Triangle Tactical - Uspsa | 3 Gun | Idpa | Competitive Shooting

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Synopsis

Competitive shooting, mostly. Some concealed carry and gun rights stuff mixed in too.

Episodes

  • Carry Guns vs. Match Guns - 109

    24/11/2014 Duration: 53min

    The main topic for this episode comes from a voicemail from a listener (who didn’t leave his name) about whether or not it’s okay to shoot competition with a pistol that isn’t your carry gun. Ben and I both carry different guns than we generally shoot in competition, but there is a bit of philosophy there which we go into in this episode. Local Shooting Sports News H2O Fowl Farms is hosting their BUG match on Saturday, Nov. 29th 2014. This is a great match for a new shooter to get started in, you don’t need a holster or mag pouches, just a pistol, magazine, and 60rds of ammo. This particular match is benefiting Toys for Tots, so it’s also for a great cause! More details over at Carolina Shooters Club… The News Alan Gura is spanking Washington DC again over their concealed carry situation. A 12 year old in Ohio was shot and killed by police while reaching for an airsoft pistol in his waistband. An unfortunate situation for everyone involved and a reminder to be extremely cautious when carrying, and informing p

  • Class Review and Texas Open Carry - 108

    17/11/2014 Duration: 01h09min

    Full shownotes are forthcoming. Basic rundown of this episode is this: We recap the Gun Powder Gals IDPA clinic that we helped with on Saturday, we look at a couple of bills that have been introduced in Texas that would allow for open carry, and constitutional carry, Ben reviews the Steve Anderson class, and we go through some listener feedback. You can order your Triangle Tactical shirts until about 10PM on Monday 11/17/2014, so you officially have less than 24 hours. Go get one or three! Check back to this post as the day goes on, I'll be updating it throughout the day.

  • USPSA Grand Master Steve Anderson - 107

    10/11/2014 Duration: 59min

    Ben is taking a 2 day handgun class with Steve Anderson from That Shooting Show and he had a chance to sit down with him and record an episode. They talk quite a bit about USPSA, and the mental game. If you aren't familiar with Steve, he's known in the competitive shooting world as the dry fire guy. He's written a few books on the subject, and now he hosts a podcast (along with his dogs and David Lee Roth) where he talks more about the practical shooting mental game, dry fire, and match management. "Where's the improvement gonna come from if you don't strap on the gear and get to work?" You can find Steve at AndersonShooting.com with links to purchase his books, sign up for classes, and subscribe to his podcast.

  • IDPA Dumps Flat Footed Reload Rule – 106

    04/11/2014 Duration: 01h04min

    Early this evening IDPA sent an email to it’s membership that has caused a bit of a stir on social media. The biggest piece of news is that they are getting rid of the “flat footed reload” rule that has caused so much stir around the game since it was introduced last year that you can hardly mention IDPA without having someone mention the rule. Also of note in the email blast: IDPA is getting rid of the Enhanced Service Revolver division They are considering adding a new division, either a “Compact Carry Pistol” division for Glock 19/M&P Compact sized pistols, or a “Laser and Optic Pistol” division for guns with laser sights and slide ride optics. In the rules clarification they also ruled that ALL “bullets out” magazine pouches are not suitable for all day carry, and thus illegal for IDPA. This really sticks in my craw… Housekeeping Get your shirts! Y’all asked for another run of shirts, and this time we decided to add some more colors, and a little nicer typography on the front of them. The shirts

  • New CCW Guns - 105

    27/10/2014 Duration: 01h03min

    I’ve mentioned a bit on the blog and Facebook page over the past couple of days that I picked up a Glock 19 Gen4 to act as my primary CCW pistol for a while. I’ve been wanting to go back to a doublestack gun with decent capacity, and finally made the plunge for a whole host of reasons that I go through in this episode. What I haven’t mentioned is that Ben inherited my XDs 9mm to act as his new summer carry gun. He fell in love with it after we did the “Pocket 9mm Shootout” back in Episode 68, and has been kicking around the idea of buying it since then. We spend a bit of time in the episode going through our reasons for making the switch. The News We’ve talked extensively in the past about the shenanigans going on at the NC State Fair regarding concealed carry. Linoge reported that when he went to the fair last week, the security was incredibly lax, and other listeners have reported just the opposite on the Triangle Tactical Facebook page. It seems that security has been inconsistent to say the least. Further

