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Will they fit?
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31 minutes ago, gianmarko said:
probably potentiometer was replaced with a standard one. or was not an original cmore...
No. They were usually very old and used cmores so Im sure they were not fakes. The dots were usually very dim when switched off. They had to be in the dark to be visible. When it eats battery lika a pacman this is the first thing I check. And I did see about 3 units that had it in several years in my possession. All were acquired old and used. My only solution was to replace the innards from used but working units w/ damaged bodies.
eta. They were not click switch.
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The most common problem i had was the dot not completely turning off w/ the knob turned fully OFF.
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In my not so few yrs in Open, CMore Serendipity and Slideride are still my go to reddots inspite of several new gen micro dots now. Cost and performance wise they cannot be beaten yet.
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4 hours ago, gaj529 said:
I did the same thing to my 17. I guess I warped the connector while using a dremel to polish it. Replaced the connector and it was instantly back to normal.
Good to know you fixed the problem by mere replacing it. But the connector is a hard spring material that I doubt it can be warped or bent by just polishing it.
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1 hour ago, IVC said:
As others pointed out, being faster is not about running faster or shooting faster, it's about doing everything sooner.
Look at the draw of some of the top shooters. What you'll notice is that they are fast, but don't look to be trying. What's the "trick?" Pay attention to when the shot breaks, not how fast the hands are moving. The same goes for shooting a stage. Look at the how soon the top shooters engage targets and how soon they move away from the targets they've just shot, not how fast they are moving. There is all the time you need to save until you get to the very top level, where small fractions of a second add up.
As a side issue, this is also why top shooters have good transition times - it's not that they move hands faster, it's that they both move away from the target they just shot sooner, and, they settle on the next target and recognize the sight picture sooner. These are all mental skills, not physical ability.
As a rule, you don't lose 5-10 seconds by being outrun by some young guy. You lose that time by not doing what you can do regardless of your age.
How i wish these to be true at least to me. As I age into 60 my reaction to external inputs got slower no matter how I train. It feels fast but when I see myself in a video its not. And the timer says the same. Maybe the mind reads and reacts as fast as anybody but the body is not as fast anymore to manifest that fast reaction time. I may still beat those much younger than me but only because they dont train like I do. But those that do train always finish way ahead of me.
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One common recurring issue when training at a late age is injury due to repetitive activity. Or RSI. Lightening those drills by lessened repetitions goes a long way.
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I can only talk about practice runs. Match runs cannot be repeated unless in a reshoot w/c is not so common. In practice repetitive drills, my mind seemed to have less baggage in initial run/s so my executions are cleaner hence better par times. When trying something in succeeding runs I think its where the less efficient executions appear. We train w/ conscious efforts until it becomes subconscious. How one can shift from conscious to subconscious seamlessly is another skill to me w/c could merit another thread.
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46 minutes ago, Farmer said:
Read Ben’s book carefully. He mentions that transitions and stupid mistakes or getting rattled eat more time than your draw/first shot.
It also said fast draw is very important as it encompasses other skills in fast shooting like fast correct grip, fast precise index w/ your eyes in multiple targets transitions among others.
Depends in one’s beliefs. But Stupid mistakes and being rattled happens in both fast and slow draws.
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Outside US (ipsc) big deterrent is the micro reddot where its quite expensive and virtually no after market support. They cost at least US$600 in my neck of woods and when it goes south you are virtually on your own which means you buy another one. The SRO here is US$1,300+.
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5 hours ago, Joe4d said:
I have used mine a few times while I was RO.. Problem is with mine , it seems to work backwards of every other timer in the world. You press the go button and hold it,,, it beeps on the release. Seems all the others beep when you press it... Screws me up on occassion
If its the R U READY timer, it counts the time AFTER the buzzer so it gives shorter/faster times by about .4-.5sec vs conventional timers w/c counts at start of buzzer. If its to be used in a match, its should be used through out the match duration w/o substitute w/ other timers to be consistent and fair to all shooters.
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7 minutes ago, NETim said:
An AR with a 16" barrel in 5.56 is very difficult to beat for HD purposes.
