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  1. ^This.... The way you eat should be a lifestyle, not something you do just before matches.
  2. All Alphas including on partially covered targets at 30+ yards. Just ridiculous.
  3. After watching my vid in slow motion, I realize I need to get the base of the mag deeper into my palm so that my finger is either closer to the bullet or actually touching it. Maybe this will help eliminate the pause right before insertion.
  4. @MemphisMechanicI literally chuckled as I watch this video. Holy crap, that is fast and something I desire to be able to do. But at this point, if I can get below 1.5 I'll be happy. But yes, eventually my goal is to get closer to the 1 second mark. I'll do my best to work on this every night. I'll also experiment the mag pouch positions as well and see if one works better for me. As always, I appreciate your insight. I've been shooting USPSA for a little over a year. I have about 15 matches under my belt. But I've only recently started noticing improvement since joining this site. It 's been a real eye opener for sure.
  5. @MemphisMechanicWOW! I didn't realize both those times would not only equate to a hit factor that high, but that they would be so close to each other. Thank you for showing me that! As for my reload, are you saying that I have the technique down, but that I just need to do everything faster? If that's the case, I'm ahead of where I thought I was at. I know it won't be an easy quick fix to move faster, but I thought I was way behind the curve when I see others doing a 1 second reload. I think I need to set more realistic, incremental goals for myself. What do you think about the way I have my mags set up? Currently, the bullets face out away from my body. After watching myself, I think I may experiment with setting the pouches so that the bullet is facing forward.
  6. Got to the range yesterday and saw some issues, but also saw saw some improvement. At first, I was torquing the pistol in a way that it was causing the bottom of my palm to lose contact with the grip. I thought this wouldn't matter since the top of my palm of both hands was on the frame very snuggly. But I soon found out, leaving the bottom part of the grip exposed will cause me to milk the grip, which defeats the purpose of a good grip. So I had to readjust, and had better success. But this is still something I'll need to work on. I shot a clean Bill Drill at 7 yards, hands in surrender at 2.61 which is a best for me. (I'm shooting a Production gun) The fasted overall was 2.48, but it was five A's, and one C that barely missed the perforated line. I also did 1 shot reload 1 shot drills, and ran into several issues. I shoot a M&P9 Pro. In the past, I could always send the slide home when inserting the mag. However, lately it has become inconsistent and definitely costs me time I can't afford to lose since I'm slow to begin with. This also coincides with the slide not locking back sometimes which I attribute to my grip. (I did test it firing with one hand and it always locked back) So I'm obviously putting downward pressure on the slide stop. How can I avoid this while still maintaining a high, tight grip? Also, I'd love some critique of my reloads. My fastest one for the day was this one at 2.99, I forget what the actual reload time was, but considering my first shot time is around 1.3, that would put the reload at 1.69. The first thing I notice while watching this video is that it seems my hand is getting to the new mag too slowly. Anyway I can speed this up? Any other issues you guys see? I'm all ears.
  7. I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say, which is, the harder you grip your pistol with inward pressure from both hands, so that the part of your palm by the thumb is really torquing in, the elbows will naturally flare out. I didn't mean to say that this is a natural, comfortable position. Just that, they will naturally flare out in relation to the torquing in of both hands on the pistol. I agree that this is not a natural or comfortable thing for the human body to do, but that it is natural in relation to the grip. When I use this grip, I can feel the tension in my shoulders, which certainly is not a comfortable feeling
  8. I agree with you. If you want a vice like grip where you are applying inward pressure with both of your hands, the elbows will naturally bent outwards.