  • Don't Worry About Your Division - 104

    20/10/2014 Duration: 56min

    One of the most common questions that Ben and I get from people interested in competitive shooting is about what division they will shoot in with their particular pistol. It seems that there’s an abundance of concern placed on getting into the correct division for their first match, and when it comes down to it, it doesn’t really matter what division you shoot in for your first match, because the chances that you will be competitive in the match are very slim. Housekeeping Andrew Branca is offering a coupon code for Triangle Tactical listeners for his new Law of Self Defense webinars. Use the code “TT” when signing up for the webinars and get $10 off. More here. The News A feminist video game critic cancelled her appearance at a Utah university after receiving massacre threats. That’s the headline we’ve seen all over the internet, and it’s not wrong, but it’s not telling the whole story either. She did apparently receive some baseless threats, but she really cancelled her appearance at the university after th

  • Quagmire of Stupidity - 103

    14/10/2014 Duration: 01h01min

    I'll have shownotes up in a bit, hang tight!

  • 2014 USPSA Handgun Nationals - 102

    06/10/2014 Duration: 56min

    Last week Ben was out in Utah for the 2014 USPSA Handgun Nationals, so this week on the podcast he gives us a nice rundown of the match, and what it was like working as a range officer at the biggest match out there. The News Cody Wilson from Defense Distributed has debuted a CNC machine in a box that finished 80% AR-15 lower receivers. It’s called the “Ghost Gunner”, and it’s awesome. NC Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler is stating that he will post the NC State Fair against concealed carry because he believes there is “gray area” in the law. 350 CCW Permit holders in SC are having their permits revoked after it was found that their instructor wasn’t teaching the state mandated course. I’m unsure if he was just taking cash and issuing completion certificates, or if his course just varied from what the state mandates.

  • Changing Guns in Changing Times - 101

    29/09/2014 Duration: 44min

    Recently Australian police broke up a ring of Al Qaeda ISIS terrorists who were planning to head out into public and behead people at random. Late last week a man went into his former workplace where he had been recently fired, and beheaded one woman, and was attacking a second before he was shot by the COO of the company. News is still breaking with details on the case, but both of these incidents have me really evaluating my CCW rig. The weather is cooling off a bit, and having a little bigger gun, with more ammo would be a more comforting for the type of situation mentioned above. I’m thinking I may grab a Gen4 Glock 19 to throw back into the CCW rotation for the winter months with a spare mag, and a leather pancake holster. The News Ruger has been killing it with new products. The LC9s and Gunsite Scout rifle in .223 didn’t really do it for me, but since those announcements they have announced that they will be making their Ruger American line of bolt action rifles in left handed models, the Ruger America

  • HK VP9 vs. Walther PPQ - 100

    22/09/2014 Duration: 01h01min

    For Episode 100 we decided to do something a little special: We got our paws on an HK VP9 and a Walther PPQ and took them to the range to shoot side by side with Bob who's been on the podcast in Episodes 30 and 54. We shot about 300 rounds between the two pistols, rotating shooters, and doing our best to find out where the weak points are on both of them. The two pistols are surprisingly similar, both being polymer 9mm service pistols close in size to the Glock 19. Both the VP9 and PPQ hold 15 rounds on 9mm in the magazine, and aesthetically they look very close. The full review on the HK VP9 vs. Walther PPQ can be found on the blog.

