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Exactly what MR Kelley said. I went through this years ago for the exact same reason. It took me about a month to get back to the same level I was at when I made the change.
Now throw a rifle and shotgun in and this gets really screwy!!
Oh man, I didn't even think about the effect it would have on my rifle and shotgun shooting. I could see it being a little hard to shoot those with my right eye taped up.
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Went and got a physical and come to find out my right eye is trash compared to my left eye. Im a righty and shoot with tape over my left eye because it is the dominant one, but I did not realize until now how much clearer everything is out of my left eye vs my right. Not only that but I can focus way faster. This leads me to believe that if I can train to shoot with my left eye I could quite possibly shoot faster and with more accuracy. Now, do I learn to draw to my left eye and fight my every instinct for who knows how long, or keep trucking along like I have been. I'm so close to M I can taste it, but I can see this switch holding me back for some period of time if I commit to the change.
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Eh, I use a 550 and reload 1600-2000 rnds a month on it. The way I have things situated I can tube the primers and load 100 rnds in 11-12 min. I first started reloading on a friends 1050, and when it ran it was nice. The problem was that it would choke up pretty regularly so that killed the production level. My 550 almost never gets hung up.
It's kinda the same thing as shooting a 2011 vs a Glock. One is fast and a bit touchy while the other just will not stop working.
I would still like to have a 1050 though. It's hard to justify spending another $1k on a faster rig when I could make nearly 10k rounds with that money on the rig I have.
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Never been bitten, but I also have small hands.
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Shot the Texarkana match and boy it was fun. I will definitely be shooting that match more, only problem is there aren't anymore until March. Anyway, it was a challenging set of stages and I did pretty good on planning and executing the movement portion, but my hits suffered a bit. I think I just got so caught up with getting to move around that I wasn't focused on hitting A's like I should have been. The classifier was "Sit or Get Off the Shot" and I bombed it. First string I put a round 1/8th" into the hard cover so that screwed me on making it a M class. I was boned anyway because it turns out the spring on the slide lock was broken and the slide kept locking back on every weakhand shot costing loads of time.
So, it was a great match and I know what I need to work on. For the last 3 weekends I have been doing all steel accuracy drills and thats what i shot well. It is evident that I need to do some more paper punching to get back on track with shooting 2 A's with followthrough instead of 1 A then an A sight picture with no followthrough before I start to transition to the next target.
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Well, had another go at the range today. I shot just 5 strings of draw +1 on the plates finishing with 2 strings of 10 on the 6x6 at 40 yards. I dropped in percentage of hits so that kinda started things off .....off. I had decided to start moving into 40 yard bill drills on the 9x14. I had done a few the last time I was at the range and did pretty good, this time however was just sad. I dont know what was going on, but I just couldnt shoot worth a damn today. I want to say that I was trying to will the hits instead of just looking at my sights and trusting them.
Im going to the Texarkana match tomorrow so I really gotta shake this one off and just call it a bad day. I need to let loose and just do what Im gonna do, observe, and learn from it.
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Generally, the heavier the bullet the less felt recoil for the same power factor. Some people prefer it to be a bit snappier, but that is also something you can tune by using different powders.
There are people that are using 200 grn in .40 now too, but I'm kinda afraid of that because it puts a lot of stress on the brass and I like to reuse my brass many many times.
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You cannot miss fast enough to win.
As stated in a previous post, in the beginning you will start out slower than you want to be, but if you try to shoot at the speed of a Master or GM you will never learn to see what you need to see to fire an A zone hit on a target 3 yards away and 50 yards away.
When pure speed is your focus Mikes, D's, and No Shoots are in your near future. The point of it all is to learn to read your sights quickly and act accordingly to the task at hand. This takes time and experience and you have to accept that. You can cheat your way to C and even B class, but that is why so many shooters get stuck there. They are still trying to shoot C's faster and it just won't happen unless you get a lot of those classifiers with open targets and really high hit factors.
The goal is to shoot for all A's on the edge of control. This means that C's will happen, you just don't want more than 10% of your hits to be C's. There is no need to make dime sized groups in the middle of the A zone, just do what it takes to hit it and know that you hit it.
You have to learn to call your shots.
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As you get further up the classes, points will start separating the shooters. In the beginning it is easy to shoot and move fast while sacrificing A hits for C's and D's and still win your class, but this is a dead end road that has a lot of potential to burn up tons of practice ammo and yield bad habits that cost even more ammo to correct.
Learn to shoot accurately and practice it some every time you go to the range. This fundamental is the rock you want to build other skills on. The more you practice this, the more efficiently you will be capable of recognizing and firing an accurate shot that is suitable for the target you are engaging. This efficiency will in turn be perceived as speed on the timer when the COF is over, especially when steel is involved and you don't have to fire all those make up shots just to finish it.
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Thanks man, it was a good day! It was a shame not actually getting to squad with you guys and shoot the sht for the day.
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I don't shoot open, but if you are new to the sport the basic fundamentals need to be drilled in reguardless of division.
Shooting groups for max accuracy should be a part of every session. The more accuracy you have available means you have more room to sacrifice it for speed and still get your hits.