  9. Just wanted to let ya know. I took your advice. I experimented with different grips and had an Ah-ha moment. I'm combining lessons I've learned from watching videos from Ron Avery and Bob Vogel. I've watched these videos before, but only recently did their words stick and become clear to me. My grip doesn't look all that different from before, except that it's higher now. So high that the slide is failing to lock back on the last shot because the grip is high and the pressure from my palm is pushing the slide stop in a downwards motion. I can deal with this though. I also realized that the position of my arms and the torquing in starts has to extend all the way from my hands, through my arms, to my shoulder. It's amazing to feel how different this grip feels and how sturdy everything is. I finally understand what it feels like to lock the gun in. I am getting more and more proficient at slapping the shit out of the trigger without moving the gun. I also realized, from Ron Avery, that grip strength and wrist tension are two different things. I think that statement was what made the light bulb go off in my head. Now, I just need enough repetitions so that this becomes automatic, and not something I have to think about. Thanks for your advice Memphis!
  10. Just wanted to say thanks to you and others for your advice. You guys were right. It was all about my grip. While I haven't used the timer yet I've Ben doing do every couple of nights and working on pulling the trigger through the wall as fast I can while keeping the sights straight. The better grip I have on the gun, the faster I can pull with minimal to no movement in the sights. I previously thought I had issues with pulling straight through the break b/c I have smaller hands, but someone pointed out that had nothing to do with it and that I needed a better grip. Whoever said that, thank you and you were right. Can't wait to see how this translates in live fire.
  11. I experimented with different grips a couple of nights this past week. Like you suggested, I'm putting more pressure on the gun with my support hand. I'm using a grip so high that my support thumb and the part of the Palm by the thumb are both on the slide itself. I'm also torquing my support hand so that the bottom part of my palm, the part by the pinky, is barely touching the grip while the part of the palm by the thumb is really putting a lot of side pressure on the slide and frame. I'm also torquing in with my right hand in pretty much the same fashion. I found my sights settled faster and I felt like I had more control of the recoil. I had way more runs with all alphas and some really nice fist sized groups as well at ten yards. My splits were slow at 30 splits, and best run at ten yards with all alphas was 2.89. But I feel like I've finally made some progress forward today. I have to be more consistent with this grip drawing out of a holster, as sometimes I find myself relaxing the grip. One problem I did run into was the slide not locking back on the last round. Did some troubleshooting with help from a friend and realized my grip is so high and tight now, that it's putting pressure on the slide stop and preventing it from locking the slide back. One other question. Do you guys track your sights through the complete recoil, or do you keep yours eyes on where you want to shoot and then pull the trigger when the sights come to that spot? I feel like I did better when I looked at the spot I wanted to shoot and waited for the sight to come to it, as opposed to tracking the sight the whole time.
  12. I spent 15 mins DFing last night, trying to perfect pressing the trigger without stopping at the wall. Damn, talk about frustrating. I was able to perform a few presses without moving the sights, but the majority of the time, the sights were all over the place. Left, up, down, up and right. The few that I was able to do correctly, was after I altered my grip a little. I released some pressure from my support hand fingers, and increased pressure on my support hand wrist while also putting more pressure on my support hand palm. I have a long ways to go. It's just so frustrating because I'm used to DFing without moving the sights when I go to the wall, stop, and press. Pressing all the way through the wall is certainly a different skill. But I'm wondering how much I really need to do it like this if I release the trigger only to the reset on subsequent shots.
  13. Thank you for this post!!!! I shall practice my ass off til I can master this type of press as I've "mastered" the taking up the slack press.
  14. My wife actually doesn't mind, but the issue is, my kids bedroom is in direct line of sight from where I would be pointing.
  15. Yep, I think this is what I need help with the most since it's something I've never done before. Issues is I have shorter fingers and it's hard to hammer it without moving the sights. When I prep, I can press the trigger all day long without moving the sighs, but this is a different story and something I'll have to work on. However, it doesn't explain why my second, third, etc shots are also grouping left, unless I'm releasing the trigger past the point of it's reset, which is what I'm probably doing. Man, just when you think you're good, this website shows you how much work you have to do to actually be a good competitive shooter. On a static range, when there is no time constraints, I am more accurate than the majority of people. But add speed to it, like you need in games like USPSA, my accuracy suffers greatly.
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