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I'm pretty sure it's a bird; beyond that I'd have to ask in the questions that don't fit anywhere thread.... See my previous post...

No worries mate

Tony, don't misunderstand my thread. It's in the "What I like" forum, and it's about threads that are about shooting

Hey! Spook! get back to your hate rant about .... Non Shooting Threads LOL! That was a "What I like" thread about shooting threads. I have every right to be here dammit!!!

If it's just the clicking that bothers her, you can do great deal of transition drills without pulling the trigger. Same goes for almost all exercises, but just transitions and hi-readies are great. You don't always have to pull the trigger. Work on the rest in a place where she can't hear you. I would shoot at the range for about 2 hours (2 or three times a week) and do 0.5 hours of dry fire every day.

If you switch guns, ask yourself, why? It's taking a shortcut to better/faster shooting, but you will have to learn anyway. It doesn't matter which gun you shoot. You know what a Glock is capable of in good hands (World Champion level shooting). I would stick with the Glock. Sounds kind of strange, but you learn the most by shooting a gun that you're not very good/fast with, initially. You will not learn anything more by switching divisions. Production is the division where accuracy counts most. Accuracy is one of the most (if not the most)important fundamentals of the game. In Production you are forced to shoot accurately, and you will still have to learn how to be fast. You do more reloads than other divisions. I dare to say that you will learn the best starting out in Production.

Good post and reflects my sentiments exactly. +1 on Flex ressurrecting the Wanna-B-Speedy threads. Those are great!

then think about the method to apply to solve it the fastest way, and then you have to apply eye-hand coordination with a good dose of manual dexterity I think most guys the age of the record holders use those qualities in a different way

That was the past! I'm changed, man!

I have shot my best stages when I was pissed off for some reason and the only logical outlet when standing online is to tear the stage a new one. I wish I had some instant way of creating this mood. I have noticed that a sub-optimal intake of nutrients (not eating/drinking enough) can be a big loser for your arousal level.

Title says it all I think. The "Shooting Discussions" Forums is where it's at. This place has become so crowded and there are so many subforums, most of which are not about shooting, that it's easy to forget why I joined these forums in the first place. I will be in the "Shooting Discussions" forums from now on, learning how to be a better shooter. Feel free to join me

The term follow-through glues the visual patience part to the shot calling in my experience. I agree that shot calling is not the activity, but the monitoring part of the shooting. But, sometimes there's a glitch in my follow-through, which somehow causes me to make a conscious decision if what I saw was "good enough". When this happens I get what Dirty Chamber describes. I will be on the next target when I realize I have to go back. The glitch part says it all I think (what you describe as having to be "all there").

Wow! I just watched some rubik's cube stuff on youtube. I didn't even know the World Record is being held by some Dutch guy. 9.55 seconds. Sick.

LOL [Chris Farley Voice] WHAT KIND OF CRUEL JOKE IS THIS!!!!! [/Chris Farley Voice]

I had my fastest reloads like that as well. Work for both ways of reloading I would say. The sooner you have the new clip in the gun, the better. And that comes down to having the clip as close to the empty cylinder as possible.

So why do you hate it so much?

I have been eyeing those since they came out. I am very curious about the accuracy of those things. Please keep us posted Catfish

I like to keep some essential parts of my body warm. For me, bald guy, I wear a beanie and a scarf. This keeps me pretty warm entirely, which also helps to keep my hands warmer. To specifically keep my hands warm, I use handwarmers. #4 rocks!

Which, for me, raises the question: How do you know that what you saw is real, or what you wanted to see? I have trouble understanding where the visual patience line ends, and calling the shot starts. This is more or less what I was trying to say. Sometimes as I break the shot something will happen. For some reason I will not clearly see the sights, or sign off a tad too early. When this happens I make a decision based on what I know. This is a real time consumer. Visual patience (if applied) ends where you see the front sight move out of the notch. This is where the shot calling begins. Visual patience means you wait with breaking the shot until you know the gun is aimed at what you want to hit. Calling the shot is knowing where the bullet will as the shot breaks. I am interested in the little transition from aiming (visual patience) to shot calling.

Great news Luca! Congratulations!!! Now get those "military" calibers accepted for civilian use and I can come over and shoot a match with my Glock 9mm

Which, for me, raises the question: How do you know that what you saw is real, or what you wanted to see?

Nice post SA Friday! Thanks for the observations.

Well, that one brought a mile to my face. Thanks Ron, but I'm starting to think that revolver shooting has made me slower in a way. I won so much time doing faster reloads than other shooters, that I was never pushed to shoot at the limits of my speed. I like 1. Realizing this must have been a tremendous confidence boost. You just made my practice plan for the next couple of months. I am going to work with this. Awesome stuff. Well, that is definately something I have to check out. I think so. Though I must admit that I am still getting used to my DOH holster and I have lost time on unloaded starts (something I haven't practiced in dry fire a lot). But my splits still suck. I was hoping that was a revolver thing, but I still don't get under .20, even with the close stuff. After reading your entire post, I beg to differ. This has to be one of the most enlightening things I have read on the subject. Ever. Posts like this is what brought me to these forums about 7 years ago and somthing I have missed a lot lately. Thanks Yes, I realized that I wasn't being very specific. I'll work on some standards and see if I can post some useful numbers. The more I think of it, the more I feel it is a lack of agression. Especially on field courses, it's like I lack the drive to really tear the stage up. This will manifest itself in slower shooting, but also in all othert aspects of shooting a stage. It's funny that you mention that. A shooting buddy told me the same yesterday, not really directed towards me. I think I already do this, but I'll check it at the range. See if someone will record my runs.

Hehe, I was looking for that one Luca. Thanks (again ) Here's Brian's post (so you don't have to open another window/tab: I guess I'm having someissues figuring out what it is I need to see on different types of targets. I also wonder if I should keep some kind of database of different types of targets I can encounter in a match. But man, that post by Brian just about nailed it PS, I have noticed that I began to dislike the phrase "see what you need to see". It is used (quoted) so often on these forums and has basically lost all meaning to me. I read this post by forum member Overhung and he put to words what I have been thinking for quite some time. "See what you need to see" is often the "End of thread" comment used here. It's treated like the one thing it all comes down to. And it probably is, but to me it is not nearly as specific as I would like.

Chris, I am already working on this drill on a daily basis. I have about 95% consistency with this. 1 out of 20 presentations my sights aren't correctly alligned. The other 19 times I have a perfect sight picture. It's a good drill to learn the "feel" for indexing. But I think it's also a drill that doesn't put much emphasis on getting the shot over with fast. I am working on extremely fast and wide transitions right now, as an extension of that drill.