Draw and shoot a controlled pair on an ipsc target at 7-15 yards. You want to be hitting 95% A's and letting your vision dictate the speed, not just repetition.
Set up with 2 targets at 7-15 yards away and about 45 degrees apart from your shooting position. Start pointed at one target and on the buzzer transition to the other, fire a shot, and transition back to the original and fire a shot. Alternate this and make sure you are seeing what you need to see to make an A hit 95% of the time.
These should get you started on the right track and not be too hard on the ammo budget. Also be sure you are doing all drills correctly before pushing your limits.
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+1 for Mike's book.
Also, an easy on the budget live fire drill that will help a lot more than I anticipated is drawing and shooting an 8" plate or similar at 50 yards with followthrough like you're going to fire two shots. There is no speed objective, just the goal of hitting the plate 100% of the time on the first shot which is not easy. I would suggest starting at a shorter distance like 25 yards, but 50 should be the goal. Shooting the A zone of an ipsc target at 10 yards will be effortless after learning this skill.
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Well, Ive made 3 more trips to the range using only 120 rounds per trip. Each trip I did the same drill as above and have gotten to the 30 yard mark on the 6x6. Also, on this last session I started off with a 1 time shot at El Presidente. The "this one is it" pressure creeps up on me the same when it is practice or a match, so the feeling before the buzzer goes off simulates well, in my case, the same thing I feel during matches. Well I scored a 91.3% on this so I believe that is my second M class classifier.
It is pretty cool that every time Ive gone, my accuracy has shown a measurable improvement. It also is very cool that I am using less rounds, and get to shoot 3 times a week instead of just 2. I think this in itself is a huge part of the improvement. More range days, less range time. I even shot 2 separate times on Saturday so that allowed me to shoot, ponder, then shoot again later. I like this a lot.
I was going to hit up the Oakwood classifier match on Sunday, but it looked like was it going to be raining pretty good all morning so I opted not to drive the nearly 2 hours for a very probable washout. I was pretty psyched about the match too as I havent shot a match in 2 months or so now due to the insane heat here. Im looking forward to next weekends Longview match so I can see how my subconscious has taken to this style of training. I think I am learning the difference between moving fast and efficiency of motion.
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The last two times I went out to the range were spent just drawing and hitting a plate at 30 yards and then 40.
As per instructions of my mentor, I need to have the goal of being able to draw and hit an 8" plate at 50 yards with one shot on demand. The drill is not about speed, just accuracy. So what I did is shoot strings of 10 rounds starting at 30 yards on a 9x14" plate. Whenever I hit all 10 I could move back another 10 yards. Whenever I make it to 50 yards on the large plate I then have to go back to 30 yards on a small 6" plate and then move back to 40 yards. This makes the 6" plate a little smaller than an 8" at 50 yards.
Well I didn't make it past 30 yards the first day. I averaged 75 percent first round hits. The second day I shot about 8 strings of 90% and then finally got all 10 and moved back to 40 yards and shot 1 string at 90%. To finish I went ahead and shot a string from 40 yards at the 6" plate for 50% hits. I'm seeing fast improvement in my accuracy and the consistency/efficiency of my draw which I didn't really expect given the lack of speed focus of the drill.
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You should have a goal for each session, but you really need multiple layers of goals to drive improvement.
A very basic version of my WRITTEN goals is as such:
1.I want to make M without practicing any classifiers.
2.To do that I have to be accurate, so my goal is to always shoot 95% A's in practice and in matches.
3.To do that I have learn to see my sights lift for every shot during practice so it will translate to A's during matches.
One of the benefits of having layers of goals is that when you have moments of failure, which are inevitable, you are still progressing towards your grand goal.
I would suggest you read Mike Seeklander's book for a more in depth look into goal setting among other great info on regimented training.
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I vote 35. That sight radius is well worth the extra weight on those long shots. As far as switching back and forth, I seriously doubt you will have a problem.
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Oh man, I could see myself burning a lot of ammo on this drill. I have about given up on trying to prep the trigger on my glock and instead embracing the trigger pull more like a short stroke revolver trigger. TGO pretty much finished convincing me to go the distance with this technique. Now it I just need a 5 gal bucket of ammo!
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My accuracy was down and it was caused by focusing so much on the front sight alone that when it was on the target I fired without confirming that it was well aligned with the rear sight. This is a reoccurring problem that happens when I start pushing for speed. I dont bring my focus all the way back so that the front sight is in excellent focus and the rear is in good focus. I keep stopping sort where the target is out of focus with a good front sight focus, but Im barely paying attention to the rear sight yet.
This is why I hate fiber optic front sights. Lotta guys use 'em with great success, but you might consider borrowing a black front sight gun and see if it improves...
I have ended up blacking my fiber optic out for the most part with a magic marker. I had recently tried leaving the bulb that I actually see on the sight untouched and blacking out the rest of it so that it is just a dull red, but I think I like it completely blacked out more.
