[Jeff Higgins]

We never had IDPA around here, it was all IPSC. Does IDPA use any kind of a "power factor"? It's cool that it sounds like you shot against other guns of the same caliber in the same class. Did that prevent the kind of nonsense we saw in IPSC, with the dangerously over-loaded ammo wrecking guns and hurting shooters? If so, it sounds like a better rule set.

My Peacemakers are "that gun" for me - an extension of my hand. Like I mentioned earlier, however, now having the opportunity to see what really happens out there, I no longer carry them in "social" settings. I'm glad I never actually had to rely on one, even against one guy. Someone was watching over me...

I wound up trying some of the local Coboy Action competitions. I came away sorely disappointed. This is one competition that could really, really use some sort of realism in how they load their ammo. There is no "power factor", and no requirement to match the nominal ballistics of the rounds being used. I've heard their loads referred to as "bunny fart" loads. Super, super light bullets that were never loaded in any of their popular calibers, even round ball loads in the cartridge guns. Super, super low velocities as well. Imagine a .45 Colt loaded with a round ball (147 grains) loaded down to about 300 fps. What a disgrace and embarrassment - no cowboy would be caught dead (or actually they would...) with such a load. I had no chance with my standard 250 grain, 900 fps loads. Buncha goddamned pussies...