Loves2Shoot

In my opinion you are complicating things. 1. You don't "need" to watch the sights as they move, you only need to know where it was when it jumps out of the notch, because that is what tells you where the bullet went. If you are focused you will see the sights in the rise fall but that doesn't need to be a focus point. 2. Focus on where you want the bullet to go and the sights will follow with your intent to shoot the target, watch it jump, on to the next shot. That's it.

I like the Buckmark over the Ruger because the mags load easier. I don't know why you would need to clean it to the bone every time. If it is an obsesive compulsive thing I understand otherwise it's a waste of time IMO .

Nice, I like the movers.

Have you read Brian's book? It's worth the $$$. The pad of your finger is a pretty standard way to do it, although there are others that work to.

So you want to have an IDPA match with different targets and no lame rules? Why would it be any more spectator friendly? Watching shooting can be pretty boring, even if you know what is going on. Reactive targets (steel) are more fun to watch get knocked down than paper targets, so if you made the match all steel and eliminated the paper targets I think you would get closer to what you are going for, then you don't have to worry about scoring either, it is just time and misses. I think the simpler you keep it the better.

I shot the worst match in a long time. 5 shots kept me from 3rd place. All within 1" of being good shots too Busting my thumb last Monday before the match kept me from shooting during the week of the match. I couldn't put together but 1 clean run, last one of the day. It was a good match though, Mike is a great guy to have put on a match.

I was there, and it sucks to come in at the bottom of the heap. Read BE's book first off, then you won't waste time on things that are unimportant. Don't worry about your percentage, spend your time watching your sights and learning how to do the fundamentals of shooting and calling your shots. Keep your focus on each shot you shoot. If you do that you will shorten your learning curve. It takes a lot of perfect practice to become a good shooter, so put in your time dry firing, and when you hit the range, watch every shot. Don't get pulled into the speed trap. As you learn to watch your sights you will learn to see faster, and the faster you see the faster you will shoot A's. My 2 cents worth.

They come that way. Just order the size you normaly wear. BTW The CR Speed belt is great, they put the velcro on the right sides.

It's tough to tell from the photo, but it looks like you could open it up some more and match the contour of the frames' magwell bevel. A fitted S&A is a lot nicer IMO than an S&A that you just install and forget. You can. I opened mine up to the edges and it is very adequate (and easily removed for carry purposes) but I think the SVI wells are the best I've seen for competition.

Smitty, Yep, what Raz said, I also don't like getting my pants dirty from the residue on the end of the gun If you wear the gun in front of you the CR holster might stick you but if you wear it correctly (wink) you can squat all day and it will never stick you (If it is a big match I take my belt of all the time anyways because I like it tight and that isn't super comfortable, so that isn't an issue for me.) Holsters are such a personal preference it is almost silly to say any is better than the other. I just like the simple and flexible design of the CR speed holster and pouches, being able to use the same rig for my raceguns and Caspian SS is nice. ps. You can draw from it when it is locked if you have it set right.

I'll bet mine falls into both

this Something I've wanted for awhile I don't know how possible or practicle it would be, but I like the idea of being able to use the different combos of dots for different types and distances of targets. Basing the sizes on 8" plates at different distances with the big red circle being a 4" circle at 10 yards. I'm not a three gunner, but I just like the idea of a ret like this. If you could have a laser range finder that "lit up" (made brighter) the approriate ret for distance, now that would be sweet

It uses the same dies, I've never had a stickyness problem with it, and no more upstroke is awesome.

Thanks for all the input, I've already wired for 220 for my ancient stick welder, but I hate cleaning the welds, so I was thinking about getting the wire with gas. Would the 220 be better to get than the 110? The price seems pretty good if it can weld the thicker stuff too.

Unless you hit the end of the barrel on a prop or chair I've seen a couple hit the ground because of that, it isn't a holster unless it covers the end of the barrel in my book, and I think the CR speed has a good design and it fits all my guns from SS to Open.

TJ uses a Para, but the main things I've heard are durability of the frame and quailty of the parts. Personally, I don't like the Para mags, but they are plenty good enough if you like the fit and feel, and you get one that was made right.

