Steve Anderson
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Alright Flex, you got us there. That was a good one.
Ernest would be ahsamed of us.
aside from the mud, I felt good about that stage, but barely nicked a no shoot on the left and still got the hit.
Flex, was it you that didn't like to shoot on the elbows? I would have thought that trying to get the gun on the ground would be worse.
I swear I'm trying to think up a good comeback for that Langdon dig...
SA
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I warm up on bianchi plates with all possible combos.
freestyle
strong only
weak only
3, reload 3
3 strong reload, 3 weak
etc.
Lately I have been focusing hard on el prez, as I feel it combines all of the elements we encounter in most classifiers. So I do 20-30 of those, then I set up a stage with steel and targets and run it several ways til I can't improve it. Then I change the stage and start over.
I don't (right now) stress splits or the time of individual skills (except reloads, I do watch those closely) I look for overall improvement in the exercise, which usually comes from:
1. relaxation
2. visual awareness
My range time is about to become more structured, I'm just having so much fun shooting...
SA
Finish off with 500 rds of .22
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At Ohio, none of us on Saturday wanted to go prone in the actual stage, let alone the walk thru or LAMR.
Mud, straw, dirt and the back of the shooting box lined up with the family jewels in the prone position... Feels kinda...funny.
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Yesterday morning.
Beretta e1 w/ docter sight, prod. holster, 2 Cs rest As.
(time to buy that REAL open gun...this dot stuff is GREAT.)
I'll post the exact breaks later, but the draw was 1.2ish, the reload was 1.2 ish, splits and breaks similar in the .2s.
Ran a 4.78 right before, got pumped, relaxed and then smoked that one.
I've been doing 50-75 dry fire el prez's a night with a 5.5 par time for about a week.
Best with reg sights was 5.3 with 3 Cs.
Need to work a little harder still. Don't like those Cs. I also def. need a comp or porting to calm that dot down.
Practicing,
SA
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What's there to savor?
I'm not referring to driving myself nuts with ever-harder goals...I'm talking about practicing more and working harder to improve every aspect of performance in my shooting.
Oh yeah, I plan to make master next year, and GM the year after that.
I'll practice more, dry fire more and do whatever it takes.
It's time to get SERIOUS. That's all.
SA
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I was hoping you'd show ME some stuff...
I think self analyzation is the key to improvement for all of us.
When you imagine a nightmare-hard stage, what's in it?
That's what you should practice.
Beyond that, I'd say you should shoot faster and more accurately.
SA
BTW, did you place third in these last two biggies 'cause of points or time? Your answer might be in there.
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I sold guitars for awhile in my musician days, and one day as I was going to to the john for a sit-down, one of the local hot shots walked in, grabbed a guitar off the wall and plugged in.
As I was walking to the john, I didn't see what gtr or amp he chose, but could hear him playing loud and clear.
I thought it must be the Jeff Beck strat($1799) through the Fender twin amp ($999)...those crisp highs and just enough grit in the tone....Nope. Mexican made Fender squier ($149) through whatever Christmas promo amp we had for $99.
Find a gun (TOOL) that works, and learn to shoot it.
SA
(BTW, if you ever see Frank Harrison playing somewhere around Ohio...GO. He's good. real good. Even if you're in the john.
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I heard on the Glen Beck show that middle eastern men were spotted practicing rifle shooting ina gravel pit in the area where the shootings are happening. Possibly hearsay, but interesting...
SA
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The gun you're describing will not be FUN to shoot, so I'd second the 9mm barrel for practice.
SA
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You mean the last mag's not supposed to back there?
Who knew?
My local squadmates (who don't all P the E to our extent) saw my three double mag pouches and started calling me Poncho Villa and asking about bandoliers. If they'd had to shoot tailgunner with 10 rounders, they need seven mags too!
SA
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Did he mention the one about dry firing, and pursuing the excellence?
SA
Enthusiasm goes a long way when the goals are tough.
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Do we need anymore proof than that?
I rest my rant.
SA
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Ro gets done calling the hits, and there's an empty target line, targets are already pasted.
Result: 2 alpha or a reshoot, depending on club.
