Tinyvic77

Well to be honest I never thought I would get this many responses. Unreal. Thank you all for your input. Before I posted the original thread I thought hard about if I should post it. Didnt want to come off the wrong way. Im gald it didnt. Again, that you all.

So the last few weeks I have been on the forums trying to find different ways to practice and make myself a better all around shooter. I read through posts on dry fire, live fire, the mental side of the game, and anything in between. My goal was to try to develop a system for myself that would help me catch the guys who are leading in my division. I am a B class shooter. I have worked for my B and am damn proud of it. Some higher ranked shooters probably think thats not a big deal. To some of us it is. Ok, so on to the point. My question is, what do the GM's do that make them so much better? A lot of people can pull the trigger fast and get average hits. Some are better at strong/weak hand shooting. Others are blessed with speed. The GM's, have it all. Every single aspect of the game is polished. For an average shooter like me, I strive to meet the same standards. I put in as much time into practice as possible. I want to make it into the M to GM class someday. So what is holding me back? Its the basics. Working on the stuff that I am not great at. Sure I'm ok strong/weak handed, but I'm not great. I lack confidence in that area. I don't pick up my sights like I should every time. It is amazing how many people on here, me included at times, have a reason that some thing didn't go the way we wanted it to. It was the gun, the ammo, the buzzer, ect. Its never us. So I guess the whole reason I am writing this post is to say one thing.....shut up!!!! To myself, and to everyone who blames why they are shooting poorly on everything but themselves. I understand stuff happens, but it almost always comes back to the shooter. So I am going to strive to push myself to work on the most boring, weakest area's off my shooting until I get my M. Might take 6 months, might take 6 years. But I am not gonna blame it on anything but me.

i know the stage was illegal. but for a local match, it was something different to help new guys get a little confidence and get that pull faster than you can see feeling out of them. it was nutz.

so at our local weekly tonight, we had a stage that had 4 targets from about 5 to 10 yards. the stage was hands at side, engage from box. each target required 4 shots on paper just for something different. i shoot open and some how kicked it into high gear. 14 alphas and 2 charlies in 4.68 seconds. fastest ive ever shot and scored well.

Just bought a 170mm SPS mag tube. Im planning on buying the gramms spring kit and base pad. I see that on their website the also tune mags. Just wondering if anyone has used them and how their mags work. Im not trying to say they are bad, just curious before I contact them. Have heard nothing but good. If you have any other ideas on how I could get it tuned, that would help to.

Agreed. I have a very good feeling its the mags. Im 6'6" 280lbs and am a farmer. im guessing its not my grip. The ammo runs great in the gun its just every once in a while. I was already thinking mags. Time to dig a little.

Well thanks for the advice guys. Cant shoot if the gun doesnt run. The sad part is it runs fine until it absolutly has to. Mr. Murphy. Again thank you all.

I have always said to never get caught doing a standing reload. guess what I had to do at a local weekly shoot? Thats right, standing reload. I guess my question is when you guys are shooting open or limited, at which point to do a reload round count wise? I had a mag with 22 rounds plus one in the gun. The COF was 28 rounds. The first 20 shots I planned to go through with no reload. Didnt need it. I had a jam. had to clear it started shooting again and before the 20th shot, click. Standing reload. Continued the course. So I left myself 3 extra rounds, but because of the jam ran out. If I planned a reload at say the 16 or 18 round point, I would be telling myslef that I can take make-up shots if I know I dropped one into the C-zone. Just looking for some help in planning.

slow is smooth, smooth is fast. If your just getting into uspsa, your skills will develope fast. I started in idpa and then started shooting uspsa just like you. I have long arms and thought i was moving to slow. so i worked at it. def cant speed it up over night but just stick with a dry fire routine and the speed will come.

I had the same prob. Best way to solve, keep shooting. after a while it just went away. now i stick to my plans and dont feel like i have changed anything.

2004 - 20 years old

I thought about trying a slide mounted dot. Then I thought about it and realized none of the top shooters use them. There must be a reason. On the other side, do what works best for you. I have a cmore and love it.