LittlePistol

The gunsmith that did the work on your blaster should have the serial number in his records. Sorry about your loss hun...

Okay, I've been out for a while as this military school has been kicking my butt on a daily basis, but I plan on working on some dryfire tonight and getting ready for a match on Saturday. Depending on how much homework I have tonight, I'll put my dryfire on video and maybe even get around to posting some pictures of the new blaster. More to come later...

A58344 DNA stuff... An English Bed and Breakfast... And the UN General Assembly (WTF???)

I'm looking for people to shoot with for the next 3 months as I will be headed out to MD for military school and don't know anyone out there. Looking for info like when/where are matches, where is are the ranges, etc. PM if you like. Thanks...Billie

3-7-07 Worked on my draws and reloads last night. I got my draw down to a 1.6 second par and my reloads down to my targeted 2.5 second par. Then I put them together for a draw, 1 shot, reload, 1 shot series with a par time of 4.2 seconds. Had a little fun putting the video together. New goals are: Draw - 1.4 seconds Reload - 2.3 seconds D,1,R,1 - 4 seconds Here's the video link

Just rented it today...I loved it! Movies that screw with your head kick ass!!! Is the Illusionist as good? May have to rent that one next.

Great fun!!! Hours of mindless entertainment! «Little Pistol evolution.» «Oh my goddess, it's a Little Pistol.» «It's not a dream. Little Pistol is real!» «The goddess made Little Pistol.» Hahahaha!!! «Dryfire is your friend.» - Hehe, it really said that! «Dryfire is a female force.»

Okay...as promised, here are the pictures of targets: 3-5-07 What started off as reload practice quickly turned into a lesson in patience. Began with a par time of 2.5 seconds. This kicked my butt, so I bumped it up to 3. That was too easy, so I settled at 2.8. I kept fumbling my reloads, couldn't make my par time and started to get really frustrated. I took off my belt, sat down and took a break for about 10 minutes. Got back to my practice and managed to beat my 2.8 second par. Accomplishing that goal made me determined to continue. Dropped my par down to 2.7, beat that one consistantly for a while. Reloads were getting smoother and my confidence improved. I dropped my par one more time - down to 2.6 and practiced getting my reloads under that time. I stopped practice there, deciding to end on a positive note. Tomorrow's goal: Start with par at 2.7 and work down to 2.5 seconds. Here's the video link - feel free to comment. My video link

Figured I'd see if anyone had anything to add to this one. ...been working on my reloads lately. BTW, that quarter thing is driving me crazy...I can get one (almost two), but that third one is kicking my butt!!!

Thanks wheel_gunner. I just saw my scores from the Alamo match. Glad to see that, while un-forseen equipment issues are killing my times (I hate Murphy), my accuracy and points seem to be improving. I'm gonna miss shooting with you guys while I am away! See you in El Paso next weekend! Okay, on to the Range reporting: 3-1-07 Went out for a little livefire practice today with my buddy. We only took the .22 and worked on accuracy and speed. I figured out that I am tensing up my hands and this is preventing me from manipulating the trigger as fast as I need to. We also worked on movents and transitions around barriers. My movements are awkward and a bit clumsy. We also worked on strong/weak hand shooting (at a 100yd target I might add...) and I acctually hit it! I learned another new game - golfing with a .22. That's one thing that is acctually harder than it sounds! Anyway, all-in-all, it was a great practice. A lot of fun and yet more things identified that I need to work on. 3-3-07 Was supposed to have a match today, but gale-force winds kept blowing down the targets. Went to Sportsman's Warehouse and lunch instead. I ended up getting to ABQ early on account of the failed match plans and went to the indoor range. Will post pictures of the targets later. Worked on my draw-first shot, watching my sights, and really paid attention to where my sights were falling after each shot. I learned that I can find my sight picture, maintain it and shoot accurately much faster than I think. I worked on expanding some of the things I learned at .22 practice - to include transitions from one spot on the target to another (I still need to work on this), shooting accurately while shooting quickly and strong/weak hand shooting. It was a pretty good practice, but unfortunately, I am stuck practicing by myself, I can't set up a camera in there, and there are so many people shooting that a timer is almost usless (I say almost, because the par function is still somewhat useful as long as 8 people don't blast away all at once). One of these days I'm going to get around to video-taping some of our practices. (hint, hint - what do you think - maybe? ).

Last thing I read on this was that it looks like it didn't pass...let's all keep our fingers crossed. Baltimore paper (article)

Do you have a copy of Brian's book? I just read the part about grip and stance today (in prep for dryfire practice tonight) and he talks about how muscle tension effects your grip, etc. Maybe in your attempt to achieve a "more aggressive stance" you are tensing up? JMHO, of course... Edited to add - I do that too (the "shoving my whole finger into the trigger guard" thing) and find that if I pay attention and relax, I don't do it as often.

I'm an eNTp - Inventor Rational: Rationals are very infrequent, comprising as few as 5% and no more than 7% of the population. Does this mean I'm special?

Congrats on your retirement!!! I only have 11 years and some change to go!

FWIW, I shoot .45 in Limited 10.

Does anyone have the final outcome of this? Today was supposed to be "D-day" on this right?

I am supposed to have guard duty this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, but my boss excused me from duty on Saturday so I can shoot the Las Cruces match! I have to make up the day on Monday, but at least I can shoot this weekend!!! See you guys there! Gotta love having a cool boss!

