MattBurkett

Well S&W is wrong. Their calculation must be incorrect! Coming up with a different angle than John Browning, YEAH RIGHT! They obviously weren't using good shooters and what is 6 guys, a control group? I think not! Blasphemy! hehehe

LOL, well umm, don't try next time. Think Yoda. He was right. Part of the reason you were able to do it the first time is that you didn't try to do anything. You just did. Most likely your not allowing yourself to let go and step up to the next level. Most of the time when people crank it up, they will start seeing new things at that level. Try pushing yourself for a bit, then take a small step back and see whats new. Good luck!

"you will also benefit from Burkett's timing drill of firing into the backstop with no target, jus watching the gun." Steve, the above is just a drill to feel the recoil and relax behind the gun. The timing drills are very different. Anyone can review them either on my website or in PSV4. Take care and Happy Easter!

If your consistently shooting a group, your most likely not flinching. It would be "timing". Sounds like your slightly overtiming the gun if it stopped a little low and a little left. The left most likely comes from the right hand twist in the barrel. Might me over compensating for it. It is most difficult to fire the perfect unanticipated shot. Jim, Ken Tap found that for him there was a mental "speed limit". To over come this he ran a metronome (sp?) type of device in his earmuff and shot on the clicks. He was able to significantly reduce his time on the bowling pins he was shooting. Just an idea for you. Take care,

For me the dot showed me what I was missing. Eyespeed and also that I don't nec. need to see the sights, I can actually watch the target most of the time with iron sights now and my brain takes care of the rest. Dependant on target difficulty, I use a target focus a lot more than I used to. Using a dot can train your eyes to follow the front sight better. it shows you what is happening when the gun is being presented through the firing sequence. You are learning to follow a small fast moving object with your eyes. IE the front sight. I think the problem most people have when learning to shoot a dot gun is that they don't know what an acceptable sight picture looks like. The trick is learning to use the the whole A zone or aiming zone and when the dot is anywhere in that area, break the shot. A dot can open up your vision and teaches you to use your peripheral vision better. Take care,

Paul, Good point. Will make sure in the future to have all the range commands more clearly on tape. I think part of the issue on this end happened in editing. Some of the sections were trimmed for time or other issues. Will keep an eye on that too. It is a heavy learning curve to make these things from scratch! Hopefully every DVD will be better than the last! Now if I can just figure out how I want to present the info in #5 Dryfire techniques, I can get to filming it. Kind of funny, almost ready to film 6,7, and 8. Talk about frustrating. Just posted up a new tip on flinch on my site btw. Take care,

"The gun is not fully broken, and the fitting is very tight." So Julien, your waiting for it to be fully broken? I would watch out for usage of this product in any match that counts. I have seen so many that have broke, its sad. Please keep an eye out for any cracks etc.. Best of luck,

Great job on everyone involved with the match! If you get a chance to shoot this next year, make sure you go! I am using that scope that Benny is recommending. He is the one that showed it to me. The coolest thing about it is the price, at $110 you can have another one mounted on a .22 and practice rifle with that. (thats what I do) Tell ya what, I shot about 5K .22 rifle off hand in the week and a half prior to the match. It helped ALOT. Take care,

Ugly speed loads is an understatement. At least with Benny Hill's Benelli, I was able to do a speedload no problemo. Of course that was after breaking an 1100 and a ALS 2100. Turned it into a 5 gun match. As for optics, I really like the cut through the rib mount that JP is doing with their JPoint. Waiting for the one from Bevin Grams. Get the dot down on the rail where the bead is. That seems to be the most natural and fastest. Doesn't get in the way either.. Take care,

Paul, glad you liked it! Thanks for the review. "The only thing I can say with contructive critizism is your overall safety seemed a little loose. What I mean is the commands given were loose sometimes, whereas I would have liked to have seen the proper commands given each and every time, especially in a video such as yours." Are you referring to the load and unload commands between kevin and myself? Thanks.

I have found that I change grip pressure depending on the type of shooting I am doing. I have also found that I change my trigger control types dependant on target difficulty. THAT was interesting. Still figuring that one out. I believe the most difficult thing for most people is the separation of the trigger control from the rest of the grip and recoil control. Generally you will find that the harder people grip, the worse their trigger control is and their flinch can get amplified. I think that after learning to shoot at the upper levels of the sport, the separation of trigger control can allow for a harder grip. Okay this is interesting to figure out how to put down in print! I think the general problem with most shooters is their inability to effectively time the gun. I think that there is a difference between applied grip strength and tension*. Most shooters have WAY to much tension and this has a drastic effect on trigger control. Generally when they find they don't have to (read can't) control the recoil and relax and let it happen all of a sudden a huge new world of capabilities opens up to them. What happens with my students when we do the timing drills is that it brings their focus back to the gun and trains their SC to handle the recoil. Try timing the gun with different grip pressures and see what happens with your recoil control and trigger control. * I know that will go over most peoples heads.

