Z32MadMan
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Has anyone come up with an effective way to clean skin out of your stippled grips? It tends to build up after a while and become less aggressive friction.
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Is there an all classifier match coming up in Central Florida? I've heard of one, but don't know the specifics.
Thanks!
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Standby!
Beep!
Bang!
"Somethings not right..."
Bang!
"This is really ****ing loud"
Bang!
"Muffs are around your neck idiot, ah that's it, I'm good... Next target... Shoot!!!
I always double plug, but I have left without my muffs a few times..
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I'm curious, why would you be bumped to Open instead of Limited?
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You will definitely find that Marui has the most replace and upgrade parts. If something breaks you will actually be able to replace it.
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A few tips. If its cold, you can place a few drops of oil over the slide glide and it will thin it out nicely. Also during your LAMR, rack the slide a few times and that will help to loosen things up a bit.
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Well technically time does slow down as you reach the speed of light, but I don't think that applies here
I would say that the posters above are both on to something though.
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What are you opinions on dryfiring and airsoft? I'm looking to get people's opinions on which is more effective. I'm shooting production with a P226. I think that airsoft could reall help with transisiton, shooting on the move, ect. But I like to dryfire because I am learning that specific trigger. Does airsoft training cause any problems/bad habits?
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This is my desktop backround now.
Maybe by looking at it a few hours a day I can get the mental edge
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I'm respringing my P226 and I'm trying to find out how hard Blazer brass primers are so that I can choose the right mainspring. Does anyone know how hard these are (most likely by light strikes on a new spring)?
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But then again, without cleats, the other flipside is this:
slight thread drift on...
dagnabit, if these ranges would splurge for bunchs and bunches of pea gravel, we wouldn't have to worry about cleats, for the most part....
Ugly... what range is that?
Don't know but I think it makes Tulsa Open Natls 08 look like a dry desert
*Cough* Really didn't need a reminder of that day...
Thats Guncraft in Ruskin. Bare grass + tennis shoes + morning dew + newb = DQ
Learned a lot from that day. Thankfully my first and only DQ so far.
Learn from my mistake. Buy cleats so you don't have to worry about it.
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Any updates or further thoughts on the one eye shooting of longer targets?
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Thanks for the replys. I figured that I wasn't the only one who has experienced this. I fixed it tonight by shimming out the bottom screw on the top belt/DOH attachment. I cut some squares out of a plastic FiveStar notebook cover and put them behind that screw. Plenty of leg clearance now.
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I bought a BladeTech DOH holster for my new rig. I love the holster, but the the outward camber of the holster makes the muzzle of the holster rub against my leg. And after a day of shooting it is cause a major chaffing issue. Anyone experience this and have a solution?
Thanks
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What do you do to keep up with the cold when your shooting matches this time of the year?
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Get Uncle Mike's over Fobus... I ordered a Fobus and couldn't even get the gun out of the holster. UM's is adjustable.
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I have four 773 mag pouches for my Sig Pro which are the "83" size pouches. Does anyone know whether Sig Sauer P226 magazines will work in these pouches? I'm looking to replace the Pro. Safariland says that the P226 takes the "76" size pouches, will I have to get new ones?
The "83" size is what Glock 17, 19, 22, 23, 34, 35 use, so if anyone has those pouches and happens to have a P226 magazine I would be greatful.
Cheers
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Hello all
I'm looking for some feedback on these two stages. Unfortunately I only got video of two of the stages. I'm shooting Production and I'm unclassified but I would guess that I'm around a low C?
Please give me your thoughts.
This is the first.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8883039615205286420
The video starts half way through due to some "technical difficulties" my friend had, so I apologise for the crappiness. You may not get much. The stage starts with your hands on the left window sill. Draw and take out 5 paper on the left, then the steel and the far right target, then 3 close targets on the right. This stage went fairly well for me, I did a little better than usual on the steel, and the last reload was good.
I shot 108 points no penalties in 20.91 seconds, 5.16 HF, and 50.35% of the top shooter
The top shooter was a M class Open who show 115 points, in 11.21 seconds.
Top shooter in Production was a B class who shot 116 points in 14.38 seonds
Second stage
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7...58154&hl=en
Going through the path, engaging 4 paper, turn then 4 paper, head for the box and 4 more paper. I saw a lot of people running up on the paper and blasting them, but by looking at other shooters it seemed walking while engaging seemed to be the way to go. The first reload was off, which put me closer to the second set of targets than I wanted to be. Last array, I called a bad shot on target 2, so I gave it a third round. Same thing on the 3rd target but I had already moved to the 4th target. Targets 2,3, and 4 needed the extra shot. They worked on 2 and 3, but I shot a nice tight 3 shot group in the C on the 4th target.... My calling skills are a work in progress. Basically right now I get a yay or nay in my head, yes that was good or no that didn't look right.
I shot 100 points no penalties in 14.74 seconds, 6.784 HF and 55.73% of the top shooter
Top shooter was a M Open who shot 107 in 8.79 seconds
Best Production run on this stage was a A class who shot 114 points in 12.88 seconds
Overall for the match I shot 52% of the winner M Open and 71% of the B class who took Production
Thanks and Cheers
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Today was my first dryfire session in almost two weeks, since I returned to college. I'm keeping my rig at a friends house off campus, and he just happens to have an amazing backyard. It is L shaped and probably about 20 yards deep. It felt really good for being off for so long. Reloads were pretty smooth and I got my draws back quickly. My grip, which I had been working on for a long time and which has been a source of my problems, felt good and consistent.
