Riverman67
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What is wrong with the word cocaine? It's not vulgar,obscene or any of the other things that typically offend people. It's a movie quote for craps sake.
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Well that certainly sucks!
I have a production rig that you can use if you like.
I am bagging all my guns the next time I go to the range.
Maybe it's the gun and not me
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A slightly pissed off attitude tends to shut up a few of the voices in my head.
I don't think I could ever shut them all up,I spend most of my day trying to decide which one to listen to.
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Worked on some draws the other day. Have par time set for 1.3 seconds at about 7 yards (vast improvement..a snail can still draw quicker than me
). I will be working on that and 15 yard draws today (it is tough in a small house to find the distances. I will be drawing near the guest bathroom into the master bedroom wall...LOL. The longest distance I can muster in my house.Changed my extended mags over to TF base pads...Riverman modified the followers to allow the extra 4-5 rounds. The brass does make a difference in weight of the gun. Hoping to find a M&P magwell soon. I will be ordering the Apex FSS in the near future. I'm itching for a day and transportation to go field test it.
Loaded up 500 rounds last week.
Added a foregrip to the AR. Bought some rail extensions.
I believe I have lost around 10 lbs...still mostly sticking with the calorie alotments (eating what I want in moderation, not really starving or craving anything). Hard to know for sure since I can't bear weight yet (hopefully on 2/1 I can).
Still doing grip strengthening during commercials or other down times.
Trying to stay busy and not drive family crazy...that is such a fine line on normal days, let alone when you are gimped up and dependant on others
I am already crazy, you will need to work a lot harder to make me crazier
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I have mt'd all of my range bags,I do not have your timer.
good luck with your quest. I hate dryfire almost as much as you do,but I have managed to get new par times dialed in for the skinny gun with the smaller targets I'm using.
You should have requested a new timer for Christmas
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I guess I'll work
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I am off memorial day weekend , i will be there
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I haven't worked my way to reloads yet today but I'm getting there.
I'm using smaller targets,a lot smaller,to simulate some distance. I'm thinking that and the skinny mags are going to drive the par times up.
I did a short dry fire session yesterday with full size targets and the reloads were ugly to say the least.
Bill this is the perfect time to get some practice in. it's hard telling what kind of druken mob will pass through the neighborhood tonight.
Happy New Year fellas
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I worked stage 3 all day Sunday and for 1 squad on Saturday.
I didn't see anyone take the right drop turner through the far right hand port.
It probably could have been done if you stuck your upper body through the port and leaned way out past the barrels.
A lot of the SS shooters shot the outside targets and then went straight to steel and activators in the middle.
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It looked like you shot well.
It also looked hot,i don't like hot
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Here is the video of the collection of pictures taken from the match
There a a bunch of fat guys in that video
I can say that because I'm one of them
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Fired right at 288 rounds in practice last night with Bill. Parts of it went very well but there were speed bumbs and fumbles present as well. We ended shooting a 90 point stage that required two positions, some shooting on the move and small poppers at 15-17 yards. My times were ok but not great but the points on all of the runs were very good. I have not extra shots on steel.
I had some great reloads and a couple of fumbles. SHO and WHO were ok. I suffered a mike WHO but the second one was good. SHO was solid.
I had a .81 draw at three yards. I had several sub 1 second draws at 12 yards. I shot 1.97 second bill drill with 27 points. Just needing to get the A hits now and maintain that level of speed. Still feel like progress is being made.
I was back out there tonight working out situation with a gun, and fired 90 rounds. Some of this practice was great and some sucked. It was a hero or zero night. I was pushing things to be certain, but I figure that is what practice is for.
Shooting my first IDPA match on Saturday is the plan, and then headed to Oxford on Sunday for USPSA. I am testing some precision delta ammo that I am thinking of using at nationals. I fired 50 rounds of it without a problem last week, but lets see how it does in a match.
I am back to school and that is soaking uo more time that I like. I have the state match ammo loaded. It is nice to not be spending a week working on that match for a change. I needed a break from that for sure.
I know that you would do this anyway but make sure that you chrono the precision ammo.
I used it a couple of years ago at the state match and it came right in at 165.1 PF
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Just sitting here thinking about the state match. L10 could be the way to go with that STI money calling my name.
Why think about it,It's there for the taking
I would like to steal your stage plans as well but my match will be long over by the time you get started.I am going to try and get some practice in on Monday and Friday. Good luck to both of you
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You should keep my big fat butt out of your videos
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Live fire scheduled with the girls today. (Bill and Jake) One of them is upset by continued poor performance and has even agreed that practice may in fact matter.
Say it ain't so. I bet he won't admit that publicly.
Have a good practice session.I'm going to force myself to dryfire this evening.
Yes I will. I am nowhere near where I should be because I do not practice. I don't dry fire and other than today I have only been to coach's to practice to other times.
