New pistol or rifle upgrade

pcew73 · Apr 14, 2017

I'm new to 3 gun and started out much like everyone else with gear. I've been shooting what I had. I have upgraded my shotgun and am happy with that. Now I'm looking to upgrade either my rifle or pistol. I already have a g34 but I'm looking to go to a 2011. I've shot a lot of 1911 and want the double stack 9mm. I also need to upgrade my rifle. The one I have currently is a heavy short barreled duty rifle with a mushy trigger.

I'm looking for advice on which you would choose and what make, model, you would go with. Thanks in advance.

Burk Cornelius · Apr 14, 2017

What rifle do you currently have?

Matt1911 · Apr 14, 2017

Rifle for sure. Get a Timney trigger and a quality optic and It'll be good to go for quite a while.

pcew73 · Apr 14, 2017

The rifle I currently have is pieced together, 10.5" with different manufactures. It wasn't just bought from say rock river or colt. I did put 1-6x optic on it and I'm going to keep it. There isn't anything this rifle that is conducive to speed or competition.

Burk Cornelius · Apr 14, 2017

pcew73 said:
The rifle I currently have is pieced together, 10.5" with different manufactures. It wasn't just bought from say rock river or colt. I did put 1-6x optic on it and I'm going to keep it. There isn't anything this rifle that is conducive to speed or competition.

Upgrade the rifle to an 18" of some kind. Keep the 1-6.

Glock 34 will be fine for a long time

How much money to you have budgeted for the upgrade?

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jtischauser · Apr 14, 2017

Check the classifieds. Some dude posted a pistol and a rifle today that would be tough to beat.
Rumor has it he's having sextuplets and needs cash.

Matt1911 · Apr 14, 2017

10.5" rifle, although insanely loud, will be good for fast hoser stages, but if you have a few hundred yards to shoot then go with a 16" mid length gas or 18" rifle length gas to gain better accuracy.
A good 1-6 optic is perfect foe the sport. A quality trigger will make the most improvement though especially with your splits.

Matt1911 · Apr 14, 2017

Jesse Tischauser said:
Check the classifieds. Some dude posted a pistol and a rifle today that would be tough to beat.Rumor has it he's having sextuplets and needs cash.

Both of those are super badass.
I'll admit that although I've been against going to a 2011 for the longest time, I found myself thinking about how to come up with the cash for that pistol today. Unfortunately though it would involve doing things that whiskey wouldn't remedy.

Wall · Apr 15, 2017

Matt Rigsby said:
10.5" rifle, although insanely loud, will be good for fast hoser stages.

You would think this, but I have found this not to be the case. You're too jammed up on the rifle. I don't like anything less than a rifle length handguard for gamer guns.

pcew73 · Apr 15, 2017

All great advice thank you guys.

Matt1911 · Apr 15, 2017

Wall said:
You would think this, but I have found this not to be the case. You're too jammed up on the rifle. I don't like anything less than a rifle length handguard for gamer guns.

I get that.
My PCC has a 13" handguard on it and my support hand is all the way to the end of it.