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Funny how that works isn't it.

Are you drunk? Number one, what he did easily qualified as hands at sides. Number two, how much do you think moving that extra inch that you for some reason want would have mattered?

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At your division, sure, but with that distinction. Going around saying I'm the National Champion and leaving out "in B class" is bad form IMO.

Here's the thing...when timing yourself with and without a reload while actually shooting, there are more variables than just the reload - so it really isn't a true indicator of the time it takes. Even if the reload is done in the first step, it is still going to cost you some time. The reason is, my first step is where the vast majority of acceleration comes from and I can't maintain as great of control over fine motor skills (reloading) when I accelerate as fast as I can. So if I have to accelerate slower in order to ensure I hit my load, there is time lost in that translation. And that is under the condition that the reload is executed seamlessly. So to reiterate, if you can move with a reload as fast as you can move without one, then you aren't moving fast enough when you don't have to load.

Ignore the rain, bags, complaining, etc... It's only a distraction from the shooting. Wear a hat too.

I'd say if you're moving without a reload as fast as you're moving with a reload, you aren't moving without a reload fast enough. I really doubt that inserting a fine motor skill into a hugely gross motor skill movement won't have an effect on the time it takes to complete for the simple fact alone that your acceleration doesn't happen as aggresively or as quickly.

He puts his hand in the paint and the paint on the paper. Loves a Clamato every now and then. Views stop lights as "optional" signals.

Figure on a half second extra to do a reload, no matter what, when it comes down to match time. Attention, speed during the run, etc.

Yeah...I did that for about 3 years after I had my knee reconstructed and was in pain the entire time. Ironically once I stopped listening to the doctor and started squatting - it was better inside a month. Doctors for the most part (not all by any means) are specialists who usually don't see that exercise science merits its own individual study and research. Hell, most of the big national agencies (ACE, ACSM, AHA, etc) have it so dead wrong when it comes to exercise, fitness, and nutrition it isn't even funny. By all means, go to the doctor to get his opinion, but realize that's all that it is. If it's dumb advice, it's dumb advice, regardless of the letters after their name.

Uhhh no thanks...I like my arm.

http://www.crossfit.com Routine is the enemy...especially when it is for a year and isolates muscle groups. You got Rogue Fitness right in your area. They are a great affiliate.

One quick thing I'd like to add....You won't get in to trouble using a front sight focus. You probably won't get into too much trouble using a target focus either. The dangerous part is when you don't focus on either one. I've been doing this stuff for a long time now, and the other day I was doing a little group shooting at 25 yards wondering why I couldn't hit shit. What I had thought was front sight focus - wasn't....and it was very apparent on paper. When that finally hit me, I focused real hard exclusively on the front sight and shot a 2 inch group. It's amazing...I know what to do, have taught many many people and given tons of advice on what to do, all the while I got lazy and wasn't even doing it myself. So I guess the point is, if you are shooting with a front sight focus and still can't hit the target well (assuming you have good trigger control) maybe you really aren't focusing as hard on the sight as you think.

Honestly when I first saw your question it was the first thing I thought of. I read the emails whenever I see them and I remembered seeing the inscription on the shirt...it was just logical from there. Thanks though. And another reason I probably remembered was that I love that quote.

The inscription on the shirt was also the Maku Mozo mailing for April 15th.

Thank you.

Out of curiosity...how did the gun "pop" out of your holster?

I did it in practice once with my buddy's Glock. It's all in the draw and the load for me on this one. A .7x draw and .9x load will get you there without much of a problem.

You need to be pushing the ragged edge in practice. This is called threshold training.

The more skilled you are, the less the transition time will be. The fundamentals of shooting never change regardless of what platform you are shooting. If you keep the sights on the target until the bullet leaves the barrel, it is impossible to miss. Give pretty much any of the top tier GM's any reasonable gun and they will shoot within 5% of normal right out the gate.

I'd definitely say that's usually true and this is an exception to it.

I like them a lot Brian. I'm kinda surprised you decided to go with yokogaki format instead of tategaki.

Figure 9 years practicing 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I love it.

Well to be able to call your shot accurately, you don't need to necessarily read your sights, you just need to know exactly where the gun was pointed the instant the bullet left the barrel. If your index is developed sufficiently, you can call shots with either a target focus, or sighting along the top of the slide to a certain yardage. Now, I'm not necessarily recommending this because the sights will always give you the most accurate feedback. Where this becomes important is when you touch on area of acceptability. For example, if I can call my shots to within 2 inches at 5 yards without fail. Essentially all I need to do is aim in the center of the A zone and I'm guaranteed an A zone hit. Even if I'm off by 2 inches, if my POA is the center of the A zone, I will make a good hit and have no hesitation at all in my shooting. That same ability to call hits within 2 inches at 5 yards may translate to 6 inches at 10 yards. At that point, my index is not sufficiently developed enough to rely on it to shoot consistent A's. At arms length targets, as long as there is not considerable risk (ie, hard cover or no shoot) I don't really care where my round impacts the A zone - just as long as it's in the A zone. The year I shot L10 nats, there was a dark house. You only really needed the flashlight for the first 3 targets. The 2 in the 2nd room were well lit enough to where you could shoot them without the flashlight. There was a final target in the last room to the right though that was completely blacked out - you couldn't see it at all without the flashlight. I decided to give myself a point of reference (my shoulder on the door frame, aim to the inside of the door) to shoot the target without a light. I ended up shooting 3 rounds on it, and shot 3 Alphas without seeing the target OR the sights. Pure index. My area of acceptability was comfortable enough to where I could shoot the target on index alone, and it ended up saving me a good half second. I think I won the stage because of it. Hope that helps. (PS...at work, so didn't have a chance to proof read)

Or have a well developed index.