Looking at buying my first pistol, have questions.

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Originally posted by TreeDoc
I would assume that because of the bucks you intend to spend you're looking for an open class gun? My first thought would be to shoot production class, it's a heck of a lot less expensive for equipment but if you want a race gun then STI makes a good one. I know a lot of the hot shots use at least STI frames and build from there and I can also say I have seen a fair share of STI's "discombobulated" right in the middle of a stage too!

At that level, most guns are built based on personal preferences after having shot the events over a timely period. I think the obvious place to go would be within your Chapter and see what
the other guys are doing that works rather than reinventing the wheel at your expense.

I am looking for something that I will enjoy shooting, and will be able to follow my progression.

Locally in the facotry Para is by far the most used, followed by the springfield XD tactical (or something like that). But in the unlimted there are so many different guns. I would say half are (or at least started as) STI. Some are worth more then my jeep, others are just at the point that they have modified themself out of the factory class.
Basically the STI is the only off the shelf racegun that I see here, but there are the race guns biult from different parts. I dont know if there is another off the shelf race gun like the STI?

I wont lie, I have no doubt in my mind that alot of the factory guys will outshoot me despite my "better" pistol.

Every friday their is a IPSC fun shoot, where their is true scoring, but its more just having fun taking the funnest obsticles that people remember from the official competitions.
Wensday is bowling night, where whoever gets the 5 pins off a table the fastest wins.


I dont get what you mean when you say you have seen STI's "discombobulated" right in the mitle of a stage. I guess I dont understand how that term would be aplied to a pistol in a match.


As far as reliability, I hardly see the STI's jam, or any of the factory guns jam, it always seems to be the guys with modified guns. Dont know if its just that those are the ones I see or what though.


But to my original question, are their costs (outside of purchase cost) to keeping a gun like the STI racegun working? that a factory pistol wouldnt have I mean. I dont know if parts have to be replaced every so often (I would imagine so) and I dont know if those parts are much more expensive or anything like that.