DocMedic

I put the order for free mags On April 10th, hoping to get them before RM300. I just got them a week ago... can't complain though. Free mags are free mags

I say before you do anything crazy like buying new sights, I suggest getting some black electrical tape, and covering up the F/O. When you do that go back to the range and then see if your still shooting low, it might be that your just not properly aligning the f/o against the black back sights.

Well hell, you guys already got alot of my money, whats a few more bucks

More magnification = more wobble to fight IMO.

Here's a pic of Julie's Open M&P that she uses for Steel challenge Julie Golob's Open M&P link

While I see were you're going with it, it will never happen, at least not with handguns. No matter how complicated a E-Marker for paint-ball is, they all do one thing in common, On and Off signals. Basically the Computer allows the the motor to cycle once so it can take air out of the tank, cycle a round (paint-ball) and release(fire) with the press of a switch (which really only a trigger.) Paint ball itself doesn't generate Enough G force to damage small electronics. In your design with a real gun, The motor would have to activate a Primer, which will set off the bullet. Which will in turn slam the slide back putting heavy forces on those tiny motor parts. That would not lend itself well on how long you could do this. Plus it would just make everything to damn heavy. I know H&K was trying to develop something like this for the XM8, were it would have a HUD in the optic of shots fired, but they ended up dumping the program off before the Army called the program quits.

That it be.

When they showed the note on the extras on History.com I couldn't help but imagine the note contained a very detailed plan that Kelly used to get bill off the show, played in the SAW theme music, that you'd expect from the ending of every SAW movie But sadly it wasn't the case. Kelly explained the letter just basically said, "Theres no ill will, blah blah blah, I didn't come here to make enemies blah blah blah, hope we can put this behind us, blah blah blah, am I'm a junior high school kid passing notes behind the teachers back, etc." From the interview, it was because of Andre they were able to get a TV and a DVD player in the house, So I don't expect them voting him off anytime soon

What I meant was the port cuts also in the slide, sorry.

http://www.youtube.com/user/apextactical And here's how to take down the Firing Pin,to add new striker spring http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyYRoOeWB5Y&feature=related I've had the USB and Sear for a while, last night I just installed the Spring set. I got to say, I'm mighty impress so far, taking to a local 3gun match tomorrow to try it out.

I use the 140mm Taylor Freelance extend pads for 3gun, Love them! I'm gonna play with the spring a bit to see if I can up round count to 24 from 23 rounds

Today at SC practice, one of the new shooters brought their XD9. At first I didn't think much of it, but then I notice it was Ported and Frame Lightened. Now I've heard that SA recently made a run of these last year, but this was the first time I've seen it, with the XD like this is it still considered legal in production?

So they just showed a preview of next weeks show, and just briefly you could see that the competitors were playing the memory game with ar's shooting through blank walls. This Should be a blast to watch