I am mad at myself for letting this happen. I have been content with mediocre performance and have hid in limited 10 instead of trying to shoot up to my potential in limited.
And I don't weigh 340, not that I am celebrating 316 either.
I am going to shoot the section match in limited, and practice so that I can win master class this year.
You may be turning over a new leaf.
I was hitting the dryfire regularly through the winter then I got really busy at work,my son bought a house and I got way behind on projects at home.
I haven't been to the range to practice since March.That is not like me.I need to get off my ass and get busy,but damn it's hot
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Live fire scheduled with the girls today. (Bill and Jake) One of them is upset by continued poor performance and has even agreed that practice may in fact matter.
Say it ain't so. I bet he won't admit that publicly.
Have a good practice session.I'm going to force myself to dryfire this evening.
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good luck guys
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I was too busy between school and the last basketball game of this league to get any dry fire done. I came home and had a nice little 25 minutes session. It went pretty well. Draws were fine, Bill drills were good except my trigger pulling is laborious, Front sight forward went great with a smooth draw, 2 reload 2 was ok but the roughest part of the session. I did a set of ten with no par time at the end in slow motion with perfect form. I did 6 reload WHO a set of ten with no par time to try something new I heard Todd Jarett talk about at the NRA Show. I am going to work on doing it more later this week. The streak lives on but is in serious jeopardy tomorrow night. It will be another late night session if it happens or it will have to be super early morning. If I am awake early I will head out and do it before school.
Tonight went well.
It seems my old man that will remain nameless label fooled no one but George.
I suspected as much
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Sitting in car at Riley, just finished the match. It was a great match! I really liked the courses of fire. I'm making progress, but I'm not satisfied with today. I really need some new Myelination pathways. I've been trying to figure my mistakes out and work them into practices.
Today: stage 1 bay 3, first stage of match. Everyone seemed rushed. I did a quick look, seemed simple. Basically 4 ports, 3-4 target per port. Fine, I'm behind the eight ball as my mags aren't loaded. No problem, start loading mags. Then I hear, "Chris your first", shit, gotta load mags faster. Get done and walkthrough's basically over. Get a couple run throughs done and go to start. RO says, Chris, you know all the ports are closed, right. Nope, I didn't know. It went downhill fairly quick. I was asked by RO if I needed more time, but in a panic said NO. I didn't want to hold anyone up. In hindsight, that was STUPID! Should have accepted or asked to go second.
Stage 2 bay 4, got my act together. Formulated a descent plan. Put together a good run. Had some D's, hits not as crisp as they should be. After stage one, I'll take it.
Stage 3 bay 5: nice little seated start stage. 3 targets left, 3 right, move up shoot target left, popper, popper, target right, then a swiger activated by second popper. Not a bad run, didn't feel smooth. Extra shot on swinger that I didn't need.
Stage 4 bay 6: very short 7 target course. Felt good and flowed, hits sloppy. Movement the whole time. So 14 shots in 7.09 seconds.
Stage 5 big bay: wide opn field course 32 rounds. I correctly picked out two troublesome targets for me during walk through. Got my hits on them. Need to learn more about my weaknesses. Had a Mike on a target at spitting distance. Coming into a position I setup on farthest target and nailed it, but my transition to next target netted a Mike. This is an area of weakness. I'm not killing myself with the difficult. I'm doing it with the easy. I meed to be staying on dot 7 yards and closer. I need to see each close shot and always respect the targets. On this occasion I was thinking finish the next 2 close ones, reload, and blast to last position.
Last was classifier. Can't remember which one but it was a "stringed affair". I flubbed from start and did the exact thing on same classifier last year. It's a one shot per target, reload, one shot per target. After first 4 shots I just spaced it. Tick tock tick tock, oh yeah, reload do it again.
Some stages are great and some my old habits creep in. Nothing to do but perfect practice.
Sorry about the first stage Chris
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2/26
Last week was full of professional, personal and families activities that put dry fire on the shelf. I tried to hit the trigger finger exerciser a little harder than I have been lately.
But Sunday I started the week off with some mid morning dry fire. I went into the session fairly pissed off, and that did not help things a whole bunch.
Drill 2: Draws
Went pretty well. I made the times down through baseline with no problem and got good trigger prep on all but one draw. Under baseline I made most of the draws. Draws have been going well. In live fire on Saturday I was able to get one shot on the drop turner at 9 yards with a visual start. I had a rope on the DT and from hands relaxed at sides I could start on movement and draw and hit the DT 2 out of 3 times. It was tough. Pretty cool though.
Drill 15: 2 reload 2
I did nine reps as reloads need to get better. I had a couple of bobbles and had to some extra. One I closed my eyes at exactly the wrong time for some reason. It did not go well. Not having the gun high enough seems to make things a disaster.
Drill 12: 6 reload WHO
Sucked from start to finish and I was slow. I got more and more pissed and had to go outside and break some stuff.
