mcb
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As a USPSA Revolver shooter I have always been interested in following what equipment is being used. Not shooting it as much this coming year as I transition to Limited but I still like to keep tabs on it. The USPSA published the equipment survey for the 2018 USPSA Nationals (Oct 26) a week or so ago. The Revolver National had been a stand alone match since 2013 but this year it got combined back in with the Limited and Limited-10 National match so attendance was much lower. Only 26 competitors this year compared to 80 the previous year.
Equipment Survey PDF: http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/uspsa/revolver_survey_2019.pdf
Results Here: https://uspsa.org/match-results-details?index=28835
Couple interesting rambling thoughts.
-Everyone shot Minor Revolver, no one shot Major. So that means very likely everyone was shooting an 8-shot revolver. Would be interesting if anyone shot a 6 or 7-shot revolver but I highly doubt it.
-Of the 26 shooters there was one Taurus, two Ruger revolvers and the remain S&W.
-The Taurus appearance surprised me and I would love to see that particular Taurus revolver only because I believe Taurus has always ported the barrel on their 8-shot 357 Magnum and ported barrels are not legal in the Revolver division. I would like to see how it had been modified.
-9mm ruled the match with 58% of the competitors shooting it and 38 Short Colt a distance second at 19%. I would be curios to know how many of the 9mm guns are S&W 929's and how many are converted 38/357 guns.
-80% of the competitor where using Hogue grips. It would be interesting to see what percentage are the mono-grips and what percentage are the Big-Butt grips.
-I shot on the 2018 winner, Michael Poggie's squad back in 2014 at the Nationals. Back when he was only a Master and took 8th place, I only finished 45th of 113 back then. He was a real nice guy, easy to talk to and fun to watch shoot.
-I was surprised to see Remington Brass so high on the list (it was third behind range brass so nothing to special). I personally prefer Remington 38 Short Colt to Starline. It seems to fit better on Revolver Supply moonclips I like to use but I did not think anyone else felt the same.
Thoughts?
Equipment Survey PDF: http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/uspsa/revolver_survey_2019.pdf
Results Here: https://uspsa.org/match-results-details?index=28835
Couple interesting rambling thoughts.
-Everyone shot Minor Revolver, no one shot Major. So that means very likely everyone was shooting an 8-shot revolver. Would be interesting if anyone shot a 6 or 7-shot revolver but I highly doubt it.
-Of the 26 shooters there was one Taurus, two Ruger revolvers and the remain S&W.
-The Taurus appearance surprised me and I would love to see that particular Taurus revolver only because I believe Taurus has always ported the barrel on their 8-shot 357 Magnum and ported barrels are not legal in the Revolver division. I would like to see how it had been modified.
-9mm ruled the match with 58% of the competitors shooting it and 38 Short Colt a distance second at 19%. I would be curios to know how many of the 9mm guns are S&W 929's and how many are converted 38/357 guns.
-80% of the competitor where using Hogue grips. It would be interesting to see what percentage are the mono-grips and what percentage are the Big-Butt grips.
-I shot on the 2018 winner, Michael Poggie's squad back in 2014 at the Nationals. Back when he was only a Master and took 8th place, I only finished 45th of 113 back then. He was a real nice guy, easy to talk to and fun to watch shoot.
-I was surprised to see Remington Brass so high on the list (it was third behind range brass so nothing to special). I personally prefer Remington 38 Short Colt to Starline. It seems to fit better on Revolver Supply moonclips I like to use but I did not think anyone else felt the same.
Thoughts?
