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Thread: What makes a competition gun not a good combat gun?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ironbutt View Post
    Other than not being particularly competitive, what sort of problems have they had with those weapons? Our 870's were our primary weapon in CERT & they were really run through the ringer every training day. I've never seen a malf with them. As for the M4 & G17, if they can survive a weekend carbine/pistol course, I don't understand what problems they would present running an afternoon 3-gun course.

    Just curious.
    In your case you wouldn't learn much with your background. New competitors have a variety of problems. Most new competitors have never run more than 50 rounds of pistol ammo thru their sidearms, 100 rifle rounds, and 25 shotgun rounds. Most have never transitioned between the different guns for one string much less on the clock. With pistols most problems are aftermarket fire control parts, lubrication, or magazine related, with rifles lubrication issues, and shotgun issues can be burrs, lubrication, or operator. With the shotgun new competitors have rarely loaded on the clock. I think this can create open operator mistakes (although I can't offer any specifics here). With the Mossberg 930 we have seen all kinds of failures. If you don't load the 930 in the proper way the gun will lock up. (This has to do with the pushing the bolt release). I have seen bunches of Mossberg pumps lock up and they have to go to the safe table to pull the gun apart. In 3 gun, the shotgun is recognized as the weak link. After I began writing this response I didn't mean those specific weapons were failure prone. Sorry for the confusion. I can't count the times I have seen guys begin having problems with an M4 that was due to running the gun too dry.

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    In reference to comps...
    For a long time I held the notion they were to be subscribed for sport guns or fun guns due to the standing truth that they suck at night and suck indoors. With the onset of these hybrids though, im drifting away from that. I will never be in a stack and I would doubt that the noise perceived from an A2/Vortex by myself in my home is going to jaw me any less than an BC or a AFAB. I do however benefit directly from one of these devices on accuracy of rapid strings. This in part is due to my inexpierence as a shooter but they do help. So the question for me is whats more important or likely? Getting involved in a mulitple attacker rifle gunfight, at night with no ear pro, inside a home with loved ones around me is pretty slim in my situation. In that particular situation where feces makes contact with a air circualtion device, ill take the edge on accuracy over being noticed at night. I think Grant has mentioned that owning a supressor is the most ideal setup for a civi...im hoping to get into that this year.
    Matthew 10:28

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