kewag

Head under the hood, jumping a defective starter solenoid on a '66 Ford Fairlane in the breakdown lane of a busy highway after inadvertently leaving the transmission in *Drive*. Second mistake: leaving the steering wheel turned toward the roadway! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The more I shoot the more I NEED to focus on the fundamentals. Without constant physical focus the fundamentals just deteriorate with each round downrange - the whole practice makes permanent but only perfect practice makes perfect deal. With drawing, the faster I try going the worse my fundamentals get, resulting in superflous motion and slower times. Focusing on going fast - or without even trying, if I'm just amped up on adrenalin going into a stage - my hand movement backward to access overshoots the position of the tang on the pistol resulting in my coming out of the holster with a low grip. Rather than focusing on speed I focus instead on what I term, "short drawing", concentrating on the feel of the pistol against the side of my body while awaiting the buzzer and limiting my hand movement to the shortest travel necessary to access the grip. Changing my visualization from speed to shortening my movement promotes economy of motion producing a more consistent grip, faster raw times, and better hits on target. Take this with a grain of salt however Lugnut as I'm no better a shooter than you (in fact, far worse with a revo), and struggle with the same challenges.

As an SO, given my interpretation of the IDPA rules, I would not DQ a competitor either under the circumstances you describe. IMO willfully, and deliberately placing a loaded firearm on the deck in a controlled manner with the muzzle in a safe direction is not the same as dropping a loaded firearm (cause for DQ) so long as his finger was in register and he didn't violate the muzzle safe points for the stage throughout the episode.I most likely would have called an immediate ceasefire however to ascertain if the shooter had injured themselves, and consulted the match director whether they get to reshoot the stage (or take the time as-of the last shot, adding the pts down and FTN's for any remaining unengaged targets). Then again assuming the shooter immediately rebounded and recovered their pistol I could also envision just letting the timer run while they complete the stage. You call 'em as you see 'em.

EXAMPLE OF A LESS-THAN-PERFECT GRIP ON A CZ: Note the slight gap between the support and dominant hand thumbs, and at between the hands at the base of the grip. A higher grip can be achieved by simply canting the support hand down so that the entire support hand makes roughly a 45o angle with the bore line. This would allow getting the first joint at the very base of my support hand thumb higher filling in the gap under the dominant thumb and closing the gap at the bottom of the grip. Contrast this against Dagger10K's pic and how much higher he gets his support hand.

A minute is a long time. I never realized a 1911 trigger could feel so heavy until trying this experiment last evening. Mid way through I actually had to double check to ensure the safety was off. Applying slow pressure made the trigger feel like 10-12 lbs when it finally broke.