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I recently have experienced a jump in performance. I dry fire four times a week for about an hour using Steve Anderson's exercises. I always do drill #1 (basic sight indexing) as a warm up and then divide the other drills into the four sessions trying to get some of each skill (SHO, WHO, turns, etc.) in each session. I can't do more than this because when I first got Steve's book I did more and developed tendonitis in my elbow because I am "old." I live fire, weather permitting, twice a week. I use a combination of drills I have collected over the years (Avery, Burkett, Enos, this forum, and, most recently, Kirsch). Each session is right around 300 rounds. Each session stresses some combination of basics (accuracy, draw, reload, transition, recoil control, etc.) and what I call a "special" skill (swinger, barricade, movement, ports, etc.). I have 27 different drill sets. I think the main point is this: I know what I am going to do when I start a training session and each training session fits in with the larger picture of the other sessions so that each skills gets an appropriate amount of attenton. I am not so regimented that I don't throw in something unplanned now and then just because it sounds fun. Also, if I am really nailing a drill, I keep at it and ingrain that good performance into my psychie. One other thing I do is after some matches I will set up stages or partial stages I think I could have done better and re-run them a couple of times. I have to stop typing now. My elbow hurts.

Great thread. I've been thinking about and playing with this for some time. My shooting partners are frequently telling me to quit foolling around with my feet and shoot. The dichotomy is this: When I see another shooter rocking back on his back foot to get going I instinctively know it cannot be the best way. Why would one start backward's in order to go forward? When I am the shooter I WANT instinctively to rock back to get going. A lesson here from golf: Be careful about what is 'natural." Changing one's swing (grip, stance, take-away, transition at the top, etc.) always feels uncomfortable and unnatural AT FIRST. With practice, anything ELSE becomes uncomfortable and unnatural.

The gun is not new. I bought it used three years ago. I called Para about replacing the nut and they said they only sell the sight as a unit but to check with Brownell's about just the nut. No offer to replace it or inquiry about the age of the gun. Since I bought it used and several years ago, I did not ask. Brownell's does not sell the nut separately either.

Thanks, Larry! That is very helpful!

The nut that goes on the windage screw on the left side of my Para adjustable rear sight is missing. Para and Brownell's don't provide the nut separately. Para said that the nut is not functional but cosmetic (??). However, while I can adjust the sight, with every string I shoot it goes out of adjustment a little at a time to the left. Anybody know where I can find a schematic of this part? What else might be missing that the nut held in? Spring? Am I just going to have to replace the sight? Can I do that myself (I have managed to do most of my gunwork myself - except trigger stuff)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Great stuff! I'll bet that you must have been the mystery photogragher that shot the photo of my wife (Deb Hanna - Stats Runner (aka Princess Xena)), with her killer sabre toothed rabbit mounted on her golf cart. Am I correct?? BDH - I saw the cart with the killer rabbit (and admired it) but it must have been someone else who took her picture. You may have a stalker on your hands!

I put together a web site of pictures I took on Friday. Several benos members are featured. Take a look: 2004 USPSA Nationals

I have several questions regarding the stages and/or stage descriptions of the new classifiers: CM 03-01 – Are all “standard plastic barrels” of the same height and diameter or does this need to be specified? (Different sized barrels will change the course of fire from one setup to the next.) CM 03-04 – Is the imprinted “A” on targets manufactured by the various approved producers in the same place on all targets? Is that a part of the official IPSC specification? (I have never seen the location of the imprinted letter used as a reference before.) CM 03-06 – Same as CM 03-01 regarding the barrel size. CM 03-08 – The description of the setup with regard to the no-shoots is unclear. Specifically, “No-shoot between T3 and T4 is set to the edge of the C zones on T2 and T3.” Why the mention of T2 if it is describing the no-shoot between T3 and T4? In addition, the part of the description that is clear does not match the diagram. While the description says “No-shoot between T5 and T6 is set to the edge of the C zones on T5 and T6,” the diagram clearly depicts the no-shoot set to the edge of the A zone on T5. Likewise, while the description says the middle no-shoots are set to the edge of the A zone, they are clearly set to the C zone on T3 and T5 in the diagram. CM 03-12 – How far behind PP2 and PP3 are the no-shoots? Are they directly behind (straight downrange) or behind as viewed from the shooting positions? CM 03-13 – How do these swingers swing? What is the diameter of the swing? What about the pace? Are there official IPSC swingers that must be used? No two swingers swing the same that I have seen so how can a stage with swingers be consistent enough from setup to setup to be a classifier/ CM 03-16 – The description of the cigar box dimensions appears to be buggered up. It seems that the box should be 18-inches deep with a 20-inch deep top to create the 2-inch overhang on front. But the description says that the top is 20-inches wide. CM 03-17 – What is the size and, more importantly, location of the “rug” on each side of the table? Is it just me or does any of the above bother anyone else?

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