Jake Di Vita

I don't know, and honestly wouldn't really worry about it. Conscious thought during the stage could be a factor. If the performance is there, I'm less inclined to need to know why. It's when performance starts suffering that diagnosing technique is critical.

I was with you right until I read that. "Talent" doesn't get results...practice and devotion do. You'll get good as quickly and you want to.

The only flaw is if you aren't seeing fast enough. The goal of USPSA shooting is to break each shot at the earliest possible instant that it will hit the A zone. So if your gun is pointed at the target, but you don't realize it because you don't visually acquire an acceptable sight picture fast enough, you are coming up short. See what you need to see, on each and every shot. Most of the time there is little target shooting even with a target focus. The danger comes when you aren't focused on either the sights or the target.

Yep. Go back to the fundamentals. Just aim.

One criteria I have is to always set up your positions with getting to the next position in mind. I personally usually like to enter on the easiest target and leave on the 2nd easiest target - but I am comfortable leaving on a hard target (even steel). If you are doing your job there is really no difference. The only time that becomes bad is when your focus lapses and you miss the shot. Leaving on the easier target just gives you a little more leeway to the amount of focus required to make a good hit. So in short...practice both. Because you never know what you are going to see come match time.

I would say on average, shooting Open is equal to about 1 extra point per second than Limited. Which is a lot.

Standing loads are usually more costly than you might think...the best of them take at least 1.5 seconds each....often more.

That was the first thing I thought too.

It definitely has not been even close to 4 years bro. I'm pretty sure he just joined the Army last year.

That's the thing right there. I shot that classifier in L10 and Limited when it first came out, and scored 100% on both runs. I never saw the sights on a single shot - but I did see enough to know the sights were inside the A-zone. See what you need to see to make the shot.

I find most people who's goal is to WIN don't keep or display plaques where they lost. (Losing = not 1st place). I do it in very select occasions. For example, I have a plaque next to my door from the match I lost by about .1 match points - to remind me that every point counts. I don't keep the majority and I know quite a lot of shooters who feel the same way. Other than that, frankly, it's no ones business what a competitor does with the plaque they were given. I don't see how it's disrespectful at all - it isn't insulting the match, staff, or competition. It is solely based as a representation of your performance. I bet 99% of us throw the stuff away we get in the sponsor bag when we register for the match too, but I don't see anyone screaming "foul" over that. By that logic, isn't that disrespecting our match sponsors?

Jim, For the most part I find it more important to use your sights when you are in awkward firing positions because your index is greatly compromised. But like I said before...see what you need to make the shot - regardless of what that is. I bet you wouldn't shoot the gun in a dismounted position if those close targets had no shoots on them - or they were a little further away. You can always find extenuating circumstances, but those are the exception rather than the rule. Bottom line is in the type of shooting we do, it is better to get feedback from your sights 99.9% of the time.

See what you need to see to make the shot. The sights aren't necessarily required - although it is no slower to use them then not to.

I like the weather personally - the worse the weather, the better I like it...anyone can shoot in beautiful sunny weather. Just another distraction from the shooting.

Sevigny wins L10. No idea about Open.

We all start somewhere man. Keep it up, make you sure record everything in detail, and in a month you won't believe how far you came.

Make sure you get your center of mass lined up behind the gun, pull the trigger straight back, and do a shitload of practice. Oh yeah...watch the sights too.

Except when you win.

Exactly. I'm way against the nanny state and people telling me what I should do "for my own good" - but I'm also a firm believer in one being held accountable for their actions. You don't want to leave? No problem, but you're on your own.

All shooting is different, but the goal is always the same. Why do we shoot? To hit the target. So since the end goal is always the same, chances are the means of getting there (in any discipline) has a good amount of transferability.

Kill it bro!

That's exactly why those guys aren't average. Way to go. Proud of ya Ben.

I talked with Sevigny yesterday. His thoughts are the match will be decided in Production on the standards stage.

Below the GM level, the most important thing is improving gross motor skills - which dry fire and rimfire are fantastic for. At GM, the key is improving your fine motor skills (such as recoil management, etc...) While you are improving there is absolutely no substitute for reps. Unless you are independently wealthy, the reps required to hit GM is just not possible with match ammo - without taking a fairly long time to get there.