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Sure man! We also have legal downloading of copyrighted stuff. Just the uploading/sharing part is illegal. So it's movie-mania over here

"3 days, but I'm angry now..." -Homer J Simpson that was a great episode

Hehe, thanks Luca, yes that emoticon is more like what I looked like yesterday. The handle I broke was on a Square Deal (over 10 years old, so I don't blame the product, it's just that the timing sucks). On the upside, I immediately ordered a 550 as a primary press, so the SDB can be my backup, or the other way around. Thanks titan, I hope my match will go better

I broke the crank on my reloading press.... I have 134 rounds to shoot a 108 round match. Makes me go for A's....I guess.... I hope they won't chrono me, cause that will be another couple of rounds....

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They just show movies as they are over here. No censorship/creative editing. I can only imagine what shouldn't be shown on TV, but I guess Scarface comes to mind first.

I think of it like this: A good instructor can teach you (rationally) the correct technique. You, by yourself, can ingrain this technique by repetition, thereby "building the strong neural pathways you need through the Myelination process often called muscle memory." Dry fire can offer you this element of repetition, as long as the technique you want to learn has not so much to do with the gun actually moving under recoil.

You're most welcome Nemo Funny thing. I talked to my dad yesterday and he said: "I noticed that a lot of Coen Brothers movies are about people getting in trouble over a bag of money..." Big Lebowski Fargo No Country For Old Men Ladykillers

Ah, that clears up a lot. Man, that sounds pretty cool! Suret his will happen more often, just don't look for it

I agree with that. But I still believe there's lots of room to do other stuff as you are developing your shot calling skills

Doesn't that work the other way around too?

Ditto on the "being right" thing. I have always found a lot of fun in learning different things. Especially in Dry fire. On the range, I usually like to get out there and do one or two things, but in Dry Fire, I like to work on 5-6 things and mix them up from day to day. This also connects to the comment I made in another thread about "going through the motions" in dry fire and not really learning anything because of that. If you practice different things on different days, you will stay interested (at least that is my experience). And maybe even more important, you will look at your entire game instead of just focussing endlessly one or two aspects. It is cool if you can do a .6 reload instead of a .7, but all the time you practiced in improving that .1s, you could have spent at something that is really your weakness. You could have improved your game by whole %s in overall match results. Again, just my 2cts.

Are you guys suggesting you do the "stand still thing" until you can call shots? Or are you saying to just not focus too much on the mechanics of moving (entering/leaving) until you can call your shots? Regardless of the answer, I have to disagree (respectfully of course ). I agree that calling your shots is the most important fundamental of shooting, but developing that fundamental is also an everlasting road. I know great shooters who are still working on calling their shots. Even guys who won the World Shoot get caught throwing a shot without calling it. So, there is no point at which you can go: "OK, I know how to shoot now, let's move on to the other stuff". IMO, develop a complete game and work from there.

Does that mean you didn't see the dot? Or that you did not know where the dot was all eight times the gun fired? What did you hit? I have had this happen, especially a lot on Bill Drills. On these runs I usually look for my hits on the paper, because I can't/don't follow the sight. I try to avoid the feeling of not being in control as much as possible. To me, it might be fun to do, to see if I can get some new imputs. But I basically hate pulling the trigger and not knowing where the bullet will go. To answer you question: I think it is the result of a combination of not paying attention to the sights and trying to go as fast as possible (the physical act of "trying to go fast").

I don't know where or how you guys came up with that conclusion but you may want to rethink it. Hehe, I think you guys both have a point. There's no denying that dryfire will help you become faster and it does have benefits. You can train things like draws, transitions, reloads etc. ad nauseum. But too much dryfire, or more accurate, a huge imbalance between dryfire and live fire has a negative result on (my) live fire. Too much dry fire will result in creating two different "realms" of gun handling. At least, that's my experience. EDIT: It's easy to lose the big picture when you dry fire a lot. You dry fire to help you live fire. Not just to become better in dry firing.

Recently I have been shooting very cheap bullets in my Glock 17. They're lead with some kind of white plastic coating. I measured them varying from .357 to .363... The groups I'm getting are good(to me at least, about 1.5" @20y) and no fouling. The velocity is very consistent (30fps spread). I have also shot .357 jacketed with great results. Short story... I wouldn't worry too much

Have fun and experiment some. Movement is the biggest time saver in IPSC. Try to find some good video material of top shooters and study it. Also, these forums contain good info if you do a search.

This is exactly what I wanted to say when I clicked on "Reply"

I think everyone has days where you just go through the motions. I try to avoid that feeling. Going through the motions means I'm not learning anything.

The perfect situation for me would be one week between matches, followed by two weeks between matches, followed by one week, etc.

It's FAST!

The wanna-b-speedy threads will be a good read. I also did a search for hit factor

I can't see why you would want to improve that reload if you have 100% consistency. It looks very smooth and more than fast enough. Time to practice the other stuff? Great reload!

LOL+Kudos@ this guy for having people actually take him seriously.

Funny sh!t