Acoustic

I play guitar, bass and drums. I have way more invested in my home recording studio than should be allowed. Acoustic.

Admittedly, I'm new to competitive shooting. One of the things that I learned yesterday whule talking with a USPA GM was the benefit of dry training. For years I had heard about dry firing - but never the thought of dry training. If I understand it correctly, dry training does not require "dropping the hammer" or engaging the firing pin - it's more so speed to target aquisition, trigger squeeze and reload. Correct? The last thing that they said was - "If you're going to spend money at the range, work on something that you can't work on with dry fire - strong hand only, week hand only, shots at 25 or more hards. Opinions? Thanks Acoustic.

I was the only person there shooting "Single Stack" - limited to 8 rounds per magazine generally meant 4 reloads per stage. I think next time I'm going to shoot Production. Looking forward to learning from you guys. Acoustic.

I shot at Brocks Gap Training Center - also known as Steel City Sport Shooting Association in Birmingham, AL. Excellent facility - great people. Acoustic.

WOW. Let's talk about fast paced. I was fortunate enough to shoot with a Grand Master and several Master level shooters. This was very helpful because they opened up my eyes in terms of ways to shoot a couple stages. I primarily carry for self defense purposes and today was shooting Production Class Single Stack. For the most part I was 2x or more slower than the other shooters, had to reload more. But, I only had 4 misses across all 6 stages and a lot more Alphas than Charlies and Deltas combined. Overall, very satisfied with my first time out. Looking forward to doing it again next month. I got a lot of good pointers from here that I was able to use: like don't waste time at ports by placing the gun through the port. I am going to spend a lot more time practicing reloading. I don't think I'm ever going to be as fast as the GMs and Ms because I will always shoot my production/carry guns - but I do like the concept of running between shoot zones - it's all a learning experience. Looking forward to learning more from you guys. Thanks. Acoustic.