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My first and only classification so far is B in limited 10.

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I shot my first match ever in Limited this sunday! I was going to stay in L10 for a while, but I have some old highcap Glock mags, so I thought why not give it a try. I think I like it. I still placed second, despite zeroing a stage (totally forgot about a plate rack), so I guess that's not horrible. I also had some pretty solid runs thrown in there, and my first ever A level classifier! Here are some random videos, not in any specific order, from the match: Looks like my practicing entering boxes has paid off: http://www.youtube.c...tI8&feature=sub Sucked on the plate rack, but the rest felt solid enough: http://www.youtube.c...Q-4&feature=sub A fast plate rack stage: http://www.youtube.c...u/5/Y2WK26PGjcc My first run on a stage: I stopped because I saw untaped holes on the target, but kept going when I remembered that was what I'm supposed to do. Still, I felt like it messed up the rest of my run, so I asked for a reshoot: http://www.youtube.c...u/3/wAdNkdY1n0M Naturally, I did worse on the reshoot, moving rather slow and hitting a noshoot. Oh well: http://www.youtube.c...u/2/yym4V36wMl0 All in all, this was both on of my worst matches ever, and one of my best. I have never zeroed a stage before, but I also feel like I am showing a lot of improvement in movement. I also managed to BREAK my Lee Classic Turret press that I have been loading on. Maybe Dillon is in my future. Hmmmmm

You probably won't need to do much to your gun to make it competitive. I shoot an almost bone stock Glock 20 in L10 and limited and do ok.

Sounds like you are pretty serious about improving. That's good. Just make sure you don't work so hard you burn yourself out and make it not fun! Also, your plan for improvement sounds good. I think dryfire is the best way to improve (also very cheap.) I've probably done 100x as much dry fire as live fire practice, and it pays off.

I always use plugs and muffs. I don't understand how some people shoot with just plugs. I've even seen open shooters do it. The one time I shot an open gun, it was so loud it almost hurt even double plugged. Same goes for a short AR with a Miculek break.

Practice movement and transitions in dry fire. Dry fire practice is free, and you can gain so much time through movement and transitions it's not even funny. Watch some top shooters, observe how/when they move, and how it works for them. Watch yourself and see if you are moving as efficiently. Efficient movement through a stage is everything.

My current favorite is my current load. It is very soft. 4.4 grains of titegroup behind a zero 180 fmj at 1.135" Goes about 935 fps out of my glock 20 with kkm 40s&w conversion barrel.

You can also pass the gun behind your back from one hand to another. It's not something I'd ever do, but I think it'd be legal.

I don't think that I'd buy one, but it is always nice to see things becoming more modular. Maybe the Glock will eventually be like an AR, 1911, or 10-22. Everyone will make parts for one!

I really think that a lot of how we shoot is based around the gun. Until people become used to shooting a new type of gun, it would not necessarily be a fair comparison. I know when I first started working with my Glock 20, it was much larger than the CZ 75B I'd been using, and hurt my hand quite a bit, becuase I wasn't adjusting the way I held it. Also, I shot way low with it. If I had picked it up off a table to compare to my CZ, I would not have liked it. Despite that, after just a few months with it, I am doing better than I ever did with the CZ. I'm not sure I can say it's because I switched guns, but it certainly didn't hurt. I think it takes a little bit of experience to figure out what really shoots well for you. As the others said, just get a gun and shoot it. If you discover later down the road that it doesn't work for you for whatever reason, you can always switch.

This thread seems to indicate so: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=104193#entry1185467

Online, the descriptions say it fits a 1.5" belt. If not, out comes the file! You should be good with that holster. You are making a good choice. A CR speed is way better than a normal belt.

I have never found black on black sights hard to use outdoors, no matter the lighting. Inside I often can't see the serrations on the front sight, but since I'm using Sevigny sights, I have nice light bars that make it easy enough to aim. Focusing on the front sight is a lot harder though. However, I've never fired a round indoors, so I don't know how relevant that is. Outdoors though, I really like black on black sights with a serrated front sight.

I load 4.4 grains of titegroup at 1.135" OAL, with a zero 180 grain fmj with a KKM 40S&W barrel, and a 14lb wolf recoil spring. It's amazingly soft, and cycles the slide nicely as well, which can be an issue shooting 40 out of the Glock 20. Note: I tried loading to 1.135" AND loading to 1.2". The only feeding issues I've ever had have been with the long-loaded rounds. I'd recommend loading to normal OALs.

4.4 Grains out titegroup makes about 935 fps for me with a Zero 180 FMJ at 1.135" out of a Glock 20 KKM conversion barrel. I'm thinking you'll make major easily.

I sometimes scrunch my left eye partially closed when shooting (right eye dominant, right handed). I find that it makes it easier to see the sights clearly, maybe because my vision in my left eye is not great. It also doesn't totally block out my peripheral vision, and doesn't seem to put as much strain on my other eye either. I find completely closing one eye makes me more likely to blink. IIRC Jerry Miculek does something similar, closing his non dominant eye partially. Isn't it nice to find something that improves your shooting? A little self analysis may be the most important thing there is.