True, but civies can't crawl up on the pallets and sleep! AHH yes sleeping atop pallets of live explosives and hummers for seat mates The good old days Jim Oh and I almost forgot ....the bathroom an experiance to remember Or random Army guy's shoulder for a pillow!!!

One morning a farmer awoke to find that his old, reliable donkey had fallen in an abandon well. The donkey was braying and sounded pitiful. Although the farmer felt horrible about the situation, he had no way of getting the animal out. The well needed to be filled in anyway, so the farmer called his neighbors over to help him. As the farmer and his friends began shoveling dirt down into the well, the donkey's braying became louder and even more heart-wrenching. Closing his eyes to stop the tears, the farmer continued the job. Suddenly, the braying stopped. Assuming the donkey had been covered by the dirt, the farmer looked over the edge of the well to pay his last respects to his long-time companion. Much to his suprise, the donkey was standing there looking up at him. Everytime a shovel of dirt would land on his back, the donkey would shake it off and take a step up. Several hours later, the abandon well was filled in and the donkey stepped over the edge of the well. Moral of the story - Everytime life throws dirt at you, shake it off and take a step up.

True, but civies can't crawl up on the pallets and sleep!

4 hour flight to MD from NM or 2 day drive? Now, where did I put my road atlas? CB radio installed, check. Gas tank full, check...

You think the shim is bad, try disassembling the gun and having all the "pieces" that shim replaces fall out onto the table!!! Now, I don't dare take my Series 80 all the way down without adult supervision! LOL

2-25-07 Third USPSA Match - Alamogordo, NM WOW - Talk about cool stages!! High round counts and much running about! Once again, I am borrowing equipment because my STI isn't here yet... Planned on shooting L10 and Limited with my little SS. Borrowed some 10 rounders from a buddy after I saw that the round count for the first stage was 28 - Yikes! Round 1, Stage 1 - Start in the box with hands above shoulders, upon signal, run to shooting box, engage 5 paper targets. Run and hop up on "bench thing" that wasn't exactly stable and engage 6 PPs and Activater for TS. Run through saloon doors, stop at the stick and engage TS. Run over to hard cover, engage 3 more paper targets from around the wall. LOL This would have been great fun if my gun would've ran! Turned in 83 seconds on this one. Bang, bang, @#%^...bang, @#$%...bang, bang, @#$#!!! That about summed up my first 4 stages! Lesson Learned: It is really hard to shoot well when your gun won't run! R1, S2 - Start with loaded gun on the table, shooter seated in chair. Upon signal, get gun and engage TS (yeah, another one - two in one match...isn't that illegal or something, LOL), 4 paper taragets from around the left side of hard cover, run across shooting box and engage 4 paper from around the right side of hard cover. An 81 second time here. I reiterate...Bang, bang, @#%^...bang, @#$%...bang, bang, @#$#, @#$%!!! Lesson Learned: My gun really doesn't like McCormick mags!! R1, S3 - Classifier Golden something-or-other...I'll edit later when I figure out which one it was...again see above...@#$%! Didn't even look at the time here. R1, S4 - Stand in the box and engage 10 PPs and 12 paper. I think my time here was around 80 or 90 seconds. Ready to call it a day at this point - It's no fun playing with a broken gun. Another shooter let me borrow his Limited gun so I could finish the match. R2, S1 - Shot much better here. I finished this one up in 59 seconds. Lesson Learned: Life is good when you're shooting a gun that works. R2, S2 - Again, I shot much better. I finally relaxed since I now trust the gun I am shooting. I started focusing on my sights and shot respectably. R2, S3 - Classifiers...sheesh! Winged a couple of shots and ended up with a couple of Mikes. All of my other shots were well placed, but I need to work on Stronghand/Weakhand shooting. Lesson Learned: Practice dry and live fire with stronghand and weakhand. My balance is off and I tend to let the gun "flop" around when firing, which makes it hard to reaquire the sights. R2, S4 - I had a beautiful run. I was watching my sights and the gun just seemed to "flow" from one target to the next. Kind of like that little bouncy ball that bounces over the words to the tune of the music. Everytime the gun would cycle, the sights would fall right on to the next target. At one point I caught myself thinking "wow, I'm shooting this pretty fast" and immediately stopped thinking after I missed a PP. I paused and refocused and hit all of my remaining targets. Turned in a 28 second run with a 3.98HF (my best to date). It was a great end to a pretty crappy day. Lessons Learned: 1. I really like the Dawson red FO front sight. It makes the sight picture much easier to see, and allows me to get into a "rythem." 2. Don't think while shooting. Although I was able to correct this action immediately, it caused me to have to make 2 extra shots because I allowed my attention to lapse. 3. Getting into a rythem feels really good. Although 28 seconds isn't a blazing time, I was seeing what I needed to see and am continuing to figure out what "attention and focus" means. Now if I could only figure out how to get there without having to shoot like crap first. FTR - Shot my gun after the match with my Wilson mags and the gun ran beautifully. I was told this was normal and it was okay for my gun not to like some magazines.

You're a lot more brave than I am Z!!! When my gun breaks I usually go sniffelling to one of my buddies to fix it! Edited to add - Good luck!

Nice blaster!