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Thanks for the help guys! I guess I'm a bit insecure about my reloads, it feels like I'll end up fumbling with the mag until I'm well into the next shooting position. I'll have to practice moving reloads. I'll try to not crowd myself as well.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qbg3RxzZW1g - field http://youtube.com/watch?v=i1TGyao9L8g - cones I'm generally slow and out of practice, but where am I losing the most time? Is it the movement and setups? (I feel like I'm shooting slow enough for that to be less of an issue! ) I would very much appreciate any sort of advice, critique, or comments (no tact necessary).

While we're on the topic of shooting glasses, what's a good eye protection that goes over long and narrow glasses?

Thanks. I'll save up for a proper 550B. I guess it'll be another few months.

I'm on a very tight budget and mainly shoot 9mm. I've been wanting to get into reloading so I can actually shoot my dust-gathering AR (for eventual 3-gun) and maybe save a little on 9mm. My friend who has a Hornady LnL has been telling me to get a LnL (cheap progressive, free 1k bullets), but I get the impression they're too finicky for 9mm. I'd get a SDB if I didn't have a hungry AR. I would shoot upwards of 3k/month 9mm if I could, but the figure's closer to 600. I don't have the money for a 550B setup right now, and quite frankly have no idea of what kind of progressive I want. Would it be feasible to get a single-stage to load a few rounds now and use the components for a progressive setup later? What kind of components can I reuse in a proper setup later? What kind of single stage/turret should I be looking at? Would I be better off just saving for a 550B setup?

This was my 4th match, which happened to be a level 3 at the local club. There were 9 stages and 8*4 squads -- Fri PM, Sat AM/PM, Sun AM. I volunteered to help RO later, so I shot on Friday. I had made a commitment to myself to see each and every sight picture that day, and thought I followed through relatively well with that. It's just that it started raining halfway through and I shot a lot slower on some stages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHkozg0R7bI <frivolous details> self-analysis on the stages- Stage 5: 13A 3C 14.03sec (best under 7 sec) No-shoots placed so that there's only one way to shoot it. Turns out to be faster to run directly to left port (3), take center port on the move (2), reload, take right port (3). Also need to have a faster reaction to the timer. Stage 6 (CM99-21): 11A 1C 8.63sec 6.7207HF borderline B score according to Ohio Calc, #102/192 all div I tried my hardest not to think about it, but making a B on this stage was my biggest goal going into the match. (Dry-drilled off a scaled setup in my room for a few weeks.) My initial classification will be a C, offsetting my previous sub-40% classifiers. Reload seating was sloppy and reacquisition after the reload could've been faster. My groups on T1/T2 were smaller than my fist, but T3 was a bit wide with a low left C. Stage 7: 28A 2C 1D 1M 1NS 39.17s (best 21.12) #112/192 D/M on the long shot at start. 2A/NS on a moving shot. My right to left moving is really awkward. How can I fix that? Stage 8: 28A 1C 1D 1NS 33.93s (best 13.54) #126/192 No video, but I was the last shooter before all shooting halted for a while. It started pouring and my support hand was coming loose after shots. It got really distracting, so I went slower, trying to focus on hits. Stage 9: 22A 1C 1M 29.97s (best 11.58) #123/192 The guy before me dropped his mags on the barrel because he didn't want to clean them. I went into the stage thinking what a great idea I'm going to do that too wow... and just ended up in a slow position as well as dirty mags. Indecision. Stage 1: 26A 2C 27.02s (best 18.07) #89/192 Apparently zig-zagging is faster. It hadn't occurred to me until Sunday ROing that stage and watching the aces zoom through it. Also, waiting for a crystal clear sight picture on targets 2 feet away from you happens to be slow. :V Stage 2: 24A 26.63s (best 10.22) #102/192 Most points and most regrets. Mediocre plan abandoned for a worse last minute on-the-line plan. In hindsight, the best thing to do at my skill was to walk slowly from starting box to corner diagonally, shooting carefully on the move. Stage 3: 22A 6C 1D 31.12s (best 15.29) #116/192 no vid Stage 4: 25A 6C 1M 1NS 40.19s (best 21.94) #102/192 A nice A-M-NS on the 2nd target. Listening for steel is slow. #20/37 overall Production division, 2nd unclassified shooter </frivolous> Some opportunities for improvement: -Better stage planning and shooting more efficiently on the move -Calling the shot -Target transitions -Economy of movement (draw, stance, reloads) -Reaction to timer -Learning to deal with less than ideal conditions I have a very hunched shooting stance. (Eyeball still straight out of the socket.) I'm a really skinny guy and I feel like it takes the guesswork out of having a stable and aggressive stance. When my feet are square to the target I feel that standing taller pushes me back (edit- in recoil). Should I be more upright? Is this a bad habit? Sorry for all the words, maybe this should be in a diary or something, haha. I'd be grateful if anybody would give any sort of criticism or comments.

