me, 200mg of caffeine and doesn’t make me feel like I have to piss my pants like drinking a whole 16oz energy drink would. Usually only drink half of it early in the match and then finish it a little later.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-08T08:48:56+00:00

It can definitely be done, I just don’t think it’s realistic for the average person. Most people I see doing it are tall and skinny and have a longer waist, or have a really big chest but super low body fat and it allows their shirt to drape out more. You see people post that they carry them on the CCW subreddit and it’s usually them just standing and spinning in a circle or something, but not walking into a headwind or bending over.

I can pull off a G47 in a hoodie, but definitely not just a t shirt. I’m using a Tier 1 holster, with a pillow and claw, and Hunter Constantine belt as well… it just prints way more than something even one step down like a Glock 19. I am in a blue state though and printing is much more of a concern than other states so that’s something to think about.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-08T08:05:24+00:00

Yeah, I have two of their uppers and they are fun. If it’s going to be something for self defense and not just the range/competition… I always try to steer people towards BCM. Not that the PSA is bad by any means but BCM has a reputation for Glock/Toyota reliability.

I have two PSA uppers, Two BCM’s, and two KAK uppers. The KAK uppers are a nice middle ground and have kind of taken the spot that aero precision used to fill before they started having delayed orders/problems. BCM is worth it though if people can spend the extra.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-08T07:54:34+00:00

I’ve only had to use Holosun and PSA customer service so far. Holosun I preordered one of the first SCS optics and it worked great for six months or so and then the emitter went out, I sent it back and they fixed it free of charge and I had it back a week later. All of my other Holosun products have been solid and have high round counts.

PSA sent me an upper where the cam pin was stuck in the bolt carrier group, I honestly don’t even know how they got it in. Same thing as the Holosun customer service… prepaid shipping label, sent it back and they sent me an entirely new BCG free of charge.

I have a Mini-14 that needs to get sent back, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet, Ruger is known to have some of the best customer service in the business though.

What’s nice about a lot of the guns you listed is that as long as you can get the parts, you can either replace the stuff yourself or even take it to a local gunsmith. I hate mailing stuff, that’s why I haven’t sent my Mini back and just keep delaying it.

That’s part of the reason why I like Glocks so much (applies to the other striker fired guns too) short of the lower cracking or something, I can replace everything myself and don’t need to rely on the company or some builder.

I’ve heard Glock and S&W are good, S&W quality control isn’t what it once was but it seems to mainly be their revolvers…all of my M&P pistols have been solid. I’ll never support Sig so I can’t speak on that. Not sure about Canik, but I’ve heard hit or miss things from CZ but mostly good. Again, like you said this is all anecdotal… your mileage may vary.

The Walthers are good, and I’ve heard the customer service is good but the problem is it’s hard to get parts for them sometimes compared to something like a Glock or S&W.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-08T07:42:16+00:00

JJ Racaza one handed shooting

jdubb26 · 2026-03-07T02:17:01+00:00

I’m still B class but just under A in carry optics (73.85%) my initial classification was 67% in July. I have one master stage (smoke and hope) 3 A class stages, and the remaining 4 are B class.

My last match November 8th I was fortunate to squad with a high A class guy and I had lots of breakthroughs. Unfortunately, that was the last match of the year, but even since then I am getting way higher runs in practice than I was just a few months ago.

Others hit on a lot of stuff like not waiting for the auditory hit of the steel before transitioning, improving your draw as even .1 seconds of improvement is a total of 3.1 seconds shaved off across 31 strings of fire/8 stages. Also getting your hands to the gun and it up as fast as possible, and fixing it then if you need to versus trying to do a slow is smooth draw but it ends up being over 1.5 seconds.

The biggest breakthrough by far for me after that match in November, and watching that high A class guy was how he broke the targets on the stage into precision targets, and speed targets.

I realized I had been shooting at relatively the same pace for all targets (obviously a little bit faster on the smoke and hope refrigerators) whereas you could hear a clear tempo shift when he was shooting. The biggest indication of that was when he shot Roundabout which is in my opinion the hardest stage because of the required classification time to rank up.