You have to keep the trigger to the rear for quite a while if your gun has a half-cock position.

I would get a Glock 34 with some nice iron sights! That's all I want or need.

Nice! I'm still working towards seeing more every time I shoot as well. If you don't mind me asking, how long have you been shooting pistol?

I figured out something today. For some reason, I have been shooting the Glock with WAY too little finger on the trigger. When shooting freestyle I have had the center of the trigger about .1" from the nail of my finger. SHO or WHO I shoot with the center of the pad of my finger, and it works much better. I finally tried dry firing like that freestyle, and surprise surprise, it's much better. It should help with accuracy AND speed. Now I just have to drill in the new finger position in before the next match.

Shot a practice session at a range in the area on Saturday. There was a single plate rack and several full open targets at about 10 yards, and everyone stood in a line and shot. It seemed a bit of a waste of time and ammo, though practice shooting the plate rack SHO and WHO was pretty fun. I was getting pretty good at it by the end, and I was able to call my shots SHO most of the time. Not so much WHO. Need to work on that some more. I shot a short practice stage a couple of times after that, but left without ever having gotten a good run, as I was tired of burning up my precious ammo. I've been devoting a lot of time to dry fire. Usually I do my own dry fire drills for several hours after I get home from work. I've gotten to the point that I'm getting blisters where my hands meet. I must look funny running around with a Glock and tape on my fingers. I think I'm improving. I guess I'll see next time I shoot a match.

Shot my best match yet this last weekend. Some stages were unremarkable, and one just plain sucked, but in general I did a lot better than before. Stage 3: This is very similar to the design posted here: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=107192&st=0&p=1223173&fromsearch=1entry1223173 There were some modifications to my original design, but it turned out to be not the most exciting stage ever. Oh well. Anyway, the stage procedure was to engage the hard cover targets and the square plates out the front of the structure, move out through the front door, and engage the rest of the targets. I had some misses on steel further down in the course that hurt my time, but aside from that it was not horrible. About how I am used to shooting. One thing I noticed in this video is that my head moves back by a few inches during my draw, but seems to stay put otherwise. I don't think this is a problem. Stage 4 - Paper Poppers: Trying to go fast kinda got me here. I messed up my hand position on the draw, threw a C on the right paper target, and missed the magwell on the reload. Still, not too bad considering all that. Stage 5: This was a relatively normal medium length course. Some paper with no-shoots behind barrels, big speed steels, etc. It was actually very easy to break down for a shooter with 10 round magazines. Anyway, this was the smoothest I have ever shot any stage. I had no make up shots, and was only 2 points down in the entire course. The whole time shooting it, I didn't feel fast, just smooth. The only big mistake I made was to reload in the wrong place, which left me running dry before my last target array, instead of running dry on the last steel. Little nitpicky things that I see are that I could have walked a hair faster while shooting on the move, and my transition from the last paper to the steel at the end wasn't great. However, I am very happy with my performance on this stage. Stage 6: I decided to goof off with my starting position, being perhaps the only person that day who was tall enough to start with my hands on the wall and not move my feet to get into shooting position. It backfired a bit when I presented the gun and saw only the rear sight. Also, my not calling my shots is blatantly obvious on that last steel. I still need to work on that... Stage 1: This stage featured an activated texas star and a mix of steel and paper targets. The two first arrays had to be engaged from the boxes. If there has ever been a stage that emphasizes the importance of shot calling and follow through, this is it. My lack of follow through on the steel killed me on this stage, and my inability to call my shots on the little steel in the right corner wasted several seconds. Stage 2: This was just the steel from the previous stage. I decided to just be calm on this one, and not let my performance on the last stage bother me. All in all it worked out pretty well. I hit the activation popper on the left, and then the big gray weight, which was supposed to fall off right then and there, taking the steel below with it, and slowing the rotation of the star. It didn't work out that way, but I think I did ok anyway, aside from that darn little plate in the corner. All in all, I feel like I have improved, and it's clear that my practice in moving has helped on some of these stages. I think I am working well towards my eventual goal of making A by the end of the summer, or at the very least, shooting at an A level by then.

Does anyone know where I could get the roll pin? I looked at the CZ USA shop, and couldn't find anything. Mine doesn't hold the FP in anymore. Thanks!

I have a buck mark that I sometimes shoot (if I can find any 22lr), and while I haven't explicitly tried to call my shots with it, I know that it is very easy to see the front sight lift, since it doesn't go very far anyway. I'll give it another try. As far as jerking the trigger, I may well be doing this sometimes, but sometimes I pull the trigger very slowly, increasing the pressure ounce by ounce until the shot fires. Unfortunately, while I shoot slightly better groups like this usually, I still don't see better this way, and I don't call my shots better. I also discovered yesterday that my front sight was loose, and could rotate a bit from right to left. I'm sure that didn't help. I've got that tightened down now. I know about follow-through. I know I'm not looking the shot off the target. These things are things I notice while only shooting at a single spot on a single target, one shot at a time in slow fire. I do think I may be losing focus on the front sight, and trying to look at the target though. Thanks guys!