So easily avoided by waiting to paste until the scoresheet is correct.
Also prevents ANY possibility of the "buddy- pastes early- to- get- his- friend- a- reshoot" nonsense.
Do you really want to reshoot a smokin' run because the clipboarder made an honest mistake?
Do you want to lose a close stage, even at a local club match because the ro gave your rival 2 alpha on a missing target?
If pasting is slowed a little, that's a small price to pay for truly accurate scoring.
We can set/paint steel, pick brass and WAIT 45 seconds to get the stage scored properly the first time.
Thanks, I feel a little better now.
SA
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Wait until scoring is complete before pasting ANY targets.
If you must do something, set the steel up and pick the brass, but for the love of God...
WAIT UNTIL SCORING IS COMPLETE TO PASTE ANY TARGETS.
SA
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The reload
in Skills
Agreed.
For every 1.2 reload I've done in live fire, I've done probly 500-1000 in dry fire. Many in dry fire have been sub-second.
It's no secret. If you practice hard, you will improve.
SA
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Good stuff, we can't forget the psychological advantages and disadvantages of equip. choice, either.
SA
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The BEST drill I know for trigger control and sight alignment is a pop can on a string at 10 yds. get that puppy moving, and it's challenging and fun. When it gets easy, move it back.
You'll get into an amazing zone after an hour of this where you can hit that can with the force!
Use a .22 and you can do it 500 times for 10 bucks.
What are you waiting for?
SA
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Sinse this idea of a "good enough" gun comes up so much, I have a question. (possibly rhetorical)
How would one know if the gun was holding them back?
For a gun to hold one back, I would think it would fit these guidelines:
1. It is unreliable
2. It is mechanically incapable of splits below .2
3. It is mechanically incapable of an A hit at 25 yds.
4. Its design severely handicaps holster choice in a given division.
5. It is overly ammo-sensitive.
6. It is too fragile to withstand hard practice.
7. It holds less rds than the division allows.
8. Its design limits reasonable accessory choices.
9. Just for fun, is it a revolver?
Most of the guns we debate as being good or not good enough will pass this test with powder burns in all classes but open. Much as I love my docter beretta, I have no illusions about it being a serious open gun. It fails 7 and 8 of my rules.
What do you think?
SA
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It's time.
I can taste the next level of my development around the corner, to be reached by way of the next level of commitment.
Here we go.
SA
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A turning point for me was separating a bad day from the idea that I'm not any good.
I got that from "zen and the art of tennis" that I bought for $1 at book blow out sale.
(It's eerily similar to Brian's book, talks about vision being a major component.)
This book just says that you have the right to disagree with what your brain comes up with after a bad day.
SA
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Let's do it. My company will sponsor a stage/stages, no problem.
How can I help?
SA
BTW, the rest of my circleville crew stayed away for fear of not being competitive on a regional basis...I'll get 'em there for the next one. (one is waiting to turn super -senior )
(Edited by Steve Anderson at 8:19 pm on Oct. 2, 2002)
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Fast Draws
in Skills
I need to back 'em off a little, I made 133 in Penn and 131 at Ohio state.
SA
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Fast Draws
in Skills
I tested my theory today.
Started with timer button pressed with left hand(mine beeps on the release) and the right hand very near the gun.
Release the button, start the draw, shoot w/ both hands 1 A at 3 yards in .52 seconds. That was just screwing around, could be made even faster by shooting from hip one handed.
SA
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As the targets get harder, the focus on the front sight gets more intense.
As the target gets smaller, you will worry less about EXACTLY where on the target you want to hit but instead worry more about trigger control.
It's all about focus types (in the book) and an acceptable sight picture for the shot. I use to have a lot of trouble getting out of hose mode for steel, but now in the walk thru I tell myself which focus is needed for each array. It works, just like planning a reload. Try it.
SA
4.7 el prez
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The inspiration for this was Sevigny's el prez at the FGNs. He won the stage with a 5.3 a few points down. So I made that my goal, and reached it in 2 weeks.
On demand? probly not yet.
Potential? Oh Yeah!
SA