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From: marko@hutch (Mark O'Shea)
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Subject: Re: 9x21, .38 super, and IPSC major
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Date: 20 May 91 22:24:18 GMT
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In article <34599@mimsy.umd.edu> n9020351@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (James D. Del Vecchio) writes:
#How did IPSC effect .38 super's popularity?  Did it make it more or less
#popular?

More popular.  The last two US Champs and the current World Champ shoot
.38 supers.

#How come .38 super isn't major?  .38 super +P makes it, and I thought
#the super was a tough gun when it comes to higher pressures.  Is there
#more than safety concerns behind that decision?

It is-if loaded right.

#PS, why is 9mm so much more popular than .38 super here?  .38 super is hotter,
#flatter shooting, and only somewhat more expensive.  With reloads it wouldn't
#matter much.  It seems like .38 super is about $15/box here vs maybe a few 
#bucks less for 9mm.

In a word "capacity".  The shooters I know like the high capacity better
than the point advantage of shooting major.  In a recent shoot, the open 
class had 1,2,3 all shooting glock 9mm's.  They were good shooters, but 
that was not what won for them.  In the stages where there was no limit 
to the number of hits on a target they all thru an extra round or two at 
targets they felt they might have missed.  Consequently they all had more 
A zone hits than us low capacity major shooters.  If you have the capacity 
or you are a REALLY good shot major/minor makes no difference.


Gun Control Means Being Able to Hit Your Target
Mark O'Shea
marko@ijf1.intel.com