  • Buying Gear Can Help Your Skills – 99

    16/09/2014 Duration: 58min

    We spend a lot of time on the blog and podcast talking about how it’s much superior to learn skills to actually get better at something (shooting mostly) than buying new tools that don’t actually make you better. After talking with Ben a bit this week though, we realized that sometimes buying something new can help to make you better, because having the cool new thing gives you more motivation to practice. The News: IDPA ruled the CZ Accu-Shadow illegal for SSP division just hours before the IDPA Nationals started. This decision left definitely put a hurting on some shooters who were traveling across the country to shoot the Nationals because of the poor timing of it. The California school vice-principal that we talked about in Episode 97 is now suing for wrongful arrest because he was not breaking the law when arrested for having a handgun on school grounds. Turns out, a California CCW permit allows the permit holder to carry in a school. (Yet an NC permit does not…) We play the audio of a 911 call from a Ph

  • The Future of Gun Laws - 98

    08/09/2014 Duration: 01h01min

    This week we talk about the future of NC gun laws. In the past 5 or so years we’ve seen huge gains in the concealed carry laws in the state, but we would like to see more. Some things we’ve gained: Restaurant Carry Handguns in cars on school campuses Sealed records for CCW permit holders (no more databases listing home addresses for us) Things that we’d still like to see: Weight of law removed from no-guns signs Standardized no-gun signs (if we can’t get the above changed) Campus carry Ability to carry a concealed fixed blade knife Repeal of Pistol Purchase Permit New Shooter Testamonial For a few weeks now, we’ve been asking y’all to write in to firstmatch@triangletactical.net and tell us about your first shooting match. This week Gerrit wrote in an awesome email about his first match. He talks about getting to the match way too early, bringing way too much stuff, and then getting disqualified. He didn’t quit, and he’s still shooting! Thanks for the email Gerrit! Listener Feedback Rico left

  • IDPA and USPSA Gripes - 97

    02/09/2014 Duration: 01h06min

    I'm being told that this episode had some technical issues, they are fixed now! We asked the Facebook Page for their competition shooting gripes, and we received a ton of responses. This week we went through a bunch of them and tried to explain the intent behind the rule, or the reason that others share the same gripe.  Competition in General: - Competition shooting will get you iced on the streets  USPSA - "I don't want to compete against those people with open guns!" - "Using "gamer" gear doesn't make you better with concealed carry gear!" - "The "Speed Unload" will get you killed in a gunfight!"  IDPA - Cover - Appendix Carry - No moving reloads (Did you really move and reload before the rule change? really?) - Can't drop an empty magazine with a round in the chamber The News California's 10 day waiting period to buy a firearm has been mostly repealed. A judge ruled that it didn't make any sense to make someone who already owns a bunch of guns wait 10 days to buy another one. The ruling was stayed for 180

  • Shooting Competition With Your Concealed Carry Gear - 96

    25/08/2014 Duration: 54min

    Shooting competitively with your concealed carry gear is a great way to shake out bugs in your carry rig. On Saturday night Ben and I both shot the PDHSC/Shoot2Live IDPA match in south Raleigh. Before the match Ben mentioned that he was going to shoot his carry gun in the match, and I followed suit. Ben shot his M&P9c from an IWB holster on his hip, and I shot my XDs 9mm from a Crossbreed MiniTuck. I had a handful of issues with my carry gun, like riding the slide-lock with my thumb forcing myself to have to do reloads on a closed chamber, and cycle the slide. I had to deal with shooting a sweaty pistol since half of the range isn’t air conditioned, and dealing with a t-shirt for concealment instead of an IDPA tactical fishing vest proved to be somewhat troublesome as well. The News Texas Governor Rick Perry is under indictment for 2 felony counts of abuse of power. With this comes the realization that Perry can no longer carry concealed, or purchase firearms. You’ll remember that Perry used his concealed

  • You Don't Need That Trigger Job - 95

    18/08/2014 Duration: 01h02min

    In the first version of this episode that was released, we mentioned that the Triangle Tactical T-Shirts were "$15 shipped" and that isn't accurate. They are $15 plus shipping. I bought a bunch of the shirts and shipping was very reasonable. Just want to make sure there's no confusion... This week Ben and I dive into the Skills>Tools topic again. Ben brings up some interesting points about going from a pistol with a lot of modifications to a mostly stock pistol and seeing improvements in his shooting. The News: The Wake County FETC Action Pistol Matches are returning in September! Stand by for more details. Triangle Tactical T-Shirts are available for purchase until August 28th, 2014. Click here to get yours! A Federal Judge ruled that AR-15's and other guns are unusual, and not protected by the second amendment. We talk a little about Ferguson, MO and police militarization. Just like with gun control, the issue isn't the guns and gear, it's how they use it. Durham, NC is still hanging on to their gun registr

