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Maybe this is a political question, or maybe I just don't get it.
I understand that Bill Wilson helped create (or did create) IDPA after tiring of the equipment race in IPSC. I can appreciate that, and I enjoy IDPA (and IPSC too). I also understand creating the KZ45 pistol. It uses popular polymers and is built around a 10-round magazine (this country's legal limit for new pistols), so it makes sense.
It would make sense to me, that the KZ45 would be a great IDPA gun too. 10+1 rounds of .45 in a 1911-type of platform -- sounds pretty good, right? BUT, being a .45, the KZ is classed in the CDP(custom defense pistol) division where the maximum loaded capacity is 8+1. What gives??? Does a competitor with a KZ have to download his mags? Did Bill Wilson inadvertantly create a gun that could start an equipment race in IDPA? :???:
Ironically, with USPSA's Limited 10 division, does the KZ45 have a better home in IPSC than IDPA?
I guess Para Ordnance pistols can fall in this trap too, but the KZ was created after IDPA, and it seems like the two don't fit somehow...
I understand that Bill Wilson helped create (or did create) IDPA after tiring of the equipment race in IPSC. I can appreciate that, and I enjoy IDPA (and IPSC too). I also understand creating the KZ45 pistol. It uses popular polymers and is built around a 10-round magazine (this country's legal limit for new pistols), so it makes sense.
It would make sense to me, that the KZ45 would be a great IDPA gun too. 10+1 rounds of .45 in a 1911-type of platform -- sounds pretty good, right? BUT, being a .45, the KZ is classed in the CDP(custom defense pistol) division where the maximum loaded capacity is 8+1. What gives??? Does a competitor with a KZ have to download his mags? Did Bill Wilson inadvertantly create a gun that could start an equipment race in IDPA? :???:
Ironically, with USPSA's Limited 10 division, does the KZ45 have a better home in IPSC than IDPA?
I guess Para Ordnance pistols can fall in this trap too, but the KZ was created after IDPA, and it seems like the two don't fit somehow...