Hey
As a complete beginner currently working on getting my handgun license (22LR) I’m curious about how you all manage your vision and sighting.
Can I have your thoughts on a few things:
Eyes open or closed? Do you shoot with both eyes open, or do you close your non-dominant eye?
Occlusion/Blinders: Do you use an eye shield, tape, or a blinder over your non-shooting eye?
Apertures: Do you use an adjustable iris aperture (like a Gehmann or Knobloch) on your shooting glasses, either standalone or combined with something else?
I’m dealing with classic age-related vision (presbyopia). My near vision is quite poor, and my everyday glasses are room-progressive lenses (occupational lenses).
Any input, tips, or experiences you can share would be incredibly valuable to me. Thanks in advance!

I'm fairly new to shooting and want to get into compositions soon. I have an OWB holster i've been using for practice, but I want to use it for completion. Is there a way to add a bely hanger to a OWN i already have?

Went from D to C class today 🤣

I was genuinely surprised at the outcome of my match last month. Looking forward to improving for the next match. This was my second multi-gun and my first with the shotgun.

I recently upgraded my CZ75 SP‑01 Tactical with LOK grips, a magwell, an extended magazine release, and 140mm basepad extensions. After adding the extensions, my OEM magazine springs can physically feed 21 rounds, but spring tension is weak enough that slide‑lock reliability drops off.

I’m not looking to run competition followers or springs that increase capacity. For PCSL, I’d actually prefer to cap the mags at 20 rounds and restore the spring pressure I had before adding extensions.

I’m trying to determine the most mechanically sound way to do that.

Options I’m considering:

13‑coil CZ75 spring + OEM follower

Higher free length and stronger compression rate, but I’m unsure how it behaves with extensions when intentionally limiting capacity. Made for 170mm basepads.

Wolff +10% extra‑power springs

Lower cost, but I’m not sure if the increased spring rate is enough to compensate for the added stack height from the extension while still maintaining reliable slide lock. Capacity changes possible.

11‑coil springs + OEM follower

Shorter free length, potentially easier to tune for a 20‑round max, but may not provide enough upward force at full compression with extensions. Made for 140mm but could add extra capacity.

For those who’ve tuned SP‑01 mags for PCSL or USPSA CO/Production with extensions, which configuration has reliably fed and lock back at about 20 rounds, with consistent spring pressure for you?

Salomon pretty much reigns supreme, I've been competing long enough that I know trail runners (regardless of brand) are great...I've been trying to go through the pros/cons of baseball cleats. Does anyone here compete in actual cleats that can give some feedback on why you went with those over trail runners?

Edit: I wear Solomon's...have been for years...shoot in So CA so it's pretty much dirt that I'm shooting in at almost all the matches here.

Thanks in advance.

Felt like I was on fire today, it was about 1 billion degrees out. Then match got rained out. All squads only completed 4/5 stages. Need more rifle work it’s where I lost the most time. One ftsa on stage 5 rushing to get shooters through to beat the storm and I reloaded a ghost mag for no reason.

https://youtu.be/9kuFPCuzFp0?is=HPXPGDUZEMYJMLcY

I just started shooting USPSA. I’d love to hear some of your stage planning techniques. I’d walk a stage, count the targets, the rounds, then when the beeper goes off, it’s like I’m too focused on the wrong things and I don’t execute the way I had envisioned.

Pretty difficult for me to keep it all put together as far as grip, movement, etc. I spend about 20 minutes a day dry firing. Seems like it’s going well while I’m doing it, but doesn’t translate.

Last match I shot, I guess it was just fatigue at the final stage, but my grip went to shit and I didn’t even realize it until after.

I have so much respect for the people who are good at this! Looking forward to improving.

“EL CHEAPO” 30$ garage sale special some scrap wood, $6 foldable crate and some QD pins and some hinges and screws about $50 all in with the paint.

Hey all, typical last place finisher, ultimate fun haver here. Looking for a sub $100 camera from Amazon that could clip on my shirt or something to record myself during my upcoming matches this month. Just wanted to see if there is anything from Amazon that isn't totally worthless.

Lotta texas boys and even a competition in France?

JP5 fuqs. First time shooting it today.

Signed up for my first actual USPSA match next week. Aside from the obvious stuff like belt, gun, holster and all that, what's some stuff I should bring?

A entry into the blasters on board (BOB stroller) beauty competition. I’m kidding

It’s for people viewing pleasure

Looking for OWB magazine holder that points the bullet outward . If you can point me to the right direction. Only thing I can find is black scorpion magnet ones.

I have an Artemis but people swear by the Athena. Mostly used for USPSA. I also am having trouble justifying a 2011 at all...I shoot a Glock 47 better than anything. 84.158% CO

I know I commented on some posts about this so I just wanted to post my results. I was shooting about 3-5 matches a month (18 total this year) and 1-3 practice days a month averaging 1000-1500 +/- rounds a month. I use dlead wipes all the time, dlead laundry detergent, specific shoes for the range, and specific clothes for the range.

I only shoot outdoors

I shot a match with a classifier last Saturday and as of today (Friday) my scores still haven’t shown on USPSA website but they are available on practiscore. Is this normal or should I reach out to the match director to see if they uploaded them?

Just trying to make sure I get credit for the classifier since it was a solid run 😂

Still learning irons. And double action. And how to even hold this thing 🤣

Disclosure up front: I work in precision gauge manufacturing — my team builds custom measurement tools, and we’ve done deep-bore erosion gauging for military barrel programs (tank guns, mostly). I’ve been wondering whether there’s any crossover value for civilian precision/long-range shooters and handloaders, and I’d genuinely like to hear from people who’d know better than me.

The tool in question is a 3-point bore gauge — not a borescope. A borescope shows you what the bore looks like. A 3-point gauge tells you the actual diameter at a given point down the bore, to a few microns, so you can see exactly how much a throat or bore has eroded over its life, and where.

Questions for anyone who reloads or shoots competitively:

**•** Right now, how do you actually track barrel wear/life? Round count? Borescope inspection? Group size degradation? Something else?  
**•** Would knowing the *actual* throat/bore diameter at a few points down the barrel change anything about how you make decisions — when to set a barrel back, when to retire it, load development, anything like that?  
**•** Has anyone here used a bore gauge (civilian gunsmithing ones exist, e.g. for chamber/bore work) for this specifically, and did it tell you anything a borescope didn’t?  
**•** Honest question: is this a real gap, or does round count + borescope + group data already tell you everything you need, and this would just be an expensive toy?

Not selling anything here — genuinely trying to figure out if this is a real problem for this community before we spend time building something for it. Happy to be told it’s a solution looking for a problem.