Racer377

For those that prefer a single file. I'll have my entry in shortly.

Steel scores came out, 2nd place in LTD behind Chuck by 3 seconds. It was better than a I thought. I was thinking about this the last few days and it still strikes me how my perception of speed is so......useless. I managed to beat him on 3 stages, and on all of those stages, I felt kinda slow un-rushed. I was seeing clear sight pictures on clear targets. The was no hurrying, no rushing. Yet the times came out pretty decent. I should have asked about the time to first shot, to confirm or disprove my feeling of a slow draw. Again, I'm struck by the way my brain confuses the feeling of "fast" with "rushed." These thing are not the same. I have this intuitive feel of how ego and expectation and the number of things I'm consciously doing mess up the perception of time and speed. I'll have to noodle on it awhile before I can figure out how to put it into words, I suppose. Dryfire has been going well. Took some video this evening. Comparing it to older videos, I'm clearly getting better (and probably fatter). Less extraneous movement on the draw is translating into faster times. Eyes snapping to the magwell leading to better consistency. Hands getting to the mag and back to gun fairly quick (the blooper is my hand with the new mag smacking the old one on the way out)

WHy do you like the RO better than the Sentry or USPSA?

Steel match and a half-ass practice session with the SS rig, I shot limited. Match went well enough. Not many make up shots and I'm sure it was my most consistent steel match ever. Just about all my times were within a few tenths of one another. First to runs on the plate rack were both 3.42. Best was a 3.17, I think. Felt slow though. Nothing in the 2s on smoke and hope or the plate rack. Draw seemed like it was not quite as fast as it ought to have been. I'm fairly sure Chuck will end up with a few seconds on me, and maybe Chad did too. Meh. Timer was dead, so the after-match practice session I had planned wasn't especially useful. Shot about 100rds of 2-reload-2 on a 1/3 USPSA steel target at 20yds (simulating 60yd shots) No timer, but I just pretended there was. I also put about 75rds through the new M2. I <3 shotguns. I can't wait until the goodies for it come (thank you Shooters Connection!!)

You can talk about those things, just not here. It's a big internet out there.

I'm in the same boat. I just cut a deal to send out the production rig. SS only for me this season.

The improvements were instantly noticeable from the last time we shot. Huge gains, no doubt. I'm going to have to up my practice game to keep up!

400rds of live fire today, felt great. It was a mildly ADD session, lots of different drills and not too many reps of each. I started off testing the new load for accuracy and POI from a rest at 17yds. It was a few clicks off, but once dialed in, 3 rounds went through the same hole. I'm still figuring out how to shoot from a rest like that, but I'm quite settled on the 5gr of Bullseye load. It may be a little on the hot side at 184PF, but I think I prefer it that way. Never have to worry about PF, poppers are my bitch, and the gun seems to like it. Draws at 7yd, need some work there. .90s were relatively easy, but pushing for .7 and low .8s had me missing more than hitting. Reloads are getting better, had quite a few 1.1x at 10ds. Few El prez runs, First run was a 4.7 with few mikes, 2nd was 6.63 and 60pts, 3rd was the best at 5.54, 54pts. 90% roughly. Both the draw and reload came in at 1.3x, so there's time to be had there. We setup a movement drill: start position, run 8-9yds to barrel (simulating wall), then T1-T3 on the move. T1 had a no-shoot covering about 1/3of the A zone, so ti really forced me to hit the brakes entering into the shooting area and get on the front sight. 2-reload-2 on the upper A-zone at 17ish yards might be my new favorite live fire drill. Bill drill at 17yd - one run at 4.35 all A. I need to do more of these. Did a few at 7yds from surrender. Best was a clean 1.90, fastest was a 1.80, down 1. Front sight forward, 2.05 clean was the best.

Heck, just a wife and a dog is enough of a distraction! Chad, get it done while you still can!

About an hour or so of SS dryfire. (normal day) I strapped on the PRD rig now that I have my mags back. A little rusty, but it appears the reload speed/consistency gap between the SS and the CZ is almost gone. The CZ grip feels too small now, as well. I can't get quite as much weak hand on there as the 1911. Looking forward to some live fire practice on Saturday. I'm hoping the rain will keep some of the crowd away.

You're already a month behind! At this rate, I'll be beating you with my single stack.

We'd need the CZ guys to make at least 2000 of them, no?

I disagree. For me most 9mm pistol slides are to heavy to start with. I'm with this guy! ETA: if that slide has worked as well as it has for the 75 and 75b in eastern bloc mil/LEO use with correspondingly hotter ammo, I don't see any reason it would be a bad idea for USPSA purposes.

If you guys were to make a 75 Shadow with the hi-power style cut that the plain ol' 75b has, I would buy 2, in a heart-beat. vs. Such a small thing, but the aesthetics of it are huge. Probably would make the slide a little lighter, no?

f*#k, I wish. Dryfire. I'm too much of a vag to go live fire practice in 20 degrees and a foot of snow.

Welcome! If you shoot at ACC, I'm sure we've crossed paths.

Yesterday was good session! Lots of sub 4 El Prez runs with the single stack on partial turtles. Did about 40 minutes of the Moving Reloads drill from Ben's book. moving left needs some work. All other directions the reload was getting done in 1.5-2 steps. Moving left was more like 3-4, keeping the 180 in mind makes it just a bit more awkward.

Officially in for Thursday for Single Stack Nationals! Time to step it up another notch in practice.

Consider upgrading to the Hornady rings. No loctite required and they will not budge once set, and they're easy to adjust when you want.

I'll trade ya a big bag of Flaming hot Cheetos for that turd STI you got.

I really would like to find the dude that came up with the idea of SP 45 ACP and kick him in the junk.

Neat little timer thingy that might work better than an egg timer http://www.predatortactical.com/cart.php?m=knowledgebase_detail&id=5 the draw at the beep drill has a timer you can set to whatever you want, and even gives you a "Shooter ready.....standby....."

Yesterday, along with the bullets, I finally bought a belt clip for my CED7000 after the stupid neck lanyard broke. It came today (gotta love the next day thing with Shootersconnection!) It's such a simple thing, but its so much easier to get more reps in with it. No more flying timer on turn and draw, no more time spinning around causing me hitting the wrong button and wait around like an idiot for a beep that isn't coming. Went for a run with the doggie, and was feeling a little drained, so dryfire was focused on some core drills. Broke new ground on 2-reload-2 with a few runs under the 2 second mark. Running sucks, but I probably ought to do more of it. ETA: Did another session of moving drills. No part time, but intensity provided by Five Finger Death Punch. It was an awesome, awesome session. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqUCgD0FhLg

Dry-fired like a maniac today. The grip tape on the bottom of my mags is wearing a hole in the palm of my left hand from reloading. Mostly moving drills. 2-reload-2 moving, front, back, side to side. 2-reload-sprint across house-2. I like that latter drill. It forces me to keep the attention on the reload and THEN switch attention to the next target/position. Ordered more 45 bullets from the good folks at Shootersconnection. I'm hoping for another nice day for some more live fire practice.

Productive dry fire session tonight! Drill1-10 and 13, doubled up on burkett reloads, 6R6 and el prez. I had a really interesting realization....when I just call the dry fire shots, and not think about the reload (or anything else), it ends up being magically awesome. I see sights, I see the old mag drop, I see the magwell with the new mag going in, all with perfect clarity. Pretty freakin' cool. Getting better with the skinny gun. I've got tentative spot for SS Nats (Thank you Jake!). I'm REALLY looking forward to playing with the big dogs.