Thearmededucator

I do on occasion. I wish the Sunday matches started at noon. Getting the kids home from Sunday school and to the match is a tight fit

No, I retook Fighting Pistol the week before. (Summer sure runs together, lol)

I normally can’t make Saturday's, but good luck!

I shot an IDPA match tonight at the TWRA range in Bartlett. My performance was a complete Comedy of Errors tonight, but due to a low turnout (none of the usual M’s), I got my first ever match win. This is despite: -5 PE’s -A snap cap left over from my class at Tactical Response last weekend still in the mag -Completely fumbled reload -My optic suddenly becoming a projectile mid stage

AR platform you can do no problem

It’s quite confusing. Federal law still technically prevents 18yo from buying a pistol from a gun store, though recent court cases are challenging this. The simplest method for obtaining a pistol would be a private sale, rather than a gun store.

For those keeping score at home, here’s a short list of the Sig P320 Incidents: Backpack drop https://youtube.com/shorts/GHMyMVR3CRg?si=4zorAyAP7drmHIz- Appendix carry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l58e2XvU6BQ&ab_channel=CarryTrainer Vancouver, WA PD SafeFire holster discharge https://www.instagram.com/p/DKnYZ0zhBSg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Gray Guns (Bruce Gray) parts configuration issue https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKP_3hkz9jN/?igsh=MWlhcjFyZ21veHNsMQ== USMC engineering review recommended https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/sig-p320-engineering-review-recommended-in-marine-corps-report/ Montville PD holster discharge during arrest https://youtu.be/3_CYjoK2bqo?si=Ie4WMKwY5fp4Om9T La Grange, TX Police officer holstered; shot in the leg https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/it-happened-again-texas-officer-injured-by-holstered-sig-sauer-p320 Ceres PD SRO holstered; shot in leg at school https://amp.modbee.com/news/local/article309984160.html Unknown training session holster discharge https://youtube.com/shorts/cOUfurKIjnI?si=mxIY8Gt630k-ZQwP Achilles Heel Tactical class holster discharge https://youtube.com/shorts/DClhzMjgiyI?si=kXZO2Muyiw--S1al Garand Thumb experiences uncommanded discharge https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1245671740462693&id=100050596354523 Franklin, TN man holstered discharge https://www.wsmv.com/2025/05/15/nationwide-reports-popular-pistol-firing-without-trigger-pull-uncovered-by-wsmv4-investigates/?utm_source=chatgpt.com# Philadelphia man holster discharge lawsuit https://apnews.com/article/sig-sauer-pistol-discharge-lawsuit-7d6e37035d7205ec9b04c92856964f21# Canadian JTF-2 uncommanded discharge https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-forces-handgun-sig-sauer-p320-1.6610477 Fort Eustis Army MP uncommanded discharge https://www.nenc.news/2024-06-25/documents-detail-u-s-soldiers-shot-by-their-own-sig-sauer-guns-military-says-no-reason-for-concern?utm_source=chatgpt.com USMC Camp Foster Okinawa discharge https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/sig-p320-engineering-review-recommended-in-marine-corps-report/ Washington Police Academy recruit discharge https://www.police1.com/firearms-training/wash-police-academy-bans-sig-sauer-after-unintended-discharge-incident?utm_source=chatgpt.com# Washington Police Academy bans P320 https://www.police1.com/firearms-training/wash-police-academy-bans-sig-sauer-after-unintended-discharge-incident Oregon Police Academy bans P320 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vE3Em-bvYo Milwaukee PD bans P320 https://www.thetrace.org/2025/05/sig-sauer-p320-police-resale-public/ Dallas PD bans P320 https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2017-08-07/dallas-police-suspend-use-of-pistol-manufactured-by-n-h-based-sig-sauer Chicago PD ban the P320 news article https://morninganswerchicago.com/chicago-police-officers-barred-from-carrying-popular-sidearm-amid-safety-concerns/ Several agencies ban P320 https://stateline.org/2025/03/10/more-law-enforcement-agencies-reconsider-use-of-popular-sig-sauer-p320-handgun/

I sold my Shield for a Shield Plus with no regrets

If your physical liabilities are forcing you to stop carrying IWB, it makes very little sense to move the gun to the furthest extremity on your body. Instead I would recommend looking into appendix carry, particularly with a PHLster Enigma, which is a great option in shorts (I was able to wear mine at the spray park with the kids without a shirt)

Don’t get me wrong, a Taurus is adequate, but honestly, as I am reading it, I think your mindset on it is a bit messed up. You are naturally correct in focusing on carry gun before the (presumably more expensive) fun gun in a couple of months. But the carry gun is life saving equipment, and therefore not something to skimp on. Especially when significantly better arms to be had for minimal price differences. On this forum you can often see well cared for Glocks (for example) go $400 or less. Additionally (and this part often gets overlooked) all the other equipment like spare parts, magazines, and (especially) holsters are ubiquitous. I recommend people build these costs into the initial investment for the best return. Lastly, have you shot numerous models, to include the Taurus, for firsthand experience? Online opinions (mine included) mean Jack squat in the face of personal experience.

Outside makes a big difference. The in-ear foamies are the best rated. I use AXIL XCOR for most of my shooting.

The same things as always. We just hear about them all now

Extra props to the deacon who deployed his concealed F150

What do you know? If you prevent entry by force, you also prevent casualties

I appreciate a cast iron skillet, but I just use a couple of lodges

Firing pin and grip safeties are great ideas for Sig

I’d never seen that quote before, and have now seen it twice in one day. the world is strange

If you like this, read Varg Freeborn’s books “Violence of Mind” and “Beyond OODA”

I’d love to go, but I have a private lesson scheduled

“When Violence is the Answer” by Tim Larkin

The IWI Galil seems to fit what you are looking for. M1A and FAL https://primaryweapons.com/ar-series/ also use long stroke piston systems.

Let me look in my parts bin

I would suggest getting a rifle length platform first. You can use a full size rifle very effectively in close quarters, but you can never get that velocity back for longer range

I just finished the book “The Guns of John Moses Browning” by Nathan Gorenstein and really enjoyed it. I figured someone on here would be interested in it as well https://www.audible.com/pd/1797127926?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=player_overflow

As an instructor, I’d like to offer some other advice. One, you seem to be jumping into everything simultaneously. For a lot of people doing so leads to frustration and or burn out. Instead figure out your priorities and start there. From your other posts, my first recommendation would be training; preferably even before buying your first gun. That way you’ll base your decisions on experience and not conjecture. Additionally, it’s often not the best idea to try to teach a spouse to shoot. More often than not it goes as terribly as a parent teaching their teenager to drive. There’s too much ego and emotional baggage attached to have consistently good outcomes. (In fact, I have a belief that the ability to learn from or teach something to a person ceases once anyone has seen the other naked in any context.) In summary, find a local range that has qualified instructors (MIL/LEO, USCCA, or Rangemaster preferred. NRA doesn’t cut it for me and I am one) and preferably a rental section to try out multiple types and work from there. Lastly, especially for the wife, it doesn’t have to be all at once. You get much better long term results doing short, regular sessions than you do with long, all encompassing, one hit wonders. A date night range trip or private lesson followed by a dinner out every couple weeks goes a long way for a lot of people.