Loves2Shoot

Shooting your vision is faster than shooting by your will. My fastest splits 10 or so .10-.11's in a row was the result of just watching the dot and pulling the trigger when the dot wsa in the middle.

About anyone who wants can get wholesale pricing from Brownells if they are so inclined, they even list it in the books the send to the general public if you know the code. I actually figured it out before someone showed me.

Looks like home. If you can still feel your hands it isn't that cold. Last match here was in the high 20's with 5-10 mph winds I love it that we shoot no matter what the weather throws at us, it is hard to compete with the warm weather sissy boys on classifiers this time of the year though

How about match stage flow. The killer of matches seems to be when you have a stage or two stages that take too long to run compared to the rest of the stages and causes a bottleneck.

No confusion here L2S. I know what you mean. I think that just knowing you've hit the target, but you cannot say where precisely, will still leave you with an uncertain feeling when you move on to the next one. I'm going to take this to the range Thanks! Precisely When I feel hurried I am usually slower than when I am an observer and precise in each shot.

L2S, but when you're hearing the steel for feedback, you're still not seeing what you need to see to make the shot (SWYNTSTMTS). When you're SWYNTSTMTS, it implies that before the bullet left the barrel, you saw something that made you conclude the shot was going to hit the target. You knew the bullet would hit the target. If you make a distinction between SWYNTSTMTS and SWYNTSTCTS it implies that in SWYNTSTMTS, you see enough, but not the sights with great precision. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of calling your shots all the time. But I'm just trying to figure out the difference between SWYNTSTMTS and SWYNTSTCTS. I'm sorry if I confused you with my description, I meant to say I didn't know where on the target I hit, only that I knew I hit the target. I'm long gone by the time I hear the sound. BE described it much better

From what I've seen, it really depends on the way you are made. For most people it doesn't work as efficiently because when they put the index finger on the trigger guard you can't get your wrist locked out as easily. Getting your wrist locked is a huge deal. Your strength is greatly increase with a fraction of the effort if you do. BTW many people carve out the underside of the trigger guard to make room for the extra finger.

FYI - In the tapes he tells you he doesn't recommend it and that he has just done it to long to chage. It is not that is doesn't work, Eric G does it, but if Jerry says he wouldn't do it if he was starting from scratch again then there is some merit to that advise in my book. Personally I don't squeeze much with my weakhand index finger so as long as it isn't in the way I don't think it matters much.

Limited or open? For limited I'm partial to the KKM tungsten barrel. The standard Schu barrel is as good as you would ever need in a barrel.

Not all delusions are bad

I'll chime in, sometimes shooting steel I use a foucs where I just know I'll hit the plate, I really don't care where, just that I hit it. I've shoot steel plates at 25 yards when I don't recall seeing anything, I just heard the shots hit the plates, without that feed back I would have been clueless I hit the target. That isn't shot calling. When shooting paper I (try) to use a focus to hit the A box, and that focus usually requires that I know where in the A box the shot is. That is shot calling. Similiar but very different.

For me the Burner Series was the best video series. Matt's was good, but I prefer the way Jerry breaks things down. Brians book had the biggest impact on my improvement as a shooter, but the videos were good way to start a foundation. If you are serious about improving, you should take a class or find a M/GM shooter to pracitce with. Remember, every shot counts, so make every shot count. I've wasted too many rounds just pulling the trigger

Why do you shoot? If you want to improve and don't feel you have the time then you don't understand what you need to do. Clear your brain out and make each shot count. If you do that, you can't help but improve. To compete is to win. The notion of not being "competetive" seems to be your stumbling block from becoming a better shooter. Each shot is fun, unique in it's own way, presenting a fresh challenge, so enjoy each one and make them count. None except you cares about what you are doing, so if you remove your self imposed expectations and focus on shooting, much will be revealed to you. ps. Few shoot to their ablilty, the best know their ability and shoot within in it

A 9 shot revlover in .22 when I was 6.

It is a Glock tac light, I was just shooting and it broke That is why I had a light rail milled on my limited gun, because there aren't any indoor ranges and the days get short in the winter for $90 bucks you can do all your drills from the low ready.

Only 3 weeks and I got my replacement Glock flashlight, the first one broke the first time I used it. Now I can practice after work again, yea I'm stoked, I hope it lasts longer.

Hmm, I would drop them a friendly note saying it might be nice if they compensated you for the wasted powder and primers and time. I try only to do business with people who's name (reputation) means something to them. If they leave you high and dry I would find a new supplier. Then again, I'm old fashioned that way.

My new favorite shooting footwear Joe Rocket boots, the have Doc Martin soles, they are sticky, good ankle support, light weight, and you can stand in them all day on the rocks.

Well said.

ditto

Tripp Research has done 3 of mine and he did a great job on them.

You'll waer out your elbow before the dies

Speed comes from a lack of hesitation. ISPC speed comes from knowing which sight picture is apropriate for each shot and knowing which sight picture for each shot you take and being able to force yourself to wait for the appropriate sight picture on each shot. If you vary the distance on your targets in practice, you will quickly learn what this means.

Amen My goal is to keep my splits at .2 Itis hard to slow down but well worth it.

Windmills are hard to make operate the same for every shooter. The speed can be greatly impacted by setup and wind, thus can provide very different challenges for the various shooter. There are enough variables (wind, rain, light) we can't control, it is my opinion that we don't need more variables to add to that.