Busy weekend for sure. Lets start of with Saturday. 3Gun Lake George 3gun match, this isn't your transitional 3gun match, as in everything is very close, a Xpower amount of magnification can actually slow you down here, and theres alot of sprinting involve, this is probably one of the funnest 3gun matches you'll run into that has a more casual atmosphere, but don't let that confuse you as there always several people who push it as hard as they can. The range itself is setup as SASS(?) with all the old western buildings and saloons and what not, but works pretty well for their 3 gun matches. Here are the stage setups. Since a highly match grade rifle wasn't needed for this match I took the opportunity to use my ACR giving my JP rifle a rest for this match. The ACR is pretty much all stock aside from the CompM4 Aimpoint that lays on its rails, no BUI on the rifle either. Pistol used was the M&P9pro /w 23 round mags, and the SLP shotgun. Stage 5: Start with shotgun, engage steel targets one flip up clay. Transition to Pistol and engage 3 steel from 2 different position with 2 shots each, abandon pistol and grab rifle, shoot 3 steel targets that are 30 yards away with 2 shots each. Sprint across the firing area, 2 shots on 2 paper hidden behind a tree stomp, then 2 shots on steel standing from 50yards away, reload and do it kneeling. As you can see alot is going on in here. Great stage, the only problem I had is that all my AR-15's have muzzle breaks, and the ACR has a transitional A2 Birdcage, While the ACR doesn't have alot of recoil, it is noticeable compared to my other rifles, which caused me to miss 1 shot on steel as I was trying to "double tap" a target. This will be fix when the Surefire muzzle break gets in (and Can to follow after that ) Stage 1: Close in paper with rifle, CQB style and with two shots each with 3 targets using weak shoulder shooting, Abandon rifle, sprint about 40ish yards to another "building" grab shotgun, shoot 4 steel outside of the doorway with 2 shots each, go in the door way engage 2 more steel targets with 1 shot each, transition to pistol engage 5 steel targets with 2 shots, then step out of the building and engage same steel 2 shots each. Real fun stage, But I was trying to be "high speed" and shoot the paper targets on the move, costing me to hit 3 paper targets in the "D", which are misses lol. Hit the shotgun stage, I can get 9shells in with empty chamber at start so I only had to load one when I went into the door, which was a plus. then to the pistol. All I got to say, thank goodness for 23 round mags, NO RELOAD Stage 2: didn't happen Stage 3: pretty simple and fast. Start with shotgun shoot 5 steel targets, one target activates a moving (slow) steel target which is engage on the other side of the barrier with 5 shots. transition to pistol 2 shots on 4 steel targets in 3 positions. Simple yet fun, though I did screw up as this stage you could start with your shot gun having one shell in the chamber, so I decided to do 10 in the shotgun(8 in the tube, 1 on the lifter, 1 in the barrel) boy did that not work in my favor, after the first shell was fired it manage to get turn side ways in the chamber and failed to extract, and I had to physically removed it with my shooting hand to get back started, lost alot of time Stage 4: My best run, Start with pistol shoot 4 paper targets, step into "alley" shoot 4 steel with 2 shots each, step into 2nd building engage same steel 2 shots each, making it a total of 24 shots of pistol, abandon pistol grab rifle, and shoot 30 yard plates with 2 shots each in same shooting positions as pistol, abandon rifle, SPRINT!!!! across the range (probably 40-50 yards away) to shotgun, engage 2 plates 2 shots each in 3 positions, 12 shots. All in all very fun match, definitely will be shooting this one again next month, placed 4th overall out of 37 shooters and 3rd in tactical scope division, Not bad. I believe this is my first top 3 finish in tact-scope 3gun match with this many shooters (22 Tact-scope shooters) Its amazing how much this sport has grown, I remember shooting this match 2 years ago when they first started to host 3gun at this range, there was a total of 8 shooters. Tactical Rifle. This is a Local rifle event that we have at my local range every month. This is probably one of the best rifle matches I ever shot and WILL make Rocky Mountain 3gun alot easier on for me. 3 stages with one stage set as standards. First stage is the mid-to-long range stage, and stage 2 is consider the short-to-mid (can 300 yards be considered midrange?!? ). Stage 1: Normally stage one would have targets at 425 yards, but wind forecast were saying wind speeds could be as high as 20mph, so targets were brought in a bit, the furthest target was probably 350yards, but it didn't make things any easier, out of the 5 different shooting aeras, one was on a set of stairs with engaging all steel from the weak shoulder Man I never heard so much Bitching in my life . I didn't do to bad on it till I was aiming at the last plate, normally if you miss that plate you can op to skip it and just take a 10 second penalty. I probably should had done that, as I probably took 6 shots at it before I hit, which probably was around 12-15 secs after the first shot, oh well pride before rationality Stage 2: 5 different shooting areas, 5 steel targets ranging from 250 to 300 yards, and 5 paper targets about 40 to 50 yards. Paper was engaged through a small port which made seeing through a scope all but impossible, so you either had to cant your rifle till u could see or shoot from the side of the barrel. I really didn't have to much trouble at all, Nice thing about that TR-24 is that the Fiber is so bright I was able to have the scope covered by the barrier and use my left eye to align the "dot" to the target even though my right eye was totally blocked. Stage 3: standards, I'm glad that I practice my Off-hand shooting, as I did really well for the first time on this damn stage. First string of off-hand was 3 out of 5 targets hit and second string was 4 out of 5 targets hit. No results posted as of yet, but I'll edit this post when they come available. -Doc.

Ugggh So I finally got them... And guess what they don't work Hopefully I can a exchange as I seem to be the only one thats had this problem so far. Just frustrating lol.