I think Sigmond Frued would agree with you (sorry, I couldn't resist and I tried )

I could care less about do not carry in business signs, no one (unless they know me) knows I am carrying anyway. And I'd rather face the judge if they had to find out I was carrying. I will not carry where not allowed by federal or state law. As far as the range goes, there is no reason not to respect the range rules. Some people feel naked without a gun, I respect that, but if you go somewhere to shoot, then you should respect the rules. If you don't like the rules, shoot somewhere else or carry your gun without the mag in the gun. I doubt if something were to "go down" you wouldn't have enough time to slap a mag in it and make it "hot."

http://store.cyberweld.com/millermatic175.html How would this thing work for welding up steel plates and "thicker type" plate steel for targets and stands?

I would say it is unsafe 'cause the peson at the business end of the gun might not realize the gun is unloaded and react accordingly with a gun that is loaded. If the gun is in a case it poses no imediate threat and the trigger is not easiely activated, thus it is "safer." Just my 2 cents.

Sounds like you might need to learn to relax to me.

Posts like this: For normal IPSC targets at 1 to 25 yards, I think it's a mistake to divide them into groups, like from 0-7 yards, 7-15 yards, and 15-25 yards, for example, and then decide what you need to see for each group. Instead, think about it "backwards." What if your only goal was to know you hit each target (A box, plate...) at the instant you pulled the trigger? How would you go about that? What would you need to know, by way of seeing, during every shot? It's actually much simpler because now you're always doing the same thing. Let the gun tell you when to pull the trigger. be All those waste years I spent where no one told me things like this. I thought this observation deserves it's own post.

Periodically replacing that little piece of rubber made the world of difference to me also.

A post about point shooting got me thinking about why I don't do it anymore. I was stuck in A class for years, some of my mentors insisting that point shooting was "the trick" to blazing fast times, so I pursued that method of shooting for years, but inevetibly I would get poor hits on targets I should have great hits on, and even misses, it killed many a match for me. Smooth did not describe my shooting style at all. I tried to go faster and faster, getting frustrated on the thousands I was spending on ammo and gear and not progressing, I had seen Brian's book in magazine, but figured it irrelevant, being so old and all. Then about a year ago, I met by chance a guy who had finished 5th at the last World Shoot in limited and got to do some one on one with him. We did a bunch of el prez type drills and I was amazed his times were slower than mine, but he almost always got all a's, and so our hit factors about equaled out, even with his "slow" times. He said man you shoot really fast, but watch this. He then made the targets all a zone only and then he proceeded to kick my ass. He showed me that my biggest problem was my raw speed. He then showed me how that is I only slowed down a bit, how my hits would increase and my times wouldn't suffer. Watching my sights, be increasing my split times to just as long as it took my to see my sights rise and fall. My splits went from .14-.15 to .17-.18 but I could get a's taking that fraction of extra time. My transitions went from .3 -.35 to .2-.25 so my overall times actually didn't suffer. He then worked on movement and that is where seeing every shot really made a difference. In point shooting on the move I would generaly get one good hit and one not as good hit because I was leaving the target too soon. When I started to see the shots, I could get two good shots and the times were faster. And low and behold they were dang close to his times. He also recommended I buy an old book by a guy named Brian Enos and read it, so since I had improved my shooting more in two days than I had in two years I figured I spend the cash to do so. Then the lights came on after I devoured the book in a day. Shooting no longer became a game of being fast, but being aware. Within 3 months I had my M card and I was now not a spaz, but having GM's tell me I was smooth and I actually started winning stages and not burning like I had for years. So, if I am biased about seeing everything and about not worrying about what gear you have as long as it works everytime you pull the trigger, I've spent thousands learning the hard way, and if you think your gear or "trick" things will hold you back, I'm living proof that is BS. I've been a D class shooter and I've beat some pretty good shooters. I don't have the answers, mostly more questions, but for me I've come to realize that if there is something holding you back most likely it is either a lack of mastery of the fundamentals (see BE's book if you don't get that) and lack of sight/trigger discipline, not gear, bullet weight, powder type, or any of that stuff so many people get caught up in. Thanks BE and members of the forum! Shooting is more of a pleasure now than ever because of the efforts you've undertaken to share your expericence.

Did you try this with multiple targets and include movement? Standing and shooting a target that is right in front of you give me different results than when actually shooting something I would shoot in a match. I found it is pretty easy to get 2 good hits (even with my eyes closed) very fast if the target is right in front of me. Add the other stuff and it changes the results a lot for me.