Drills 11: 6 reload SHO
Better than WHO but not great.
Sometimes things must be broken. I hope you didn't break anything that needs to be replaced
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2/12
Shot the first club match of the year at Silver Creek Conservation Club today. It was a long drive after a full day on Saturday, but I am glad I went. Good company on the ride down and back. Dave Butler had some good stages up for the match. I got to see Rat Bastard #3, which is always thrilling.
The match: The good the bad and the ugly.
On the good side I shot a clean match. I will have to wait until scores come out but I think I had less than three deltas. The first two stages were decent. I had a stove pipe on the first stage but it was still solid. I shot the Texas Star ok but not one for one. I moved ok, had good plans. I called shots at a 99% rate, which is good for me. I only had one that I was uncertain about and it was a charlie.
The bad: I sucked on the plate rack and the long popper on stage 6.
The ugly: Reloads were terrible at times. I am not happy about the stove pipe. I had a freaky issue on the weak portion of the classifier. It appears that the last shot of string two did not eject and I got a click rather than a bang. It ruined a good run. After the first two strings I was down only 1 point. The reloads, and plate rack on stage 5 I am ashamed of completely. I almost busted my ass going into the last position, and the language is not PG-13.
Check it out for yourself. Work to do on reloads.
I have had a chance to break down the tape: Here are the problems as I see it.
Silver Creek February 12, 2012
Notes on mistakes
Stage 2:
1) The first load is way to low.
2) The gun is not up high enough when I get to the first position.
3) Cleared the malfunction way to low.
4) Did not tap, rack bang. Just looked and racked.
5) Need to move more aggressively into the last position.
6) Keep the gun up always.
Stage 3:
1) Slow draw (1.32)
2) Body was not squared up to targets from the start position. Did not have to move feet.
3) Movement to second position was slow. I felt like I was in mud all day.
4) Gun was not up when getting to the third position.
5) Reload was low. Keep the gun up.
6) Sight focus would have prevented extra shots on the star.
Stage 4:
1) No lean on last shot while exiting the first position.
2) Position 2 dropped the gun while transitioning from target to target.
3) Moved like an old crippled woman to the last position.
4) There were paused upon the entry to each box and the shot being fired.
5) Reloads were low and that means dropping the eyes.
Stage 5:
1) Slow draw
2) 1 miss on the swinger forcing a makeup shot from another position. It is too slow when
having to thing my way through a stage. This is where this cluster begins to come unraveled.
3) Poor focus on steel plates. Speed focus not sight focus.
4) Low gun contributes to the dropped mag.
5) Profanity was a waste of time.
6) Slide in gravel at the end was due to being out of control.
7) Plan was not burned in enough. I did not spend the time getting ready that I should have
spent.
8) Flinching on the steel, maybe all the time.
9) Sight focus not speed focus.
Stage 6:
1) Take that stupid hat off. It causes way to much drag when on the clock.
2) Need a sight focus not a speed focus especially on the long shot.
3) Open the door with foot not the hand.
4) 2nd target to the right side needed to be shot on the move.
5) Missed the position on the port.
6) Should have used the low port.
7) Leaving the port bend the knees and move faster.
8) Questionable plan on this stage. (draw into popper and then go?
Stage 1:
1) Draw ok but a pause finding the sights for the first shot.
2) String 1 reload ok, but the second sucked.
3) Flinch on the click.
I am really going to have to remember to get the damn camera out and use it. It's hard to believe that you can learn that much from 3 minutes of video.
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I like this version of the video better than the one on ingo.
The language made it feel like old home week.
Was that a squib on the classifier?It looked like a great run other than that.
This video makes me want to get a match. I have been slacking on the dryfire lately.I'm gonna get back at it today
I am going to and not scream f*#k when the camera is on anymore this year. Editing is too tough.
It was a good run till then. The last round on the SHO did not eject the brass, but it did cock the hammer. So first shot WHO is click and not bang. Bill and Craig were in the 4's on that string I was 8.07.
GH2 gave me a stern talking to on the phone tonight about my issues with malfunctions and whose fault they were. I am considering his sage advice at this time. Something was amiss. Zero gun malfunctions all last season and two on Sunday. WTF? Clearly it is Jake's fault.
If you stop screaming expletives, I quit because I can't control my match tourets.
So what does GH2 say about the malfunction? It has to be Jakes fault,everything else is
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I like this version of the video better than the one on ingo.
The language made it feel like old home week.
Was that a squib on the classifier?It looked like a great run other than that.
This video makes me want to get a match. I have been slacking on the dryfire lately.I'm gonna get back at it today
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You should have marched her right down to the department heads office and had her repeat the compliment.
I do not want to take her class
). I will be working on that and 15 yard draws today (it is tough in a small house to find the distances. I will be drawing near the guest bathroom into the master bedroom wall...LOL. The longest distance I can muster in my house.
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It's the waffles isn't it? Waffles make you fat