Been a while since I typed something on here so lets just get down to steel challenge practice Stages: Accelerator 5 to go Outer Limits (again ) Showdown Originally I was gonna bring the STI edge and compare, but with the Regional Match only a week away I wanted to just keep things simple in a KISS kind of way, I didn't want to have to re-learn muscle memory this close to the match. So I only took the M&P9pro and the M&P15/22. -Accelerator= 4.98 PR= 4.16 In all 3 strings I kept missing the 4th plate before picking up the stop plate (10inch plate in the rear) I find I try to hurry my vision to the next target (stop plate) a millisecond before I pull the trigger on the 4th plate. Which is basically bad shot calling, even though I was in perfect alignment. The more I think about it, feels more like my right eye drops focus while my left eye searches for the stop plate. Having neutral eye dominance or Cross-eye Dominance probably screws with me alot like this. -5 to go = 5.17 PR= 4.92 My best run was my 3rd and last run, and ironicly I missed the 4th plate (closest to stop plate) twice. I really like this stage, it makes me focus in getting the slack out of the trigger while transitioning to the next plate, and about 80% of the time I can point shoot the stop plate using just sight picture only. -Outer Limits = 7.17 PR= 6.80 This one is still tough for me to configure in my head. Do I shoot the small plate, and lean toward the next box as I break the shot? Will that really make me faster and fluid to line up for the small plate when I get there? etc etc. I didn't have to re-step back into the first box because of any "missed" lean shots, but trying to snap my attention to the next plate as I land in the next box while pushing the pistol back out to it isn't going very smooth as I like, the plus sign is (unless I really do and not notice) is I'm no longer looking down to see if I'm in the next boss. Hopefully we'll set this stage up next week so I can put a camera on and see if I'm really not looking. -Showdown = 3.79 LastPR = 4.59 I don't know how else to put it, but I was just in the zone as I was pulling the trigger on each plate, I let myself drive the pistol to next target without the need of the audible ding. This of course ended on my 3rd and final string when I moved to the right box and shot the stage with 4 bullets loaded... M&P15/22 -Accelerator = 2.71 PR= 2.30 Felt that I've shot this stage pretty solid, but I still lost a half of second. -5 to Go = 2.85 LastPR = 3.27 -Outer Limits = 4.50 LastPR = 4.94 Either I'm getting to cocky, or being really creative. When I start this stage, my body is in a postion to "Sprint in" to the next box. Basically. Buzzer draw from low ready "bing" and start moving to the next box and take the large plate on movement before my left foot hits outside the box. First two strings were interesting at the most, as it felt I more "jumped" out of the box rather then sprinting. and on my 3rd string as I was peeling out of the first box and trying to hit the far left plate, I missed, not once not twice but 3 shots. I can feel that every shot I missed, I had to extend my left leg out just a little further so it wouldn't hit the ground. After hitting the plate with the 4th shot, all I could hear was laughter in the background from the RO and other shooters as it probably looked like I was attempting a mid-air leg sprint while shooting. Sadly the RO wasn't close enough to me when I finished the string for the timer to pick it up. So I got a forth run, Which was the cleanest of the day. -Showdown = 2.15 LastPR = 2.43 Just like the pistol, I felt in the zone. Maybe one day I'll break under 2sec All in all a great practice, considering that the weather almost turn into complete Sh*t storm. Today biggest thing I wanted to work on was my draw, while I still need more practice on it, I notice I can hear the buzzer and get my hands on my pistol before the buzzer fades, where as before I would hear the buzzer, buzzer faded then I draw. While I'm not as quick as Glenn. (several times he would have the pistol to almost full draw before the buzzer faded.. damn thats fast.) I started to close my eyes on other peoples runs, and leave my mind blank, and just listen to the buzzer. That buzzer actually rings for a bit before it stops, I've never noticed it in the past as I would get "buzzer shock" when I hear it and always thought it was a instant buzz and off. Another thing I wanted to analyze but didn't was seeing if I was blinking when I pulled the trigger to see if i'm calling my shots correctly, but forgot too lol. We got one more practice then its game time.

This is completely true, but I don't plan on just using the iKam by itself, rather an addition to allow me to see both a First person view, and have it play along with a 3rd person view.

Lol, Its like getting beat down by a bunch of Nerf baseball bats in here, everyones getting a swing Thanks everyone for the wonderful advice, Theres definitely no question that I need to work on every mechanic of my game. And I got alot of great input (and not so great) from the video's of me during RM300. Its very humbling to be able to watch and gringe at parts of it, knowing that I could had done that better there and here . I won't post them just yet (Not sure if my ego can take the abuse.. Plus for some odd reason they went to a Gig+ on the memory stick )).

Thank you, I wasn't able to find it last night. Also the first place shooting production dropped more then 7 C's (I out scored him points wise on each stage), but he still whooped me lol. 1 Matt H. 133 A Production 306 0 26.68 11.4693 320.0000 100.00% 306 out of 320 is only 7c's down Oops, sorry I thought you meant overall, Not for just stage one which now makes sense.

Did you get surgery done and you are recovering from post-surgery? or is it something you injure alot, and just kinda of self-treat in the past? The shoulder is a tricky thing to rehabilitate specially at the GH joint, A little more information would be helpful, as how it was injured, if it was seen professionally, or if this is post-surgery recovery. I'm guessing since your asking this, Insurance wont cover a PT (which alot of medical insurance won't cover these days), as that would be my first advice to visit to get assessment done.