Op said 9mm
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If I am to stick w/ 9 or other pistol caliber ammo I would prefer it in pistol for portability and therefore maneuverability inside my home. Power-wise its still a pistol cal. in a pcc so Im just adding bulk and not much more. I dont see any advantage in pcc or AR pistols to justify its bulk vs hg potability in enclosed spaces.
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For quite some time, I observe in practice both in live fire and dry fire, my first run of a cof and in drills are usually my best in terms of time and execution. My best guess is, in succeeding repetitions my conscious mind creeps into my efforts, slowing me down a bit and worse inducing errors. If it makes any difference, been in sustained frequent training for most of the last 15yrs or so though not as a pro.
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9 minutes ago, superdude said:
It might look that way, but it doesn't work that way. Recoil starts as soon as the bullet starts moving forward.
True. But our recoil as felt and as seen can matter more than physics. Specially in the way we shoot. Im also an engr. and appreciate the technicalities above. But I prefer the more practical view than the physics of it contrary to the Op.
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This is my un-engineering take: whenever I see the reddish flame spouted out of the muzzle while firing, and see my iron sights still aligned and the flame in the background, it says recoil starts/occurs after the bullet exits the muzzle. So analizing recoil w/ bullet movement inside the barrel does not agree w/ my range experience.
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I tend to practice all possibilities encountered in matches. Draw Square/bladed, shoot square/bladed etc. In match starts, you may be required to start squared w/ target more comfy to shoot bladed, shoot behind barricade you cannot choose w/c stance to use, the targets usually require you to shoot in a certain stance, etc.
Also theres no 180 nor sweeping in holstering/drawing at least in IPSC that I know. Like when drawing/holstering while seated, or other stand/draw/move stages, Except in instances when you turn uprange or downrange while drawing/holstering. (Correct me if Im wrong here. ) Maybe the OP is talking about unloading the pistol when bladed toward his weakside, its so easy to break 180, yes its good habit to turn square to the backstop first. Seen a few good shooters got dq’d for it.
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Thanks for the heads up. Think it will be more into this...
6 hours ago, Schutzenmeister said:Who's to say that some entrepreneurial individual can't buy up a box of Glock spring assemblies, modify them and sell them as AM parts?
And ask none so prove none to the RM
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If I may add to the recoil spring gk g5 issue, I can cut the springs without disassembly of the rod, lowering their weight. I can do it until I got my preferred weight and still reliable of course. Is this a violation of the rules? I dont shoot pd now, just an idea.
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26 minutes ago, AverageJoeShooting said:
pictures?
Is it so uncommon that i have to back it up w/ pics?
Its been w/ me for several years now. I thought its common set up that the grod has nothing to do w/ the racker and so easy to have both can post it later
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Maybe what Im trying to impart here is, aiming w/ target focus just happened to me w/o any plans nor intent to use it. While Ben and his minions are saying now it has to be trained and used w/ intent and on demand. And before them I havent known or read it that way. Big difference to me.
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Confirmation transforms later to trust that they will align. But I did not trust the system. One time I was forced to trust target focus aim by those fast swinger in a match. Two swingers about 7y away and 7y apart activated at the same time by a single popper. One was fast and the other was not slow to me. My ambitious plan was to shoot both in one pass. All others who shot before me did it by the second pass of the other swinger so I was a bit in doubt of my plan. I shot both per plan and to my surprise, aiming w/ just my hands and gun in my perpheral vision while my focus was tracking the moving targets. It scared me a bit after the run but I called the shots thru my slide. Hits were AC AA as I called them. My sights were plain black. But still I was in doubt of the technique as nobody validated it to me. Even the GMs local to me advised the front sight focus all the time and never said about a target focus, so who am I to know otherwise? Maybe it was a secret by those shooting gods not to be known by us mere mortals but now spilled by Ben? Anyway its a bit late for me now in Open... but sometimes I shoot w/ the reddot turned off in practice
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I paired it w/ a zig racker and everything is tool less field stripping
G17 gen3 upper on gen4 frame?
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Yup. Cant find the right words to arrive to what Im looking for.