Wow, gonna need a cup of ZenTea after that one! That's a great statement. ----------- Have you asked yourself why you shoot? What are your goals? Where is the conflict happening?What is your personality type and how does it affect your approach to life and shooting? Sometimes the problem is inside, the exterior results are only the symptons. If you want to have a mental talk sometime, don't hesitate to give me a call. Take care and best of luck,

Paul, Well, what do you think of the video?

Hey guys, if you didn't hear about this match last year, you need to go! It was incredible! I think SV gave away 13 custom guns! The stages were pretty cool too. It was a great, laid back match with an incredible prize table. The way it should be all the time!

Duane! YOU DA MAN! How about this one! "What, wash day? No clothes?"

I personally love the Smm3g scoring system even though it probably cost me the match this year. It is so much faster. Either the target is broke, down, or has one A or two hits. PERIOD. All stages factor with 100 match points so everything is of equal importance. Incredibly simple to score, fast to add up and easy to understand for the shooters. I wish all three gun matches were scored this way. They would be ran a hell of a lot more efficiently thats for sure!

I am not "cross-eyed" so luckily I don't have that issue. I shoot plate racks approximately the same speed each way, but, am much more comfortable left to right. Two factors I have been able to identify with this issue. The torque of a right hand twist barrel and that I am english and have read since a child (believe it or not) left to right. Thats the way my eyes are used to moving. Use what works for you, just prove it on the clock and scoresheet first to make sure that your feeling is correct.

Here is a quote for you: "Whos the dummy now???" Anyone? BTW flex, you crack me up!

American Shooter is dead, Scouten's new show should show up soon. American Handgunner Tv will be on the OutdoorChannel sometime in 2004. :-)

Shred, Keep me informed with what you find out. Could be very useful and benificial to upcoming tapes. Thanks!

roflmao done that repeatedly when I was starting out. My best award ever after shooting five months and winning my first match (wasn't even classified) was a 20 sandbag for beating 5 Masters. (Yeah, showing my age now, they didn't have GM class then.) "just last week got DVD Volume 4. Wow. If these guys say it, do yourself a favor and do it until you can prove with targets and timers that they are wrong. Won't happen very often." Thanks for the compliments! Glad you enjoyed it! If you have any idea's for more vids, drop them at Matt's Practical Shooting Forums. Take care and good luck!

Some people are heavily dominant, some aren't. Even if there vision quality is the same with both eyes, I do not believe that you can retrain someones dominance as easily as you think. Have you ever done it? Have you ever worked with anyone on this issue? I would find it most interesting if you could retrain someones natural dominance. I am one of the lucky ones, my brain "shuts off" the secondary image so I shoot both eyes open. It didn't start out that way. The more I focused on what I wanted, the more my brain took care of the job for me. It is the rare situation that I close one eye. I even shoot rifle scopes with both eyes open. Do I think both eyes being open is nec? It maybe overrated, but, that is what I do and what nearly all of the top shooters do. In fact other than Brian and Tommy, I can't think of anyone else that has done well shooting with only one eye open. Best of luck,

Lynn, boxes can be very useful for training purposes as it can be hard to set up walls and other simulations in a short period of time. For matches there great for starting postions. I do kind of miss them sometimes though as it did make match set up much easier. Take care,

We have actually tried the "ghosting" effect. Main issue is that the camera can't move and all action has to happen inside the frame. Limits out most ipsc stages. I would need a robotic setup like they used at the olympics to do it across a big stage. Umm, that costs alot. There will be more cool stuff coming though I can tell you that! Thanks for the ideas! Keep them coming!

Luiz, It sure looks like it and I am sure a few did. Most of what you are seeing is a camera angle problem. Have a buddy at the range sometime stand down range from you off to one side or the other. Have him/her draw and move the gun to 170 degrees or even closer to 180. You will be surprised how much it looks like he is breaking the 180. That stage was awkward. Similar thing happens with finger in the trigger guard. Have someone stand off to the left 5 yards or more and hold your gun up with your finger just outside of the trigger guard. They will swear it is inside it. HINT HINT, put the finger up by the slide and it isn't ever an issue.