  • Candy Sugarman of the Gun Powder Gals - 94

    11/08/2014 Duration: 45min

    This week on the podcast I had the chance to sit down with Candy Sugarman of the Gun Powder Gals. Candy is doing some great things for women in the shooting community right here in Eastern NC. Candy got her start shooting by going to the NRA Women's Wilderness Escape, and after getting home she got home she started looking for a group of women to shoot with, and after not being able to find anything, she started the Gun Powder Gals. Her goals with the Gun Powder Gals is to make sure that women are prepared, and able to protect themselves should they be put in a situation where they need to use a gun. Candy and I talk about some of the reasons why women tend to shy away from the shooting sports, and what she is doing in order to get more women involved. The Gun Powder Gals have been holding women's only IDPA matches, 2-Gun clinics, range days, and a lot more for women interested in shooting in the area. In 2015 she is looking to hold a women's concealed carry fashion show to show off some of the concealed carr

  • Weapon Mounted Lights - 93

    04/08/2014 Duration: 01h03min

    Weapon mounted lights are pretty awesome. They offer a lot of advantages over a handheld light, in that you don't have to fumble with two things in your hand, you can fire the gun with full grip strength using both hands, and they really make shooting in the dark as close to shooting in daylight as you can get. There are two arguments against weapon mounted lights, and both of them are unfounded these days: "You have to point the gun at someone to identify them." Back in the day with really dim incandescent lights this was true. The fact is though that the current generation of LED weapon mounted lights are more than bright enough to light up an entire room with the gun at low ready. "If I have the light on the gun, the bad guy will just shoot at the light and kill me!" Let's face it, even with a handheld light, you'll most likely be holding it with a syringe grip in basically the same place as a weapon mounted light, or you'll be holding it up near your head which could be even worse. Target fixation is a r

  • Palmer vs. DC

    29/07/2014 Duration: 01h04min

    The Palmer vs. DC case has been the giant news piece from the past week, and the decision only came out on Saturday. Ben and I dive deep into the decision and talk about what lead up to it, what it all means (We're not lawyers though...) and where we think the decision will take us in the future. As mentioned in the episode, you should follow @EmilyMiller on twitter, and Alan Gura's blog where he's posting updates as well. The News: A Pennsylvania doctor used his concealed handgun to save his life this week. A crazed madman entered the office where the doctor was working and murdered a woman before being engaged in gunfire from the doctor who had a concealed handgun. Both the doctor and the scumbag were shot, with the scumbag eventually being wrestled to the ground and detained until police could arrive. It appears as though the doctor may keep his job, even though he violated hospital policy by carrying on the property. A group of misguided moms counter-protested an Open Carry Texas event last week, and they

  • Shooting Range Shenanigans - 91

    21/07/2014 Duration: 56min

    This week on the podcast, Ben and I discuss some of the funny things that have happened on the shooting range while shooting matches over the years. Full shownotes will be at http://www.triangletactical.net/91

  • Things They Say Are a Big Deal That Aren't - 90

    14/07/2014 Duration: 59min

    There are a lot of things that people will tell you are a big deal when it comes to shooting, and many of these things aren't a big deal at all. In this episode we go through the following: Bullet weight Trigger weight Rifle Back-up sights High bore axis Grip angle Grip stippling We aren't saying that you shouldn't worry about these things at all, but that you should really weigh what is good enough, and what you really need before you spend a bunch of money, or attack your pistol with a soldering iron. As promised in the episode, here's the links to Ben's posts about shooting on the move in IDPA and USPSA: Part 1 Part 2 The News: Kay Hagan's "Bipartisan Sportsman's Act of 2014" was introduced, and it wasn't a bad bill. It was reported that some other Democrats were looking to amend the bill with some anti-gun junk, and then the Republican co-sponsors voted to kill it. It's dead. Chris Christie vetoed the 10rd magazine capacity bill that was put on his desk back in May. He had some strong words to say abo

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