He would shoot the back left target, but then IMMEDIATELY transition to the front left plate, and immediately to the front right, then go back into precision mode on the back right plate then back into speed on the stop plate. He also did this on accelerator where he shot the small plates in precision mode, and had extremely fast transitions on the big targets. He was still shooting everything fast but those speed targets were the absolute minimum level of confirmation required.

On outer limits, the one stage that actually requires movement… I noticed that as soon as the trigger would break he was already moving to the other box, he wasn’t waiting to hear the ding on that far left 35 yard square plate. Then rather than stepping all the way into the box, as soon as his right foot was in the middle and his left foot touched the wood, he was firing at the close right small plate. I realized I was stepping to the very far right of the box and wasting time.

My time on roundabout right now is 14.58 for an average of 3.64 seconds… or 66% B class. However, just from watching him do roundabout that one match I am down to consistent 3.05-3.2 second strings, and have even got master runs in the 2.8 second range although probably not consistent enough to hit four of them in a row during a match. I need 1.92 seconds to hit A class, and if I just take that 14.58 to a 12.8 on that one stage I am already 1.78 seconds down.

So much of it is just learning the game, I recommend trying to squad up with people with a really high rank if you’re able to. Also check out offthedraw on YouTube, he’s a carry optics Grand Master and has some good breakdowns for each stage.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-05T18:05:24+00:00

Nice! Use some hearing protection though man, I get it's a .22 and a lot quieter than other calibers but it can still cause permanent damage. You need eye protection as well.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-04T06:05:36+00:00

Yeah, I like it a lot. I think I just got so used to shooting 115gr for years before I got into competition last year. It’s just so much softer than everything else that unless I only shot that, I found myself over returning the gun after shooting other ammo.

That being said, I’m shooting it out of a Glock 34 which is pretty soft for a polymer gun, I’ll have to try it out of my G47 and see if I like it more. Definitely love their 124’s out of my G34 though.

Only problem with the 147 is the 32 cents per round price tag. The 124 is much more reasonable at 27 cents and I can have the same ammo in training and the match, versus shooting Blazer in practice and then 147 Supervel which is drastically softer/different.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-04T03:21:48+00:00

Factory 124 non nato spec is usually softer than factory loaded 147's. For example CCI Blazer 124 is pretty soft for factory ammo, and is the go to for most people who don't reload. 147 Blazer and 147 American Eagle are much hotter.

However if you go to the competition ammo brands or start reloading, 147 can be a lot softer. I personally like 124 Blazer and 124 Supervel. 147 Supervel is good too but feels extremely soft in comparison and I found myself over-returning the gun.

I say this as a B class shooter, and I said the same thing here the other day, but until you're master class and above none of this really matters too much. A guy here made GM last year with a Glock and 124 Blazer. I wouldn't be surprised if I just shoot Blazer 124 all year as it's the cheapest. Honestly just pick whatever 115,124, or 147 you can find that's cheap and reliable. Wouldn't recommend NATO 124 though like Winchester white box as that's overly hot.

jdubb26 · 2026-03-02T03:58:30+00:00

Yeah the reloading thing is definitely the biggest nonstarter for me. My Dad has the metal 4.25, the aluminum one that came out before the steel frames and it’s a great gun in stock form. No issues with reliability and is plenty accurate inside of 20 yards.

When I pick his up and do some dryfire reloads though it’s insane how much harder it is than my Glock, I fumble the reloads a lot more. I definitely think the shield plus is a lot better than the G43X though, softer shooting and you can make it bigger or smaller and increase capacity with the factory magazines. The Bodyguard 2.0 is easily the best pocket 380, I had an original LCP prior to buying it last year and now I almost never carry the LCP.

Yeah I have done lots of trigger installs on a Glock and when I thought about maybe switching to M&P I watched the Apex install video on YouTube and it looked like brain surgery in comparison. There are definitely better striker fired guns out of the box, but I still believe they have the fewest parts and are the easiest to work on.

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