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I shot 100 rnds today doing some simple yet difficult things, for me anyway. I stuck a plate out at 30 yards and just did about 20 reps of drawing and firing one shot. I didnt go for speed, but just for doing it and not missing. I ended up at about 80 percent on that. After that I moved to 40 yards and did bill drills. I averaged 4 hits out of 6 shots on 12 reps of this. Obviously I need more work on this and plan on doing the same thing tomorrow. I dont feel like I have faith that my trigger pull will land the shot accurately at the distance and it is proving to be a mental hurdle in that the more I try to ensure a smooth trigger pull to prep and then fire, the more I seem to mess it up. Im having a hard time just letting go of caring where the shot will land and just worry about knowing where the shot will land.
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Yeah, it looked pretty good from here. Keep it up!
The stages looked really cool. Makes me extra sad that I missed it. Oh well, gonna be all over it next year.
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I've used titegroup, n320, and wst in my g35 and here is my opinionon them.
I like TG alright. The accuracy is good, not too dirty in the gun, but I do end up with flakes all over my arms after I have shot 200 rnds or so. The recoil is sharp and snappy, but I like it. I just wish it took up more volume in the case.
N320. I like the way it feels, but it was the dirtiest of the 3 powders at 169 pf. I was so excited to try it after so many great reviews and was just dumbfounded at my experience. I used it with moly bullets and it smoked just as much as TG. Seriously, shooting it made me WANT to clean my glock. Won't be buying any more of it for this gun.
WST. This is the powder of choice for me in .40 and .45. It meters well, takes up about half the case and is a light grey so it's easy to see. It feels like n320, cleanest shooting in my gun and plenty accurate if I do my part. It is also about as available as TG and around the same price too.
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I shot Outer Limits and Accelerator on steel with a friend today. Its good change in pace to really bring out flaws in my shooting. I didnt do all that great in that I had a hard time picking up the targets at the speed I was trying to shoot. Despite my efforts to be visually patient, that ring of the steel got to me. I swear its like a drug. I just want to hear the pinging faster!
The good news however is that my draw was pretty good. I clocked as low as a .9 from surrender a couple of times so that made me happy.
I definitely need more work in the visual patience category though. Have to ignore the sweet ring of steel and just make the shot.
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9/3/11
Session B/Phase 2
I changed a couple things on my gun for today. I put a medium power firing pin spring in and took the Venick ultimate trigger bar out, then I also put my thinner dawson F/O front sight in. I felt like I needed more trigger feel, even if it wasnt a super trigger.
Short Movement into Postion
Averaged 9.58 on time and 82% Body A's
Long Movement into Position
Averaged 9.93 on time and 82% Body A's
Shooting and Moving Multi-Directional
I dont time this one, but I hit 82% on my Body A's
This was a good session. I at least shot with consistency!
My accuracy was down and it was caused by focusing so much on the front sight alone that when it was on the target I fired without confirming that it was well aligned with the rear sight. This is a reoccurring problem that happens when I start pushing for speed. I dont bring my focus all the way back so that the front sight is in excellent focus and the rear is in good focus. I keep stopping sort where the target is out of focus with a good front sight focus, but Im barely paying attention to the rear sight yet. Must fix this! -
This is from 8/28/11
Session A/Phase 2
Started with 10 yrd groups
One Shot X Drill @ 10 yrds
averaged 6.22 on time and 50% Head Azone, 88% Body A.
Two Shot X Drill @ 10 yrds
averaged on time and 37% Head A with 5 mikes, and 80% Body A.
-I felt like things were a little out of control for this drill. Most of my mikes came from pulling the second shot down into the body(I count these as mikes as the head was the target). It was a lack of visual patients that caused the drop in accuracy. I was pulling the trigger at the speed that I was used to shooting with the sights returning, but they werent returning consistently so I was kinda banging away with wherever the sights happened to land.
Accel/Decelerate Drill
Averaged 5.99 and 82% Body A's
-I gripped a little more aggressively and the sights started returning more consistently.
Multi-Hardcover Drill
Averaged 5.07 for time and 90% Body A's
-Again I used a more aggressive grip and the sights returned well. I had a little bit of a trigger jerk, but it was manageable.
I had a good practice today and learned a good bit more about my grip and how it should feel when everything is strong yet neutral. I felt like I had accomplished a lot with the rounds I spent.
My accuracy was down and it was caused by focusing so much on the front sight alone that when it was on the target I fired without confirming that it was well aligned with the rear sight. This is a reoccurring problem that happens when I start pushing for speed. I dont bring my focus all the way back so that the front sight is in excellent focus and the rear is in good focus. I keep stopping sort where the target is out of focus with a good front sight focus, but Im barely paying attention to the rear sight yet. Must fix this!
TS and Bayou Bullets
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The bayou bullets will work fine in poly rifling from what I've read and they are very clean. The problem you are having may be from the bullet diameter. The coating makes them not fit well and stick in my KKM barrel on my glock while I'm checking rounds. What I do now is run them through a lee sizer die for cast bullets and it squeezes them down a thousandth or so and they fit fine and cycle smoothly. Yeah it's a little more work, but they shoot the cleanest of all the coated bullets and don't smoke. I would get some MG's, but I'm trying real hard to squeeze every round I can get out of a dollar these days.