I've heard of people using a little strip of tape to cover the lens on their nondominant eye with some success. I shoot with both eyes, but I think I read Brian saying something about forcing to shoot with both eyes slightly overrated at one point on these forums. Some also seem to get corrective lens specifically tailored for shooting (focus at sights).

Re: IPSC and the Olympics http://www.vpc.org/studies/goldone.htm I feel dirty posting a link to the VPC, but here's an article written about the IPSC/Olympics ordeal with an anti-gun/2A slant by a gun control lobby. I stumbled across the article a couple months ago and thought it was an interesting read, if for just the background on the IPSC Olympics (pipe)dream I was not aware of before. Dose of salt required, best to just gloss over the usual sensational, if not comedic, rhetoric.

Thank you so much for all the replies guys, I really appreciate it. I ended up ordering Brian's book and Saul's Perfect Practice for the 10% discount. I think I exaggerated my sights to sound worse than they actually are: they do leave a lot to be desired, but aren't as bad as GI low profiles, and have small yellow dots on them. It'll be awhile until new sights. Micah, I saw your garage dojo setup in the other forum. I'm green with envy and I'll try and emulate a smaller setup like your's. Steve, thanks for the insight on building a systematic routine. I'll set a designated time every day and dry drill--not because I'm bored and feel like doing it, but because it'll be routine. I'm currently dry firing with the RUready timer program. I can't quite justify putting a real timer on my credit card right now, but it's the next thing on my shopping list. Need to figure out which timer to buy...the CED7000 looks nice. Turns out my room and dresser (shelf) have the perfect dimensions for a scaled CM99-21 Mini-mart setup--it'll be the classifier at the NC Sectional. I'll build that tomorrow and run the classifier 50 times a day. I went to the range again today and was actually calling shots on my CZ Kadet .22 conversion. Mag after mag I can really track the sights and press rapid shots. Still an inconsistent mess with the CZ75, though. After every mag of 9mm, I dry fire and start flinching again on the first shot. Ugh. I thought I was over that phase. [edit- re:flinch, http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53246, maybe it's a post-shot dipping?] I'll try asking better shooters for some advice/critique next match.

Cool, thanks. Would you recommend I get Perfect Practice before the two other books, or would there be enough overlap in Anderson's drills and Burkett's DVDs? I'm going to run out to the range to call shots right now.

New shooter here looking for advice. Being a broke college student, I'm trying to figure out what to buy first: Brian's Practical Shooting Saul's Thinking Practical Shooting some other book, if so, which? a timer for dry practice; PACT worth the money? competition sights to replace my current ones that are reminiscent of GI 1911 notch sights (that came on a used CZ75B) I just shot my 3rd IPSC match a couple weeks ago (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FytAC8qO2xU) and guesstimate I'm a high-D or, at best, a mid-C shooter. (I seem to mess up badly on classifiers, but somehow end up around a high/mid-C range in the overall production results.) My draw is slow, transitions mediocre, and most importantly, cannot consistently call shots (among other things). I figured I would need to learn mechanical skills first and foremost, so went ahead and bought a copy of Anderson's first book and queued up Burkett's DVDs on smartflix.com. I know I'll benefit immensely from Brian's book over time, but I'm not sure how much I'd benefit from an in-depth discussion on mindset just yet. I'm shooting the NC Sectional (level III) Oct 5 as my 4th match ever and want to do a lot better than I have. What should I do in that timeframe? Absolute love the forum by the way, thanks guys.