Carry Optics for Beginner?

[ponyboy96]

Hey everyone,
I’m new to uspsa or any shooting sport really. I’ve shot a couple of matches here and there and looking for opinions on changing from Limited to carry optics? I’m still learning a lot of the fundamentals, just wanted to get some thoughts on it. Is it best to stick to irons and basics or switch over and learn.

 

[freedom]

I'm pretty new also, but I started off in CO. At the beginning I was also shooting production. Most classifiers or stages with closer targets, there was really no difference between my scores. The more difficult the shots needed, the bigger the difference.

If you want to jump to CO, just do it.

 

[Oleman]

Just learn the fundamentals first. That will take several months even taking classes I have learned that, shoot what you are comfortable with and have fun

 

[robchavous]

If you already have a dot and a gun then there's not really any downside to it. I wouldn't necessarily tell someone to go buy a new gun and an optic for it. When you're first starting you're better off shooting what you have (within reason) for a bit and kinda figure out the basics of the game. Then figure out what you like.

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[Dirty J]

If you already have a dot and a gun then there's not really any downside to it. I wouldn't necessarily tell someone to go buy a new gun and an optic for it. When you're first starting you're better off shooting what you have (within reason) for a bit and kinda figure out the basics of the game. Then figure out what you like.

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Well said Ron.

 

[ponyboy96]

I don’t have an optic yet. Just shooting a sig p320 x5. It’s really designed to run an optic. Seems like it would be fun.

 

[Parker]

I love shooting CO. Just dry fire a bunch to get your presentation down.

Shooting a dot will help you with irons too. You can really dial in your grip by watching how the dot tracks in recoil.

 

[leechnilk1]

It helped me a great deal. I knew my eyes were getting kinda bad, but I had no idea. Just the switch to a single focal plane has made me a far better shooter than I was. I did have to do a lot of draw and presentation work at first. Maybe 400 times or so.

 

[ponyboy96]

Thanks for the feedback. Checked out a couple optics tonight. I liked the delta point pro, haven’t looked at the Romeo 1 yet.

 

[robchavous]

Thanks for the feedback. Checked out a couple optics tonight. I liked the delta point pro, haven’t looked at the Romeo 1 yet.

The DPP is probably the most popular one in competition right now.

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