rooster mcbee Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Am I the only one curious about why you would remove your compensator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 apparently .... lol. I'm going to talk about it in an upcoming podcast but the short answer is if you have a proper grip it's not needed. My measured "shooting grip" strength in my weak hand is 115 lbs. That's more than enough to eliminate any muzzle movement without the aid of a Comp ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Nimitz said: My measured "shooting grip" strength in my weak hand is 115 lbs. How do you measure your weak hand grip ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Dynometer.... available at .... where else, Amazon!. And when you do it you must use your normal shooting grip, not just some leveraged ultimate death grip which doesn’t resemble how you grip a gun. In fact, my ultimate, max grip strength is 131 lbs ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 here's what it looks like ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Thanks, Ken, appreciate it . What does your strong hand measure when you grip a gun ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 120 lbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 ok, I'll post this in the 'training classes' sub forum as well but I wanted to hit the widest audience possible since there's not much time left ... I've had a last minute cancellation in the 'Skills & Drills' Ben Stoeger class I'm hosting on 2/3 April (Mon/Tues). First person by time stamp who emails me gets the slot ... PM me for the details ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 For all of you out there who are wondering what an Action Steel match looks like, I just posted video of my last stage from todya's match at my club ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Too bad i missed it. Unfortunately, my back decided to give out leaving me horizontal in bed. Edited March 17, 2018 by stick oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 You must have excellent balance if you can remain "vertical in bed". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, Steve RA said: You must have excellent balance if you can remain "vertical in bed". sorry! horizontal. if i was vertical, i would have shot today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 15 hours ago, stick said: Too bad i missed it. Unfortunately, my back decided to give out leaving me horizontal in bed. you're too young to have back issues dude ... or maybe stop working so hard .... that works for me ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) next month's action steel match is the charity event to raise money for Duane Newell's family .... $25/gun & all proceeds will go to them. I may shoot more than one gun to help out and win multiple divisions instead of just one ..... Edited March 18, 2018 by Nimitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 26 minutes ago, Nimitz said: you're too young to have back issues dude ... or maybe stop working so hard .... that works for me ... young? I'll be 50 in 9 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 dude, I can't even remember when 50 was ... and why are you on Enos on Sun morning ?... don't you have anything better to do .... like go to the range to train ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kps9999 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 25 minutes ago, Nimitz said: dude, I can't even remember when 50 was ... and why are you on Enos on Sun morning ?... don't you have anything better to do .... like go to the range to train ... 60 is starting to be a memory...;) Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 luckily age doesn't really have anything to do with being a good shooter ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Nimitz said: dude, I can't even remember when 50 was ... and why are you on Enos on Sun morning ?... don't you have anything better to do .... like go to the range to train ... I would be outside training with your Steel shoot banners (I'm getting close to GM), but since I'm horizontal in bed, I figured I would troll on Enos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 You can be a great shooter at 100, but you will be very slow !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 nah ... at the rate I'm going I should be able to make GM in all 11 Steel Challenge divisions by the time I hit 100 ... as long as they don't add any more ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I was thinking more of "run n gun" matches than more stationary ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 A few years ago, I asked a GM if he could tell me how to "get faster" .... He said, " get younger " .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 He lied to you .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, Nimitz said: He lied to you .... Based on what I've been reading here on BE, there seems to be a LOT I could be doing to get faster, starting with dry firing. So, yeah, I guess he did lie to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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