Getting out of the bedroom and out in the open to dryfire is great. I think it is really going to help my movement, footwork, moving reloads, and gun handling on the move a lot. It's going to be a while before I can get to a local match, but it feels good to get back into it.
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While dryfiring tonight, I found out what was so wrong with my strong hand only shooting. At that last match during the first stage my strong hand shooting resulted in multiple mikes. The next stage was weak hand shooting which was actually significantly better than my strong hand shooting. The RO also said that on the first stage all of my shots were going way down and left. So back to tonight, while dryfiring strong hand I noticed that the muzzle was breaking left as the trigger broke. Turned out to be my thumb placement. When I shoot freestyle my thumbs apply zero pressure to the frame and my strong hand thumb doesn't even touch the frame. This works well for me, it keeps the gun still and keeps my thumb off of the slide catch. But when you try to shoot that way strong hand only you have no support on the left side of the gun, so when you pull the trigger the gun swerves left. When I shoot weak hand I naturally grip the gun with my thumb on the frame, this explains why my weak hand shooting was better than my strong hand shooting. Once I moved my strong thumb down and on to the frame things were much better.
Lots of work to do. It just feels good to know what was going on and to have a definite solution to a big problem.
Newb issues: 18 down, 947 to go
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This is the result of todays match, my 4th USPSA meet.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=usps...7-08&emb=0#
To say the least I was not having a good day. I found a big thing that I need to work on, strong and weak hand shooting. I wasn't feeling good about my shooting and the scores don't look very well. Sorry for the video quality, two of the clips were shot on low resolution some how... There is also one stage that is not shown which was a 40yd, 25yd, 15yrd freestyle, strong, weak sort of deal.
A few things that I do see.. My gun handling skills are improving. My draws and reloads are much faster and are coming more naturally. I have been changing a lot with my grip and I am running a new belt, so my consistancy with these two are still coming along. You can see I blew a few reloads and on the last stage I couldn't seem to find the gun
Also, the stages that were set up were not my favorite. I like stages that involve more movement and action. I seem to do better with them and enjoy them more. Everything was a bit wet down here in FL so they designed that characteristic out of the match.
I feel like my recoil control has greatly improved and I am a lot happier with my grip. Although everything is always a work in progress.
I couldn't get into the zone and get a good FS concentraion today. But the one time I did was the second stage with the steel. I was seeing the FS lift and really had a good focus going. And you can see the result.
I have been working on my eye snap. And I can really see it working during dryfire, the gun stops right where it needs to. But I need a lot more practice for it to happen subconsciously. So I will be working on that quite a bit. My trigger control also needs work. My strong hand shooting was awful, and actually worse than my weak hand shooting. I was also shooting a bit left most of the day. Time for some wall drill dryfire and reevaluation of my trigger finger placement and pull.
Please, I am here to learn so point out anything you see good or bad. I have already made great progress because of what people have to say.
Cheers
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I spent the day setting up my CR Speed belt. The Uncle Mike's paddle holster was converted to belt and the double pouches went back on. I will have four 773's on there, once I order them from BE, and I think I am going to keep one of the double on there in the very back.
I have match #4 in the morning so I should have some clips up later.
Enjoy
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Also for what it is worth I have not fired a single live round outside of a match since I started shooting USPSA. This is a combination of there not being an open range within an hour, the price of getting there, and the fact that ammo is so expensive. I don't really like this fact but it goes to show how much you can learn and improve from dryfiring.
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I received my cleats today, and honestly if you are shooting matches on grass a lot you really ned a pair. I tried them out sprinting around the yard and I am quite pleased. Not only do I feel better about not slipping, but they really help you get out of the box faster and stop quicker.
As I said before my grip is a constant work in progress. Every day I dryfire I learn something new, notice something new, and make changes. As I progress my hands are naturally getting higher and higher on the grip. This feels more solid and everything seems to lock in better. I now have my weak hand more cammed and I'm starting to relax my strong hand more while squeeze my weak hand more. I have noticed that in my videos that I adjust my weak hand fairly often while I'm shooting. It seems to be happening less as I progress, but it is still happening. I feel like my grip is starting to get to the point where this shouldn't be happening any longer. Also I'm going to try to pick up some grip enhancer to put a damper on my sweaty palms.
Another thing that I have come to notice about this sport is that you don't improve at all by shooting matches. You may learn what is working and what isn't, but you don't enhance your skills. All of that is done in practice and dryfiring. Draws, reloads, footwork, grip, stance, trigger control all of that is done subconsciously during matches. And the only way to improve is to build up muscle memory with practice, so when you hear "Beep" everything just happens. Atleast that is how I feel.
I am also working on my "eye snap" now quite a bit. In dryfiring I have noticed that it gets you on target so much faster. When you snap to the next target the gun follows and stops dead on the center of where you were looking. It's still difficult to get myself to do this everytime, but that's what practice is for I suppose.
So much to learn...
MadMan
Cleaning skin from stippled grips?
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Thanks for the help guys, worked like a charm.