While I agree with you, I can't really pull out my pistol at work and start dry firing when I have some time off A book will have to fill the gaps. I own and run a business, have a 2 year old and run a club, I can certainly appreciate that time is of limited resource. All I'm saying is, that goal is a pretty aggressive goal within that time frame. C to master is going to take a LOT more than reading a book, and 5 hours of dry fire a week. July will mark my 3 year anniversary. At the moment I'm a middle of the pack A Class. My one year goal is "similar", but my goal is to beat better shooters, and rite now, those better shooters hold Master cards. I'll share with you my thoughts on it, and it's free, so if you don't agree, pay it no mind. I suggest getting professional instruction because what you think you are doing, may be entirely different from what you are really doing. Before you can set any clear goals, you need to understand your deficiencies and what you will need to do to remedy them. Practice without getting professional counsel is like practicing blind. Practice alone does not make perfect. My second suggestion is, after you have been assessed, to then come up with realistic, yet aggressive training. Dry firing can only take you so far. If all you want is a loft "classification" like Master, this alone can get you there. My goal is to beat better shooters, so this hold very little value to me. My last suggestion was to shoot as many majors as you can. This one is important, because I can't tell you how much I've learned from shooting major matches. This is also the only place where you can truly measure your growth and development. This means, shooting something when something is actually on the line. Let's face it, it's really hard to gauge your true ability shooting local matches. There are plenty of people that do decent at a local match, but when shooting against people that should be there peers on a national/area level, fall flat on their face. This is where it can be truly embarrassing, trust me, everyone knows, everyone looks. Plain and simple, local matches are a bad gauge of your true shooting ability. Winning a local match means very little to me, if I know I didn't shoot to my true ability. It's much more of an accomplishment when you can actually place with real competition in the field. I'll leave it at that. I would truly love to see you reach your goals, so don't take this as me raining on your parade. I get no kind of joy from seeing people fail, so take this for what it's worth. Either get aggressive with everything, or maybe taper your goals, towards ultimately realizing your big goal. There is no shame in saying, I want to go from C to a "competitive" B. But your goal is also not "impossible" just realize it will take a lot of work. Good luck! ari b Thank you for the advice, I did actually learn a lot at recent "major" match we just finish yesterday at Rocky Mountain 300, one of them being something I would never had notice dry-firing, which was my reloads on the move. My standing reloads were fine, but the moment I started to move, this would happen. Drop the mag, reach for new mag, gun hand drops to about belly level, head drops to watch the magazine reload, gun reloaded then I snap back up.. I have no rime or reason why I was dropping the pistol to my stomach when I was reloading on the move, and its something I wouldn't had notice if I didn't get video of myself on several stages doing it Every time.

Thats actually a sound strat. I want to try doing this at are next local USPSA match, but how do you factor in if a stage has a High hit factor vs. a Low hit factor. Also even locally I'm usually above 97% of points shot for most stages too, I'll try to dial back and "accept" only shooting 90% of the points and see if my time has improved.

Thank you, I wasn't able to find it last night. Also the first place shooting production dropped more then 7 C's (I out scored him points wise on each stage), but he still whooped me lol.

After obliterating a post in my online journal a few moments ago, I got to thinking, I tend to "chase" down A's at the cost of.. well time. At Rocky Mountain 300 the total round count for paper if you didn't miss was 247rounds, in which I shot overall 237 A's and only 10 C's. No D's and no Misses. I'll use the 2 stages that were all paper in compression. In stage one, the "hoser" stage, I shot 318pts(1 C, and the rest A's) at 42.27secs with a HF of 7.52, that netted me 7th out of 31 Production shooters overall on this stage taking 50.44% of stages points for the 134 shooters. The First place Production shooter, Rank'd "A". Shot it with 306pts at 26.68secs, HF of 11.46, taking 76.9% of the stage points. 3rd place Production who shot the lowest score above my score shot it with 289pts at 29.64secs, and ended up with 9.6 HF. Stage 4, 62rnd count. Shot 60 A's and 2 C's, giving me 306pts, but I shot it in 73.9secs, taking 11th/31. First place production it basically at half the time with a 296score. When I look at at besides the all steel stage, out of the 4 stages, 3 of them I had the highest pts, or was tied with others with highest pts, with the exception of stage one were someone scored a perfect 320(who ended up several spots lower then me.) So yea any advice? specially from Production shooters?

Ugggh... so I just spent the past hour typing up experience at RM300... then I hit the back button. GG. I'll do this another night.